GM Henrik Danielsen wins Iceland blitz championship

With the official coming of FIDE fast chess ratings, massive blitz and rapid championships have been going on around the globe in the month of December. Only this weekend we saw thousands participating in two continental events – Europe and South America (info here and here).

The national blitz championship of Iceland also took place collecting close to 100 players. First place was conqured by GM Henrik Danielsen with 9,5/11, ahead of IM Björn Þorfinnsson with 9,0/11, and a group of four players – GM Steingrímsson, GM Árnason, IM Þorfinnsson, and Einarsson – with 8,0/11

Top woman of the competition is Hallgerður Helga Þorsteinsdóttir, best in the category U2200 is Hrafn Loftsson, and best in the category U2000 is Gunnar Freyr Rúnarsson.

Official website: http://www.skak.blog.is/

Full standings

1 GM Danielsen Henrik 2542 9.5
2 IM Þorfinnsson Björn 2402 9
3 GM Steingrímsson Héðinn 2556 8
4 GM Árnason Jón Loftur 2503 8
5 IM Þorfinnsson Bragi 2421 8
6 Einarsson Bergsteinn 2225 8
7 FM Grétarsson Hjörvar Steinn 2452 7.5
8 GM Grétarsson Helgi Áss 2462 7.5
9 GM Ólafsson Helgi 2531 7.5
10 IM Gunnarsson Jón Viktor 2424 7.5
11 GM Hjartarson Jóhann 2585 7
12 GM Þórhallsson Þröstur 2400 7
13 FM Kjartansson Davíð 2305 7
14 FM Jóhannesson Ingvar 2337 7
15 Karlsson Björn Ívar 2250 7
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Susan Polgar December 23, 2011 Chess Improvement, General News 1 Comment
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