Standings after 4 rounds Rk. SNo Name FED Rtg Pts. Â TB1 Â TB2 Â TB3 1 11 GM Stefansson Hannes ISL 2590 3.5 6.00 0.0 3 2 4 GM Steingrimsson Hedinn ISL 2532 2.5 4.75 0.0 2 3 1 GM Danielsen...
Stefansson & Kjartansson win San Salvador

Icelanders dominate in San Salvador Chess OpenDec 12, 2014 GM Hannes Stefansson and reigning champion of Iceland IM Gudmundur Kjartansson shared the first place in San Salvador Chess Open with 7,5/9 points each. San Salvador Chess Open was held...
Stefansson leads Icelandic Chess Championship 2014

Twelve times Icelandic champion GM Hannes Stefanssonis the sole leader in the Icelandic Individual Chess Championship 2014. He is the only player in the strongest Icelandic Individual Championship ever, who has 2/2 points, half a point ahead of the...
Champion for the 12th time

Icelandic Chess Champion for the 12th time Sunday, 09 June 2013 16:03 Icelandic Grandmaster, Hannes HlÃfar Stefánsson became the Icelandic Chess Champion yesterday. This is the 12th time Hannes receives the title. Hannes fought a duel against Björn Þorfinnsson...
Icelandic chess tactic

White to move. How should white proceed? Source: ChessToday.net Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Perelshteyn scores 1st win

[Event “SPICE Cup”][Site “Texas Tech University”][Date “2008.09.26”][Round “7”][White “GM Perelshteyn”][Black “GM Stefansson”][Result “1-0”][ECO “A05”][WhiteElo “2555”][BlackElo “2566”][PlyCount “225”][EventDate “2008.9.26”][TimeControl “5400+30”] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Re1...
GM Stefansson vs GM Akobian

SPICE Cup Round 6 [Event “SPICE Cup 2008”][Site “Texas Tech University”][Date “2008.09.25”][Round “6”][White “GM Stefansson”][Black “GM Akobian”][Result “0-1”][ECO “D34”][WhiteElo “2566”][BlackElo “2610”][PlyCount “74”][EventDate “2008.9.25”][TimeControl “5400+30”] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6...