The chess games of Throstur Thorhallsson

Throstur Thorhallsson
Number of games in database: 299
Years covered: 1984 to 2013
Last FIDE rating: 2449
Highest rating achieved in database: 2489
Overall record: +100 -103 =95 (49.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      1 exhibition game, odds game, etc. is excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS

With the White pieces:

Sicilian (64)
    B90 B22 B32 B56 B31
French Defense (18)
    C11 C15 C10 C17 C16
Scotch Game (14)
    C45
Sicilian Najdorf (13)
    B90 B99 B96 B97 B93
French (11)
    C11 C10 C00 C12
Giuoco Piano (10)
    C53 C50 C54

With the Black pieces:

Sicilian (45)
    B32 B50 B67 B57 B62
Queen's Gambit Accepted (22)
    D27 D20 D23 D21 D26
French Defense (17)
    C11 C14 C13 C10 C02
Semi-Slav (15)
    D43 D45 D46 D48 D49
Sicilian Richter-Rauser (15)
    B67 B62 B61 B63 B64
Scandinavian (15)
    B01

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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   T Thorhallsson vs G Burgess, 1997 1-0
   A Novita vs T Thorhallsson, 2006 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Bled Olympiad (2002)
   Reykjavik Open (2004)
   XXII Reykjavik Open (2006)
   37th Chess Olympiad (2006)
   Politiken Cup (2007)
   Reykjavik Open (2009)
   Reykjavik Open (2010)
   Reykjavik Open (2011)
   European Club Cup (2011)
   Reykjavik Open (2012)
   Chess Olympiad (2012)
   Reykjavik Open (2013)

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THROSTUR THORHALLSSON (born Mar-19-1969) Iceland	[what is this?]
Þröstur Þórhallsson. Grandmaster, Icelandic champion in 2012. Wikipedia article: Throstur Thorhallsson

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Game	Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. L Shamkovich vs T Thorhallsson	1-0	28	1984	It (open)	A96 Dutch, Classical Variation
2. T Bjornsson vs T Thorhallsson	0-1	36	1984	It (open)	C50 Giuoco Piano
3. W Arencibia vs T Thorhallsson	½-½	61	1986	Wch U20	D31 Queen's Gambit Declined
4. Anand vs T Thorhallsson	1-0	39	1986	Gausdal	B57 Sicilian
5. T Thorhallsson vs Blatny	½-½	31	1986	Gausdal	C56 Two Knights
6. Blatny vs T Thorhallsson	1-0	40	1986	Gausdal	B01 Scandinavian
7. T Thorhallsson vs Fedorowicz	0-1	24	1987	London Lloyds (10)	B22 Sicilian, Alapin
8. T Thorhallsson vs Hertneck	0-1	48	1987	Gausdal Int	C10 French
9. Ivanchuk vs T Thorhallsson	1-0	37	1987	Baguio City	D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
10. T Thorhallsson vs Flear	1-0	61	1987	London (England)	C54 Giuoco Piano
11. Anand vs T Thorhallsson	1-0	43	1987	London	C04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line
12. T Thorhallsson vs Blatny	0-1	56	1987	Baguio City	C60 Ruy Lopez
13. T Thorhallsson vs Browne	½-½	65	1988	It (open)	A04 Reti Opening
14. T Thorhallsson vs Browne	1-0	51	1988	It ( shv. )	B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line
15. Petursson vs T Thorhallsson	0-1	49	1988	Reykjavik cq	A13 English
16. T Thorhallsson vs Van Wely	½-½	32	1988	EU-chJ U20 Arnhem	B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack
17. T Thorhallsson vs Christiansen	1-0	37	1988	Reykjavik op	B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line
18. Kotronias vs T Thorhallsson	1-0	61	1988	It ( shv. )	B01 Scandinavian
19. T Thorhallsson vs Polugaevsky	0-1	47	1988	It (open)	B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
20. T Thorhallsson vs Christiansen	1-0	51	1988	It (open)	B40 Sicilian
21. Adams vs T Thorhallsson	1-0	23	1988	EU-chJ U20 Arnhem	B01 Scandinavian
22. T Thorhallsson vs Polugaevsky	1-0	18	1988	It (open)	B12 Caro-Kann Defense
23. T Thorhallsson vs Petursson	1-0	35	1989	Iceland	B25 Sicilian, Closed
24. Gelfand vs T Thorhallsson	0-1	48	1989	EU-ch U21	D49 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran
25. J Benjamin vs T Thorhallsson	1-0	31	1990	Reykjavik (Iceland)	B01 Scandinavian


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Jan-04-06		karlth: Born in 1969. One of only two Grandmasters from the second wave of Icelandic chess players that emerged after Hjartason, Peturson, Olafsson and Arnason in the late 80s and early 90s. Real estate broker by profession.

Jan-09-06		atripodi: <Real estate broker by profession.> Gotta be a tough gig in Iceland.

Jan-13-06		karlth: Well considering that house prices have about doubled in the last 3 years it is quite lucrative at the moment. :)

Jan-13-06		PivotalAnorak: <karlth> Thorhallsson is "one of only two grandmasters...", who's the other one ? Thanx in advance.

Jan-13-06		karlth: Helgi Gretarsson. World Junior Chess Champion 1994. I don't know how much it affected things but a few decades ago the Icelandic Government decided to pay every GM a teacher's salary for his title alone. Quite a unique boost for chess but then again it has sometimes been called the national sport.

Jan-13-06		karlth: Perhaps I should add the GMs have to be active to recieve their pay. Anyway a few weeks ago Thorhallson "donated" the rights to his salary to a recently immigrated GM. A very generous gesture from a very nice chap.

Jan-13-06		PivotalAnorak: <karlth> thanks for these interesting informations. Cheers !

Mar-03-06		blingice: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches... The Scandinavian doesn't seem to work well for this man. Possibly regional pride keeps him coming back...

Sep-22-10		lentil: <blingice> -8 +6 overall is not a bad record as black. Also consider that he lost his first 6 (recorded) games with this opening, so since then he is -2 +6. Not so bad at all.

Mar-10-11		vonKrolock: Þröstur Þórhallsson

Mar-10-11		Tabanus: I believe he is underrated simply because of playing mostly in Iceland. He defeated Gustafsson today: [Event "Reykjavik Open"] [Date "2011.03.10"] [Round "2"] [White "Thorhallsson, Throstur"] [Black "Gustafsson, Jan"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2387"] [BlackElo "2647"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d4 Bb6 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Nxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Nd2 Ke7 11. b3 Bc5 12. Nf3 Nxe4 13. Nxe5 Be6 14. Bxe6 Kxe6 15. Nd3 Bb6 16. Re1 f5 17. Be3 Rhd8 18. Rad1 Kf6 19. c4 Nc3 20. Rd2 Ne4 21. Rdd1 Bxe3 22. Rxe3 Nc5 23. Kf1 Rd4 24. Nb2 Rad8 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 26. f3 a5 27. Ke1 Rh4 28. h3 Rd4 29. Rc3 h5 30. Ke2 g5 31. g3 h4 32. g4 Ke5 33. a3 Kf4 34. b4 axb4 35. axb4 Nd7 36. Nd3+ Kg3 37. gxf5 Nf6 38. f4 Ne4 39. Ra3 Rxc4 40. fxg5 Kxh3 41. f6 Rc2+ 42. Kd1 Rd2+ 43. Ke1 1-0

Jun-02-12		whiteshark: CONGRATULATIONS!!! <GM Throstur Thorhallsson was crowned <the Icelandic Champion 2012 in chess>> after beating IM Bragi Thorfinnsson in an extraordinarily close and exciting match. Thorhallsson and Thorfinnsson were joint winners of the Icelandic Chess Champion in April this year, the strongest Icelandic Championship so far during this century. They first played a four-game match, which ended 2-2 (one victory each and two draws) last Monday. ... http://www.chessdom.com/gm-thorhall...

Feb-26-13		BIDMONFA: Throstur Thorhallsson THORHALLSSON, Throstur http://www.bidmonfa.com/thorhallsso... _

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