Gudmundur Palmason
Number of games in database: 67
Years covered: 1954 to 2001
Overall record: +15 -20 =32 (46.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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With the White pieces:  King's Indian (6)      E74 E61 E68 E60 E64  Modern Benoni (4)      A61 A59 A56  English (4)      A15 A14  Nimzo Indian (4)      E59 E46 E50 E56	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (12)      B42 B58 B97 B80 B64  Nimzo Indian (7)      E47 E59 E25 E34 E26

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GUDMUNDUR PALMASON (born Jun-11-1928, died Mar-11-2004) Iceland [what is this?] Dr. Guđmundur Pálmason was one of Iceland's top geologists and a pioneer in his country's geothermal research as well, as one of their best chessplayers after Fridrik Olafsson.

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 67  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Prins vs G Palmason   ½-½ 41 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 2. E Pedersen vs G Palmason   ½-½ 20 1954 Prague zt C48 Four Knights 3. G Palmason vs Filip   ½-½ 77 1954 Prague zt A21 English 4. G Palmason vs Uhlmann   ½-½ 67 1954 Prague zt C05 French, Tarrasch 5. G Palmason vs S Basjuni   1-0 39 1954 Prague zt D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation 6. F Olafsson vs G Palmason   1-0 34 1954 Prague B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 7. G Palmason vs H Rossetto   ½-½ 41 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) D23 Queen's Gambit Accepted 8. G Palmason vs E R Lundin   ½-½ 41 1954 Prague zt D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 9. M Bobotsov vs G Palmason 1-0 28 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) fin-A E14 Queen's Indian 10. G Palmason vs Stahlberg   0-1 35 1954 Prague zt A46 Queen's Pawn Game 11. I Solin vs G Palmason   1-0 28 1954 Prague zt A06 Reti Opening 12. Sliwa vs G Palmason   ½-½ 40 1954 Prague zt E26 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 13. M Oren vs G Palmason   1-0 45 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) E46 Nimzo-Indian 14. G Palmason vs Pachman   0-1 29 1954 Prague zt D97 Grunfeld, Russian 15. G Kluger vs G Palmason   0-1 25 1954 Prague zt D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense 16. B Hodja vs G Palmason   0-1 36 1954 Prague zt B58 Sicilian 17. Sajtar vs G Palmason   1-0 42 1954 Prague zt D56 Queen's Gambit Declined 18. G Palmason vs L Barden   ½-½ 40 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) E64 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav System 19. G Palmason vs Szabo   0-1 41 1954 Prague zt A48 King's Indian 20. Keres vs G Palmason   1-0 27 1954 Amsterdam B88 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin Attack 21. Minev vs G Palmason   0-1 35 1954 Prague zt A20 English 22. G Palmason vs Gligoric   ½-½ 41 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) fin-A E68 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4 23. G Palmason vs J Anagnostou   1-0 44 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) D22 Queen's Gambit Accepted 24. H Koskinen vs G Palmason   ½-½ 28 1954 Prague zt A07 King's Indian Attack 25. G Palmason vs G Barcza   0-1 40 1954 Prague zt A53 Old Indian  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 67

Jan-24-10    Jonathan Sarfati: Dr Guđmundur Pálmason (1928–2004) was one of Iceland's top geologists and a pioneer in his country's geothermal research as well, as one of their best chessplayers after Fridrik Olafsson He once visited my chess club as the guest of his former Olympiad team mate Arinbjorn Gudmundsson who has lived in Brisbane for many years.

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