Ingvar Asmundsson
Number of games in database: 193
Years covered: 1957 to 2005
Last FIDE rating: 2292
Highest rating achieved in database: 2405
Overall record: +62 -69 =62 (48.2%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Sicilian (23)      B31 B40 B51 B30 B52  Ruy Lopez (10)      C69 C68 C71 C84 C81  Pirc (8)      B08 B07  French Defense (7)      C00 C19 C16 C18 C11  Caro-Kann (6)      B13 B10 B19 B14 B11  Ruy Lopez Exchange (5)      C69 C68	With the Black pieces:  French Defense (17)      C16 C08 C00 C01 C04  Sicilian (16)      B42 B47 B44 B31 B22  Alekhine's Defense (11)      B05 B03 B02  King's Indian (11)      E80 E60 E98 E74 E89  Dutch Defense (10)      A92 A81 A87 A96 A84  French Winawer (7)      C16 C19 C18

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   I Asmundsson vs J Thor, 1974 1-0
   T Knight vs I Asmundsson, 1974 0-1

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INGVAR ASMUNDSSON (born Jul-10-1934, died Feb-21-2007) Iceland [what is this?] FM Ingvar Asmundsson was born in 1934. He played for Iceland in three Olympiads, in 1968, 1974 and 1978. He was Icelandic Champion in 1979. He placed first at the World Open in Philadelphia in 1978. He was an honorary member of the American Chess Federation since 1972. He was one of the first players in Iceland to embrace the new internet technology for chess, and is said to have played over 40,000 games online. He was also one of the driving forces behind the team which managed to have Robert James Fischer liberated from Japan.

page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 193  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. G Palmason vs I Asmundsson   ½-½ 20 1957 Reykjavik E60 King's Indian Defense 2. Sehlstedt vs I Asmundsson   ½-½ 34 1957 WchT U26 04th E60 King's Indian Defense 3. I Asmundsson vs E Davis   1-0 33 1957 WchT U26 04th E02 Catalan, Open, 5.Qa4 4. G H Gudmundsson vs I Asmundsson   1-0 30 1957 Reykjavik A48 King's Indian 5. I Asmundsson vs B Johannesson   1-0 58 1957 Reykjavik E70 King's Indian 6. I Asmundsson vs F Blatny   ½-½ 67 1957 WchT U26 04th E09 Catalan, Closed 7. B Andersen vs I Asmundsson   0-1 38 1957 WchT U26 04th E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation 8. I Asmundsson vs I Johannsson   ½-½ 13 1957 Reykjavik C71 Ruy Lopez 9. F Olafsson vs I Asmundsson   1-0 36 1957 Reykjavik E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation 10. Gurgenidze vs I Asmundsson   1-0 38 1957 WchT U26 04th B39 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, Breyer Variation 11. I Asmundsson vs E Aaltio   1-0 40 1957 WchT U26 04th E00 Queen's Pawn Game 12. Benites vs I Asmundsson   0-1 39 1957 WchT U26 04th E98 King's Indian, Orthodox, Taimanov, 9.Ne1 13. I Asmundsson vs G Agustsson   ½-½ 52 1957 Reykjavik D25 Queen's Gambit Accepted 14. Benko vs I Asmundsson   ½-½ 41 1957 Reykjavik C08 French, Tarrasch, Open, 4.ed ed 15. N Padevsky vs I Asmundsson 1-0 16 1957 WchT U26 04th C18 French, Winawer 16. I Asmundsson vs Myagmarsuren   1-0 41 1957 WchT U26 04th E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation 17. L Navarovszky vs I Asmundsson   ½-½ 21 1957 WchT U26 04th A39 English, Symmetrical, Main line with d4 18. I Asmundsson vs Stahlberg   ½-½ 69 1957 Reykjavik A04 Reti Opening 19. Pilnik vs I Asmundsson   1-0 23 1957 Reykjavik B34 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto 20. H Liebert vs I Asmundsson   ½-½ 40 1957 WchT U26 04th C08 French, Tarrasch, Open, 4.ed ed 21. I Asmundsson vs Feuerstein   0-1 41 1957 WchT U26 04th A32 English, Symmetrical Variation 22. A Gudmundsson vs I Asmundsson   ½-½ 17 1957 Reykjavik E86 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.Nge2 c6 23. I Asmundsson vs G Gunnarsson   1-0 28 1957 Reykjavik A65 Benoni, 6.e4 24. Mednis vs I Asmundsson   ½-½ 28 1958 WchT U26 prel-B 05th C08 French, Tarrasch, Open, 4.ed ed 25. I Asmundsson vs A Kolarov   0-1 59 1958 WchT U26 prel-B 05th E45 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation  page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 193    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Asmundsson wins | Asmundsson loses

Dec-21-04    Benzol: Ingvar Asmundsson Born 10th July 1934 He was Icelandic Champion in 1979. Dec-21-04    Benzol: Is this a possible answer to the chess cafe quiz question? Jul-10-06    BIDMONFA: Ingvar Asmundsson ASMUNDSSON, Ingvar http://www.bidmonfa.com/asmundsson_... _ Feb-26-07    syracrophy: He died four days ago? Can someone explain more about it? Mar-24-07    gunnar373: Ingvar Asmundsson died after long illnes. I think it was cancer. RIP Jul-10-08    brankat: R.I.P. Mr.Asmundsson. Jul-10-10    DarthStapler: I've played more than 40,000 games online Jul-10-10    whiteshark: Thanks for your efforts! R.I.P. Ingvar Asmundsson. Jul-10-10    wordfunph: <He was one of the first players in Iceland to embrace the new internet technology for chess, and is said to have played over 40,000 games online.> he died at age 73, assuming he played chess for 40 years then he averaged 1,000 games a year of 2.74 games per day. R.I.P Master Ingvar.

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