Helgi Olafsson
Number of games in database: 389
Years covered: 1976 to 2008
Current FIDE rating: 2522
Highest rating achieved in database: 2595
Overall record: +94 -109 =183 (48.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      3 exhibition games, blitz games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  King's Indian (24)      E70 E97 E92 E75 E63  Queen's Indian (17)      E15 E12 E16 E13 E18  English, 1 c4 c5 (16)      A30 A33 A34 A32 A37  English (14)      A15 A17 A16 A10 A13  Queen's Pawn Game (14)      D02 E10 E00 A41 A40  English, 1 c4 e5 (12)      A28 A29 A20 A21 A22	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (47)      B90 B23 B93 B30 B25  Nimzo Indian (22)      E25 E32 E45 E55 E38  Sicilian Najdorf (22)      B90 B93 B92 B97 B96  Queen's Indian (19)      E12 E15 E17 E18 E14  English, 1 c4 c5 (13)      A34 A37 A30 A36 A35  English, 1 c4 e5 (12)      A29 A21 A22 A20 A28

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   H Olafsson vs J Levitt, 1990 1-0
   H Olafsson vs B Thorfinnsson, 2001 1-0
   V Burmakin vs H Olafsson, 2003 0-1

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HELGI OLAFSSON (born Aug-15-1956) Iceland [what is this?] Helgi Olafsson was born on the 15th of August 1956 in Reykjavik, Iceland. Awarded the IM title in 1977 and the GM title in 1985 he won the Icelandic Championship in 1978 and 1981. In tournaments he has been 2nd= at Copenhagen 1985 and 4th= at Dortmund 1988.

page 1 of 16; games 1-25 of 389  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Antoshin vs H Olafsson   ½-½ 29 1976 Reykjavik A48 King's Indian 2. L Day vs H Olafsson   1-0 53 1976 Haifa B25 Sicilian, Closed 3. V Tukmakov vs H Olafsson   ½-½ 45 1976 Reykjavik A16 English 4. Keene vs H Olafsson   1-0 32 1976 Reykjavik E97 King's Indian 5. Timman vs H Olafsson   1-0 25 1976 Reykjavik 23/511 B97 Sicilian, Najdorf 6. Vukcevich vs H Olafsson   ½-½ 43 1976 Reykjavik B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen 7. H Olafsson vs V McCambridge   1-0 28 1977 open E97 King's Indian 8. H Olafsson vs E Meyer   0-1 32 1977 open E97 King's Indian 9. Christiansen vs H Olafsson   ½-½ 37 1977 Lone Pine (USA) D42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3 10. Larry Evans vs H Olafsson   ½-½ 37 1977 Lone Pine Open A34 English, Symmetrical 11. Sahovic vs H Olafsson   1-0 54 1977 open E92 King's Indian 12. Reshevsky vs H Olafsson   ½-½ 30 1977 open E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line 13. H Olafsson vs Benko   ½-½ 21 1977 open A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 14. H Olafsson vs J D Tisdall   1-0 38 1977 open A17 English 15. Tarjan vs H Olafsson   1-0 36 1977 Lone Pine (USA) E45 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation 16. Browne vs H Olafsson   1-0 34 1978 Lone Pine (USA) E15 Queen's Indian 17. Christiansen vs H Olafsson   0-1 37 1978 Lone Pine (USA) A34 English, Symmetrical 18. Larsen vs H Olafsson   1-0 31 1978 Reykjavik E90 King's Indian 19. H Olafsson vs H Ree   ½-½ 10 1978 Lone Pine D67 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line 20. E Torre vs H Olafsson   ½-½ 32 1978 Olympiad A34 English, Symmetrical 21. Miles vs H Olafsson   1-0 39 1978 Lone Pine op A36 English 22. H Olafsson vs Larry Evans   ½-½ 51 1978 Lone Pine E97 King's Indian 23. H Olafsson vs Timman   1-0 43 1978 6, Lone Pine op A28 English 24. H Olafsson vs Smejkal   0-1 42 1978 Reykjavik A15 English 25. H Olafsson vs Benko   ½-½ 13 1978 Lone Pine E91 King's Indian  page 1 of 16; games 1-25 of 389    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2) | Olafsson wins | Olafsson loses

Jun-12-04    iron maiden: Any relation to Fridrik Olafsson? Jun-12-04    paulalbert: Because of the Icelandic naming system, same last name does not imply kinship, merely that Helgi's father was named Olaf. If Fridrik Olafsson was Helgi's father, his name would be Helgi Fridriksson. Of course it is possible that they are related in some way but not as far as I know, but you can't tell from names. I suspect there are probably thousands of men with last name Olafsson in Iceland. I think women have a last name with their mother's first name and "dottir" attached. Paul Albert Jun-12-04    poktirity: On Iceland the names in the phone book are sorted by first name :/ Jan-24-06    Joshka: Wonder if Helgi will ever enlighten us about what's going on with Bobby, as of late. Heard from a good source that Bobby spends time with Helgi more than Fridrik. Jan-24-06    Jim Bartle: I always heard that rule #1 for remaining Fischer's friend was never to talk about him. So I wouldn't get your hopes up. Jan-25-06    Joshka: <Jim Bartle> Oh you're quite right if history teaches us anything. Jul-14-06    Valandil: According to Chess Today, Helgi plays blitz with Bobby regulary, and usually Fischer wins... Jul-14-06    RookFile: That's pretty impressive, considering that this guy is a 2595 player. Apr-06-07    BIDMONFA: http://www.fide.com/ratings/card.ph... OLAFSSON, Helgi http://www.bidmonfa.com/olafsson_he... _

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