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Hannes Stefansson
H Stefansson 
 

Number of games in database: 1,774
Years covered: 1986 to 2025
Last FIDE rating: 2428 (2450 rapid, 2416 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2600
Overall record: +654 -355 =607 (59.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 158 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (215) 
    B90 B42 B47 B32 B33
 Ruy Lopez (122) 
    C78 C67 C95 C84 C92
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (55) 
    C95 C84 C92 C99 C97
 French Defense (54) 
    C18 C11 C10 C17 C16
 King's Indian (54) 
    E62 E60 E67 E63 E89
 Sicilian Najdorf (41) 
    B90 B92 B93 B91 B96
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (174) 
    B47 B43 B22 B30 B42
 Ruy Lopez (90) 
    C78 C65 C67 C92 C69
 Queen's Indian (86) 
    E12 E15 E17 E14 E19
 Nimzo Indian (70) 
    E32 E46 E21 E48 E20
 Queen's Pawn Game (53) 
    A45 A46 E00 D02 D00
 Semi-Slav (42) 
    D43 D45 D47 D49 D44
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   H Stefansson vs L Bruzon Batista, 2001 1-0
   H Stefansson vs J Herms Agullo, 2011 1-0
   H Stefansson vs J Norqvist, 1998 1-0
   H Stefansson vs Karpov, 1994 1/2-1/2
   Adams vs H Stefansson, 1987 0-1
   H Stefansson vs E Hedman, 2002 1-0
   H Stefansson vs J Piket, 1998 1-0
   H Stefansson vs S Kasparov, 2001 1-0
   G Grimsson vs H Stefansson, 2003 0-1
   H Stefansson vs O Thorsson, 2009 1-0

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: [what is this?]
   FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (1999)
   FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (2000)

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Politiken Cup (1998)
   Icelandic Championship (1999)
   Reykjavik Open (2000)
   European Junior Championship 1990/91 (1990)
   Icelandic Chess Championship (2023)
   Icelandic Championship (1987)
   Canadian Open (1997)
   Lost Boys Open (1998)
   Las Palmas Open (1999)
   European Junior Championship 1989/90 (1989)
   Reykjavik Open (2019)
   Reykjavik Open (2017)
   Reykjavik Open (1990)
   European Championship (2001)
   Pro Chess League (2018)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   2001 Capablanca memorial (elite) by trh6upsz
   2001 Capablanca memorial (elite) by gauer

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Reykjavik Open
   H Stefansson vs D Kadric (Apr-15-25) 0-1
   J M Frayna vs H Stefansson (Apr-14-25) 0-1
   H Stefansson vs M Ornolfsson (Apr-13-25) 1-0
   E Amar vs H Stefansson (Apr-12-25) 1-0
   H Stefansson vs J Friedel (Apr-11-25) 1-0

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HANNES STEFANSSON
(born Jul-18-1972, 52 years old) Iceland

[what is this?]

IM (1988); GM (1993); World U16 Champion (1987); Icelandic Champion (1998, 1999, 2001-2008, 2010 and 2013).

Championships

<Youth> Won the World U16 Championship in 1987 staged in Innsbruck in Austria.

<Junior> Runner up to Rune Djurhuus at the 1991 European Junior Championship staged in Arnhem, Netherlands.

<National> He is a 12-times Icelandic Champion, most recently in 2013. (1)

Tournaments

He won Acropolis International (1993) in Athens and was =1st with Hedinn Steingrimsson, Yuriy Kryvoruchko and Mihail Marin in the Reykjavik Open (2009). Won the 2015 Teplice Open on tiebreak ahead of Evgeny Postny.

(1) Wikipedia article: Icelandic Chess Championship

Wikipedia article: Hannes Stefansson

Last updated: 2019-02-16 12:09:20

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 page 1 of 71; games 1-25 of 1,775  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. M Wilder vs H Stefansson  1-0461986Reykjavik OpenA47 Queen's Indian
2. H Stefansson vs H Karlsson  1-0201986Reykjavik OpenC41 Philidor Defense
3. H Stefansson vs K Thorsteins  0-1461986Reykjavik OpenB80 Sicilian, Scheveningen
4. K Gudmundsson vs H Stefansson  0-1381986Reykjavik OpenA07 King's Indian Attack
5. S Bjarnason vs H Stefansson  0-1391986Reykjavik OpenD32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
6. Petursson vs H Stefansson  1-0251986Icelandic ChampionshipD21 Queen's Gambit Accepted
7. T Arnason vs H Stefansson  0-1551986Icelandic ChampionshipB06 Robatsch
8. H Stefansson vs J Arnason  1-0431986Icelandic ChampionshipB40 Sicilian
9. H Stefansson vs K Thorsteins  1-0301986Icelandic ChampionshipD58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst
10. D Olafsson vs H Stefansson  ½-½251986Icelandic ChampionshipB01 Scandinavian
11. H Stefansson vs T Thorhallsson  ½-½571986Icelandic ChampionshipB61 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Larsen Variation, 7.Qd2
12. S Bjarnason vs H Stefansson  1-0201986Icelandic ChampionshipA42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System
13. H Stefansson vs Hjartarson  0-1331986Icelandic ChampionshipB80 Sicilian, Scheveningen
14. H Stefansson vs B Jonsson  1-0321986Icelandic ChampionshipC18 French, Winawer
15. G Sigurjonsson vs H Stefansson  1-0251986Icelandic ChampionshipB01 Scandinavian
16. H Stefansson vs D Hansson  1-0391986Icelandic ChampionshipC53 Giuoco Piano
17. P Cramling vs H Stefansson  1-0411987Gausdal IntD43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
18. H Stefansson vs E Vazquez Toledo  1-0461987World Championship U16B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen
19. H Stefansson vs R Rabiega  1-0201987World Championship U16B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen
20. H Stefansson vs S M Hill  1-0631987World Championship U16B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation
21. Van Wely vs H Stefansson  1-0401987World Championship U16A67 Benoni, Taimanov Variation
22. H Stefansson vs J Degraeve  1-0381987World Championship U16B33 Sicilian
23. J Kocur vs H Stefansson  0-1601987World Championship U16C07 French, Tarrasch
24. Adams vs H Stefansson 0-1541987World Championship U16B01 Scandinavian
25. H Stefansson vs Delchev  1-0251987World Championship U16B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical
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Kibitzer's Corner
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Oct-30-04  aw1988: Lol Sneaky is right... he does bear an interesting resemblance!
Oct-30-04  jcmoral: He looks like he's asleep.
Oct-30-04  aw1988: Maybe he's playing Vladimir Kramnik... that could be the reason.
Jul-30-05  WMD: There must be something noteworthy about the player of the day, aside from his looking nothing like Tom Hanks. Come on, people, think.
Jul-30-05  OJC: Somewhat noteworthy is that he drew the much higher rated Radjabov today, allowing Iceland to avoid a clean sweep at the European team championships.
Jul-18-06  BIDMONFA: Hannes Stefansson

STEFANSSON, Hannes
http://www.bidmonfa.com/stefansson_...
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Jul-18-07  whiteshark: A very good description you find here:
http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannes...
Jul-18-07  rozumim: Yes, indeed, a terrific description. Very thorough and informative. Now, if I could just read Polish....
Jul-18-07  Waitaka: So this guy has been the player of the day twice?
Jul-18-08  brankat: Happy Birthday Hannes!
Jul-25-08  GeauxCool: Stefansson vs D Magalashvili, 2008

After 22...b4

White to move and win:


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Mar-03-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: Reykjavik Open ended today, with Stefansson in 4th place:

http://www.chess-results.com/tnr293...

Apr-10-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: Not surprising, the Iceland champion 2010 is Hannes Stefansson:

http://www.chess-results.com/tnr321...

Sep-26-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  ketchuplover: Born during the match! (or close to it)
Mar-12-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Still have a fairly good tournament. +1 is not bad. He also held David Navara to a draw.

Stefansson vs Navara, 2012

Jul-18-12  brankat: Happy Birthday GM Stefansson!
Feb-03-13  wordfunph: GM Hannes Stefansson scored 2.5/9 in Selfoss 2003. According to GM Nick de Firmian, "Stefansson's bad result had a reason a number of chess players could respect. He gave up drinking alcohol three weeks before the tournament, which must drastically upset a player's toutine."
Jun-10-13  twinlark: Congratulation on winning the Iceland Championship for the 12th time!
Jun-10-13  twinlark: Make that 11 times...
Jun-21-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  Penguincw: Congrats to 5th seed GM Hannes Stefansson (2580) for winning the "Open Teplice 2015 International Chess Tournament". He finished with 7.5/9 (+6,-0,=3), edging out Evgeny Posny on tiebreaks.
Jul-18-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  eternaloptimist: Happy birthday to the 11-time Icelandic Chess Championship champ GM Stefansson!
Jul-18-16  Infohunter: Happy Birthday to Hannes Stefánsson! Not only eleven-time Icelandic chess champion but also born during the Fischer-Spassky World Championship Match in Reykjavík.
Feb-16-19  adalthor23: According to my information, Hannes is 12 time icelandic champion, he won also the championship in 2010. http://chess-results.com/tnr32130.a...
Jul-18-19
Premium Chessgames Member
  WTHarvey: Here's an early sac by Hannes.

Hannes Stefansson vs Hilmar Karlsson, Reykjavik, 1986


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Solution (in reverse)

21.Qh3+ 20...hxg5 if 20.Ng5+

Feb-12-20  adalthor23: Hannes won in 2019, that was an open icelandic championship. He has won the icelandic championship thirteen times now!
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