Friðrik Ólafsson

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Friðrik.
Friðrik Ólafsson
Friðrik Ólafsson in 2008
CountryIceland
Born26 January 1935 (1935-01-26) (age 89)
Reykjavík, Kingdom of Iceland
TitleGrandmaster (1958)
Peak rating2692 (October 1958)
Peak rankingNo. 13 (October 1958)[1]
President of FIDE
In office
1978–1982
Preceded byMax Euwe
Succeeded byFlorencio Campomanes

Friðrik Ólafsson (born 26 January 1935) is an Icelandic chess grandmaster. He was president of FIDE from 1978 to 1982. He is a six-time Icelandic Chess Champion and a two-time Nordic Chess Champion.

Chess career

Friðrik was born in Reykjavík, Iceland. A first-time winner of the Icelandic Chess Championship in 1952 and of the Nordic Chess Championship a year later, he rapidly became recognised as the strongest Icelandic chess player of his generation. Friðrik's first result of international note was his shared first with Viktor Korchnoi at Hastings 1955–56.

Friðrik's best result in World Chess Championship competition was in the 1958 Interzonal tournament, where he finished equal 5th–6th, automatically earning the grandmaster title (the first for Iceland) and qualifying for the 1959 Candidates Tournament, the last stage to determine the challenger to the World Chess Champion in 1960. It was an amazing achievement for someone who was not a chess professional at the time. In the Candidates Tournament, however, he finished seventh of eight with 10/28. He also played in the following Interzonal in 1962, but failed to qualify for the Candidates.

Among his other best tournament results were joint third in the first Piatigorsky Cup, Los Angeles 1963, with 7½/14 and shared first with Ljubomir Ljubojević at Wijk aan Zee 1976, ahead of Mikhail Tal. According to Chessmetrics, Olafsson at his best was rated 2692 on the October 1958 rating list, ranked #13 in world.[2]

Olafsson continued to play occasionally into the 21st century, winning a rapid match against fellow veteran Bent Larsen in 2003 by a score of 5–3.

This section uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves.

Friðrik usually played the Sicilian Defence against 1.e4 and the King's Indian Defence and Nimzo-Indian Defence against 1.d4.[3] With White, he usually played the English Opening, but he also played 1.d4, 1.e4, and 1.Nf3 many times.[4]

FIDE president

In 1978, Olafsson succeeded Max Euwe as president of the international chess governing body FIDE. During the tenure he presided over the 1981 Karpov–Korchnoi World Championship match. Since Korchnoi defected from the Soviet Union in 1976, the Soviets were holding Korchnoi's son, Igor. Olafsson delayed the planned September 19 start date of the match in a bid to get the Soviets to release Korchnoi's son. For this attempt, Olafsson drew the wrath of the Soviets, who then backed the FIDE vice-president, Florencio Campomanes, for the presidency of FIDE. Campomanes succeeded Olafsson as FIDE president in 1982.

Personal life

In life outside of chess, Friðrik is married and has two adult daughters.

Prior to 1974, when he became a chess professional, he worked as a lawyer at the Icelandic Ministry of Justice.[5] After the FIDE presidency in 1982, Olafsson was appointed secretary to the Icelandic Parliament.

References

  1. ^ "Chessmetrics Player Profile: Fridrik Olafsson". chessmetrics.com. Retrieved 2024-12-12.
  2. ^ "Chessmetrics Player Profile: Fridrik Olafsson". chessmetrics.com. Retrieved 2024-12-12.
  3. ^ "The chess games of Fridrik Olafsson". Chessgames.com. 2010-02-22. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
  4. ^ "Chess Opening Explorer". Chessgames.com. Retrieved 2014-01-24.
  5. ^ "Former FIDE President Fridrik Olafsson turns 75 | Chess News". En.chessbase.com. 26 January 2010. Retrieved 2014-01-24.

Sources

  • Chess magazine, January 1979 – Interview with David Levy
  • The KGB Plays Chess – Yuri Felshtinsky
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