Organized chess in Iceland dates back to 1900 with the founding of the Reykjavík Chess Club. The game grew significantly in popularity following the 1972...

The Icelandic Chess Championship is usually held in Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland. It is organised by the Icelandic Chess Federation (ICF), the body...

The bishop (♗, ♝) is a piece in the game of chess. It moves and captures along diagonals without jumping over interfering pieces. Each player begins the...

in Reykjavík, Iceland. Publicized as a Cold War confrontation between the US and USSR, the match attracted more worldwide interest than any chess championship...

(Icelandic: Fischersetur) is a small non-profit biographical museum housing memorabilia of the 1972 World Chess Champion, Bobby Fischer located in Selfoss...

champion Wesley So, classical chess champion and Fischer random championship runner-up Magnus Carlsen, the strongest Icelandic grandmaster Hjorvar Steinn...

The World Chess Championship 1972 was a match for the World Chess Championship between challenger Bobby Fischer of the United States and defending champion...

The Reykjavik Open is an annual chess tournament that takes place in the capital city of Iceland. It was held every two years up to 2008, currently it...

chess and horseback riding are also popular. Chess has historically been a common pastime in Iceland. The country's chess clubs have produced chess grandmasters...

an Icelandic chess grandmaster. He was president of FIDE from 1978 to 1982. He was a six-time Icelandic Chess Champion and a two-time Nordic Chess Champion...

Fischer Free Internet Chess - FICGS website. Accessed February 20, 2010. Catharine Fulto, "Iceland’s ties to Recluse Anti-Semitic Chess Grandmaster: New Bobby...

1956) is an Icelandic chess grandmaster. He is a six-time Icelandic Chess Champion. A native of Heimaey, the largest and sole populated island in the Vestmannaeyjar...

were considered too trivial for inclusion in the catalogue. The chess variants listed below are derived from chess by changing one or more of the many rules...

Sports in Iceland are very popular. Popular sports include football, handball, athletics, basketball, chess, golf, volleyball, tennis, skiing, snowboarding...

during the Cold War and culminating in the World Chess Championship 1972 match versus Boris Spassky in Reykjavík, Iceland. It was directed by Edward Zwick...

1987 to 1991. He chaired the Icelandic Chess Federation (ICF), from 1969 to 1974, and again from 1992. Guðmundur was born in Reykjavík on 29 October 1939...

Hungarian Chess Federation Iceland – Icelandic Chess Federation Ireland – Irish Chess Union Israel – Israel Chess Federation Italy – Italian Chess Federation...

Algebraic notation is the standard method of chess notation, used for recording and describing moves. It is based on a system of coordinates to identify...

Major chess events in 2025 include the annual Tata Steel Chess Tournament in January, Norway Chess in May–June, and Grand Chess Tour from May–October...

an Icelandic chess grandmaster. In May 2023, he tied for the first place with Guðmundur Kjartansson and Hannes Stefánsson in the Icelandic Chess Championship...

historic World Chess Championship 1972 in Reykjavík during the height of the Cold War. As of 2008[update], there have been nine Icelandic chess grandmasters...

volume, Chess In Iceland and in Icelandic Literature (Florence, 1905), was used as source material by H. J. R. Murray for A History of Chess. Another...

The rook (/rʊk/; ♖, ♜) is a piece in the game of chess. It may move any number of squares horizontally or vertically without jumping, and it may capture...

Chess, a strategy board game, is played all over the world. The international governing body of chess is FIDE, established in 1924. Most national chess...

– Friðrik Ólafsson, 90, chess grandmaster. 12 April – Steindór Andersen, 70, musician. Luckhurst, Toby (2025-03-21). "Iceland minister who had a child...

Icelandic chess players. He twice won Icelandic Chess Championships: in 1971 and 1974. In 1967, in Halle Jón Kristinsson participated in World Chess Championship...

article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves. Chess960, also known as Fischer Random Chess, is a chess variant that randomizes the starting position...

Reykjavík is the capital and largest city in Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland on the southern shore of the Faxaflói Bay. With a latitude...

The Nordic Chess Championship (Nordiska Schackkongressen) is a biennial chess tournament which determines the champion of the Nordic countries. The first...

Guðmundsson (11 May 1918 – 20 April 1974) was an Icelandic chess player, and the 1954 Icelandic Chess Championship winner. From the late 1930s to late...