Ingi Randver Jóhannsson

Icelandic chess player

Ingi Randver Jóhannsson

Country| Iceland
Born| (1936-12-05)5 December 1936
Died| 30 October 2010(2010-10-30) (aged 73)
Title| International Master (1963)
Peak rating| 2445 (January 1981)

Ingi Randver Jóhannsson (5 December 1936 – 30 October 2010) was an Icelandic chess International Master (1963), four-time Icelandic Chess Championship winner (1956, 1958, 1959, 1963).

## Biography[edit]

From the mid-1950s to mid-1980s, Ingi Randver Jóhannsson was also one of the leading Icelandic chess players. He four times won the Icelandic Chess Championship: 1956, 1958, 1959, and 1963.

Ingi Randver Jóhannsson played for Iceland in the Chess Olympiads:[1]

* In 1954, at reserve board in the 11th Chess Olympiad in Amsterdam (+2, =4, -7),
* In 1956, at second board in the 12th Chess Olympiad in Moscow (+5, =9, -4),
* In 1958, at first board in the 13th Chess Olympiad in Munich (+7, =6, -3),
* In 1966, at second board in the 17th Chess Olympiad in Havana (+4, =8, -4),
* In 1968, at first board in the 18th Chess Olympiad in Lugano (+6, =4, -5),
* In 1974, at third board in the 21st Chess Olympiad in Nice (+6, =9, -2),
* In 1980, at second reserve board in the 24th Chess Olympiad in La Valletta (+2, =2, -0),
* In 1982, at second reserve board in the 25th Chess Olympiad in Lucerne (+0, =1, -2).

Ingi Randver Jóhannsson played for Iceland in the European Team Chess Championship preliminaries:[2]

* In 1983, at seventh board (+0, =0, -3).

Ingi Randver Jóhannsson played for Iceland in the Telechess Olympiads:[3]

* In 1978, at third board (+0, =2, -1),
* In 1982, at fifth board (+1, =0, -0).

Ingi Randver Jóhannsson played for Iceland in the Nordic Chess Cups:[4]

* In 1973, at third board (+3, =2, -0) and won individual gold medal,
* In 1977, at second board (+1, =1, -3).

In 1963, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title.

## References[edit]

1. ^ "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Ingi Randver Jóhannsson". www.olimpbase.org.
2. ^ "OlimpBase :: European Team Chess Championships :: Ingi Randver Jóhannsson". www.olimpbase.org.
3. ^ "OlimpBase :: Telechess Olympiads :: Ingi Randver Jóhannsson". www.olimpbase.org.
4. ^ "OlimpBase :: Nordic Chess Cup :: Ingi Randver Jóhannsson". www.olimpbase.org.

## External links[edit]

* Ingi Randver Johannsson player profile and games at Chessgames.com
* Ingi Randver Jóhannsson chess games at 365chess.com

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