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Olafsson, Helgi

Total Games

96

Wins

9

Draws

45

Losses

42

9.4% wins46.9% draws43.8% losses

Most Played Openings

E15 - Queen's Indian Defense: Buerger Variation6E32 - Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical Variation4A33 - English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Anti-Benoni Variation, Geller Variation3C42 - Petrov's Defense3A30 - English Opening: Wing Gambit3D37 - Queen's Gambit Declined: Harrwitz Attack3E12 - Queen's Indian Defense3A13 - English Opening: Neo-Catalan3E06 - Catalan Opening: Closed2A26 - English Opening: King's English Variation, Botvinnik System2

Most Faced Opponents

Larsen, Bent9 gamesPolugaevsky, Lev7 gamesPortisch, Lajos6 gamesTimman, Jan H5 gamesGeller, Efim P4 gamesShort, Nigel D4 gamesAronian,L4 gamesKamsky, Gata3 gamesLjubojevic, Ljubomir3 gamesSmyslov, Vassily3 games

Games (96)

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Olafsson, Helgi vs Gelfand, Boris
0-1
New York op 1989 A65
Olafsson, Helgi vs Polugaevsky, Lev
1/2-1/2
New York op 1989 E32
Olafsson, Helgi vs Smyslov, Vassily
1-0
New York op 1989 E32
Olafsson, Helgi vs Larsen, Bent
1-0
Espoo zt 1989 A35
Olafsson, Helgi vs Polugaevsky, Lev
1/2-1/2
Sochi 1988 E15
Olafsson, Helgi vs Geller, Efim P
1/2-1/2
GMA-Open 1988 D53
Ivanchuk, Vassily vs Olafsson, Helgi
1-0
Thessaloniki ol (Men) 1988 B85
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Olafsson, Helgi
1/2-1/2
Reykjavik op 1988 D58
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Olafsson, Helgi
1-0
Akureyri 1988 A13
Olafsson, Helgi vs Ljubojevic, Ljubomir
1/2-1/2
Reykjavik 1987 A42
Olafsson, Helgi vs Kortschnoj, Viktor
0-1
Hoogovens 1987 A13
Portisch, Lajos vs Olafsson, Helgi
1/2-1/2
Reykjavik 1987 D37
Short, Nigel D vs Olafsson, Helgi
1-0
Hoogovens 1987 B78
Short, Nigel D vs Olafsson, Helgi
1-0
Reykjavik 1987 C42
Olafsson, Helgi vs Kortschnoj, Viktor
0-1
Reykjavik 1987 A13
Olafsson, Helgi vs Ljubojevic, Ljubomir
1/2-1/2
Hoogovens 1987 A32
Olafsson, Helgi vs Tal, Mihail
1/2-1/2
Reykjavik 1987 A75
Timman, Jan H vs Olafsson, Helgi
1/2-1/2
Reykjavik 1987 D55
Olafsson, Helgi vs Polugaevsky, Lev
1/2-1/2
Reykjavik 1987 E15
Olafsson, Helgi vs Geller, Efim P
1-0
Reykjavik op 1986 E06
Kasparov, Gary vs Olafsson, Helgi
1-0
Dubai ol (Men) 1986 D55
Larsen, Bent vs Olafsson, Helgi
1/2-1/2
Gausdal zt 1985 D34
Olafsson, Helgi vs Jussupow, Artur
1/2-1/2
Reykjavik 1985 D14
Spassky, Boris V vs Olafsson, Helgi
1/2-1/2
Reykjavik 1985 B25
Olafsson, Helgi vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Reykjavik 1985 A87
Short, Nigel D vs Olafsson, Helgi
1/2-1/2
Vestmannaeyjum 1985 C88
Smyslov, Vassily vs Olafsson, Helgi
1-0
Copenhagen 1985 A33
Olafsson, Helgi vs Larsen, Bent
1/2-1/2
Copenhagen 1985 A37
Olafsson, Helgi vs Reshevsky, Samuel Herman
1/2-1/2
Reykjavik op 1984 A30
Reshevsky, Samuel Herman vs Olafsson, Helgi
1/2-1/2
New York op 1984 E12
Geller, Efim P vs Olafsson, Helgi
1/2-1/2
Reykjavik op 1984 B92
Beliavsky, Alexander G vs Olafsson, Helgi
1-0
Thessaloniki ol (Men) 1984 D53
Olafsson, Helgi vs Portisch, Lajos
1/2-1/2
New York op 1984 A33
Olafsson, Helgi vs Timman, Jan H
1/2-1/2
Thessaloniki ol (Men) 1984 E16
Portisch, Lajos vs Olafsson, Helgi
1-0
Thessaloniki ol (Men) 1984 E12
Geller, Efim P vs Olafsson, Helgi
1-0
Malta ol (Men) 1980 B50
Timman, Jan H vs Olafsson, Helgi
0-1
Malta ol (Men) 1980 A48
Olafsson, Helgi vs Ljubojevic, Ljubomir
0-1
Malta ol (Men) 1980 A30
Olafsson, Helgi vs Portisch, Lajos
0-1
Malta ol (Men) 1980 E16
Larsen, Bent vs Olafsson, Helgi
1-0
Reykjavik 1978 E91
Polugaevsky, Lev vs Olafsson, Helgi
1-0
Reykjavik 1978 A26
Olafsson, Helgi vs Timman, Jan H
1-0
Lone Pine op 1978 A28
Portisch, Lajos vs Olafsson, Helgi
1-0
Lone Pine op 1978 A38
Reshevsky, Samuel Herman vs Olafsson, Helgi
1/2-1/2
Lone Pine 1977 E69
Olafsson, Helgi vs Najdorf, Miguel
1/2-1/2
Reykjavik 1976 E69
Timman, Jan H vs Olafsson, Helgi
1-0
Reykjavik 1976 B97
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