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| Born: | 1915 |
| Results: | Win: 25% (12) Loss: 43.8% (21) Draw: 31.3% (15) Total:48 |
| White Results: | Win: 24% (6) Loss: 44% (11) Draw: 32% (8) Total:25 |
| Black Results: | Win: 26.1% (6) Loss: 43.5% (10) Draw: 30.4% (7) Total:23 |
| Active: | 1937 to 1993 |
| Current Rating: | 2463* |
| Max Rating: | 2463* |
| FIDE ID: | |
| Country: | ISL |
| Most Frequent White Openings | |
|---|---|
| Opening | Played |
| Torre Attack, Classical Defense | 3 (+0 -3 =0) |
| Queen's Gambit Declined, Modern, Knight Defense | 2 (+1 -1 =0) |
| Nimzo-Indian Defense, Spielmann Variation | 2 (+0 -1 =1) |
| English Opening, Anglo-Indian Defense, Hedgehog System | 1 (+0 -0 =1) |
| Indian Game, Przepiorka Variation | 1 (+1 -0 =0) |
| Indian Game, Pseudo-King's Indian Variation | 1 (+0 -0 =1) |
| Indian Game, Anti-Grünfeld, Advance Variation | 1 (+0 -0 =1) |
| King's Indian Defense, Orthodox Variation, Aronin-Taimanov Defense | 1 (+0 -0 =1) |
| King's Indian Defense, Orthodox Variation, Classical System | 1 (+1 -0 =0) |
| King's Indian Defense, Fianchetto Variation, Classical Main Line | 1 (+1 -0 =0) |
| Most Frequent Black Openings | |
|---|---|
| Opening | Played |
| Horwitz Defense, General | 3 (+0 -0 =3) |
| King's Indian Defense, Fianchetto Variation, Classical Main Line | 2 (+1 -1 =0) |
| Dutch Defense, Classical Variation, Stonewall Variation | 1 (+1 -0 =0) |
| French Defense, Advance Variation | 1 (+1 -0 =0) |
| French Defense, Exchange Variation | 1 (+0 -1 =0) |
| French Defense, MacCutcheon Variation, Lasker Variation | 1 (+0 -0 =1) |
| French Defense, MacCutcheon Variation, Lasker Variation | 1 (+0 -0 =1) |
| French Defense, Steinitz Variation, Boleslavsky Variation | 1 (+0 -1 =0) |
| French Defense, Tarrasch Variation, Open System | 1 (+0 -1 =0) |
| Indian Game, General | 1 (+0 -1 =0) |
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