Icelandic chess playerThis is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Helgi.

Helgi Dagbjartur Áss Grétarsson (born 18 February 1977) is an Icelandic chess grandmaster. He won the World Junior Chess Championship in 1994.

Chess career

Helgi played for the Icelandic national team in the Chess Olympiad in 1994, 1996, 1998 and 2002. He tied for first place with Carsten Høi, Erling Mortensen, Nikolaj Borge and Lars Schandorff at the Politiken Cup 1997 tournament in Copenhagen. In this event, he won the prize for the best Nordic junior. The following year, he competed in the FIDE World Chess Championship in Groningen. Helgi knocked out Miguel Illescas in the first round, then in round 2 he was eliminated from the compe*ion after losing to Artur Yusupov. He won the Icelandic Open 2018, scoring 8½/10. He is the No. 12 ranked Icelandic player as of September 2020.

References

External links

• Helgi * Gretarsson rating card at FIDE
• Helgi * Gretarsson player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Helgi * Gretarsson chess games at 365chess.com