Jón Guðmundsson

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Jón Guðmundsson
CountryIceland
Born1904
Died1980

Jón Guðmundsson (1904 – 1980) was an Icelandic chess player, three-times Icelandic Chess Championship winner (1932, 1936, 1937), Chess Olympiad and an individual gold medal winner (1939).

Biography

In the 1930s Jón Guðmundsson was one of the most promising young chess players in Iceland.[1] He three times won the Icelandic Chess Championship (1932, 1936, 1937).

Jón Guðmundsson played for Iceland in the Chess Olympiads:[2]

After this success in 1939 Chess Olympiad, Jón Guðmundsson rarely participated in chess tournaments in the next years.

References

  1. ^ Jökulsson, Hrafn (3 August 2014). "Íslendingar með á Ólympíuskákmóti 1930: Frumraun íslenskra skákmanna á erlendri grund!".
  2. ^ "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Jón Guðmundsson". www.olimpbase.org.

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