GM Helgi Olafsson Full name Helgi Olafsson Born 1/1/1956 (age 68) Place of birth Federation Iceland Profiles #896 World Ranking 2466 Classical 2504 Rapid 2413 Blitz Rating Bio Most Played Openings White Pieces English Opening: Symmetrical, Three Knights System (21 games) King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (15 games) English Opening: Symmetrical Variation (13 games) Bogo-Indian Defense: Grünfeld Variation (12 games) Nimzo-Indian Defense: Classical, Keres Defense (12 games) Black Pieces Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf Variation (21 games) Queen's Indian Defense: Kasparov Variation, Petrosian Variation (15 games) Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, Amsterdam Variation (14 games) Sicilian Defense: Canal Attack (13 games) Alapin Sicilian Defense (11 games) Games Players Result Moves Year Helgi Olafsson (2336) Yang Kaiqi (2326) 1-0 30 2024 Helgi Olafsson (2466) Julia Horvath (2116) 1-0 34 2024 Helgi Olafsson (2466) Alberto David (2509) 1-0 39 2024 Helgi Olafsson (2342) Mamikon Gharibyan (2505) 0-1 13 2024 Helgi Olafsson (2345) Mateusz Bartel (2516) 0-1 44 2024 Helgi Olafsson (2466) Leonid Sokolin (2454) 0-1 23 2024 Helgi Olafsson (2466) Michael Oratovsky (2417) ½-½ 33 2024 Helgi Olafsson (2491) Dario Mione (2228) 1-0 48 2023 Helgi Olafsson (2491) Evgenij Novikov (2276) 1-0 30 2023 Helgi Olafsson (2491) Natacha Benmesbah (2256) 1-0 44 2023 Show All Games