About Guðmundur Guðmundsson
Lived 1918 – 1974 (aged 55). Guðmundur Guðmundsson was an Icelandic chess player.
Guðmundur Guðmundsson (11 May 1918 – 20 April 1974) was an Icelandic chess player, and the 1954 Icelandic Chess Championship winner.
Biography From the late 1930s to late 1950s, Guðmundur Guðmundsson was also one of the leading Icelandic chess players. In 1947, he played in Hastings International Chess Congress and Nordic Chess Championship. In 1954, Guðmundur Guðmundsson won the Icelandic Chess Championship.
Guðmundur Guðmundsson played for Iceland in the Chess Olympiad: In 1954, at second board in the 11th Chess Olympiad in Amsterdam (+2, =6, -5).
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Icelandic chess player (1918–1974)
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Guðmundur Guðmundsson was born on 11 May 1918.
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Guðmundur Guðmundsson died on 20 April 1974.
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Guðmundur Guðmundsson was a chess player.
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Guðmundur Guðmundsson was Icelandic.
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