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WIM Olga Prudnykova wins Icelandic Women’s Chess Championship 2024

by L'immortale

The Icelandic Women’s Chess Championship 2024 took place from 5-11 February in Kopavogur, Iceland. The event was played as 8-player round-robin tournament and determined Iceland’s National Chess Champion in Women’s category.

WIM Olga Prudnykova convincingly won the event scoring perfect 7/7 points! Prudnykova performed in the tournament with 2614 rating performance and earned 15.6 rating points. WGM Lenka Ptacnikova trailed by two points, and clinched silver medal, while Johanna Bjorg Johannsdottir claimed bronze with 4.5 points. (Final rankings can be seen below)

The Icelandic Chess Federation simultaneously organized the Senior Championships. Gudmundur Gislason won the 50+ championship with the score of 8/9 points and Ogmundur Kristinsson won the 65+ competition with the score of 4/5 points.

Icelandic Women’s Challengers tournament was played from 11-15 February, and Emilia Embla B Berglindardottir won the event with a perfect score of 5/5 points. Two players tied for silver scoring 4 points, each, but Hildur Berglind Johannsdottir came second thanks to better tiebreaks and Soley Kria Helgadottir won bronze.

The rich tournament schedule of the Icelandic Chess Federation continues in March with the Reykjavik Chess Open 2024 which already attracted more than 400 entries.

Final rankings – Icelandic Women’s Chess Championship 2024:

Rk. NameFEDRtgPts. 
1WIMOlga PrudnykovaISL22417
2WGMLenka PtacnikovaISL20825
3 Johanna Bjorg JohannsdottirISL19904.5
4 Idunn HelgadottirISL16363.5
5 Gudrun Fanney BriemISL15873.5
6 Elsa Maria KristinardottirISL18603
7 Veronika Steinunn MagnusdottirISL17101
8 Tinna Kristin FinnbogadottirISL18310.5

Final rankings – Icelandic Senior Chess Championships (50+left, 65+ right):

Rk. NameFEDRtgPts. 
1FMGudmundur GislasonISL23268
2 Magnus P. OrnolfssonISL20767
3FMRunar SigurpalssonISL22476
4FMRobert LagermanISL22716
5 Aegir FridbertssonISL20326
6 Baldur KristinssonISL21656
7FMThorsteinn ThorsteinssonISL21205.5
8 Johann RagnarssonISL20385
9 Thorvardur OlafssonISL20675
10 Stefan Th. SigurjonssonISL20245
11 Johann IngvasonISL20885
12 Pall SigurdssonISL19315
13 Jon Olav FivelstadNOR17705
14 Kristjan Orn EliassonISL18134.5
15 Kjartan MassonISL16534.5
16 Johann JonssonISL16994.5
17 Ludvik BergvinssonISL16354.5
18 Eirikur K. BjornssonISL18154.5
19 Kristjan HalldorssonISL16994
20 Halldor PalssonISL18874
21 Birgir Rafn ThrainssonISL17154
22 Arni H KristjanssonISL18434
23 Hordur JonassonISL13533.5
24 Aegir Oskar HallgrimssonISL17303.5
25 Sigurdur SchevingISL03
26 Olafur HermannssonISL16152
27 Erlingur ArnarsonISL01
Rk.NameFEDRtgPts. 
1Ogmundur KristinssonISL19384
2Bragi HalldorssonISL20513.5
3Thor ValtyssonISL19012.5
4Bjorgvin ViglundssonISL21662.5
5Kristjan Orn EliassonISL18122
6Pall G JonssonISL18290.5

Final rankings – Icelandic Women’s Challengers:

Rk.NameFEDRtgPts. 
1Emilia Embla B. BerglindardottirISL10745
2Hildur Berglind JohannsdottirISL12794
3Soley Kria HelgadottirISL04
4Sigrun Tara SigurdardottirISL11333
5Emilia SigurdardottirISL03
6Silja Run JonsdottirISL03
7Tara Lif IngadottirISL10222
8Halldora JonsdottirISL02
9Olof HoskuldsdottirISL02
10Magnea Mist GudjonsdottirISL01
11Soley Una GudmundsdottirISL01
12Marey KjartansdottirISL00

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