Fridrik Olafsson, Pioneering Icelandic Chess Grandmaster, passed away..
Fridrik Olafsson, the first Icelandic chess grandmaster who paved the way for chess in his native country and served as FIDE President from 1978 to 1982, passed away on April 4, 2025, just months after his… pic.twitter.com/7WAR5ID66z
— European Chess Union (@ECUonline) April 7, 2025
A young Gata Kamsky practicing #chess. pic.twitter.com/xG1fYwfiMK
— Jürgen Lutz (@zugzwang_76) June 15, 2021
Gata Kamsky is the only chess prodigy to ever be ranked in the TOP TEN at age 16.
There are five others, though, who at least broke into the top twenty at that age. How many of the „other” five can YOU name?
PS I love the monthly top 20 lists available at @2700chess
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— Chess by the Numbers (@ChessNumbers) March 11, 2024
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