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GM Vignir Vatnar Stefansson

Full name

Vignir Vatnar Stefansson

Born

1/1/2003 (age 22)‎

Place of birth

Federation

Iceland

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Indian Game (6 games)

King's Indian Defense: Semi-Averbakh System (6 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Catalan Opening (5 games)

English Opening: King's English Variation (5 games)

Slav Defense (5 games)

Black Pieces

Scandinavian Defense: Mieses-Kotrč, Gubinsky-Melts Defense (17 games)

Dutch Defense (11 games)

Dutch Defense: Hopton Attack (7 games)

Dutch Defense: Leningrad, Main Line, Warsaw Variation (7 games)

English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Defense (5 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Vignir Vatnar Stefansson (2772) Maksim Omariev (2550)	1-0	29	2025
Vignir Vatnar Stefansson (2761) Raymond Gao (2458)	1-0	55	2025
Vignir Vatnar Stefansson (2752) Reyaansh Chakrabarty (2561)	1-0	28	2025
Vignir Vatnar Stefansson (2550) Daniel W Gormally (2423)	0-1	27	2025
Vignir Vatnar Stefansson (2772) Hong Nhung Nguyen (2605)	0-1	46	2025
Vignir Vatnar Stefansson (2767) Jeffery Xiong (3014)	½-½	57	2025
Vignir Vatnar Stefansson (2713) Andrew Z Hong (3065)	1-0	72	2024
Vignir Vatnar Stefansson (2708) Eduardo Barbosa Mesquita (2408)	1-0	43	2024
Vignir Vatnar Stefansson (2727) David Blanco Diez (2461)	1-0	79	2024
Vignir Vatnar Stefansson (2464) Jeevan Karamsetty (2187)	1-0	39	2024

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