1935 - Today
Friðrik Ólafsson (born 26 January 1935) is an Icelandic chess grandmaster. He was president of FIDE from 1978 to 1982. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Friðrik Ólafsson has received more than 50,173 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Friðrik Ólafsson is the 77th most popular chess player (up from 87th in 2019), the 30th most popular biography from Iceland (up from 39th in 2019) and the most popular Icelander Chess Player.
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Among chess players, Friðrik Ólafsson ranks 77 out of 374. Before him are Luděk Pachman, Alessandro Salvio, István Csom, Alexander Petrov, Gideon Ståhlberg, and Louis Paulsen. After him are Grigory Levenfish, Lev Polugaevsky, Reuben Fine, Adolf Albin, Pal Benko, and Levon Aronian.
1924 - 2003
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 71
1570 - 1640
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 72
1940 - 2021
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 73
1799 - 1867
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 74
1908 - 1967
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 75
1833 - 1891
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 76
1935 - Present
HPI: 50.90
Rank: 77
1889 - 1961
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 78
1934 - 1995
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 79
1914 - 1993
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 80
1848 - 1920
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 81
1928 - 2019
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 82
1982 - Present
HPI: 50.48
Rank: 83
Among people born in 1935, Friðrik Ólafsson ranks 192. Before him are Jiří Čadek, Fiorenza Cossotto, Antonios Naguib, Yury Vlasov, Percy Adlon, and Peret. After him are Diahann Carroll, Valerio Adami, Yıldırım Akbulut, Nicola Cabibbo, Elga Andersen, and Fujio Akatsuka.
1935 - 2021
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 186
1935 - Present
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 187
1935 - 2022
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 188
1935 - 2021
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 189
1935 - Present
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 190
1935 - 2014
HPI: 51.04
Rank: 191
1935 - Present
HPI: 50.90
Rank: 192
1935 - 2019
HPI: 50.86
Rank: 193
1935 - Present
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 194
1935 - 2021
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 195
1935 - 2010
HPI: 50.78
Rank: 196
1935 - 1994
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 197
1935 - 2008
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 198
Among people born in Iceland, Friðrik Ólafsson ranks 30 out of 180. Before him are Thorvald Eiriksson (972), Stefán Karl Stefánsson (1975), Jónas Hallgrímsson (1807), Jón Ögmundsson (1052), Gunnar Hansen (1947), and Geir Haarde (1951). After him are Matthías Jochumsson (1835), Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval (1885), Sturla Þórðarson (1214), Jón Leifs (1899), Katrín Jakobsdóttir (1976), and Guðbrandur Þorláksson (1542).
972 - 1006
HPI: 52.60
Rank: 24
1975 - 2018
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 25
1807 - 1845
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 26
1052 - 1121
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 27
1947 - 2015
HPI: 51.16
Rank: 28
1951 - Present
HPI: 50.96
Rank: 29
1935 - Present
HPI: 50.90
Rank: 30
1835 - 1920
HPI: 50.90
Rank: 31
1885 - 1972
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 32
1214 - 1284
HPI: 50.55
Rank: 33
1899 - 1968
HPI: 50.45
Rank: 34
1976 - Present
HPI: 50.36
Rank: 35
1542 - 1627
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 36
Among chess players born in Iceland, Friðrik Ólafsson ranks 1.