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3 unusual facts about Friðrik Ólafsson


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Friðrik Ólafsson (born 1935), Icelandic chess Grandmaster and former president of FIDE

Friðrik Ólafsson

For this attempt, Olafsson drew the wrath of the Soviets, who then backed the FIDE Vice-President, Florencio Campomanes for Presidency of FIDE.

During he tenure he presided over the 1981 Karpov–Korchnoi World Championship match.



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