Jón Loftur Árnason

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This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Jón.
Jón Loftur Árnason
CountryIceland
Born13 November 1960 (1960-11-13) (age 63)
Reykjavík, Iceland
TitleGrandmaster (1986)
FIDE rating2421 (April 2024)
Peak rating2555 (July 1987)

Jón Loftur Árnason (born 13 November 1960) is an Icelandic

Icelandic Chess Champion and was World U17 Chess Champion
in 1977.

Chess career

Like fellow Scandinavians

International Master
.

In international competition, he took first at Husavik 1985, Plovdiv 1986 and Helsinki 1986 (shared). In 1986, FIDE awarded him the

International Grandmaster
title.

In individual encounters with some of the world's best players, he showed that he was a strong player. He defeated world championship contenders and

Dreev, Vaganian and Larsen. He has also drawn former world champions Petrosian, Smyslov, Tal, Karpov, and Khalifman
.

Representing his nation's Chess Olympiad team between 1978 and 1994, he helped Iceland to 5th and 6th-place finishes in 1986 and 1992 respectively.

Personal life

Jón Loftur Árnason has been less active since 1995, in order to concentrate on his other passion, business and finance. He obtained a degree in Finance and Accounting from the University of Iceland and embarked on a career that took him to Icelandic firm Oz Communications Inc., where he was appointed Secretary and Treasurer. Perhaps due to his elevated position, the company showed an affinity with chess and in 2000, sponsored the prestigious rapid chess@iceland tournament, won by Kasparov ahead of Anand. Jón took part, but was by then short of top class practice and finished in last place. Since then, he has played chess only in a minor capacity, mainly in local team tournaments.

Notable games

References

External links

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