Margeir Pétursson
Margeir Pétursson | |
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Country | Iceland |
Born | 15 February 1960 Reykjavík, Iceland | (age 64)
Title | Grandmaster (1986) |
FIDE rating | 2406 (April 2024) |
Peak rating | 2585 (January 1996)[1] |
Peak ranking | No. 33 (July 1989)[2] |
Margeir Pétursson (born 15 February 1960) is an Icelandic
Chess career
Born in
From 1976 to 1996, he played in eleven consecutive Chess Olympiads. His overall Olympiad score is 73/122 (+44–20=58).[8] He also competed in two European Team Chess Championships (1992 and 2015), with an overall score of 7½/15 (+3–3=9);[9] and one World Team Chess Championship (1993), scoring 4/7 (+2–1=4).[10] In 2016, he participated in the 50+ group of the World Senior Team Chess Championship, scoring 6/8 (+4–0=4).[11]
Margeir is the No. 6 ranked Icelandic player as of September 2020, with a rating of 2475.[12]
Business career
After eight years as a professional chess player, Margeir founded a
In 2006, Margeir bought Bank Lviv, which is ranked 44th among the 88 Ukrainian banks in terms of assets as of October 2017. In February 2018, he acquired a 99.8% stake in the Lviv-based financial company Integral Investments.[16]
Personal life
In a 2016 interview with The Ukrainian Week, Margeir said he moved to Lviv in 2004 and has been living in the city permanently since 2011. He also stated that he is a supporter of the Icelandic Independence Party.[4] A fluent speaker of Ukrainian, he acted as a translator for Heimir Hallgrímsson, manager of the Iceland national football team, during the Ukraine–Iceland game held on 5 September 2016 in Kyiv.[17]
References
- ^ "FIDE Rating List :: January 1996". OlimpBase.
- ^ "FIDE Rating List :: July 1989". OlimpBase.
- ^ Staff writer(s) (13 January 1986). "Margeir sigraði". DV (in Icelandic).
- ^ a b Kutsai, Yaroslava (24 October 2016). "Margeir Pétursson: "Things I like about the Ukrainians the most is your sense of humor and dignity"". The Ukrainian Week.
- ^ "Biel Interzonal Tournament". Chessgames.com.
- ^ "Manila Interzonal Tournament". Chessgames.com.
- ^ Bragi Kristjánsson (10 December 1997). "Jóhann missti niður unnið tafl". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic).
- ^ "Chess Olympiads:: Margeir Pétursson". OlimpBase. 2003.
- ^ "European Team Chess Championships: Margeir Pétursson". OlimpBase. 2015.
- ^ "World Team Chess Championship: Margeir Pétursson". OlimpBase. 2003.
- ^ "World Senior 50+ Team Chess Championship: Margeir Pétursson". OlimpBase. 2016.
- ^ Staff writer(s) (April 2019). "Federations Ranking – Iceland". FIDE. Archived from the original on 2017-11-24. Retrieved 2017-10-10.
- ^ Loeb-McClain, Dylan (3 July 2009). "Caution Kept Icelandic Bank Clear of the Worst". The New York Times.
- ^ Magnús Sveinn Helgason (9 August 2011). "Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Black Swan?". The Reykjavík Grapevine.
- ^ Rogers, Ian (August 2015). "The Grandmaster Who Rode the Financial Tiger". 50 Moves Magazine. p. 51.
Now 55, Petursson is one of Iceland's richest citizens.
- ^ Owner of Bank Lviv to purchase financial company Integral Investments Inventure
- ^ Björn Þorfinnsson (9 September 2016). "Margeir Pétursson hleraði Úkraínumenn fyrir Heimi: Sat á varamannabekknum og hlustaði á skipanir þjálfarans". DV (in Icelandic). Archived from the original on 2016-11-11. Retrieved 2017-10-10.
External links
- Margeir Petursson player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Margeir Petursson rating card at FIDE