Birna_Norðdahl

Birna Norðdahl

Birna Norðdahl

Icelandic chess player

Birna Norðdahl (30 March 1919 – 8 February 2004) was an Icelandic chess player, two-times winner the Icelandic Women's Chess Championship (1976, 1980).

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Biography

From the end of 1960s to the begin 1980s, Birna Norðdahl was one of Iceland's leading female chess players. She two times won Icelandic Women's Chess Championships: 1976 and 1980. She is one of the very few chess players to win national chess championship past the age of 60.

Birna Norðdahl played for Iceland in the Women's Chess Olympiads:[1]

Birna Norðdahl played for Iceland in the Nordic Chess Cup:[2]

  • In 1975, at fifth board in the 6th Nordic Chess Cup in Hindås (+2, =0, -3).

References

  1. [1]
    Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Birna Norðdahl". www.olimpbase.org.
  2. [2]
    Bartelski, Wojciech. "OlimpBase :: Nordic Chess Cup :: Birna Norðdahl". www.olimpbase.org.


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