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Eggert Gilfer

Icelandic chess player (1892–1960) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Eggert Gilfer (12 February 1892 – 24 March 1960) was an Icelandic chess player and seven-time winner of the Icelandic Chess Championship (1918, 1920, 1925, 1927, 1929, 1935, 1942). Prior to the emergence of Fridrik Olafsson, he was the most decorated Icelandic chess player.

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From the late 1910s to mid-1950s, Eggert Gilfer was one of the leading Icelandic chess players. He won the Icelandic Chess Championship seven times from 1918 to 1942.

Eggert Gilfer played for Iceland in the Chess Olympiads:[1]

Eggert Gilfer played for Iceland in the unofficial Chess Olympiad:[2]

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