Haukur Angantýsson | |
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Full name | Haukur Angantýsson |
Country | Iceland |
Born | December 2, 1948 Flatey, Breiðafjörður |
Title | International Master |
FIDE rating | 2295 (January 2010) |
Haukur Angantýsson (born December 2, 1948 in Flatey, Breiðafjörður) is an Icelandic chess International Master.
He was awarded the International Master title by FIDE in 1981.
Angantýsson won the Icelandic Chess Championship in 1976.
His greatest success was perhaps his victory in the World Open of Philadelphia in 1979 (with 8/10), after tie-break with six equal placed grandmasters: Anthony Miles, Florin Gheorghiu, Walter Browne, Arthur Bisguier, Bernard Zuckerman and John Fedorowicz.