Fiske Memorial — Reykjavik 1968
The third Reykjavík international tournament honored Daniel Willard Fiske. Evgeny Vasiukov and Mark Taimanov shared first with *10½/14, half a point ahead of Friðrik Ólafsson. This archive preserves 99 substantive scores from 112 played games*, including two games annulled after Jón Kristinsson withdrew.
A memorial in Reykjavík
The tournament commemorated Daniel Willard Fiske, whose gifts of chess books and sets helped encourage chess in Iceland. Robert Byrne’s contemporary report describes a demanding schedule: Ólafsson needed postponed games after his law examinations and a car breakdown, while Szabó had to leave for another tournament. An initially awarded forfeit against Ólafsson was reversed, and both postponed games were played.
Vasiukov and Taimanov finished unbeaten on 10½ points. Ólafsson scored 10, Byrne 9, and Wolfgang Uhlmann 8½. The published final standings below include every result that counted in the tournament, including games whose moves are unavailable in MasterDB.
The surviving scores
Of 112 games physically played, 105 counted in the final standings. Kristinsson’s seven results were annulled after he withdrew. This archive contains 97 substantive scores from the counted games and two surviving annulled scores. Eight counted games remain only as one-move placeholders, and five of Kristinsson’s games have no move score in MasterDB. Those thirteen scores cannot be replayed.
All source rounds are unrecorded, so the games appear in source order: the counted games first, followed by Kristinsson’s two surviving scores. The recorded month, moves and results are preserved. The independent result ledger reverses the colors of those two annulled games; the available source scores retain their original colors because an original printed score has not resolved that discrepancy.
Fourteen source scores wrongly name Gunnar Johansson. The historical table, the independent game ledger and Byrne’s printed Jóhannsson–Addison score establish Ingi R. Jóhannsson as the participant. The archive credits these games to Jóhannsson and preserves their moves, results and dates.
Final standings
The standings below are the historical final result. Only 97 of the 105 games played survive in our source; the remaining 8 are lost and appear as · in the cross table.
| # | Player | Score | Record | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| =1 | Vasiukov, Evgeni | 10½/14 | +7−0=7 | games |
| =1 | Taimanov, Mark E | 10½/14 | +7−0=7 | games |
| 3 | Olafsson, Fridrik | 10/14 | +8−2=4 | games |
| 4 | Byrne, Robert Eugene | 9/14 | +7−3=4 | games |
| 5 | Uhlmann, Wolfgang | 8½/14 | +6−3=5 | games |
| =6 | Ostojic, Predrag | 8/14 | +6−4=4 | games |
| =6 | Szabo, Laszlo | 8/14 | +4−2=8 | games |
| =8 | Addison, William G | 7½/14 | +5−4=5 | games |
| =8 | Sigurjonsson, Gudmundur | 7½/14 | +5−4=5 | games |
| 10 | Thorbergsson, Freysteinn | 7/14 | +3−3=8 | games |
| =11 | Kristjansson, Bragi | 6/14 | +4−6=4 | games |
| =11 | Johannsson, Ingi Randver | 6/14 | +3−5=6 | games |
| 13 | Benediktsson, Benony | 4/14 | +3−9=2 | games |
| 14 | Sigurjonsson, Johann Oern | 2/14 | +1−11=2 | games |
| 15 | Fjeldsted, Andres | ½/14 | +0−13=1 | games |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vasiukov, Evgeni | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | · | 1 | |
| 2 | Taimanov, Mark E | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 3 | Olafsson, Fridrik | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 4 | Byrne, Robert Eugene | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | · | 1 | 1 | |
| 5 | Uhlmann, Wolfgang | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | · | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | · | 1 | |
| 6 | Ostojic, Predrag | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | · | 1 | |
| 7 | Szabo, Laszlo | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | |
| 8 | Addison, William G | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 9 | Sigurjonsson, Gudmundur | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | · | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | |
| 10 | Thorbergsson, Freysteinn | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | · | 1 | 1 | |
| 11 | Kristjansson, Bragi | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | · | |
| 12 | Johannsson, Ingi Randver | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 13 | Benediktsson, Benony | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | 1 | ½ | 1 | · | |
| 14 | Sigurjonsson, Johann Oern | · | 0 | 0 | 0 | · | · | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 15 | Fjeldsted, Andres | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | · | 0 | · | 0 |
Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player. · = game played but lost (not preserved in our source).