Elsa María Kristínardóttir

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Elsa María.
Elsa María Kristínardóttir
Kristinardottir at the 38th Chess Olympiad in Dresden, 2008
Personal information
Born1989 (age 35–36)
Akureyri, Iceland
Chess career
CountryIceland
Peak rating1910 (March 2024)

Elsa María Kristínardóttir (born 1989) is an Icelandic chess player. She won the women's Icelandic Chess Championship in 2011 and The Northern Chess Championship in 2023.

Biography

Kristínardóttir is from Akureyri, Iceland.[1] She participates in tournaments at the Reykjavik Chess Club.[2][3]

In 2008, Kristínardóttir played for the Icelandic national women's team at the 38th Chess Olympiad in Dresden, Germany.[4]

Kristínardóttir won the women's Icelandic Chess Championship in 2011, with 6.5 wins in 7 games.[5][6] During the Championship, she beat four national women's team members who had played at the 39th Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.[5]

In 2013, competed at the European Team Chess Championship in Warsaw, Poland.[7]

In 2023, Kristínardóttir won The Northern Chess Championship with 7.5 wins out of 9, becoming the first female champion in the 88 years of the mixed event.[1][8]

References

  1. ^ a b "Elsa fyrst kvenna Norðurlandsmeistari". akureyri.net (in Icelandic). Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  2. ^ "Elsa María sigraði á fimmtudagsmóti". Taflfélag Reykjavíkur. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  3. ^ "Elsa María sigraði á fjölmennu fimmtudagsmóti". Taflfélag Reykjavíkur. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  4. ^ "Olympíufarinn: Elsa María Kristínardóttir". skak.blog.is. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Elsa María Íslandsmeistari". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  6. ^ "Elsa María er Íslandsmeistari". Vísir (in Icelandic). 21 November 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  7. ^ "EM-farinn: Elsa María Kristínardóttir - varamaður í kvennaliðinu". skak.blog.is. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  8. ^ "Elsa María Norðurlandsmeistari – fyrst kvenna í 88 ára sögu mótsins!". Skak.is (in Icelandic). 16 April 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
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