# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/helgi-gretarsson
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:55:35.280Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/helgi-gretarsson"
name: "Helgi Grétarsson"
slug: "helgi-gretarsson"
description: "Helgi Áss Grétarsson is an Icelandic chess grandmaster (GM). In 1994 he won the under-20 World Junior Chess Championship. One year prior to that, he played as a goalkeeper for the Icelandic national soccer team in the 1993 UEFA European Under-16 Championship. Helgi graduated in 2005 with a law degree. In 2018, he became Icelandic Chess Champion for the first time. In April 2024, Helgi became the Icelandic Chess Champion for the second time. Since 2022 Helgi has been a deputy member of Reykjavík City Council."
tagline: "Icelandic chess player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Helgi_Gretarsson_trophy_30_years_on.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1977-02-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             14.34585099939431
  historical:           9.005328
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Хельги Аусс Гретарссон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "هيلجى جريتارسون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Хелги Гретаршон"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helgi_Gr%C3%A9tarsson"
    title: "Helgi Grétarsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helgi_%C3%81ss_Gr%C3%A9tarsson"
    title: "Helgi Áss Grétarsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helgi_Gr%C3%A9tarsson"
    title: "Helgi Grétarsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helgi_Gr%C3%A9tarsson"
    title: "Helgi Grétarsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helgi_Gr%C3%A9tarsson"
    title: "Helgi Grétarsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Helgi Áss Grétarsson"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helgi_Gr%C3%A9tarsson"
    title: "Helgi Grétarsson"
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    title: "Helgi Áss Grétarsson"
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    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump