Helgi Grétarsson

Helgi Áss Grétarsson (born 18 February 1977) 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.