The Olympiad coming up

Iceland's teams for the Olympiad has been officially announced as such, yet the captains have yet to be "revealed".

Iceland's team for the "Men's" Olympiad will be as follows:

1. GM Hannes Hlifar Stefansson
2. GM Héðinn Steingrímsson

3. GM Henrik Danielsen

4. IM Stefán Kristjánsson

Res. GM Þröstur Þórhallsson (Throstur Thorhallsson - photo)

The board of the ICF has nominated Gunnar Björnsson, the chairman of the second strongest chessclub in Iceland, Hellir, and the Don of the Hellir Mafia, as the captain, yet, some things have to be solved before that can be announed. Another name mentioned is IM Sævar Bjarnason (IM Gubka), a vetaran who has often been on the fringe of making it to the Iceland's national team.

The Women's team will be as follows:

1. WGM Lenka Ptacnikova
2. WFM Guðlaug Thorsteinsdottir (Þorsteinsdóttir)

3. Hallgerður Helga Thorsteinsdottir (Þorsteinsdóttir)

4. Sigurlaug Regina Friðthjofsdottir (Friðþjófsdóttir)

Res. Elsa Maria Kristinardottir (formerly "Thorfinnsdottir")

No captain has been appointed yet, however, the names of Omar Salama (Lenka's husband) and Geir Omarsson Waage (Iceland's "Sakaev") have been mentioned.

Hopefully these teams will do be successfull. I wish that the Men's team will at least top the other Nordic countries.