Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I mohiotia hoki a Guðmundur Arnlaugsson hei kaiwhakawa whakataetae taatai mai i nga tau moata o te 1970. I te tau 1972, ka riro ia hei Kaiwhakarite Iwi o te FIDE. I te tau 1981, ko ia tetahi o nga kaiwhakawa i Anatoly Karpov me Viktor Korchnoi
Ko te whakataetae taitara o te Toa Toa o te Ao. Ko Guðmundur Arnlaugsson he kaikorero mekemeke me te kaiwhakatairanga i runga i te reo irirangi me te pouaka whakaata o Iceland.