These include meeting minutes, annual reports, original copies of chess writing journals from the Duel of the Century from 1972, as well as other documents. After the data has been registered, it will be accessible in the museum for those who want to view it, but some of the data will also be scanned and made available online.

Gunnar Björnsson, President of the Icelandic Chess Federation, said: “We are extremely pleased to put these documents in the safe hands of the National Archives. This will ensure the security of the data and access to it will be much better than it has been.” Njörður Sigurðsson, deputy director general, welcomed the delivery and said that the museum would take on the task of preserving these important documents and making it accessible to users.

In the photo Gunnar Björnsson presents the first minutes book of the Icelandic Chess Federation, which begins in 1925 and ends in 1947, to the deputy director general, Njörður Sigurðsson.