Helgi Dam Ziska

Helgi Dam Ziska (born 27 July 1990 in Tórshavn[1]) is a Faroese chess Grandmaster.

He achieved the norms required for the title at the Politiken Cup in July 2005, the Reykjavik Open in March 2006, and the Hogeschool Zeeland Tournament in June 2006.

[5] In 2013, Ziska gained his first norm required for the GM title at the Riga Technical University Open 2013.

[14] In 2009 he became Nordic Junior Champion in the oldest age group at the competition which was held in Ziska's hometown Tórshavn that year.

[15] In 2010 Anatoly Karpov visited the Faroe Islands, and on that occasion Ziska won against him in fast chess, but also lost against him.