Emanuel Berg

Emanuel Berg, Warsaw 2008
Association	Sweden
Born	December 28, 1981 Skovde , Sweden
title	International Master (2000) Grand Master (2004)
Current  Elo rating	2539 (August 2020)
Best Elo rating	2627 (November 2010 and January 2011)
Tab at the FIDE (English)

Boaz Emanuel Berg (born December 28, 1981 in Skövde ) is a Swedish chess player .

Life

He has been the chess grandmaster since 2004 . In July 2007 he came first at the Politiken Cup in Helsingør and won the Nordic Championship as the best Scandinavian. At the Swedish national championship in July 2008 in Växjö , he shared the tournament victory with Tiger Hillarp Persson . At the national championship in 2009 in Kungsör he won the title with 9.5 points from 13 games.

In January 2015 he is number 3 in the Swedish ranking. In contrast to Ulf Andersson , Sweden's long-time top player, Berg is considered an attacking player. He is an expert on the Najdorf variant , about which he has also published in New In Chess .

Berg is a father of two.

Team chess

National team

Berg took part in all seven Chess Olympiads from 2002 to 2014 , scoring 34.5 points from 66 games. Berg also took part in the European Team Championship with the Swedish team in 1999, 2005, 2007, 2013 and 2015 .

societies

In the Swedish Elitserien , Berg played in the 1998/99 season and from 2003 to 2009 for Sollentuna SK , from 1999 to 2003 for Lunds ASK , from 2011 to 2018 for Team Viking , and since 2018 he has played for Wasa SK . He was the Swedish team champion in 1999, 2006 , 2007 , 2012 , 2015 and 2017 . In the German Federal Chess League Berg played in the 1999/2000 season at PSV Duisburg , in the 2000/01 season at SF Baiertal-Schatthausen , from 2001 to 2004 at Hamburger SK and in the 2011/12 and 2014/15 seasons at Hansa Dortmund . In the Danish Skakligaen (until 2004 1st Division) Berg played from 2002 to 2009 with the Helsinge Skakklub and was with this 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 and 2009 Danish team champion. In the 2015/16 season he played for the Charlottenlunder club Philidor and became champion with them. In the Norwegian Eliteserien , Berg has been playing for Oslo Schakselskap since 2009 and was the Norwegian team champion with them in 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 and 2015 . In the British Four Nations Chess League , Berg played for Wood Green Hilsmark Kingfisher in the 2010/11 season and in the 2009 Spanish Team Championship for CA Solvay Torrelavega . Berg took part in the European Club Cup four times , in 2006 and 2007 with the Sollentuna SK , in 2010 and 2011 with the Oslo Schakselskap .

Web links

Commons : Emanuel Berg  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Final table ( Memento from August 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Emanuel Berg at newinchess.com ( Memento from October 7, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
3. ↑ Emanuel Berg's results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
4. ↑ Emanuel Berg's results at European Team Championships on olimpbase.org (English)
5. ↑ Emanuel Berg's results at European Club Cups on olimpbase.org (English)