Erik Lundin (chess player)

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Erik Ruben Lundin (born July 2, 1904 in Stockholm , † December 5, 1988 there ) was a Swedish chess player .

Life

Erik Lundin was a chess writer and publisher. He was the editor of the chess magazine " Tidskrift för Schack ". Erik Lundin was married to Ruth Lundin (1907–1952) until her death and had four children with her. His grave is on the Norra begravningsplatsen ("North Cemetery") in Solna . A jumper is depicted on his tombstone .

successes

In 1950 the world chess federation FIDE honored him with the title of International Master , in 1983, almost 80 years old, with the title of Honorary Grand Master .

He was able to win the Swedish individual championship eleven times (1931 in Uddevalla , 1932 shared with Gideon Ståhlberg in Karlskrona , 1934 in Falun , 1938 in Kalmar , 1941 in Gothenburg , 1942 in Östersund , 1945 in Visby , 1946 in Motala , 1960 in Kiruna , 1961 in Avesta and 1964 in Gothenburg). He was Nordic champion three times (1936 in Helsinki , 1937 in Copenhagen and in 1939 shared with Ståhlberg in Oslo ).

With the Swedish national team he took part in nine chess Olympiads between 1930 and 1960 with a total score of 88.5 points from 143 games (+63 = 51 −29) as well as in the unofficial Chess Olympiad in Munich in 1936 . His greatest successes at the Chess Olympiads include third place with the 1933 team in Folkestone , where he himself received an individual gold medal for his score of 10 out of 14 on the third board, as well as second place with the 1935 team in Warsaw and his individual bronze medal for his result of 10.5 out of 16 on the second board at the 1939 Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires .

In direct comparisons he won in 1933 against Rudolf Spielmann in Stockholm (+1 = 5 −0), in 1937 against Erik Andersen in Copenhagen, 1954 against Dawid Bronstein in Stockholm (1.5: 0.5), 1967 against Heikki Westerinen in Helsinki and 1967 against Bogdan Pietrusiak in Ystad .

He won tournaments in Oslo in 1928, in 1931 together with Salo Flohr and Gösta Stoltz in Gothenburg, in Stockholm in 1934, in Ostend in 1936 , in Bad Gastein in 1948 , where he won 15 points from 19 games to Pál Benkő , Nicolas Rossolimo , Cenek Kottnauer , Ernő Gereben and Esteban Canal left behind, as well as 1952 in Zurich (whereby a black victory in the Nimzowitsch-Indian defense against Max Euwe should be emphasized). With the Wasa SK club he was several times Swedish team champion, for example in the seasons 1951/52 , 1956 , 1963 , 1968/69 , 1973/74 and 1987/88 .

Lundin is considered to be one of the pioneers of the Volga-Benkö-Gambit . A variant in the Merano system of the semi-Slavic defense with 8.… b5 – b4 is named after him.

Lundin's last Elo number was 2310, his highest Elo number of 2375 he reached in July 1972 and January 1977. His highest historical Elo number before the introduction of the Elo number was 2661, he reached this in October 1946 and thus finished 20th Place in the world rankings.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary in Tidskrift för Schack 1/1989, page 2 ( PDF file; 8.84 MB, Swedish)
  2. ^ Obituary for Ruth Lundin in Tidskrift för Schack 1/1953, page 1 f. (PDF file; 6.7 MB, Swedish)
  3. ↑ Lundin's biography by Sthig Jonasson from 2004 ( Memento from January 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (Swedish)
  4. ↑ a b Erik Lundins Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
  5. ↑ Erik Lundins' unofficial chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
  6. ↑ Elo history at olimpbase.org (English)
  7. ↑ Erik Lundin's historical Elo ratings at chessmetrics.com (English)
personal data
SURNAME Lundin, Erik
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lundin, Erik Ruben
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish chess player
DATE OF BIRTH July 2, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Stockholm
DATE OF DEATH 5th December 1988
Place of death Stockholm