Ivar Bern

Ivar Bern (born January 20, 1967 ) is a Norwegian chess player . He won the 2006 World Correspondence Chess Championship .

Correspondence chess

1986 Bern became a member of the Norwegian Correspondence Chess Federation. In 1988 he won the Norwegian correspondence chess championship. In 1991 he received the title International Master from the World Correspondence Chess Federation ICCF , in 1993 he became Grand Master . His Elo rating in correspondence chess is 2649 out of 168 rated games.

He reached the qualification for the finals of the 17th World Cup by a third place in the semifinals in 1989/95 and a fourth place in the 3/4 final. The final round began in March 2002. Bern took a year and a half sabbatical for this tournament and, according to its own statements, analyzed day and night. In 16 games he made no more than five imprecise moves. In January 2006 he was the winner with 10.5 out of 16 points. Although he was level on points with the Germans Wolfgang Rohde and Joachim Neumann, but because of the better rating he became world champion. He was the youngest ever holder of this title. Strangely enough, he was never the "reigning world champion" because at the time of his tournament victory the 18th World Championship won by Joop van Oosterom had already ended for almost a year because, unlike the 17th World Championship, it was held by email and the trains were therefore faster were transmitted.

Close chess

In close chess, Bern won the Open Norwegian Championship three times, namely in 1986, 1989 and 1990. In the Closed Norwegian Championship he was third in 1989 and 1990. In 1988 , 1992 and 1994 he represented Norway at the Chess Olympiad , in 1989 he took part with the Norwegian team the European team championship . In 1992 he was awarded the title of International Master by FIDE . Bern played in the 2017/18 and 2018/19 seasons for the Bergens Schakklub , for which he had already played in the 2015/16 season and for years before and with which he won the Norwegian team championship five times (1994, 1997, 1998, 2000 and 2003) won. From the 2012/13 season to the 2014/15 season and again in the 2016/17 and 2019/20 seasons, he played for SK 96 Bergen . Its Elo rating is 2301 (as of March 2020), in January 1991 it reached its highest rating to date of 2405.

journalist

He is in charge of the chess section in the Bergens Tidende newspaper .

Private

Bern works in the pedagogical-psychological service in the city of Bergen. He also played as a guitarist in the rock groups The Swamp Babies and Syv . He has a son named Balder .

Web links

• Ivar Bern at the World Chess Federation FIDE (English)

literature

• The champion who never reigned. In: Fritz Baumbach : Who is the champion of champions? Exzelsior Verlag, Berlin 2008. ISBN 978-3-935-80004-4 . Pp. 161-164.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ivar Bern's results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
2. ↑ Ivar Bern's results at the European Team Championships on olimpbase.org (English)