Jens Kristiansen

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Jens Kristiansen (born May 25, 1952 in Copenhagen ) is a Danish chess player .

He was three times Danish individual champion (1979, 1982 (after playoff) and 1995). In 1979 he was awarded the title of International Master by FIDE .

For Denmark he took part in the chess Olympiads in 1978 , 1982 , 1984 and 1990 , as well as in the 1983 European team championship , where he achieved the second-best individual result on the fifth board. Jens Kristiansen plays for the Bornholm Skakklub (as of season 2014/15), in the Skakligaen or 1. Division played Kristiansen in the 1999/2000 season for the Helsinge Skakklub , in the 2001/02 season for SK Sydkysten and from 2010 to 2013 for BMS Skak . His greatest success was winning the senior world championship title in 2012. Winning this title is also linked to becoming a grandmaster .

Its Elo rating is 2403 (as of May 2017), its highest rating was 2480 in January 1987.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Jens Kristiansen's results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
  2. Jens Kristiansen's results at the European Team Championships on olimpbase.org (English)
  3. ↑ List of members of the Bornholms Skakklub at the Danish Chess Federation (Danish)