List of Danish chess players
The list of Danish chess players contains chess players who are or were eligible to play for the Danish Chess Federation and who meet at least one of the following conditions:
- Winner of one of the following FIDE titles: Grand Master , Honorary Grand Master , International Master , Grand Master of Women , Honorary Grand Master of Women, International Master of Women;
- Holder of one of the following ICCF titles: Grand Master, Honored International Master, International Master, Grand Master of Women, International Master of Women;
- Winning a national individual championship (open class or women's competition);
- a historical Elo rating of at least 2500 (before the Elo rating was introduced in July 1971).
General
In local chess, 15 grandmasters, 41 international masters and three international women champions are eligible to play for the Danish Chess Federation. One grandmaster and three international masters are no longer eligible to play for the Danish Chess Federation, one grandmaster, five international masters and one international female champion have already passed away.
In correspondence chess, twelve Danish players have acquired the title of Grand Master, 16 that of an Honored International Master and 46 that of an International Master. Of these, six International Masters have already died. Jørn Sloth won the eighth correspondence chess world championship, Ove Ekebjærg , Sven Pedersen , Arne Sørensen and Bent Sørensen became European correspondence chess champions.
The Danish individual championship was played 99 times and the women's championship 50 times. The record champion is Erik Andersen with twelve titles, Ingrid Larsen won the women's competition the most with 17 titles.
Another six Danish players had a historic Elo rating of over 2500 before June 1971.
list
The following table contains this information:
- Name : gives the name of the player.
- Life data : states the year of birth and, if applicable, the year of death of the player.
- FIDE : Calls the player's highest FIDE title (GM = Grand Master, IM = International Master, FM = FIDE Master , WIM = International Women's Master , CM = Candidate Master , WFM = FIDE Women's Master).
- Year : Name the year the title was awarded
- ICCF : Calls the player's highest ICCF title (GM = Grand Master, SIM = Honored International Master, IM = International Master).
- Year : Name the year the title was awarded
- Title : States the number of Danish individual championships won.
- Title (women) : Indicates the number of Danish individual championships won by women.
- historical Elo : For players who have neither FIDE nor ICCF titles and have never won a Danish championship, the highest historical Elo number achieved before July 1971 , provided that it is at least 2500.
- Other associations : For players who were sooner or later eligible to play for at least one other association, this indicates these associations with the periods of eligibility to play (if known).
The list is current as of March 25, 2020.
Surname | Life dates | FIDE | year | ICCF | year | title | Title (women) | historical Elo | other associations |
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Jakob Aabling-Thomsen | 1985 | IN THE | 2016 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jacob Aagaard | 1973 | GM | 2007 | 0 | 0 | Scotland (2006-2009, since 2017) | |||
Børge Andersen | 1934-1993 | IN THE | 1964 | 4th | 0 | ||||
Erik Andersen | 1904-1938 | 12 | 0 | ||||||
Mads Andersen | 1995 | GM | 2016 | 2 | 0 | ||||
Svend Erik Andersen | 1949 | IN THE | 1994 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Mikkel Antonsen | 1973 | IN THE | 1991 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Erik Bang | 1944 | GM | 1979 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Erik Barfoed | SIM | 2002 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Simon Bekker-Jensen | 1980 | IN THE | 1999 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Klaus Berg | 1960 | IN THE | 1983 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Berggreen is different | 1941 | SIM | 1999 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jonas Buhl Bjerre | 2004 | GM | 2020 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Kai Bjerring | 1946-2006 | IN THE | 1994 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Lars Borbjerggaard | 1974 | IN THE | 1998 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Nikolaj Borge | 1971 | IN THE | 1992 | IN THE | 2000 | 0 | 0 | ||
Wilhelm Brinkmann | 1947 | SIM | 2009 | 0 | 0 | Germany | |||
Bjørn Brinck-Claussen | 1942 | IN THE | 1986 | 3 | 0 | ||||
Thorbjørn Bromann | 1979 | IN THE | 2007 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jacob Carstensen | 1977 | IN THE | 2015 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Emma Christensen | 0 | 1 | |||||||
Inger Christensen | 0 | 1 | |||||||
Jan Christensen | IN THE | 2002 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Mogens Christensen | 1934-1983 | IN THE | 1963 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Tobias Christensen | 1971 | IN THE | 1995 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Tonny Christiansen | 1945 | IN THE | 2001 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Henrik Danielsen | 1966 | GM | 1996 | 0 | 0 | Iceland (since 2006) | |||
Niels Danstrup | 1953 | IN THE | 1990 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Ove Ekebjærg | 1934 | GM | 1987 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Antonina Enevoldsen | † 1988 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
Jens Enevoldsen | 1907-1980 | IN THE | 1950 | 5 | 0 | ||||
Steen Fedder | 1951 | IN THE | 1982 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Joe Flyckt-Olsen | 1953 | IN THE | 1994 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Louise Fredericia | 1970 | WFM | 2009 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Jacob Erhard Wilhjelm Gemzøe | 1896-1986 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Jakob Vang Glud | 1988 | GM | 2014 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Lis Grødde | 0 | 1 | |||||||
Merete Haahr | 1924-2004 | 0 | 8th | ||||||
Poul Hage | 1906-1984 | 4th | 0 | ||||||
Andreas Skytte Hagen | 1981 | IN THE | 2011 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Svend Hamann | 1940 | IN THE | 1965 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Curt Hansen | 1964 | GM | 1985 | GM | 1998 | 6th | 0 | ||
Evgenia Hansen | 1968 | WIM | 1989 | 0 | 0 | Bulgaria (until 1989) | |||
Jens Haagen Hansen | IN THE | 1997 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Lars Bo Hansen | 1968 | GM | 1990 | 2 | 0 | ||||
Mads Hansen | 1993 | IN THE | 2017 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Mads Smith Hansen | 1969 | IN THE | 1994 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Ole Nørregaard Hansen | 1943 | SIM | 2007 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Sune Berg Hansen | 1971 | GM | 1998 | 7th | 0 | ||||
Martin Haubro | 1994 | IN THE | 2016 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Lydia Heesche | 0 | 2 | |||||||
Carsten Hoi | 1957 | GM | 2001 | 3 | 0 | ||||
Nina Høiberg | 1956 | WIM | 1985 | 0 | 8th | ||||
Sejer Holm | 1939 | FM | 2010 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Henrik Holmsgaard | 1962 | IN THE | 1995 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Tomas Hutters | 1969 | IN THE | 1990 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Lars Hyldkrog | 1949 | CM | 2011 | SIM | 1999 | 0 | 0 | ||
Aage Ingerslev | 1933-2003 | IN THE | 1994 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Gert Iskov | 1948 | IN THE | 1979 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Bo Jacobsen | 1948 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Egil Jacobsen | 1897-1923 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Ole Jakobsen | 1942-2010 | IN THE | 1973 | 3 | 0 | ||||
Jan du Jardin | GM | 1998 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Sven Jardorf | SIM | 1999 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Erik Jelling | 1964 | IN THE | 1991 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Allan Astrup Jensen | 1943 | GM | 1990 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Ejvind Jensen | 1957 | SIM | 2013 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Ib Jensen | 1938 | IN THE | 1990 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Vagn Jensen | 1948 | IN THE | 1994 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Inger Johannesen | 0 | 1 | |||||||
Klaus Høeck Johnsen | 1938 | IN THE | 2003 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Arne Bjørn Jørgensen | 1949 | GM | 2002 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Aage Kier | 1896-1941 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Svend Kingsø | IN THE | 1997 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Jens Kjeldsen | 1971 | IN THE | 1995 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Poul Kleiminger | 1946 | IN THE | 1996 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bent Kølvig | 1933 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Korley cash desk | 1993 | IN THE | 2014 | 0 | 0 | United States (until 2015) | |||
Svend Erik Kramer | 1948 | SIM | 2002 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Orla Hermann Krause | 1867-1935 | 0 | 0 | 2502 | |||||
Kåre Hove Kristensen | 1965 | IN THE | 2019 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Leif Kristensen | 1957 | IN THE | 1996 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jens Kristiansen | 1952 | GM | 2012 | 3 | 0 | ||||
Ove Kroll | 1952 | SIM | 1999 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Oksana Kryger | 1982 | WIM | 2002 | 0 | 0 | Ukraine (until 1996) | |||
Bent Larsen | 1935-2010 | GM | 1956 | 6th | 0 | ||||
Ernst Larsen | 1947 | IN THE | 1980 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Ingrid Larsen | 1909-1990 | WIM | 1950 | 0 | 17th | ||||
Jens Bak Larsen | 1944 | IN THE | 2000 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Soren M. Larsen | IN THE | 2010 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Hans Jørgen Lassen | IN THE | 1992 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Niels Lauritsen | 1945 | SIM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Gudrun Levald | 0 | 2 | |||||||
Torsten Lindestrøm | 1964 | IN THE | 1998 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Claes Løfgren | 1954 | IN THE | 1993 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Martin Lohse | 1971 | GM | 2009 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Ole Lomholt Hansen | IN THE | 1991 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Silas Lund | 1976 | IN THE | 2007 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Hans Christian Lykke | 1953 | IN THE | 2004 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Michael Birch Lynge | 1965 | IN THE | 2010 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Hans Werner May | IN THE | 1996 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Christine Meyer | 1971 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
Nikolaj Mikkelsen | 1988 | IN THE | 2008 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bjørn Møller Ochsner | 1994 | IN THE | 2017 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Jørgen Møller | 1873-1944 | 0 | 0 | 2592 | |||||
Erling Mortensen | 1955 | IN THE | 1980 | 4th | 0 | ||||
Vilhelm Mortensen | 1959 | SIM | 2009 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bjørn Nielsen | 1907-1949 | 4th | 0 | ||||||
Christian Waagner Nielsen | IN THE | 1994 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Jens Hartung Nielsen | 1952 | GM | 2005 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jens Ove Fries Nielsen | 1960 | IN THE | 1984 | IN THE | 1997 | 0 | 0 | ||
Julius Nielsen | 1901-1981 | IN THE | 1967 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Mogens Nielsen | IN THE | 1994 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Niels Jørgen Fries Nielsen | 1958 | FM | 2012 | GM | 1996 | 0 | 0 | ||
Palle Møller Nielsen | 1929-1987 | 0 | 0 | 2507 | |||||
Peter Heine Nielsen | 1973 | GM | 1994 | 5 | 0 | ||||
Aaron Nimzowitsch | 1886-1935 | 0 | 0 | 2780 | Russian Empire , Latvia | ||||
Holger Norman-Hansen | 1899-1984 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Svend Nørrelykke | SIM | 2006 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Martin Olesen | 1965 | IN THE | 1996 | IN THE | 2006 | 0 | 0 | ||
Filip Boe Olsen | 2003 | IN THE | 2020 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Søren Rud Ottesen | 1952 | IN THE | 2010 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Before that, Palo | 1985 | GM | 2005 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Christian Kyndel Pedersen | 1985 | IN THE | 2005 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Eigil Pedersen | 1917-1994 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
Erik Pedersen | 1958-2013 | IN THE | 1986 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Hans Buus Pedersen | 1955 | IN THE | 2002 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Henrik Bolding Pedersen | 1963 | SIM | 2004 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jan Pedersen | 1971 | IN THE | 2002 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jens Otto Pedersen | 1944 | IN THE | 1986 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Karl Pedersen | 1940 | 0 | 0 | 2508 | |||||
Nicolai Vesterbæk Pedersen | 1977 | IN THE | 2002 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Steffen Pedersen | 1974 | IN THE | 1994 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Sven Pedersen | 1949 | IN THE | 1985 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Martin Percivaldi | 1999 | IN THE | 2017 | 0 | 0 | Norway (2007) | |||
Søren Peschardt | 1956 | SIM | 2006 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Kim Pilgaard | 1967 | IN THE | 2000 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Allan Poulsen | 1948 | FM | 1989 | GM | 2000 | 0 | 0 | ||
Christian Poulsen | 1912-1981 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
Viggo Bove Quist | 1949 | IN THE | 1980 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Allan Stig Rasmussen | 1983 | GM | 2009 | 4th | 0 | ||||
Karsten Rasmussen | 1965 | IN THE | 1990 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Ulrik Rath | 1946 | FM | 1980 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Palle Ravn | 1928-2012 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Allan Ringsborg | 1962 | IN THE | 2009 | 0 | 0 | ||||
John Rødgaard | 1955 | IN THE | 1990 | 0 | 0 | Faroe Islands (since 1985) | |||
Aksel Ros | 1926-2009 | IN THE | 1992 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Carl Ruben | 1903-1938 | 0 | 0 | 2536 | |||||
Bjarke Sahl | 1956 | IN THE | 1986 | 0 | 0 | Norway (since 2007) | |||
Lars Schandorff | 1965 | GM | 1996 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Rasmus Skytte | 1980 | IN THE | 2002 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jørn Sloth | 1944 | FM | 1982 | GM | 1978 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ove Søgaard | 1938 | SIM | 1999 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Per Bille Sømod | 1955 | IN THE | 1996 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Arne Sørensen | 1947 | IN THE | 1988 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Bent Sørensen | 1943 | IN THE | 2016 | GM | 1993 | 0 | 0 | ||
Henrik Sørensen | 1945 | FM | 1989 | IN THE | 1977 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jan Sørensen | 1970 | IN THE | 1991 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Days Sørensen | 1925-1999 | IN THE | 1991 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Torben Sørensen | 1963 | IN THE | 2009 | 0 | 0 | Malta (since 2005) | |||
Tanya Stewart-Bermann | 1969 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
Henrik Svane | 1957 | IN THE | 1995 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jacob Sylvan | 1976 | IN THE | 2019 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Hans Tanggaard | 1957-2014 | IN THE | 2000 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Igor Teplyi | 1986 | IN THE | 2014 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Michael Tettinek | 1961 | IN THE | 1995 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Maj Theander | 1967 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
Helene Thierry | 0 | 1 | |||||||
Keld Thomsen | 1956 | SIM | 2007 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jesper Søndergård Thybo | 1999 | GM | 2020 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Thomas Tronhjem | IN THE | 1994 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Boris Tschatalbaschew | 1974 | GM | 1997 | 0 | 0 | Bulgaria (until 2018) | |||
Uffe Vinter-Schou | 1970 | IN THE | 1996 | 0 | 0 |
See also
Web links
- Danish titleholders as of April 24, 2003 (English)
- Danish top 100 men and women (Elo list, active and inactive, English)
- Danish top 100 women (Elo list, active and inactive, English)
- Title holder in correspondence chess (English)
- List of Danish individual champions (Danish)
- List of Danish individual champions (Danish)