List of Danish chess players

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Aaron Nimzowitsch , originally from Latvia, was one of the world's best players in the 1920s.

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:

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.

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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
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

Commons : Danish chess players  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jacob Aagaard won the British and Scottish individual championships once.
  2. ↑ Henrik Danielsen won the Icelandic individual championship once.
  3. ↑ Boris Tschatalbaschew won the Bulgarian individual championship four times.