Simen Agdestein

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Simen Agdestein Arctic aug08.jpg
Simen Agdestein, 2008
Association NorwayNorway Norway
Born May 15, 1967
Asker
title International Master (1983)
Grand Master (1985)
Current  Elo rating 2552 (August 2020)
Best Elo rating 2637 (July 2014)
Tab at the FIDE (English)

Simen Agdestein (born May 15, 1967 in Asker ) is a Norwegian chess grandmaster and former professional football player .

Football career

Agdestein played football as a striker for Lyn Oslo (1984-1992) and made eight appearances in the Norwegian national football team . His national team career, during which he scored a goal, ended because, contrary to the wishes of the national coach, he did not want to move abroad to improve his level. In 1989 he turned down a contract offer from Beşiktaş Istanbul . In 1992, a serious knee injury ended his professional career.

Chess career

Single successes

Simen Agdestein in July 1989 at the zone tournament in Espoo in a game against Helgi Ólafsson

He also attracted attention early on as a chess player: in 1982, at the age of 15, he became Norwegian national champion for the first time. In 1985 he was the first Norwegian to receive the grandmaster title. In 1986 he was runner-up at the World Youth Championships in Gausdal ; behind the winner Walter Arencibia , but ahead of future world-class players like Yevgeny Bareev and Viswanathan Anand .

At the end of July 1989 Simen Agdestein played the zone tournament in Espoo , which he won in front of Margeir Pétursson and Bent Larsen . Participants were 14 grandmasters who played a round-robin tournament 15 km from the center of Helsinki .

As a chess player he was national champion of Norway seven times, most recently in 2005. In 1999 he won the famous Open in Cappelle-la-Grande , and in 2003 an Open in Port Erin (Isle of Man). In July 2013 he won the Open Sant Martí i Barcelona with 8.5 / 9 (rating 2901).

Team chess

National team

Agdestein took part in nine Chess Olympiads with the Norwegian national team between 1982 and 2014 . When he first participated in 1982 , he achieved the best individual result on the fourth board.

Club chess

Simen Agdestein is a member of the Oslo Schakselskap and became Norwegian team champion with them in 2013 , 2014 and 2015 . He also took part in the European Club Cup six times with the Oslo Schakselskap . In the German Federal Chess League he played from 1998 to 2000 at the Delmenhorster Schachklub and from 2000 to 2003 at the Lübeck Chess Club from 1873 , with which he was German team champion in 2001 , 2002 and 2003 . In the British Four Nations Chess League , Agdestein played a total of three competitions for Wood Green between 2001 and 2004 .

Life

Simen Agdestein as a football player

In Norway he is also known for his participation in the TV show Skal vi danse .

He trained the later world chess champion Magnus Carlsen , about whose early chess career he wrote a book. He works as a teacher at a sports high school in Oslo and writes chess articles for the newspaper Verdens Gang .

Agdestein was married to Marianne Aasen (born February 21, 1967 in Bergen ), a member of the Arbeiderpartiet in Storting , and has three children. His older brother Espen (* 1965) is also a chess player and holds the title of FIDE master .

Works

Web links

Commons : Simen Agdestein  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Player statistics from Simen Agdestein on the homepage of Lyn Oslo (Norwegian)
  2. ^ Zone tournament 1989 in Espoo all 91 games on 365chess
  3. Simen Agdestein's results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
  4. Simen Agdestein's results at European Club Cup Cups on olimpbase.org (English)
  5. The talented Mr. Agdestein on chessbase.com (English)
  6. Stortinget.no