Axel Crone Cruusberg (30 December 1901 — 16 August 1962), was a

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player.

Biography

In the 1930s, Axel Cruusberg was one of Danish leading chess players. From 1922 to 1935, Cruusberg took part in the

Danish Chess Championship The Danish Chess Championship was organised by the Danish Chess Union ( DSU) and first held in 1910. A masterclass was first introduced in 1915. But it is only from 1922 that the title of Danish chess champion was introduced, this was the first year ...

s, where he achieved his best result in 1925, when he ranked in fourth place. He three times won the Copenhagen Chess Championship: in 1931, 1937 and 1943. From 1942 to 1944, he worked in Danish chess magazine, ''Skakbladet''. Axel Cruusberg played for Denmark in the Chess Olympiad: * In 1931, at second board in the

4th Chess Olympiad The 4th Chess Olympiad ( cz, 4. Šachová olympiáda), organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male and female playe ...

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Axel Cruusberg
chess games at 365chess.com 1901 births 1962 deaths Sportspeople from Odense Danish chess players Chess Olympiad competitors 20th-century chess players {{Denmark-chess-bio-stub