Bengt-Eric Hörberg (9 February 1922 – 2 November 2003) was a

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player, Swedish Chess Championship winner (1954).

Biography

From the early 1950s to the late 1960s, Bengt-Eric Hörberg was one of Sweden's leading chess players. In Swedish Chess Championships he has won gold (1954 - after winning additional match against

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- 2:1) and silver (1966) medals. Bengt-Eric Hörberg regularly participated in the International Chess tournaments in

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. Bengt-Eric Hörberg played for Sweden in the Chess Olympiads: * In 1954, at fourth board in the

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(+4, =3, -7), * In 1958, at second reserve board in the

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(+2, =3, -4). Bengt-Eric Hörberg played for Sweden in the

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preliminaries: * In 1961, at third board (+2, =1, -1), * In 1961, at fifth board (+1, =0, -4).

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Bengt-Eric Hörberg
chess games at 365chess.com 1922 births 2003 deaths People from Karlskrona Swedish chess players Chess Olympiad competitors 20th-century chess players {{Sweden-chess-bio-stub