Bo Jacobsen (born 12 December 1948), is a

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chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to disti ...

player,

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 ...

winner (1976).

Biography

In the mid-1970s Jacobsen was one of the leading Danish chess players. He participated many times in the finals of

s and won gold medal in 1976. He played for Denmark in the Chess Olympiad: * In 1974, at second reserve board in the

21st Chess Olympiad The 21st Chess Olympiad (french: La 21e Olympiade d'échecs), organized by FIDE and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male and female players. team tournament, as well as severa ...

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(+7, =4, -3). Jacobsen played for Denmark in the

European Team Chess Championship The European Team Championship (often abbreviated in texts and games databases as ''ETC'') is an international team chess event, eligible for the participation of European nations whose chess federations are located in zones 1.1 to 1.9. This more ...

: * In 1970, at fourth board in the 4th European Team Chess Championship in

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(+0, =2, -5). In 2009, in Condino Jacobsen participated in World Senior Chess Championship and shared 3rd-9th place.

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Bo Jacobsen
chess games at 365chess.com 1948 births Living people People from Randers Danish chess players Chess Olympiad competitors 20th-century chess players {{Denmark-chess-bio-stub