Ingrid Larsen (1 July 1909 – 25 February 1990) was a

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player who holds the title of

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(WIM, 1950). She was a seventeen-times winner the Danish Women's Chess Championship.

Biography

From the late 1930s to the early 1980s, Ingrid Larsen was one of the leading chess players in the Denmark. Seventeen times she won the Danish Women's Chess Championships: 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1960, 1965, 1969 and 1983. Ingrid Larsen three times participated in the Women's World Chess Championship Tournaments: * In 1937, at

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shared 21st-22nd place; * In 1939, at

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has taken 11th place; * In 1950, at

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has taken 15th place. Ingrid Larsen played for Denmark in the Women's Chess Olympiads: * In 1957, at first board in the 1st Chess Olympiad (women) in Emmen (+5, =2, -4), * In 1966, at first board in the 3rd Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+1, =5, -7), * In 1969, at second board in the 4th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+0, =5, -6), * In 1976, at third board in the 7th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+4, =4, -4), * In 1978, at third board in the 8th Chess Olympiad (women) in

(+6, =3, -5), * In 1980, at first reserve board in the 9th Chess Olympiad (women) in

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(+1, =3, -6). In 1950, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Larsen, Ingrid 1909 births 1990 deaths Danish female chess players Chess Woman International Masters Chess Olympiad competitors 20th-century chess players