Jørn Sloth (born 5 September 1944 in ,
Thy,
Denmark
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) is a Danish
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 who holds the
chess titles
A chess title is a title regulated by a chess governing body and bestowed upon players based on their performance and rank. Such titles are usually granted for life. The international chess governing body FIDE grants several titles, the most pres ...
of
FIDE Master
FIDE titles are awarded by the international chess governing body FIDE (''Fédération Internationale des Échecs'') for outstanding performance. The highest such title is Grandmaster (GM). Titles generally require a combination of Elo rating an ...
and
Correspondence Chess Grandmaster International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster is a correspondence chess title created by FIDE in 1953, second only to that of world correspondence champion. Currently, this title is awarded by the International Correspondence Chess Federation (IC ...
. He was the eighth
ICCF World Champion, 1975–80.
In 1964 he, together with
Rob Hartoch
Robert Gijsbertus Hartoch (24 March 1947 — 28 May 2009) was a Dutch chess International Master (1971).
Biography
Robert Hartoch has made the most of his success in junior chess tournaments. In 1964, in Groningen he together with Jørn Sloth ...
, won the
Niemeyer tournament for European players under 20.
Sloth obtained the IMC title in 1973 and the GMC title in 1978. He was the youngest player ever to win the Correspondence World Champion title.
References
External links
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Sloth at chessmail.com
1944 births
Living people
Danish chess players
Chess FIDE Masters
Correspondence chess grandmasters
World Correspondence Chess Champions
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