Knut Jøran Helmers (7 February 1957 – 15 April 2021) was a Norwegian
chess
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player.
He won the Junior National Championships in 1972, after a play-off. He has been
Norwegian Chess Champion twice, in 1976 and 1977. He also won the
Nordic Chess Championship The Nordic Chess Championship (''Nordiska Schackkongressen'') is a biennal chess tournament which determines the champion of the Nordic countries. The first edition took place in Stockholm in 1897.
History
The winners in the Nordic Championship in ...
in
Reykjavík
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in 1981.
Helmers became an
International Master
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(IM) in 1978, and was the seventh in Norway to take the title.
He competed at five
Chess Olympiad
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s (Team World Chess Championships) for Norway, in 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982 and 1984. In 1980 and 1982 he played on the first table. In these 5 tournaments, he played a total of 52 matches, and finished with 30 points after 15 wins, 30 draws, and 7 defeats. Helmers retired from active tournament play in 1986.
Helmers was a member of
Oslo Schakselskap and Sjakklubben Stjernen. He wrote a chess column for ''
Arbeiderbladet
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''.
Bibliography
* ''Revansjen som glapp - Returmatchen Kasparov-Karpov 1986'', Formatic A/S Fagbokforlag, 1986,
* ''Sjakkleksjoner med Simen Agdestein'', 1987,
References
External links
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Knut Jøran Helmers' games in Norway at NorBase
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1957 births
2021 deaths
Norwegian chess players
Chess International Masters
Chess Olympiad competitors
Norwegian chess writers
Norwegian columnists