Leif Øgaard (born 5 January 1952) is a Norwegian chess player. He is the ninth Norwegian to achieve the title of
Grandmaster. Øgaard won the
Norwegian Chess Championship
The Norwegian Chess Championship (NM i sjakk) is an annual tournament held in Norway during the month of July, in order to determine the national chess champion. The tournament is held at different venues each year as part of the ''Landsturnering' ...
five times, in 1974, 1975, 1979, 1985 and 1993. He gained his
IM title in 1974. In 1981 and 1982, Øgaard won two tournaments at
Gausdal
Gausdal is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Segalstad bru. Other villages in Gausdal include Follebu, Forse ...
, each netting him a GM-norm. His third and final GM-norm was won in the Norwegian team chess championship in 2006–2007, making him the very first person to score 2 GM norms with a 25-year gap in-between as well as one of the oldest players to be awarded the Grandmaster title, since his last norm came when he was already in the mid 60's. The GM title was finally approved at FIDE's presidential board meeting in Tallinn on 22–24 June 2007.
Titles awarded at the Presidential Board Meeting in Tallinn, Estonia
FIDE's website. Retrieved 26 June 2007 Øgaard is a member of the Oslo chess club ''Oslo Schackselskap''.
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1952 births
Living people
Norwegian chess players
Chess Grandmasters
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