Manne Joffe (born 27 March 1928) 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,

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 ...

winner (1963).

Biography

Manne Joffe was one of the strongest chess players in Sweden in the 1950-1960s. His main sporting achievement is the victory in the

in 1963, which took place in the

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(Joffe shared 1st-2nd places with

Bjørn Brinck-Claussen Bjørn Brinck-Claussen (29 January 1942 – 16 November 2022) was a Danish chess International Master (IM) (1986), three-times Danish Chess Championship winner (1966, 1970, 1977), Chess Olympiad individual silver medal winner (1962). Biography ...

). Manne Joffe played for Sweden in the

Chess Olympiad The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in 2020 and ...

: * In 1956, at first reserve board in the

12th Chess Olympiad The 12th Chess Olympiad (, ''12-ya Shakhmatnaya olimpiada''), organized by the 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 se ...

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(+6, =1, -2).

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* * * 1928 births Living people Swedish chess players Chess Olympiad competitors 20th-century chess players {{Sweden-chess-bio-stub