Orla Hermann Krause (3 November 1867 – 28 September 1935) was a Danish

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master and analyst. He took 2nd, behind

Andreas Rosendahl Andreas Cristian Rosendahl (1864 – 7 January 1909) was a Danish chess master. He won at Copenhagen 1895, took 4th at Stockholm 1897 (the 1st Nordic Championship, Sven Otto Svensson won), and tied for 3rd–4th at Copenhagen 1899 (the 2nd Nordi ...

, at Copenhagen 1895, took 2nd at Copenhagen 1899 (the 2nd Nordic Championship,

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won), took 5th at Copenhagen 1907 (the 7th Nordic-ch,

Paul Saladin Leonhardt Paul Saladin Leonhardt (13 November 1877 – 14 December 1934) was a German chess master. He was born in Posen, Province of Posen, German Empire (now Poland), and died of a heart attack in Königsberg during a game of chess. A player with ...

won), shared 2nd, behind

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at Copenhagen 1916 (the 9th Nordic-ch), tied for 4-8th at Copenhagen 1924 (the 12th Nordic-ch, Aron Nimzowitsch won), and tied for 5-8th at Copenhagen 1934 (the 16th Nordic-ch, Nimzowitsch won). Krause played for Denmark at first board (+4 –5 =6) in the

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at London 1927, and won team silver medal there. In 1938 a 49 page analysis titled "About the opening position in chess" was published by Jørgen Møller with the help of the Danish chess association. It is written by Dr. Krause and passed onto Jørgen Møller for review shortly before Krause's death. In it, Krause investigates whether or not white has an inherent advantage from the opening position, and attempts to prove his point by proposing several laws. The analysis ends without any conclusive results, but with hopeful prospects for the "Beauty of chess". His name is attached to the Krause Variation in the

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(1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5!?). He found many new ideas in the Slav Defense in the 1920s (among others: 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4!?).washingtonpost.com: CHESS Lubomir Kavalek
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