Roland Ekström (born 22 May 1956) is a Swedish and Swiss
chess player,
International Master
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(1982), four time
Swiss Chess Championship winner (1988, 1989, 2001, 2008).
Chess career
In 1972, Roland Ekström won Swedish Junior Chess Championship in
Skellefteå. In 1975–1979 he participated in the individual finals of the
Swedish Chess Championship four times, achieving his greatest success in 1975 in
Gothenburg
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where he won silver medal. From the beginning of the 1980s, he started playing mainly in chess tournaments organized in Switzerland. Roland Ekström has four individual gold medals in the
Swiss Chess Championships, which he won in 1988, 1999, 2001 and 2008.
Roland Ekström twice took part in
World Chess Championship Zonal tournaments (1998 and 2000), but did not achieve significant results. His successes in international chess tournaments include: shared 1st place in
Banja Luka (1987, together with
Krunoslav Hulak) and shared 1st place in
Bad Wiessee
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(2000, together with
Gerald Hertneck,
Konstantin Lerner
Konstantin Zaivelevich Lerner ( uk, Костантин Зайвелевич Лернер; 28 February 1950, Odessa, Ukraine, former USSR – 24 September 2011, Herzlia, Israel) was a Ukrainian chess grandmaster (GM). In 1978 and 1982, he w ...
and
Alexander Graf).
Roland Ekström played for Switzerland in the
Chess Olympiads:
* In 1996, at fourth board in the
32nd Chess Olympiad
The 32nd Chess Olympiad ( hy, 32-րդ Շախմատային օլիմպիադա, ''32-rd Shakhmatayin olimpiadan''), organized by FIDE and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male ...
in
Yerevan (+5, =3, -2),
* In 1998, at fourth board in the
33rd Chess Olympiad
The 33rd Chess Olympiad (, ''33-ya Shakhmatnaya olimpiada''; Kalmyk: 33-гче Шатрин олимпиад, ''33-gçe Şatrin olimpiad''), organized by FIDE and comprising an open and a women's tournament, took place between September 26 and O ...
in
Elista (+4, =6, -1),
* In 2002, at first reserve board in the
35th Chess Olympiad in
Bled (+1, =2, -3),
* In 2010, at third board in the
39th Chess Olympiad
The 39th Chess Olympiad (russian: 39-я Шахматная олимпиада, ''39-ya Shakhmatnaya olimpiada''), organised by FIDE and comprising an open and a women's tournament, as well as several other events designed to promote the game of ch ...
in
Khanty-Mansiysk (+3, =3, -1).
Roland Ekström played for Sweden (1989) and Switzerland in the
European Team Chess Championships:
* In 1989, at sixth board in the 9th European Team Chess Championship in
Haifa (+2, =1, -3),
* In 2001, at first reserve board in the 13th European Team Chess Championship in
León (+1, =2, -3),
* In 2007, at first reserve board in the 16th European Team Chess Championship in
Heraklion (+1, =3, -1),
* In 2009, at fourth board in the 17th European Team Chess Championship in
Novi Sad (+2, =4, -1).
Roland Ekström played for Switzerland in the
World Team Chess Championship:
* In 1997, at second reserve board in the 4th World Team Chess Championship in
Lucerne
Lucerne ( , ; High Alemannic German, High Alemannic: ''Lozärn'') or Luzern ()Other languages: gsw, Lozärn, label=Lucerne German; it, Lucerna ; rm, Lucerna . is a city in central Switzerland, in the Languages of Switzerland, German-speaking po ...
(+1, =1, -2).
In 1982, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title.
Roland Ekström achieved the highest
rating in his career so far on July 1, 1998, with a score of 2510 points, he was then 5th among Swiss chess players.
FIDE rating history :: Ekstroem, Roland
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Other successes
In 1998, 2000 and 2005 he won the Swiss backgammon championship three times.
References
External links
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1956 births
Living people
Chess players from Stockholm
Swedish chess players
Swiss chess players
Chess International Masters
Chess Olympiad competitors
Backgammon players
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