Åke Olsson (3 May 1934 – 11 September 2009) was a Swedish chess player, two-times
Swedish Chess Championship The first Swedish Champion was Gustaf Nyholm, who won two matches against winners of national tournaments: Berndtsson in Göteborg and Löwenborg in Stockholm in 1917. Until 1931 Swedish Chess Championships were decided by match play. In the 1930s, ...
medalist (1962, 1966, 1969, 1971).
Biography
In 1952, Olsson won Swedish Youth Chess Championship. In the 1960s and 1970s he was one of the leading Swedish chess players. In 1969, Olsson shared 1st-3nd place with
Ulf Andersson
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Chess career
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and
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in
Swedish Chess Championship The first Swedish Champion was Gustaf Nyholm, who won two matches against winners of national tournaments: Berndtsson in Göteborg and Löwenborg in Stockholm in 1917. Until 1931 Swedish Chess Championships were decided by match play. In the 1930s, ...
, but lost in additional tournament. Also he won silver medal in this tournament in 1962, 1966 and 1971.
Olsson played for Sweden in the
Chess Olympiad
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s:
* In 1962, at first reserve board in the
15th Chess Olympiad in
Varna
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Asia
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(+8, =2, -4),
* In 1968, at first reserve board in the
18th Chess Olympiad in
Lugano
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(+6, =5, -3),
* In 1970, at second reserve board in the
19th Chess Olympiad
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The Soviet team with six Grandmaster ...
in
Siegen
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(+4, =2, -6),
* In 1972, at first reserve board in the
20th Chess Olympiad in
Skopje
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(+3, =5, -5).
Olsson played for Sweden in the World Student Team Chess Championship:
* In 1960, at second board in the 7th World Student Team Chess Championship in
Leningrad
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(+3, =3, -7).
Olsson played for Sweden in the Nordic Chess Cup:
* In 1970, at second board in the 1st Nordic Chess Cup in
Großenbrode
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(+1, =2, -0) and won team silver and individual gold medals.
Olsson died on 11 September 2009, at the age of 75.
References
External links
*
Ã…ke Olssonchess games at 365chess.com
1934 births
2009 deaths
Chess Olympiad competitors
20th-century Swedish chess players
20th-century Swedish sportsmen
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