Berndt Söderborg (13 August 1933 – 29 March 2024) was a Swedish

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player and

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(1993).

Biography

Berndt Söderborg was one of the strongest chess players in Sweden in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He participated in several

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, ...

s. Also Berndt Söderborg was participant of the Stockholm International chess tournaments in 1962 and 1963. In the 1962 tournament he shared 2nd-3rd places with Grandmaster (GM)

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. Berndt Söderborg played for Sweden in the

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: * In 1962, at second reserve board in the

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(+2, =9, -0). Berndt Söderborg played for Sweden in the World Student Team Chess Championships: * In 1955, at second reserve board in the 2nd World Student Team Chess Championship in

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(+2, =3, -3), * In 1956, at second board in the 3rd World Student Team Chess Championship in

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(+0, =3, -5), * In 1957, at first board in the 4th World Student Team Chess Championship in

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(+3, =5, -5), * In 1958, at first board in the 5th World Student Team Chess Championship in

(+0, =1, -7), * In 1959, at first board in the 6th World Student Team Chess Championship in

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(+2, =4, -4), * In 1960, at first board in the 7th World Student Team Chess Championship in

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(+2, =2, -6), * In 1961, at third board in the 8th World Student Team Chess Championship in

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(+0, =1, -7). In the 1990s and 2000s Berndt Söderborg played in senior chess tournaments. In 2001 he became the silver medalist of the Swedish Senior Chess championship, and in 2003 he won this championship.

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* * * 1933 births 2024 deaths Swedish chess players Chess Olympiad competitors Chess arbiters {{Sweden-chess-bio-stub