Harry Schüssler (born 24 June 1957) is a Swedish

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Grandmaster (GM) (1988), two-time

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, ...

winner (1976, 1978),

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individual silver medal winner (

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Biography

From the mid-1970s to the end of the 1980s, Harry Schüssler belonged among the top Swedish chess players. He achieved his first international success at the turn of 1972/73, taking 3rd place in the traditional junior chess tournament in

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. In 1975, in

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Harry Schüssler represented Sweden in

World Junior Chess Championship The World Junior Chess Championship is an under-20 chess tournament (players must have been under 20 years old on 1 January in the year of competition) organized by the World Chess Federation (FIDE). The idea was the brainchild of William Rits ...

and together with Adam Kuligowski shared 5th-6th place. He twice won

: in 1976 and 1978. Harry Schüssler successes on the International Chess tournaments include, among others: * 1st place (1978/79) in ''Rilton Cup'' tournament in Stockholm, * 1st place (1978) in

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, * 1st place (1983) in

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, * shared 1st place (1986) in

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, * 2nd place in

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(1981, in

Nordic Chess Championship The Nordic Chess Championship (''Nordiska Schackkongressen'') is a biennial 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 ...

, behind

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), * shared 2nd place in

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(1979, together with

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), * shared 2nd place in

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(1980, together with Bojan Kurajica), * shared 2nd place in

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(1988) Harry Schüssler played for Sweden in the

s: * In 1976, at fourth board in the

22nd Chess Olympiad The 22nd Chess Olympiad (, ''Olimpiada ha-shachmat ha-22''), organized by Fédération Internationale des Échecs, FIDE, took place between October 26 and November 10, 1976, in Haifa, Israel. For the first time, the event comprised both an openAl ...

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(+1, =3, -3), * In 1978, at first reserve board in the

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(+2, =5, -2), * In 1980, at fourth board in the

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(+5, =3, -1) and won individual silver medal, * In 1982, at second board in the

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(+1, =7, -1), * In 1984, at fourth board in the

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(+1, =6, -2), * In 1988, at second board in the

28th Chess Olympiad The 28th Chess Olympiad (, ''I 28i Skakistikí Olympiáda''), organized by FIDE and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male and female players. and a women's tournament, as well ...

(+1, =5, -2). Harry Schüssler played for Sweden in the

European Team Chess Championship The European Team Championship (often abbreviated in texts and games databases as ''ETC'') is an international team chess event, eligible for the participation of European nations whose chess federations are located in zones 1.1 to 1.9. This more ...

: * In 1980, at fifth board in the 7th European Team Chess Championship in

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(+0, =1, -3), * In 1989, at second board in the 9th European Team Chess Championship in

(+1, =6, -1). Harry Schüssler played for Sweden in the

preliminaries: * In 1977, at reserve board in the 6th European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+0, =0, -2), * In 1980, at fifth board in the 7th European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+1, =0, -1), * In 1983, at first board in the 8th European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+2, =1, -1). Harry Schüssler played for Sweden in the World Youth U26 Team Chess Championship: * In 1981, at first board in the 3rd World Youth U26 Team Chess Championship in

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(+4, =5, -2). Harry Schüssler played for Sweden in the Nordic Chess Cup: * In 1983, at first board in the 9th Nordic Chess Cup in

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(+1, =6, -0) and won team bronze medal, * In 1985, at second board in the 10th Nordic Chess Cup in

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(+3, =4, -0) and won team gold medal. Harry Schüssler played for Sweden in the

Clare Benedict Cup The Clare Benedict Cup was a chess tournament for national teams from Western and Northern Europe, which took place 23 times from 1953 to 1979. Overview and History Foundation Clare Benedict (1871–1961), author and patron, was originally fr ...

: * In 1977, at fourth board in the 22nd Clare Benedict Chess Cup in

(+2, =3, -2) and won team bronze and individual gold medals. In 1978, Harry Schüssler was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title. In 1988, he was awarded the FIDE Grandmaster (GM) title.

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