Jørn Sloth (born 5 September 1944 in Sjørring, Thy,

Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...

) is a Danish

chess Chess is a board game for two players. It is an abstract strategy game that involves Perfect information, no hidden information and no elements of game of chance, chance. It is played on a square chessboard, board consisting of 64 squares arran ...

player who holds the chess titles of

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and

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. He was the eighth ICCF World Champion, 1975–80. In 1964 he, together with

Rob Hartoch Robert Gijsbertus Hartoch (24 March 1947 — 28 May 2009) was a Dutch chess FIDE titles, International Master (1971). Biography Most of Robert Hartoch's successes were in junior events. In 1964, in Groningen he and Jørn Sloth were co-winners of ...

, won the Niemeyer tournament for European players under 20. Sloth started playing Correspondence Chess at a young age. He obtained the IMC title in 1973 and the GMC title in 1978. He was the youngest player ever to win the Correspondence World Champion title.

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Sloth at chessmail.com
1944 births Living people Danish chess players Chess FIDE Masters Correspondence chess grandmasters World Correspondence Chess Champions {{Denmark-chess-bio-stub