Knut Jøran Helmers (7 February 1957 – 15 April 2021) was a Norwegian
chess
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player.
He won the Junior National Championships in 1972, after a play-off. He has been
Norwegian Chess Champion twice, in 1976 and 1977. He also won the
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
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in
Reykjavík
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in 1981.
Helmers became an
International Master (IM) in 1978, and was the seventh in Norway to take the title.
He competed at five
Chess Olympiad
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s (Team World Chess Championships) for Norway, in 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982 and 1984. In 1980 and 1982 he played on the first table. In these 5 tournaments, he played a total of 52 matches, and finished with 30 points after 15 wins, 30 draws, and 7 defeats. Helmers retired from active tournament play in 1986.
Helmers was a member of
Oslo Schakselskap and Sjakklubben Stjernen. He wrote a chess column for ''
Arbeiderbladet
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''.
Bibliography
* ''Revansjen som glapp - Returmatchen Kasparov-Karpov 1986'', Formatic A/S Fagbokforlag, 1986,
* ''Sjakkleksjoner med Simen Agdestein'', 1987,
References
External links
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Knut Jøran Helmers' games in Norway at NorBase
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1957 births
2021 deaths
Norwegian chess players
Chess International Masters
Chess Olympiad competitors
Norwegian chess writers
Norwegian columnists