- Erik Andersen
Infobox chess player
playername = Erik Andersen
birthname = Erik Andersen
country = DEN
datebirth = birth date|1904|4|10
placebirth =Gentofte
datedeath = death date and age|1938|2|27|1904|4|10
placedeath =Copenhagen
title =
worldchampion =
womensworldchampion =
rating =
peakrating =Erik Andersen (
10 April 1904 ,Gentofte –27 February 1938 ,Copenhagen ) was a Danishchess master.He was twelve-times Danish Champion (1923, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, and 1936). He won the Nordic Championship at Stockholm 1930, defended his title with 3 : 3 against Gideon Ståhlberg in 1934, and lost it by 2,5 : 3,5 against
Erik Lundin in 1937.In tournaments, he took 6th in Copenhagen in 1923 (
Aron Nimzowitsch won). In 1924, he took 3rd in Copenhagen (Johannes Giersing and Kinch won), and took 2nd in Randers (Kier won). In 1927, he tied for 4-5th in Copenhagen (Geza Maróczy won). In 1928, he took 4th in Copenhagen (Nimzowitsch won). In 1929, he tied for 5-6th in Göteborg (Nordic-ch; Stahlberg won). In 1930, he tied for 4-5th in Swinemünde (Friedrich Sämisch won). [http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdfName Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01] In 1931, he lost a match by 1,5 : 4,5 toGösta Stoltz .In 1933, he tied for 3rd-5th in Copenhagen (Nimzowitsch won). In 1935, he tied for 8-9th in Bad Nauheim (
Efim Bogoljubow won). In 1937, he took 13th in Jurata (4th POL-ch;Savielly Tartakower won).Andersen played for Denmark six-times in official
Chess Olympiad s and once in3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad at Munich 1936.
* In 1927, at third board in 1st Olympiad in London (+8 –3 =4);
* In 1928, at second board in 2nd Olympiad in The Hague (+9 –4 =3);
* In 1930, at first board in 3rd Olympiad in Hamburg (+9 –5 =3);
* In 1931, at first board in 4th Olympiad in Prague (+4 –8 =4);
* In 1933, at first board in 5th Olympiad in Folkestone (+3 –4 =6);
* In 1935, at first board in 6th Olympiad in Warsaw (+7 –10 =1);
* In 1936, at first board in 3rd unofficial Olympiad in Munich (+6 –7 =6).He won team silver medal at London 1927. [ [http://www.olimpbase.org/ OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess ] ]References
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