Bjørn Brinck-Claussen

Bjørn Brinck-Claussen (born 29 January 1942), is a Danish chess International Master (IM) (1986), three-times Danish Chess Championship winner (1966, 1970, 1977), Chess Olympiad individual silver medal winner (1962).

Bjørn Brinck-Claussen
CountryDenmark
Born (1942-01-29) 29 January 1942
Copenhagen, Denmark
TitleInternational Master (IM) (1986)

Biography

In the 1960s and 1970s Bjørn Brinck-Claussen was one of the strongest Danish chess players after chess grandmaster Bent Larsen. Three times he won Danish Chess Championships: 1966, 1970, and 1977. In 1962/63, he won Hastings International Chess Congress B tournament. In 1963, he won Nordic Chess Championship. In 1986, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title. In 1996, he shared first place in Copenhagen City Chess Champioship.

Bjørn Brinck-Claussen played for Denmark in the Chess Olympiads:[1]

Bjørn Brinck-Claussen played for Denmark in the European Team Chess Championship:[2]

  • In 1983, at first reserve board in the 8th European Team Chess Championship in Plovdiv (+1, =1, -2).

Also Bjørn Brinck-Claussen six times played for Denmark in the World Student Team Chess Championships (1961-1962, 1964, 1966-1968) and won bronze medal in team competition (1966).[3]

References
  1. "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Bjørn Brinck-Claussen". www.olimpbase.org. Archived from the original on 2017-09-11.
  2. "OlimpBase :: European Men's Team Chess Championship :: Bjørn Brinck-Claussen". www.olimpbase.org. Archived from the original on 2012-10-10.
  3. "OlimpBase :: World Student Team Chess Championship :: Bjørn Brinck-Claussen". www.olimpbase.org. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05.
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