Lars Karlsson (chess player)

Lars Karlsson (born 11 July 1955) is a Swedish chess grandmaster (1982), Swedish Chess Championship winner (1992).

Lars Karlsson
Lars Karlsson in 2009
CountrySweden
Born (1955-07-11) 11 July 1955
Stockholm, Sweden
Titlegrandmaster (1982)
FIDE rating2447 (February 2021)
Peak rating2550 (January 1985)

Biography

From the late 1970s to the mid-1990s, Karlsson belonged to the top Swedish chess players. In 1992 he won the Swedish Chess Championship. Karlsson won silver medals in the national championship twice (1979, 1986) and a bronze medal once (1976). In 1982 in Las Palmas he participated in the World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournament and ranked in 11th place.[1]

Karlsson has appeared in many international chess tournaments, winning or sharing first place, including in Stockholm (Rilton Cup tournament, 1977/78), Malmö (1979), Hradec Králové (1979/80 and 1980/81), Silkeborg (1980), Esbjerg (1981, tournament The North Sea Cup), Niš (1981), Eksjö (1982, together with Lars-Åke Schneider), Helsinki (1983), Hastings (1983/84, together with Jon Speelman), Jönköping (1988), Oslo (1988, together with Jonathan Tisdall and Nigel Davies), Copenhagen (1988, 1989 together with Aleksander Sznapik and Jens Kristiansen), Hallsberg (1997, together with Eduardas Rozentalis), Stockholm (2006, 2007, 2014[2]) and Barcelona (2009).

Lars Karlsson played for Sweden in the Chess Olympiads:[3]

Lars Karlsson played for Sweden in the European Team Chess Championships:[4]

  • In 1980, at second board in the 7th European Team Chess Championship in Skara (+1, =2, -4),
  • In 1992, at first reserve board in the 10th European Team Chess Championship in Debrecen (+2, =3, -1),
  • In 2005, at second board in the 15th European Team Chess Championship in Gothenburg (+2, =5, -1).

Lars Karlsson played for Sweden in the Nordic Chess Cup:[5]

  • In 1985, at first board in the 10th Nordic Chess Cup in Pohja (+4, =3, -0) and won team bronze medal,
  • In 1987, at first board in the 11th Nordic Chess Cup in Słupsk (+3, =0, -1) and won team and individual gold medals.

In 1979, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title and received the FIDE Grandmaster (GM) title three years later.

References
  1. "1982 Las Palmas Interzonal : 1982-84 cycle : World Chess Championship". www.mark-weeks.com.
  2. "IM Westerberg and GM Karlsson share first place in Stockholm | Chessdom".
  3. "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Lars Karlsson". www.olimpbase.org.
  4. "OlimpBase :: European Men's Team Chess Championship :: Lars Karlsson". www.olimpbase.org.
  5. "OlimpBase :: Nordic Chess Cup :: Lars Karlsson". www.olimpbase.org.
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