Svein Johannessen

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Svein Johannessen, born October 17, 1937 is a Norwegian chess player. He became Norway's second International Master after Olaf Barda, in 1961. He has won four Norwegian chess championships, in 1959, 1962, 1970 and 1973.

According to ChessBase, Johannessen has a wide opening repertoire. He plays most of the regular opening moves with White with some regularity, 1.d4, 1.e4, 1.c4 and 1.Nf3. With Black against 1.e4 he frequently enters the "open" games with 1...e5, but often plays the Sicilian Defence as well. Against 1.d4 Johannessen also plays several things including the Old Indian Defense and Queen's Gambit Accepted.