Karl Berndtsson
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Karl Mathias Berndtsson Kullberg (16 March 1892 – 29 September 1943) was a Swedish chess master who was born and died in Göteborg.
In 1917, he lost a match for the Swedish Chess Championship to Gustaf Nyholm (1.5 : 3.5). He was first in the national tournaments in 1918, 1920, 1921 (jointly), and 1926. He took 14th at Göteborg 1920 (Paul Johner won),[1] won Nordic Chess Championship at Oslo 1928,[2] and took 6th at Örebro 1935 (Alexander Alekhine won).[3]
Berndtsson played for Sweden in three Chess Olympiads:
- In the 3rd Olympiad at Hamburg 1930 (+7 –7 =2);
- In the 4th Olympiad at Prague 1931 (+5 –5 =8);
- In the 5th Olympiad at Folkestone 1933 (+6 –3 =5);
and won team bronze medal in 1933.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ Goteborg B, 1920 crosstable
- ^ Nordic Champions 1897-1997
- ^ Orebro 1935 crosstable
- ^ Berndtsson-Kullberg, Karl team chess record at www.olimpbase.org
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