Karl Ruben

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Carl (Karl) Ruben (born 4 August 1903 – ?) was a Danish chess master.[1]


He won a match against Johannes Pedersen (1.5–0.5) at Aalborg 1927,[2] tied for 2nd-3rd in Danish Championship at Vordingborg 1927 (Erik Andersen won), shared 2nd at Copenhagen 1927 (Politiken, Géza Maróczy won),[3] tied for 5-6th at Copenhagen 1928 (Aron Nimzowitsch won), tied for 7-9th at Svendborg 1930 (DEN-ch, Andersen won),[4] and won a simultan game against Alexander Alekhine at Copenhagen 1930.[5]

Ruben played four times for Denmark in Chess Olympiads in 1927, 1928, 1930, 1931, and won team silver medal at London 1927.[6]

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.chesslive.de/scripts/server.dll?
  2. ^ Welcome to the Chessmetrics site
  3. ^ Viking Chess
  4. ^ http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01
  5. ^ Alexander Alekhine vs Karl Ruben (1930)
  6. ^ OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess
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