Jørn Sloth | |
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Full name | Jørn Sloth |
Country | Denmark |
Born | September 5, 1944 |
FIDE rating | 2302 (May 2010) |
Jørn Sloth (born September 5, 1944 in Sjørring, Denmark) is a Danish chess FIDE Master and grandmaster of the correspondence chess, most famous for being the eighth ICCF World Champion in correspondence chess between 1975 and 1980.
Sloth obtained the IMC title in 1973 and the GMC title in 1978. He was the youngest player ever to win the Correspondence World Champion title.
Preceded by Yakov Estrin |
World Correspondence Chess Champion 1975–1980 |
Succeeded by Tõnu Õim |