| Ralf Åkesson | |
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Ralf Åkesson, Stockholm 2009 |
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| Full name | Ralf Åkesson |
| Country | Sweden |
| Born | February 8, 1961 Oxelösund, Sweden |
| Title | Grandmaster |
| FIDE rating | 2451 (May 2011) |
| Peak rating | 2535 |
Ralf Åkesson (born 8 February 1961,[1] Oxelösund, Sweden) is a Swedish chess grandmaster.[2]
Åkesson was awarded the International Master title in 1981[3] and the grandmaster title in 1995.
In 1980/1981 he won the European Junior Chess Championship U20 in Groningen.[4] In 1985 and 1999 he won the Swedish Chess Championship.[5] In April 2001 he won the Grandmaster Group in Gausdal. In December 2003 he won the Rilton Cup in Stockholm. In April 2005 he won the GM-B-Group of the Gausdal-Classics-Tournament.[6] In June 2005 he won the Marx György Memorial in Paks.[7]
He took part in three Chess Olympiads for the Swedish National Team (1996, 1998 and 2000) with altogether 15 points in 28 games (+9, =12, −7).[8] He achieved his highest rating, 2535, in July 1999.[9]
In Sweden he plays for the club Västerås SK[10] and for the club Södra SS, in Belgium for Leuven Centraal.[11]
