Jens Enevoldsen

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Jens Evald Enevoldsen-Elsing (23 September 1907 – 23 May 1980) was a Danish chess master born in Copenhagen[1][2][3] who won the Danish Chess Championship five times (1940, 1943, 1947, 1948, and 1960). In 1939 he shared first but lost a playoff, and in 1950 he again shared first but lost a lottery.[2]

He took 4th at Helsinki 1947 (zonal, Eero Böök and Gösta Stoltz won).[4]

Enevoldsen played for Denmark eleven times in Chess Olympiads (1933, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1950, 1952, 1956, 1958, 1966, 1970, and 1972).[5]

He was awarded the International Master (IM) title in 1950 and was made an International Arbiter (IA) in 1960.[1]

Jens Enevoldsen has authored several Danish Books on Chess:

  • Jens Enevoldsen, Det Positionelle Angreb
  • Jens Enevoldsen, Lærebog i Skak:
    • Begyndelsesgrundene
    • Første Del: Aabningsspillet, Jespersen og Pios Forlag, (1941)
    • Anden Del: Midtspillet
    • Tredie Del: Slutspillet I-II

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gaige, Jeremy (1987), Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography, McFarland, p. 108, ISBN 0-7864-2353-6 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Whyld, Ken (1986), Chess: The Records, Guinness Books, p. 138, ISBN 0-85112-455-0 >
  3. ↑ Passengers of the Piriápolis
  4. ↑ Helsinki 1947 crosstable
  5. ↑ Enevoldsen, Jens team chess record at olimpbase.org

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