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Bengt Ekenberg
B Ekenberg 
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Number of games in database: 128
Years covered: 1934 to 1973
Overall record: +40 -41 =47 (49.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Bird's Opening (12) 
    A02 A03
 French Defense (9) 
    C10 C00 C02 C03 C09
 King's Indian Attack (9) 
    A07
 Two Knights (6) 
    C57 C59 C58 C55
 Sicilian (6) 
    B20 B22 B74 B21
 Caro-Kann (5) 
    B14 B10 B11
With the Black pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (13) 
    C70 C78 C97 C92 C84
 Alekhine's Defense (9) 
    B03 B04 B02
 French Defense (7) 
    C11 C01 C00 C14 C13
 Sicilian (6) 
    B24 B29 B55 B73 B62
 French (4) 
    C11 C13 C00
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (4) 
    C97 C84 C92
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   B Ekenberg vs Andersson, 1969 1-0
   B Ekenberg vs O Alfredsson, 1966 1-0
   B Ekenberg vs N Voinov, 1936 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Ludvig Collijn Jubilee Tournament (1938)
   Swedish Championship (1966)
   Buenos Aires Olympiad qual-4 (1939)
   Swedish Championship (1970)
   Swedish Championship (1969)
   Swedish Championship (1967)
   Swedish Championship (1971)
   Swedish Championship (1965)
   Buenos Aires Olympiad Final-A (1939)


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BENGT EKENBERG
(born Jun-27-1912, died Aug-17-1986, 74 years old) Sweden

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Bengt August Edvard Ekenberg was born in Göteborg. He was Swedish champion in 1943 and 1962.

Wikipedia article: Bengt Ekenberg


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 page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 128  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. B Ekenberg vs I Solin  0-1421934Nordic Congress, Master GroupB14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack
2. E Pettersson vs B Ekenberg  0-1481935OrebroB02 Alekhine's Defense
3. B Ekenberg vs Alekhine 0-1231935OrebroA80 Dutch
4. B Ekenberg vs G Stoltz  0-1321935OrebroA80 Dutch
5. E Lundin vs B Ekenberg  1-0221935OrebroE77 King's Indian
6. B Ekenberg vs V Mezgailis  0-1491936non-FIDE Munich OlympiadB10 Caro-Kann
7. B Ekenberg vs K Poschauko  0-1221936non-FIDE Munich OlympiadC64 Ruy Lopez, Classical
8. B Ekenberg vs N Voinov  1-0391936non-FIDE Munich OlympiadC13 French
9. Barcza vs B Ekenberg  1-0411936non-FIDE Munich OlympiadE64 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav System
10. A Bergkvist vs B Ekenberg  ½-½471938Ludvig Collijn Jubilee TournamentA15 English
11. G Stoltz vs B Ekenberg  ½-½561938Ludvig Collijn Jubilee TournamentB54 Sicilian
12. B Ekenberg vs H Carlsson  1-0351938Ludvig Collijn Jubilee TournamentC40 King's Knight Opening
13. B Ekenberg vs N Bergkvist  1-0411938Ludvig Collijn Jubilee TournamentC02 French, Advance
14. H Carlsson vs B Ekenberg  1-0481938Ludvig Collijn Jubilee TournamentB29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein
15. S Carlsson vs B Ekenberg  0-1431938Ludvig Collijn Jubilee TournamentA53 Old Indian
16. B Ekenberg vs B Sundberg  1-0491938Ludvig Collijn Jubilee TournamentB74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical
17. M Johansson vs B Ekenberg  ½-½251938Ludvig Collijn Jubilee TournamentC41 Philidor Defense
18. B Ekenberg vs W Pettersson  ½-½391938Ludvig Collijn Jubilee TournamentA34 English, Symmetrical
19. B Ekenberg vs E Lundin  0-1451939Nordic Congress, OsloC55 Two Knights Defense
20. B Ekenberg vs A Gulbrandsen  0-1571939Nordic Congress, OsloC57 Two Knights
21. B Ekenberg vs G Friedemann  ½-½321939Buenos Aires Olympiad qual-4C58 Two Knights
22. J Austbo vs B Ekenberg  0-1411939Buenos Aires Olympiad qual-4E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto
23. B Ekenberg vs C Salazar  1-0241939Buenos Aires Olympiad qual-4B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack
24. B Ekenberg vs F Planas Garcia  0-1241939Buenos Aires Olympiad qual-4C00 French Defense
25. M Rauch vs B Ekenberg  ½-½411939Buenos Aires Olympiad qual-4B24 Sicilian, Closed
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Kibitzer's Corner
Dec-28-04  Benzol: Bengt August Edvard Ekenberg
Born 27th June 1912 in Goteborg
He was Swedish champion in 1943 and 1962.
Jun-27-07  BIDMONFA: Bengt Ekenberg

EKENBERG, Bengt A. E.
http://www.bidmonfa.com/ekenberg_be...
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Jun-27-07  whiteshark: 11 games at CHESS OLYMPIADS 1939.
+5 =4 -2 = 63.6%
May-01-11  lost in space: He played the Ruy Lopez often in a very interesting way:

very early b5 (Caro Variation) and afterwards with Bb7, d6, g6 and Bg7

Here the key position which is convincing me more and more to be very good for black:


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12. Nxg7 Kf8 13. Ne6 Qxe6 14. d5 Qf6 (or e7) 15. dxc6 Bxc6 is more or less forced and the resulting position is =


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Bengt played Qf6 instead of Qe7 (which I found in cooperation with shredder).

I will start to use this line OTB to get more experience with it.

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