Ralf Akesson
Number of games in database: 358
Years covered: 1973 to 2013
Last FIDE rating: 2462
Highest rating achieved in database: 2494
Overall record: +132 -96 =110 (55.3%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      20 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  King's Indian (24)      E92 E71 E76 E91 E70  Nimzo Indian (15)      E32 E38 E34 E39  Reti System (15)      A04 A05  Catalan (14)      E04 E06 E05 E08  Slav (14)      D10 D11 D15 D12 D19  English (12)      A15 A16 A17 A10 A14	With the Black pieces:  Sicilian (50)      B42 B43 B22 B46 B40  Caro-Kann (23)      B12 B17 B18 B14 B10  Sicilian Kan (19)      B42 B43  Nimzo Indian (16)      E54 E32 E43 E25 E48  Grunfeld (14)      D85 D91 D71 D70 D94  English, 1 c4 c5 (14)      A30 A37 A36 A33 A34

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   D Hansson vs R Akesson, 1998 0-1
   R Akesson vs Ivanchuk, 1994 1/2-1/2
   Stellwagen vs R Akesson, 2008 0-1

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RALF AKESSON (born Feb-08-1961) Sweden [what is this?] Ralf Åkesson was born in Oxelösund, Sweden. He was awarded the IM title in 1981 and the GM title in 1995. He was Swedish champion in 1985 and 1999. He was the European Junior Champion 1980-81. Åkesson is also a Senior International Master in Correspondence Chess. Wikipedia article: Ralf %C3%85kesson

page 1 of 15; games 1-25 of 358  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. S Kania vs R Akesson 1-0 26 1973 corres EUR C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense 2. D Cramling vs R Akesson   0-1 38 1979 Biel IM Open A00 Uncommon Opening 3. R Akesson vs M Czerniak   1-0 32 1979 Biel IM Open A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System 4. R Akesson vs S Joksic   0-1 36 1979 Biel IM op A16 English 5. R Akesson vs Carlson   0-1 32 1979 Biel IM Open A03 Bird's Opening 6. Kasparov vs R Akesson 1-0 36 1980 Dortmund Wch-jr E12 Queen's Indian 7. B Toro Sanchez vs R Akesson   ½-½ 43 1980 Dortmund A80 Dutch 8. R Akesson vs Short 0-1 24 1980 ? A10 English 9. Petursson vs R Akesson   1-0 40 1981 Politiken Cup A88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6 10. R Akesson vs Chekhov   0-1 45 1981 Rubinstein mem A07 King's Indian Attack 11. R Akesson vs P Toth   1-0 47 1981 Politiken Cup A35 English, Symmetrical 12. R Akesson vs L Spassov   ½-½ 32 1981 Politiken Cup A07 King's Indian Attack 13. R Akesson vs J Hartung-Nielsen   1-0 55 1981 Politiken Cup A04 Reti Opening 14. Uhlmann vs R Akesson   0-1 95 1981 Polanica A34 English, Symmetrical 15. A Jensen vs R Akesson   1-0 37 1981 Politiken Cup B25 Sicilian, Closed 16. R Akesson vs Kupreichik   0-1 40 1981 Polanica Zdroj A21 English 17. R Akesson vs M Carlson   1-0 41 1981 Politiken Cup A07 King's Indian Attack 18. R Akesson vs S Farias   ½-½ 87 1981 Politiken Cup A25 English 19. R Akesson vs W Schmidt   ½-½ 18 1981 Rubinstein mem A05 Reti Opening 20. J Hvenekilde vs R Akesson   0-1 56 1981 Politiken Cup A30 English, Symmetrical 21. G Kraehenbuehl vs R Akesson   1-0 38 1981 Politiken Cup A86 Dutch 22. M Sjoberg vs R Akesson   0-1 57 1981 Politiken Cup A81 Dutch 23. R Akesson vs G Andruet   ½-½ 16 1982 Gausdal Young Men E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation 24. Hort vs R Akesson   1-0 35 1983 West Berlin 36/652 E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 25. I Rogers vs R Akesson   1-0 60 1984 Valjevo YUG A55 Old Indian, Main line  page 1 of 15; games 1-25 of 358

Dec-19-04    Benzol: Ralf Akesson Born 8th February 1961 in Oxelosund European junior champion 1980-81 Swedish champion in 1985 He was awarded the IM title in 1981. Feb-08-06    BIDMONFA: Ralf Akesson AKESSON, Ralf http://www.bidmonfa.com/akesson_ral... _ Aug-12-07    acirce: Åkesson became GM in 1995. May-16-10    Tabanus: He was 3rd today in Stockholm Elo Challenge 12-16 May 2010: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr339...

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