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Erling Myhre

Number of games in database: 44
Years covered: 1930 to 1960
Overall record: +8 -27 =9 (28.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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ERLING MYHRE
(born Jan-11-1903, died Apr-12-1971, 68 years old) Norway

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Erling Godtfred Myhre was born in Oslo (then Christiania). He was Norwegian champion in 1946, 1950 and 1955, and played in the olympiads 1950, 1952 and 1960.

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Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. E Myhre vs O Barda  ½-½341930Norwegian Championship PlayoffD51 Queen's Gambit Declined
2. E Myhre vs H Alexandersson  0-1421931SWE-NOR phone mE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
3. E Myhre vs A Krogdahl  1-0361932Norwegian Championship Group BA40 Queen's Pawn Game
4. E Myhre vs A Gulbrandsen  0-1511932Norwegian Championship Group BD40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch
5. Halvdan Haave vs E Myhre  0-1231933Norwegian ChampionshipD51 Queen's Gambit Declined
6. E Myhre vs L Hanssen  0-1301933Norwegian ChampionshipA83 Dutch, Staunton Gambit
7. E Johnsen vs E Myhre  0-1461933Norwegian ChampionshipC11 French
8. E Myhre vs T Halvorsen  0-1361933Norwegian Championship PlayoffE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
9. T Halvorsen vs E Myhre  ½-½561933Norwegian Championship PlayoffA47 Queen's Indian
10. E Myhre vs T Halvorsen  0-1281933Norwegian Championship PlayoffC10 French
11. E Myhre vs H Pedersen  0-1341936OsloD81 Grunfeld, Russian Variation
12. Fine vs E Myhre  1-0371936OsloB18 Caro-Kann, Classical
13. E Myhre vs O Barda  1-0401946NOR-chD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
14. J Enevoldsen vs E Myhre  0-1541947Norway vs DenmarkC67 Ruy Lopez
15. O Kaila vs E Myhre  1-0321948Saltsjobaden ttC58 Two Knights
16. E Myhre vs M Castillo  0-1341950Dubrovnik OlympiadD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
17. E Myhre vs Gligoric 0-1351950Dubrovnik OlympiadE87 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox
18. K Skold vs E Myhre  ½-½801950Dubrovnik OlympiadC67 Ruy Lopez
19. E Myhre vs F Mastichiadis  1-0571950Dubrovnik OlympiadD43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
20. Tartakower vs E Myhre 1-0441950Dubrovnik OlympiadD51 Queen's Gambit Declined
21. E Myhre vs E Canal  ½-½381950Dubrovnik OlympiadD10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
22. E Myhre vs Reshevsky  0-1371950Dubrovnik OlympiadE33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
23. Euwe vs E Myhre 1-0331950Dubrovnik OlympiadE23 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann
24. E Myhre vs V Castaldi  0-1361950Dubrovnik OlympiadD95 Grunfeld
25. Najdorf vs E Myhre  1-0341950Dubrovnik OlympiadE24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jan-11-07  beatles fan: No kibitzing!?! This guy may not have been a prominent player, but he could have whipped our arses!
Jan-11-07  FLCLlove: What's there doesn't make him look all that impressive though does it?
Jan-11-09  parmandil: I'm sure my retired colleague, who also played in a chess olympiad, back in 1962, will remember Myhre and have only positive things to say about him. They played in the same chess club at the time.

Erling Myhre was a dominating figure in Norwegian chess for many years, but in these games he met some of the strongest players of the time. Looking at old olymiads, you are struck by how narrow the base of really good players were, and how hard it must have been to progress for those who lived on the fringe of the chess community.

I guess the first Norwegian chess player of international strength was Svein Johannesen (1937-2007). Now we have some more...

Jan-11-09  WhiteRook48: well, at least his winning percentage is better than NN's...
Jan-11-10
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  Tabanus: From Norbase:

[Event "Norway vs Denmark"]
[Site "Oslo"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Enevoldsen, Jens"]
[Black "Myhre, Erling"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Ba4 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nd5 f6 9. d3 Nf5 10. d4 d6 11. c3 Be6 12. Nf4 Bf7 13. d5 Nb8 14. Bc2 Nh6 15. Ne2 Bg6 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Ng3 f5 18. Qb1 Qd7 19. Qc1 Kg7 20. Qd2 Na6 21. Qe2 c6 22. dxc6 Qxc6 23. Nd4 exd4 24. Qxe7+ Rf7 25. Qh4 f4 26. Nh5+ Bxh5 27. Qxh5 dxc3 28. bxc3 Qxc3 29. Bxh7 Qf6 30. Bd3 Nc5 31. Bc4 Rff8 32. h4 Rae8 33. Rad1 Re4 34. Rxe4 Nxe4 35. Re1 Nc5 36. Qg4+ Kh8 37. Qh5 a6 38. Bd5 Kg7 39. Qg4+ Kh8 40. Qh5 Qg7 41. Re7 Qf6 42. Rc7 b5 43. Ra7 f3 44. g3 Ne6 45. Be4 Ng7 46. Qg4 Qa1+ 47. Kh2 Qd4 48. Kh3 Qxa7 49. Qg6 Nf5 50. Bxf5 Qg7 51. Qh5 Rf6 52. Be4 Qf7 53. Qg4 d5 54. Bd3 Qe6 0-1

Jan-11-10  whiteshark: Olimpbase states that he also played at 1960 Olympiad in Leipzig: http://www.olimpbase.org/players/ey...
Jan-11-10  whiteshark: Nor-Wiki: http://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erling...
Jan-11-12
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  Penguincw: I wonder how he would fare today, especially with Carlsen and several other strong players around.
Jan-11-12  waustad: Chess metrics has him peaking in the top 300.
Jan-11-12  waustad: At the moment Carlsen and Hammer are both in the top 220, from a much larger sample. Playing top board at olympiads, or team tournaments in general, for a weak team tends to really hurt one's W-L record in a database like this. It is a little like being the local player in a super tournament, where the player gives up 150 - 200 ELO almost every game. In olympiads it is often even worse, though they usually rest the top rated player if the difference is as much as 500 points.
Jan-11-12
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  Penguincw: < waustad: Chess metrics has him peaking in the top 300. >

Thanks. :)

Apr-10-12
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  Tabanus: <I guess the first Norwegian chess player of international strength was Svein Johannessen (1937-2007)>

Norway's first IM was Olaf Barda (1909-1971) who for decades was the "King of Chess". Today he is nearly forgotten.

Jan-11-13  dark.horse: Didn't he invent the Erling Myhre flask?
Jan-11-13  IndigoViolet: He was in my school Nativity play, alongside Gold and Edward Nathan Frankenstein.

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