Harald Malmgren
Number of games in database: 20
Years covered: 1933 to 1955
Overall record: +8 -6 =6 (55.0%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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C81		Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack (4 games)
C83		Ruy Lopez, Open (3 games)
D02		Queen's Pawn Game (2 games)

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HARALD MALMGREN (born May-04-1904, died Feb-15-1957) Sweden [what is this?] Harald Valdemar Malmgren was born in Avesta, Sweden. Awarded the GMC title in 1953 he was Swedish Correspondence Champion in 1942 and finished 2nd= behind Cecil John Seddon Purdy and tied with Mario Napolitano in the 1st World Correspondence Chess Championship (1950) - (1956). He passed away in Uppsala in 1957.

page 1 of 1; 20 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. H Malmgren vs Keres   0-1 28 1933 corr ,m Sweden-Estonia D02 Queen's Pawn Game 2. Keres vs H Malmgren   1-0 19 1934 corresp. C32 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit 3. Keres vs H Malmgren   1-0 30 1935 corr C02 French, Advance 4. H Malmgren vs Keres 0-1 38 1935 corr D02 Queen's Pawn Game 5. G Nagy vs H Malmgren   1-0 18 1938 Correspondence Championship C83 Ruy Lopez, Open 6. H Ahman vs H Malmgren 0-1 14 1947 Sweden D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 7. H Malmgren vs P van't Veer   1-0 26 1950 1st World Correspondence Chess Championship B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 8. Purdy vs H Malmgren   ½-½ 46 1950 1st World Correspondence Chess Championship A28 English 9. H Malmgren vs G Wood   1-0 31 1950 1st World Correspondence Chess Championship C76 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, Fianchetto Variation 10. H Malmgren vs M Napolitano   1-0 44 1950 1st World Correspondence Chess Championship B59 Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3 11. J W Collins vs H Malmgren   0-1 70 1950 1st World Correspondence Chess Championship D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 12. H Malmgren vs E Adam   ½-½ 26 1950 1st World Correspondence Chess Championship B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 13. S Madsen vs H Malmgren   ½-½ 28 1950 1st World Correspondence Chess Championship C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 14. L Watzl vs H Malmgren   0-1 40 1950 1st World Correspondence Chess Championship C83 Ruy Lopez, Open 15. J Balogh vs H Malmgren   0-1 50 1950 1st World Correspondence Chess Championship C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 16. G R Mitchell vs H Malmgren   ½-½ 26 1950 1st World Correspondence Chess Championship C83 Ruy Lopez, Open 17. H Malmgren vs A Cuadrado   1-0 19 1950 1st World Correspondence Chess Championship C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 18. H Malmgren vs T Van Scheltinga   ½-½ 32 1950 1st World Correspondence Chess Championship B29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein 19. O Barda vs H Malmgren   ½-½ 43 1950 1st World Correspondence Chess Championship C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack 20. H Malmgren vs G Barcza   0-1 42 1955 SWE B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4  page 1 of 1; 20 games

Feb-10-06    chessmaster pro: Sad that he passed away at such a young age.

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