Bengt-Eric Horberg
Number of games in database: 58
Years covered: 1954 to 1969
Overall record: +13 -27 =18 (37.9%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

Most played openings

A04		Reti Opening (3 games)
E67		King's Indian, Fianchetto (2 games)
D42		Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3 (2 games)
B15		Caro-Kann (2 games)
E15		Queen's Indian (2 games)
B40		Sicilian (2 games)
B16		Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation (2 games)

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BENGT-ERIC HORBERG (born Feb-09-1922, died Nov-02-2003) Sweden [what is this?] Bengt-Eric Hörberg was born in Karlskrona. He was Swedish champion in 1954.

page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 58  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Prins vs B E Horberg   1-0 54 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 2. B E Horberg vs R Toran Albero   0-1 29 1954 Montevideo E14 Queen's Indian 3. Bronstein vs B E Horberg 1-0 33 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) fin-A E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line 4. B E Horberg vs A Fuderer   ½-½ 18 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 5. Najdorf vs B E Horberg   1-0 26 1954 Montevideo A04 Reti Opening 6. B E Horberg vs F Zita   0-1 65 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) A34 English, Symmetrical 7. B E Horberg vs Schmid   0-1 31 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) fin-A C05 French, Tarrasch 8. B E Horberg vs M Oren   0-1 65 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) D42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3 9. M Oren vs B E Horberg   0-1 29 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto 10. Najdorf vs B E Horberg   1-0 26 1954 Montevideo A04 Reti Opening 11. B E Horberg vs G Barcza   0-1 49 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) A04 Reti Opening 12. B E Horberg vs P M Nielsen   0-1 26 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto 13. L Barden vs B E Horberg   0-1 34 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) C19 French, Winawer, Advance 14. B E Horberg vs Trompowsky 0-1 22 1954 Montevideo B40 Sicilian 15. W Morena vs B E Horberg   0-1 34 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) E92 King's Indian 16. Panno vs B E Horberg   ½-½ 33 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) D42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3 17. B E Horberg vs A Tsvetkov   ½-½ 25 1954 Amsterdam ol (Men) E85 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox Variation 18. B E Horberg vs S Witkowski   0-1 26 1958 13th olm final B B01 Scandinavian 19. B E Horberg vs A Gudmundsson   0-1 65 1958 13th olm final B E94 King's Indian, Orthodox 20. L Hallstrom vs B E Horberg   0-1 24 1958 13th olm final B B15 Caro-Kann 21. B E Horberg vs P Ravn   0-1 23 1958 13th olm final B E15 Queen's Indian 22. B E Horberg vs J Goncalves   1-0 36 1958 13th olm qual. group 4 C88 Ruy Lopez 23. H Van de Broeck vs B E Horberg   ½-½ 51 1958 13th olm final B E65 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav, 7.O-O 24. B E Horberg vs J Kozma   0-1 28 1958 Munich ol (Men) prel E00 Queen's Pawn Game 25. K Ennigrou vs B E Horberg   ½-½ 72 1958 13th olm qual. group 4 B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 58

Jan-03-05    Benzol: Bengt-Eric Horberg Born 9th February 1922 in Karlskrona He was Swedish champion in 1954. Aug-14-06    waddayaplay: The most commonly used name form is Bengt Hörberg. Wrote or co-authored several books in Swedish: "Paul Morphy; En legendarisk schackmästares berömda partier - med kort biografi." / Hörberg, Bengt & Westberg, Jostein 1961 "Emanuel Lasker : 75 utvalda partier med kommentarer samt biografi" / Bengt Hörberg, Jostein Westberg (1964) "J.R. Capablanca : 75 utvalda partier med kommentarer samt biografi" / Bengt Hörberg, Jostein Westberg (1965) "Schack för nybörjare" (1965, 1970, 1980, 1986, possibly more ed.) -- this one is still popular Appears to have died 2003-11-02 Aug-14-06    waddayaplay: More precisely, some sources suggest that he died that date.

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