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Pontus Carlsson
Number of games in database: 296
Years covered: 1998 to 2012
Last FIDE rating: 2520
Highest rating achieved in database: 2531
Overall record: +111 -77 =108 (55.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (65) 
    B42 B52 B40 B47 B33
 French Defense (28) 
    C05 C07 C10 C03 C06
 French Tarrasch (23) 
    C05 C07 C03 C06 C04
 Ruy Lopez (21) 
    C67 C92 C78 C95 C80
 Sicilian Najdorf (11) 
    B99 B97 B93 B91 B90
 Sicilian Kan (8) 
    B42
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (50) 
    B76 B90 B22 B50 B70
 Queen's Indian (24) 
    E15 E12 E14
 Sicilian Dragon (19) 
    B76 B70 B78 B77
 Nimzo Indian (17) 
    E32 E46 E55 E48 E21
 Queen's Pawn Game (14) 
    A46 E00 A40 A45
 French Defense (12) 
    C11 C13 C02 C00 C01
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   P Carlsson vs G Burgess, 2002 1-0
   Negi vs P Carlsson, 2008 0-1
   G Gnichtel vs P Carlsson, 2006 0-1
   P Carlsson vs J B Campos-Moreno, 2006 1-0
   P Carlsson vs I Sokolov, 2011 1-0
   G Milos vs P Carlsson, 2012 0-1

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PONTUS CARLSSON
(born Dec-18-1982) Colombia (citizen of Sweden)

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GM Pontus Carlsson played for Sweden in the 16th European Team Chess Championship 2007 and scored 6.0 out of nine games without a single loss. His performance was 2686 though he faced strong opposition like Dmitry Jakovenko, Mark Hebden, Merab Gagunashvili, Erik Van Den Doel and Vlastimil Babula.

Wikipedia article: Pontus Carlsson


 page 1 of 12; games 1-25 of 296  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. H Rothen vs P Carlsson  1-048 1998 SWE-chT 9899A04 Reti Opening
2. P Carlsson vs Jobava  1-036 2000 Wch U18B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
3. P Carlsson vs A Olsson  ½-½26 2001 ch-SWEC05 French, Tarrasch
4. P Carlsson vs E Berg  0-133 2001 ch-SWEC05 French, Tarrasch
5. L E Johannessen vs P Carlsson  1-034 2001 Nordic ChampionshipsE58 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3
6. Zhao Zong-Yuan vs P Carlsson  ½-½58 2001 WJunB78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long
7. T Hillarp Persson vs P Carlsson  1-071 2001 ch-SWEE12 Queen's Indian
8. P Carlsson vs Ronny Ellingsen  1-023 2001 Nordic ChampionshipsB52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
9. P Carlsson vs Potkin  1-046 2001 WJunC07 French, Tarrasch
10. Hector vs P Carlsson  0-147 2001 ch-SWEC13 French
11. L Karlsson vs P Carlsson  ½-½75 2001 ch-SWEA04 Reti Opening
12. P Carlsson vs T Thorhallsson  ½-½18 2001 Nordic ChampionshipsB73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical
13. M Karttunen vs P Carlsson  ½-½66 2001 WJunA46 Queen's Pawn Game
14. R Akesson vs P Carlsson  1-066 2001 ch-SWEE00 Queen's Pawn Game
15. J Vestly vs P Carlsson  ½-½15 2001 Nordic ChampionshipsA40 Queen's Pawn Game
16. Bu Xiangzhi vs P Carlsson  1-060 2001 WJunE42 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein)
17. P Carlsson vs P Cramling  ½-½34 2001 ch-SWEB23 Sicilian, Closed
18. R Djurhuus vs P Carlsson  ½-½48 2001 Nordic ChampionshipsA46 Queen's Pawn Game
19. P Carlsson vs A Horvath  ½-½28 2001 WJunB47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
20. P Carlsson vs Agrest ½-½40 2001 ch-SWEC41 Philidor Defense
21. P Carlsson vs S Brynell  ½-½8 2001 ch-SWEC07 French, Tarrasch
22. C F Ekeberg vs P Carlsson  0-162 2001 Nordic ChampionshipsA20 English
23. T Wedberg vs P Carlsson  ½-½23 2001 ch-SWEB70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation
24. P Carlsson vs L Olsson  1-032 2001 Nordic ChampionshipsB51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
25. A Simutowe vs P Carlsson 1-032 2001 WJunA04 Reti Opening
 page 1 of 12; games 1-25 of 296  PGN Download
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Feb-11-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tomlinsky: A very aggressive and nicely played French Tarrasch by white. He refuses the exchange of queens and goes on to handle the endgame superbly.

[Event "Elitserien 01/02"]
[Site "Goteborg"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Carlsson, Pontus"]
[Black "Ziegler, Ari"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Ne4 14. g3 Qf6 15. h4 Rd8 16. Re1 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qb3 Qb6 20. Qc3 Rd4 21. Rad1 e5 22. Rxd4 exd4 23. Qc4+ Kh8 24. Qf7 Bg4 25. Rxe4 Qc6 26. Nd5 Bh3 27. Kh2 Bf1 28. Re7 Rg8 29. Re1 Rd8 30. Rxf1 Qxd5 31. Qxd5 Rxd5 32. Kg2 Kg8 33. Rd1 Kf7 34. Kf3 Ke6 35. Ke4 Re5+ 36. Kd3 Rf5 37. f4 Ra5 38. a3 Rb5 39. b4 Rb6 40. Re1+ Kd6 41. Kxd4 Ra6 42. Re3 Kd7 1-0

Mar-04-07  atripodi: According to the Chess Drum (www.thechessdrum.net) Carlsson has earned his final norm and is waiting for FIDE to confirm the title. This makes him the 2nd black GM and 16th Swedish GM in history.
Mar-04-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  notyetagm: <atripodi: According to the Chess Drum (www.thechessdrum.net) Carlsson has earned his final norm and is waiting for FIDE to confirm the title. This makes him the 2nd black GM and 16th Swedish GM in history.>

Congrats to GM Carlsson! No longer is GM Ashley the only Black GM in the world.

Mar-04-07  Ziggurat: Cool, well done Pontus!
Apr-19-07  Marvol: The image above is from one of his games against Bologan P Carlsson vs Bologan, 2006 or P Carlsson vs Bologan, 2006 which he both lost...

Which of the two games was it? And why does he have so many problems with Swiss Cheese?

Apr-19-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  WBP: <Congrats to GM Carlsson! No longer is GM Ashley the only Black GM in the world.> Yes! And may Emory Tate soon join the ranks!
Oct-03-07  firebyrd: The European club cup pages has him still listed as IM, as does the FIDE card. And whereas the rating graph does not show any official rating > 2500, (max 2495 on April 07) his Sigeman chess result should have put him momentarily > 2500 which should be enough, right?

He is not on the Fide list of titles awarded on the latest board meeting in Mexico either.

Oct-06-07  cuendillar: FIDE approved his GM title only recently, the Swedish Chess Federation recieved confirmation yesterday (October 5th). It appears there's been a lot of bureaucracy involved before getting it confirmed. Hopefully this will improve his play in the Club Cup.
Nov-05-07  Elxiddicus: So far he's gained 21.6 Elo points in the first 7 rounds the European Team Championships
Nov-05-07  Pennypacker: If he can do something about his poor time management then I think he climb the rating charts and be a 2600 player in a not so distant future.

Nov-06-07
Premium Chessgames Member
  acirce: Congratulations, Pontus!
Nov-06-07  Karpova: His final rating gain is 24.7
http://chess-results.com/tnr8333.as... Impressive!
Jan-14-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  DarthStapler: Any relation to Magnus Carlsen?

LOL

Jan-15-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  technical draw: Any relation to Pontus Pilate?
Jan-15-08  Jim Bartle: "Wome... is your fwiend!"
Jan-21-08  sharkbenjamin: You must win!!!! Don't let Irina Krush Beat you again!!!
Sep-20-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: Carlsson's father was a former president of the Swedish Chess Federation.

Source: Yochanan Afek "Corus 2008: The Youngest Ever Winner!", "CHESS", April 2008.

Dec-18-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  brankat: Happy Birthday Pontus!
Feb-27-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: http://www.thechessdrum.net/drummaj...

He ended third today in Malaga Open (Spain):
http://www.chess-results.com/tnr306...

Jul-21-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: Interesting upbringing - Pontuss lost his family at the age of one and was adopted by a Swedish family:

http://www.thechessdrum.net/histori...

Dec-18-10  capanegra: Happy Birthday Pontus!
Jan-21-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  Check It Out: You say Carlsen, I say Carlsson

Congratulations on player of the day!

Sep-05-12  sagahelten: Today, Pontus Carlsson lost to an unrated player from Nigeria, Adeyinka Adesina (Olympiad, 8th round). I guess that doesn't happen too often. 26... dxe3 seems to have started the troubles... 27... Nf5 only made it worse...
Dec-31-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  chancho: From Wiki:
<When Carlsson was one year old, his entire family died in tragic circumstances. He was subsequently adopted by a Swedish couple and it was his stepfather, Ingvar Carlsson (former president of Swedish chess federation),[2] who taught the game of chess to him when he was 4.[1] He studied Spanish during the time he was based in Spain, playing in the chess league.[1] Now he is fluent in Spanish (having earned a certificate) as well as Swedish, English, German and French. Carlsson also plans to learn Russian, since there is good chess literature that is only published in that language. He is a dual citizen of Sweden and Colombia, and is a hip-hop fan>
Dec-31-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  waustad: His story reminds me of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus...
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