Leif Erlend Johannessen
Number of games in database: 378
Years covered: 1995 to 2013
Last FIDE rating: 2521
Highest rating achieved in database: 2564
Overall record: +144 -89 =140 (57.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      5 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:  Nimzo Indian (29)      E32 E21 E53 E39 E34  King's Indian (21)      E60 E98 E91 E68 E70  Slav (16)      D15 D17 D16 D12 D10  Queen's Indian (13)      E12 E15 E13 E17 E16  Semi-Slav (12)      D45 D47 D43 D48  Grunfeld (11)      D85 D72 D86 D82	With the Black pieces:  French Defense (23)      C18 C05 C02 C01 C03  Ruy Lopez (21)      C78 C92 C97 C67 C91  Caro-Kann (20)      B12 B18 B19 B14 B13  Sicilian (20)      B33 B30 B31 B23 B22  Queen's Gambit Declined (13)      D30 D37 D31 D35  Nimzo Indian (11)      E48 E21 E47 E34 E37

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Beliavsky vs L E Johannessen, 2002 0-1
   L E Johannessen vs V Meijers, 2004 1-0
   L E Johannessen vs Nakamura, 2002 1-0
   L E Johannessen vs Carlsen, 2005 1-0
   L E Johannessen vs Shirov, 2004 1/2-1/2

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LEIF ERLEND JOHANNESSEN (born Apr-14-1980) Norway [what is this?] Grandmaster Wikipedia article: Leif Erlend Johannessen

page 1 of 16; games 1-25 of 378  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. L E Johannessen vs V Malakhov 0-1 25 1995 Canaries ol U16 A50 Queen's Pawn Game 2. L E Johannessen vs R Markus 1-0 12 1995 Olympiad (under 16) A87 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation 3. L E Johannessen vs O Dannevig   1-0 34 1999 Ch Norway, Gausdal (Norway) E60 King's Indian Defense 4. L E Johannessen vs F Elsness   1-0 30 1999 Ch Norway, Gausdal (Norway) D72 Neo-Grunfeld, 5.cd, Main line 5. L E Johannessen vs O Hole   1-0 37 1999 Ch Norway, Gausdal (Norway) D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 6. R Djurhuus vs L E Johannessen   0-1 70 1999 Ch Norway, Gausdal (Norway) C18 French, Winawer 7. F Christenson vs L E Johannessen   0-1 28 1999 Ch Norway, Gausdal (Norway) E12 Queen's Indian 8. L E Johannessen vs K Lie   ½-½ 40 1999 Ch Norway, Gausdal (Norway) A43 Old Benoni 9. E J Gausel vs L E Johannessen   ½-½ 8 1999 Ch Norway, Gausdal (Norway) E17 Queen's Indian 10. L E Johannessen vs B Ostenstad   ½-½ 42 1999 Ch Norway, Gausdal (Norway) E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 11. A Groenn vs L E Johannessen   0-1 58 1999 Ch Norway, Gausdal (Norway) A14 English 12. Psakhis vs L E Johannessen   1-0 24 2000 3rd Torshavn International E17 Queen's Indian 13. L E Johannessen vs J Kleinert   1-0 27 2000 Reykjavik op19 D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 14. A Ledger vs L E Johannessen   1-0 23 2000 open C05 French, Tarrasch 15. L E Johannessen vs N Mitkov   0-1 35 2000 34th Olympiad D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 16. L E Johannessen vs R Schnabel   1-0 42 2000 Reykjavik op19 A81 Dutch 17. L E Johannessen vs D Hersvik   1-0 17 2000 open D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 18. A Flaata vs L E Johannessen   0-1 31 2000 Ostlandserien 99/00 A07 King's Indian Attack 19. Smirin vs L E Johannessen 1-0 39 2000 Istanbul ol (Men) A28 English 20. V Milov vs L E Johannessen   1-0 41 2000 3rd Torshavn International E49 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Botvinnik System 21. Grischuk vs L E Johannessen   1-0 33 2000 Reykjavik op19 C02 French, Advance 22. L E Johannessen vs T Gabrielsen   1-0 28 2000 open D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 23. S Kristjansson vs L E Johannessen   1-0 39 2000 Reykjavik op19 C18 French, Winawer 24. F Schuetzhold vs L E Johannessen   0-1 26 2000 open A03 Bird's Opening 25. L E Johannessen vs S Savchenko   0-1 30 2000 3rd Torshavn International D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav  page 1 of 16; games 1-25 of 378

Apr-27-05    Karpova: this guy is the boyfriend of Elisabeth Paehtz, i think Dec-09-05    Robin01: We need a bio. Does anyone know where this person originates from or has migrated to? Dec-09-05    Robin01: <this guy is the boyfriend of Elisabeth Paehtz> Some guys have all the luck. Dec-09-05    WMD: Some people need their eyes tested. Dec-09-05    Robin01: “A soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone.” Johann von Goeth Dec-09-05    MoonlitKnight: Leif Erlend Johannessen (2564) is a 25-year-old GM from Norway, and a former student at Simen Agdestein's chess school. Generally considered Norway's third strongest player (behind Agdestein and Carlsen), this ambitious young player's greatest tournament success so far was his victory at Excelsior Cup 2004 with 7/9. He has also been successful in the German Bundesliga, playing for Werder Bremen. His 18.Nb5!! against Shirov in last year's Bundesliga was awarded as the most important theoretical novelty in Chess Informant 92. Dec-09-05    WannaBe: <MoonlitKnight> That game vs. Shirov is not in the database, the only one i found is Shirov vs L E Johannessen, 2005. Do you have the PGN for it? Dec-09-05    MoonlitKnight: I just uploaded it. Johannessen only managed to draw the game, even though 18.Nb5 yielded him a winning advantage. Meanwhile, here it is: [Event "Bundesliga 0405"] [Site "Germany"] [Date "2004.11.12"] [Round "1"] [White "Johannessen,Leif Erlend"] [Black "Shirov,Alexei"] [Result "1/2"] [Eco "D17"] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 Nbd7 7.Nxc4 Qc7 8.g3 e5 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Bf4 Nfd7 11.Bg2 g5 12.Ne3 gxf4 13.Nxf5 0-0-0 14.Qc2 Nc5 15.0-0 Ne6 16.Qe4 fxg3 17.hxg3 a5 18.Nb5 cxb5 19.axb5 Nc5 20.Qe3 Ng4 21.Qc3 Qe5 22.Qf3 Qe4 23.Qxe4 Nxe4 24.Bxe4 Bb4 25.Rfd1 Kc7 26.Kg2 Kb6 27.Rac1 h5 28.e3 Ne5 29.Bd5 Rd7 30.f4 Rhd8 31.e4 Ng4 32.Kf3 Kxb5 33.Ne3 Nxe3 34.Kxe3 1/2 Dec-09-05    Resignation Trap: Our Player of the Day was at the "good" end of a "Life's Most Embarrassing Moments". I often find it difficult to solve "Find the Best Move" puzzles. For those of us endowed with natural skills at the other end of the scale, I give you this: White to Play. Find the Worst Move! click for larger view Still can't find it? The solution can be found with White's 69th move in this game: Beliavsky vs L E Johannessen, 2002 . Dec-09-05    keypusher: Thanks, <RT>!! I have to admit, I didn't find it. I won't post the "solution" so as to leave a challenge for finer minds. Dec-09-05    percyblakeney: Pretty... :-) Jan-04-06    Appaz: Johannessen is so far doing a nice job in Rilton Cup http://www.stockholmschack.nu/rilto... with 5.5 of 7, and sharing first. He is playing Juan Manuel Bellon Lopez later today. <WMD> And some people should use more than their eyes. Jan-04-06    Appaz: Johannessen is playing very good against Lopez: http://www.stockholmschack.nu/live/... He spent a lot of time in the opening and saced a pawn, but the investment seems to have paid off. After <18.- d4> he looks to have a very strong position. Jan-04-06    hintza: Ah yes, the Rilton Cup. I happen to know one of the participants. Jan-04-06    Karpova: <hintza> which one of them do you know? Jan-04-06    Appaz: <hintza> May I ask you wich of the players? <43.- Kd8> Johannessen may have a difficult job in a rook ending with only one pawn up. Jan-04-06    Appaz: Johannessen only got a draw. I think he must have gone wrong someplace. Jul-10-06    blingice: <WMD: Some people need their eyes tested.> I agree... Jun-03-08    whiteshark: Born Apr-14-1980 Bios: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_E... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_E... http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_E... chess-boxing: http://www1.nrk.no/nett-tv/klipp/30... May-16-09    Tabanus: http://www.tromso2014.no/profiles_l...

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