Svein Johannessen
Number of games in database: 137
Years covered: 1955 to 2005
Last FIDE rating: 2273
Overall record: +35 -47 =55 (45.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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C70		Ruy Lopez (12 games)
A16		English (5 games)
E76		King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack (3 games)
A45		Queen's Pawn Game (3 games)
A56		Benoni Defense (3 games)
C26		Vienna (3 games)
A48		King's Indian (3 games)
A04		Reti Opening (3 games)
E70		King's Indian (3 games)
B43		Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 (2 games)

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SVEIN JOHANNESSEN (born Oct-17-1937, died Nov-27-2007) Norway [what is this?] Svein Johannessen was Nordic champion in 1959 and won the Norwegian Championship in 1959, 1962, 1970 and 1973. He won the Scandanavian Championship in 1960. The IM title was awarded to him in 1961. Wikipedia article: Svein Johannessen

page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 137  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. S Johannessen vs K Lloyd   1-0 32 1955 Wch U20 prel-B A21 English 2. S Schweber vs S Johannessen   0-1 50 1955 Wch U20 prel-B A77 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8, 10.Nd2 3. Tringov vs S Johannessen   1-0 29 1955 Wch U20 prel-B C77 Ruy Lopez 4. S Johannessen vs Portisch   ½-½ 26 1955 Antwerp C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense 5. Tringov vs S Johannessen   1-0 39 1955 Wch U20 final-A B06 Robatsch 6. Portisch vs S Johannessen   1-0 35 1955 Wch U20 final-A B10 Caro-Kann 7. Smyslov vs S Johannessen 1-0 41 1956 Moscow C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall 8. S Johannessen vs R Dworzynski   0-1 42 1956 Chess Olimpic Games, Moscow, C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 9. S Johannessen vs P Ravn   ½-½ 35 1957 corr E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack 10. S Johannessen vs I Nei   1-0 39 1959 Riga E70 King's Indian 11. Tal vs S Johannessen 1-0 27 1959 Riga D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 12. S Johannessen vs Gipslis   0-1 43 1959 Riga (Latvia) A46 Queen's Pawn Game 13. Sliwa vs S Johannessen   ½-½ 61 1959 Riga E70 King's Indian 14. S Johannessen vs Book   ½-½ 30 1960 Leipzig ol (Men) qual-A B24 Sicilian, Closed 15. M Bobotsov vs S Johannessen   ½-½ 38 1960 Leipzig ol (Men) qual-A D16 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 16. S Johannessen vs M Aaron   1-0 47 1960 Leipzig ol (Men) B73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 17. Larsen vs S Johannessen   1-0 58 1960 Berg en Dal zt-A A84 Dutch 18. Uhlmann vs S Johannessen   1-0 57 1960 Leipzig ol (Men) A97 Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky 19. Tal vs S Johannessen ½-½ 40 1960 Stockholm A83 Dutch, Staunton Gambit 20. Keres vs S Johannessen   1-0 35 1960 Stockholm E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 21. S Johannessen vs Sliwa   1-0 47 1960 Leipzig ol (Men) fin-B E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights 22. Gligoric vs S Johannessen   ½-½ 30 1960 Leipzig ol (Men) qual-A C70 Ruy Lopez 23. S Johannessen vs Book   ½-½ 26 1960 Stockholm 6061 B41 Sicilian, Kan 24. Ghitescu vs S Johannessen   ½-½ 44 1961 Marianske Lazne zt C70 Ruy Lopez 25. S Johannessen vs Uhlmann   ½-½ 23 1961 Marianske Lazne zt E76 King's Indian, Four Pawns Attack  page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 137

Apr-25-05    Karpova: S Johannessen vs R Markus, 1995 i doubt that a 58 year old man played in an U16 olympiad... Mar-05-06    DeepBlade: Special Guest or something? He is gonna be player of the day someday, mark my words! Jan-15-10    Stolberg: Johannessen died Nov 27 2007 Jan-15-10    Tabanus: Øystein Brekke's book about Johannessen came in 2009 (Norsk Sjakkforlag, 264 pages). It was well received. http://www.nrksport.no/sjakk/1.6671... Apr-30-10    whiteshark: Photo: http://www.perlukafarinn.is/skaksam...

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