Olaf Ulvestad
Number of games in database: 38
Years covered: 1939 to 1971
Overall record: +11 -19 =8 (39.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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C77		Ruy Lopez (2 games)
E90		King's Indian (2 games)
E10		Queen's Pawn Game (2 games)
B24		Sicilian, Closed (2 games)

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OLAF ULVESTAD (born 1912) United States of America [what is this?]

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 38  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. O Ulvestad vs Reshevsky   0-1 31 1939 ACF-ch prel A09 Reti Opening 2. M Bain vs O Ulvestad ½-½ 28 1939 Ventnor City B02 Alekhine's Defense 3. O Ulvestad vs Santasiere   0-1 55 1939 New York ch-ACF E90 King's Indian 4. O Ulvestad vs F Reinfeld ½-½ 46 1939 Ventnor City A06 Reti Opening 5. O Ulvestad vs Santasiere   1-0 72 1939 Ventnor City B24 Sicilian, Closed 6. O Ulvestad vs Reshevsky 0-1 40 1939 New York ch-ACF A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 7. J Rauch vs O Ulvestad   1-0 29 1946 US Open prelim C07 French, Tarrasch 8. F Yerhoff vs O Ulvestad   1-0 40 1946 US Open Championship Final C41 Philidor Defense 9. O Ulvestad vs H Steiner 1-0 33 1946 US Open prelim C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 10. O Ulvestad vs Santasiere   ½-½ 46 1946 USA Championship E60 King's Indian Defense 11. O Ulvestad vs J Cross   1-0 54 1946 US Open prelim C45 Scotch Game 12. O Ulvestad vs D Byrne   ½-½ 28 1946 US Open Championship Final A15 English 13. A Di Camillo vs O Ulvestad   1-0 45 1946 USA-ch D18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch 14. Seidman vs O Ulvestad   0-1 53 1946 US Open prelim B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 15. Bronstein vs O Ulvestad 0-1 41 1946 Moscow (Russia) C77 Ruy Lopez 16. J Yeager vs O Ulvestad   0-1 21 1946 US Open prelim C01 French, Exchange 17. O Ulvestad vs W Shipman   ½-½ 29 1946 US Open Championship Final A51 Budapest Gambit 18. F Yerhoff vs O Ulvestad   ½-½ 42 1946 US Open prelim C22 Center Game 19. O Ulvestad vs H Steiner 0-1 41 1946 US Open A10 English 20. O Ulvestad vs R Byrne   1-0 32 1946 US op B07 Pirc 21. G Katz vs O Ulvestad   0-1 58 1946 US Open Championship Final D23 Queen's Gambit Accepted 22. O Ulvestad vs A Elo 1-0 19 1946 US Open prelim E10 Queen's Pawn Game 23. O Ulvestad vs Bronstein 0-1 118 1946 Moscow URS-USA B24 Sicilian, Closed 24. O Ulvestad vs Kupchik   1-0 74 1946 US Open Championship Final D90 Grunfeld 25. O Ulvestad vs Santasiere   ½-½ 60 1948 South Fallsburg ch-USA C24 Bishop's Opening  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 38

Aug-01-07    sneaky pete: Olaf Ivan Ulvestad, born October 27, 1912, in Tacoma, Washington, died August 24, 2000, in the Washington Old Soldiers home in Retsil, Washington. Washington State champion 1934, 1952 and 1956. Scored +1 -1 in Moscow, 1946, against Bronstein in the USSR vs USA team match. The only man who could outtalk Viktors Pupols. Originator of the earthshaking novelty 5... b5!! in the Two Knights Defence (after 4.Ng5? d5 5.exd5 ..). Aug-01-07    Rolfo: Off topic, his name indicates Scandinavian heritage.. Aug-02-07    sneaky pete: Son of Norwegian immigrants Martin Johan and Hannah Oss Ulvestad. Olaf's father was a publisher by trade and the author of books on Norwegian immigration to the United States. His work <Nordmaendene i Amerika>, published in 1907, and based on 450,000 questionnaires sent out to Norwegians in America, continues to be an important record of Norwegian settlement in the New World. King Haakon of Norway knighted Martin in 1923 in recognition of his accomplishments. From John Donaldson: <Olaf Ulvestad, An American Original>, Thinker's Press, 2002.

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