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Simen Agdestein
Number of games in database: 376
Years covered: 1982 to 2008
Current FIDE rating: 2572
Highest rating achieved in database: 2610
Overall record: +132 -107 =127 (53.4%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      10 exhibition games, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 King's Indian (24) 
    E62 E60 E67 E76 E68
 Queen's Indian (15) 
    E15 E12 E16
 English, 1 c4 c5 (14) 
    A30 A35 A34 A31 A36
 Nimzo Indian (13) 
    E32 E41 E48 E24 E52
 English (12) 
    A15 A13 A11 A17 A19
 Queen's Pawn Game (12) 
    A45 E00 A40 A41 D01
With the Black pieces:
 Ruy Lopez (29) 
    C70 C92 C99 C76 C90
 Dutch Defense (23) 
    A90 A84 A85 A94 A92
 French Defense (21) 
    C18 C05 C10 C19 C11
 Alekhine's Defense (15) 
    B04 B03 B02 B05
 Sicilian (15) 
    B25 B31 B22 B90 B52
 Ruy Lopez, Closed (12) 
    C92 C99 C90
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   S Agdestein vs Short, 1995 1-0
   Speelman vs S Agdestein, 1992 0-1
   S Agdestein vs Adams, 1994 1-0
   Karpov vs S Agdestein, 1991 0-1
   Petursson vs S Agdestein, 1992 0-1

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1988 by suenteus po 147
   1991 Karpov – Agdestein match in Gjøvik, Norway by NilsR

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SIMEN AGDESTEIN
(born May-15-1967) Norway

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Simen Agdestein was born on the 15th of May 1967 in Norway. He was awarded the IM title in 1983 and the GM title in 1985. He was Norwegian Champion in 1982 (after a play-off) and Nordic Champion in 1985 (also after a play-off). He also represented Norway in Soccer at an international level. Currently he is a trainer to Magnus Carlsen.

 page 1 of 16; games 1-25 of 376  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. S Agdestein vs Granda-Zuniga  0-136 1982 Ch World Cadet's unD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
2. J Magem Badals vs S Agdestein  0-124 1983 ch-EU jrB96 Sicilian, Najdorf
3. S Agdestein vs I Stohl  1-041 1983 GroningenD85 Grunfeld
4. S Agdestein vs Spassky 1-053 1983 GjovikD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
5. S Agdestein vs Keene ½-½29 1983 Gausdal (Norway)A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System
6. Miles vs S Agdestein  1-036 1983 GjovikE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
7. S Agdestein vs Ftacnik  ½-½34 1983 GjovikD85 Grunfeld
8. Adorjan vs S Agdestein  1-068 1983 It (cat.12)A30 English, Symmetrical
9. Browne vs S Agdestein  1-031 1983 It (cat.12)E11 Bogo-Indian Defense
10. Hort vs S Agdestein  0-147 1984 OsloC18 French, Winawer
11. Miles vs S Agdestein  1-042 1984 OsloD11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
12. S Agdestein vs DeFirmian  0-135 1984 It ( cat. 13 )E41 Nimzo-Indian
13. S Agdestein vs Quinteros  1-022 1984 OlympiadE62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
14. Karpov vs S Agdestein 1-038 1984 Oslo ;MCL 02C18 French, Winawer
15. S Agdestein vs Adorjan  ½-½41 1984 Oslo (Norway)E12 Queen's Indian
16. Hort vs S Agdestein  0-134 1984 Thessaloniki olm ;BIGE32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
17. S Agdestein vs DeFirmian  0-135 1985 Oslo (Norway)E41 Nimzo-Indian
18. S Agdestein vs Tal  ½-½25 1985 Taxco iztD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
19. S Agdestein vs Petursson  1-052 1985 NorwayD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
20. S Agdestein vs Nunn ½-½68 1985 11, NaestvedE83 King's Indian, Samisch
21. S Agdestein vs Alburt  ½-½39 1985 IztA15 English
22. S Agdestein vs Tal  ½-½41 1985 NaestvedA55 Old Indian, Main line
23. S Agdestein vs Petursson  1-041 1985 Mch 04E12 Queen's Indian
24. S Agdestein vs Ulf Andersson  ½-½15 1985 Naestved (Denmark)D37 Queen's Gambit Declined
25. Chandler vs S Agdestein  ½-½37 1985 Nimzo-mem, CopenhageC19 French, Winawer, Advance
 page 1 of 16; games 1-25 of 376  PGN Download
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Jan-10-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  percyblakeney: <Laskerfan82> Torkil Nielsen was the Chess Champion of the Faroe Islands and scored the winning goal for the national football team against Austria in a qualification match for the European Championship. Here Tim Krabbé writes about the subject and mentions some other names as well:

http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/chess2/...

Jan-10-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  percyblakeney: ...none of them even remotely comparable to Agdestein, though, and Nielsen was "only" 2128 on the last FIDE list.
Apr-27-06   BIDMONFA: Simen Agdestein

AGDESTEIN, Simen
http://www.bidmonfa.com/agdestein_s...
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Jul-09-06   pinto123: Agdestein is my pick for the Norwegian Championship. Football is the flavor of the season! LOL!!
Jul-16-06   pinto123: You beat him last year, you can do it again. Good luck for the playoff, Simen!
Jul-27-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  aragorn69: <chessgames.com> One of Agdestein's most spectacular wins (and one of his favorite combinations according to http://www.xs4all.nl/~timkr/chess2/... ) is not in this database. I have no idea how to upload it. Maybe you could do us the favor...?

Here is the score:
Agdestein - Dolmatov, Tilburg 1993
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Bd3 0-0 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.0-0 Nd7 8.Be3 e5 9.d5 Nd4 10.Rc1 c5 11.dxc6 bxc6 12.b4 f5 13.exf5 gxf5 14.Bxd4 exd4 15.Na4 Qg5 16.f4 Qg6 17.c5 Kh8 18.Ng3 Nf6 19.Qf3 d5 20.Rfe1 Bd7 21.Re7 Rae8 22.Rce1 h5 23.Rxe8 Rxe8 24.Rxe8+ Qxe8 25.Qe2 Qb8 26.Nxh5 Qxb4 27.Nxg7 Kxg7 28.Qe7+ Kg6 29.h4 Qxa4 30.Be2 Qa3 31.h5+ Kh6 32.Qxf6+ Kh7 33.Qe7+ Kh6 34.Qd6+ and Black resigned

Jul-27-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  aragorn69: In the above game, I find 30.Be2! particularly pretty.

One great variation is: 30.-Ng4 31.h5+ Kh6 32.Qf7 (32.Qg5+ Kh7 33.Qg6+, though less spectacular, wins also) Be8! (only move) 33.Qf8+! Kh7 (33.-Kxh5 34.Qf6!! and mate in two) 34.Qxf5+ Kg7 (34.-Kh6 35.Qf8+ followed by Bd3+ mates) 35.Qxg4+ with an easy win.

Oct-20-06   positionalbrilliancy: "Remember Simen Agdestein? Seven times Norwegian national chess champion? Trainer of Magnus Carlsen? Ballroom dancer? In a former life Simen was a national soccer player. Now the chess grandmaster is returning to the football pitch, as part of a team of super nerds. Here is some remarkable video footage." http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp...
Oct-20-06   cuendillar: It's more than a little ironical that him, of all chess proffesionals, got handpicked when they were looking for a bunch of complete beginners...
Oct-20-06   mack: Yes, I rather think chessbase.com's assumption that the producers didn't know Simen was a footballer is a bit mad.

I'm doing a lot of research into the links between chess and football. It's quite well known Ossie Ardilles plays (Ray Keene has mentioned he played a Nimzo-Indian against him once); Andrei Kanchelskis (formerly of Man Utd, Rangers and Everton) is a very decent player, though being Russian he probably had it pounded into him from a very young age; Eric Cantona has mentioned chess more than a few times, and once compared Platini to Kasparov; Rafael Benitez (Liverpool manager) is very strong, according to his biographer; Zlatko Zahovic (who missed in the 2001 Champions League penalty shootout) plays; as does Czech Republic manager, Karel Bruckner. Any more for any more?

Oct-20-06   jamesmaskell: A British Prime Minister was an avid chessplayer (it says on the Downing street website). Chess also featured in the System of a Down video "Lonely Day".
Oct-20-06   cicero1974: <A British Prime Minister was an avid chessplayer> James Callaghan, I think.
Oct-20-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  percyblakeney: <chess and football>

GM Lars Bo Hansen and IM Bela Soos supposedly played football for their respective countries at some level. Torkil Nielsen was not only the chess champion of the Faroe Islands, but also scored the winning goal when they won against Austria in 1990.

Oct-20-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  Domdaniel: Here's a game actually played in Downing St, between a (future) PM and the chess editor of The Observer.

11 Downing St, c.1920
White: Andrew Bonar Law
Black: Brian Harley

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Nd6 7.Re1+ Be7 8.Qg4 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Nxb5 10.Qxg7 Rf8 11.Bh6 d5 12.Qxf8+ Kd7 13.Qxf7 Kd6 14.Rxe7! 1-0 (if 14...Qxe7 15.Bf8)

Callaghan played chess, as did Disraeli, Gladstone and Churchill - but Bonar Law was easily the strongest chess-playing PM.

Oct-20-06   jamesmaskell: Chess-playing British PMs:

-Charles Wentworth, 1765-66, 1782
-William Petty, 1782-3
-William Pitt the Younger 1783-1801, 1804-6
-Herbert Henry Asquith 1908-16
-Clement Attlee 1945-51
-Sir Winston Churchill played board games, but not specific mention of chess.

Oct-20-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  Domdaniel: <jamesmaskell> Winston Churchill did play - he wrote a letter home when he was a 12-year-old schoolboy saying "Dear Mamma... do not forget to get the set of chess for me..."

Later he reached the semi-final of a tournament played on a ship to India.

There's also a story of him playing against fellow politician Asquith and using the battle-cry "Marshal your Baldwins" - apparently this was Churchillian slang for pawns.

Oct-20-06   cicero1974: <chess and football> I believe that David Beckham is approaching GM strength
Oct-20-06   mack: I don't quite know how we've got onto the subject of British PMs, but it's fascinating regardless. If you read Gladstone's diaries, especially the early volumes, there are constant references to chess - he played with his son Stephen a great deal, and read a lot of chess magazines in his first year at Oxford.
Oct-21-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  Domdaniel: <cicero1974: <chess and football> I believe that David Beckham is approaching GM strength>

As are we all.

Oct-27-06   code13: So how did Simen do in the dancing? Did he win the competition, was he eliminated early?
Nov-01-07   TheGladiatres: He was eliminated rather early I'm afraid...

But he put up a strong performance against Grischuk in Blitz in Oslo recently. 2-2 after 4 games and then he sadly lost as black in armageddon.

He crushed Peter Heine in their match for third place.

Feb-06-08   The beginner: There is and interwiev with Simen on chessvibes.com He is really a likeable guy. He also talk a lot about Magnus Carlsen

http://www.chessvibes.com/videos/in...

May-15-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  brankat: Certainly a very talented player. Earned a GM title at the age of 18, Norwegian Champion at the age of 15.

A good soccer player, too :-)

And, now, doing a great job with Magnus Carlsen!

Happy Birthday GM Agdestein!

May-15-08   Paalsa: Gratulera med dagen Simen!
Apr-30-09   mack: Denis Irwin comes out as a chess player... http://www.red11.org/mufc/irwinfact...
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