Sverre Johannes Aarseth
Number of games in database: 17
Years covered: 1967 to 1977
Overall record: +2 -11 =4 (23.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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SVERRE JOHANNES AARSETH (born Jul-20-1934) [what is this?] Sverre Johannes Aarseth born 1934 was awarded the IMC title in 1981. He participated in the 6th World Correspondence Chess Championship (14th place). He is an astronomer and avid mountain climber.

page 1 of 1; 17 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Sulc vs S Aarseth   1-0 55 1967 corr EU/M C34 King's Gambit Accepted 2. S Aarseth vs E Thiele   0-1 45 1968 6th CC World Ch Final B85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical 3. C Jansen vs S Aarseth   1-0 35 1968 6th CC World Ch Final E46 Nimzo-Indian 4. S Aarseth vs J Ljungdahl   0-1 48 1968 6th CC World Ch Final B49 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 5. D Stern vs S Aarseth   1-0 73 1968 6th CC World Ch Final B43 Sicilian, Kan, 5.Nc3 6. N Karker vs S Aarseth 1-0 36 1968 6th CC World Ch Final B89 Sicilian 7. S Aarseth vs H Rittner 0-1 14 1968 6th CC World Ch Final C17 French, Winawer, Advance 8. Zagorovsky vs S Aarseth   1-0 54 1968 6th CC World Ch Final C96 Ruy Lopez, Closed 9. S Aarseth vs Estrin   0-1 36 1968 6th CC World Ch Final B34 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto 10. S Nyman vs S Aarseth   1-0 30 1968 6th CC World Ch Final B20 Sicilian 11. Sevecek vs S Aarseth   ½-½ 59 1968 6th CC World Ch Final B89 Sicilian 12. S Aarseth vs Kauranen   1-0 54 1968 6th CC World Ch Final C98 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin 13. S Aarseth vs G Sanakoev   1-0 40 1968 6th CC World Ch Final B83 Sicilian 14. Hybl vs S Aarseth   ½-½ 35 1968 6th CC World Ch Final E55 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation 15. S Aarseth vs H De Carbonnel   ½-½ 48 1968 6th CC World Ch Final C82 Ruy Lopez, Open 16. S Aarseth vs J Kellner   ½-½ 50 1968 6th CC World Ch Final C10 French 17. A Hollis vs S Aarseth   1-0 27 1977 olm8 fin B2 corr D76 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6  page 1 of 1; 17 games

Jul-16-09    arctic tern: This seems to be the same person who is well known for his work on direct N-body codes (which not far off my own research). Good to see a famous astronomer on CG! http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/n..., S. J.&db_key=AST Jul-20-09    Knight13: <arctic ter> A guy from Harvard with IM strengh? Nice. And we share the same birthday. What a coincidence.

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