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Ulf Andersson 
 
Ulf Andersson
Number of games in database: 2,060
Years covered: 1967 to 2007
Current FIDE rating: 2537
Highest rating achieved in database: 2625
Overall record: +497 -223 =1313 (56.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.
      27 exhibition games, blitz games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 English (193) 
    A15 A16 A13 A10 A14
 Reti System (119) 
    A04 A06 A05
 English, 1 c4 c5 (95) 
    A30 A33 A35 A34 A37
 Queen's Pawn Game (69) 
    D02 A46 A41 E00 E10
 Queen's Indian (66) 
    E18 E19 E12 E17 E15
 Slav (58) 
    D13 D14 D11 D12 D15
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (276) 
    B46 B81 B22 B83 B44
 French Defense (114) 
    C11 C07 C16 C09 C10
 Bogo Indian (104) 
    E11
 Nimzo Indian (91) 
    E41 E42 E32 E39 E55
 Sicilian Scheveningen (81) 
    B81 B83 B82 B85 B80
 Sicilian Taimanov (75) 
    B46 B47 B45 B49 B48
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Karpov vs Ulf Andersson, 1975 0-1
   Ulf Andersson vs Karpov, 1995 1-0
   Ulf Andersson vs Leko, 1996 1-0
   Kasparov vs Ulf Andersson, 1981 1/2-1/2
   Ulf Andersson vs E Jelling, 1994 1-0
   Ulf Andersson vs Tal, 1983 1-0
   K Wockenfuss vs Ulf Andersson, 1977 1/2-1/2
   Ulf Andersson vs B E Horberg, 1969 1-0
   Ulf Andersson vs Petrosian, 1983 1-0
   E Paoli vs Ulf Andersson, 1973 0-1

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1971 by suenteus po 147
   Hyper-Modern Repertoire by Timothy Glenn Forney
   Wijk aan Zee 1983 by EmperorAtahualpa
   Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1987 by suenteus po 147
   Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1984 by suenteus po 147
   Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1988 by suenteus po 147
   Bugojno 1984 by suenteus po 147
   London Phillips & Drew 1980 by suenteus po 147
   Bugojno 1982 by suenteus po 147
   Wijk aan Zee Hoogovens 1981 by suenteus po 147
   Torino 1982 by suenteus po 147
   Tilburg Interpolis 1982 by suenteus po 147

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ULF ANDERSSON
(born Jun-27-1951) Sweden

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Ulf Andersson was born on the 27th of June 1951 in Vasteras, Sweden.

Awarded the IM title in 1970 and the GM title in 1972 he was Swedish Champion in 1969. During the 1972-82 period he was in the World's top ten and had first prizes at Belgrade 1977, Buenos Aires 1978, Hastings 1978-79, Phillips & Drew 1980, Phillips & Drew 1982, Turin 1982, Wijk aan Zee 1983, Reggio Emilia 1985 and Rome 1985 and 1986. He drew a six-game match with Mikhail Tal in 1983 and played top board in the Second USSR versus The Rest of The World Match in 1984. He led the Swedish Olympiad Team during the 1970's and 80's and is a very tenacious player. He can be regarded as the all-time drawing master among the top GMs.

Recently he has devoted himself to correspondence chess.


 page 1 of 83; games 1-25 of 2,060 
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. Ulf Andersson vs Andersen  1-027 1967 HangoB12 Caro-Kann Defense
2. Vaganian vs Ulf Andersson 1-048 1968 GroningenA97 Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky
3. O Kinnmark vs Ulf Andersson  ½-½15 1969 SverigeC88 Ruy Lopez
4. Karpov vs Ulf Andersson 1-060 1969 StockholmC97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
5. A Olsson vs Ulf Andersson  ½-½10 1969 SverigeB63 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack
6. Ulf Andersson vs B Jansson  ½-½31 1969 SverigeB07 Pirc
7. K Skold vs Ulf Andersson 0-132 1969 SverigeB50 Sicilian
8. Ulf Andersson vs B E Horberg 1-028 1969 SverigeB15 Caro-Kann
9. Ghizdavu vs Ulf Andersson  1-027 1969 NetherlandsC77 Ruy Lopez
10. Ulf Andersson vs Ribli  0-142 1969 GroningenA04 Reti Opening
11. Ulf Andersson vs Z Nilsson 1-050 1969 SverigeC85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD)
12. Ulf Andersson vs A Olsson 1-018 1969 SverigeC65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
13. Ulf Andersson vs Alfredsson Ove 1-020 1969 SverigeB77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
14. Ulf Andersson vs Portisch  ½-½35 1969 RaachB42 Sicilian, Kan
15. Ulf Andersson vs R End  ½-½13 1969 SverigeC63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense
16. Ulf Andersson vs K Langeweg 1-033 1969 Linkoping (Sweden)C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense
17. H Ek vs Ulf Andersson  ½-½50 1969 SverigeA48 King's Indian
18. Ulf Andersson vs H Akvist  1-034 1969 SverigeC81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack
19. Ekenberg vs Ulf Andersson  1-063 1969 SverigeA02 Bird's Opening
20. S Platzack vs Ulf Andersson 0-133 1969 SverigeA01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack
21. Ulf Andersson vs Ahman Ernst  ½-½39 1969 SverigeC81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack
22. Ulf Andersson vs R Meulders  1-026 1969 Stockholm Wch-jrB99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line
23. Ulf Andersson vs M Johansson  1-057 1969 SverigeC54 Giuoco Piano
24. Smejkal vs Ulf Andersson 0-145 1969 Raach ztB53 Sicilian
25. B Jansson vs Ulf Andersson  ½-½12 1969 SverigeE91 King's Indian
 page 1 of 83; games 1-25 of 2,060 
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Aug-01-07   AlexandraThess: AlexandraThess: I saw him once on the European Individual Chess Championship 2004 held in Antalya, Turkey. Unfortunately I was not able to take an autograph from him :(
Aug-01-07
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  RookFile: DutchKnight: yes.
Aug-01-07
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  vonKrolock: Well, not at all fair with Ulf - this was kind of a joke :) - Reminiscent from witnessing him playing games like F Braga vs Ulf Andersson, 1979 - ops, his adversary here was Cicero Braga, not Fernando
Oct-25-07
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  Karpova: Calvia International Open 2007

Ulf Andersson scored 2.5/9 and came in 128th

http://www.calviafestival.com/torne...

Oct-25-07
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  Caissanist: According to the tournament website Andersson only played the first two rounds of that tournament(both wins). He forefeited the fourth and fifth rounds and then withdrew, perhaps because of illness.
Oct-25-07
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  Karpova: I already suspected something like this. It had been said earlier that he has health problems. But if he withdrew after 2 rounds - how did he get 2.5 points (or is the final table wrong)?
Oct-25-07
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  chancho: Ulf! Ulf! Ulf!
Oct-25-07   FHBradley: In the picture http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... (scroll down; it's the bottom-most picture) Ulf has a slightly reddish nose; perhaps he was suffering from flu.
Oct-25-07
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  whiteshark: Here are his two Calvia games:

[Event "IV Open Internacional Calvià"]
[Site "Calvia"]
[Date "2007.10.15"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Thomassen, Thomas"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2041"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2007.10.15"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. e3 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4 d6 9. b3 cxd4 10. exd4 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 13. Be3 Qd6 14. Qd2 Bd7 15. Rac1 Rfd8 16. Bf4 Qf8 17. Rfd1 Be8 18. Be3 Qa3 19. Rc4 a5 20. Ra4 Qe7 21. Rc4 Qa3 22. Ra4 Qe7 23. Rc4 Nb4 24. Rc5 b6 25. Rcc1 Rac8 26. h4 Bc6 27. Qe2 Bb7 28. Bg5 f6 29. Bf4 Kf7 30. h5 Nd5 31. Bd2 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 Rc8 33. Rxc8 Bxc8 34. Qc4 Bb7 35. hxg6+ hxg6 36. Qc1 Qd7 37. Bh6 Ne7 38. Be3 Bd5 39. Qc2 Qc6 40. Qxc6 Nxc6 41. Nd2 f5 42. Bxd5 exd5 43. Nf3 b5 44. Kf1 a4 45. bxa4 bxa4 46. a3 Na5 47. Ke2 Nc4 48. Bc1 Ke6 49. Kd3 Bf8 50. Ne5 Nxe5+ 51. dxe5 Kxe5 52. f4+ Ke6 53. Bb2 Bc5 54. Kc3 Kd6 55. Kd3 Kc6


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0-1

[Event "IV Open Internacional Calvia"]
[Site "Calvia"]
[Date "2007.10.16"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Aleskerov, Faik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2327"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 a6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 d6 9. Rd1 Be7 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Qe3 Rc8 13. Nd4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Rc7 15. Rac1 Qa8+ 16. Qf3 Qxf3+ 17. Kxf3 Ne5+ 18. Kg2 Nc6 19. Nd5 exd5 20. cxd5 Nxd4 21. Rxc7 Bd8 22. Ra7 Nb5 23. Rxa6 Nxd5 24. a4 Nbc7 25. Ra7 Re8 26. e3 Ne7 27. Rxd6 Nc8 28. Rxd8 Nxa7 29. Rd7


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1-0

Get well soon!

Oct-26-07
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  Caissanist: <Karpova> Apparently they had a half-point bye option, the tournament website shows him not playing in the third round but getting a half point anyway.
Oct-26-07   Stonehenge: <Apparently they had a half-point bye option> Ulf just loves that.
Jan-23-08   FHBradley: Is there any book about Uffe's bästa partier? I'd love to see one, as he's becoming one of my favourite players.
Jan-27-08   littlefermat: Hi, Does anybody know if Andersson has a book of his own games? I really like his style, and I was curious if I could find some of his annotated games...
Jan-28-08   FHBradley: Googling revealed no such work on Andersson's games, either by Ulf himself or by some other Ulf. Which is strange, given that Andersson was to Swedish chess what Borg was to Swedish tennis. If anyone should eventually publish a collection, I'll promise to buy at least one copy.
Feb-07-08
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  Mateo: <whiteshark> In the game with Thomassen, 50.Ne5 leads to a quick loss. What about 50.Nh4? The idea is that after 50...Kf7 51.Ng2, if Black takes the a3 pawn, then 52.Nf4 wins back the d-pawn. However, even in such variation, Black would have a better passed pawn. But is that enough for a win?
Feb-07-08
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  Mateo: <Chess Carnival: Here is a great positional game won by Andersson: Ulf Andersson vs Y Gruenfeld, 1982 In the final position he's a pawn down but with a winning position...> This one should be selected in a collection called Andersson best games. It is a true positional masterpiece. Andersson sees the board as a box, and his opponent is trapped into the little box. A boa snake constrictor or a spider strategy.
Feb-07-08
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  whiteshark: <What about 50.Nh4?> Good find, <Mateo>!
It looks to me as the drawing line. <But is that enough for a win?>: no!
Feb-09-08
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  Tomlinsky: Andersson's record with the white pieces against Karpov and Kasparov is pretty darn impressive. 29 starts and not a single loss!

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

http://www.chessgames.com/perl/ches...

Feb-10-08
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  KingG: <Tomlinsky> Considering Andersson's style I don't find it that surprising, especially against Karpov. As for his games against Kasparov, they seem to be mainly from the time before Kasparov became world champion, and even then there aren't that many.
Mar-09-08
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  whiteshark: According to <Fighter rating list 2000-2007> http://members.aon.at/sfischl/sd.txt

Andersson's overall draw percentage 2000-2007 was impressively <82%>.

This makes him the undisputed <Draw-Champion <<<!!!>>>>

Mar-13-08
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  norcist: are then any books of andersson's best games??
Mar-14-08
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  norcist: never you mind....sheesh i should really read the other posts before i kibitz
Apr-20-08
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  shakkiseepra: Anyone from Sweden here?
Apr-27-08   Nikita Smirnov: I once met him at my school when our former headmaster Lars Karlsson invited him to our school and the gymnasium.I've even got his autograph at home.Truly a nice guy he is.
Apr-27-08
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  Strongest Force: I met UA online... long before he registered for any ICC accounts. We both had mutual Swedish friends, they were all at a function and online... and so i was introduced. I forget what side of a sicilian i was on, i only know that i was completely shut-off from any air supplies... another patented squeeze!
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