Børge Andersen was awarded the IM title in 1964.From the mid-1950s to the mid-1970s, Børge Andersen was one of the leading Danish chess players. He participated many times in the finals of Danish Chess Championships, four times (1958, 1967, 1968, 1973) winning gold and six times (1959, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1975) - silver medals.
Børge played for Denmark in five Chess Olympiads:
In 1954, at second reserve board in the 11th Chess Olympiad in Amsterdam (+6, =2, -5),
In 1958, at second board in the 13th Chess Olympiad in Munich (+6, =2, -6),
In 1964, at first board in the 16th Chess Olympiad in Tel Aviv (+9, =4, -2),
In 1966, at third board in the 17th Chess Olympiad in Havana (+6, =4, -5),
In 1974, at first board in the 21st Chess Olympiad in Nice (+3, =7, -5).
Børge Andersen played for Denmark in the European Team Chess Championship preliminaries; In 1970, at first board in the 4th European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+1, =1, -1).In 1973, at reserve board in the 5th European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+1, =2, -0).
Andersen participated in several international tournaments, including in Dresden (1956), Copenhagen (1960, memorial of Aron Nimzowitsch, and 1965), Krems an der Donau (1967), Büsum (1968), Nordic Chess Championship (1973) and Gstaad (1973), but not achieving significant successes. In 1964, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title. In 1975, Børge Andersen finished his chess career.
Wikipedia article: Børge Andersen (chess player)
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