Dec-28-04 | | Benzol: Hans Ek
Born 6th October 1928 in Jonkoping
He was Swedish correspondence champion in 1967. |
|
Oct-06-06 | | siggemannen: he liked his draws |
|
Oct-06-06
 | | Phony Benoni: Oh, H. Ek. |
|
Oct-06-06 | | Landman: <siggemannen> True. But there were a few games in which he managed to Ek out a win. |
|
Oct-07-06
 | | Domdaniel: <he managed to Ek out a win.>
I'm tempted to add something like "Ek, eh? Homo?" but I might be misunderstood. Better not. |
|
Oct-07-06 | | technical draw: <he managed to Ek out a win> Best pun Hans down. |
|
Oct-06-07 | | whiteshark: player of the day.
Findings:
game Ek-Malmstrom,1966 with comments
http://www.skkamraterna.se/profiler...
Newspaper report about a 1,000 men tournament in 1968 organiszed by Swedish newspaper 'Dagens Nyheter'.
Hans Ek reached the last 100 and is listed as no. 61
http://www.zenker.se/Liber/Liber_19... |
|
Dec-27-08 | | whiteshark: The 'Ek with it! |
|
Oct-06-10 | | whiteshark: Post, just for the Ek of it... |
|
Oct-06-10 | | Albertan: Hans Ek
Federation: SWEDEN
Born: 1928
ELO: 2325
http://db.chessmetrics.com/PL/PL969... |
|
Oct-06-10
 | | smurph: player of the day and only 37 games in total?Three tournaments and a few strays?? |
|
Oct-06-10 | | stephanurus: And no picture. |
|
Feb-04-11
 | | GrahamClayton: The shortest surname in the chessgames database? |
|
Feb-04-11
 | | Phony Benoni: There's always Mr. L. And, for that matter, what is the surname of NN ? You could also argue for a tie between Alexander Blank, Wolfgang Blank, Bodo Blank, and Ralf Blank. It is well known that the longest surname belongs to Anthony Miles, unless someone uncovers a game by Buzz Lightyear. |
|
Feb-04-11
 | | GrahamClayton: Here are another couple of 2-letter surnames in the database: Moulthun Ly
Wang Li |
|
Feb-04-11
 | | Phony Benoni: Looking at any list of Chinese names will give you plenty of examples. For instance, Li Bo
Yuhua Xu
Guo Yu
However, I believe (and I hope someone will correct me if I'm wrong) in Chinese names the surname comes first. If that's true, there will be many other examples out there; lots of Xu's and Wu's and Ye's around. Oh, I suppose we must bring up that Wascally Wabbit, Jimmy Yu. You know:
 click for larger viewNow if the challenge is to find non-Chinese two letter surnames... well, that's not so easy. |
|
Feb-05-11 | | vonKrolock: And also Viktorija Ni |
|
Jan-03-13
 | | perfidious: <Phony Benoni> Used to work with a guy called Ba Ta; while he was Oriental, don't believe he was Chinese. Never mattered anyway, as he was a good man, always with a pleasant, helpful attitude. |
|
Jan-03-13
 | | WannaBe: According to Wiki, Ta is a surname in Vietnamese, but also a Chinese character meaning field, as such, rice wheat or grain. I know a few Vietnamese, whose (grand) parents were originally Chinese, but moved for better business opportunities, or what nots... |
|
Mar-25-15 | | Stolberg: Ek died Dec 28 2014 |
|
Mar-25-15 | | Raisin Death Ray: His name looks like a typo! |
|
Mar-01-22 | | Nosnibor: Ek obtained an I.M. norm at Eskjo 1973 when he finished first equal with Akvist on 6/9. There followed four I.M.`s Soos, Schmidt and Hecht on 5.5/9 and Czerniak on 4.5/9. Robert Bellin from England finished on 3.5/9 drawing with the top six players. |
|
Mar-01-22 | | login:
About the Eksjö tournament (1973 - 83), commented with pics https://eksjoschack.se/onewebmedia/... from 'Eksjö Schackklubb' homepage, 100-årskrönika (series, part 7, appendix) by Håkan Åkvist (my best guess) (in Swedish)
Between 1957 - 70 the player is listed having won the 'Småland championship' [not official name] numerous times representing 'Jönköpings SS' https://www.smalandsschack.se/histo...
(in Swedish)
Unrelated
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-3...
|
|