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Pontus Carlsson
P Carlsson 
Photo courtesy of Eric Schiller.  

Number of games in database: 534
Years covered: 1998 to 2021
Last FIDE rating: 2450 (2391 rapid, 2448 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2531
Overall record: +153 -122 =154 (53.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 105 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Sicilian (117) 
    B51 B40 B42 B47 B27
 French Defense (49) 
    C05 C07 C03 C10 C04
 French Tarrasch (42) 
    C05 C07 C03 C04
 Ruy Lopez (26) 
    C67 C92 C78 C80 C95
 Caro-Kann (19) 
    B10 B12 B18 B15 B14
 Scotch Game (17) 
    C45
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (84) 
    B76 B70 B22 B50 B90
 Sicilian Dragon (40) 
    B76 B70 B78 B72 B71
 Nimzo Indian (31) 
    E32 E46 E55 E48 E59
 Queen's Indian (30) 
    E15 E12 E14
 Queen's Pawn Game (26) 
    A46 E00 A45 A40 D05
 French Defense (16) 
    C11 C01 C02 C13 C15
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   P Carlsson vs J Campos Moreno, 2006 1-0
   P Carlsson vs G Burgess, 2002 1-0
   G Milos vs P Carlsson, 2012 0-1
   Negi vs P Carlsson, 2008 0-1
   P Carlsson vs I Sokolov, 2011 1-0
   G Gnichtel vs P Carlsson, 2006 0-1
   P Carlsson vs I Papaioannou, 2007 1-0
   J Ocana Roca vs P Carlsson, 2006 0-1
   P Carlsson vs N Grandelius, 2008 1-0
   J Hector vs P Carlsson, 2007 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Pankrac Cup (2016)
   Corus Group C (2008)
   Bergen Chess International (2001)
   Reykjavik Open (2008)
   European Union Championship (2008)
   Pardubice Open-A (2006)
   13th Dubai Open (2011)
   Albena Open (2012)
   European Team Championship (2005)
   Politiken Cup (1999)
   Gibraltar Masters (2010)
   Gibraltar Masters (2006)
   Istanbul Olympiad (2012)
   Gibraltar Masters (2016)
   European Championship (2010)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 World Blitz Championship
   P Carlsson vs J Baum (Dec-30-21) 1-0, blitz
   P Carlsson vs A Elier (Dec-30-21) 1/2-1/2, blitz
   P Carlsson vs V Nevednichy (Dec-30-21) 1/2-1/2, blitz
   D Lima vs P Carlsson (Dec-30-21) 1/2-1/2, blitz
   I Samunenkov vs P Carlsson (Dec-30-21) 1-0, blitz

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PONTUS CARLSSON
(born Dec-18-1982, 42 years old) Colombia (federation/nationality Sweden)

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GM Pontus Carlsson played for Sweden in the 16th European Team Chess Championship 2007 and scored an undefeated six points from nine games. His performance rating was 2686 while facing opposition which included Dmitry Jakovenko, Mark Hebden, Merab Gagunashvili, Erik van den Doel and Vlastimil Babula.

Wikipedia article: Pontus Carlsson

https://omny.fm/shows/perpetual-che... (interview with Ben Johnson on Perpetual Chess podcast)

Last updated: 2017-06-27 16:27:55

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 page 1 of 22; games 1-25 of 534  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. H Rothen vs P Carlsson  1-0481998SWE-chT 1998/99A04 Reti Opening
2. P Carlsson vs S Ivanov  0-1201998SWE-chT 9899C07 French, Tarrasch
3. P Carlsson vs C Jorgensen  1-0261999Politiken CupB78 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack, 10.castle long
4. P Lyrberg vs P Carlsson  ½-½331999Politiken CupA07 King's Indian Attack
5. P Carlsson vs T Sorensen  1-0201999Politiken CupC45 Scotch Game
6. P Peelen vs P Carlsson  ½-½251999Politiken CupA07 King's Indian Attack
7. P Carlsson vs K Mah  0-1401999Politiken CupC03 French, Tarrasch
8. P Carlsson vs B Brinck-Claussen  ½-½341999Politiken CupC07 French, Tarrasch
9. D Howe vs P Carlsson  0-1161999Politiken CupB70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation
10. S Kristjansson vs P Carlsson  0-1401999Politiken CupC05 French, Tarrasch
11. P Carlsson vs C Hoi  0-1361999Politiken CupB07 Pirc
12. H Olsen vs P Carlsson  1-0311999Politiken CupA90 Dutch
13. P Carlsson vs T Hoff  1-0291999Politiken CupB06 Robatsch
14. P Carlsson vs R Ibrahimov  1-0431999World Championship U18B25 Sicilian, Closed
15. P Carlsson vs J Blot  ½-½671999World Championship U18C04 French, Tarrasch, Guimard Main line
16. E Berg vs P Carlsson  ½-½701999World Championship U18A45 Queen's Pawn Game
17. P Carlsson vs L Vajda  1-0411999World Championship U18B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4
18. A Bokros vs P Carlsson  0-1391999World Championship U18B72 Sicilian, Dragon
19. P Carlsson vs L Bruzon Batista  0-1211999World Championship U18B40 Sicilian
20. P Carlsson vs T Hillarp Persson  0-1481999Rilton Cup 1999/00B06 Robatsch
21. P Carlsson vs O Sisatto  1-0601999Rilton Cup 1999/00B29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein
22. R Bergstrom vs P Carlsson  ½-½181999Rilton Cup 1999/00B22 Sicilian, Alapin
23. P Carlsson vs A Botsari  ½-½322000Rilton Cup 1999/00B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation
24. Sax vs P Carlsson  ½-½602000Rilton Cup 1999/00B76 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
25. F Handke vs P Carlsson  ½-½542000Rilton Cup 1999/00A84 Dutch
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Kibitzer's Corner
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Dec-19-13  RedShield: When is this racist going to be banned?
Dec-19-13  JustAnotherPatzer: <Redshield> Here! Here! Let's ban <jakaiden> for his shockingly racist slur!

Good boy <Redshield>, gold star and a pat on the head for you lol

Dec-19-13  RedShield: Naturally, I accept your plaudit, but feel constrained to point out that it's actually <Hear, hear!>.

<Originated in the British parliament in the 18th century as a contraction of 'hear him, hear him'>

I would be interested in learning what other demonstrable racial differences you have in mind.

Dec-19-13  JustAnotherPatzer: Wait a minute <Redshield>, you're encouraging CG to ban me on the grounds that i'm a racist; wish to silence my voice forever on this site, seek to censor the debate altogether, yet in the meantime you're legitimising it by asking a question of me that would further the very debate you seek to censor?

What did i say that you construed as racist and deserving of Stalinist like censorship? Could it be that just as i mistook 'hear' for 'here' you've confused 'racial' for 'racist'? Or else, i repeat, what do you so militantly object to that you would silence my voice here forever? And by answering my question are you not tacitly acknowledging that this innocent debate (Why are there STILL only two Negro GMs?) with a non-person (to your way of thinking) is legitimate?

Dec-19-13  RedShield: You sure ask a lot of questions. But I fear you labour under a misapprehension. I seek not your banning, but enlightenment about your views, per my request.
Dec-19-13  JustAnotherPatzer: <RedShield: When is this racist going to be banned?>

But was that not intended for me?

Dec-19-13  Absentee: <JustAnotherPatzer: If race wasn't merely a social construct i'd say that was very racist of you and according to the posting guidelines>

It isn't. It's just an unpopular term for genotypical and phenotypical differentiation.

Dec-19-13  RedShield: It was intended for you, yes, but it was about me.
Dec-19-13  JustAnotherPatzer: <Absentee> ABSOLUTELY! As i went on to say i was being tongue-in-cheek.

<Redshield> You've confused me now lol. I have to do some chores but i'll cite some of those demonstrable differences tomorrow or the day after. Kind regards.

Dec-19-13  Eduardo Bermudez: I would like to see Pontus playing for colombian chess team !!
Dec-19-13  Appaz: Don't expect any answers, <JustAnotherPatzer>, you are in a mine field.

Maybe it is easier to try to debate why Jews are are massively overrepresented among the male World Champions?

Is it because of biological, cultural, religious or national/political factors?

I would go for a mix of the first two, even if that would label me a racist among some people.

For the record, I'm not a Jew, according to any of the above four factors.

Dec-19-13  valiant: But Carlsson and Carlsen are, because they are good chessplayers?
Dec-20-13  Appaz: <<valiant> But Carlsson and Carlsen are, because they are good chessplayers?>

They are not, to my knowledge. What observations made you end up with that theory ("all good chess players a Jewish")?

Dec-20-13  valiant: <Appaz> You are my inspiration my everything, GOD JUL!
Jan-24-14  RedShield: <<Redshield> You've confused me now lol. I have to do some chores but i'll cite some of those demonstrable differences tomorrow or the day after. Kind regards.>

Maybe he forgot. Maybe he got banned. Maybe he got run over.

Dec-18-14  Absentee: Why does AlexandraThess hate him so much?
Dec-18-14  john barleycorn: <Absentee: Why does AlexandraThess hate him so much?>

His family name starts with "C".

Jan-14-15  gars: <jakaiden>, <JustAnotherPatzer>, <Redshield (Rotschild?)>, <Absentee>, <Appaz>:

I offer all of you a joke. An old joke, because I am an old man. When Jimmy Carter was Governor of Georgia there was a lot of racial tension there, and in one particular day his assistants came to him because there was a huge hullabaloo at a bus stop. Governor Carteer quickly went there and was told that a Colored lady (see? nor Black, nor Negro, just Colored) refused to sit in the back of the bus. She sat in the first row and challenged the police officers to remove her. Anger was mounting up, so Carter, a wise politician, came with a brilliant solution:

"OK, ladies and Gentlemen", said he. "Let's stop with all this filthy racism here in Georgia! From now on, there will be no White people and no Colored people either! We'll be all green, hear me? Now and from now on we'll be all GREEN!!" People stared at him, as he explained: "This lady here is green, you are all green, I am green, once a person enter Georgia's territory this person is green, right?" Well, after a while, everybody agreed with Governor Carter and when everyone was greeting everyone else on his greeness Carter said: "Now, let's get organized! Light green people in the front seats of the bus, dark green people in the back, right?"

Jan-28-15  dumbgai: <gars> I lol'd
Oct-06-16  technical draw: <gars> Long time has passed but nice gag. I don't do ethnic humor. I used to and I enjoyed the stand-up comics that did do ethnic humor. But I did a Richard Pryor and stopped doing ethnic humor.

<chancho> Thanks for that info.

Good luck to GM Carlsson.

Oct-06-16  technical draw: Para el Gran Maestro Colombiano/Sueco Pontus Carlsson: Buena suerte en este torneo, Adelante y acumule puntos ELO!
Dec-19-16  waustad: His story reads a lot like Marcus Samuelsson. They had different talents, but in both cases excellent results.
Jan-08-18  PhilFeeley: Apparently, he's a trainer:

https://en.chessbase.com/post/pontu...

Mar-24-18  PhilFeeley: Missing Johansson - Carlsson, 2012
Jul-10-19  PhilFeeley: I'm still trying to find out why he withdrew from this year's Swedish Championships:

http://www.schack.se/

Tournament websites aren't very informative.

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