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Henrik Danielsen
  

Number of games in database: 500
Years covered: 1980 to 2023
Last FIDE rating: 2514 (2528 rapid, 2473 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2545
Overall record: +195 -141 =146 (55.6%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 18 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Bird's Opening (43) 
    A02 A03
 Uncommon Opening (30) 
    A00 B00
 King's Indian Attack (26) 
    A07 A08
 Queen's Pawn Game (19) 
    D02 A46 E10 A40 A45
 King's Indian (17) 
    E67 E94 E60 E62 E66
 English (16) 
    A15 A13 A10 A16 A14
With the Black pieces:
 Caro-Kann (40) 
    B18 B14 B12 B11 B13
 Scandinavian (22) 
    B01
 Queen's Pawn Game (21) 
    A41 A46 E00 A45 D05
 Pirc (20) 
    B07 B09 B08
 King's Indian (15) 
    E62 E94 E90 E91 E77
 Dutch Defense (14) 
    A81 A88 A85 A90
Repertoire Explorer

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   H Danielsen vs P H Nielsen, 2003 1-0
   H Danielsen vs R Pokorna, 2003 1-0
   H Danielsen vs T Luther, 1999 1-0
   H Danielsen vs S B Hansen, 2005 1-0
   H Danielsen vs C Hansen, 1997 1-0
   H Danielsen vs O B Vea, 2005 1-0
   H Danielsen vs R Hardarson, 2001 1-0
   H Danielsen vs D Ragnarsson, 2012 1-0
   H Danielsen vs M Tandrup, 2005 1-0
   H Danielsen vs O Salmensuu, 1997 1-0

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Reykjavik Open (2002)
   Reykjavik Open (2012)
   Reykjavik Open (2010)
   Reykjavik Open (2015)
   Politiken Cup (2013)
   Reykjavik Open (2014)
   Reykjavik Open (2009)
   Reykjavik Open (2006)
   Copenhagen Open (1991)
   Reykjavik Open (1994)
   European Championship (2010)
   Politiken Cup (2012)
   Reykjavik Open (2011)
   Reykjavik Open (2016)
   Reykjavik Open (2013)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   Davison's favorite games by Davison
   Bird's Opening Game Collection by doug27
   Bird's Opening Game Collection by Dr.KnowNothing
   Flying with the Bird by ndc
   Flying with the Bird by FrankTheTank

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 Icelandic Chess Championship
   H Danielsen vs A Domalchuk-Jonasson (May-25-23) 1/2-1/2
   L Ptacnikova vs H Danielsen (May-24-23) 0-1
   D Ragnarsson vs H Danielsen (May-23-23) 1/2-1/2
   H Danielsen vs G Kjartansson (May-22-23) 0-1
   V Stefansson vs H Danielsen (May-21-23) 1-0

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HENRIK DANIELSEN
(born Jan-23-1966, 57 years old) Denmark (federation/nationality Iceland)

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Grandmaster (1996). In 1997, he took 2nd in the Danish Championship. Icelandic Champion in 2009. =2nd at the Reykjavik Open (2012).

Wikipedia article: Henrik Danielsen

Last updated: 2021-02-02 11:30:14

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 page 1 of 20; games 1-25 of 500  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. H Danielsen vs K Rasmussen  0-1371980International Junior TournamentD15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
2. P Stigar vs H Danielsen  0-1321980International Junior TournamentE19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3
3. H Danielsen vs S Rasmussen  ½-½311980International Junior TournamentA28 English
4. H Kuijf vs H Danielsen  1-0701980International Junior TournamentB11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights, 3...Bg4
5. H Danielsen vs O W Hartvig  1-0231980International Junior TournamentB13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
6. H Danielsen vs J Duche  ½-½421980International Junior TournamentD96 Grunfeld, Russian Variation
7. H Danielsen vs J Kennedy  1-0231980International Junior TournamentB04 Alekhine's Defense, Modern
8. D Rej vs H Danielsen  1-0411980International Junior TournamentB16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation
9. R Jensen vs H Danielsen  ½-½191980International Junior TournamentA14 English
10. H Danielsen vs W N Watson  0-1231981HaderslevE94 King's Indian, Orthodox
11. B Light vs H Danielsen 1-0171982DEN-ch int U18B14 Caro-Kann, Panov-Botvinnik Attack
12. Plachetka vs H Danielsen  1-0421985Politiken CupE04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3
13. S Bjarnason vs H Danielsen  ½-½331985Politiken CupD42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3
14. H Danielsen vs E Heyken  1-0421985Politiken CupD51 Queen's Gambit Declined
15. A Blees vs H Danielsen  ½-½541985Politiken CupD42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3
16. H Danielsen vs T Sorensen  1-0191985Politiken CupA43 Old Benoni
17. G Jacoby vs H Danielsen  ½-½71985Politiken CupA42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System
18. H Danielsen vs Z Bator  1-0631985Politiken CupD48 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav, Meran
19. H Danielsen vs B Stein  ½-½101985Politiken CupA46 Queen's Pawn Game
20. H Danielsen vs K Berg  0-1311985Politiken CupE94 King's Indian, Orthodox
21. H Danielsen vs N Davies  ½-½611987EspergaerdeE61 King's Indian
22. Westerinen vs H Danielsen  ½-½681987EspergaerdeC15 French, Winawer
23. H Danielsen vs T Hutters  1-0401987EspergaerdeA13 English
24. H Danielsen vs J Rodgaard  0-1401987EspergaerdeE12 Queen's Indian
25. Z Ksieski vs H Danielsen  0-1641987EspergaerdeE11 Bogo-Indian Defense
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Kibitzer's Corner
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Mar-13-09  OnlyBelieve: I heard on one of his videos that he calls the system the "Polar Bear" because he has played it so long and developed the lines so much so that he thought of it as a system now instead of just an opening. Hence, the Polar Bear SYSTEM, and not the Bird OPENING.

But has it really hibernated? It's still good as far as I know. If you're not playing master level, you'll wreak havoc and then some!

Apr-19-09  blacksburg: polar bears!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eKI...

May-25-09  arthurp: Phoenix
Playing the Bird's opening only in blitz does not show much faith in the strength of the opening as compared to OTB.
May-26-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  keypusher: He seems to have replaced 1. f4 with 1. g3.

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

May-26-09  blacksburg: interesting that he has not also taken up the KID, and is still playing the dutch, despite switching to KIA system with white instead of 1.f4.
May-26-09  MaxxLange: the idea of playing the "reversed" Black openings with an extra move in hand hasn't worked out so well in practice -very interesting - I think Suba and Dvoretsky other theoretical writers have discussed this issue

As far as I can tell, as I say upstream, the "Polar Bear" was a reversed Leningrad Dutch, with a good repertoire to handle other anti-Bird lines

Jul-10-09  parisattack: <MaxxLange: the idea of playing the "reversed" Black openings with an extra move in hand hasn't worked out so well in practice -very interesting - I think Suba and Dvoretsky other theoretical writers have discussed this issue>

Reverse openings lose the thrust-counter thrust that makes them work in their original form. A good example is 1. e4, c5 and 1. c4, e5. Not necesaarily a bad choice, of course - unless you do expect to get a good Black line with an extra tempo...

Sep-03-09  fhl: Henrik is doing well in this tournament (The Icelandic Championship 2009):

http://chess-results.com/tnr24951.a...

He has 3 wins after 3 games.

1st round games: http://dl.skaksamband.is/mot/2009/b...

2nd round games: http://dl.skaksamband.is/mot/2009/b...

3rd round games: http://dl.skaksamband.is/mot/2009/b...

You can watch the games live here: http://skaksamband.is/?c=webpage&id...

Sep-11-09  MaxxLange: So. What is the best play against the "Polar Bear" system, as a reversed Leningrad Dutch from the Bird, anyway?

I told one chess friend about it, and now he is Polar Bearing-me hard every time, unless I play From's Gambit.

I am getting good results with the gambit, but I feel like I should know how to play the main lines too

Jun-19-10  FICSwoodpusher: What happened to http://www.videochess.net/ ?
Jul-26-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: Winner today of the Heini Olsen Memorial (Faroe Islands) 20-26 July 2010:

http://www.chess-results.com/tnr344..., congratulations!

Aug-14-10  GamerMan: @MaxxLange:
1. ... d5 has the best results vs the bird's opening with in the past two decades. From there, the opening is slow enough that you could try for a variation of the dutch leningrad reversed; try for a king's indian type positiont with Nf6, g6, Bg7, o-o, and c5; or try for a Colle System with solid play (if i do this, i usually do advance to c5 rather than the passive c6).

Also, you could repsond with c5, aiming for a closed sicillian, though i still prefer the e5 lines over this.

Feb-25-11  paavoh: @gamerman, maxxlange:

The 1. f4 "Polar Bear system" videos are now available on Chessdom.com website. It seems that GM Danielsen fails to include anything on 1.- d5, which is rather surprising. In many of the other variations, White gets in a free e2-e4 which must be a bonus.

Feb-13-12  whiteshark: Interview with GM Henrik Danielsen: http://www.chessdom.com/interview-w...
Feb-13-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  moronovich: Feb-25-11 (!) paavoh: @gamerman, maxxlange:

The 1. f4 "Polar Bear system" videos are now available on Chessdom.com website. It seems that GM Danielsen fails to include anything on 1.- d5, which is rather surprising. In many of the other variations, White gets in a free e2-e4 which must be a bonus.

Voice from the future :)

Mar-13-12  BIDMONFA: Henrik Danielsen

DANIELSEN, Henrik
http://www.bidmonfa.com/danielsen_h...
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May-21-12  SimonWebbsTiger: Henrik took first place (on tiebreak) in the H.C.Andersen Mind Games - a chess tourney - held in Odense, Denmark last week.

http://dsu.dk/index.php?id=4&NewsId...

Nov-05-12  sagahelten: There is a downloadable video Chessbase with GM Henrik Danielsen explaining the London System (1. d4 d5 2. Bf4). There's a sample here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...
Jan-21-15  SimonWebbsTiger: Henrik recently took joint first in the CXU Ă˜bro New Year's Open (Denmark, 27-30/12/14).
Jan-21-15
Premium Chessgames Member
  Richard Taylor: I checkmated this chap in a Blitz game. It is on here. But of course it was a one off...anything can happen in Blitz. !
Jan-21-16  TheFocus: Happy birthday, Henrik Danielsen.
Jan-21-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  Richard Taylor: <sagahelten: There is a downloadable video Chessbase with GM Henrik Danielsen explaining the London System (1. d4 d5 2. Bf4). There's a sample here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...

That looks interesting. The London system is annoying. He seems to be onto the ideas as far as I could see.

Jan-22-18  Marmot PFL: I have had problems with the London trying to take the initiative too early with black which is usually a bad idea. If black develops soundly the games tend to be rather dull, but not necessarily drawish.
Jan-22-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <Marmot>, you may find an interesting way of countering the London system in the game Bondarevsky vs Bronstein, 1963.
Jan-23-18  Marmot PFL: Have played double fianchetto lines with c5 but with Bb7 instead of Ba6, so as not to displace the knight after Bxa6. But if Bronstein plays it it's probably good right :)
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