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Ulf Andersson
Andersson 
 

Number of games in database: 2,678
Years covered: 1967 to 2023
Last FIDE rating: 2519 (2459 rapid, 2473 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2640
Overall record: +718 -248 =1630 (59.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database. 82 exhibition games, blitz/rapid, odds games, etc. are excluded from this statistic.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 English (282) 
    A15 A13 A10 A14 A16
 Reti System (163) 
    A04 A06 A05
 English, 1 c4 c5 (119) 
    A30 A33 A36 A34 A35
 Queen's Pawn Game (102) 
    D02 A46 A41 A40 E10
 Queen's Indian (74) 
    E17 E19 E12 E15 E18
 Slav (66) 
    D13 D14 D11 D12 D15
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (338) 
    B46 B81 B83 B22 B44
 French Defense (135) 
    C11 C07 C16 C09 C10
 Bogo Indian (123) 
    E11
 Nimzo Indian (107) 
    E41 E32 E42 E55 E39
 Sicilian Scheveningen (95) 
    B81 B83 B82 B84 B80
 Sicilian Taimanov (93) 
    B46 B47 B45 B48 B49
Repertoire Explorer

NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   Karpov vs Andersson, 1975 0-1
   Andersson vs Z Franco Ocampos, 1979 1-0
   Andersson vs Seirawan, 1983 1-0
   Andersson vs Karpov, 1995 1-0
   Andersson vs Tal, 1983 1-0
   Andersson vs Robatsch, 1979 1-0
   Andersson vs M J Tempone, 1979 1-0
   Shirov vs Andersson, 1991 0-1
   Andersson vs Y Gruenfeld, 1982 1-0
   Andersson vs Leko, 1996 1-0

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS: [what is this?]
   FIDE World Championship Knockout Tournament (1999)

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Capablanca Memorial (1975)
   Hoogovens-B (1970)
   Capablanca Memorial-A (1974)
   Hastings 1980/81 (1980)
   Rio de Janeiro (1985)
   Nordic Championship (1969)
   Gothenburg (1971)
   Swedish Championship (1969)
   Buenos Aires Olympiad (1978)
   Ourense (1975)
   Palma de Mallorca (1972)
   Raach Zonal (1969)
   Reykjavik (1972)
   Las Palmas (1974)
   First Lady's Cup (1983)

GAME COLLECTIONS: [what is this?]
   IGM Ulf Andersson by 64rutor
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   Grandmaster Chess Strategy by jakaiden
   Grandmaster Chess Strategy by skisuitof12
   Grandmaster Chess Strategy by losi
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   Grandmaster Chess Strategy by Okavango
   Grandmaster Chess Strategy by doug27
   Grandmaster Chess Strategy by Parmenides1963
   Grandmaster Chess Strategy (Ulf Andersson) by Metrocles
   Grandmaster Chess Strategy by isfsam
   Grandmaster Chess Strategy by webbing1947
   K Any's favorite games by K Any
   0ZeR0's collected games volume 92 by 0ZeR0

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 European Rapid Championship
   Andersson vs P Pultinevicius (Dec-14-23) 1-0, rapid
   Andersson vs R Edouard (Nov-24-18) 0-1
   G Kimelman vs Andersson (Feb-08-18) 0-1
   Andersson vs M Zuriel (Feb-07-18) 1-0
   Andersson vs W G Palencia Morales (Feb-05-18) 1-0

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ULF ANDERSSON
(born Jun-27-1951, 73 years old) Sweden

[what is this?]

Ulf Andersson was born in Västerås.

He was Swedish Champion in 1969 and awarded the IM title in 1970 and the GM title in 1972. During the periods 1982-84 and 1988-91 he was in the World's top ten and had first prizes at Belgrade 1977, Buenos Aires (Clarin) (1978), Hastings (1978/79), Phillips & Drew Kings (1980) (tied with Korchnoi and Miles), Phillips & Drew 1982, Turin 1982, Hoogovens (1983), Banco di Roma (1985), Reggio Emilia (1985/86) (tied with Ljubojevic and Romanishin), and Rome 1986. He drew a six-game match with Mikhail Tal in 1983, played top board in the USSR vs. Rest of the World (1984) match, and led the Swedish Olympiad Team during the 1970's and 80's. In 1996, Andersson broke the world record for playing a simul with 310 opponents (+268 -2 =40 for 92.9%), a record that stood until Andrew D Martin broke it in 2004.

He has also devoted himself to correspondence chess. In 1996 he became a GMC.

Wikipedia article: Ulf Andersson

Last updated: 2022-10-11 22:30:10

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 page 1 of 108; games 1-25 of 2,678  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Andersson vs B Andersen 1-0271967Nordic ChampionshipB12 Caro-Kann Defense
2. Andersson vs G Ligterink  ½-½151968Niemeyer Juniors PreliminaryA07 King's Indian Attack
3. H Bohm vs Andersson  0-1411968Niemeyer Juniors PreliminaryE81 King's Indian, Samisch
4. Andersson vs H Schaufelberger  1-0421968Niemeyer Juniors PreliminaryE63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation
5. Andersson vs S Webb  ½-½271968Niemeyer Juniors PreliminaryA07 King's Indian Attack
6. Vaganian vs Andersson 1-0411968Niemeyer Juniors PreliminaryE69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line
7. K Maeder vs Andersson  ½-½81968Niemeyer Juniors PreliminaryB60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer
8. A Lombard vs Andersson  ½-½301968Niemeyer Juniors PreliminaryB59 Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3
9. Andersson vs H Akvist  1-0341969SWEC81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack
10. E Turunen vs Andersson  0-1371969Niemeyer JuniorsE67 King's Indian, Fianchetto
11. D Ghizdavu vs Andersson 1-0421969Niemeyer JuniorsC77 Ruy Lopez
12. Andersson vs S Webb  ½-½251969Niemeyer JuniorsA07 King's Indian Attack
13. A Lombard vs Andersson  0-1501969Niemeyer JuniorsC91 Ruy Lopez, Closed
14. Andersson vs P Atanasov  1-0361969Niemeyer JuniorsA23 English, Bremen System, Keres Variation
15. K Maeder vs Andersson  1-0381969Niemeyer JuniorsC45 Scotch Game
16. Andersson vs Ribli  0-1421969Niemeyer JuniorsA04 Reti Opening
17. Vaganian vs Andersson 1-0481969Niemeyer JuniorsA97 Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky
18. Andersson vs H Schaufelberger  ½-½151969Niemeyer JuniorsC49 Four Knights
19. G J Nicholas vs Andersson  0-1231969Churchill Memorial OpenA56 Benoni Defense
20. Andersson vs I Smith  ½-½421969Churchill Memorial OpenB99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line
21. Andersson vs R Martens ½-½541969Arboga matchB80 Sicilian, Scheveningen
22. Andersson vs O Alfredsson 1-0201969Swedish ChampionshipB77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
23. B Ekenberg vs Andersson 1-0631969Swedish ChampionshipA02 Bird's Opening
24. Andersson vs L Ljungquist  ½-½371969Swedish ChampionshipB09 Pirc, Austrian Attack
25. Andersson vs B Horberg 1-0281969Swedish ChampionshipB15 Caro-Kann
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Mar-01-05  Whitehat1963: Andersson was player of the day only 15 days ago. What's up with that?
Mar-01-05  aw1988: We all love Ulf.
Mar-01-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  IMlday: Back at Wijk aan Zee, 1970 Ulf and I were the juniors in the reserve section which he won easily. Between rounds we worked as a foosball team at the table game, evolving a tricky strategy for when the goalie has the ball. Sufficient slow motion maneuvering with the forwards could give the goalie a clear direct shot on the opponents goal. We scored a lot like that.
Mar-01-05  Najkid: Ulf Andersson was a great asset to chess and still is he was an unbelievable tactician and played some of the best game ever seen,however my favourite for all-out excitement is Mikhail Tal he was the first player at that level to ever do anything so ridiculous as to go into a 50-50 endgame when he had forced mate in three!!Apparently it wasn't very pleasing from his aesthetic point of view!!
Mar-14-05  Volmac: Ulf himself once picked F Olafsson vs Ulf Andersson, 1972 as his most memorable game.
Mar-14-05  MoonlitKnight: A typical Andersson game. His opponent fell asleep and lost on time. :-)
Mar-14-05  Volmac: A most unfair description. The game was adjourned three times so the players had plenty of time to analyze it. Ulf could see the upcoming endgame structure (better for him) as early as move 14.
Mar-17-05  MoonlitKnight: <Volmac> I know. It was just a joke to tease you Swedes.
Apr-01-05  babakova: Det är lite synd att Ulf har gått i halvpension och mest spelar 1 min på ICC, vore soft med en publicitetsmatch mellan honom och Anatolij Karpov!
Apr-01-05  hintza: <babakova> I understand the part about Ulf playing 1-minute games on the ICC, but what is this about Karpov? I know very little Swedish unfortunately.
Apr-01-05  babakova: Ah Ill do it a bit more international; Maybe it could be nice to have Andersson play Karpov in some publicity match, for old times sake?
Apr-01-05  hintza: <babakova> Hej, och tack!

That is practically as far as my Swedish goes!

It would be a nice match, yes.

Apr-08-05  Volmac: Another idea would be a team match 3 rounds with Karpov, Timman and Andersson (they are all three born in 1951) vs Carlsen, Karjakin and Nakamura (the future champions according to Kasparov).
Apr-22-05  babakova: That is actually quite interesting! If I were to predict the final standings : 1.Nakamura 2.Karpov 3.Karjakin 4.Timman 5.Andersson 6.Carlsen. I figured Andersson would probably draw and lose some game and uhm... Im not sure if Timman and Carlsen should switch place, depends on form.
Apr-24-05  Karpova: <babakova>
final standings:
1.karpov
2.nakamura
3.karjakin
4.timman
5.carlsen
6.andersson
Apr-24-05  babakova: I dont think Andersson would take last place, he is simply too solid and any of the other players is very likely to produce a disastrous result, hence finishing below Uffe.
Apr-25-05  Karpova: <babakova: I figured Andersson would probably draw and lose some game>

this is enough to end up last place.

Apr-25-05  babakova: I changed my mind. All play all once, 5 rounds: 1. Nakamura 4 points 2.Karpov 3 points 3.Timman 3 points 4.Karjakin 2 points 5.Andersson 2 points 6.Carlsen 0.5 points.
Jun-28-05  Appaz: 9/9 draws for Andersson in Warsaw.

A Leko-score is within reach!

Jun-28-05  Appaz: ...only to spoil it all by beating Lopez Martinez Josep Manuel.

Andersson is +1 with 3 rounds to go, and could end up with a very decent result.

Some players may be desperate to win at the end of the tournament, trying to qualify, and pushing hard against Uffe may easily backfire.

Jun-28-05  horror: This has anything to do with the tournament in Warsaw, but Ulf has actually LOST one correspondence game (against Hans-Marcus Elwert, ranked #6 in the world):

QUEEN&#8217;SGAMBITDECLINED [D56]
W: Ulf Andersson (2805)
B: Hans-Marcus Elwert (2681)
Millennium E-mail Tournament, 1999

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7
5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 0-0 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3
dxc4 12. Rxc4 Nd7 13. Bb1 e5 14. 0-0
exd4 15. Nxd4 Nf6 16. Qc2 Re8 17. h3
Bd7 18. Re1 Rac8 19. e4 c5 20. Nf3 Nh7
21. Rc3 b6 22. e5 Nf8 23. Nd2 Rcd8 24.
Rce3 Bf5 25. Qc1 Bxb1 26. Nxb1 Qe6
27. Nc3 Ng6 28. Re4 Rd4 29. f4 Red8 30.
R1e2 h5 31. Rf2 Rxe4 32. Nxe4 Rd4 33.
Qb1 Nxf4 34. Rxf4 Qxe5, White resigns.

Jun-28-05  Appaz: Quite high correspondence rating, so this must one of his few losses. How unfair of you!
:)
Jun-29-05  suenteus po 147: <acirce> & others: Are there any particularly beautiful or fascinating draws by Andersson here in the database? I want to spend some time adding to my draw collection and since Andersson has so many draws I was figuring he would have some especially pretty or amazing ones. Any help and suggestions are greatly appreciated!
Jun-29-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  keypusher: Kasparov vs Ulf Andersson, 1981

is a possibility. See notes <acirce> attached to the game, too.

Jun-29-05
Premium Chessgames Member
  keypusher: Here is another.

Beliavsky vs Ulf Andersson, 1982

After 25 moves it looks like Andersson is about to get mated. He escapes into a double-rook + opposite color bishop ending a pawn down, but thereafter so completely outplays Beliavsky that white is happy to give two pawns back! But Andersson is unable to win, though the game lasts over 100 moves.

Beliavsky and Andersson were contenders for the second qualifying spot at this interzonal (Kasparov easily got the first spot). Had Andersson managed to win this game, he rather than Beliavsky might have reached the candidates matches.

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