Jan Svenneby | |
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Country | Norway |
Born | 2 October 1936 |
Died | 15 February 2012 75) | (aged
Jan Ivar Svenneby (2 October 1936 – 15 February 2012) was a Norwegian chess player.
In the end of 1950s and begin of 1960s Jan Svenneby was one of the leading junior Norwegian chess players. In 1955, he won the Norwegian Junior Chess Championship.
Jan Svenneby played for Norway in the Chess Olympiad: [1]
Jan Svenneby also successfully played in correspondence chess tournaments. In 1968, he won 3rd place in 3rd European Correspondence Chess Championship [2]
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