Jens Kristiansen

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Jens Kristiansen
Country Denmark
Born25 May 1952 (1952-05-25) (age 73)
Copenhagen, Denmark
Title Grandmaster (2012)
Peak rating 2480 (January 1987)

Jens Kristiansen (born 25 May 1952) is a Danish chess player. He earned the FIDE title of Grandmaster (GM) in 2012 by winning the World Seniors Chess Championship, [1] prior to which he had been an International Master (IM) since 1979. [2]

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Born in Copenhagen, Kristiansen is a three-time national Danish champion (1979, 1982 and 1995) and has represented Denmark four times at the Chess Olympiads between 1978 and 1990. In 2013, Kristiansen shared first place with Anatoly Vaisser at the World Seniors Championship, taking the silver medal on tiebreak score. [3] [4]

FIDE ratings

Elo development [5]

References

  1. ↑ "IM Jens Kristiansen and WGM Galina Strutinskaya are World Senior Chess Champions 2012". WorldSeniors2012.Chessdom.com. 25 November 2012. Archived from the original on 30 November 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  2. ↑ "Kristiansen, Jens". FIDE.com . Retrieved 16 January 2022.
  3. ↑ Silver, Albert (30 November 2013). "2013 World Senior won by Vaisser and Ankudinova". ChessBase.com. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  4. ↑ "Yelena Ankudinova and Anatoly Vaisser are FIDE World Senior Champions". Chessdom.com. 24 November 2013. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  5. ↑ Numbers according to FIDE Elo lists. Data sources: FIDE (period since 2001), OlimpBase (period 1971 to 2001)
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