| Lars Karlsson | |
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 Lars Karlsson in 2009 | |
| Country | Sweden |
| Born | 11 July 1955 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Title | Grandmaster (1982) |
| FIDE rating | 2422 (December 2023) |
| Peak rating | 2550 (January 1985) |
Lars Karlsson (born 11 July 1955) is a Swedish chess grandmaster (1982), Swedish Chess Championship winner (1992).
From the late 1970s to the mid-1990s, Karlsson belonged to the top Swedish chess players. In 1992 he won the Swedish Chess Championship. Karlsson won silver medals in the national championship twice (1979, 1986) and a bronze medal once (1976). In 1982 in Las Palmas he participated in the World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournament and ranked in 11th place. [1]
Karlsson has appeared in many international chess tournaments, winning or sharing first place, including in Stockholm (Rilton Cup tournament, 1977/78), Malmö (1979), Hradec Králové (1979/80 and 1980/81), Silkeborg (1980), Esbjerg (1981, tournament The North Sea Cup ), Niš (1981), Eksjö (1982, together with Lars-Åke Schneider), Helsinki (1983), Hastings (1983/84, together with Jon Speelman), Jönköping (1988), Oslo (1988, together with Jonathan Tisdall and Nigel Davies), Copenhagen (1988, 1989 together with Aleksander Sznapik and Jens Kristiansen), Hallsberg (1997, together with Eduardas Rozentalis), Stockholm (2006, 2007, 2014 [2] ) and Barcelona (2009).
Lars Karlsson played for Sweden in the Chess Olympiads: [3]
Lars Karlsson played for Sweden in the European Team Chess Championships: [4]
Lars Karlsson played for Sweden in the Nordic Chess Cup: [5]
In 1979, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title and received the FIDE Grandmaster (GM) title three years later.
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