Bengt Ekenberg

Bengt August Edvard Ekenberg (27 June 1912 in Gothenburg^[1] – 17 August 1986) was a Swedish chess master.

He twice won the Swedish Chess Championship at Malmö 1943 and Örnsköldsvik 1962.^[2] In other tournaments, he tied for 7–8th at Örebro 1935 (Alexander Alekhine won),^[3] took 2nd, behind Ernst Larsson, at Borås 1936,^[4] took 2nd, behind Gösta Stoltz, at Stockholm 1938,^[5] tied for 5–6th at Stockholm 1943/44 (Folke Ekström won),^[6] took 3rd, behind Stig Lundholm and Paul Keres, at Linköping 1944 (SWE-ch).^[7]

He represented Sweden in 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad at Munich 1936 ^[8] and the 8th Chess Olympiad at Buenos Aires 1939.^[9] He also played in friendly matches: Sweden vs. Denmark (1948, 1949, 1953), Finland (1948), Norway (1948), Yugoslavia (1950), and Poland (1967).^[10]

He twice won the Swedish Senior Chess Championship in 1978 and 1979.

References

1. Passengers of the Piriápolis
2. "Sverigemästare" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
3. Roger Paige Chess Site - 1935 Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
4. Roger Paige Chess Site - 1936 Archived 2009-12-08 at the Wayback Machine
5. Roger Paige Chess Site - 1938 Archived 2010-12-15 at the Wayback Machine
6. Roger Paige Chess Site - 1943 Archived 2007-02-22 at the Wayback Machine
7. Roger Paige Chess Site - 1944 Archived 2009-01-03 at the Wayback Machine
8. Wojciech Bartelski. "OlimpBase 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad, Munich 1936". Olimpbase.org. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
9. Wojciech Bartelski. "OlimpBase 8th Chess Olympiad, Buenos Aires 1939". Olimpbase.org. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
10. Wojciech Bartelski. "Friendly matches". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2012-01-06.

External links

• Bengt Ekenberg player profile and games at Chessgames.com