Bengt Ekenberg Explained

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.

Notes and References

1. http://www.ara.org.ar/chs/ajedrez/perlas/piriapolise.html Passengers of the Piriápolis
2. Web site: Sverigemästare . PDF . 2012-01-06 . 2007-09-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927222659/http://www.schack.se/RK/ssfparm2003-05-20.pdf . dead .
3. http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables6.htm Roger Paige Chess Site - 1935
4. http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables7.htm Roger Paige Chess Site - 1936
5. http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/tables9.htm Roger Paige Chess Site - 1938
6. http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/Tables%2014.htm Roger Paige Chess Site - 1943
7. http://www.rogerpaige.me.uk/Tables%2015.htm Roger Paige Chess Site - 1944
8. Web site: Wojciech Bartelski . OlimpBase 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad, Munich 1936 . Olimpbase.org . 2012-01-06.
9. Web site: Wojciech Bartelski . OlimpBase 8th Chess Olympiad, Buenos Aires 1939 . Olimpbase.org . 2012-01-06.
10. Web site: Wojciech Bartelski . Friendly matches . OlimpBase . 2012-01-06.