Jens Kristiansen Explained

Country:	Denmark
Birth Place:	Copenhagen, Denmark
Grandmaster (2012)
Peakrating:	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]

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: IM Jens Kristiansen and WGM Galina Strutinskaya are World Senior Chess Champions 2012 . 2012-11-25 . WorldSeniors2012.Chessdom.com . 2020-08-07.
2. Web site: Kristiansen, Jens . . 16 January 2022.
3. Web site: Silver . Albert . 2013-11-30 . 2013 World Senior won by Vaisser and Ankudinova . ChessBase.com . 2020-08-07.
4. Web site: Yelena Ankudinova and Anatoly Vaisser are FIDE World Senior Champions . 2013-11-24 . Chessdom.com . 2020-08-07.