Ralf Åkesson Explained

Ralf Åkesson
Country:Sweden
Birth Date:1961 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Oxelösund, Sweden
Rating:2369 (March 2024)
Peakrating:2535 (July 1999)
Fideid:1700120

Ralf Åkesson (born 8 February 1961[1]) is a Swedish chess player. He was awarded by FIDE the titles of International Master (IM) in 1981 and Grandmaster (GM) in 1995, and by ICCF the title of Senior International Correspondence Master (SIM) in 2004.[2]

Biography

Åkesson was born in Oxelösund. He won the 1980/1981 European Junior Chess Championship (U20) in Groningen.[3] In 1985 and 1999 he won the Swedish Chess Championship.[4] Tournament victories include the Grandmaster Group in Gausdal in 2001, 2003/04 Rilton Cup in Stockholm, GM B Group of the Gausdal Classics tournament[5] and the Open of the Marx György Memorial in Paks[6] in 2005. He tied for first place with Stanislav Novikov, Batuhan Dastan, Hagen Poetsch, Alexey Kim, Jonathan Hawkins and Kacper Drozdowski in the 18th Vienna Open in 2013.[7] In 2015, Åkesson won the Malmö Open, which consists of four rounds of rapid chess and three of standard chess, with a score of 6.5/7.[8] In 2015, he tied 2nd-5th place with Drazen Dragicevic, Yuri Solodovnichenko, and Erik Blomqvist in the Elite Hotels Open.[9]

He took part in three Chess Olympiads for the Swedish national team (1996, 1998 and 2000) with altogether 15 points in 28 games (+9, =12, −7).[10] He achieved his highest rating, 2535, in July 1999.[11]

In Sweden, he plays for the club Västerås SK[12] and for the club Södra SS, and in Belgium for Dutch; Flemish: Leuven Centraal.[13]

References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20070903083328/http://chess.vrsac.com/search/player_e.asp?FC=1700120 Rating data for player Åkesson, Ralf, (SWE)
  2. https://www.iccf.com/player?id=450306 ICCF Profile
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20120207083715/http://www.schachbund.de/downloads/ecu/ecu-handbuch_2007_p122-123.jpg ECU handbook, pages 122 and 123
  4. Web site: Sveriges Schackförbund . Swedish Chess federation . 2012-01-06 . Swedish.
  5. http://ratings.fide.com/tournament_report.phtml?event16=31515&t=0 FIDE Online. Archive - Tournament report July 2005
  6. Web site: FIDE Online. Archive - Tournament report October 2005 . FIDE . 2005-06-14 . 2012-01-06.
  7. Web site: Seven players share first place in Vienna Chess Open . Chessdom . 9 April 2016 . 2013-08-27 . 25 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160325163910/http://www.chessdom.com/seven-players-share-first-place-in-vienna-chess-open/ . dead .
  8. Web site: GM Ralf Åkesson wins Malmo Chess Open 2015 . 21 December 2015 . Chessdom . 22 December 2015.
  9. Web site: Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Elite Hotels Open 2015 . 2020-07-08 . chess-results.com.
  10. Web site: Wojciech Bartelski . Men's Chess Olympiads - Ralf Åkesson . OlimpBase . 2012-01-06.
  11. Mark Crowther: The Week in Chess 249 - 16 August 1999.
  12. Web site: Ranking List of the Västerås SK . Vasterasschack.se . 2012-01-06.
  13. Dutch; Flemish: Members of Leuven Centraal

    Dutch; Flemish: Onze leden.