Olof Kinnmark

Olof Kinnmark (29 March 1897 – 18 February 1970) was a Swedish chess master.

He won a tournament at Trollhättan 1925 (Swedish Chess Championship), took 3rd at Karlskrona 1932, and took 12th in Nordic Chess Championship at Copenhagen 1934 (Aron Nimzowitsch won).[1] Kinnmark represented Sweden in 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad at Munich 1936 (+4 =3 –6).[2]

During World War II, he participated in European Individual Chess Championship (Europameisterschaft, Wertungsturnier – Qualification Tournament, Gösta Danielsson won) at Munich 1942,[3][4] and Swedish championships at Lidköping 1944 (Stig Lundholm won). After the war, he played at Helsinki 1947 (zonal, Gösta Stoltz and Eero Böök won).[5]

References

  1. ^ "Stadgar Schackregler Tävlingsbestämmelser MM, Nordenmästere" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2010-01-22.
  2. ^ OlimpBase :: unofficial Chess Olympiad, Munich 1936
  3. ^ Roger Paige's Chess Site - 1942 Archived 2007-08-07 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Nedjeljni Vjesnik, Kronologija Hrvatskoga Šaha
  5. ^ 365Chess.com - Olof Kinnmark
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