Karl Mathias Berndtsson Kullberg (16 March 1892 – 29 September 1943) was a Swedish chess master who was born and died in Göteborg.
He won at Copenhagen 1916,[1] and lost a match for the Swedish Chess Championship to Gustaf Nyholm (1½–3½) in 1917. He was first in the national tournaments in 1918, 1920, 1921 (jointly), and 1926. He took 14th at Göteborg 1920 (Paul Johner won),[2] won Nordic Chess Championship at Oslo 1928,[3] and took 6th at Örebro 1935 (Alexander Alekhine won).[4]
Berndtsson played for Sweden in three Chess Olympiads:
- In the 3rd Olympiad at Hamburg 1930 (+7−7=2);
- In the 4th Olympiad at Prague 1931 (+5−5=8);
- In the 5th Olympiad at Folkestone 1933 (+6−3=5);
and won team bronze medal in 1933.[5]
References edit
- ^ La grande storia degli scacchi :: Kopenhagen 1916, Campionato nordico 1 classe
- ^ Goteborg B, 1920 crosstable
- ^ Nordic Champions 1897-1997 Archived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Orebro 1935 crosstable Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Men's Chess Olympiads: Karl Berndtsson-Kullberg". OlimpBase. Retrieved 27 May 2011.
External links edit
- Karl Berndtsson player profile and games at Chessgames.com
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