Karl Ruben

Karl Ruben (4 August 1903 – 28 October 1938)[1] was a Danish chess master.[2]

He won a match against Johannes Pedersen (1.5–0.5) at Aalborg 1927,[3] tied for 2nd-3rd in Danish Championship at Vordingborg 1927 (Erik Andersen won), shared 2nd at Copenhagen 1927 (Politiken, Géza Maróczy won),[4] tied for 5-6th at Copenhagen 1928 (Aron Nimzowitsch won), tied for 7-9th at Svendborg 1930 (DEN-ch, Andersen won),[5] and won a simultan game against Alexander Alekhine at Copenhagen 1930.[6]

Ruben played four times for Denmark in Chess Olympiads in 1927, 1928, 1930, 1931, and won team silver medal at London 1927.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Annals of the Danish Club of Chess Problems, 1938" (PDF). Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  2. ^ http://www.chesslive.de/scripts/server.dll?
  3. ^ "Welcome to the Chessmetrics site". www.chessmetrics.com. Archived from the original on April 14, 2006.
  4. ^ "Viking Chess". Archived from the original on 2007-09-06. Retrieved 2008-03-30.
  5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-07-04. Retrieved 2007-07-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01
  6. ^ "Alexander Alekhine vs Karl Ruben (1930)".
  7. ^ OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess
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