Harry Kongshavn
Harry Kongshavn (23 February 1899 – 17 December 1969) was a Norwegian chess player, Norwegian Chess Championship winner (1951).
Harry Kongshavn | |
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Country | Norway |
Born | Hidra, Norway | 23 February 1899
Died | 1969 or 1970 |
Biography
Harry Kongshavn was born in Hidra as the son of a fisherman. He worked as an electrician at Elektrisk Bureau, and built illegal radios in Oslo during the Second World War as a member of the Norwegian resistance group Wiedswang.
In the late 1940s and begin 1950s, Harry Kongshavn was one of the leading Norwegian chess players. In 1951, he won Norwegian Chess Championship.[1]
Harry Kongshavn played for Norway in the Chess Olympiad:[2]
- In 1950, at fourth board in the 9th Chess Olympiad in Dubrovnik (+3, =0, -7).
He died at age 70.[3]
gollark: One fun spell on the psispellcompendium blinks you about 100 blocks by abusing spell circles and using Sleep to sync all the effects up.
gollark: You can't control direction, though...
gollark: Yep.
gollark: Or for caves blink them around.
gollark: Another cheapish way is to toss mobs up into the sky and then let them experience fall damage.
References
- "Tidligere-vinnere av NM". www.sjakk.net.
- "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Harry Kongshavn". www.olimpbase.org.
- Death announcement, Aftenposten 19 December 1969, p. 19
External links
- Harry Kongshavn player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Harry Kongshavn chess games at 365chess.com
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