Orla Hermann Krause

Orla Hermann Krause (3 November 1867 – 28 September 1935) was a Danish chess master and analyst.

Orla Hermann Krause
Full nameOrla Hermann Krause
Country Denmark
Born(1867-11-03)November 3, 1867
DiedSeptember 28, 1935(1935-09-28) (aged 67)

He took 2nd, behind Andreas Rosendahl, at Copenhagen 1895, took 2nd at Copenhagen 1899 (the 2nd Nordic Championship, Jorgen Moeller won), took 5th at Copenhagen 1907 (the 7th Nordic-ch, Paul Saladin Leonhardt won), shared 2nd, behind Paul Johner at Copenhagen 1916 (the 9th Nordic-ch),[1] tied for 4-8th at Copenhagen 1924 (the 12th Nordic-ch, Aron Nimzowitsch won), and tied for 5-8th at Copenhagen 1934 (the 16th Nordic-ch, Nimzowitsch won).[2]

Krause played for Denmark at first board (+4 –5 =6) in the 1st Chess Olympiad at London 1927, and won team silver medal there.[3]

His name is attached to the Krause Variation in the Queen's Pawn Opening (1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5!?).[4] He found many new ideas in the Slav Defense in the 1920s (among others: 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4!?).[5]

References
  1. Welcome to the Chessmetrics site
  2. GER-ch 2nd Aachen 1934 Archived December 15, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  3. OlimpBase :: 1st Chess Olympiad, London 1927, information
  4. 2001 Championship Story
  5. washingtonpost.com: CHESS Lubomir Kavalek


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