Ralf Åkesson

Ralf Åkesson (born 8 February 1961[1]) is a Swedish chess player. He was awarded by FIDE the titles of International Master (IM) in 1981 and Grandmaster (GM) in 1995.

Ralf Åkesson
Ralf Åkesson, Stockholm 2009
CountrySweden
Born (1961-02-08) 8 February 1961
Oxelösund, Sweden
TitleGrandmaster (1985)
FIDE rating2392 (July 2020)
Peak rating2535 (July 1999)

Åkesson war born in Oxelösund. He won the 1980/1981 European Junior Chess Championship (U20) in Groningen.[2] In 1985 and 1999 he won the Swedish Chess Championship.[3] Tournament victories include the Grandmaster Group in Gausdal in 2001, 2003/04 Rilton Cup in Stockholm, GM B Group of the Gausdal Classics tournament[4] and the Open of the Marx György Memorial in Paks[5] in 2005. He tied for first place with Stanislav Novikov, Batuhan Dastan, Hagen Poetsch, Alexey Kim, Jonathan Hawkins and Kacper Drozdowski in the 18th Vienna Open in 2013.[6] In 2015, Åkesson won the Malmö Open, which consists of four rounds of rapid chess and three of standard chess, with a score of 6.5/7.[7] In 2015, he tied 2nd-5th place with Drazen Dragicevic, Yuri Solodovnichenko, and Erik Blomqvist in the Elite Hotels Open.[8]

He took part in three Chess Olympiads for the Swedish national team (1996, 1998 and 2000) with altogether 15 points in 28 games (+9, =12, −7).[9] He achieved his highest rating, 2535, in July 1999.[10]

In Sweden, he plays for the club Västerås SK[11] and for the club Södra SS, and in Belgium for Leuven Centraal.[12]

References
  1. Rating data for player Åkesson, Ralf, (SWE)
  2. ECU handbook, pages 122 and 123
  3. "Sveriges Schackförbund" (in Swedish). Swedish Chess federation. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  4. FIDE Online. Archive - Tournament report July 2005
  5. "FIDE Online. Archive - Tournament report October 2005". FIDE. 14 June 2005. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  6. "Seven players share first place in Vienna Chess Open". Chessdom. 27 August 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  7. "GM Ralf Åkesson wins Malmo Chess Open 2015". Chessdom. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  8. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Elite Hotels Open 2015". chess-results.com. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  9. Wojciech Bartelski. "Men's Chess Olympiads - Ralf Åkesson". OlimpBase. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  10. Mark Crowther: The Week in Chess 249 - 16 August 1999.
  11. "Ranking List of the Västerås SK". Vasterasschack.se. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  12. Members of Leuven Centraal: Onze leden.
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