Lars Karlsson (chess player)
Lars Karlsson is a Swedish chess grandmaster, Swedish Chess Championship winner.Biography
From the late 1970s to the mid-1990s, Karlsson belonged to the top Swedish chess players.
In 1992 he won the Swedish Chess Championship. Karlsson won silver medals in the national championship twice and a bronze medal once. In 1982 in Las Palmas he participated in the World Chess Championship Interzonal Tournament and ranked in 11th place.
Karlsson has appeared in many international chess tournaments, winning or sharing first place, including in Stockholm, Malmö, Hradec Králové, Silkeborg, Esbjerg, Niš, Eksjö, Helsinki, Hastings, Jönköping, Oslo, Copenhagen, Hallsberg, Stockholm and Barcelona.
Lars Karlsson played for Sweden in the Chess Olympiads:
Lars Karlsson played for Sweden in the European Team Chess Championships:
Lars Karlsson played for Sweden in the Nordic Chess Cup:
- In 1985, at first board in the 10th Nordic Chess Cup in Pohja and won team bronze medal,
- In 1987, at first board in the 11th Nordic Chess Cup in Słupsk and won team and individual gold medals.
In 1979, he was awarded the FIDE International Master title and received the FIDE Grandmaster title three years later.
