Alfred Christensen (chess player)

Alfred Christensen
Alfred Christensen
Full name	Alfred August Christensen
Country	Denmark
Born	August 16, 1905
Died	1974 (aged 68–69)

Alfred August Christensen (August 16, 1905 – 1974) was a Danish chess player.

Biography

He participated in Danish Chess Championship in 1935, 1936, 1939, and 1942.

Alfred Christensen played for Denmark in Chess Olympiads:

In 1936, at seventh board in 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad in Munich (+11 –4 =4) and won individual silver medal;^[1]
In 1939, at third board in 8th Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires (+5 –9 =5).^[2]

Christensen was a chess writer. In 1943 he published the book "I Caissas Tjeneste" where he annotated his games played between 1934 and 1942.^[3] He also co-authored with Bjørn Nielsen the chess textbook "Alt om Skak" (Odense, 1943).^[4]

References

External links

Alfred August Christensen player profile and games at Chessgames.com
Alfred August Christensen chess games at 365Chess.com

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[1] OlimpBase :: unofficial Chess Olympiads :: Alfred Christensen

[2] OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Alfred Christensen

[3] I Caissas Tjeneste

[4] Alt om Skak

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