Folke Ekström (12 October 1906, Lund – 25 January 2000) was a Swedish International Master (IM) of chess and of Correspondence chess (IMC). Events 539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting (lɵnd is a city in the province of Scania, southern Sweden. The town has 76188 inhabitants out of a muncipal total of 105000 Events 41 - After a night of negotiation Claudius is accepted as Roman Emperor by the Senate 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. The title International Master is awarded to outstanding Chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. Chess is a recreational and competitive Game played between two players. Correspondence chess is Chess played by various forms of long-distance correspondence usually through a Correspondence chess server, through email or by [1]
Biography
Ekström was active in high-level national Swedish and international chess during a short period of about five years in the mid-1940s, with some very impressive successes. He won at Stockholm 1942, tied with Stig Lundholm, ahead of both Gösta Stoltz and Erik Lundin, both of whom became Grandmasters later on. ('stɔkhɔlm is Sweden 's Capital and its largest City. It is the site of the national Swedish government, the parliament, and the Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gösta Stoltz ( May 9 1904 – July 25 1963) was a Swedish Chess grandmaster. Erik Lundin ( 2 July 1904 – 5 December 1988) a Swedish Chess master The title Grandmaster is awarded to extremely strong Chess masters by the world chess organization FIDE. Then at Stockholm 1943–44, he won ahead of Stoltz. Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ekström lost a 1944 match to the world-class Grandmaster Paul Keres by 5–1, following Keres' 'hors concours' appearance at the 1944 Swedish Championship, where he had placed second. Paul Keres ( January 7, 1916 – June 5, 1975) was an Estonian Chess grandmaster. The first Swedish Champion was Gustaf Nyholm who won two matches against winners of national tournaments Berndtsson in Göteborg and Löwenborg in Stockholm in 1917
Ekström then finished second himself at the strong Hastings 1945–46 tournament, just half a point behind Grandmaster Savielly Tartakower, with a score of 9/11. The Hastings International Chess Congress is an annual Chess congress which takes place in Hastings, England, around the turn of the year Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ksawery Tartakower (Russian Савелий Григорьевич Тартаковер generally known as Saviely or Savielly Tartakower in English less often This was ahead of former World Champion Max Euwe, American champion Arnold Denker, and American Olympian Herman Steiner, who all trailed well behind with 7 points. See also Development of the World Chess Championship The World Chess Championship is played to determine the World Champion in the Board game Chess Machgielis (Max Euwe (last name is pronounced /øwə/ ( May 20, 1901 – November 26, 1981) was a Dutch Chess Grandmaster The US Chess Championship is an invitational tournament held to determine the national Chess champion Arnold Sheldon Denker ( February 20 1914 – January 2 2005) was an American Chess player a Grandmaster Herman Steiner ( April 15 1905 – November 25 1955) was a US At Zaandam 1946, Ekström shared second with László Szabó, an eventual nine-time Hungarian champion and three time Candidate, with 8. Zaandam ( is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is the main city of the municipality of Zaanstad, and received city rights László Szabó ( March 19, 1917 – August 8, 1998) was a prominent Hungarian Grandmaster of Chess. The inaugural Hungarian Chess Championship was held in the city of Györ in 1906 A candidate is the prospective recipient of an Award or honor or a person seeking or being considered for some kind of position for example to be elected 5/11. The winner was Euwe, who made 9. 5/11. Swedish Olympian Stoltz was next with 8. Then, at Stockholm 1946–47, Ekström tied for first with Lundin. ('stɔkhɔlm is Sweden 's Capital and its largest City. It is the site of the national Swedish government, the parliament, and the Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. They scored 7/9, ahead of (among others) Swedish Olympian Gösta Danielsson and Finnish champion Eero Böök, who shared third with 6. Gösta Danielsson ( 24 June 1912, Helenelund – 17 October 1978, Knivsta) was a Swedish Chess master Eero Einar Böök ( February 9, 1910 – January 7, 1990) was a Finnish Chess player and Engineer.
Other than a couple of minor Swedish team events, this seems to be the recorded extent of Ekström's competitive chess career in over-the-board play. He never represented Sweden in Chess Olympiad competition, although he very well could have, based upon his successes, as he was finishing ahead of team members in tournaments. The Chess Olympiad is a Biennial Chess tournament in which teams from all over the world compete against each other
The website chessmetrics. Chessmetrics is a system for rating Chess players devised by Jeff Sonas. com, which endeavours to rate historical chess performances and players from the times before International chess ratings were established in 1970, puts Ekström at #9 in the world, with a rating of 2714, in January 1947. The Elo rating system is a method for calculating the relative skill levels of players in two-player games such as Chess and Go. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This is in the super-grandmaster range. The chessmetrics data does not incorporate his two Stockholm successes of 1942 and 1943–44. This estimate, which is based upon less data than the chessmetrics ratings of other top players of that time, may be a bit on the generous side, considering his one-sided 1944 loss to Keres, who was an undoubted top five player.
Ekström was awarded the International Master title by FIDE, the World Chess Federation, in 1950. Fédération Internationale des Échecs or World Chess Federation is an international organization that connects the various national Chess federations around the Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He played correspondence chess with success as well, earning the IMC title in 1971. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar.
The Ekström Variation of the Queen's Gambit Declined is named for him. The Queen's Gambit Declined (QGD is a Chess opening characterized by the opening moves 1 It runs 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. exf6 gxh4 10. Ne5.
A selection of 65 of Ekström's games can be found at chessbase. com.
References
- ^ Minneskrönika: Folke Ekström (Swedish)
External links
- Chessbase.com
- Chessmetrics. com: Folke Ekström
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