Olof Kinnmark

Olof Kinnmark (born 29 March 1897 – died 18 February 1970) was a Swedish chess master.

He won a tournament at Trollhättan 1925 (Swedish Chess Championship), took 3rd at Karlskrona 1932, and took 12th in Nordic Chess Championship at Copenhagen 1934 (Aron Nimzowitsch won).^[1] Kinnmark represented Sweden in 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad at Munich 1936 (+4 =3 –6).^[2]

During World War II, he participated in European Individual Chess Championship (Europameisterschaft, Wertungsturnier – Qualification Tournament, Gösta Danielsson won) at Munich 1942,^[3][4] and Swedish championships at Lidköping 1944 (Stig Lundholm won). After the war, he played at Helsinki 1947 (zonal, Gösta Stoltz and Eero Böök won).^[5]

References

1. ^ Stadgar Schackregler Tävlingsbestämmelser MM, Nordenmästere
2. ^ OlimpBase :: unofficial Chess Olympiad, Munich 1936
3. ^ Roger Paige's Chess Site - 1942
4. ^ Nedjeljni Vjesnik, Kronologija Hrvatskoga Šaha
5. ^ 365Chess.com - Olof Kinnmark

External links

• Olof Kinnmark player profile at ChessGames.com

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Name	Kinnmark, Olof
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Date of birth	29 March 1897
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Date of death	18 February 1970
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