Åke Stenborg (27 February 1926 – 4 April 2010) was a

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chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to dist ...

player,

Swedish Chess Championship 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. Up until 1931 Swedish Chess Championships decided by match play. In the 1930s, Gi ...

winner (1956).

Biography

Åke Stenborg was born in the town of Torshälla, but he lived most of his life in Eskilstuna. He was a multiple champion of the city chess club. In

s Åke Stenborg has won gold (1956) medal. Despite serious sporting achievements, Stenborg was an amateur chess player and acted in competitions in his free time. Åke Stenborg received an engineering education and worked first in the company ''

ASEA ''Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget'' ( English translation: General Swedish Electrical Limited Company; Swedish abbreviation: ASEA) was a Swedish industrial company. History ASEA was founded in 1883 by Ludvig Fredholm in Västerås as ...

'', and then in the company ''

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''. For some time he represented the interests of Bahco in Santa Fe (

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). Åke Stenborg played for Sweden in the

Chess Olympiad The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in 2020 and ...

s: * In 1950, at second reserve board in the

9th Chess Olympiad The 9th Chess Olympiad ( hr, 9. Šahovska olimpijada), organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs, FIDE and comprising an open team tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between Augus ...

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(+3, =0, -3), * In 1956, at second board in the

12th Chess Olympiad The 12th Chess Olympiad (, ''12-ya Shakhmatnaya olimpiada''), organized by the FIDE and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male and female players. team tournament, as well as se ...

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(+2, =9, -3). Åke Stenborg played for Sweden in the

European Team Chess Championship The European Team Championship (often abbreviated in texts and games databases as ''ETC'') is an international team chess event, eligible for the participation of European nations whose chess federations are located in zones 1.1 to 1.9. This more ...

preliminaries: * In 1961, at seventh board in the 2nd European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+0, =1, -3).

References

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Åke Stenborg
chess games at 365chess.com 1926 births 2010 deaths People from Eskilstuna Swedish chess players Chess Olympiad competitors {{Sweden-chess-bio-stub