Christian Poulsen (Rind, 16 August 1912 – 19 April 1981) was a Danish

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master. Poulsen worked on a farm in Denmark from the age of seven with his brothers, and never attended any kind of formal schooling. At a young age, he helped with efforts to make the usually infertile land of Jutland suitable for farming. He married a Swedish women with the last name of Hallgren, and had a son with her, who took the name of Øjvin Hallgren. He won twice in

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(1945, 1952), and thrice shared 1st but lost playoff matches for the title in 1939, 1940, and 1951. Poulsen represented Denmark in

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at Munich 1936, and five times in official

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(1937, 1939, 1950, 1952, 1956). He also played in several friendly matches; Scandinavia vs. Germany (Bremen 1938), Denmark vs. Norway (Oslo 1947, Oslo 1952), and Denmark vs. Sweden (Saltsjöbaden 1948, Copenhagen 1949). He tied for 5-6th at Beverwijk 1951 (the Hoogovens tournament,

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won), and tied for 4-5th at Viborg ''Jubilee'' 1957 (

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won).Chessmetrics Player Profile :: Christian Poulsen

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1912 births 1981 deaths Chess Olympiad competitors 20th-century Danish chess players {{Denmark-chess-bio-stub