Jens Kristiansen (born 25 May 1952) is a

Danish Danish may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark People * A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark * Culture of Denmark * Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish ance ...

chess player. He earned the

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of Grandmaster (GM) in 2012 by winning the World Seniors Chess Championship, prior to which he had been an

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(IM) since 1979. Born in

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

, Kristiansen is a three-time national Danish champion (1979, 1982 and 1995) and he has represented his native country four times at the

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between 1978 and 1990. In 2013, Kristiansen shared first place with

Anatoly Vaisser Anatoly Vaisser (born 5 March 1949) is a Soviet-born French chess player. Awarded the title Grandmaster by FIDE in 1985, he is four-time world seniors' champion. Biography and career Vaisser was born in Almaty, Kazakhstan (then Soviet Union). I ...

in the 2013 World Seniors Championship, taking the silver medal on tiebreak score.

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