Sture Lindquist (10 November 1910 – 1978) was a
Swedish
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chess
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player.
Biography
Sture Lindquist was one of Sweden's strongest chess players from the 1930s to the 1950s. Participant of the official and unofficial
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 ...
s.
Sture Lindquist 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 ...
:
* In 1950, at first 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 ...
in
Dubrovnik
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(+1, =2, -2).
References
External links
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Sture Lindquistchess games at 365chess.com
1910 births
1978 deaths
Swedish chess players
Chess Olympiad competitors
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