Ralf Åkesson

Ralf Åkesson (born 8 February 1961[1]) is a Swedish chess player. He was awarded by FIDE the titles of International Master (IM) in 1981 and Grandmaster (GM) in 1995, and by ICCF the title of Senior International Correspondence Master (SIM) in 2004.[2]

Ralf Åkesson
Åkesson in Stockholm, 2009
CountrySweden
Born (1961-02-08) 8 February 1961
Oxelösund, Sweden
Title
Peak rating2535 (July 1999)

Åkesson was born in Oxelösund. He won the 1980/1981 European Junior Chess Championship (U20) in Groningen.[3] In 1985 and 1999 he won the Swedish Chess Championship.[4] Tournament victories include the Grandmaster Group in Gausdal in 2001, 2003/04 Rilton Cup in Stockholm, GM B Group of the Gausdal Classics tournament[5] and the Open of the Marx György Memorial in Paks[6] in 2005. He tied for first place with Stanislav Novikov, Batuhan Dastan, Hagen Poetsch, Alexey Kim, Jonathan Hawkins and Kacper Drozdowski in the 18th Vienna Open in 2013.[7] In 2015, Åkesson won the Malmö Open, which consists of four rounds of rapid chess and three of standard chess, with a score of 6.5/7.[8] In 2015, he tied 2nd-5th place with Drazen Dragicevic, Yuri Solodovnichenko, and Erik Blomqvist in the Elite Hotels Open.[9]

He took part in three Chess Olympiads for the Swedish national team (1996, 1998 and 2000) with altogether 15 points in 28 games (+9, =12, −7).[10] He achieved his highest rating, 2535, in July 1999.[11]

In Sweden, he plays for the club Västerås SK[12] and for the club Södra SS, and in Belgium for Leuven Centraal.[13]

References
  1. Rating data for player Åkesson, Ralf, (SWE)
  2. ICCF Profile
  3. ECU handbook, pages 122 and 123
  4. "Sveriges Schackförbund" (in Swedish). Swedish Chess federation. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  5. FIDE Online. Archive - Tournament report July 2005
  6. "FIDE Online. Archive - Tournament report October 2005". FIDE. 14 June 2005. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  7. "Seven players share first place in Vienna Chess Open". Chessdom. 27 August 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  8. "GM Ralf Åkesson wins Malmo Chess Open 2015". Chessdom. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  9. "Chess-Results Server Chess-results.com - Elite Hotels Open 2015". chess-results.com. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  10. Wojciech Bartelski. "Men's Chess Olympiads - Ralf Åkesson". OlimpBase. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  11. Mark Crowther: The Week in Chess 249 - 16 August 1999.
  12. "Ranking List of the Västerås SK". Vasterasschack.se. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
  13. Members of Leuven Centraal: Onze leden.
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