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Eric Jonsson

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Eric Jonsson
CountrySweden
Born(1903-10-01)1 October 1903
Died1974 (aged 70–71)

Eric Jonsson (1 October 1903 – 1974) was a Swedish chess player.

Biography

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Eric Jonsson was one of Sweden’s strongest chess players in the 1920s and 1930s. He was six-time Gothenburg chess champion (1925, 1926, 1928, 1935, 1936 and 1942). In 1937, Eric Jonsson played a small demonstration match with Reuben Fine (as part of the tour of the American chess grandmaster in Sweden) - ½: 1½. In 1948, with the Swedish national team, he participated in a number of international chess matches with the teams of Denmark and Norway.

Eric Jonsson has played for Sweden in the Chess Olympiads:[1]

References

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  1. ^ "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Eric Jonsson". www.olimpbase.org.
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