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Harry Kongshavn

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Harry Kongshavn
CountryNorway
Born(1899-02-23)23 February 1899
Hidra, Norway
Died1969 or 1970

Harry Kongshavn (23 February 1899 – 17 December 1969) was a Norwegian chess player, Norwegian Chess Championship winner (1951).

Biography

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Harry Kongshavn was born in Hidra as the son of a fisherman. He worked as an electrician at Elektrisk Bureau, and built illegal radios in Oslo during the Second World War as a member of the Norwegian resistance group Wiedswang.

In the late 1940s and begin 1950s, Harry Kongshavn was one of the leading Norwegian chess players. In 1951, he won Norwegian Chess Championship.[1]

Harry Kongshavn played for Norway in the Chess Olympiad:[2]

He died at age 70.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Tidligere-vinnere av NM". www.sjakk.net.
  2. ^ "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Harry Kongshavn". www.olimpbase.org.
  3. ^ Death announcement, Aftenposten 19 December 1969, p. 19
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