Lars Hanssen (chess player)

Lars Hanssen (30 August 1903 – 1940) was a Norwegian chess player and chess composer, Norwegian Chess Championship silver medalist (1926, 1932).

Lars Hanssen
CountryNorway
Born(1903-08-30)30 August 1903
Trondheim, Norway
Died1940

Biography

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In the 1930s Lars Hanssen was one of the leading Norwegian chess players. He twice won silver medal in the Norwegian Chess Championship: in 1926 and 1932.[1] In 1930, he won minor tournament in Nordic Chess Championship. In 1936, Lars Hanssen with chess club Schakklubben av 1911 won Norwegian Team Chess Championship.

Lars Hanssen played for Norway in the Chess Olympiad:[2]

Chess composition

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L. Hanssen

"Fodor Illustrations-Verlag", 1930,
1st prize

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White to move and win

His main achievement in chess composition is the victory in the competition of etudes of the magazine Fodor Illustrations-Verlag (1930). Then Hansssen managed to get ahead, in particular, Leonid Kubbel.

Solution: 1. Nd6 (threatens 2. Nc8). 1... Nf4 2. d5 Rg8 3. Ne8 Rxg2+ 4. Kh1, and White win.

References

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  1. ^ "Tidligere-vinnere av NM". www.sjakk.net.
  2. ^ "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: L. Hansen". www.olimpbase.org.
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