Lars-Åke Schneider (born 10 July 1955) is a Swedish chess International Master (IM) (1976), four time Swedish Chess Championship winner (1979, 1982, 1983, 1986).

Lars-Åke Schneider
CountrySweden
Born (1955-07-10) 10 July 1955 (age 69)
Stockholm, Sweden
TitleInternational Master (1976)
Peak rating2475 (July 1988)

Biography

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From the mid-1970s to the mid-1990s, Lars-Åke Schneider belonged among the top Swedish chess players. He four times won Swedish Chess Championship: 1979, 1982, 1983 and 1986. Also Lars-Åke Schneider twice won silver medals in the national championship (1990, 1991) and bronze medals once (1989).

Lars-Åke Schneider successes on the International Chess tournaments include, among others:

Lars-Åke Schneider played for Sweden in the Chess Olympiads:[1]

Lars-Åke Schneider played for Sweden in the European Team Chess Championship:[2]

  • In 1980, at third board in the 7th European Team Chess Championship in Skara (+1, =4, -2).

Lars-Åke Schneider played for Sweden in the Nordic Chess Cup:[3]

  • In 1975, at third board in the 6th Nordic Chess Cup in Hindås (+1, =1, -3),
  • In 1976, at fourth board in the 7th Nordic Chess Cup in Bremen (+1, =1, -3),
  • In 1983, at second board in the 9th Nordic Chess Cup in Oslo (+2, =4, -1) and won team bronze medal.

In 1976, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title.

References

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  1. ^ "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Lars-Åke Schneider". www.olimpbase.org.
  2. ^ "OlimpBase :: European Men's Team Chess Championship :: Lars-Åke Schneider". www.olimpbase.org.
  3. ^ "OlimpBase :: Nordic Chess Cup :: Lars-Åke Schneider". www.olimpbase.org.
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