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Swedish chess player
Harry Schüssler (born 24 June 1957) is a
Swedish
chess
Grandmaster (GM) (1988), two-time
Swedish Chess Championship winner (1976, 1978),
Chess Olympiad individual silver medal winner (
1980 ).
Biography
From the mid-1970s to the end of the 1980s, Harry Schüssler belonged among the top Swedish chess players.
He achieved his first international success at the turn of 1972/73, taking 3rd place in the traditional junior chess tournament in
Hallsberg . In 1975, in
Tjentište Harry Schüssler represented Sweden in
World Junior Chess Championship and together with
Adam Kuligowski shared 5th-6th place.
[1] He twice won
Swedish Chess Championship : in 1976 and 1978.
Harry Schüssler successes on the International Chess tournaments include, among others:
1st place (1978/79) in Rilton Cup tournament in Stockholm,
1st place (1978) in
Eksjö ,
1st place (1983) in
Gausdal ,
shared 1st place (1986) in
Malmö ,
2nd place in
Reykjavík (1981, in
Nordic Chess Championship , behind
Knut Jøran Helmers ),
shared 2nd place in
Kiel (1979, together with
Włodzimierz Schmidt ),
shared 2nd place in
Hamburg (1980, together with
Bojan Kurajica ),
shared 2nd place in
Copenhagen (1988)
Harry Schüssler played for Sweden in the
Chess Olympiads :
[2]
In 1976, at fourth board in the
22nd Chess Olympiad in
Haifa (+1, =3, -3),
In 1978, at first reserve board in the
23rd Chess Olympiad in
Buenos Aires (+2, =5, -2),
In 1980, at fourth board in the
24th Chess Olympiad in
La Valletta (+5, =3, -1) and won individual silver medal,
In 1982, at second board in the
25th Chess Olympiad in
Lucerne (+1, =7, -1),
In 1984, at fourth board in the
26th Chess Olympiad in
Thessaloniki (+1, =6, -2),
In 1988, at second board in the
28th Chess Olympiad in
Thessaloniki (+1, =5, -2).
Harry Schüssler played for Sweden in the
European Team Chess Championship :
[3]
In 1980, at fifth board in the 7th European Team Chess Championship in
Skara (+0, =1, -3),
In 1989, at second board in the 9th European Team Chess Championship in
Haifa (+1, =6, -1).
Harry Schüssler played for Sweden in the
European Team Chess Championship preliminaries:
[4]
In 1977, at reserve board in the 6th European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+0, =0, -2),
In 1980, at fifth board in the 7th European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+1, =0, -1),
In 1983, at first board in the 8th European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+2, =1, -1).
Harry Schüssler played for Sweden in the World Youth U26 Team Chess Championship:
[5]
In 1981, at first board in the 3rd World Youth U26 Team Chess Championship in
Graz (+4, =5, -2).
Harry Schüssler played for Sweden in the Nordic Chess Cup:
[6]
In 1983, at first board in the 9th Nordic Chess Cup in
Oslo (+1, =6, -0) and won team bronze medal,
In 1985, at second board in the 10th Nordic Chess Cup in
Pohja (+3, =4, -0) and won team gold medal.
Harry Schüssler played for Sweden in the
Clare Benedict Cup :
[7]
In 1977, at fourth board in the 22nd Clare Benedict Chess Cup in
Copenhagen (+2, =3, -2) and won
team bronze and individual gold medals.
In 1978, Harry Schüssler was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title. In 1988, he was awarded the FIDE Grandmaster (GM) title.
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