Karl Berndtsson | |
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Country | Sweden |
Born | Gothenburg, Sweden | March 16, 1892
Died | September 29, 1943 Gothenburg, Sweden | (aged 51)
Karl Mathias Berndtsson Kullberg (16 March 1892 – 29 September 1943) was a Swedish chess master who was born and died in Göteborg.
He won at Copenhagen 1916, [1] and lost a match for the Swedish Chess Championship to Gustaf Nyholm (1½–3½) in 1917. He was first in the national tournaments in 1918, 1920, 1921 (jointly), and 1926. He took 14th at Göteborg 1920 ( Paul Johner won), [2] won Nordic Chess Championship at Oslo 1928, [3] and took 6th at Örebro 1935 ( Alexander Alekhine won). [4]
Berndtsson played for Sweden in three Chess Olympiads:
and won team bronze medal in 1933. [5]