Tom Wedberg

Tom Wedberg

Tom Wedberg, Amsterdam 1984
Full name Tom Wedberg
Country  Sweden
Born (1953-11-26) 26 November 1953
Sweden
Title Grandmaster
FIDE rating 2472 (April 2016)
Peak rating 2540 (July 2002)

Tom Wedberg (born 26 November 1953, Stockholm) is a Swedish chess Grandmaster (1991).

Chess career

In 2000, he won the Swedish Chess Championship.[1] In 1981 tied for 1st with Petar Velikov and Shaun Taulbut in the Politiken Cup in Copenhagen, but was clear first in 1982.[2] In 1999 he won the Scandic Hotels Chess Cup in Stockholm.[3] He tied for 2nd–4th (with Artur Yusupov and Tomi Nyback) in the 32nd Rilton Cup in Stockholm 2003.[4]

Wedberg played for Sweden in the Chess Olympiads of 1978, 1980, 1982, 1988, 1990, 1992[5] and in the European Team Chess Championships of 1980, 1989 and 2001.[6]

Chess strength

According to Chessmetrics, at his peak in September 1984 Wedberg's play was equivalent to a rating of 2630, and he was ranked number 77 in the world. His best single performance was at Amsterdam (OHRA), 1984, where he scored 4.5 of 8 possible points (56%) against 2665-rated opposition, for a performance rating of 2663.[7]

In the July 2010 FIDE list, he had an Elo rating of 2503, making him Sweden's ninth highest ranked player.

Notable games

References

  1. ↑ "Sverigemästare" (in Swedish). Swedish Chess Federation. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
  2. ↑ "Copenhagen Open / Politiken Cup" (in Danish). Københavns Skak Union. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
  3. ↑ Crowther, Mark (1999-08-09). "Scandic Hotels Chess Cup, Stockholm". London Chess Center. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
  4. ↑ Crowther, Mark (2003-01-06). "32nd Rilton Cup". London Chess Center. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
  5. ↑ Bartelski, Wojciech. "Men's Chess Olympiads: Tom Wedberg". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2009-06-29.
  6. ↑ Bartelski, Wojciech. "European Men's Team Chess Championship: Tom Wedberg". OlimpBase. Retrieved 28 November 2009.
  7. ↑ Sonas, Jeff. "Event Details: Amsterdam (OHRA), 1984". ChessMetrics. Retrieved 2009-06-29.

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