Svein Johannessen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian chess player
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Place of Birth: Nedre Eiker, Buskerud, Norway
About Svein Johannessen
- Svein Johannessen (17 October 1937 – 27 November 2007) was a Norwegian chess player.
- He became Norway's second International Master, after Olaf Barda, in 1961.
- He won four Norwegian chess championships, in 1959, 1962, 1970 and 1973. According to ChessBase, Johannessen had a wide opening repertoire.
- He played most of the regular opening moves with White with some frequency, 1.d4, 1.e4, 1.c4 and 1.Nf3.
- With Black against 1.e4 he frequently entered the "open" games with 1...e5, but often played the Sicilian Defence as well.
- Against 1.d4 Johannessen also played several things including the Old Indian Defense and Queen's Gambit Accepted.
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