Allan Stig Rasmussen wins Danish Championship

by Klaus Besenthal
10/25/2021 – The Danish Championship, played in Svendborg on the island of Funen, ended on Sunday with the victory of Allan Stig Rasmussen. With a score of 7.0/9 the 37-year-old Grandmaster finished half a point ahead of Sune Berg Hansen and Jesper Søndergård Thybo, who shared second place. It was the fifth time Rasmussen won the title. | Photos: Dansk Skak Union

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Danish Championship 2021

As luck would have it, Rasmussen and Hansen faced each other in the last round of the tournament. Hansen had Black and was half a point behind Rasmussen, but he needed to win the game to win the title. He tried to sharpen the game to get winning chances but soon found himself in bad position. However, Rasmussen did not try to win but was content to repeat moves to secure the title.

 

 

 

Before the last round, the 22-year old Jesper Søndergård Thybo, Denmark's number two behind Peter Heine Nielsen, was in third place, but after the draw between Hansen and Rasmussen he had to abandon his hopes for the title. However, with his his last-round win against Jens-Ove Fries-Nielsen he finished on shared second place.

In round 5 Thybo won a theoretically interesting game against Boris Chatalbashev:

 

Jesper Søndergård Thybo

Boris Chatalbashev

Lars Schandorff finished fourth 

Table

#   Navn Rating Fide rat. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Po Pl We Rn Eo En
1 GM Sune Berg Hansen
Hillerød Skakklub
2536 2528
10
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
2 - 3 5,5 2546 5,46 2538
2 IM Nikolaj Borge
Hillerød Skakklub
2390 2381
9
1
10
3
4
5
6
7
8
4 5 - 7 3,6 2398 3,52 2386
3 IM Jens Ove Fries Nielsen
Fredericia Skakforening
2386 2378
8
9
1
2
10
4
5
6
7
4 5 - 7 3,55 2395 3,29 2385
4 GM Lars Schandorff
Hillerød Skakklub
2460 2458
7
8
9
1
2
3
10
5
6
6 4 4,5 2475 4,53 2473
5 FM Poul Rewitz
Skakklubben af 1968
2264 2264
6
7
8
9
1
2
3
4
10
10 2,1 2252 2,15 2251
6 IM Martin Haubro
BMS Skak
2424 2426
5
10
7
8
9
1
2
3
4
3 8 4,05 2414 4,11 2415
7 GM Jesper Søndergård Thybo
Køge Skakklub
2614 2602
4
5
6
10
8
9
1
2
3
2 - 3 6,45 2615 6,35 2604
8 GM Boris Chatalbashev
Køge Skakklub
2536 2536
3
4
5
6
7
10
9
1
2
4 5 - 7 0 2536 5,56 2520
9 GM Allan Stig Rasmussen
Jetsmark Skakklub
2567 2566
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
10
1
7 1 5,9 2578 5,92 2577
10 IM Mikkel Djernæs Antonsen
Næstved Skakklub
2409 2409
1
6
2
7
3
8
4
9
5
9 3,85 2392 3,89 2395

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Klaus Besenthal is computer scientist, has followed and still follows the chess scene avidly since 1972 and since then has also regularly played in tournaments.

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