| Leif Øgaard | |
|---|---|
| Country | Norway |
| Born | 5 January 1952 |
| Title | Grandmaster (2007) |
| FIDE rating | 2358 (April 2022) |
| Peak rating | 2510 (July 1982) |
Leif Øgaard (born 5 January 1952) is a Norwegian chess player. He is the ninth Norwegian to achieve the title of Grandmaster. Øgaard won the Norwegian Chess Championship five times, in 1974, 1975, 1979, 1985 and 1993. He gained his IM title in 1974. In 1981 and 1982, Øgaard won two tournaments at Gausdal, each netting him a GM-norm. His third and final GM-norm was won in the Norwegian team chess championship in 2006–2007, making him the very first person to score 2 GM norms with a 25-year gap in-between as well as one of the oldest players to be awarded the Grandmaster title, since his last norm came when he was already in the mid 60's.[1] The GM title was finally approved at FIDE's presidential board meeting in Tallinn on 22–24 June 2007.[2] Øgaard is a member of the Oslo chess club Oslo Schackselskap.
References
- ↑ "Rune Djurhuus gallery of Norway's grandmasters". Archived from the original on 2008-05-30. Retrieved 2007-03-12.
- ↑ Titles awarded at the Presidential Board Meeting in Tallinn, Estonia Archived 2007-07-13 at the Wayback Machine FIDE's website. Retrieved 26 June 2007
External links
- Leif Ogaard rating card at FIDE
- Leif Ogaard player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- List of winners of the Norwegian Chess Championship