Henrik Danielsen
{{Short description|Danish-Icelandic chess grandmaster (born 1966)}}
{{Infobox chess player
|name = Henrik Danielsen
|image = Henrik Danielsen.jpg
|caption = Henrik Danielsen, 2008
|birthname =
|country = Denmark (until 2006)
Iceland (since 2006)
|birth_date = {{Birth-date and age|23 January 1966}}
|birth_place = Nykøbing Falster, Denmark
|death_date =
|death_place =
|title = Grandmaster (1996)
|worldchampion =
|rating =
|peakrating = 2545 (May 2011)
|FideID = 1400185
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Henrik Danielsen (born 23 January 1966) is a Danish-Icelandic chess grandmaster. He was the Icelandic Chess Champion in 2009.
Chess career
Born in 1966, Danielsen earned his grandmaster title in 1996. In 1993, he finished joint first in the Politiken Cup with Igor Khenkin and John Emms on a score of 7½/10. He has played in six Chess Olympiads: the first three for Denmark (1992, 1994 and 1996) and the rest for Iceland (2006, 2008 and 2012).[http://www.olimpbase.org/players/g8w62gyh.html Danielsen, Henrik]{{cite web|url =http://www.chessdom.com/interview-with-gm-henrik-danielsen/|title =Interview with GM Henrik Danielsen|first =R R|last =Vasudevan|publisher =Chessdom|date =9 January 2012}} He is the No. 4 ranked Icelandic player as of September 2020.{{cite web|url=https://ratings.fide.com/topfed.phtml?ina=1&country=ISL|title=Federations Ranking - Iceland|author=Staff writer(s)|publisher=FIDE|date=October 2017|access-date=2017-10-09|archive-date=2017-11-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171124021509/https://ratings.fide.com/topfed.phtml?ina=1&country=ISL|url-status=dead}}
He regularly plays the Bird's Opening and has authored a book, entitled The Complete Polar Bear System (2016), on the opening.{{cite web|url =https://www.newinchess.com/the-complete-polar-bear-system|title =The Complete Polar Bear System: Strong & potent!|work =New In Chess|date =2016}}
References
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External links
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Category:Chess Olympiad competitors
Category:Icelandic chess players
Category:Sportspeople from Nykøbing Falster
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