Gideon Ståhlberg

Anders Gideon Tom Ståhlberg was a Swedish chess player. He was among the inaugural recipients of the title International Grandmaster from FIDE in 1950.
He won the Swedish Chess Championship of 1927, became Nordic champion in 1929, and held it until 1939.
Ståhlberg came to fame when he won matches against star players Rudolf Spielmann and Aron Nimzowitsch in 1933 and 1934 respectively, and came third in Dresden 1936, and second in Stockholm 1937. In 1938 he drew a match against Paul Keres.
Following the Chess Olympiad in Buenos Aires 1939, he stayed in Argentina until 1948, where he won many tournaments, some of them in competition with Miguel Najdorf: Mar del Plata 1941, Buenos Aires 1941, Buenos Aires 1947.
His best results after returning to Europe were: the Interzonal of Saltsjöbaden 1948, the Candidates tournament of Budapest 1950, Amsterdam 1950, Budapest 1952, the Interzonal of Saltsjöbaden 1952
Ståhlberg umpired in the five World Championships between 1957 and 1963.
In 1967 he travelled to Leningrad to take part in an international tournament, the October Revolution 50 Tournament. However, Ståhlberg died before playing his first game. He was buried in Gothenburg.
Ståhlberg published more than ten chess books :Schack och schackmästare, 1937 El gambito de dama, 1942 Partidas clásicas de Capablanca , 1943 I kamp med världseliten, 1958 Strövtåg i schackvärlden Tal-Botvinnik II match, 1969Modern spelöppningsteori i schack

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