Ulf Andersson

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Ulf Andersson is a Swedish chess grandmaster renowned for his exceptional positional style and endgame technique.

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instanceOf chess grandmaster
chess player
human
countryOfBirth Sweden
countryOfCitizenship Sweden
dateOfBirth 1951-06-27
era 20th-century chess
21st-century chess
familyName Andersson
FIDEid 1700030
givenName Ulf
knownFor endgame technique
positional style
languageSpoken English
Swedish
name Ulf Andersson
nationality Swedish
notableFor solid defensive play
notableGameCharacteristics high drawing percentage
technical endgame conversions
occupation chess grandmaster
chess player
participatedIn Chess Olympiad
peakRating 2655
peakRatingDate 1983-01
peakWorldRanking 4
peakWorldRankingDate 1983-01
placeOfBirth Västerås
playedAgainst Anatoly Karpov
Bobby Fischer
Garry Kasparov
Mikhail Tal
Viktor Korchnoi
preferredOpeningsAsBlack Caro-Kann Defence
French Defence
preferredOpeningsAsWhite 1.d4 systems
representedCountry Sweden
residence Sweden
sexOrGender male
specializesIn queen and pawn endgames
rook endgames
style positional
prophylactic
title Grandmaster
yearAwardedTitle 1972

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Andersson notableBearer Ulf Andersson
Ulf Andersson name Ulf Andersson