Henrik Danielsen

Danish-Icelandic chess grandmaster (born 1966)

Henrik Danielsen (born 23 January 1966) is a Danish-Icelandic chess grandmaster. He was 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: three for Denmark (1992, 1994 and 1996); three for Iceland (2006, 2008 and 2012).^[1][2] He is the No. 4 ranked Icelandic player as of September 2020.^[3]

He regularly plays the Bird's Opening and has authored a book, entitled The Complete Polar Bear System (2016), on the opening.^[4]

References

1. Danielsen, Henrik
2. Vasudevan, R R (9 January 2012). "Interview with GM Henrik Danielsen". Chessdom.
3. Staff writer(s) (October 2017). "Federations Ranking - Iceland". FIDE. Archived from the original on 2017-11-24. Retrieved 2017-10-09.
4. "The Complete Polar Bear System: Strong & potent!". New In Chess. 2016.

External links

• Henrik Danielsen player profile and games at Chessgames.com
• Henrik Danielsen rating card at FIDE