Leif Øgaard
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Leif Øgaard is a Norwegian chess
player. He is ninth Norwegian to achieve the title of Grandmaster. Øgaard has 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. The GM title was finally approved at FIDE's presidential board meeting in Tallinn June 22-24 2007. Øgaard is a member of the Oslo chess club Oslo Schackselskap.
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
player. He is ninth Norwegian to achieve the title of Grandmaster. Øgaard has 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
Gausdal
Gausdal is a municipality in Oppland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Segalstad bru...
, each netting him a GM-norm. His third and final GM-norm was won in the Norwegian team chess championship in 2006-2007. The GM title was finally approved at FIDE's presidential board meeting in Tallinn June 22-24 2007. Øgaard is a member of the Oslo chess club Oslo Schackselskap.