Orla Hermann Krause was a Danish chess

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...

 master and analyst.

He tied for 4-6th at Wilhelmshaven 1892, took 2nd, behind Andreas Rosendahl

Andreas Rosendahl

Andreas Cristian Rosendahl was a Danish chess master.He won at Copenhagen 1895, took 4th at Stockholm 1897 , and tied for 3rd-4th at Copenhagen 1899 .-References:...

, at Copenhagen 1895, took 2nd at Copenhagen 1899 (the 2nd Nordic Championship

Nordic Chess Championship

The first Nordic Chess Championship took place in Stockholm in 1897.-Winners:The winners in the Nordic Championship in 1934 and 1936, Aron Nimzowitsch and Erik Lundin, got the Nordiske kongresmestre title, as the champion 1930, Erik Andersen, defended his title with 3-3 against Gideon Ståhlberg at...

, Jorgen Moeller

Jorgen Moeller

Jorgen Moeller was a Danish chess master.Möller was twice a Nordic Champion, winning at Copenhagen 1899 and at Göteborg 1901 ....

 won), took 5th at Copenhagen 1907 (the 7th Nordic-ch, Paul Saladin Leonhardt won), shared 2nd, behind Paul Johner

Paul Johner

Paul Johner was a Swiss chess master.A noted musician , elder brother of Hans Johner, he won the Swiss Championship in 1907 , 1908 , 1925, 1928 , 1930 and 1932 .He played in many international tournaments...

 at Copenhagen 1916 (the 9th Nordic-ch), tied for 4-8th at Copenhagen 1924 (the 12th Nordic-ch, Aron Nimzowitsch

Aron Nimzowitsch

Aron Nimzowitsch was a Russian-born Danish unofficial chess grandmaster and a very influential chess writer...

 won), and tied for 5-8th at Copenhagen 1934 (the 16th Nordic-ch, Nimzowitsch won).

Krause played for Denmark at first board (+4 –5 =6) in the 1st Chess Olympiad

1st Chess Olympiad

The 1st Chess Olympiad, organized by the FIDE and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between July 18 and July 30, 1927, in London, United Kingdom...

 at London 1927, and won team silver medal there.

His name is attached to the Krause Variation in the Queen's Pawn Opening (1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5!?). He found many new ideas in the Slav Defense

Slav Defense

The Slav Defense is a chess opening that begins with the moves:The Slav is one of the primary defenses to the Queen's Gambit. Although it was analyzed as early as 1590, it was not until the 1920s that it started to be explored extensively...

in the 1920s (among others: 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4!?).

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