Sven Elias Almgren
Number of games in database: 48
Years covered: 1942 to 1961
Overall record: +16 -29 =3 (36.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games
      Based on games in the database; may be incomplete.

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C13		French (3 games)
C53		Giuoco Piano (2 games)
A06		Reti Opening (2 games)
D02		Queen's Pawn Game (2 games)
E10		Queen's Pawn Game (2 games)
D37		Queen's Gambit Declined (2 games)
C86		Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack (2 games)
A46		Queen's Pawn Game (2 games)
D45		Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav (2 games)

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SVEN ELIAS ALMGREN (born May-14-1900, died Jan-31-1973) Sweden (citizen of United States of America) [what is this?] Sven Almgren, born in Eskilstuna, Sweden, was a strong American amateur who participated in the U.S. Championships of 1944 and 1948.

page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 48  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Santasiere vs S E Almgren 1-0 46 1942 Casenovia A06 Reti Opening 2. Denker vs S E Almgren   1-0 41 1944 USA ch A15 English 3. W Adams vs S E Almgren   1-0 56 1944 USA ch C13 French 4. S E Almgren vs Fine   0-1 34 1944 USA ch D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 5. S E Almgren vs R Byrne 1-0 26 1946 US op B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 6. W Adams vs S E Almgren   1-0 31 1946 US Open Premier Reserves C13 French 7. F H Stoppel vs S E Almgren   0-1 58 1946 US Open prelim C83 Ruy Lopez, Open 8. Berliner vs S E Almgren 1-0 35 1946 US Open C11 French 9. S E Almgren vs H Gordon   1-0 39 1946 US Open Premier Reserves A40 Queen's Pawn Game 10. K Forster vs S E Almgren   0-1 48 1946 US Open Premier Reserves E10 Queen's Pawn Game 11. S E Almgren vs L W Stephens   1-0 55 1946 US Open prelim D02 Queen's Pawn Game 12. G Kramer vs S E Almgren   1-0 64 1946 US Open Premier Reserves A46 Queen's Pawn Game 13. S E Almgren vs Santasiere   ½-½ 60 1946 US Open Premier Reserves E21 Nimzo-Indian, Three Knights 14. S E Almgren vs M N Grant   1-0 23 1946 US Open prelim C54 Giuoco Piano 15. E Levin vs S E Almgren   0-1 38 1946 US Open Premier Reserves C53 Giuoco Piano 16. M Surgies vs S E Almgren   0-1 37 1946 US Open prelim D90 Grunfeld 17. Larry Evans vs S E Almgren   0-1 32 1946 US Open Premier Reserves E00 Queen's Pawn Game 18. J Rauch vs S E Almgren   1-0 28 1946 US Open prelim E46 Nimzo-Indian 19. S E Almgren vs M Aleman Dovo   0-1 36 1946 US Open Premier Reserves D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 20. S E Almgren vs A Spitzer   1-0 53 1946 US Open prelim E16 Queen's Indian 21. S E Almgren vs J Paal   0-1 32 1946 US Open prelim C13 French 22. S E Almgren vs F Howard   1-0 55 1948 USA-ch C39 King's Gambit Accepted 23. S E Almgren vs W Adams   0-1 45 1948 USA-ch D02 Queen's Pawn Game 24. S E Almgren vs O Ulvestad   0-1 40 1948 USA-ch E22 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann Variation 25. Kashdan vs S E Almgren   1-0 47 1948 USA Ch C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 48

Nov-20-05    Resignation Trap: S Almgren = Almgren . Sven Almgren was a strong American amateur who was born in Eskilstuna Sweden on May 14, 1900. He was strong enough to participate in two US Championships. In 1944: http://members.aol.com/graemecree/c... and again in 1948: http://members.aol.com/graemecree/c... . He died at his home in Los Angeles on January 31, 1973.

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