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Rolf Martens
R Martens 
Photo courtesy of lask.se 

Number of games in database: 55
Years covered: 1960 to 1969
Overall record: +24 -18 =13 (55.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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ROLF MARTENS
(born Feb-22-1942, died Apr-22-2008, 66 years old) Norway (federation/nationality Sweden)
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Rolf Olsav Martens was born in Rødberg, Norway in 1942 during the German occupation. His family moved to Sweden in 1950. He was a unique chess talent who in 1967 became Swedish champion. He also drew a short match (3-3) with Ulf Andersson in 1969. A brilliant career was forecast, but other interests took precedence. However, he devoted considerable time to opening theoretical studies, which received much attention. In the mid-1980s, he returned to competitive chess.

https://lask.se/arkiv.asp?id=2683

Last updated: 2024-10-16 08:50:55

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 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 55  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. M Krajcsovits vs R Martens  1-0161960WchT U26 07thA10 English
2. R Martens vs Hjuverinen  1-0371960WchT U26 07thE62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
3. Myagmarsuren vs R Martens  1-0321960WchT U26 07thB80 Sicilian, Scheveningen
4. K Sales vs R Martens  1-0421960WchT U26 07thA57 Benko Gambit
5. J van Oosterom vs R Martens  ½-½621960WchT U26 07thA21 English
6. S Kupka vs R Martens  1-0371960WchT U26 07thC41 Philidor Defense
7. A Saidy vs R Martens  1-0431960WchT U26 07thA59 Benko Gambit
8. Velimirovic vs R Martens  1-0301967World Student Team Championship Final-AC41 Philidor Defense
9. M Basman vs R Martens 1-0211967World Student Team Championship Final-AA46 Queen's Pawn Game
10. R Martens vs S Hamann  ½-½661967World Student Team Championship Final-AE38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5
11. R Martens vs D Rajkovic  1-0531967World Student Team Championship qual-3A57 Benko Gambit
12. R Martens vs A S Segal  ½-½411967World Student Team Championship Final-AA52 Budapest Gambit
13. I Polgar vs R Martens  0-1401967World Student Team Championship qual-3A56 Benoni Defense
14. L Spassov vs R Martens  0-1521967World Student Team Championship Final-AC41 Philidor Defense
15. B Zuckerman vs R Martens  1-0341967World Student Team Championship Final-AC41 Philidor Defense
16. R Martens vs A Hennings  0-1321967World Student Team Championship Final-AD27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical
17. Savon vs R Martens  1-0531967World Student Team Championship Final-AA56 Benoni Defense
18. B Ekenberg vs R Martens  ½-½721967Swedish ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
19. R Martens vs M Berglund  1-0351967Swedish ChampionshipA56 Benoni Defense
20. R Martens vs B Horberg  1-0251967Swedish ChampionshipE39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation
21. Z Nilsson vs R Martens  ½-½771967Swedish ChampionshipA23 English, Bremen System, Keres Variation
22. R Martens vs H Ek  1-0481967Swedish ChampionshipD44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
23. B Jansson vs R Martens  1-0661967Swedish ChampionshipA55 Old Indian, Main line
24. R Martens vs G Brostrom  1-0411967Swedish ChampionshipE32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
25. R Martens vs M Johansson  1-0411967Swedish ChampionshipE94 King's Indian, Orthodox
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Kibitzer's Corner
Nov-21-08  whiteshark: (* 1942 ; † 22.04.2008)
Nov-30-08  Ziggurat: There is a good article on Rolf Martens in the current installment of Stefan Bücker's "Over the Horizon" column at chesscafe.com. Rolf Martens was known for his eccentric opening ideas, and in later years he had been posting lots of ideas on a Swedish message board. It would be cool if someone would preserve these posts.
Nov-30-08  whiteshark: Hey <Ziggurat>!!!

I've read this article, too. I thought I'had posted some of his French ...Nh6 ideas somewhere around here, but can't recall where.

Some personal backround from Martens himself which given in "Over the Horizon" :

<“I was born in Norway in 1942 and have lived in Sweden since 1950. I’ve worked as a welder in relatively big industries for 24 years and also have had jobs in various other fields. I was brought up as an intellectual and have a university degree with mathematics and physics as main subjects. On the web, there are some mentions of me in connection with chess. I was Swedish champion at that game in 1967 and later, after I had learned some Marxism, made some “shocking” discoveries in its opening theory.”

Martens was so left, politically, that for some years he sympathized with the ultra-left German KPD/ML (NEUE EINHEIT), a party that followed “the political line of Marx, Lenin and Mao Zedong. Apparently, it was the only party in Europe (at least) that did this. However, at some point or other in the 1980s, it too started to degenerate”.>

More details can be found here: http://www.rolf-martens.com/rm_back...

All his 'political' writings on his homepage: http://www.rolf-martens.com/

Jan-24-09  whiteshark: update: (* 22.02.1942)

Swedish wiki bio:
http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolf_M...

Sep-28-10  whiteshark: More games: http://www.365chess.com/players/Rol...
Nov-15-18  whiteshark: There's a <Rolf Martens scholarship fund>

"Welcome with your contribution to Rolf Martens scholarship fund, managed by LASK. Notify if you want to be anoym contributor. The Board of Directors consists of Calle Erlandsson, Johan Sigeman and Sven-Ingvar Sundin. Scholarships for travel and education are awarded annually to stimulate the youth chess. In 2009-2018, a total of 26 grants totaling 187,000 SEK have been distributed."

<bankgiro 326-2458
<Collected so far: 249 672 kr>>

http://www.lask.se/arkiv.asp?id=2683

Jul-11-22
Premium Chessgames Member		  MissScarlett: <All his 'political' writings on his homepage: http://www.rolf-martens.com/>

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Jul-11-22  soldal:

<Martens was so left, politically, that for some years he sympathized with the ultra-left German KPD/ML (NEUE EINHEIT), a party that followed “the political line of Marx, Lenin and Mao Zedong. Apparently, it was the only party in Europe (at least) that did this.>

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categ...

Oct-07-24
Premium Chessgames Member		  MissScarlett: The biographical claim he was born in Oslo (apparently based on http://www.lask.se/arkiv.asp?id=2683) is contradicted by a profile that appeared in <NIC> 1999/8, which states his birthplace was the <small township Rødberg in Norway.> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%...

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