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Ivar Bern

Number of games in database: 203
Years covered: 1983 to 2021
Last FIDE rating: 2287
Highest rating achieved in database: 2380
Overall record: +69 -58 =76 (52.7%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 King's Indian (12) 
    E63 E70 E99 E94 E62
 Queen's Gambit Declined (9) 
    D30 D35 D31
 Reti System (9) 
    A04 A06 A05
 English (9) 
    A10 A16 A11 A19 A13
 Nimzo Indian (8) 
    E41 E32 E24 E26 E49
 English, 1 c4 c5 (8) 
    A36 A30 A34 A37
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (23) 
    B32 B33 B30 B27 B39
 Dutch Defense (14) 
    A90 A87 A84 A85 A81
 Robatsch (10) 
    B06
 English, 1 c4 e5 (9) 
    A25 A21 A26 A20
 King's Indian Attack (5) 
    A07
 Reti System (5) 
    A04
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   I Bern vs M Lecroq, 2002 1-0
   I Bern vs J van Oosterom, 2006 1-0
   I Bern vs L Danek, 2002 1-0
   I Bern vs W Stern, 2002 1/2-1/2
   T Spanton vs I Bern, 2000 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   Taastrup-B (1990)
   11th Nordic Cup (1987)
   Norwegian Championship (1989)
   Peer Gynt International (1993)
   Norwegian Championship (1994)
   Gausdal International (1993)
   Stavanger Open 1991/92 (1991)
   Caorle Open (1989)
   European Junior Championship 1987/88 (1987)
   Troll Masters (1992)
   Copenhagen Open (1988)
   Bergen Open (2000)
   World Junior Championship (1987)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 TCh-NOR Elite -22
   I Bern vs V Plat (Oct-31-21) 1/2-1/2
   I Bern vs M Ragger (Mar-03-17) 0-1

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IVAR BERN
(born Jan-20-1967, 58 years old) Norway

[what is this?]
Correspondence GM (1991) and International Master. Winner of the 17th World Correspondence Chess Championship (2002-2005). He scored 10.5 points out of 16 along with Wolfgang Rohde of Germany and Joachim Neumann of Germany, but Bern had the better tiebreaks.

Wikipedia article: Ivar Bern


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 page 1 of 9; games 1-25 of 210  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. W J Donaldson vs I Bern  1-0361983Hamar opB29 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rubinstein
2. I Bern vs L Ogaard  ½-½411987NOR-chA29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto
3. G Rechlis vs I Bern  1-0321987World Junior ChampionshipB30 Sicilian
4. Serper vs I Bern  1-0731987World Junior ChampionshipB32 Sicilian
5. I Bern vs L B Hansen  ½-½141987World Junior ChampionshipA30 English, Symmetrical
6. I Bern vs I Weerakoon  1-0261987World Junior ChampionshipA46 Queen's Pawn Game
7. E Sevillano vs I Bern  0-1881987World Junior ChampionshipB22 Sicilian, Alapin
8. A Sorin vs I Bern  1-0281987World Junior ChampionshipA44 Old Benoni Defense
9. I Bern vs S A Butt  1-0311987World Junior ChampionshipA04 Reti Opening
10. I Bern vs J Gdanski  1-0291987World Junior ChampionshipA36 English
11. M Ballmann vs I Bern  0-1411987World Junior ChampionshipA25 English
12. H Stefansson vs I Bern  1-0391987World Junior ChampionshipB32 Sicilian
13. I Bern vs E Fernandez Aguado  1-0131987World Junior ChampionshipE63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation
14. I Bern vs V Puri  0-1601987World Junior ChampionshipA16 English
15. R Wessman vs I Bern  0-135198711th Nordic CupA80 Dutch
16. I Bern vs M Hoffman  1-041198711th Nordic CupE62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
17. J Gdanski vs I Bern  0-144198711th Nordic CupB27 Sicilian
18. I Bern vs T Kokkila  1-018198711th Nordic CupA10 English
19. I Bern vs D Kosic  0-1291987European Junior Championship 1987/88D30 Queen's Gambit Declined
20. T Thorhallsson vs I Bern  1-0191987European Junior Championship 1987/88A80 Dutch
21. I D MacKay vs I Bern  1-0391987European Junior Championship 1987/88A43 Old Benoni
22. C Wians vs I Bern  1-0461987European Junior Championship 1987/88A07 King's Indian Attack
23. I Bern vs E McMahon  1-0421987European Junior Championship 1987/88D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation
24. I Bern vs B Spycher  0-1411987European Junior Championship 1987/88E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation
25. H Casagrande vs I Bern  0-1331987European Junior Championship 1987/88A25 English
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jan-07-06  Appaz: Congratulations to the 17th World Champion in correspondence chess!
Oct-16-07  Interbond: A just finished game with comments from the 15th ICCF Olympiad between two Wordl Champions Bern-Oosterom http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_cS...
Nov-23-10  rapidcitychess: <Fritz is no match for Bern and Fritz!>

---Ivan(?) Bern

I think this guy's first name is Ivan, if I remember correctly from Chess Life.

Any one able to confirm?

Nov-23-10  whiteshark: <rcc> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivar_B... or else http://just@#$%inggoogleit.com/ :D
Nov-23-10  rogge: I remember <Ivar> from the old days. My school team played against his school team. Obviously we won the match..
Dec-24-13  Bowen Island: Maybe Chess Life misspelled his name; on the "Win with the Stonewall Dutch" book which he co-authored he spells his first name Ivar.
Dec-24-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: Bern's forename, in my experience, has always been spelt as given in the profile here.
Dec-24-13  rogge: I told you 3 years ago, it's Ivar.
Oct-26-14  ljfyffe: I've a burn, you say?
Nov-23-14  ljfyffe: Ivar Bern placed second in the 1994 - 2001 ICCF
World Cup VII Final.
Jan-20-16  TheFocus: Happy birthday, GM Ivar Bern. For some reason, you were left off the Birthday List.
Oct-14-24  Gottschalk: Best ICCF rating 2667

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