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Traditional chess country, the Danish Chess Union was founded in 1903 with today has 6,500 members. The first national championship was organized in 1910, Enrik Andersen is the record holder with 12 victories. The national team has one of the highest records of participation at the Olympiad. Their best performance, a second place was achieved at London in 1927. Among the leading player Bent Larsen was one of the best world player of the late 60’s and Curt Hansen was World Junior Champion in 1984.

In 2010 Denmark was ranked 34^th among the countries (2521) with 10 IGMs, 33 IMs and a total of 101 titled players.

S.B. Hansen vs. C Hansen in 2005

The national champions are: 1910 Kruse, 1911 Jǿrgensen, 1912 Weye, 1913 Kier, 1914 Salskov, 1915 Giersing, 1916 Juhl, 1917 Jacobsen, 1918 Karlsson, 1919 Weilbach, 1920 Pedersen, 1921 Thomsen, 1922 Jacobsen, 1923 Andersen, 1924 Kier, 1925 Andersen, 1926 Andersen, 1927 Andersen, 1928 Gemzoe, 1929 Andersen, 1930 Andersen, 1931 Andersen, 1932 Andersen, 1933, Andersen 1934 Andersen 1935, Andersen , 1936 ,Andersen  1937 Hage, 1938 Hage, 1939 Norman-Hansen, 1940 Enevoldsen, 1941 B. Nielsen, 1942 B. Nielsen, 1943 Enevoldsen, 1944 B. Nielsen, 1945 Poulsen, 1946 B. Nielsen, 1947 Enevoldsen, 1948 Enevoldsen, 1949 Hage, 1950 Hage, 1951 Pedersen, 1952 Poulsen, 1953 Pedersen, 1954 Larsen, 1955 Larsen, 1956 Larsen, 1957 Ravn, 1958 B. Andersen, 1959 Larsen, 1960 Enevoldsen, 1961 Pedersen, 1962 Kolvog, 1963 Larsen, 1964 Larsen, 1965 Holm, 1966 Brinck-Claussen, 1967 B. Andersen, 1968 B. Andersen, 1969 Jakobsen, 1970 Brinck-Claussen , 1971 Jakobsen, 1972 Hamann, 1973 B. Andersen, 1974 Rath, 1975 Iskov, 1976 Jacobsen, 1977 Brinck-Claussen , 1978 Høi, 1979 Kristiansen, 1980 Jakobsen, 1981 Mortensen, 1982 Kristiansen, 1983 C. Hansen 1984 C. Hansen, 1985 C. Hansen, 1986 C. Hoi, 1987 E. Mortensen, 1988 Schandorff, 1989 E. Mortensen, 1990 E. Petersen, 1991 E. Mortensen, 1992 C. Høi, 1993 LB. Hansen, 1994 C. Hansen, 1995 J. Kristiansen, 1996 PH. Nielsen, 1997 LB. Hansen, 1998 C. Hansen, 1999 PH. Nielsen, 2000 C. Hansen, 2001 PH. Nielsen, 2002 SB. Hansen, 2003 PH Nielsen. 2004 S. Pedersen, 2005 SB. Hansen, 2006 SB. Hansen, 2007 SB. Hansen, 2008 PH. Nielsen, 2009 SB. Hansen, 2010, A. Rasmussen, 2011. A. Rasmussen

The national team with L.B. Hansen, S.B. Hansen and Rasmussen at the European Team Championship 2009