Jørn Sloth

Jørn Sloth
Jørn Sloth
	World Chess Championship for Seniors, 2016
Country	Denmark
Born	5 September 1944 (age 80); Sjørring, Thy, Denmark
Title	ICCF Grandmaster (1978); FIDE Master;
ICCF World Champion	1975–80
FIDE rating	2296 (October 2020)
Peak rating	2400 (January 1979)
ICCF rating	2532 (April 2007)
ICCF peak rating	2635 (July 1991)

Jørn Sloth (born 5 September 1944 in Sjørring, Thy, Denmark) is a Danish chess player who holds the chess titles of FIDE Master and Correspondence Chess Grandmaster. He was the eighth ICCF World Champion, 1975–80.

In 1964 he, together with Rob Hartoch, won the Niemeyer tournament for European players under 20.

Sloth started playing Correspondence Chess at a young age. He obtained the IMC title in 1973 and the GMC title in 1978. He was the youngest player ever to win the Correspondence World Champion title.