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Jørn Sloth

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Jørn Sloth
World Chess Championship for Seniors, 2016
CountryDenmark
Born (1944-09-05) 5 September 1944 (age 80)
Sjørring, Thy, Denmark
Title
ICCF World Champion1975–80
FIDE rating2296 (October 2020)[1]
Peak rating2400 (January 1979)[2]
ICCF rating2532 (April 2007)[3]
ICCF peak rating2635 (July 1991)[3]

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.

References

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  1. ^ "Sloth, Jorn". FIDE.com. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Sloth, Jorn". OlimpBase.org. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Sloth, Jørn". ICCF.com. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
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Preceded by World Correspondence Chess Champion
1975–1980
Succeeded by