Karl Ruben

Karl Ruben
Personal information
Born(1903-08-04)4 August 1903
Copenhagen, Denmark
Died28 October 1938(1938-10-28) (aged 35)
Hareskov, Denmark
Chess career
CountryDenmark
TitleChess master
FIDE rating2536 (August 1930)
Peak rating2536 (August 1930)
Peak rankingNo. 45 (1930)
Medal record
Men's Chess Olympiad
Silver medal – second place1927 LondonTeam

Karl Ruben (4 August 1903 – 28 October 1938) was a Danish chess master.

He won a match against Johannes Pedersen (1.5–0.5) at Aalborg 1927, tied for 2nd-3rd in Danish Championship at Vordingborg 1927 (Erik Andersen won), shared 2nd at Copenhagen 1927 (Politiken, Géza Maróczy won), tied for 5-6th at Copenhagen 1928 (Aron Nimzowitsch won), tied for 7-9th at Svendborg 1930 (DEN-ch, Andersen won), and won a simultan game against Alexander Alekhine at Copenhagen 1930.

Ruben played four times for Denmark in Chess Olympiads in 1927, 1928, 1930, 1931, and won team silver medal at London 1927.

References

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  7. ↑ OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess