{{Short description|Danish chess player}} {{Infobox chess player | name = Eigil Pedersen | image = | birthname = | caption = | country = Denmark | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1917|5|23|df=yes}} | birth_place = Aarhus, Denmark | death_date = {{Death date and age|1994|8|2|1917|5|23|df=yes}} | death_place = | spouse = | children = | title = | worldchampion = | womensworldchampion = | peakrating = | FideID = }}
'''Eigil Pedersen''' (23 May 1917 – 2 August 1994), was a Danish chess player, three-times Danish Chess Championship winner (1951, 1953, 1961).
==Biography== In the 1950s and 1960s Eigil Pedersen was one of the strongest Danish chess players. Nine times he won medals at the Danish Chess Championships: three gold (1951, 1953, 1961), three silver (1957, 1960, 1964) and three bronze (1949, 1954, 1956). In 1952, Eigil Pedersen won a small match against the future chess grandmaster Bent Larsen.
Eigil Pedersen played for Denmark in the Chess Olympiads:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/players/kec0gc4f.html|title=OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Eigil Pedersen|website=www.olimpbase.org}}</ref> * In 1950, at third board in the 9th Chess Olympiad in Dubrovnik (+5, =4, -4), * In 1952, at fourth board in the 10th Chess Olympiad in Helsinki (+5, =3, -6), * In 1956, at third board in the 12th Chess Olympiad in Moscow (+3, =4, -4), * In 1958, at fourth board in the 13th Chess Olympiad in Munich (+3, =4, -5), * In 1966, at second reserve board in the 17th Chess Olympiad in Havana (+1, =0, -4).
Eigil Pedersen played for Denmark in the European Team Chess Championship:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.olimpbase.org/playerse/kec0gc4f.html|title=OlimpBase :: European Men's Team Chess Championship :: Eigil Pedersen|website=www.olimpbase.org}}</ref> * In 1970, at eight board in the 4th European Team Chess Championship in Kapfenberg (+1, =0, -3).
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==External links== *{{chessgames player|id=23959}} *[https://www.365chess.com/players/Eigil_Pedersen Eigil Pedersen] chess games at 365chess.com
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