{{Short description|Danish chess player (1903–1938)}} '''Karl Ruben''' (4 August 1903 – 28 October 1938)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://problemskak.dk/pdf/Aarsskriftet1938.pdf|title=Annals of the Danish Club of Chess Problems, 1938|accessdate=2020-03-09}}</ref> was a Danish chess master.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.chesslive.de/scripts/server.dll | title=Server extension. v2.01 Copyright 2002 by ChessBase GmbH | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021033657/http://www.chesslive.de/scripts/server.dll | archive-date=2007-10-21 }}</ref>
He won a match against Johannes Pedersen (1.5–0.5) at Aalborg 1927,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.chessmetrics.com/cm/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060414132700/http://www.chessmetrics.com/|url-status=dead|title=Welcome to the Chessmetrics site|archivedate=April 14, 2006|website=www.chessmetrics.com}}</ref> tied for 2nd-3rd in Danish Championship at Vordingborg 1927 (Erik Andersen won), shared 2nd at Copenhagen 1927 (''Politiken'', Géza Maróczy won),<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.vikingskak.dk/English/profiles/AronNimzowitsch.htm |title=Viking Chess<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2008-03-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070906210311/http://www.vikingskak.dk/English/profiles/AronNimzowitsch.htm |archive-date=2007-09-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref> tied for 5-6th at Copenhagen 1928 (Aron Nimzowitsch won), tied for 7-9th at Svendborg 1930 (DEN-ch, Andersen won),<ref>{{Cite web| url=http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf | title=Chess tournament crosstables | accessdate=2007-07-04 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070704030849/http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf | archivedate=2007-07-04}} Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's ''Chess Tournament Crosstables'', An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01</ref> and won a simultan game against Alexander Alekhine at Copenhagen 1930.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1012655|title=Alexander Alekhine vs Karl Ruben (1930)|website=www.chessgames.com}}</ref>
Ruben played four times for Denmark in Chess Olympiads in 1927, 1928, 1930, 1931, and won team silver medal at London 1927.<ref>[http://www.olimpbase.org OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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