# Olaf Barda

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{{Short description|Norwegian chess player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox chess player
| name = Olaf Barda
| image = Barda - no-nb digifoto 20160714 00072 NB MIT FNR 17560.jpg
| caption = Barda in 1958
| full_name = <!-- if different -->
| country = [Norway](/source/Norway)
| birth_date = {{Birth-date|17 August 1909}}
| birth_place = 
| death_date = {{Death-date and age|2 May 1971|17 August 1909}}
| death_place = [Oslo](/source/Oslo), Norway
| title = {{unbulleted list|class=nowrap
  | [International Master](/source/FIDE_titles) (1952)
  | [Grandmaster](/source/International_Correspondence_Chess_Grandmaster) (1953)
  }}
}}

'''Olaf Barda''' (17 August 1909 – 2 May 1971 in [Oslo](/source/Oslo)), born '''Olaf M. Olsen''', was a [Norwegian](/source/Norway) [chess](/source/chess) player. He was the first Norwegian awarded the [chess title](/source/chess_title) of [International Master](/source/International_Master), which he received in 1952.

Barda won the [Norwegian Chess Championship](/source/Norwegian_Chess_Championship) six times, 1930 (still with the name Olsen), 1947, 1948, 1952, 1953, and 1957.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sjakk.net/tidligere-vinnere.html |title=Tidligere-vinnere av NM |trans-title=Former winners of the NM |website=Sjakk.net |language=no |access-date=16 August 2006}}</ref>

Barda authored the Norwegian instruction manual "Sjakk!", and wrote the chess column for the newspaper [Dagbladet](/source/Dagbladet).

Barda was also a strong [correspondence chess](/source/correspondence_chess) player, winning the Norwegian correspondence chess championships in 1946 and 1949/1950.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.postsjakkforbundet.no/historikk/norgesmstre.htm |title=Tidligere norgesmestere i postsjakk 1946 - 2001 |trans-title=Former Norwegian chess champions 1946 - 2001 |website=postsjakkforbundet.no |language=no |access-date=16 August 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060903081042/http://www.postsjakkforbundet.no/historikk/norgesmstre.htm |archive-date=3 September 2006}}</ref> He received the title of [Correspondence Chess Grandmaster](/source/Correspondence_Chess_Grandmaster) in 1953 and finished fourth in the First World Correspondence Chess Championship played between 1950 and 1953.  This was the best Norwegian result in that contest until [Ivar Bern](/source/Ivar_Bern) won the 17th championship in 2006.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=112501 |title=Sjakkverdensmester etter fire års finale |trans-title=Chess world champion after four years final |website=VG.no |language=no |date=7 January 2006 |access-date=16 August 2006}}</ref>

According to [ChessBase](/source/ChessBase), Barda usually opened with 1.d4 when he was playing White. With black against 1.e4 Barda played several variations of the [Sicilian Defence](/source/Sicilian_Defence) (1...c5), but occasionally played 1...d6 (the [Pirc Defense](/source/Pirc_Defense)) or 1...e5 allowing the [Ruy Lopez](/source/Ruy_Lopez). Against 1.d4 his repertoire was varied, playing such openings such as the [Old Indian Defense](/source/Old_Indian_Defense), [Nimzo-Indian Defense](/source/Nimzo-Indian_Defense) and [Slav Defense](/source/Slav_Defense).

His eldest son [Yngvar Barda](/source/Yngvar_Barda) (1935–1999) also was chess master, participant of [12th Chess Olympiad](/source/12th_Chess_Olympiad).

==References==
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==External links==
* {{ICCF}}
* {{Chessgames player|23954}}

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Category:1909 births
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Category:Chess International Masters
Category:Correspondence chess grandmasters
Category:20th-century Norwegian chess players
Category:20th-century Norwegian sportsmen

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