Ulvestad, Olav




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1939  560  2215 (45) 27
1940  510  2215 (46) 19
1941  506  2209 (55) 0
1942  486  2202 (59) 2
1943  436  2212 (62) 0
1944  411  2221 (60) 0
1945  401  2231 (55) 0
1946  366  2240 (43) 34
1947  300  2246 (52) 13

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Ulvestad, Olav Ivan  
   Also known as: Olaf Ulvestad
Born: 27 Oct. 1912
Died: 24 Aug. 2000
 
Notes:
Di Felice has 'Ulvestad, Olav I.'; Woodger has 'Olaf I. Ulvestad'. Gaige has 'Ulvestad, Olav', without the middle initial.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 376
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1941-1946, page 363
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1947-1950, page 481
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 436
   Hilbert, Writings in Chess History, page 495, 496
   Woodger, Reuben Fine, page 223
Web
   Phony Benoni.  [US Open 1947, Corpus Christi]
   [Olaf Ulvestad]
   [US Open 1939, New York = 40th ACF Congress]
   [Wolfgang Unzicker]

Tournament data

Ventnor City 1939     Ventnor City Tournament     5.5  /  11
New York 1939 (4)     40th American Chess Federation Congress - Preliminary Section 1     4.5  /  6
New York 1939 (8)     40th American Chess Federation Congress - Final     2.5  /  10
New York 1940 (7)     3rd U.S.A. Championship - Preliminary Section C     6.5  /  8
Hamilton, New York 1940     62nd New York State Chess Association Tournament - Championship     5.5  /  11
New York 1942 (1)     Marshall Club Championship    
  Ulvestad, O.I. - Lasker, Ed.     0 - 1    
  Ulvestad, O.I. - Green, Mat.     0.5 - 0.5    
Pittsburgh 1946     47th U.S.A. Open Championship - Final     4  /  9
New York 1946 (4)     American Team Practice Tournament     1  /  4
Moscow 1946 (3)     U.S.S.R. - U.S.A. Match    
  Ulvestad, O.I. - Bronstein, D.I.     1 - 1    
New York 1946 (5)     6th U.S.A. Championship     8.5  /  19
Corpus Christi 1947     48th U.S.A. Open Tournament     8.5  /  13

Player information updated: 11 Jan. 2026