Harry Schüssler

Harry Schüssler in 1979
Personal information
Born	(1957-06-24)24 June 1957 (age 68) Malmö,Sweden
Chess career
Country	Sweden
Title	Grandmaster (1988)
FIDE rating	2410 (November 2025)
Peak rating	2598 (July 1989)

Harry Schüssler (born 24 June 1957) is aSwedishchessGrandmaster (GM) (1988), two-timeSwedish Chess Championship winner (1976, 1978),Chess Olympiad individual silver medal winner (1980).

From the mid-1970s to the end of the 1980s, Harry Schüssler belonged among the top Swedish chess players.He achieved his first international success at the turn of 1972/73, taking 3rd place in the traditional junior chess tournament inHallsberg. In 1975, inTjentište Harry Schüssler represented Sweden inWorld Junior Chess Championship and together withAdam Kuligowski shared 5th-6th place.^[1] He twice wonSwedish Chess Championship: in 1976 and 1978.

Harry Schüssler successes on the International Chess tournaments include, among others:

• 1st place (1978/79) inRilton Cup tournament in Stockholm,
• 1st place (1978) inEksjö,
• 1st place (1983) inGausdal,
• shared 1st place (1986) inMalmö,
• 2nd place inReykjavík (1981, inNordic Chess Championship, behindKnut Jøran Helmers),
• shared 2nd place inKiel (1979, together withWłodzimierz Schmidt),
• shared 2nd place inHamburg (1980, together withBojan Kurajica),
• shared 2nd place inCopenhagen (1988)

Harry Schüssler played for Sweden in theChess Olympiads:^[2]

• In 1976, at fourth board in the22nd Chess Olympiad inHaifa (+1, =3, -3),
• In 1978, at first reserve board in the23rd Chess Olympiad inBuenos Aires (+2, =5, -2),
• In 1980, at fourth board in the24th Chess Olympiad inLa Valletta (+5, =3, -1) and won individual silver medal,
• In 1982, at second board in the25th Chess Olympiad inLucerne (+1, =7, -1),
• In 1984, at fourth board in the26th Chess Olympiad inThessaloniki (+1, =6, -2),
• In 1988, at second board in the28th Chess Olympiad inThessaloniki (+1, =5, -2).

Harry Schüssler played for Sweden in theEuropean Team Chess Championship:^[3]

• In 1980, at fifth board in the 7th European Team Chess Championship inSkara (+0, =1, -3),
• In 1989, at second board in the 9th European Team Chess Championship inHaifa (+1, =6, -1).

Harry Schüssler played for Sweden in theEuropean Team Chess Championship preliminaries:^[4]

• In 1977, at reserve board in the 6th European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+0, =0, -2),
• In 1980, at fifth board in the 7th European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+1, =0, -1),
• In 1983, at first board in the 8th European Team Chess Championship preliminaries (+2, =1, -1).

Harry Schüssler played for Sweden in the World Youth U26 Team Chess Championship:^[5]

• In 1981, at first board in the 3rd World Youth U26 Team Chess Championship inGraz (+4, =5, -2).

Harry Schüssler played for Sweden in the Nordic Chess Cup:^[6]

• In 1983, at first board in the 9th Nordic Chess Cup inOslo (+1, =6, -0) and won team bronze medal,
• In 1985, at second board in the 10th Nordic Chess Cup inPohja (+3, =4, -0) and won team gold medal.

Harry Schüssler played for Sweden in theClare Benedict Cup:^[7]

• In 1977, at fourth board in the 22nd Clare Benedict Chess Cup inCopenhagen (+2, =3, -2) and won

team bronze and individual gold medals.

In 1978, Harry Schüssler was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title. In 1988, he was awarded the FIDE Grandmaster (GM) title.

• Harry Schussler rating card atFIDE
• Harry Schussler player profile and games atChessgames.com
• Harry Schüssler chess games at 365chess.com

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