Erling Kristiansen (chess player)
Erling Kristiansen (born 17 December 1936) is a Norwegian chess FIDE Master (FM), Norwegian Chess Championship winner (1972). Biography. From the early 1960s to the early 1980s, Erling Kristiansen was one of Norway's leading chess players. In 1972, in Røros he won Norwegian Chess Championship. Erling Kristiansen played for Norway in the Chess Olympiads: Erling Kristiansen played for Norway in the European Team Chess Championship preliminaries: In the 2000s and 2010s, Erling Kristiansen often participated in European and World Senior Chess Championships.