Lars Schandorff

born in 1965, became champion of Denmark in 1988 and has already represented his country 8 times in chess Olympiads. For many years Schandorff played for Werder Bremen and belonged to the team which sensationally became German champions after a victory in a play-off match against Porz in May 2005. The grandmaster writes a daily chess column for the Danish newspaper Berlingske Tidende and has underlined his good reputation as an openings specialist with the two books „Playing the Queen's Gambit“ (2009) and „Grandmaster Repertoire: The Caro-Kann“ (2010).