Karl Berndtsson

Karl Mathias Berndtsson Kullberg (16 March 1892 – 29 September 1943) was a Swedish chess master who was born and died in Göteborg.

He won at Copenhagen 1916,^[1] and lost a match for the Swedish Chess Championship to Gustaf Nyholm (1½–3½) in 1917. He was first in the national tournaments in 1918, 1920, 1921 (jointly), and 1926. He took 14th at Göteborg 1920 (Paul Johner won),^[2] won Nordic Chess Championship at Oslo 1928,^[3] and took 6th at Örebro 1935 (Alexander Alekhine won).^[4]

Berndtsson played for Sweden in three Chess Olympiads:

• In the 3rd Olympiad at Hamburg 1930 (+7−7=2);
• In the 4th Olympiad at Prague 1931 (+5−5=8);
• In the 5th Olympiad at Folkestone 1933 (+6−3=5);

and won team bronze medal in 1933.^[5]