Frode Urkedal

Quick Facts

Full Name	Frode Urkedal
Occupation	Chess Player
Date Of Birth	May 14, 1993(1993-05-14)
Age	31
Country	Norway
Birth City	Oslo
Horoscope	Taurus

Frode Urkedal Biography

Frode Urkedal is one of the most popular and richest Chess Player who was born on May 14, 1993 in Oslo, Norway. Frode Olav Olsen Ukedal (born on 14th May, 1993) is a Norwegian Chess player from Norway. He is the Grandmaster, and was both the 2013 and 2013 Norwegian champion.

Urkedal participated in the national team of Norway during Norway’s participation in Chess Olympiad in 2010 and in 2012. He plays for the Oslo chess team SK 1911 of Oslo.

Urkedal was awarded the title of Grandmaster in April 2016, having scored his final grandmaster norm at the Manacor tournament in Mallorca. In 2019 he won the Nordic Chess Championship and thanks to this victory Urkedal qualified to the FIDE World Cup.

The 2009 World Youth Chess Championships, Urkedal was fifth in the under-16 section , scoring eight points from 11. Norway’s second-highest results in the youth championships, only Magnus Carlsen’s second-place finish for the section under 12 of 2002 beat this.

Frode Urkedal Net Worth

Frode Urkedal is one of the richest Chess Player from Norway. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Frode Urkedal 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Urkedal began playing chess in an after-school program at his school, Kjelsas located in the northern part of Oslo. Urkedal was the winner of each of the age-restricted classes in the Norwegian championships over a period of time between 2003 and the year 2006. In 2003, he took the Miniputt class, scoring 8 1/2 points from 9. In 2004, the score was 6 1/2 points at the top of the Lilleputt category with five other athletes, but was able to win the group because of his tiebreak score that was higher than the rest, in 2005, he took the class of Cadet with 7 1/2 points. Lastly, in 2006, he was the winner of his first Junior championship after being tied for first place with 6 1/2 points along with three other players, before taking the play-off for the junior title.

Urkedal was awarded an award of FIDE Master in the year 2008. In January of 2011, his performance at his performance at the Rilton Cup tournament in Stockholm gave him the final standard required to be awarded to be a title like International Master.

In the 2012 Norwegian Chess Championship, held in July in Sandefjord, Urkedal scored 7 points out of 9. He drew the pre-tournament favorites Jon Ludvig Hammer and Simen Agdestein, and lost only to Espen Lie. Urkedal won the rest of his games, including a win over the defending champion Berge Østenstad in round 8. This result tied him for first with Espen Lie, and a play-off was arranged in Fredrikstad in October to determine the champion. Urkedal won the first game, and was able to hold a draw from a shaky position in the second, thus securing him the title. Urkedal became the seventh teenager to accomplish this feat.

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Facts & Trivia

Frode Ranked on the list of most popular Chess Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Norway. Frode Urkedal celebrates birthday on May 14 of every year.