Frode Olav Olsen Urkedal

Who is Frode Olav Olsen Urkedal?

Frode Olav Olsen Urkedal is a Norwegian chess player. He holds the title of International Master, and is the 2012 Norwegian Chess Champion. He represents the SK 1911 chess club in Oslo.

Urkedal began playing chess as an after-school activity at his school at Kjelsås in northern Oslo. Urkedal scored a string of successes in the age-restricted classes of the Norwegian championship, winning each of them in successive years from 2003 to 2006. In 2003 he won the Miniputt class with 8.5 points out of 9, in 2004 he scored 6.5 points in the Lilleputt class together with five other players but won the group due to his superior tiebreak score, in 2005 he won the Cadet class outright with 7.5 points, and in 2006 he won the Junior championship after tying for first with 6.5 points with three other players before winning the play-off for the junior title.

In the 2009 World Youth Chess Championship, Urkedal finished in fifth place in the under-16 section scoring 8 points out of 11. This was Norway's second best result in the youth championship, only Magnus Carlsen's second place in the under-12 section in 2002 surpassed this.

Urkedal played for Norway in the Chess Olympiads in 2010 and 2012.