Tags: Chess Player.
Leif Erlend Johannessen (born 1980) is a Norwegian chess player and Norway’s fifth grandmaster. He received his title in 2002. He picked up his first norm in Oslo the second at Bermuda and finally the third in the Sigeman tournament in Malmö. Johannessen has yet to win the Norwegian championship the closest he has come is second place in 1999 after losing the play-off 0-2 to Berge Østenstad.
