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Ulf Andersson, Swedish chess player
Ulf Andersson is a leading Swedish chess player. FIDE awarded him the International Master title in 1970 and the Grandmaster title in 1972. Andersson began playing correspondence chess in 1995, and became a correspondence chess grandmaster that same year.
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Ulf Andersson was born in 1951. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.
These figures put everyday life in Ulf Andersson's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.
| Measure | 1951 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Gas | $0.27 | $3.45/gal |
| Average home | $8,800 | $435,000 |
| Average income | $5,500 | $67,500 |
| Minimum wage | $0.75 | $7.25/hr (federal) |
| Movie ticket | $0.53 | $11.95 |
| Postage stamp | $0.03 | $0.73 |
| Population | 154.0M | 341 million |
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