Jørn Sloth

Danish chess player

ICCF Grandmaster (1978)
FIDE Master

ICCF World Champion1975–80FIDE rating2296 (October 2020)^[1]Peak rating2400 (January 1979)^[2]ICCF rating2532 (April 2007)^[3]ICCF peak rating2635 (July 1991)^[3]

Jørn Sloth (born 5 September 1944 in Sjørring, Thy, Denmark) is a Danish chess player who holds the chess titles of FIDE Master and Correspondence Chess Grandmaster. He was the eighth ICCF World Champion, 1975–80.

In 1964 he, together with Rob Hartoch, won the Niemeyer tournament for European players under 20.

Sloth started playing Correspondence Chess at a young age. He obtained the IMC title in 1973 and the GMC title in 1978. He was the youngest player ever to win the Correspondence World Champion title.