English version below


Søren Anton Sørensen var helt fra barnsben meget fortagsom, og
på Sulsted præstegård i nord Jylland, hvor han tildels voksede op
lavede han en skakklub for gårdens børn.

Søren Anton Sørensen was taught chess at the age 11 (1851)
by H.Møller, when he was a regular visitor at Sulsted præste-
gård (vacarage)  -  (H.Møller was former chairman in the first
Copenhagen chess club/Københavns skak forening 1844-1846).

When Søren Anton Sørensen was 18 the following episode
occured : One day S.A.S. came into a café in Aalborg where he
saw two amateurs playing chess, when one of the players made
a blunder, S.A.S. could not help but notice it. The two men got
angry beeing corrected by a boy and challenged him to play for
money, S.A.S. said he would be delighted but he would then play
both men blindfold ! Needless to say S.A.S. won convincingly.

Around 1860 S.A.S. came to Copenhagen and soon got involved
in the Copenhagen Chess scene.