Einar Johan Gausel (born 30 November 1963) is a Norwegian chess player and Norway's third International Grandmaster since 1995.

In 2001 he was equal first with Vladimir Chuchelov in the colossal Cappelle-la-Grande open (702 players, with 92 Grandmasters and 72 International masters).

Gausel is also the chess columnist for the Oslo newspaper Dagbladet.

Gausel represents the largest chess club in Norway, Oslo Schackselskap.

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