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🏆 Nordic Zonal, Helsinki (1947)

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Olaf Barda, Eero Book, Gosta Stoltz, Aage Vestol, Erik Lundin, Asmundur Asgeirsson, Henrik Carlsson, Jens Enevoldsen, Olof Kinnmark, Jalo Aatos Fred, Gudmundur Gudmundsson, Osmo Kaila

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Nordic Zonal, Helsinki (1947)

Helsinki, Finland, 31 July - 11 August 1947

               1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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=1 Böök        • 1 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1  9
=1 Stoltz      0 • 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1  9
 3 Carlsson    0 0 • ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1  7½
 4 Enevoldsen  ½ ½ ½ • 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1  7
=5 Barda       1 0 0 1 • 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½  6
=5 Lundin      0 0 ½ 0 0 • ½ 1 1 1 1 1  6
=7 Fred        ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ • ½ ½ 0 ½ 0  4
=7 Kaila       0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ • 1 ½ 1 0  4
=9 Ásgeirsson  0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 • ½ 1 1  3½
=9 Gudmundsson 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ • 0 1  3½
=9 Vestøl      0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 • ½  3½
12 Kinnmark    0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 0 0 ½ •  3
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Eleven rounds in 12 days, starting on Thursday 31 July. Rest day (including a blitz tournament won by Lundin): 7 August. This group started three days earlier than the rest because FIDE was now involved and there was a demand of no double rounds. The winner would not only become Nordic Champion but also earn a spot in the Saltsjobaden Interzonal (1948). Böök and Stoltz ended =1st, and the Böök - Stoltz (1947) match followed, before the next Nordic Congress, Örebro (1948).

The Nordic Congress was formally opened on Sunday 3 August, when the Masters tournaments (1 & 2) and the Class 1 tournaments (1, 2 & 3) began. Masters 1 was won by Toivo Salo, ahead of Olof Sterner (2nd), Bertil Sundberg, Matti Rantanen and Keijo Blomberg (=3rd), and Masters 2 was won by Gunnar Magnusson, ahead of Ilmari Solin (2nd) and Bjorn Hult (3rd). Salo and Solin could not play in the top group ("Landslagsklassen") because it had a limit of 12 players.

Sources

Wikipedia article: Nordic Chess Championship
Sjakkliv, 7-8/1947, pp. 78-81 (https://drive.google.com/drive/fold...)
Skakbladet, 9/1947, pp. 129-131, 139-149 (https://danbase.skak.dk/skakbladet/...)
Tidskrift för Schack, 7-8/1947, pp. 177-180, 193-200 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1947...)
Game Collection: Nordic Zonal, Helsinki 1947 by User: Chessdreamer
Finnish newspapers, available at https://digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi/s...

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 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. H Carlsson vs J A Fred  1-0421947Nordic Zonal, HelsinkiB84 Sicilian, Scheveningen
2. E Lundin vs J Enevoldsen  0-1211947Nordic Zonal, HelsinkiA28 English
3. O Barda vs A Asgeirsson  ½-½301947Nordic Zonal, HelsinkiE17 Queen's Indian
4. E Book vs A Vestol 1-0321947Nordic Zonal, HelsinkiE33 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
5. G Gudmundsson vs O Kinnmark  1-0431947Nordic Zonal, HelsinkiE62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
6. G Stoltz vs O Kaila  1-0391947Nordic Zonal, HelsinkiE40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3
7. A Asgeirsson vs G Stoltz  0-1811947Nordic Zonal, HelsinkiD32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
8. J A Fred vs O Barda  1-0641947Nordic Zonal, HelsinkiD05 Queen's Pawn Game
9. O Kaila vs E Lundin  0-1611947Nordic Zonal, HelsinkiB58 Sicilian
10. A Vestol vs H Carlsson  0-1401947Nordic Zonal, HelsinkiC77 Ruy Lopez
11. O Kinnmark vs J Enevoldsen  0-1421947Nordic Zonal, HelsinkiC77 Ruy Lopez
12. G Gudmundsson vs E Book 0-1241947Nordic Zonal, HelsinkiD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
13. G Stoltz vs J A Fred  1-0511947Nordic Zonal, HelsinkiA46 Queen's Pawn Game
14. E Lundin vs A Asgeirsson  1-0451947Nordic Zonal, HelsinkiA38 English, Symmetrical
15. H Carlsson vs G Gudmundsson  1-0461947Nordic Zonal, HelsinkiC14 French, Classical
16. E Book vs O Kinnmark  1-0331947Nordic Zonal, HelsinkiE72 King's Indian
17. J Enevoldsen vs O Kaila  ½-½301947Nordic Zonal, HelsinkiC18 French, Winawer
18. O Barda vs A Vestol  ½-½301947Nordic Zonal, HelsinkiB58 Sicilian
19. O Kinnmark vs O Kaila  1-0351947Nordic Zonal, HelsinkiC18 French, Winawer
20. A Asgeirsson vs J Enevoldsen  0-1311947Nordic Zonal, HelsinkiE40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3
21. G Gudmundsson vs O Barda  ½-½331947Nordic Zonal, HelsinkiD45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
22. J A Fred vs E Lundin  ½-½411947Nordic Zonal, HelsinkiD02 Queen's Pawn Game
23. A Vestol vs G Stoltz  ½-½301947Nordic Zonal, HelsinkiA04 Reti Opening
24. E Book vs H Carlsson  1-0301947Nordic Zonal, HelsinkiA15 English
25. J Enevoldsen vs J A Fred  ½-½401947Nordic Zonal, HelsinkiE40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3
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