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🏆 Nordic Congress, Gothenburg (1901)

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Jorgen Moller, Simon Abersten, Joel Fridlizius, Herman Jonsson, Johannes Giersing, Hans Hassel, Hanspetter Hansen, Torsten Relfsson, Emil Jurgens, Axel Pritzel, Fritz Englund, Teodor Torbiornsson

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Nordic Congress, Gothenburg (1901)

Gothenburg, Sweden (5-16 August 1901)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 ————————————————————————————————————————— 1 Møller • 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 8 2 Fridlizius 0 • 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 7½ 3 Relfsson 1 1 • ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 1 1 7 4 Englund 0 0 ½ • 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 6½ =5 Giersing ½ 0 ½ 0 • 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 5½ =5 Pritzel 0 0 0 0 1 • 1 1 1 ½ 1 5½ 7 Hansen ½ 0 1 1 0 0 • 0 1 ½ ½ 4½ 8 Aberstén 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 • 1 1 1 4 9 Hassel 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 • ½ 1 3 10 Jürgens 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ • ½ 2 11 Jonsson 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ • 1½ ————————————————————————————————————————— 12 Torbiörnsson 0 - 0 0 - - - 0 - - - —————————————————————————————————————————

Eleven rounds in twelve days, starting on Monday 5 August. Rest day Sunday 11 August. Torbiörnsson withdrew after Round 4 and his games were cancelled (55 + 4 = 59 games).

Tournament book: Orla Hermann Krause, Andreas Rosendahl & Fritz Englund (eds), De nordiska schackkongresserna Stockholm 1897, Köpenhamn 1899 och Göteborg 1901. Gustaf Lindströms Förlag, Stockholm 1902. 88 pp.

Sources

Wikipedia article: Nordic Chess Championship
Tidsskrift for Skak, 5/1901, pp. 67-71 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1901...)
Tidsskrift for Skak, 8/1901, pp. 120-123 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1901...)
Tidsskrift for Skak, 8A/1901, pp. 128-138 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1901...)
Reports (with dates) in Swedish newspapers, available at https://tidningar.kb.se/

Previous: Nordic Congress, Copenhagen (1899) (Nordic Congress by the Copenhagen Chess Federation). Next: Nordic Congress, Kristiania (1903) (2nd Congress of the Nordic Chess Federation)

 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 59  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. F Englund vs T Torbiornsson  1-0361901Nordic Congress, GothenburgC82 Ruy Lopez, Open
2. J Fridlizius vs J Giersing  1-0471901Nordic Congress, GothenburgD05 Queen's Pawn Game
3. S Abersten vs H Hassel  1-0871901Nordic Congress, GothenburgC50 Giuoco Piano
4. H Hansen vs T Relfsson  1-0581901Nordic Congress, GothenburgC51 Evans Gambit
5. H Jonsson vs E Jurgens  ½-½491901Nordic Congress, GothenburgC14 French, Classical
6. A Pritzel vs J Moller  0-1371901Nordic Congress, GothenburgC68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange
7. J Fridlizius vs H Hansen  1-0301901Nordic Congress, GothenburgC62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense
8. T Torbiornsson vs T Relfsson  0-1401901Nordic Congress, GothenburgC29 Vienna Gambit
9. A Pritzel vs H Hassel  1-0551901Nordic Congress, GothenburgC62 Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense
10. J Giersing vs S Abersten  1-0291901Nordic Congress, GothenburgC50 Giuoco Piano
11. F Englund vs E Jurgens  1-0221901Nordic Congress, GothenburgC82 Ruy Lopez, Open
12. J Moller vs H Jonsson 1-0381901Nordic Congress, GothenburgC14 French, Classical
13. T Torbiornsson vs J Moller  0-1261901Nordic Congress, GothenburgC29 Vienna Gambit
14. F Englund vs S Abersten  1-0331901Nordic Congress, GothenburgC41 Philidor Defense
15. J Fridlizius vs T Relfsson  0-1571901Nordic Congress, GothenburgC71 Ruy Lopez
16. J Giersing vs H Jonsson  1-0471901Nordic Congress, GothenburgC42 Petrov Defense
17. E Jurgens vs H Hassel  ½-½221901Nordic Congress, GothenburgC47 Four Knights
18. A Pritzel vs H Hansen  1-0351901Nordic Congress, GothenburgB01 Scandinavian
19. S Abersten vs T Torbiornsson  1-0441901Nordic Congress, GothenburgC54 Giuoco Piano
20. T Relfsson vs J Moller  1-0411901Nordic Congress, GothenburgC43 Petrov, Modern Attack
21. A Pritzel vs F Englund  0-1301901Nordic Congress, GothenburgC67 Ruy Lopez
22. E Jurgens vs J Fridlizius  0-1501901Nordic Congress, GothenburgC42 Petrov Defense
23. H Hassel vs H Jonsson  1-0191901Nordic Congress, GothenburgC30 King's Gambit Declined
24. H Hansen vs J Giersing  0-1111901Nordic Congress, GothenburgC20 King's Pawn Game
25. S Abersten vs J Fridlizius 0-1451901Nordic Congress, GothenburgC50 Giuoco Piano
 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 59  PGN Download
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