| Nordic Congress, Oslo (1939) |
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Militære Samfund, Oslo, Norway, 15-22 July 1939 Age 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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=1 Lundin 35 • 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 8½
=1 Ståhlberg 31 1 • ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 8½
3 Kaila 23 1 ½ • ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 8
4 Ojanen 20 0 ½ ½ • ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 7½
=5 Bergkvist 38 0 0 ½ ½ • ½ 1 1 1 0 0 1 5½
=5 Ekenberg 27 0 0 ½ 0 ½ • 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 5½
=5 Karlin 33 0 0 0 1 0 0 • ½ 1 1 1 1 5½
=8 Gulbrandsen 32 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ • 0 1 1 ½ 4
=8 Herseth 41 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 • 1 0 ½ 4
=10 Hansen 57 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 • ½ 1 3½
=10 Solberg ?? 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 0 1 ½ • 0 3½
12 Østeraas ?? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 • 2
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Eleven rounds in 8 days, starting on Saturday 15 July. Double rounds on 16 (2 & 3), 18 (5 & 6) and 20 (8 & 9) July (66 games). Ståhlberg beat Lundin in Round 1, but Lundin caught up in Round 11 and the two ended =1st. One now foresaw a playoff match for the Nordic Champion title, but that match never happened.The Masters A tournament was won by Aage Vestol, ahead of Georg Christiansen (2nd), Harry Alexandersson and Erik Johansson (=3rd). The Masters B tournament was won by Gustav Marthinsen, ahead of Hartvig Nielsen (2nd) and Sverre Foss (3rd). Vestøl and Marthinsen earned the Nordic Master title. Sources
Wikipedia article: Nordic Chess Championship
Norsk Sjakkblad, 4-7/1939, pp. 45-53 (https://dnkjuhc6if10z.cloudfront.ne...)
Skakbladet, 7/1939, pp. 115-116 (https://danbase.skak.dk/skakbladet/...)
Skakbladet, 8/1939, pp. 142-145, 154 (https://danbase.skak.dk/skakbladet/...)
Skakbladet, 9/1939, pp. 155-156, 158-163 (https://danbase.skak.dk/skakbladet/...)
Tidskrift för Schack, 7-8/1939, pp. 139-142, 153-156, 163 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1939...)
Game dates from Finnish newspapers, available at https://digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi/s... Previous: Nordic Congress, Orebro (1938). Next: Nordic Congress, Copenhagen (1946)
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