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Nordic Championship Tournament

Fridrik Olafsson9/11(+8 -1 =2)[games]
Bent Larsen6.5/11(+5 -3 =3)[games]
Aage Vestol1.5/3(+1 -1 =1)[games]
Axel Nielsen1/2(+1 -1 =0)[games]
Keijo Blomberg1/2(+1 -1 =0)[games]
Kristian Skold1/2(+1 -1 =0)[games]
Olof Sterner0.5/2(+0 -1 =1)[games]
Alexander Hildebrand0.5/3(+0 -2 =1)[games]
Ored Karlin0.5/2(+0 -1 =1)[games]
Ilmari Solin0.5/2(+0 -1 =1)[games]
Storm Herseth0/2(+0 -2 =0)[games]
Christian Poulsen0/2(+0 -2 =0)[games]

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Nordic Championship (1953)

Esbjerg, Denmark, 2-12 August 1953

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 ————————————————————————————————————————— 1 Ólafsson • 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 9 2 Sköld 0 • 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 7½ =3 Nielsen 1 1 • 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 7 =3 Sterner 0 ½ 1 • ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 7 =5 Larsen 0 0 1 ½ • 1 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 6½ =5 Vestøl ½ 1 0 ½ 0 • 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 6½ 7 Poulsen 0 0 1 1 0 0 • 0 1 1 1 1 6 8 Karlin 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 • ½ ½ ½ 1 5 =9 Blomberg 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½ • ½ ½ ½ 4 =9 Solin ½ 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ • 1 ½ 4 11 Herseth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 • 1 2 12 Hildebrand 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 • 1½ —————————————————————————————————————————

Eleven rounds in eleven days, starting on Sunday 2 August (66 games). The 18-year-old Ólafsson became Nordic Champion.

The Masters A tournament was won by Bertil Sundberg, ahead of Juuso Fastberg (2nd), Thormod Osteraas and Borge Andersen (=3rd). The Masters B tournament was won by Leho Laurine, ahead of Aage Ingerslev (2nd) and Frederik Storm (3rd).

Sources

Wikipedia article: Nordic Chess Championship
Friðrik Ólafsson website (2020): https://web.archive.org/web/2020080...
Norsk Sjakkblad, 7/1953, pp. 121-122 (https://dnkjuhc6if10z.cloudfront.ne...)
Skakbladet, 9/1953, pp. 148-153, 161-162 (https://danbase.skak.dk/skakbladet/...)
Tidskrift för Schack, 8/1953, pp. 177-178, 188-190 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1953...)
Icelandic newspapers, available at https://timarit.is/?lang=is
Swedish newspapers, available at https://tidningar.kb.se/

Previous: Nordic Congress, Reykjavik (1950). Next: Nordic Championship (1955)

Thanks to User: HartmannGBamberg for games from Skáksögufélagið and from Løfbergs book on Larsen.

 page 1 of 1; 5 games  PGN Download 
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. K Blomberg vs F Olafsson  0-1591953Nordic ChampionshipC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
2. O Karlin vs F Olafsson  0-1541953Nordic ChampionshipE60 King's Indian Defense
3. B Larsen vs K Blomberg  0-1401953Nordic ChampionshipB52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
4. S Herseth vs F Olafsson  0-1601953Nordic ChampionshipA22 English
5. C Poulsen vs B Larsen  0-1251953Nordic ChampionshipD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
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