Nordic Congress, Oslo (1939) |
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
——————————————————————————————————————————————— 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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Game |
| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
1. K Ojanen vs A Gulbrandsen |
| 1-0 | 24 | 1939 | Nordic Congress, Oslo | D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |
2. Stahlberg vs E Lundin |
 | 1-0 | 39 | 1939 | Nordic Congress, Oslo | A13 English |
3. A Gulbrandsen vs Stahlberg |
| 0-1 | 26 | 1939 | Nordic Congress, Oslo | C13 French |
4. N Bergkvist vs S Herseth |
| 1-0 | 25 | 1939 | Nordic Congress, Oslo | C80 Ruy Lopez, Open |
5. E Lundin vs O Karlin |
| 1-0 | 23 | 1939 | Nordic Congress, Oslo | E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto |
6. K Ojanen vs Stahlberg |
| ½-½ | 23 | 1939 | Nordic Congress, Oslo | D52 Queen's Gambit Declined |
7. E Lundin vs O Kaila |
| 0-1 | 50 | 1939 | Nordic Congress, Oslo | D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
8. H G Hansen vs N Bergkvist |
| 1-0 | 28 | 1939 | Nordic Congress, Oslo | A04 Reti Opening |
9. K Ojanen vs H G Hansen |
| 1-0 | 31 | 1939 | Nordic Congress, Oslo | E38 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, 4...c5 |
10. O Kaila vs A Gulbrandsen |
| 1-0 | 31 | 1939 | Nordic Congress, Oslo | C33 King's Gambit Accepted |
11. O Karlin vs K Ojanen |
| 1-0 | 24 | 1939 | Nordic Congress, Oslo | E23 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann |
12. B Ekenberg vs E Lundin |
| 0-1 | 45 | 1939 | Nordic Congress, Oslo | C55 Two Knights Defense |
13. B Ekenberg vs A Gulbrandsen |
| 0-1 | 57 | 1939 | Nordic Congress, Oslo | C57 Two Knights |
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