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🏆 Nordic Congress, Orebro (1948)

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Christian Poulsen, Ored Karlin, Sune Hjorth, Ilmari Niemela, Baldur Moller

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Nordic Congress, Orebro (1948)

Örebro, Sweden, 18-28 August 1948

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 —————————————————————————————————————————— 1 Möller • ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 8 2 Karlin ½ • 1 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 7½ =3 Niemelä 0 0 • 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 6½ =3 Poulsen 0 0 0 • 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 6½ =3 Salo ½ ½ ½ 1 • 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 6½ =3 Sköld 0 0 1 0 1 • 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 6½ =3 Vestøl ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 • 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 6½ =8 Hjorth 1 ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 • 0 1 ½ 0 4½ =8 Kust 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 • 1 1 1 4½ 10 Vesterinen ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 • ½ 1 4 =11 Pettersson 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ • 0 2½ =11 Rantanen 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 • 2½ ——————————————————————————————————————————

Eleven rounds in 11 days, starting on Wednesday 18 August. Möller earned the title Nordic Champion.

The Masters tournament was won by Sven Carlsson, ahead of Peter Korning and Hartvig Nielsen (=2nd).

Sources

Wikipedia article: Nordic Chess Championship
Skakbladet, 10/1948, pp. 141-144 (https://danbase.skak.dk/skakbladet/...)
Tidskrift för Schack, 8-9/1948, pp. 190-192 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1948...)
Tidskrift för Schack, 10/1948, pp. 241-245 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1948...)
Finnish newspapers, available at https://digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi/s...
Icelandic newspapers, available at https://timarit.is/?lang=is

Previous: Book - Stoltz (1947). Next: Nordic Congress, Reykjavik (1950)

 page 1 of 1; 3 games  PGN Download 
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. C Poulsen vs O Karlin  0-1351948Nordic Congress, OrebroC70 Ruy Lopez
2. B Moller vs I Niemela  1-0421948Nordic Congress, OrebroD51 Queen's Gambit Declined
3. S Hjorth vs I Niemela  ½-½421948Nordic Congress, OrebroD60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
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