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Nordic Congress, Reykjavik Tournament

Baldur Moller7/9(+6 -1 =2)[games]
Gudjon Sigurdsson6.5/9(+5 -1 =3)[games]
Aage Vestol5.5/9(+3 -1 =5)[games]
Gudmundur Agustsson4.5/9(+2 -2 =5)[games]
Olof Kinnmark4/9(+2 -3 =4)[games]
Julius Nielsen4/9(+2 -3 =4)[games]
Palle Moeller Nielsen4/9(+3 -4 =2)[games]
Storm Herseth4/9(+2 -3 =4)[games]
Eggert Gilfer3.5/9(+3 -5 =1)[games]
Bertil Sundberg2/9(+1 -6 =2)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Nordic Congress, Reykjavik (1950)

Reykjavik, Iceland, 28 July - 9 August 1950

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 —————————————————————————————————————— 1 Möller • ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 7 2 Sigurdsson ½ • 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 6½ 3 Vestøl 0 1 • ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 5½ 4 Ágústsson ½ 0 ½ • ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 4½ =5 Kinnmark 0 ½ ½ ½ • 1 0 0 1 ½ 4 =5 Nielsen J 1 0 ½ ½ 0 • 1 ½ 0 ½ 4 =5 Nielsen P 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 • ½ 0 1 4 =5 Herseth 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ • 1 0 4 9 Gilfer 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 0 • 1 3½ 10 Sundberg 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 • 2 ——————————————————————————————————————

Generous schedule with 9 rounds in 13 days, starting on Friday 28 July and ending on Wednesday 9 August. Adjourned games played out 10 August. Rest days: 31 July, 3, 5 and 8 August. Möller beat Vestøl in the last round and defended his Nordic Champion title. The Masters tournament was won by Fridrik Olafsson, ahead of Hugo Nihlen and Aki Petursson (=2nd).

The congress meetings started on Thursday 10 August. On 7 August (on the day of Round 8) they had received a telegram from FIDE vice president Ari Ilmakunnas, saying that the tournament could not be regarded as a Zonal (like in 1947) but it could serve as a qualification for the Marianske Lazne / Prague Zonal (1951).

Sources

Wikipedia article: Nordic Chess Championship
Friðrik Ólafsson website (2024): https://skaksogufelagid.is/1950-ska...
Skakbladet, 9/1950, 162-164, 171-175 (https://danbase.skak.dk/skakbladet/...)
Tidskrift för Schack, 8-9/1950, pp. 218-219 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1950...)
Icelandic newspapers, available at https://timarit.is/?lang=is
34 games from https://2700chess.com/

Previous: Nordic Congress, Orebro (1948). Next: Nordic Championship (1953)

 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. G Agustsson vs O Kinnmark  ½-½571950Nordic Congress, ReykjavikD78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6
2. S Herseth vs G Sigurdsson  ½-½501950Nordic Congress, ReykjavikB13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
3. B Sundberg vs A Vestol  0-1241950Nordic Congress, ReykjavikE16 Queen's Indian
4. J Nielsen vs P M Nielsen  1-0201950Nordic Congress, ReykjavikE60 King's Indian Defense
5. B Moller vs E Gilfer  1-0401950Nordic Congress, ReykjavikA20 English
6. O Kinnmark vs J Nielsen  1-0231950Nordic Congress, ReykjavikC55 Two Knights Defense
7. E Gilfer vs B Sundberg  1-0461950Nordic Congress, ReykjavikE12 Queen's Indian
8. P M Nielsen vs B Moller 0-1481950Nordic Congress, ReykjavikE69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line
9. G Sigurdsson vs A Vestol 0-1411950Nordic Congress, ReykjavikD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
10. S Herseth vs G Agustsson  ½-½451950Nordic Congress, ReykjavikA16 English
11. J Nielsen vs S Herseth  ½-½361950Nordic Congress, ReykjavikD40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch
12. G Agustsson vs G Sigurdsson  0-1401950Nordic Congress, ReykjavikC41 Philidor Defense
13. B Moller vs O Kinnmark  1-0481950Nordic Congress, ReykjavikA49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4
14. B Sundberg vs P M Nielsen  0-1391950Nordic Congress, ReykjavikD04 Queen's Pawn Game
15. A Vestol vs E Gilfer ½-½521950Nordic Congress, ReykjavikC12 French, McCutcheon
16. O Kinnmark vs B Sundberg  ½-½431950Nordic Congress, ReykjavikC48 Four Knights
17. G Sigurdsson vs E Gilfer  1-0471950Nordic Congress, ReykjavikC81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack
18. S Herseth vs B Moller  0-1331950Nordic Congress, ReykjavikA95 Dutch, Stonewall
19. P M Nielsen vs A Vestol  ½-½411950Nordic Congress, ReykjavikA07 King's Indian Attack
20. G Agustsson vs J Nielsen  ½-½491950Nordic Congress, ReykjavikA13 English
21. B Moller vs G Agustsson  ½-½271950Nordic Congress, ReykjavikA03 Bird's Opening
22. B Sundberg vs S Herseth  1-0511950Nordic Congress, ReykjavikD38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation
23. J Nielsen vs G Sigurdsson  0-1661950Nordic Congress, ReykjavikD17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
24. A Vestol vs O Kinnmark  ½-½451950Nordic Congress, ReykjavikC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
25. E Gilfer vs P M Nielsen  1-0481950Nordic Congress, ReykjavikD11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jul-12-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: 2700chess have it mostly right BUT

1) their game dates (rounds 3-9) are off by two days - they have just guessed them.

2) two of their 45 games have wrong result, 0-1 vs 1-0.

3) they have switched the round numbers and game scores of G Sigurdsson vs A Vestol, 1950 and G Sigurdsson vs E Gilfer, 1950.

4) they have wrong Palle Nielsen, should be Palle Møller Nielsen.

Jul-12-24
Premium Chessgames Member
  offramp: Thanks Tabanus. Tomorrow I'll play through these.

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