Nordic Congress, Reykjavik (1950) |
Reykjavik, Iceland, 28 July - 9 August 1950 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
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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/
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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
1. G Agustsson vs O Kinnmark |
| ½-½ | 57 | 1950 | Nordic Congress, Reykjavik | D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 |
2. S Herseth vs G Sigurdsson |
| ½-½ | 50 | 1950 | Nordic Congress, Reykjavik | B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange |
3. B Sundberg vs A Vestol |
| 0-1 | 24 | 1950 | Nordic Congress, Reykjavik | E16 Queen's Indian |
4. J Nielsen vs P M Nielsen |
| 1-0 | 20 | 1950 | Nordic Congress, Reykjavik | E60 King's Indian Defense |
5. B Moller vs E Gilfer |
| 1-0 | 40 | 1950 | Nordic Congress, Reykjavik | A20 English |
6. O Kinnmark vs J Nielsen |
| 1-0 | 23 | 1950 | Nordic Congress, Reykjavik | C55 Two Knights Defense |
7. E Gilfer vs B Sundberg |
| 1-0 | 46 | 1950 | Nordic Congress, Reykjavik | E12 Queen's Indian |
8. P M Nielsen vs B Moller |
 | 0-1 | 48 | 1950 | Nordic Congress, Reykjavik | E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line |
9. G Sigurdsson vs A Vestol |
 | 0-1 | 41 | 1950 | Nordic Congress, Reykjavik | D37 Queen's Gambit Declined |
10. S Herseth vs G Agustsson |
| ½-½ | 45 | 1950 | Nordic Congress, Reykjavik | A16 English |
11. J Nielsen vs S Herseth |
| ½-½ | 36 | 1950 | Nordic Congress, Reykjavik | D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |
12. G Agustsson vs G Sigurdsson |
| 0-1 | 40 | 1950 | Nordic Congress, Reykjavik | C41 Philidor Defense |
13. B Moller vs O Kinnmark |
| 1-0 | 48 | 1950 | Nordic Congress, Reykjavik | A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 |
14. B Sundberg vs P M Nielsen |
| 0-1 | 39 | 1950 | Nordic Congress, Reykjavik | D04 Queen's Pawn Game |
15. A Vestol vs E Gilfer |
 | ½-½ | 52 | 1950 | Nordic Congress, Reykjavik | C12 French, McCutcheon |
16. O Kinnmark vs B Sundberg |
| ½-½ | 43 | 1950 | Nordic Congress, Reykjavik | C48 Four Knights |
17. G Sigurdsson vs E Gilfer |
| 1-0 | 47 | 1950 | Nordic Congress, Reykjavik | C81 Ruy Lopez, Open, Howell Attack |
18. S Herseth vs B Moller |
| 0-1 | 33 | 1950 | Nordic Congress, Reykjavik | A95 Dutch, Stonewall |
19. P M Nielsen vs A Vestol |
| ½-½ | 41 | 1950 | Nordic Congress, Reykjavik | A07 King's Indian Attack |
20. G Agustsson vs J Nielsen |
| ½-½ | 49 | 1950 | Nordic Congress, Reykjavik | A13 English |
21. B Moller vs G Agustsson |
| ½-½ | 27 | 1950 | Nordic Congress, Reykjavik | A03 Bird's Opening |
22. B Sundberg vs S Herseth |
| 1-0 | 51 | 1950 | Nordic Congress, Reykjavik | D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation |
23. J Nielsen vs G Sigurdsson |
| 0-1 | 66 | 1950 | Nordic Congress, Reykjavik | D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
24. A Vestol vs O Kinnmark |
| ½-½ | 45 | 1950 | Nordic Congress, Reykjavik | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
25. E Gilfer vs P M Nielsen |
| 1-0 | 48 | 1950 | Nordic Congress, Reykjavik | D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
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