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Nordic Congress, Stockholm Tournament

Sven Otto Svensson8/10(+8 -2 =0)[games]
Jorgen Moller7.5/10(+7 -2 =1)[games]
Hugo Langborg7/10(+6 -2 =2)[games]
Andreas Rosendahl6/10(+4 -2 =4)[games]
Anders Mellgren5/10(+5 -5 =0)[games]
Carl Fredrik Rydberg5/10(+4 -4 =2)[games]
Johan August Ros4/10(+3 -5 =2)[games]
Ludvig Collijn4/10(+3 -5 =2)[games]
Gustaf Collijn3.5/10(+2 -5 =3)[games]
Teodor Torbiornsson3/10(+3 -7 =0)[games]
Fritz Englund2/10(+2 -8 =0)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Nordic Congress, Stockholm (1897)

Stockholm, Sweden (23-30 August 1897)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 ————————————————————————————————————————— 1 Svensson • 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 8 2 Møller 1 • 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 7½ 3 Langborg 0 1 • ½ 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 7 4 Rosendahl 0 ½ ½ • 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 6 =5 Mellgren 0 1 0 1 • 1 0 1 0 1 0 5 =5 Rydberg 1 0 0 ½ 0 • ½ 0 1 1 1 5 =7 Ros 0 0 1 0 1 ½ • 0 ½ 0 1 4 =7 Collijn L 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 • ½ 0 1 4 9 Collijn G 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ • 1 0 3½ 10 Torbiörnsson 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 • 1 3 11 Englund 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 • 2 —————————————————————————————————————————

Eleven rounds, starting on Monday 23 August. One bye each round (55 games). Double rounds on 23, 25, 27 & 30 August. Rest day Sunday 29 August. Adjourned games finished on Tuesday 31 August.

Tournament book: Orla Hermann Krause, Andreas Rosendahl & Fritz Englund (eds), De nordiska schackkongresserna Stockholm 1897, Köpenhamn 1899 och Göteborg 1901. Gustaf Lindströms Förlag, Stockholm 1902. 88 pp.

Sources

Wikipedia article: Nordic Chess Championship
Tidsskrift for Skak, 28-29/1897, p. 231 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1897...)
Tidsskrift for Skak, 32/1897, p. 256 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1897...)
Tidsskrift for Skak, 34/1897, p. 271 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1897...)
Tidsskrift for Skak, 35/1897, p. 280 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1897...)
Tidsskrift for Skak, 36/1897, pp. 283-284, 288 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1897...)
Tidsskrift for Skak, 37/1897, pp. 289-291 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1897...)
Games in Tidsskrift for Skak, Swedish newspapers, and ChessBase Big Database 2006

Next: Nordic Congress, Copenhagen (1899) (Nordic Congress by the Copenhagen Chess Federation)

 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 55  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. T Torbiornsson vs L Collijn  1-0301897Nordic Congress, StockholmB01 Scandinavian
2. J A Ros vs F Englund  1-0381897Nordic Congress, StockholmC14 French, Classical
3. L Collijn vs Anders Mellgren  0-1381897Nordic Congress, StockholmD50 Queen's Gambit Declined
4. H W Langborg vs T Torbiornsson  1-0241897Nordic Congress, StockholmC27 Vienna Game
5. Anders Mellgren vs A Rosendahl  1-0471897Nordic Congress, StockholmC53 Giuoco Piano
6. G Collijn vs J Moller  0-1361897Nordic Congress, StockholmD63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
7. A Rosendahl vs C Rydberg  ½-½531897Nordic Congress, StockholmC67 Ruy Lopez
8. C Rydberg vs S O Svensson  1-0261897Nordic Congress, StockholmC42 Petrov Defense
9. J Moller vs J A Ros 1-0161897Nordic Congress, StockholmC50 Giuoco Piano
10. S O Svensson vs G Collijn  1-0421897Nordic Congress, StockholmB01 Scandinavian
11. F Englund vs J Moller  0-1271897Nordic Congress, StockholmC65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense
12. C Rydberg vs L Collijn  0-1661897Nordic Congress, StockholmB01 Scandinavian
13. G Collijn vs A Rosendahl  ½-½681897Nordic Congress, StockholmD08 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit
14. Anders Mellgren vs H W Langborg  0-1271897Nordic Congress, StockholmD35 Queen's Gambit Declined
15. J A Ros vs S O Svensson  0-1291897Nordic Congress, StockholmC42 Petrov Defense
16. T Torbiornsson vs G Collijn  0-1311897Nordic Congress, StockholmB01 Scandinavian
17. C Rydberg vs Anders Mellgren  0-1401897Nordic Congress, StockholmC45 Scotch Game
18. T Torbiornsson vs Anders Mellgren  0-1521897Nordic Congress, StockholmC42 Petrov Defense
19. L Collijn vs F Englund  1-0411897Nordic Congress, StockholmD67 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line
20. L Collijn vs G Collijn  ½-½211897Nordic Congress, StockholmD63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
21. S O Svensson vs F Englund  1-0251897Nordic Congress, StockholmC11 French
22. H W Langborg vs C Rydberg  1-0221897Nordic Congress, StockholmC28 Vienna Game
23. A Rosendahl vs J Moller  ½-½461897Nordic Congress, StockholmC59 Two Knights
24. A Rosendahl vs J A Ros  1-0251897Nordic Congress, StockholmC67 Ruy Lopez
25. H W Langborg vs J A Ros  0-1521897Nordic Congress, StockholmC55 Two Knights Defense
 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 55  PGN Download
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