| Nordic Championship (1953) |
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Esbjerg, Denmark, 2-12 August 1953 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Ólafsson • 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 9
2 Sköld 0 • 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 7½
=3 Nielsen 1 1 • 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 7
=3 Sterner 0 ½ 1 • ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 7
=5 Larsen 0 0 1 ½ • 1 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 6½
=5 Vestøl ½ 1 0 ½ 0 • 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 6½
7 Poulsen 0 0 1 1 0 0 • 0 1 1 1 1 6
8 Karlin 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 • ½ ½ ½ 1 5
=9 Blomberg 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½ • ½ ½ ½ 4
=9 Solin ½ 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ • 1 ½ 4
11 Herseth 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 • 1 2
12 Hildebrand 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 • 1½
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Eleven rounds in eleven days, starting on Sunday 2 August (66 games). The 18-year-old Ólafsson became Nordic Champion.The Masters A tournament was won by Bertil Sundberg, ahead of Juuso Fastberg (2nd), Thormod Osteraas and Borge Andersen (=3rd). The Masters B tournament was won by Leho Laurine, ahead of Aage Ingerslev (2nd) and Frederik Storm (3rd). Sources
Wikipedia article: Nordic Chess Championship
Friðrik Ólafsson website (2020): https://web.archive.org/web/2020080...
Norsk Sjakkblad, 7/1953, pp. 121-122 (https://dnkjuhc6if10z.cloudfront.ne...)
Skakbladet, 9/1953, pp. 148-153, 161-162 (https://danbase.skak.dk/skakbladet/...)
Tidskrift för Schack, 8/1953, pp. 177-178, 188-190 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1953...)
Icelandic newspapers, available at https://timarit.is/?lang=is
Swedish newspapers, available at https://tidningar.kb.se/
Previous: Nordic Congress, Reykjavik (1950). Next: Nordic Championship (1955) Thanks to User: HartmannGBamberg for games from Skáksögufélagið and from Løfbergs book on Larsen.
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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. A Nielsen vs F Olafsson |
| 1-0 | 56 | 1953 | Nordic Championship | A22 English |
| 2. A Hildebrand vs B Larsen |
 | ½-½ | 26 | 1953 | Nordic Championship | C48 Four Knights |
| 3. B Larsen vs A Nielsen |
| 1-0 | 29 | 1953 | Nordic Championship | A31 English, Symmetrical, Benoni Formation |
| 4. F Olafsson vs K Skold |
| 1-0 | 55 | 1953 | Nordic Championship | E60 King's Indian Defense |
| 5. K Skold vs B Larsen |
| 1-0 | 39 | 1953 | Nordic Championship | C43 Petrov, Modern Attack |
| 6. K Blomberg vs F Olafsson |
| 0-1 | 59 | 1953 | Nordic Championship | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 7. O Karlin vs F Olafsson |
| 0-1 | 54 | 1953 | Nordic Championship | E60 King's Indian Defense |
| 8. B Larsen vs K Blomberg |
| 0-1 | 40 | 1953 | Nordic Championship | B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack |
| 9. F Olafsson vs B Larsen |
| 1-0 | 43 | 1953 | Nordic Championship | E10 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 10. A Vestol vs A Hildebrand |
| 1-0 | 36 | 1953 | Nordic Championship | B32 Sicilian |
| 11. O Karlin vs B Larsen |
| ½-½ | 55 | 1953 | Nordic Championship | A48 King's Indian |
| 12. S Herseth vs F Olafsson |
| 0-1 | 60 | 1953 | Nordic Championship | A22 English |
| 13. B Larsen vs S Herseth |
 | 1-0 | 36 | 1953 | Nordic Championship | A05 Reti Opening |
| 14. F Olafsson vs O Sterner |
| 1-0 | 41 | 1953 | Nordic Championship | E68 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Variation, 8.e4 |
| 15. O Sterner vs B Larsen |
| ½-½ | 32 | 1953 | Nordic Championship | B50 Sicilian |
| 16. I Solin vs F Olafsson |
| ½-½ | 18 | 1953 | Nordic Championship | A06 Reti Opening |
| 17. F Olafsson vs C Poulsen |
| 1-0 | 27 | 1953 | Nordic Championship | D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 18. B Larsen vs I Solin |
| 1-0 | 17 | 1953 | Nordic Championship | B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation |
| 19. C Poulsen vs B Larsen |
| 0-1 | 25 | 1953 | Nordic Championship | D31 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 20. A Vestol vs F Olafsson |
| ½-½ | 33 | 1953 | Nordic Championship | C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred |
| 21. F Olafsson vs A Hildebrand |
| 1-0 | 41 | 1953 | Nordic Championship | E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto |
| 22. B Larsen vs A Vestol |
| 1-0 | 38 | 1953 | Nordic Championship | A21 English |
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