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Nordic Congress, Copenhagen (1907) Copenhagen, Denmark (5-15 August 1907) 1 2 3 4 5 Score ———————————————————————————————————— 1 Leonhardt •• ½1 ½½ 1½ 1½ 5½ =2 Schlechter ½0 •• ½½ ½½ 11 4½ =2 Maroczy ½½ ½½ •• 01 1½ 4½ 4 Møller 0½ ½½ 10 •• 1½ 4 5 Krause 0½ 00 0½ 0½ •• 1½ ———————————————————————————————————— Ten (5x2) rounds in eleven days, starting on Monday 5 August and ending on Thursday 15 August. Rest day Sunday 11 August. One bye each round, since Sven Otto Svensson did not turn up. "Cand. jur. J. Møller has again on this occasion shown himself worthy of the master title" (Skakbladet) The Class 1 tournament was won by Victor Sjoberg, after a playoff game vs Fritz Englund. Sjöberg hence "Master of Scandinavian Chess Federation" (TfS p. 248) Tournament book: Tidskrift för Schack, 10-11/1907, pp. 245-322 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1907...) Sources Wikipedia article: Nordic Chess Championship Skakbladet, August 1907, p. 11 (https://danbase.skak.dk/skakbladet/...) Tidskrift för Schack, 10-11/1907, pp. 245-266 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1907...) Reports (with dates) in Swedish newspapers (available at https://tidningar.kb.se) Based on an original collection by User: TheFocus. Previous: Nordic Congress, Stockholm (1905) (3rd Congress of the Nordic Chess Federation). Next: Nordic Congress, Gothenburg (1909) (5th Congress of the Nordic Chess Federation)  page 1 of 1; 20 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J Moller vs O Krause   1-0 39 1907 Nordic Congress, Copenhagen D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 2. P Leonhardt vs Maroczy   ½-½ 48 1907 Nordic Congress, Copenhagen C14 French, Classical 3. P Leonhardt vs Schlechter   ½-½ 49 1907 Nordic Congress, Copenhagen C50 Giuoco Piano 4. Maroczy vs O Krause   1-0 45 1907 Nordic Congress, Copenhagen B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 5. Maroczy vs J Moller 0-1 29 1907 Nordic Congress, Copenhagen D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 6. O Krause vs Schlechter   0-1 26 1907 Nordic Congress, Copenhagen B58 Sicilian 7. Schlechter vs J Moller   ½-½ 48 1907 Nordic Congress, Copenhagen D05 Queen's Pawn Game 8. O Krause vs P Leonhardt 0-1 33 1907 Nordic Congress, Copenhagen C38 King's Gambit Accepted 9. Schlechter vs Maroczy   ½-½ 29 1907 Nordic Congress, Copenhagen D02 Queen's Pawn Game 10. J Moller vs P Leonhardt 0-1 30 1907 Nordic Congress, Copenhagen D55 Queen's Gambit Declined 11. Maroczy vs P Leonhardt   ½-½ 30 1907 Nordic Congress, Copenhagen D02 Queen's Pawn Game 12. O Krause vs J Moller ½-½ 56 1907 Nordic Congress, Copenhagen B56 Sicilian 13. Schlechter vs P Leonhardt 0-1 60 1907 Nordic Congress, Copenhagen D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 14. O Krause vs Maroczy   ½-½ 30 1907 Nordic Congress, Copenhagen C00 French Defense 15. Schlechter vs O Krause 1-0 34 1907 Nordic Congress, Copenhagen D05 Queen's Pawn Game 16. J Moller vs Maroczy 0-1 32 1907 Nordic Congress, Copenhagen C45 Scotch Game 17. J Moller vs Schlechter   ½-½ 25 1907 Nordic Congress, Copenhagen D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 18. P Leonhardt vs O Krause   ½-½ 32 1907 Nordic Congress, Copenhagen C63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense 19. P Leonhardt vs J Moller   ½-½ 30 1907 Nordic Congress, Copenhagen C49 Four Knights 20. Maroczy vs Schlechter   ½-½ 19 1907 Nordic Congress, Copenhagen C49 Four Knights  page 1 of 1; 20 games      REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Nov-17-17    goser: There is a mistake in the table. Leonhardt had two draws with Maroczy but there is "=1" in Leonhardt's row. Nov-17-17    goser: Thank you! Everything is OK now. Jun-12-24    Tabanus: I dated the games and added a little more info. Dec-26-24    nizmo11: <Tabanus> The Nordic congress 1907 was in Copenhagen, not in Stockholm, isn't it? Dec-26-24    stone free or die: https://books.google.com/books?id=y... Dec-26-24    stone free or die: The PDF link in the bio is more complete, but my link just above is good for a quick view. Dec-26-24    jnpope: Well, all the games do say Copenhagen, DEN in the PGNs. I'm presuming a cut-and-paste oversight from the 1905 tourney. I've changed this one to Copenhagen. NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! If you already have a username, then simply login login under your username now to join the discussion. 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