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Ernst Rojahn
E Rojahn 
Buenos Aires Olympiad, 1939  

Number of games in database: 54
Years covered: 1938 to 1958
Overall record: +18 -19 =17 (49.1%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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ERNST ROJAHN
(born Aug-13-1909, died Jul-24-1977, 67 years old) Norway

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Ernst Andreas Rojahn was born 13 August 1909 in Tønsberg, Norway. He was Norwegian Champion in 1945 and 1958, and played in the olympiads 1939, 1952, 1956 and 1958.

OlimpBase: http://www.olimpbase.org/1939/1939n...

Last updated: 2018-08-13 09:29:17

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 page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 54  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. A Gulbrandsen vs E Rojahn 1-0251938NOR-chC79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred
2. E Rojahn vs G Vassaux  1-0361939Buenos Aires Olympiad qual-4B12 Caro-Kann Defense
3. Stahlberg vs E Rojahn 1-0241939Buenos Aires Olympiad qual-4A15 English
4. E Rojahn vs M Czerniak ½-½331939Buenos Aires Olympiad qual-4B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening
5. Keres vs E Rojahn 1-0391939Buenos Aires Olympiad qual-4B61 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Larsen Variation, 7.Qd2
6. E Rojahn vs Capablanca ½-½401939Buenos Aires Olympiad qual-4C51 Evans Gambit
7. E Rojahn vs A Tsvetkov  ½-½411939Buenos Aires Olympiad Final-BB50 Sicilian
8. J F O'Donovan vs E Rojahn  1-0401939Buenos Aires Olympiad Final-BA06 Reti Opening
9. E Rojahn vs A Ismodes Dulanto  ½-½701939Buenos Aires Olympiad Final-BC02 French, Advance
10. B Moller vs E Rojahn  0-1381939Buenos Aires Olympiad Final-BD08 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit
11. E Rojahn vs E Rotunno  1-0291939Buenos Aires Olympiad Final-BB72 Sicilian, Dragon
12. J Morrison vs E Rojahn  0-1361939Buenos Aires Olympiad Final-BB74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical
13. E Rojahn vs J S Diaz Perez  1-0291939Buenos Aires Olympiad Final-BB12 Caro-Kann Defense
14. G Vassaux vs E Rojahn  0-1301939Buenos Aires Olympiad Final-BD15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
15. E Rojahn vs H Cordova  1-0281939Buenos Aires Olympiad Final-BA14 English
16. N Ponce Miranda vs E Rojahn  0-1501939Buenos Aires Olympiad Final-BD00 Queen's Pawn Game
17. B Nielsen vs E Rojahn  1-0611948MatchD96 Grunfeld, Russian Variation
18. O Barda vs E Rojahn  1-0241948NOR-ch mD34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
19. E Rojahn vs O Barda  0-1431948NOR-ch mD43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
20. E Rojahn vs O Barda  0-1371948NOR-ch mA46 Queen's Pawn Game
21. E Rojahn vs I Niemela  0-1291948Saltsjobaden ttE18 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3
22. Pirc vs E Rojahn  ½-½371952Helsinki Olympiad qual-2D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6
23. K Skold vs E Rojahn 1-0191952Helsinki Olympiad qual-2B01 Scandinavian
24. E Rojahn vs H Platz  ½-½251952Helsinki Olympiad qual-2E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto
25. J Mangini vs E Rojahn  1-0381952Helsinki Olympiad qual-2B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical
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Kibitzer's Corner
Aug-13-06  lopium: He will soon be 100 years old of age! Good luck.
Aug-13-06  Knight13: And I soon learned that he died when he was 99 years, 364 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds old.
Aug-13-09
Premium Chessgames Member
  Phony Benoni: Probably his two best known games are Bronstein vs E Rojahn, 1956 and E Rojahn vs M Czerniak, 1939. The loss to Bronstein is a world-famous game of some theoretical importance, while the draw with Czerniak is ... well, look at it yourself.
Aug-13-09  Eastfrisian: .. and still living?!. Happy birthday Mr. Rojahn.
Aug-13-09  whiteshark: 100 years!

Happy Birthday <ERNST ROJAHN>!

Aug-13-09  MaxxLange: incredible. A century! Happy Birthday, Mr Rojahn, from American woodpusher!
Aug-13-09  Ragh: Must have been a scintillating century!
Aug-13-09  WhiteRook48: <Knight13: And I soon learned that he died when he was 99 years, 364 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes, and 59 seconds old.> and 999,999,999,999 picoseconds
Sep-16-10  technical draw: Ok what's this 100 years old thing? According to the bio above he died in 1977.
Sep-17-10  whiteshark: <historical draw> I smell a biographers conspiracy here.
Mar-05-11  Nilsson: This is a little bit mysterious. I remember I saw comment about this game in TFS. ( Tidskrift för Schack ) After the olympiad in Moscow.(1956) If you check position after the logical move 9.Qd4 ECO C58 1. comment nr.1 page 309, they respond to the game Agrinskij - Kuznecov, SSSR 1961, and no comments to this Bronstein-Rojahn game. Euwe recommends 9..Nd6 instead of 9..Nb6 Stockfish (today) agree.( Black is better)I guess that is the explanation why we don´t see this variation anymore. /JN
Jul-22-11
Premium Chessgames Member
  Stonehenge: < technical draw: Ok what's this 100 years old thing? According to the bio above he died in 1977. >

According to Norwegian sources he died in 1964.

Apr-09-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: Here is a picture from the olympiad in Buenos Aires 1939: http://www.ara.org.ar/chs/ajedrez/p.... Rojahn is standing to the right, and I believe Senorita Ruth Bloch Nakkerud is smiling at him?

From http://www.nackerud.org/nakkerud_fa... I get the impression that the two later married.

Apr-09-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: <According to Norwegian sources he died in 1964.> Are you sure? I cannot find him.

... OK http://sjakkselskapet.no/hist/TJN/T... has 1964.

Jan-09-18
Premium Chessgames Member
  FSR: A very balanced player: 11 wins, 11 draws, 11 losses.
Apr-16-19  Count Wedgemore: The second best chess player in History to have been born in Tønsberg, which is the oldest city in Norway.

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