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Nordic Congress, Kristiania Tournament

Johannes Giersing8/10(+7 -1 =2)[games]
Richard Tackholm7.5/10(+7 -2 =1)[games]
Victor Sjoberg7.5/10(+7 -2 =1)[games]
Jorgen Moller7.5/10(+7 -2 =1)[games]
Fritz Englund7/10(+7 -3 =0)[games]
Axel Pritzel4.5/10(+4 -5 =1)[games]
Otto Grande3.5/10(+3 -6 =1)[games]
Oscar Andresen2.5/10(+2 -7 =1)[games]
Johannes Heftye2.5/10(+1 -6 =3)[games]
Emil Jurgens2.5/10(+2 -7 =1)[games]
Hans Hassel2/10(+2 -8 =0)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Nordic Congress, Kristiania (1903)

Kristiania (Oslo), Norway (10-21 August 1903)

Age 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 —————————————————————————————————————————— 1 Giersing 30 • 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 8 =2 Täckholm 38 1 • 0 1 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 7½ =2 Sjöberg 26 0 1 • 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 7½ =2 Møller 29 ½ 0 1 • 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 7½ 5 Englund 32 0 0 0 1 • 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 6 Pritzel 29 0 0 ½ 0 0 • 0 1 1 1 1 4½ 7 Grande 30 0 0 0 0 0 1 • 1 ½ 1 0 3½ =8 Andresen 43 ½ 1 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 0 1 2½ =8 Heftye 46 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 • ½ 0 2½ =8 Jürgens 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ • 1 2½ 11 Hassel 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 • 2 ——————————————————————————————————————————

Eleven rounds in twelve days, starting on Monday 10 August. Rest day Sunday 16 August. One bye each round (55 games).

Tournament book (part of Tidskrift för Schack): Gustaf Collijn & Ludvig Collijn (eds), Det nordiske schakforbunds 2den kongres med turnering i Kristiania den 9-21 August 1903. Gustaf Lindström, Stockholm 1903. 34 pp.

Sources

Wikipedia article: Nordic Chess Championship
Tidskrift för Schack, 8A/1903, pp. 161, 1-34 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1903...)
Oystein Brekke in Norsk Sjakkblad, 3/2003, pp. 11-16 (https://dnkjuhc6if10z.cloudfront.ne...)
Reports in Norwegian newspapers, available at https://www.nb.no/search?mediatype=....

Previous: Nordic Congress, Gothenburg (1901) (1st Congress of the Nordic Chess Federation). Next: Nordic Congress, Stockholm (1905) (3rd Congress of the Nordic Chess Federation)

 page 2 of 2; games 26-26 of 26  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
26. A Pritzel vs J Giersing  0-1421903Nordic Congress, KristianiaC80 Ruy Lopez, Open
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