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Nordic Congress, Stockholm Tournament
Alexander Alekhine8.5/10(+8 -1 =1)[games]
Erich Cohn7/10(+6 -2 =2)[games]
Georg Marco6.5/10(+6 -3 =1)[games]
Adolf Georg Olland5.5/10(+5 -4 =1)[games]
Rudolf Spielmann5/10(+4 -4 =2)[games]
Hugo Langborg4.5/10(+4 -5 =1)[games]
Victor Sjoberg4/10(+3 -5 =2)[games]
Joel Fridlizius4/10(+4 -6 =0)[games]
Fritz Englund4/10(+3 -5 =2)[games]
Johannes Giersing3.5/10(+3 -6 =1)[games]
Gustaf Nyholm2.5/10(+2 -7 =1)[games]
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Nordic Congress, Stockholm (1912)

This was the 6th Nordic Chess Congress. Several foreign masters, including Alekhine, Cohn, Marco and Spielmann were invited in order to give the Swedish players some strong practice. Alekhine, still just 19, dominated the proceedings despite being upset in the third round by Sweden's Joel Fridlizius. It was Alekhine's first victory in an international tournament.

Stockholm, Sweden (25 June - 6 July 1912)

               1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
————————————————————————————————————————
 1 Alekhine    • 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 1  8½
 2 Cohn        0 • 1 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1  7
 3 Marco       0 0 • 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1  6½
 4 Olland      0 0 0 • 1 1 1 1 ½ 0 1  5½
 5 Spielmann   0 ½ 1 0 • 0 1 0 1 1 ½  5
 6 Langborg    0 ½ 0 0 1 • 1 1 0 0 1  4½
=7 Sjöberg     0 1 ½ 0 0 0 • 1 1 ½ 0  4
=7 Fridlizius  1 0 0 0 1 0 0 • 0 1 1  4
=7 Englund     ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 • 1 0  4
10 Giersing    0 0 0 1 0 1 ½ 0 0 • 1  3½
11 Nyholm      0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 0 •  2½
————————————————————————————————————————
Eleven rounds in 12 days, starting on Tuesday 25 June and ending on Saturday 6 July. Rest day Sunday 30 June. One bye each round (55 games).

The Class 1 tournament was won by Albert Larsson, ahead of Torsten Relfsson and Herman Ljunggren (=2nd). Larsson thus became a "Nordic master" (TfS p. 131)

Tournament book: Tidskrift för Schack, 7-9/1912, pp. 121-268 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1912...)

Sources

Wikipedia article: Nordic Chess Championship
Tidskrift för Schack, 7-9/1912, pp. 121-182 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1912...)
Wiener Schachzeitung, 1-4/1913, pp. 1-25 (https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/...)
Wiener Schachzeitung, 5-8/1913, pp. 95-108 (https://anno.onb.ac.at/cgi-content/...)
Leonard Skinner and Robert Verhoeven, Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games 1902-1946, McFarland 1998, pp. 765-766.

Original collection: Game Collection: Stockholm 1912 (Nordic Chess Congress), by User: Phony Benoni. Introduction written and sourced by User: WCC Editing Project and User: Tabanus.

Previous: Nordic Congress, Gothenburg (1909) (5th Congress of the Nordic Chess Federation). Next: Nordic Congress, Copenhagen (1916) (7th Congress of the Nordic Chess Federation)

 page 2 of 3; games 26-50 of 55  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
26. Spielmann vs E Cohn  ½-½351912Nordic Congress, StockholmC20 King's Pawn Game
27. G Nyholm vs G Marco  0-1311912Nordic Congress, StockholmC41 Philidor Defense
28. Olland vs H W Langborg  1-0231912Nordic Congress, StockholmC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
29. J Giersing vs V Sjoberg  ½-½481912Nordic Congress, StockholmB73 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical
30. F Englund vs J Fridlizius  1-0621912Nordic Congress, StockholmC28 Vienna Game
31. Alekhine vs Olland 1-0461912Nordic Congress, StockholmC01 French, Exchange
32. G Marco vs J Giersing  1-0361912Nordic Congress, StockholmC83 Ruy Lopez, Open
33. H W Langborg vs Spielmann  1-0311912Nordic Congress, StockholmC45 Scotch Game
34. J Fridlizius vs G Nyholm  1-0401912Nordic Congress, StockholmC55 Two Knights Defense
35. E Cohn vs F Englund  1-0411912Nordic Congress, StockholmC41 Philidor Defense
36. Spielmann vs Alekhine 0-1271912Nordic Congress, StockholmC24 Bishop's Opening
37. G Nyholm vs E Cohn  0-1301912Nordic Congress, StockholmC77 Ruy Lopez
38. V Sjoberg vs G Marco  ½-½481912Nordic Congress, StockholmC10 French
39. F Englund vs H W Langborg  1-0601912Nordic Congress, StockholmA07 King's Indian Attack
40. J Giersing vs J Fridlizius  0-1321912Nordic Congress, StockholmC49 Four Knights
41. E Cohn vs J Giersing 1-0251912Nordic Congress, StockholmD02 Queen's Pawn Game
42. J Fridlizius vs V Sjoberg  0-1551912Nordic Congress, StockholmB72 Sicilian, Dragon
43. H W Langborg vs G Nyholm  1-0261912Nordic Congress, StockholmC45 Scotch Game
44. Alekhine vs F Englund  ½-½651912Nordic Congress, StockholmA13 English
45. Olland vs Spielmann  1-0561912Nordic Congress, StockholmC82 Ruy Lopez, Open
46. F Englund vs Olland  ½-½721912Nordic Congress, StockholmC01 French, Exchange
47. G Nyholm vs Alekhine 0-1251912Nordic Congress, StockholmC21 Center Game
48. J Giersing vs H W Langborg  1-0261912Nordic Congress, StockholmB01 Scandinavian
49. G Marco vs J Fridlizius  1-0311912Nordic Congress, StockholmC70 Ruy Lopez
50. V Sjoberg vs E Cohn  1-0381912Nordic Congress, StockholmC50 Giuoco Piano
 page 2 of 3; games 26-50 of 55  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jan-09-14  Karpova: Some information from Georg Marco's report:

In January 1912 at Abbazia (1912), Gustav Nyholm, the representative of the Stockholm Chess Federation at the Gambit Tournament, handed an invitation to Georg Marco to the VIIth Congress of the Nordic Chess Federation in Stockholm from the brothers Gustav and Ludwig Collijn.

Georg was pondering the question whether to accept the invitation or not and finally, on June 20, he began his journey to the North after 5 years of absence from tournaments - overall, his 25th tournament journey. He was the only one travelling from Austria. In Berlin, he met Erich Cohn and Rudolf Spielmann in the cabin. They met with the other participants in Stockholm on June 23. There were Fritz Englund, Hugo W Langborg, Gustav Nyholm, the famous problemist Joel Fridlizius, V Sjöberg from Ystad, a cunning man you cannot be too careful with (<glatter als ein Aal und geriebener als zehn Armenier>), chess-wise, for sure. J Giersing of Copenhagen, who always defends Denmark's flag masterly, although his profession as an advocate (<Oberrechtsanwalt> which indicates a higher function) does not leave him much time for practice. The nice Dr. A G Olland of Utrecht, and finally Alekhine <ein Jüngling noch an Jahren, aber ein Greis an Wissen.> (~ young regarding years of his life, old regarding knowledge).

The Congress commenced on june 24 and the drawing of lots for Master, Main and Minor tournaments took place: 1) Englund 2) Nyholm 3) Giersing 4) Sjöberg 5) Marco 6) Fridlizius 7) Cohn 8) Langborg 9) Alekhine 10) Olland 11) Spielmann. Marco had actually drawn the 12 and Freymann (St.Petersburg) the 5, but as Freymann didn't appear, Marco got the 5 - now, Marco had Black against Alekhine, Cohn and Spielmann, while else he would have had White.

Elected to the arbitration panel were Ludvig Collijn, Georg Marco, Dr. Olland, J Giersing, Jarl Uggla, J A Brekke and Joel Fridlizius.

The play commenced on Tuesday, June 26 (a typo in the original <26. Juli>), 11 am. 5 Continental and 6 Nordic masters participated in the Master Tournament. 16 amateurs participated in the Main Tournament, and there were 2 Minor Tournaments with 12 participants each.

Prizes in the Master Tournament (in swedish Crowns):

1. Alekhine 700
2. E Cohn 500
3. G Marco 400
4. A G Olland 300
5. R Spielmann 250
6. H W Langberg 200

Joel Fridlizius received the Brilliancy prize (100 K) for his win over Alekhine by Mr. R Sahlberg. Furthermore, 20 K were awarded for every won game, i. e. 960 K for 48 wins (55 games overall).

The Main Tournament (15 rounds):

1. A Larsson 10.5
2-3. T Relfson 10.0
2-3. H Ljunggren 10.0
4. A C M Pritzel 9.5
5-6. O Löwenborg 9.0
5-6. T Aalheim 9.0
7. H C Christoffersen 8.5
8-9. E Jacobsen 8.0
8-9. H Wickström 8.0
10. J A Brekke (Christiana) 7.5
11. A Olson (Stockholm) 6.5
12. G Dahl (Stockholm) 6.0
13. J Uggla (Helsingfors) 5.0
14-15. E A Björklund (Helsingfors) 4.5
14-15. L Hald (Copenhagen) 4.5
16. J A Ros (Boden) 3.5

For the 82 won games, 820 K playing fees were paid.

Prizes (in <K>): A Larsson (Göteborg) 150 (he was awarded the <Ehrenpreis> of the King of Sweden and the <1. Kreis>), T Relfson (Jönköping) and H Ljunggren (Göteborg) shared 150 + 100, A C M Pritzel (Copenhagen) 60, O Löwenborg (Stockholm) and T Aalheim (Christiana) shared 50 + 40, H C Christoffersen (Christiana) 30, E Jacobsen (Stockholm) and H Wickström (Lund) shared 25.

Source: Pages 1-9 of the January-February 1913 'Wiener Schachzeitung'

Feb-07-16  TheFocus: Prizes for Stockholm:

1,000, 670, 530, 400, 330 and 270 francs.

See <American Chess Bulletin>, September 1912, pg. 207.

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