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Nordic Congress, Reykjavik (1950) Reykjavik, Iceland, 28 July - 9 August 1950 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 —————————————————————————————————————— 1 Möller • ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 7 2 Sigurdsson ½ • 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 6½ 3 Vestøl 0 1 • ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 5½ 4 Ágústsson ½ 0 ½ • ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 4½ =5 Kinnmark 0 ½ ½ ½ • 1 0 0 1 ½ 4 =5 Nielsen J 1 0 ½ ½ 0 • 1 ½ 0 ½ 4 =5 Nielsen P 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 • ½ 0 1 4 =5 Herseth 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ • 1 0 4 9 Gilfer 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 0 • 1 3½ 10 Sundberg 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 • 2 —————————————————————————————————————— Generous schedule with 9 rounds in 13 days, starting on Friday 28 July and ending on Wednesday 9 August. Adjourned games played out 10 August. Rest days: 31 July, 3, 5 and 8 August. Möller beat Vestøl in the last round and defended his Nordic Champion title. The Masters tournament was won by Fridrik Olafsson, ahead of Hugo Nihlen and Aki Petursson (=2nd). The congress meetings started on Thursday 10 August. On 7 August (on the day of Round 8) they had received a telegram from FIDE vice president Ari Ilmakunnas, saying that the tournament could not be regarded as a Zonal (like in 1947) but it could serve as a qualification for the Marianske Lazne / Prague Zonal (1951). Sources Wikipedia article: Nordic Chess Championship Friðrik Ólafsson website (2024): https://skaksogufelagid.is/1950-ska... Skakbladet, 9/1950, 162-164, 171-175 (https://danbase.skak.dk/skakbladet/...) Tidskrift för Schack, 8-9/1950, pp. 218-219 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1950...) Icelandic newspapers, available at https://timarit.is/?lang=is 34 games from https://2700chess.com/ Previous: Nordic Congress, Orebro (1948). Next: Nordic Championship (1953)  page 1 of 1; 16 games    Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. S Herseth vs G Sigurdsson   ½-½ 50 1950 Nordic Congress, Reykjavik B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 2. G Agustsson vs O Kinnmark   ½-½ 57 1950 Nordic Congress, Reykjavik D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 3. S Herseth vs G Agustsson   ½-½ 45 1950 Nordic Congress, Reykjavik A16 English 4. A Vestol vs E Gilfer ½-½ 52 1950 Nordic Congress, Reykjavik C12 French, McCutcheon 5. J Nielsen vs S Herseth   ½-½ 36 1950 Nordic Congress, Reykjavik D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 6. O Kinnmark vs B Sundberg   ½-½ 43 1950 Nordic Congress, Reykjavik C48 Four Knights 7. G Agustsson vs J Nielsen   ½-½ 49 1950 Nordic Congress, Reykjavik A13 English 8. P M Nielsen vs A Vestol   ½-½ 41 1950 Nordic Congress, Reykjavik A07 King's Indian Attack 9. B Moller vs G Agustsson   ½-½ 27 1950 Nordic Congress, Reykjavik A03 Bird's Opening 10. A Vestol vs O Kinnmark   ½-½ 45 1950 Nordic Congress, Reykjavik C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 11. B Moller vs G Sigurdsson   ½-½ 30 1950 Nordic Congress, Reykjavik A54 Old Indian, Ukrainian Variation, 4.Nf3 12. B Sundberg vs J Nielsen   ½-½ 22 1950 Nordic Congress, Reykjavik D02 Queen's Pawn Game 13. A Vestol vs G Agustsson ½-½ 59 1950 Nordic Congress, Reykjavik B40 Sicilian 14. G Sigurdsson vs O Kinnmark   ½-½ 52 1950 Nordic Congress, Reykjavik C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 15. J Nielsen vs A Vestol   ½-½ 18 1950 Nordic Congress, Reykjavik E17 Queen's Indian 16. S Herseth vs P M Nielsen   ½-½ 61 1950 Nordic Congress, Reykjavik A16 English  page 1 of 1; 16 games      REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Jul-12-24    Tabanus: 2700chess have it mostly right BUT 1) their game dates (rounds 3-9) are off by two days - they have just guessed them. 2) two of their 45 games have wrong result, 0-1 vs 1-0. 3) they have switched the round numbers and game scores of G Sigurdsson vs A Vestol, 1950 and G Sigurdsson vs E Gilfer, 1950. 4) they have wrong Palle Nielsen, should be Palle Møller Nielsen. Jul-12-24    offramp: Thanks Tabanus. Tomorrow I'll play through these. 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. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language. No spamming, advertising, duplicate, or gibberish posts. No vitriolic or systematic personal attacks against other members. Nothing in violation of United States law. No cyberstalking or malicious posting of negative or private information (doxing/doxxing) of members. No trolling. The use of "sock puppet" accounts to circumvent disciplinary action taken by moderators, create a false impression of consensus or support, or stage conversations, is prohibited. Do not degrade Chessgames or any of it's staff/volunteers. 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