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Nordic Congress, Stockholm Tournament

Alfred Pettersson7.5/10(+7 -2 =1)[games]
Hugo Langborg5.5/10(+4 -3 =3)[games]
Sven Otto Svensson5/10(+5 -5 =0)[games]
Victor Sjoberg4.5/10(+3 -4 =3)[games]
Fritz Englund4/10(+4 -6 =0)[games]
John Lillja3.5/10(+2 -5 =3)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Nordic Congress, Stockholm (1905)

Stockholm, Sweden (12-22 June 1905)

1 2 3 4 5 6 ——————————————————————————————————— 1 Pettersson •• 01 01 1½ 11 11 7½ 2 Langborg 10 •• 01 ½1 10 ½½ 5½ 3 Svensson 10 10 •• 10 01 10 5 4 Sjöberg 0½ ½0 01 •• 10 1½ 4½ 5 Englund 00 01 10 01 •• 10 4 6 Lillja 00 ½½ 01 0½ 01 •• 3½ ———————————————————————————————————

Ten (5x2) rounds in eleven days, starting on Monday 12 June and ending on Thursday 22 June. Rest day Sunday 18 June. Langborg vs Lillja (Round 7) was played on Friday 23 June. No participants from Norway, and none from Denmark either because Orla Hermann Krause withdrew and was replaced by Langborg. So five Swedes plus Lillja from Finland.

Tournament book: Tidskrift för Schack, 6/1905, pp. 133-204 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1905...).

Sources

Wikipedia article: Nordic Chess Championship
Tidskrift för Schack, 6/1905, pp. 133-169 (https://tfsarkiv.schack.se/pdf/1905...)
Reports (with dates) in Swedish newspapers (available at https://tidningar.kb.se)

Previous: Nordic Congress, Kristiania (1903) (2nd Congress of the Nordic Chess Federation). Next: Nordic Congress, Stockholm (1907) (4th Congress of the Nordic Chess Federation)

 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 30  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. A H Pettersson vs F Englund  1-0431905Nordic Congress, StockholmC82 Ruy Lopez, Open
2. S O Svensson vs H W Langborg  1-0391905Nordic Congress, StockholmC49 Four Knights
3. J Lillja vs V Sjoberg  0-1341905Nordic Congress, StockholmD60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
4. F Englund vs V Sjoberg  0-1311905Nordic Congress, StockholmD32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
5. J Lillja vs H W Langborg  ½-½591905Nordic Congress, StockholmC67 Ruy Lopez
6. A H Pettersson vs S O Svensson  0-1451905Nordic Congress, StockholmC78 Ruy Lopez
7. S O Svensson vs F Englund  0-1361905Nordic Congress, StockholmC60 Ruy Lopez
8. J Lillja vs A H Pettersson  0-1861905Nordic Congress, StockholmC78 Ruy Lopez
9. H W Langborg vs V Sjoberg  ½-½261905Nordic Congress, StockholmB46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation
10. F Englund vs J Lillja  1-0371905Nordic Congress, StockholmB25 Sicilian, Closed
11. A H Pettersson vs H W Langborg  0-1421905Nordic Congress, StockholmC42 Petrov Defense
12. V Sjoberg vs S O Svensson  0-1581905Nordic Congress, StockholmC43 Petrov, Modern Attack
13. H W Langborg vs F Englund  1-0311905Nordic Congress, StockholmC31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit
14. V Sjoberg vs A H Pettersson  0-1781905Nordic Congress, StockholmC87 Ruy Lopez
15. S O Svensson vs J Lillja  1-0431905Nordic Congress, StockholmC49 Four Knights
16. F Englund vs S O Svensson  0-1571905Nordic Congress, StockholmB01 Scandinavian
17. V Sjoberg vs H W Langborg  0-1511905Nordic Congress, StockholmC50 Giuoco Piano
18. A H Pettersson vs J Lillja  1-0281905Nordic Congress, StockholmC44 King's Pawn Game
19. V Sjoberg vs F Englund  0-1261905Nordic Congress, StockholmC63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense
20. S O Svensson vs A H Pettersson  0-1421905Nordic Congress, StockholmC50 Giuoco Piano
21. H W Langborg vs A H Pettersson  0-1171905Nordic Congress, StockholmC31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit
22. J Lillja vs F Englund  1-0401905Nordic Congress, StockholmC63 Ruy Lopez, Schliemann Defense
23. S O Svensson vs V Sjoberg  0-1661905Nordic Congress, StockholmB40 Sicilian
24. F Englund vs A H Pettersson  0-1621905Nordic Congress, StockholmC31 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit
25. H W Langborg vs S O Svensson  1-0421905Nordic Congress, StockholmC53 Giuoco Piano
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