The chess games of Gunnar Joram Gustafson

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Gunnar Joram Gustafson

Number of games in database: 13
Years covered: 1920
Overall record: +0 -12 =1 (3.8%)*
* Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games.

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GUNNAR JORAM GUSTAFSON
(born Feb-02-1898, died 1967, 69 years old) Sweden
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Gunnar Joram Gustafson was for 50 years (1917-1966) the treasurer for the Lundby Chess Club in Gothenburg, Sweden.

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Game		Result	Moves	Year	Event/Locale	Opening
1. H Wium vs G J Gustafson		1-0	56	1920	Gothenburg C	C15 French, Winawer
2. G J Gustafson vs B Eriksson		0-1	19	1920	Gothenburg C	C46 Three Knights
3. O Nilsson vs G J Gustafson		1-0	37	1920	Gothenburg C	C47 Four Knights
4. G J Gustafson vs R Svanberg		½-½	44	1920	Gothenburg C	C29 Vienna Gambit
5. A M Erichsen vs G J Gustafson		1-0	40	1920	Gothenburg C	C29 Vienna Gambit
6. G J Gustafson vs T Aalheim		0-1	53	1920	Gothenburg C	D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
7. J A Brekke vs G J Gustafson		1-0	43	1920	Gothenburg C	C48 Four Knights
8. G J Gustafson vs S J Bjurulf		0-1	49	1920	Gothenburg C	B40 Sicilian
9. A Kier vs G J Gustafson		1-0	48	1920	Gothenburg C	C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange
10. G J Gustafson vs S Krenzisky		0-1	59	1920	Gothenburg C	C00 French Defense
11. K Beskow vs G J Gustafson		1-0	46	1920	Gothenburg C	C78 Ruy Lopez
12. G J Gustafson vs H Norman-Hansen		0-1	44	1920	Gothenburg C	C29 Vienna Gambit
13. T C Jensen vs G J Gustafson		1-0	34	1920	Gothenburg C	C01 French, Exchange

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Dec-07-15		Tabanus: From "Desert Knight" (the official publication of the New Mexico Chess Organization), vol. 28 no. 3 (Oct 2009): <The Chess Warrior & His Son. An interview with Lloyd Gustafson. By Art Byers Lloyd Gustafson has been the leader of the Bear Canyon Senior Center Chess club for many years. One day last June, Lloyd brought in some mementos of Gustaf’s, (his father, -Gustaf, means warrior in Swedish) chess accomplishments. Newspaper clippings, old photographs and tournament cross tables were evidence that Gustaf Gustafson was a very strong player with a distinguished list of accomplishments. In 1923, Gustaf won a “Klass 1” chess tournament in his native Sweden, not only undefeated but also by a full two points clear of the field. After moving to Brooklyn in the United States, Gustaf was an active chess player, winning the 1935 Championship of Brooklyn and several times, the championship of the Scandinavian Chess club. Perhaps his best American result - against a very strong field - was finishing second in the third official USCF Amateur Championship that took place in 1944. (DK verified this using the Toby DVD of Chess Review Back Issues, See December 1944 for the Cross Table.)> I'll try to find out if this could be our man here. If so, he improved considerably since 1920.

Dec-12-15		Tabanus: This is probably not the Brooklyn player. 1917: Lundby chess club (Gothenburg) has elected A. Karlsson, chairman, .... <G. Gustafsson, treasurer> (Tidskrift för Schack, Feb.-March 1917, p. 55) 1917: <G. Gustafsson> wins Class III in the Gothenburg chess club (TfS, Dec. 1917, p. 348) 1918: Lundby chess club (Gothenburg) had its yearly meeting Feb. 10, and elected Arvid Karlsson, chairman; Nils Nilsson, secretary, and <Gunnar Gustafsson, treasurer.> Suppleants were Ernst Lundin and Karl Lundin. (transl. from TfS, Jan.-Feb. 1918, p. 28) 1918: Lundby chess club, Gothenburg, celebrated its 5th anniversary in Hotel Neptun. The prizes for last year was given to ... Spring tournament (1918), Class I: 1. E. Lundin, 2. F. Johansson, 3. <G. Gustafsson>. Autumn tournament (1918), Class I: 1. E. Lundin, 2nd price shared between <G. Gustafsson>, F. Johansson and R. Nylén (transl. from TfS, March-April 1919, p. 72) (E. Lundin = Ernst Lundin, and not Erik Ruben Lundin). 1920: Lundby chess club (Gothenburg) had its yearly meeting Feb. 6 (1921). Prizes were given for ... the spring tournament (1920) .. Class I: 1st price <Gunnar Gustafsson>, .. (transl. from TfS, March 1921, p. 63) 1920: <G. Gustafson> ending last in Gothenburg C (1920). (TfS, Sept.-Oct. 1920, pp. 146, 150) 1920: Lundby chess club (Gothenburg) had its yearly meeting Feb. 6 (1921). Prizes were given for ... the handicap tournament ... 5th price <Gunnar Gustafsson, ...> (transl. from TfS, March 1921, p. 63) 1929: Lundby chess club jubileum tournament, Master class ... (and) Class 1: 1st price <Gunnar Gustafsson> 5 p. (TfS, April 1929, p. 96) 1958: And now even the "strong man" in Lundby chess club, <Gunnar Gunnarsson>, has reached 60 years. (transl. from TfS, March 1958, p. 71) 1966: A message in TfS that he will now retire as treasurer in Lundby chess club. 1967: Gunnar Gustafsson has passed away. He was to become 70 next time. ... He was treasurer in the Lundby chess club for 50 years ... we remember him as a match organizer ... (transl. from Tidskrift för Schack, Oct. 1967, p. 225) No exact date of death, but this rules out another GG candidate born 16 May 1897 (as he would be 70 already). And he was born before April 1898 (cf. above). It must be <Gunnar Joram Gustafson, born 2 Feb. 1898 in Lundby> (scanned orig. birth register for Lundby, Göteborg, fathers surname spelled Gustafson with one s)

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