Nordic Chess Championship

The Nordic Chess Championship (Nordiska Schackkongressen) is a biennal chess tournament which determines the champion of the Nordic countries. The first edition took place in Stockholm in 1897.[1][2][3]

History

The winners in the Nordic Championship in 1934 and 1936, Aron Nimzowitsch and Erik Lundin, got the Nordiske kongresmestre title, as the champion of 1930, Erik Andersen, defended his title with 3–3 against Gideon Ståhlberg at Copenhagen 1934 and lost it by 2½–3½ against Erik Lundin at Copenhagen 1937.

Several of the Nordic Championship have been arranged as part of an open tournament, where the best placed player from a Nordic country becomes Nordic champion even if that person did not win the event. For example, the Nordic Champion of 2011, Jon Ludvig Hammer, finished fifth in the Reykjavik Open that doubled as the Nordic Championship since the four players who finished ahead of him were from Ukraine, the Netherlands, and Poland and were thus ineligible for the Nordic Champion title.

Winners
#YearCityNordic champion
11897Stockholm Sven Otto Svensson (Sweden)
21899Copenhagen Jørgen Møller (Denmark)
31901Gothenburg Jørgen Møller (Denmark)
41903Kristiania Johannes Giersing (Denmark)
51905Stockholm A. H. Pettersson (Sweden)
61907Copenhagen Paul Saladin Leonhardt (German Empire)
71909Gothenburg Milan Vidmar (Austria)
81912Stockholm Alexander Alekhine (Russian Empire)
91916Copenhagen Paul Johner (Switzerland)
101917Kristiania Gustaf Nyholm (Sweden)
111919Gothenburg Rudolf Spielmann (Austria)
 Anton Olson (Sweden)
121924Copenhagen Aron Nimzowitsch (Denmark)
131928Oslo Karl Berndtsson (Sweden)
141929Gothenburg Gideon Ståhlberg (Sweden)
151930Stockholm Erik Andersen (Denmark)
161934Copenhagen Aron Nimzowitsch (Denmark) *)
*)1934Copenhagen Erik Andersen (Denmark)
171936Helsinki Erik Lundin (Sweden) *)
*)1937Copenhagen Erik Lundin (Sweden)
181938Örebro Gideon Ståhlberg (Sweden)
191939Oslo Gideon Ståhlberg (Sweden)
 Erik Lundin (Sweden)
201946Copenhagen Osmo Kaila (Finland)
211947Helsinki Eero Böök (Finland)
221948Örebro Baldur Möller (Iceland)
231950Reykjavík Baldur Möller (Iceland)
241953Esbjerg Friðrik Ólafsson (Iceland)
251955Oslo Bent Larsen (Denmark)
261957Helsinki Olof Sterner (Sweden)
271959Örebro Svein Johannessen (Norway)
281961Reykjavík Ingi R. Johannsson (Iceland)
291963Odense Bjørn Brinck-Claussen (Denmark)
 Manne Joffe (Sweden)
301965Oslo Freysteinn Thorbergsson (Iceland)
311967Hangö Ragnar Hoen (Norway)
321969Lidköping Ole Jakobsen (Denmark)
331971Reykjavík Friðrik Ólafsson (Iceland)
341973Grenå Bent Larsen (Denmark)
351975Sandefjord Sejer Holm (Denmark)
361977Kiljava Lars-Erik Pettersson (Sweden)
371979Sundsvall Christer Niklasson (Sweden)
381981Reykjavík Knut Jøran Helmers (Norway)
391983Esbjerg Curt Hansen (Denmark)
401985Gjøvik Simen Agdestein (Norway)
411987Tórshavn Margeir Petursson (Iceland)
421989Espoo Simen Agdestein (Norway)
431992Östersund Simen Agdestein (Norway)
441995Reykjavík Curt Hansen (Denmark)
451997Reykjavík Jóhann Hjartarson (Iceland)
461999Copenhagen Tiger Hillarp Persson (Sweden)
472001Bergen Evgeny Agrest (Sweden)[4]
482003Aarhus Evgeny Agrest (Sweden)
 Curt Hansen (Denmark)[5]
492005Vammala Evgeny Agrest (Sweden)[6]
502007Copenhagen Emanuel Berg (Sweden)[7]
512009Copenhagen Peter Heine Nielsen (Denmark)[8]
522011Reykjavík Jon Ludvig Hammer (Norway)[9]
532013Køge Axel Smith (Sweden)[10]
542016Sastamala Erik Blomqvist (Sweden)
552017Växjö Jóhann Hjartarson (Iceland)
562019Sarpsborg Frode Urkedal (Norway)
572022Jyväskylä Jung Min Seo (Sweden)

References
  1. "Stadgar" (PDF). Retrieved 2012-01-06.
  2. Thorbjørn Rosenlund. "foraer". Dsu9604.dsu.dk. Archived from the original on 2012-02-07. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
  3. "ShakkiNet – shakkipeli/historia2". Shakki.net. 2001-06-21. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
  4. "Archive. Tournament report October 2001"
  5. Nordisk Mesterskab 2003 Archived January 4, 2005, at the Wayback Machine
  6. Nordic Championship 2005
  7. Politiken Cup 2007 Archived 2016-01-20 at the Wayback Machine
  8. Dansk nordisk mester
  9. Ingen norske har klart det på 19 år
  10. Axel Smith lade beslag på NM-titeln
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