Opsahl, Haakon




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1925  1153  2028 (73) 8
1926  1130  2052 (70) 0
1927  1105  2076 (65) 7
1928  1074  2090 (67) 0
1929  1028  2103 (65) 0
1930  1010  2117 (61) 0
1931  1013  2130 (52) 13
1932  969  2146 (50) 11
1933  1040  2133 (50) 9
1934  1056  2135 (48) 12
1935  1086  2138 (47) 17
1936  1135  2121 (51) 11
1937  1008  2138 (57) 0
1938  936  2156 (58) 0
1939  777  2173 (54) 15
1940  714  2172 (61) 0
1941  678  2171 (64) 11

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Opsahl, Haakon  
Born: 10 Feb. 1905
Died: 30 May 2001
 
Notes:
Gaige has date of birth as 10-02-1905; Wikipedia has date of birth 10-11-1905, as does chessgames.com.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 333
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 397
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 367
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1941-1946, page 45
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 312
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 195
Periodicals
   [NoSc], vol. 6, no. 7, July 1925, page 108
Web
   [Haakon Opsahl]
   [Haakon Opsahl]

Tournament data

Oslo 1925     10th Norwegian Chess Congress - Championship     4  /  8
Trondheim 1927     12th Norwegian Chess Congress - Championship     4  /  7
Hamilton, Ontario and Toronto 1931     36th Canadian Championship     7  /  13
Haileybury 1932     37th Canadian Championship     8  /  11
Winnipeg 1933     38th Canadian Championship     6  /  9
Toronto 1934     39th Canadian Championship     7  /  12
Montreal 1935     40th Canadian Championship     11.5  /  17
Toronto 1936     41st Canadian Championship     5.5  /  11
Buenos Aires 1939 (1)     8th Olympiad - Qualifying Group 1     3  /  6
Buenos Aires 1939 (7)     8th Olympiad - Final B     6.5  /  9
Winnipeg 1941     45th Canadian Championship     7.5  /  11

Player information updated: 11 Jan. 2026