Nielsen, Bjørn




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1927  671  2174 (91) 3
1928  638  2193 (86) 0
1929  570  2212 (81) 0
1930  517  2230 (74) 0
1931  461  2249 (64) 0
1932  395  2268 (51) 7
1933  271  2311 (38) 27
1934  238  2328 (35) 26
1935  224  2335 (36) 21
1936  164  2363 (36) 22
1937  224  2336 (39) 19
1938  227  2338 (41) 13
1939  224  2339 (44) 9
1940  190  2347 (44) 6
1941  102  2387 (39) 24
1942  102  2383 (46) 17
1943  141  2349 (55) 0
1944  203  2315 (59) 0
1945  286  2281 (58) 4
1946  376  2241 (57) 7
1947  353  2225 (61) 10

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Nielsen, Bjørn  
Born: 4 Oct. 1907
Died: 21 May 1949
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 396
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 366
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1941-1946, page 352
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1947-1950, page 471
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 303
   McGowan, Kurt Richter, page 364
   Skinner and Verhoeven, Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, page 666
Periodicals
   [Skak], vol. 45, no. 7, July 1949, page 121
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Enevoldsen, J.E. - Nielsen, B. 1927         (f)     2   -   1
Christensen, A.A. - Nielsen, B. 1937 (1)         (f)     3.5   -   2.5
Christensen, A.A. - Nielsen, B. 1937 (2)         (f)     2   -   4
Stahlberg, A.G.T. - Nielsen, B. 1938         (f)     4.5   -   1.5
Nielsen, B. - Poulsen, C. 1945         (f)     2.5   -   1.5

Tournament data

Esbjerg 1932     23rd Danish Championship     3.5  /  7
Naksov 1933     24th Danish Championship     5  /  7
Copenhagen 1933     Copenhagen International Tournament     2  /  7
Folkestone 1933 (2)     5th Olympiad     7.5  /  13
Vejle 1934     25th Danish Championship     5  /  7
Niendorf 1934     1st Grossdeutscher Schachbund Tournament     6  /  11
Copenhagen 1934 (1)     Nordic Championship     4  /  8
Copenhagen 1935     26th Danish Championship     4.5  /  7
Warsaw 1935 (2)     6th Olympiad     6  /  14
Herning 1936     27th Danish Championship     4.5  /  7
Munich 1936     Unofficial Olympiad     11.5  /  15
Odense 1937     28th Danish Championship     5  /  7
Aalborg 1938     29th Danish Championship     4.5  /  7
Naestved 1939     30th Danish Championship     5.5  /  9
Randers 1940     31st Danish Championship     2.5  /  6
Copenhagen 1941 (1)     32nd Danish Championship Tournament     6.5  /  9
Munich 1941     2nd Europa Tournament     9  /  15
Norresundby 1942     33rd Danish Championship     7  /  10
Odense 1942     Odense Master Class Tournament     7  /  7
Goteborg 1946     Goteborg Tournament     1.5  /  7
Frederiksberg 1947     Frederiksberg Tournament     3.5  /  10

Player information updated: 11 Jan. 2026