Lillja, John




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1905  597  2091 (67) 10
1906  605  2087 (68) 0
1907  623  2082 (66) 10
1908  622  2091 (76) 0
1909  646  2100 (83) 0
1910  616  2109 (89) 0
1911  628  2117 (94) 0
1912  599  2126 (98) 0
1913  578  2135 (101) 0
1914  536  2144 (103) 0
1915  490  2153 (105) 0
1916  473  2162 (105) 0
1917  454  2171 (106) 0
1918  434  2179 (106) 0
1919  420  2188 (105) 0
1920  424  2197 (103) 0
1921  427  2206 (101) 0
1922  405  2215 (99) 0
1923  421  2224 (95) 5
1924  478  2213 (101) 0
1925  525  2203 (106) 0
1926  589  2193 (110) 0
1927  643  2183 (114) 0
1928  698  2172 (118) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Lillja, John Lennart Waldemar  
   Also known as: Liuja
Born: 7 Mar. 1879
Died: 5 Feb. 1946
 
Notes:
Feenstra Kuiper has name as 'Lilja'; Gaige has 'Lillja'; Di Felice has 'Lillja' except on p.53 of Chess Results 1921-1930, where he has 'Lillia'. Helsingin Sanomat of 3 Jun. 1928 (p.20) has 'Liuja'. Gaige gives birth and death dates 7-03-1879 and 5-02-1946. Tidskrift för Schack (Feb. 1946, p.58) gives 3-03-1879 and 2-02-1946, but this looks suspect.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 310
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 53, 330
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 249
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 154
Periodicals
   [HeSa], 3 June 1928, page 20
   [TFS], vol. 52, no. 2, Feb. 1946, page 58
   [WSZ], vol. 14, no. 21, Nov. 1911, page 344

Tournament data

Stockholm 1905 (1)     Nordic Chess Tournament - First Class     3.5  /  10
Copenhagen 1907 (2)     Nordic Chess Tournament - Hauptturnier A     3  /  10
Helsinki 1923     Helsinki Tournament     3  /  5
Helsinki 1928     Tallinn - Helsinki Match    
  Lillja, J.L.W. - Sepp, L.     0.5 - 0.5    


Player information updated: 24 Feb. 2026