Lillja, John




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1905  605  2096 (67) 10
1906  612  2092 (68) 0
1907  631  2087 (66) 10
1908  628  2096 (76) 0
1909  648  2105 (83) 0
1910  620  2114 (89) 0
1911  632  2122 (94) 0
1912  605  2131 (98) 0
1913  582  2140 (101) 0
1914  538  2149 (103) 0
1915  497  2158 (105) 0
1916  477  2166 (105) 0
1917  456  2175 (106) 0
1918  437  2184 (106) 0
1919  425  2193 (105) 0
1920  426  2202 (103) 0
1921  430  2210 (101) 0
1922  409  2219 (99) 0
1923  429  2228 (95) 5
1924  483  2218 (101) 0
1925  533  2208 (106) 0
1926  592  2197 (110) 0
1927  650  2187 (114) 0
1928  707  2177 (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