Løwenborg, Otto




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1912  296  2247 (40) 31
1913  341  2232 (39) 25
1914  361  2214 (43) 11
1915  278  2243 (48) 0
1916  233  2271 (43) 12
1917  242  2260 (38) 33
1918  258  2255 (44) 7
1919  228  2272 (45) 17
1920  233  2272 (58) 0
1921  262  2272 (64) 0
1922  261  2272 (68) 0
1923  277  2272 (68) 0
1924  291  2272 (66) 10

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Løwenborg, Knut Otto Reinhold  
   Also known as: O. von Løwenborg
Born: 2 Mar. 1888
Died: Dec. 1969
 
Notes:
Gaige, in Chess Personalia, gives his name as 'Löwenborg, [Knut] Otto [Reinhold]', but in Chess Tournament Crosstables as 'Löwenborg', 'Løwenborg, O.', 'von Löwenborg', or 'von Løwenborg, O.'. Presumably, the names Knut and Reinhold are uncertain or were rarely used. Di Felice gives his name as 'Loewenborg, Knut Otto Reinhold'. Tidskrift för Schack (1912, p.124) has 'O. Löwenborg'.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 310
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 75
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 256
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 158
Periodicals
   [TFS], vol. 18, no. 7, July 1912, page 124
   [TFS], vol. 19, no. 5, May 1913, page 65
   [TFS], vol. 19, no. 11, Nov. 1913, page 199

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Nyholm, G. - Lowenborg, K.O.R. 1917         (f)     4   -   1

Tournament data

Stockholm 1912 (2)     Nordic Chess Tournament - Minor Section     9  /  15
Breslau 1912 (3)     18th German Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier B1     4.5  /  7
Breslau 1912 (7)     18th German Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier B Final     5  /  9
Stockholm 1913     Stockholm Tournament     6  /  10
Goteborg 1913     Goteborg - Stockholm Club Match    
  Lowenborg, K.O.R. - Andersson, F.     0.5 - 0.5    
Jungbunzlau 1913 (2)     Czech Chess Association Congress - Hauptturnier     7.5  /  14
Stockholm 1914 (1)     Stockholm Chess Federation Championship     4  /  11
Stockholm 1916     Stockholm Championship     9.5  /  13
Copenhagen 1916 (1)     Nordic Chess Congress - Championship     4.5  /  7
Stockholm 1917 (1)     Stockholm Tournament     1.5  /  7
Kristiania 1917 (1)     Nordic Chess Congress - Championship     3  /  10
Stockholm 1917 (4)     1st Swedish Chess Federation Congress - Championship     4  /  6
  Lowenborg, K.O.R. - Olson, A.     3 - 2    
Goteborg 1918     2nd Swedish Chess Federation Congress - Championship     2  /  7
Stockholm 1919 (1)     Stockholm Championship     8.5  /  14
Goteborg 1919     Nordic Chess Congress     6  /  11
Copenhagen 1924 (1)     Nordic Chess Congress - Master Tournament     4.5  /  10


Player information updated: 12 Apr. 2025