Giersing, Johannes




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1895  288  2198 (77) 14
1896  282  2194 (77) 0
1897  290  2189 (76) 0
1898  309  2185 (72) 0
1899  324  2181 (64) 10
1900  315  2189 (64) 0
1901  312  2197 (59) 10
1902  297  2219 (61) 0
1903  263  2240 (59) 10
1904  282  2234 (62) 0
1905  303  2228 (62) 0
1906  320  2222 (58) 11
1907  314  2232 (64) 0
1908  295  2243 (66) 0
1909  285  2253 (65) 0
1910  256  2263 (61) 0
1911  252  2274 (53) 16
1912  225  2284 (52) 10
1913  205  2297 (57) 0
1914  168  2311 (57) 0
1915  142  2324 (52) 9
1916  173  2297 (49) 7
1917  199  2285 (48) 10
1918  189  2290 (52) 11
1919  216  2278 (61) 0
1920  243  2265 (65) 0
1921  289  2253 (66) 0
1922  326  2241 (64) 0
1923  378  2229 (59) 0
1924  437  2217 (48) 18
1925  483  2207 (51) 7
1926  541  2197 (53) 0
1927  596  2187 (48) 18
1928  658  2173 (58) 0
1929  730  2158 (64) 1
1930  769  2156 (68) 0
1931  839  2154 (68) 0
1932  862  2152 (66) 8
1933  986  2124 (74) 0
1934  1126  2096 (80) 0
1935  1292  2068 (84) 0
1936  1313  2041 (87) 0
1937  1307  2013 (88) 0
1938  1354  1985 (89) 0
1939  1242  1958 (88) 0
1940  1087  1930 (86) 7
1941  1050  1920 (94) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Giersing, Johannes Hjalmar  
   Also known as: Gjersing
Born: 18 Nov. 1872
Died: 11 Nov. 1954
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 305
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 324
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 90
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 295
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 139
   Krause, Rosendahl and Englund, De Nordiska Schackkongresserna, page B.1, B.3, C.1, C.4, C.8
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 87
Periodicals
   [WSZ], vol. 7, no. 8, Apr. 1929, page 125
Web
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dal 1900 al 1944]
   [Nordic Champions 1897-1997]

Tournament data

Copenhagen 1895     Copenhagen Tournament     8  /  14
Copenhagen 1899     2nd Nordic Tourney     4.5  /  10
Goteborg 1901 (2)     3rd Nordic Chess Tourney - First Class     5.5  /  10
Kristiania 1903 (2)     Nordic Tourney     8  /  10
Stockholm 1906     Stockholm Tournament     3  /  11
Copenhagen 1911     Copenhagen Tournament     10  /  16
Stockholm 1912 (1)     Nordic Chess Tournament - Major Section     3.5  /  10
Copenhagen 1915     Copenhagen Tournament     8  /  9
Copenhagen 1916 (1)     Nordic Chess Congress - Championship     2.5  /  7
Kristiania 1917 (1)     Nordic Chess Congress - Championship     3.5  /  10
Copenhagen 1918     Copenhagen City Championship     8  /  11
Copenhagen 1924 (1)     Nordic Chess Congress - Master Tournament     1  /  10
Copenhagen 1924 (2)     5th Copenhagen Championship     5.5  /  7
  Giersing, J.H. - Kinch, S.K.J.     1 - 0    
Aarhus 1925     16th Danish Chess Union Championship     4.5  /  7
Vordingborg 1927     18th Danish Chess Union Championship     3.5  /  7
London, England 1927 (4)     20th British Chess Federation Congress - Premier Tournament     3.5  /  11
Copenhagen 1929     Berlin - Copenhagen Team Match    
  Giersing, J.H. - Schlage, W.     0 - 1    
Copenhagen 1932     13th Copenhagen Championship     4.5  /  8
Copenhagen 1940 (2)     KS 75 Tournament     2  /  7
Goteborg 1941 (8)     Stockholm - Copenhagen Cup Match    
  Giersing, J.H. - Jacobson, Er.     0 - 1    

Player information updated: 12 Apr. 2025