Giersing, Johannes




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1895  281  2202 (77) 14
1896  277  2197 (77) 0
1897  286  2193 (76) 0
1898  305  2189 (71) 0
1899  322  2185 (64) 10
1900  312  2193 (64) 0
1901  310  2202 (59) 10
1902  290  2223 (61) 0
1903  258  2244 (59) 10
1904  281  2237 (62) 0
1905  299  2231 (62) 0
1906  319  2224 (58) 11
1907  314  2234 (64) 0
1908  293  2244 (66) 0
1909  283  2255 (65) 0
1910  257  2265 (61) 0
1911  253  2275 (53) 16
1912  223  2285 (52) 10
1913  203  2298 (57) 0
1914  169  2312 (57) 0
1915  142  2325 (52) 9
1916  172  2298 (49) 7
1917  198  2286 (48) 10
1918  188  2291 (52) 11
1919  214  2279 (61) 0
1920  243  2267 (65) 0
1921  288  2255 (66) 0
1922  321  2242 (64) 0
1923  373  2230 (59) 0
1924  433  2218 (48) 18
1925  482  2208 (51) 7
1926  539  2198 (53) 0
1927  593  2188 (48) 18
1928  655  2174 (58) 0
1929  728  2160 (64) 1
1930  770  2158 (68) 0
1931  836  2156 (68) 0
1932  860  2153 (66) 8
1933  985  2126 (74) 0
1934  1119  2098 (80) 0
1935  1288  2070 (84) 0
1936  1312  2043 (87) 0
1937  1308  2015 (88) 0
1938  1352  1987 (89) 0
1939  1238  1960 (88) 0
1940  1081  1932 (86) 7
1941  1040  1922 (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