Jorgen Moeller

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Jorgen Moeller (Jörgen Möller, Jørgen Møller) (1873 – 1944) was a Danish chess master.

Möller was twice a Nordic Champion, winning at Copenhagen 1899 (2nd Nord-ch) and at Göteborg 1901 (3rd Nord-ch).[1],[2],[3]

At the beginning of his career, he tied for 4-5th at Copenhagen 1895 (Andreas Rosendahl won), took 2nd, behind Sven Otto Svensson, at Stockholm 1897 (1st Nordic-ch), and took 4th at Copenhagen 1907 (6th Nord-ch, Paul Leonhardt won).[4]

In 1920, he tied for 13-14th in Göteborg (Richard Réti won). In 1923, he took 6th in Copenhagen (Aron Nimzowitsch won).[5]

His name is attached to the Moeller Attack in the Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 ed4 6.cd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nxe4 8.O–O Bxc3 9.d5) and the Moeller Defense in the Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O–O Bc5).[6]

[edit] References

  1. ^ foraer
  2. ^ Stadgar
  3. ^ ShakkiNet - shakkipeli/historia2
  4. ^ Chessmetrics Player Profile: Jørgen Møller
  5. ^ Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables
  6. ^ Litmanowicz, Władysław & Giżycki, Jerzy (1986, 1987). Szachy od A do Z. Wydawnictwo Sport i Turystyka Warszawa. ISBN 83-217-2481-7 (1. A-M), ISBN 83-217-2745-x (2. N-Z).