Otto Löwenborg

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(Knut) Otto von Löwenborg (Loewenborg, Loevenborg, Løwenborg, Løvenborg) (2 March 1888 – December 1969) was a Swedish chess master.[1]

In January 1912, he won a simultaneous exhibition game against Frank James Marshall in Stockholm.[2] He took 3rd at Stockholm 1913 (Boris Kostić won), took 9th at Jungbunzlau (Mladá Boleslav) 1913 (Karel Opočenský won),[3] tied for 2nd-4th at Copenhagen 1916 (the 9th Nordic Championship, Paul Johner won),[4] took 8th at Stockholm 1916, took 6th at Kristiania 1917 (the 10th Nordic-ch, Gustaf Nyholm won), shared 1st with Anton Olson and won a match against him (3 : 2) at Stockholm 1917, and finally lost a match for the Swedish Champion title to Nyholm (1 : 4) at Stockholm 1917.[5]

He tied for 7-8th at Göteborg 1918 (Karl Berndtsson won), tied for 4-6th at Göteborg 1919 (the 11th Nordic-ch, Rudolf Spielmann and Olson won), and tied for 4-8th at Copenhagen 1924 (the 12th Nordic-ch, Aron Nimzowitsch won).[6]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Gaige, Jeremy (1987), Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography, McFarland, p. 256, ISBN 0-7864-2353-6 
  2. ^ marshall
  3. ^ Welcome to the Chessmetrics site
  4. ^ foraer
  5. ^ Stadgar
  6. ^ http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01
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