Nielsen, Bjørn




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1927  677  2174 (91) 3
1928  645  2193 (86) 0
1929  575  2212 (81) 0
1930  511  2231 (74) 0
1931  466  2250 (64) 0
1932  400  2269 (51) 7
1933  273  2312 (37) 27
1934  240  2329 (35) 26
1935  226  2335 (36) 21
1936  166  2364 (36) 22
1937  223  2337 (39) 19
1938  226  2340 (41) 13
1939  217  2342 (44) 9
1940  185  2350 (44) 6
1941  98  2392 (39) 24
1942  96  2391 (45) 17
1943  134  2358 (55) 0
1944  190  2325 (58) 0
1945  271  2293 (57) 4
1946  373  2253 (55) 7
1947  373  2242 (58) 10
1948  318  2234 (69) 2

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Nielsen, Bjørn  
Born: 4 Oct. 1907
Died: 21 May 1949
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 396
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 366
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1941-1946, page 352
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1947-1950, page 471
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 303
   McGowan, Kurt Richter, page 364
   Skinner and Verhoeven, Alexander Alekhine's Chess Games, page 666
Periodicals
   [Skak], vol. 45, no. 7, July 1949, page 121
Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Enevoldsen, J.E. - Nielsen, B. 1927         (f)     2   -   1
Christensen, A.A. - Nielsen, B. 1937 (1)         (f)     3.5   -   2.5
Christensen, A.A. - Nielsen, B. 1937 (2)         (f)     2   -   4
Stahlberg, A.G.T. - Nielsen, B. 1938         (f)     4.5   -   1.5
Nielsen, B. - Poulsen, C. 1945         (f)     2.5   -   1.5

Tournament data

Esbjerg 1932     23rd Danish Championship     3.5  /  7
Naksov 1933     24th Danish Championship     5  /  7
Copenhagen 1933     Copenhagen International Tournament     2  /  7
Folkestone 1933 (2)     5th Olympiad     7.5  /  13
Vejle 1934     25th Danish Championship     5  /  7
Niendorf 1934     1st Grossdeutscher Schachbund Tournament     6  /  11
Copenhagen 1934 (1)     Nordic Championship     4  /  8
Copenhagen 1935     26th Danish Championship     4.5  /  7
Warsaw 1935 (2)     6th Olympiad     6  /  14
Herning 1936     27th Danish Championship     4.5  /  7
Munich 1936     Unofficial Olympiad     11.5  /  15
Odense 1937     28th Danish Championship     5  /  7
Aalborg 1938     29th Danish Championship     4.5  /  7
Naestved 1939     30th Danish Championship     5.5  /  9
Randers 1940     31st Danish Championship     2.5  /  6
Copenhagen 1941 (1)     32nd Danish Championship Tournament     6.5  /  9
Munich 1941     2nd Europa Tournament     9  /  15
Norresundby 1942     33rd Danish Championship     7  /  10
Odense 1942     Odense Master Class Tournament     7  /  7
Goteborg 1946     Goteborg Tournament     1.5  /  7
Frederiksberg 1947     Frederiksberg Tournament     3.5  /  10
Saltsjobaden 1948 (1)     Sweden - Denmark Match    
  Nielsen, B. - Danielsson, G.E.V.     0.5 - 0.5    
  Nielsen, B. - Lundholm, S.G.     0.5 - 0.5    

Player information updated: 11 Jun. 2026