Nielsen, Bjørn




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1927  665  2171 (91) 3
1928  634  2190 (86) 0
1929  568  2209 (81) 0
1930  517  2228 (74) 0
1931  466  2246 (64) 0
1932  399  2265 (51) 7
1933  272  2308 (38) 27
1934  239  2326 (35) 26
1935  225  2333 (36) 21
1936  163  2361 (36) 22
1937  223  2334 (39) 19
1938  227  2337 (41) 13
1939  221  2338 (44) 9
1940  186  2345 (44) 6
1941  101  2386 (39) 24
1942  101  2381 (46) 17
1943  141  2347 (55) 0
1944  205  2314 (59) 0
1945  283  2280 (58) 4
1946  371  2239 (57) 7
1947  347  2223 (61) 10

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

Player information updated: 11 Jan. 2026