Nielsen, Bjørn




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1927  676  2179 (91) 3
1928  643  2198 (86) 0
1929  574  2217 (81) 0
1930  511  2236 (74) 0
1931  463  2255 (64) 0
1932  395  2274 (51) 7
1933  269  2317 (37) 27
1934  238  2334 (35) 26
1935  224  2341 (36) 21
1936  163  2369 (36) 22
1937  222  2343 (39) 19
1938  224  2346 (41) 13
1939  218  2347 (44) 9
1940  186  2355 (44) 6
1941  100  2397 (39) 24
1942  95  2396 (45) 17
1943  133  2363 (55) 0
1944  189  2330 (58) 0
1945  273  2297 (57) 4
1946  374  2258 (55) 7
1947  373  2246 (58) 10
1948  322  2239 (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