Løwenborg, Otto




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1912  294  2254 (40) 31
1913  337  2237 (39) 25
1914  357  2220 (43) 11
1915  274  2250 (48) 0
1916  233  2279 (43) 12
1917  240  2268 (38) 33
1918  250  2264 (44) 7
1919  217  2282 (45) 17
1920  227  2281 (58) 0
1921  250  2280 (64) 0
1922  263  2280 (68) 0
1923  278  2279 (68) 0
1924  285  2278 (66) 10

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Løwenborg, Knut Otto Reinhold  
   Also known as: O. von Løwenborg
Born: 2 Mar. 1888
Died: Dec. 1969
 
Notes:
Gaige, in Chess Personalia, gives his name as 'Löwenborg, [Knut] Otto [Reinhold]', but in Chess Tournament Crosstables as 'Löwenborg', 'Løwenborg, O.', 'von Löwenborg', or 'von Løwenborg, O.'. Presumably, the names Knut and Reinhold are uncertain or were rarely used. Di Felice gives his name as 'Loewenborg, Knut Otto Reinhold'. Tidskrift för Schack (1912, p.124) has 'O. Löwenborg'.
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 310
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 75
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 256
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 158
Periodicals
   [TFS], vol. 18, no. 7, July 1912, page 124
   [TFS], vol. 19, no. 5, May 1913, page 65
   [TFS], vol. 19, no. 11, Nov. 1913, page 199

Match data  (f=formal; c=casual; s=soft)

Nyholm, G. - Lowenborg, K.O.R. 1917         (f)     4   -   1

Tournament data

Stockholm 1912 (2)     Nordic Chess Tournament - Minor Section     9  /  15
Breslau 1912 (3)     18th German Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier B1     4.5  /  7
Breslau 1912 (7)     18th German Chess Federation Congress - Hauptturnier B Final     5  /  9
Stockholm 1913     Stockholm Tournament     6  /  10
Goteborg 1913     Goteborg - Stockholm Club Match    
  Lowenborg, K.O.R. - Andersson, F.     0.5 - 0.5    
Jungbunzlau 1913 (2)     Czech Chess Association Congress - Hauptturnier     7.5  /  14
Stockholm 1914 (1)     Stockholm Chess Federation Championship     4  /  11
Stockholm 1916     Stockholm Championship     9.5  /  13
Copenhagen 1916 (3)     Nordic Chess Congress - Championship     4.5  /  7
Stockholm 1917 (1)     Stockholm Tournament     1.5  /  7
Kristiania 1917 (1)     Nordic Chess Congress - Championship     3  /  10
Stockholm 1917 (4)     1st Swedish Chess Federation Congress - Championship     4  /  6
  Lowenborg, K.O.R. - Olson, A.     3 - 2    
Goteborg 1918     2nd Swedish Chess Federation Congress - Championship     2  /  7
Stockholm 1919 (1)     Stockholm Championship     8.5  /  14
Goteborg 1919     Nordic Chess Congress     6  /  11
Copenhagen 1924 (1)     Nordic Chess Congress - Master Tournament     4.5  /  10


Player information updated: 12 Apr. 2025