Giersing, Johannes




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1895  286  2198 (77) 14
1896  281  2194 (77) 0
1897  291  2189 (75) 0
1898  312  2185 (71) 0
1899  327  2180 (64) 10
1900  322  2188 (64) 0
1901  315  2196 (59) 10
1902  300  2218 (61) 0
1903  264  2240 (58) 10
1904  285  2233 (61) 0
1905  308  2226 (60) 1
1906  317  2222 (57) 11
1907  314  2231 (63) 0
1908  298  2240 (65) 0
1909  294  2249 (65) 0
1910  259  2259 (60) 0
1911  259  2268 (52) 16
1912  233  2275 (51) 11
1913  215  2290 (56) 0
1914  180  2305 (57) 0
1915  145  2320 (52) 9
1916  174  2295 (49) 7
1917  200  2283 (48) 10
1918  188  2288 (52) 11
1919  215  2276 (61) 0
1920  241  2264 (65) 0
1921  288  2252 (66) 0
1922  325  2240 (64) 0
1923  375  2228 (59) 0
1924  432  2216 (48) 18
1925  476  2206 (51) 7
1926  538  2196 (53) 0
1927  596  2186 (48) 18
1928  659  2172 (58) 0
1929  740  2158 (64) 1
1930  771  2156 (67) 0
1931  847  2154 (68) 0
1932  871  2151 (66) 8
1933  1011  2124 (74) 0
1934  1152  2096 (80) 0
1935  1321  2068 (84) 0
1936  1360  2041 (87) 0
1937  1357  2013 (88) 0
1938  1418  1986 (89) 0
1939  1325  1958 (88) 0
1940  1201  1930 (86) 7
1941  1194  1921 (94) 1

Rating table notes

Biographical data
Name: Giersing, Johannes Hjalmar  
   Also known as: Gjersing
Born: 18 Nov. 1872
Died: 11 Nov. 1954
 
References
Books
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1901-1920, page 305
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1921-1930, page 324
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1931-1935, page 90
   Di Felice, Chess Results, 1936-1940, page 295
   Gaige, Chess Personalia, page 139
   Krause, Rosendahl and Englund, De Nordiska Schackkongresserna, page B.1, B.3, C.1, C.4, C.8
   Thulin, Name index to CTC, page 87
Periodicals
   [WSZ], vol. 7, no. 8, Apr. 1929, page 125
Web
   Sericano, C.  [Maestri di scacchi dal 1900 al 1944]
   [Nordic Champions 1897-1997]

Tournament data

Copenhagen 1895     Copenhagen Tournament     8  /  14
Copenhagen 1899     2nd Nordic Tourney     4.5  /  10
Goteborg 1901 (2)     3rd Nordic Chess Tourney - First Class     5.5  /  10
Kristiania 1903 (2)     Nordic Tourney     8  /  10
Copenhagen 1905     Hastings Club - Copenhagen Match    
  Giersing, J.H. - Trenchard, H.W.     0.5 - 0.5    
Stockholm 1906     Stockholm Tournament     3  /  11
Copenhagen 1911     Copenhagen Tournament     10  /  16
Stockholm 1912 (1)     Nordic Chess Tournament - Major Section     3.5  /  10
Kiel 1912     Copenhagen Club - Lower Elbe Chess Federation Match    
  Giersing, J.H. - Kruger, P.     0 - 1    
Copenhagen 1915     Copenhagen Tournament     8  /  9
Copenhagen 1916 (1)     Nordic Chess Congress - Championship     2.5  /  7
Kristiania 1917 (1)     Nordic Chess Congress - Championship     3.5  /  10
Copenhagen 1918     Copenhagen City Championship     8  /  11
Copenhagen 1924 (1)     Nordic Chess Congress - Master Tournament     1  /  10
Copenhagen 1924 (2)     5th Copenhagen Championship     5.5  /  7
  Giersing, J.H. - Kinch, S.K.J.     1 - 0    
Aarhus 1925     16th Danish Chess Union Championship     4.5  /  7
Vordingborg 1927     18th Danish Chess Union Championship     3.5  /  7
London, England 1927 (4)     20th British Chess Federation Congress - Premier Tournament     3.5  /  11
Copenhagen 1929     Berlin - Copenhagen Team Match    
  Giersing, J.H. - Schlage, W.     0 - 1    
Copenhagen 1932     13th Copenhagen Championship     4.5  /  8
Copenhagen 1940 (2)     KS 75 Tournament     2  /  7
Goteborg 1941 (8)     Stockholm - Copenhagen Cup Match    
  Giersing, J.H. - Jacobson, Er.     0 - 1    

Player information updated: 20 Sept. 2025