Giersing, Johannes




Ratings

Year       Rank    Edo    Dev.   Games 
1895  278  2210 (77) 14
1896  275  2206 (77) 0
1897  284  2201 (75) 0
1898  312  2197 (71) 0
1899  324  2193 (64) 10
1900  315  2201 (64) 0
1901  318  2209 (59) 10
1902  297  2230 (61) 0
1903  260  2252 (58) 10
1904  282  2245 (61) 0
1905  299  2238 (60) 1
1906  318  2234 (57) 11
1907  310  2244 (63) 0
1908  296  2254 (65) 0
1909  287  2264 (65) 0
1910  260  2274 (60) 0
1911  251  2284 (52) 16
1912  232  2290 (50) 11
1913  210  2305 (56) 0
1914  171  2320 (57) 0
1915  142  2335 (51) 9
1916  174  2309 (49) 7
1917  202  2296 (48) 10
1918  192  2301 (51) 11
1919  224  2283 (59) 0
1920  275  2266 (62) 0
1921  329  2249 (61) 0
1922  380  2231 (56) 7
1923  433  2227 (54) 0
1924  465  2223 (47) 18
1925  497  2216 (49) 7
1926  554  2207 (52) 0
1927  609  2198 (47) 18
1928  681  2183 (58) 0
1929  763  2169 (64) 1
1930  793  2167 (67) 0
1931  868  2164 (68) 0
1932  896  2162 (66) 8
1933  1030  2135 (74) 0
1934  1185  2107 (80) 0
1935  1359  2079 (84) 0
1936  1401  2052 (87) 0
1937  1400  2024 (88) 0
1938  1482  1996 (89) 0
1939  1402  1969 (88) 0
1940  1261  1941 (86) 7
1941  1250  1931 (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 (3)     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 1922 (1)     Danish Championship     4  /  7
Copenhagen 1924 (1)     Nordic Chess Congress - Master Tournament     1  /  10
Copenhagen 1924 (3)     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: 11 Jan. 2026