Jørgen Møller (sometimes Jorgen Moeller or Jörgen Möller) (4 November 1873 – 20 November 1944) was a Danish chess master.
Møller was twice a Nordic Champion, winning at Copenhagen 1899 (2nd Nord-ch) and at Gothenburg 1901 (3rd Nord-ch).[1][2][3]
At the beginning of his career, he tied for 4-5th at Copenhagen 1895 (Andreas Rosendahl won), took 2nd, behind Sven Otto Svensson, at Stockholm 1897 (1st Nordic-ch), and took 4th at Copenhagen 1907 (6th Nord-ch, Paul Leonhardt won).[4]
In 1920, he tied for 13-14th in Gothenburg (Richard Réti won). In 1923, he took 6th in Copenhagen (Aron Nimzowitsch won).[5]
His name is attached to the Møller Attack in the Giuoco Piano (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 ed4 6.cd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nxe4 8.O–O Bxc3 9.d5) and the Møller Defense in the Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O–O Bc5).[6]
Møller was born 4 November 1873 in Otterup, Denmark, and died 20 November 1944 in Copenhagen.[7]
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References
- ^ Nordic Champions 1897-1997 Archived February 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Stadgar
- ^ ShakkiNet - shakkipeli/historia2
- ^ Chessmetrics Player Profile: Jørgen Møller
- ^ Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables Archived July 4, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Litmanowicz, Władysław; Giżycki, Jerzy (1986–1987). Szachy od A do Z. Wydawnictwo Sport i Turystyka Warszawa. ISBN 83-217-2481-7. (1. A-M), (2. N-Z).
- ^ Gaige, Jeremy (1987), Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography, McFarland, p. 288, ISBN 0-7864-2353-6
External links
- Jorgen Moller player profile and games at Chessgames.com
This page was last edited on 27 November 2020, at 09:42