Egil Jacobsen (1897 – 27 March 1923)[1] was a Danish chess master.
He tied for 5-6th at Horsens 1915 (the 6th Danish Chess Championship, Johannes Giersing won), tied for 9-10th at Copenhagen 1916 (the 9th Nordic Chess Championship, B-tournament, Karl Berndtsson won),[2] and twice won Danish championships at Grenaa 1917 and Copenhagen 1922. He took 5th at Copenhagen 1923 (Aron Nimzowitsch won),[3] and shared 2nd, behind Erik Andersen, at Copenhagen 1923 (DEN-ch).
References edit
- ^ Gaige, Jeremy (1987), Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography, McFarland, p. 190, ISBN 0-7864-2353-6
- ^ "kopenh1". xoomer.virgilio.it. Archived from the original on 2004-01-06.
- ^ "Kopenh". Archived from the original on 2012-10-10. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
External links edit
- Egil Jacobsen player profile and games at Chessgames.com (chessgames.com misattributes some 1928 Chess Olympiad games to Egil Jacobsen that were probably played by Ernst Jacobsen instead)
- Egil Jacobsen at 365Chess.com
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