Erik Lundin (2 July 1904 – 5 December 1988) a Swedish chess master. Events 310 - Pope Miltiades is elected 626 - In fear of assassination Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Events 63 BC - Cicero reads the last of his Catiline Orations. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Chess is a recreational and competitive Game played between two players.
In 1928, he won in Oslo, took 5th in Helsingborg, tied for 2nd-3rd in Stockholm (Quadrangular, Richard Réti won). (called Christiania from 1624 to 1878 and Kristiania from 1878 to 1924 is the Capital and largest city of Norway. Helsingborg (between 1912 and 1971 spelled Hälsingborg) is a city in Scania in the southernmost part of Sweden, which has a population ('stɔkhɔlm is Sweden 's Capital and its largest City. It is the site of the national Swedish government, the parliament, and the Richard Réti ( 28 May, 1889, Pezinok (now Slovakia) &ndash 6 June, 1929, Prague) was an Austrian In 1929, he took 2nd in Göteborg (Nordic Chess Championship, Gideon Ståhlberg won), and took 3rd in Västerås. Gothenburg ( Swedish:) /jœte'bɔrj/ is a city, a municipality, and an urban area on the west-coast of Sweden. The first Nordic Chess Championship ( Nordiska Schackkongressen) took place in Stockholm in 1897 Gideon Ståhlberg (or Stahlberg) (1908–1967 was a Swedish Chess grandmaster. Västerås is a city in central Sweden, located on the shore of Lake Mälaren in the province Västmanland, some 100 km west of In 1930, he took 7th in Stockholm (Isaac Kashdan won). Isaac Kashdan ( 19 November, 1905, New York – 20 February, 1985, Los Angeles) was an American Chess [1]
In 1931, Lundin tied for 1st-3rd with Salo Flohr and Gösta Stoltz in Göteborg. Salomon Mikhailovich Flohr ( November 21, 1908 &ndash July 18, 1983) was a leading Czech and later Soviet Chess Gösta Stoltz ( May 9 1904 – July 25 1963) was a Swedish Chess grandmaster. In 1932, he tied for 1st with Ståhlberg in Karlskrona. Karlskrona is a city in the province of Blekinge in south-eastern Sweden. In 1933, he won a match against Rudolf Spielmann (+1 -0 =5) in Stockholm. Rudolf Spielmann ( 5 May 1883 - 20 August 1942) was an Austrian - Jewish Chess player of the romantic school In 1934, he won in Stockholm, and took 2nd in Copenhagen (Nordic-ch; Aron Nimzowitsch won). Copenhagen (ˌkəʊpənˈheɪgən ˌkəʊpənˈhɑːgən ˈkəʊpənˌheɪgən ˈkəʊpənˌhɑːgən kʰøb̥ənˈhɑʊ̯ˀn kʰøb̥m̩ˈhɑʊ̯ˀn is the capital and largest city Aron Nimzowitsch ( Ārons Ņimcovičs; born Aron Niemzowitsch and also known as Nimzovich) (7 November 1886 – 16 March 1935 was a Latvian In 1935, he took 2nd, behind Alexander Alekhine, in Örebro. Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhine (alʲɛkˈsandr̠ alʲɛkˈsandr̠ovʲiʨ aˈlʲɛxin Russian Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Але́хин) (October In 1936, he took 4th in Margate (Flohr won), won in Ostend, and won in Helsinki (Nordic-ch). Margate is a Seaside resort town within the Thanet district of East Kent, England. ||-||-||} Ostend  (  Oostende, French and German Ostende) is a Belgian City and municipality located in the Flemish Helsinki (in Finnish;) or Helsingfors (in Swedish;) is the Capital and largest city of Finland. In 1937, he took 7th in Stockholm (Reuben Fine won), won in Copenhagen (Nordic-ch) and won a match for the Nordic Champion title against Erik Andersen 3,5 : 2,5. Reuben Fine ( October 11 1914  &ndash March 26 1993) was one of the best Chess players in the world from the mid 1930s through Erik Andersen ( 10 April 1904, Gentofte – 27 February 1938, Copenhagen) was a Danish Chess master
In 1938, he won in Kalmar, and tied for 2nd-3rd with Henrik Carlsson, behind Ståhlberg, in Örebro (Nordic-ch). Örebro is a city in Närke in central Sweden. Örebro is the seat of Örebro Municipality and the capital of Örebro County. In 1939, he took 4th in Alingsås (SWE-ch; Ståhlberg won), and tied for 1st with Ståhlberg in Oslo (Nordic-ch). Alingsås is a city (pop 22919 in western Sweden and the seat of Alingsås Municipality, Västra Götaland County. [2]
During World War II, Lundin won at Göteborg 1941 (Swedish Chess Championship). World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The first Swedish Champion was Gustaf Nyholm who won two matches against winners of national tournaments Berndtsson in Göteborg and Löwenborg in Stockholm in 1917 He tied for 2nd-3rd with Alekhine, behind Stoltz, at Munich 1941 (2nd Europaturnier). [3] In 1942, he tied for 3rd-4th with Stoltz in Stockholm (Folke Ekström and Stig Lundholm won). Folke Ekström ( 12 October 1906, Lund – 25 January 2000) was a Swedish International Master (IM of Chess In 1942, he won in Östersund (SWE-ch). Östersund (ˈœstəˌʂɵnː Jamtish pronunciation " Åstersånn " is an urban area ( city) in Jämtland In 1943, he tied for 2nd-3rd with Olof Kinnmark, behind Bengt Ekenberg, in Malmö (SWE-ch).
In 1945, he won in Visby (SWE-ch). Visby is the only city on the Swedish Island of Gotland; it is arguably the best-preserved Medieval city in Scandinavia In 1946, he won in Motala (SWE-ch), and tied for 8-9th in Groningen (Mikhail Botvinnik won). Motala is a city (pop30000 in Östergötland, Sweden and seat of Motala Municipality, Östergötland County. Groningen is the name of several places Groningen (province, a province of the Netherlands Groningen (city, a city in the Netherlands Mikhail Moiseyevich Botvinnik (mʲixaˈiɫ̺ mʌiˈs̺ʲɛjɛvʲiʧʲ bʌt̺ˈvʲin̺n̻ʲik Михаи́л Моисе́евич Ботви́нник) ( &ndash May In 1947, he tied for 5-6th in Helsinki (zonal; Eero Böök and Stoltz won). Eero Einar Böök ( February 9, 1910 – January 7, 1990) was a Finnish Chess player and Engineer. In 1948, he took 20th in Saltsjöbaden (interzonal; David Bronstein won), and won in Bad Gastein. Saltsjöbaden is a locality with 8937 (2005 inhabitants situated in Nacka Municipality, Stockholm County in Sweden, located on the coast of David Ionovich Bronstein (Дави́д Ио́нович Бронште́йн February 19 1924 &ndash December 5 2006) was renowned as a leading Bad Gastein is a spa town in Austria, situated in the middle of the National Park Hohe Tauern, at 1000 metres above Sea level.
In 1951, he took 2nd, behind Moshe Czerniak, in Vienna. Moshe Czerniak (משה צ'רניאק 3 February 1910 at Warsaw, Poland – 31 August 1984 at Tel Aviv, Vienna ( in Wien; see also other names) is the Capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine States of Austria. In 1952, he won in Zürich. Zürich (, Zürich German: Züri, Zurich, Zurigo; in English generally Zurich) is the largest city in Switzerland and capital of the In 1954, he took 7th in Mariánské Lázně (Marienbad). Mariánské Lázně (ˈmarɪjanskɛ ˈlazɲɛ Marienbad is a Spa town in the Carlsbad Region of the Czech Republic. The event (zonal) was won by Luděk Pachman. Luděk Pachman ( German: Ludek Pachman May 11 1924, Bělá pod Bezdězem, today Czech Republic &ndash March 6 2003 In 1960, he won in Kiruna (SWE-ch). Kiruna is the northernmost city of Sweden, situated in Lappland province with roughly inhabitants In 1961, he won in Avesta (SWE-ch). The Avesta is the primary collection of sacred texts of Zoroastrianism, composed in the Avestan language. In 1964, he won in Göteborg (SWE-ch). [4]
Lundin played for Sweden in nine official Chess Olympiads and once in 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad at Munich 1936. The Chess Olympiad is a Biennial Chess tournament in which teams from all over the world compete against each other The 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad was held by German Chess Federation ( Grossdeutscher Schachbund) as a counterpart of the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin
He won four medals; team silver (Warsaw 1935) and bronze (Folkestone 1933), individual gold (Folkestone 1933) and bronze (Buenos Aires 1939). Hamburg (English, German: ˈhambʊɐk local pronunciation Low German / Low Saxon: Hamborg) is the second-largest city in Germany Prague (ˈprɑːg Praha (ˈpraɦa see also other names) is the Capital and Largest city of the Czech Republic. Folkestone (ˈfoʊkstən is a resort town on the south coast of Kent, England, traditionally known as "The Garden Coast" Warsaw (Warszawa; also known by other names) is the Capital and Largest city of Poland. Munich (München; Minga is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is geographically located on the southern shore of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern Amsterdam (pronounced) is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland in the west This sort of fix restores section edit linkpoints to where they belong [5]
He played in some international friendly matches; he won (1. 5 : 0. 5) against David Bronstein at Stockholm 1954 (SWE–URS), won against Heikki Westerinen at Helsinki 1967 (SWE-FIN), won against Bogdan Pietrusiak at Ystad 1967 (SWE-POL). David Ionovich Bronstein (Дави́д Ио́нович Бронште́йн February 19 1924 &ndash December 5 2006) was renowned as a leading Heikki Markku Julius Westerinen (born 27 April 1944) is a Finnish Chess player born in Helsinki. Ystad is a city with a population of 17286 (2005 in the traditional province of Scania in
Lundin was awarded the International Master title in 1950, and the Honorary Grandmaster title in 1983. The title International Master is awarded to outstanding Chess players by the world chess organization FIDE. The title Grandmaster is awarded to extremely strong Chess masters by the world chess organization FIDE.