Swedish Chess Championship
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. Until 1931 Swedish Chess Championships were decided by match play. In the 1930s, Gideon Ståhlberg held the title in spite of results of the national tournaments. Since 1939, only the tournament is played as an official Swedish Championship.[1][2]
Matches (official Champions)
Year Location Result 1917 Stockholm Otto Löwenborg 3 – Anton Olson 2 1917 Gothenburg Gustaf Nyholm 3½ – Karl Berndtsson 1½ 1917 Stockholm Gustaf Nyholm 4 – Otto Löwenborg 1 1919 Stockholm Gustaf Nyholm 2½ – Arthur Håkansson 2½ 1919 Stockholm Gustaf Nyholm 3½ – Anton Olson 1½ 1921 Gothenburg Gustaf Nyholm 2½ – Allan Nilsson 2½ 1921 Stockholm Anton Olson 3 – Gustaf Nyholm 2 1921 Stockholm Gustaf Nyholm 3½ – Anton Olson 1½ 1924 Gothenburg Allan Nilsson 3 – Gustaf Nyholm 1 1927 Gothenburg Allan Nilsson 2½ – Gösta Stoltz 2½ 1929 Gothenburg Gideon Ståhlberg 3 – Allan Nilsson 0 1931 Gothenburg Gideon Ståhlberg 3 – Gösta Stoltz 3
Tournaments (no champions)
Year Location Champion 1917 Stockholm Otto Löwenborg
Anton Olson1918 Gothenburg Karl Berndtsson 1919 Malmö Anton Olson 1920 Eskilstuna Karl Berndtsson 1921 Jönköping Karl Berndtsson
Gustaf Nyholm1922 Gävle Arthur Håkansson 1923 Uppsala Allan Nilsson
Anton Olson1924 Norrköping Karl Olson 1925 Trollhättan Olof Kinnmark 1926 Karlstad Karl Berndtsson 1927 Örebro Gösta Stoltz
Gideon Ståhlberg1928 Hälsinborg Gösta Stoltz 1929 Västerås Einar Pettersson 1931 Uddevalla Erik Lundin 1932 Karlskrona Erik Lundin
Gideon Ståhlberg1933 Lund Nils Bergkvist
Gösta Danielsson
Gösta Forhaug
Gunnar Skarp1934 Falun Erik Lundin 1935 Härnösand Gösta Stoltz
John B. Lindberg1936 Borås Ernst Larsson 1937 Stockholm Ragnar Pettersson 1938 Kalmar Erik Lundin
Tournaments (official Champions)
Year Location Champion 1939 Stockholm Gideon Ståhlberg 1940 * Stockholm Nils Bergkvist 1941 Gothenburg Erik Lundin 1942 Östersund Erik Lundin 1943 Malmö Bengt Ekenberg 1944 Lidköping Stig Lundholm 1945 Visby Erik Lundin 1946 Motala Erik Lundin 1947 Stockholm Folke Ekström 1948 Sundsvall Folke Ekström 1949 Eskilstuna Kristian Sköld 1950 Kristianstad Kristian Sköld 1951 Halmstad Gösta Stoltz 1952 Hålland Gösta Stoltz 1953 Örebro Gösta Stoltz 1954 Hälsingborg Bengt-Eric Hörberg 1955 Södertälje Gösta Danielsson 1956 Borås Åke Stenborg 1957 Stockholm Zandor Nilsson 1958 Växjö Inge Johansson 1959 Västerås Kristian Sköld 1960 Kiruna Erik Lundin 1961 Avesta Erik Lundin 1962 Örnsköldsvik Bengt Ekenberg 1963 Karlskrona Kristian Sköld 1964 Gothenburg Erik Lundin 1965 Falköping Zandor Nilsson 1966 Malmö Martin Johansson 1967 Stockholm Rolf Martens 1968 Norrköping Börje Jansson 1969 Sundsvall Ulf Andersson 1970 Nässjö Börje Jansson 1971 Eskilstuna Sven Malmgren 1972 Skellefteå Axel Ornstein 1973 Bollnäs Axel Ornstein 1974 Lund Magnus Wahlbom 1975 Gothenburg Axel Ornstein 1976 Motala Harry Schüssler 1977 Stockholm Axel Ornstein 1978 Degerfors Nils Gustav Renman
Harry Schüssler1979 Borås Lars-Åke Schneider 1980 Luleå Nils-Gustav Renman 1981 Ystad Dan Cramling 1982 Gävle Lars-Åke Schneider 1983 Karlskrona Lars-Åke Schneider 1984 Linköping Axel Ornstein 1985 Uppsala Ralf Åkesson 1986 Malmö Lars-Åke Schneider 1987 Stockholm Axel Ornstein 1988 Norrköping Axel Ornstein 1989 Sundsvall Jan Johansson 1990 Gothenburg Michael Wiedenkeller 1991 Helsingborg Stellan Brynell 1992 Borlänge Lars Karlsson 1993 Lindesberg Thomas Ernst 1994 Haparanda Richard Wessman 1995 Borlänge Lars Degerman 1996 Linköping Robert Åström 1997 Haninge Lars Degerman 1998 Ronneby Evgeny Agrest 1999 Lidköping Ralf Åkesson 2000 Örebro Tom Wedberg 2001 Linköping Evgeny Agrest 2002 Skara Jonny Hector 2003 Umeå Evgeny Agrest 2004 Gothenburg Evgeny Agrest 2005 Gothenburg Stellan Brynell 2006 Gothenburg Johan Hellsten 2007 Stockholm Tiger Hillarp Persson 2008 Växjö Tiger Hillarp Persson 2009 Kungsör Emanuel Berg 2010 Lund Emanuel Berg 2011 Västerås Hans Tikkanen 2012 Falun Hans Tikkanen 2013 Örebro Hans Tikkanen 2014 Borlänge Daniel Semcesen 2015 Sunne Nils Grandelius 2016 Uppsala Erik Blomqvist 2017 Stockholm Hans Tikkanen 2018 Ronneby Hans Tikkanen 2019 Eskilstuna Erik Blomqvist 2020 NA 2021 Helsingborg Tiger Hillarp Persson[3]
- Tournament at Stockholm 1940 was unofficial Swedish championship.[4]
Women
Year Champion 1998 Eva Berglund
References
- http://www.schack.se/RK/ssfparm2003-05-20.pdf SVERIGEMÄSTARE page 11/52
- http://www.schack.se/info/mastare.html Winners from the official site of the Swedish Chess Federation
- "Praggnanandhaa R vs. Grandelius, Nils". Chess24. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
- Roger Paige Chess Site - 1940 Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine
- Whyld, Ken (1986), Chess, The Records, Guinness, p. 115, ISBN 0-85112-455-0
- 2007 edition from TWIC
- Swedish Championship 2008
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