Egil Jacobsen (1897 – 27 March 1923) was a Danish

chess Chess is a board game for two players, called White and Black, each controlling an army of chess pieces in their color, with the objective to checkmate the opponent's king. It is sometimes called international chess or Western chess to disti ...

master. He tied for 5-6th at Horsens 1915 (the 6th

Danish Chess Championship The Danish Chess Championship was organised by the Danish Chess Union ( DSU) and first held in 1910. A masterclass was first introduced in 1915. But it is only from 1922 that the title of Danish chess champion was introduced, this was the first year ...

, Johannes Giersing won), tied for 9-10th at Copenhagen 1916 (the 9th

Nordic Chess Championship The Nordic Chess Championship (''Nordiska Schackkongressen'') is a biennal chess tournament which determines the champion of the Nordic countries. The first edition took place in Stockholm in 1897. History The winners in the Nordic Championship in ...

, B-tournament, Karl Berndtsson won), and twice won Danish championships at Grenaa 1917 and Copenhagen 1922. He took 5th at Copenhagen 1923 (

Aron Nimzowitsch Aron Nimzowitsch ( lv, Ārons Nimcovičs, russian: Аро́н Иса́евич Нимцо́вич, ''Aron Isayevich Nimtsovich''; 7 November 1886 – 16 March 1935) was a Latvian-born Danish chess player and writer. In the late 1920s, Nimz ...

won), and shared 2nd, behind Erik Andersen, at Copenhagen 1923 (DEN-ch).

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* (chessgames.com misattributes some 1928 Chess Olympiad games to Egil Jacobsen that were probably played by Ernst Jacobsen instead)
Egil Jacobsen at 365Chess.com
1897 births 1923 deaths Danish chess players 20th-century chess players {{Denmark-chess-bio-stub