Eric Jonsson (1 October 1903 – 1974) was a
Swedish
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chess player.
Biography
Eric Jonsson was one of Sweden’s strongest chess players in the 1920s and 1930s. He was six-time
Gothenburg
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chess champion (1925, 1926, 1928, 1935, 1936 and 1942). In 1937, Eric Jonsson played a small demonstration match with
Reuben Fine (as part of the tour of the American
chess grandmaster in Sweden) - ½: 1½. In 1948, with the Swedish national team, he participated in a number of international chess matches with the teams of Denmark and Norway.
Eric Jonsson has played for Sweden in the
Chess Olympiads:
* In 1928, at reserve board in the
2nd Chess Olympiad
The 2nd Chess Olympiad ( nl, De 2e Schaakolympiade), organized by the Fédération Internationale des Échecs (FIDE) and comprising an open and women's tournament, as well as several events designed to promote the game of chess, took place between ...
in
The Hague (+2, =7, -5),
* In 1937, at reserve board in the
7th Chess Olympiad in
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...
(+2, =5, -4).
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1903 births
1974 deaths
Swedish chess players
Chess Olympiad competitors
20th-century chess players
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