Joel Fridlizius (31 December 1869 – 6 January 1963) was a Swedish

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 took 2nd, behind

Jorgen Moeller Jorgen may refer to: * Jørgen, a Scandinavian masculine given name * Jörgen, an Austrian village * Jörgen (name), a Scandinavian masculine given name {{disambig ...

, at Gothenburg 1901 (the 3rd

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 ...

), won ahead of

Gustaf Nyholm Gustaf Nyholm (27 January 1880, Stockholm – 12 September 1957, Stockholm) was a Swedish chess master. He was the first Swedish Champion (1917–1921 and 1922–1924), and a Nordic Champion in 1917. In 1907 he took 6th in Copenhagen (the 6th ...

at Gothenburg 1909 (B tournament), and tied for 7-9th but won games from

Alexander Alekhine Alexander Aleksandrovich Alekhine, ''Aleksándr Aleksándrovich Alékhin''; (March 24, 1946) was a Russian and French chess player and the fourth World Chess Champion, a title he held for two reigns. By the age of 22, Alekhine was already a ...

and

Rudolf Spielmann Rudolf Spielmann (5 May 1883 – 20 August 1942) was a Jewish-Austrian chess player of the romantic school, and chess writer. Career Spielmann was born in 1883, third child of Moritz and Cecilia Spielmann, and had a younger brother Edgar, an o ...

at Stockholm 1912 (the 8th Nordic-ch).stoccolma
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* 1869 births 1963 deaths Swedish chess players {{sweden-chess-bio-stub