Jørgen Møller (sometimes Jorgen Moeller or Jörgen Möller) (4 November 1873 – 20 November 1944) was a

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master. Møller was twice a Nordic Champion, winning at

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1899 (2nd Nord-ch) and at Gothenburg 1901 (3rd Nord-ch). At the beginning of his career, he tied for 4-5th at Copenhagen 1895 ( Andreas Rosendahl won), took 2nd, behind Sven Otto Svensson, at Stockholm 1897 (1st Nordic-ch), and took 4th at Copenhagen 1907 (6th Nord-ch, Paul Leonhardt won). In 1920, he tied for 13-14th in Gothenburg (

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won). In 1923, he took 6th in Copenhagen (

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won). His name is attached to the Møller Attack in the

Giuoco Piano The Giuoco Piano (Italian: "Quiet Game"; ), also called the Italian Opening, is a chess opening beginning with the moves: :1. e4 e5 :2. Nf3 Nc6 :3. Bc4 Bc5 "White aims to develop quickly – but so does Black. White can construct a pawn cen ...

(1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 ed4 6.cd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nxe4 8.O–O Bxc3 9.d5) and the Møller Defense in the Ruy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O–O Bc5). Møller was born 4 November 1873 in

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, Denmark, and died 20 November 1944 in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Moeller, Jorgen 1873 births 1944 deaths Danish chess players Chess theoreticians People from Nordfyn Municipality