Egil Jacobsen Explained

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

He tied for 5-6th at Horsens 1915 (the 6th Danish Chess Championship, Johannes Giersing won), tied for 9-10th at Copenhagen 1916 (the 9th Nordic Chess Championship, B-tournament, Karl Berndtsson won),^[1] and twice won Danish championships at Grenaa 1917 and Copenhagen 1922. He took 5th at Copenhagen 1923 (Aron Nimzowitsch won),^[2] and shared 2nd, behind Erik Andersen, at Copenhagen 1923 (DEN-ch).

External links

• (chessgames.com misattributes some 1928 Chess Olympiad games to Egil Jacobsen that were probably played by Ernst Jacobsen instead)
• Egil Jacobsen at 365Chess.com

Notes and References

1. Web site: kopenh1 . xoomer.virgilio.it . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20040106201409/http://xoomer.virgilio.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1900-49/1916kopen1.htm . 2004-01-06.
2. Web site: Kopenh . 2009-03-17 . 2012-10-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121010043318/http://xoomer.virgilio.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1900-49/1923kopenh.htm . dead .