Ernst Jacobson Explained

Ernst Jacobson (31 January 1889, in Stockholm – 8 February 1963, in Stockholm)^[1] was a Swedish chess master.

He took 8th at Copenhagen 1916 (the 9th Nordic Chess Championship, Paul Johner won),^[2] took 2nd at Stockholm 1916, tied for 7-8th at Göteborg 1920 (B-tournament, Johner won),^[3] took 3rd and won ahead of Karl Berndtsson and Gustaf Nyholm at Jönköping 1921, and took 4th at Uppsala 1923 (Allan Nilsson and Anton Olson won).^[4]

He thrice represented Sweden in Chess Olympiads at London 1927, The Hague 1928, and Hamburg 1930,^[5] and played in friendly matches Germany vs. Sweden (1922) and Stockholm vs. Leningrad (1926).^[6]

Notes and References

1. 
   Note: Chess Personalia spells his last name "Jacobsen", but this may be a typo. The entry is alphabetized as if it were spelled "Jacobson" and Gaige uses that spelling in other works such as his tournament crosstables.
2. http://xoomer.virgilio.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1900-49/1916kopen.htm
3. http://xoomer.virgilio.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1900-49/1920goteborgb.htm
4. Web site: Archived copy . 2012-02-19 . dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070704030849/http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf . 2007-07-04 . Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables, An Electronic Edition, Anders Thulin, Malmö, 2004-09-01
5. Web site: OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess. www.olimpbase.org.
6. Web site: OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess. www.olimpbase.org.