Swedish Chess Championship
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The first Swedish Champion was Gustaf Nyholm, who won two matches against winners of national tournaments: Berndtsson in Göteborg and Löwenborg in Stockholm in 1917. Until 1931 Swedish Chess Championships were decided by match play. In the 1930s, Gideon Ståhlberg held the title in spite of results of the national tournaments. Since 1939, only the tournament is played as an official Swedish Championship.[1][2]
Matches (official Champions)
Year Location Result 1917 Stockholm Otto Löwenborg 3 – Anton Olson 2 1917 Gothenburg Gustaf Nyholm 3½ – Karl Berndtsson 1½ 1917 Stockholm Gustaf Nyholm 4 – Otto Löwenborg 1 1919 Stockholm Gustaf Nyholm 2½ – Arthur Håkansson 2½ 1919 Stockholm Gustaf Nyholm 3½ – Anton Olson 1½ 1921 Gothenburg Gustaf Nyholm 2½ – Allan Nilsson 2½ 1921 Stockholm Anton Olson 3 – Gustaf Nyholm 2 1921 Stockholm Gustaf Nyholm 3½ – Anton Olson 1½ 1924 Gothenburg Allan Nilsson 3 – Gustaf Nyholm 1 1927 Gothenburg Allan Nilsson 2½ – Gösta Stoltz 2½ 1929 Gothenburg Gideon Ståhlberg 3 – Allan Nilsson 0 1931 Gothenburg Gideon Ståhlberg 3 – Gösta Stoltz 3
Tournaments (no champions)
Year Location Champion 1917 Stockholm Otto Löwenborg
Anton Olson1918 Gothenburg Karl Berndtsson 1919 Malmö Anton Olson 1920 Eskilstuna Karl Berndtsson 1921 Jönköping Karl Berndtsson
Gustaf Nyholm1922 Gävle Arthur Håkansson 1923 Uppsala Allan Nilsson
Anton Olson1924 Norrköping Karl Olson 1925 Trollhättan Olof Kinnmark 1926 Karlstad Karl Berndtsson 1927 Örebro Gösta Stoltz
Gideon Ståhlberg1928 Hälsinborg Gösta Stoltz 1929 Västerås Einar Pettersson 1931 Uddevalla Erik Lundin 1932 Karlskrona Erik Lundin
Gideon Ståhlberg1933 Lund Nils Bergkvist
Gösta Danielsson
Gösta Forhaug
Gunnar Skarp1934 Falun Erik Lundin 1935 Härnösand Gösta Stoltz
John B. Lindberg1936 Borås Ernst Larsson 1937 Stockholm Ragnar Pettersson 1938 Kalmar Erik Lundin
Tournaments (official Champions)
- Tournament at Stockholm 1940 was unofficial Swedish championship.[4]
Women
Year Champion 1998 Eva Berglund