- Jorgen Moeller
Jorgen Moeller (Jörgen Möller, Jørgen Møller) (1873 – 1944) was a Danish
chess master.Möller was twice a Nordic Champion, winning at
Copenhagen 1899 (2nd Nord-ch) and atGöteborg 1901 (3rd Nord-ch). [ [http://dsu9604.dsu.dk/nmny/100gb/gb-nm100.htm foraer ] ] , [ [http://www.schack.se/RK/ssfparm2003-05-20.pdf Stadgar ] ] , [ [http://www.shakki.net/shakkipeli/historia/pm.html ShakkiNet - shakkipeli/historia2 ] ]At the beginning of his career, he tied for 4-5th at Copenhagen 1895 (
Andreas Rosendahl won), took 2nd, behindSven Otto Svensson , atStockholm 1897 (1st Nordic-ch), and took 4th at Copenhagen 1907 (6th Nord-ch,Paul Leonhardt won). [ [http://db.chessmetrics.com/CM2/PlayerProfile.asp?Params=199510SSSSS3S087879000000141000000000019710100 Chessmetrics Player Profile: Jørgen Møller ] ]In 1920, he tied for 13-14th in Göteborg (
Richard Réti won). In 1923, he took 6th in Copenhagen (Aron Nimzowitsch won). [ [http://www.anders.thulin.name/SUBJECTS/CHESS/CTCIndex.pdf Name Index to Jeremy Gaige's Chess Tournament Crosstables ] ]His name is attached to the Moeller Attack in the
Giuoco Piano (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 Moeller Defense in theRuy Lopez (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O–O Bc5). [cite book | author=Litmanowicz, Władysław & Giżycki, Jerzy| title=Szachy od A do Z | publisher=Wydawnictwo "Sport i Turystyka" Warszawa | year=1986, 1987 | id=ISBN 83-217-2481-7 (1. A-M), ISBN 83-217-2745-x (2. N-Z)]* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=11066 the chess games of Jorgen Moeller]
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