Aalborg International Tournament 1947
Christian Poulsen and Theo van Scheltinga tied for first with 6½/9 in Aalborg’s international masters tournament. Storm Herseth and B. H. Wood followed on 5½.
An international club tournament
Aalborg Skakforening organized the event with Aalborg Stiftstidende. Four visitors from Sweden, Norway, England and the Netherlands joined six Danish players. Poulsen won his first four games; his last-round defeat allowed van Scheltinga to draw level. The first two prizes were shared.
Results and records
The contemporary round table gives all ten totals and every opponent/result across nine rounds. Its 45 pairings all have legal scores in this archive and agree with the printed results. No default, withdrawal or playoff is indicated in that report.
Historical dates follow the original report. The game records retain their year-only dates and original names, rounds and moves. The printed Julius Nielsen–Wood score routes Black’s knights differently before reaching the same later position; the native version is preserved.
Final standings
| # | Player | Score | Record | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| =1 | Poulsen, Christian | 6½/9 | +5 -1 =3 | games |
| =1 | Van Scheltinga, Theo D | 6½/9 | +5 -1 =3 | games |
| =3 | Herseth, Storm | 5½/9 | +4 -2 =3 | games |
| =3 | Wood, Baruch Harold | 5½/9 | +5 -3 =1 | games |
| =5 | Stoltz, Gosta | 5/9 | +4 -3 =2 | games |
| =5 | Christensen, Alfred August | 5/9 | +3 -2 =4 | games |
| =7 | Nielsen, Julius | 3½/9 | +3 -5 =1 | games |
| =7 | Nielsen, Tage | 3½/9 | +3 -5 =1 | games |
| 9 | Sorensen, Ta | 3/9 | +2 -5 =2 | games |
| 10 | Hansen, A | 1/9 | +0 -7 =2 | games |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poulsen, Christian | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | |
| 2 | Van Scheltinga, Theo D | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 3 | Herseth, Storm | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | |
| 4 | Wood, Baruch Harold | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | |
| 5 | Stoltz, Gosta | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 6 | Christensen, Alfred August | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | |
| 7 | Nielsen, Julius | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 8 | Nielsen, Tage | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 9 | Sorensen, Ta | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | Hansen, A | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.