Bjørn Nielsen

Who was Bjørn Nielsen?

Bjørn Nielsen was a Danish chess master.

He played for Denmark in Chess Olympiads:

⁕In 1933, at fourth board in 5th Olympiad in Folkestone;

⁕In 1935, at second board in 6th Olympiad in Warsaw;

⁕In 1936, at third board in 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad in Munich.

He won individual gold medal at Munich 1936.

In 1933, he tied for 6-7th in Copenhagen, In 1941, he tied for 5-6th in Munich.

He was Danish Champion in 1941, 1942, 1944, and 1946. He also shared 1st in 1949 but died in Herning before the play-off could take place.