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Axel Nielsen (chess player)

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Axel Nielsen
11th Chess Olympiad, 1954. Back row probably Axel Nielsen vs. Otto Birger Morcken
CountryDenmark
Born(1914-01-09)9 January 1914
Died16 September 2004(2004-09-16) (aged 90)

Axel Jørgen Nielsen (9 January 1914 – 16 September 2004), was a Danish chess player, and six-times Danish Chess Championship medalist (1944, 1946, 1948, 1954, 1955, 1959).

Biography

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From the end to 1940s to the early 1960s Axel Nielsen was one of the strongest Danish chess players. In Danish Chess Championships he won 3 silver (1946, 1954, 1955) and 3 bronze (1944, 1948, 1959) medals.

Axel Nielsen played for Denmark in the Chess Olympiads:[1]

References

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  1. ^ "OlimpBase :: Men's Chess Olympiads :: Axel Nielsen". www.olimpbase.org.
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