Zandor Nilsson

Swedish chess player

Zandor Nilsson
Country	Sweden
Born	(1913-07-02)July 2, 1913 Stockholm, Sweden
Died	July 1, 1973(1973-07-01) (aged 59) Stockholm, Sweden
Title	International Correspondence Chess Master (1961)

Zandor Nilsson (July 2, 1913, Stockholm – July 1, 1973, Stockholm) was a Swedish chess player, who two times won Swedish Chess Championship.

Biography

In 1957 Zandor Nilsson won Swedish Chess Championship in Stockholm. In 1965 he repeated this success in Falköping.^[1]

Nilsson played for Sweden in seven Chess Olympiads and won individual bronze medal in 1958:^[2]

In 1954, at reserve board in the 11th Chess Olympiad in Amsterdam (+5 −6 =2);
In 1958, at fourth board in the 13th Chess Olympiad in Munich (+10 −4 =2);
In 1960, at fourth board in the 14th Chess Olympiad in Leipzig (+10 −3 =3);
In 1962, at third board in the 15th Chess Olympiad in Varna (+4 −6 =3);
In 1964, at fourth board in the 16th Chess Olympiad in Tel Aviv (+7 −4 =2);
In 1966, at second board in the 17th Chess Olympiad in Havana (+6 −9 =1);
In 1968, at second board in the 18th Chess Olympiad in Lugano (+3 −5 =3).

In 1962 Nilsson played for Sweden in World Student Team Chess Championship.^[3] In 1970 he played for Sweden in Nordic Chess Cup. He won team silver medal and individual gold medal.^[4]

Nilsson was also a successful correspondence chess player. He was awarded the ICCF International Correspondence Chess Master (IMC) title in 1961.^[5]