Axel Martinius Erichsen
Axel Martinius Erichsen (born January 18, 1883 , † March 22, 1965 ) was a Norwegian chess player .
Life
Axel Martinius Erichsen grew up in Drammen in southern Norway . His father, a tailor , came from Dalsland , Sweden , and his mother, who came from Modum , died when Axel Martinius was eight months old. After attending school, he worked as an office worker and became an accountant in Oslo . Drawing was one of his hobbies.
chess
He started playing chess in 1904. He was introduced to chess by the photographer Hans Christoffer Christoffersen , with whom he was friends, and who founded a chess club in Drammen, in which Erichsen was first secretary from 1905. Christoffersen would later win the Norwegian individual championships in 1926, 1929 and 1936. Axel Martinius Erichsen succeeded in doing this beforehand, in 1922 in Christiania at the 7th Norwegian Chess Congress. At that time he played for Christiania Schakselskab (Oslo was called Christiania until 1924), which he had joined in 1917.
Web links
- Replayable chess games by Axel Martinius Erichsen on chessgames.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography of Axel Martinius Erichsen from his granddaughter Margaret Heldor (Norwegian)
- ↑ Portrait in the picture gallery of the Oslo Schakselskab (Norwegian)
- ↑ List of Norwegian individual champions up to 2002 (Norwegian)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Erichsen, Axel Martinius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Erichsen, AM; Erichsen, AM |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian chess player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 18, 1883 |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 22, 1965 |