Ludvig Collijn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ludvig Collijn

chess author

Date of Birth: 20-Nov-1878

Place of Birth: Stockholm, Sweden

Date of Death: 04-Oct-1939

Profession: merchant, chess player

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Ludvig Collijn (20 November 1878 – 4 October 1939 in Stockholm) was a chess author and chairman of the Swedish Chess Federation from 1917 to 1939. At the first Nordic Chess Championship held in Stockholm 1897, Collijn responded consistently against 1.e4 with 1...d5.
This chess opening, at the time known as the Centre Counter Gambit, is now commonly referred to as the Scandinavian Defence. By 1912 he and his brother Gustav were acknowledged for organising the International Chess Conference held in Stockholm that year.
They subsequently authored a publication of annotated games of interest from the Stochholm Congress.Ludvig was a cousin of Isaac Collijn.