Erik Lundin


Erik Ruben Lundin was a Swedish chess master.
In 1928, he won in Oslo, took 5th in Helsingborg, tied for 2nd-3rd in Stockholm. In 1929, he took 2nd in Göteborg, and took 3rd in Västerås. In 1930, he took 7th in Stockholm.
In 1931, Lundin tied for 1st-3rd with Salo Flohr and Gösta Stoltz in Göteborg. In 1932, he tied for 1st with Ståhlberg in Karlskrona. In 1933, he won a match against Rudolf Spielmann in Stockholm. In 1934, he won in Stockholm, and took 2nd in Copenhagen. In 1935, he took 2nd, with a score of 7.5/9, behind Alexander Alekhine's 8.5, in Örebro, after losing to Alekhine in the final round. In 1936, he took 4th in Margate, won in Ostend, and won in Helsinki. In 1937, he took 7th in Stockholm, won in Copenhagen and won a match for the Nordic Champion title against Erik Andersen 3,5 : 2,5.
In 1938, he won in Kalmar, and tied for 2nd-3rd with Henrik Carlsson, behind Ståhlberg, in Örebro. In 1939, he took 4th in Alingsås, and tied for 1st with Ståhlberg in Oslo.
During World War II, Lundin won at Göteborg 1941. He tied for 2nd-3rd with Alekhine, behind Stoltz, at Munich 1941. In 1942, he tied for 3rd-4th with Stoltz in Stockholm. In 1942, he won in Östersund. In 1943, he tied for 2nd-3rd with Olof Kinnmark, behind Bengt Ekenberg, in Malmö.
In 1945, he won in Visby. In 1946, he won in Motala, and tied for 8-9th in Groningen. In 1947, he tied for 5-6th in Helsinki. In 1948, he took 20th in Saltsjöbaden, and won in Bad Gastein.
In 1951, he took 2nd, behind Moshe Czerniak, in Vienna. In 1952, he won in Zürich ahead of Max Euwe. In 1954, he took 7th in Mariánské Lázně. The event was won by Luděk Pachman. In 1960, he won in Kiruna. In 1961, he won in Avesta. In 1964, he won in Göteborg.
Lundin played for Sweden in nine official Chess Olympiads and once in 3rd unofficial Chess Olympiad at Munich 1936.
He won four medals; team silver and bronze, individual gold and bronze.
He played in some international friendly matches; he won against Bronstein at Stockholm 1954, won against Heikki Westerinen at Helsinki 1967, won against Bogdan Pietrusiak at Ystad 1967.
Lundin was awarded the International Master title in 1950, and the Honorary Grandmaster title in 1983. Over the course of his career, he won at least one game from such world class players as David Bronstein, Max Euwe, Reuben Fine, Salo Flohr, Rudolf Spielmann, and Miguel Najdorf.