Jørgen Møller


Jørgen Møller was a Danish chess master.
Møller was twice a Nordic Champion, winning at Copenhagen 1899 and at Gothenburg 1901.
At the beginning of his career, he tied for 4-5th at Copenhagen 1895, took 2nd, behind Sven Otto Svensson, at Stockholm 1897, and took 4th at Copenhagen 1907.
In 1920, he tied for 13-14th in Gothenburg. In 1923, he took 6th in Copenhagen.
His name is attached to the Møller Attack in the Giuoco Piano and the Møller Defense in the Ruy Lopez.
Møller was born 4 November 1873 in Otterup, Denmark, and died 20 November 1944 in Copenhagen.