Otto Birger Morcken

Otto Birger Morcken (11 October 1910 – 17 January 2009) was a Norwegian chess player, Norwegian Chess Championship winner (1956).

Otto Birger Morcken
Country	Norway
Born	(1910-10-11)11 October 1910 Bergen, Norway
Died	17 January 2009(2009-01-17) (aged 98)

Biography

In the 1950s, Otto Birger Morcken was one of the leading Norwegian chess players. In 1956, he won Norwegian Chess Championship.^[1]

Otto Birger Morcken played for Norway in the Chess Olympiads:^[2]

• In 1950, at third board in the 9th Chess Olympiad in Dubrovnik (+1, =6, -6),
• In 1952, at third board in the 10th Chess Olympiad in Helsinki (+1, =2, -5),
• In 1954, at first board in the 11th Chess Olympiad in Amsterdam (+2, =5, -6),
• In 1956, at second board in the 12th Chess Olympiad in Moscow (+3, =5, -5).