Egil Jacobsen

{{short description|Danish chess player}}

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Egil Jacobsen (1897 – 27 March 1923){{citation

| last=Gaige | first=Jeremy | author-link=Jeremy Gaige

| year=1987 | title=Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography

| publisher=McFarland

| isbn=0-7864-2353-6

| page=190}} was a Danish chess master.

He tied for 5-6th at Horsens 1915 (the 6th Danish Chess Championship, Johannes Giersing won), tied for 9-10th at Copenhagen 1916 (the 9th Nordic Chess Championship, B-tournament, Karl Berndtsson won),{{cite web |url=http://xoomer.virgilio.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1900-49/1916kopen1.htm |title=kopenh1 |website=xoomer.virgilio.it |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040106201409/http://xoomer.virgilio.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1900-49/1916kopen1.htm |archive-date=2004-01-06}} and twice won Danish championships at Grenaa 1917 and Copenhagen 1922. He took 5th at Copenhagen 1923 (Aron Nimzowitsch won),{{Cite web |url=http://xoomer.virgilio.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1900-49/1923kopenh.htm |title=Kopenh |access-date=2009-03-17 |archive-date=2012-10-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010043318/http://xoomer.virgilio.it/cserica/scacchi/storiascacchi/tornei/1900-49/1923kopenh.htm |url-status=dead }} and shared 2nd, behind Erik Andersen, at Copenhagen 1923 (DEN-ch).