1st world junior championship, Coventry/Birmingham

11-06-1951 > 23-06-1951

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Tot
1 Ivkov, Borislav YUG – 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 * * * * * * 9½
2 Barker, Malcolm ENG 0 – ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ * 1 1 ½ * * * * 1 * 8
3 Cruz, Raúl Ceferino ARG ½ ½ – 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 * * * 1 1 ½ * ½ * * 7
4 Harris, Frederic ENG 0 0 0 – * 0 * 1 * 1 ½ 1 * 1 * * 1 1 6½
5 Larsen, Bent DEN 0 0 ½ * – 0 * * * 1 * 0 1 1 1 * 1 1 6½
6 Nyrén, Bo Emil FIN ½ 0 0 1 1 – * ½ ½ * ½ * * 1 ½ 1 * * 6½
7 Bhend, Edwin SUI 0 ½ ½ * * * – 0 0 ½ 1 * 1 * 1 ½ * 1 6
8 Burstein, Sylvain FRA ½ ½ 1 0 * ½ 1 – ½ ½ ½ ½ * * ½ * * * 6
9 Rosen, Willy GER 0 * * * * ½ 1 ½ – * 0 ½ ½ * 1 1 0 1 6
10 Selzer, Edgar AUT 0 0 * 0 0 * ½ ½ * – * 1 * 1 * 1 1 1 6
11 Berriman, G. AUS 0 0 * ½ * ½ 0 ½ 1 * – * ½ * 1 * ½ 1 5½
12 Ólafsson, Friðrik ISL 0 ½ 0 0 1 * * ½ ½ 0 * – 1 1 * 1 * * 5½
13 Joyner, Lionel Berry CAN * * 0 * 0 * 0 * ½ * ½ 0 – ½ ½ 1 1 1 5
14 Eikrem, Arnold NOR * * ½ 0 0 0 * * * 0 * 0 ½ – ½ ½ 1 ½ 3½
15 Walsh, James Joseph IRL * * * * 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 * 0 * ½ ½ – 0 1 ½ 3½
16 Jackson, John Alexander SCO * * ½ * * 0 ½ * 0 0 * 0 0 ½ 1 – ½ 0 3
17 Asker, Sven SWE * 0 * 0 0 * * * 1 0 ½ * 0 0 0 ½ – ½ 2½
18 Coosemans, Billy BEL * * * 0 0 * 0 * 0 0 0 * 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ – 2½

A reasonably strong first edition for the world junior championship: Larsen, Ólafsson and winner Ivkov al become world class grandmasters. Belgian participant Coosemans didn’t do very well. [1] gives the crosstable, [2] a game and the nationalities. The first two rounds were played at the Sibree Hall in Coventry, the rest at Birmingham University (cfr.[3]).

Wanted

  • Almost all games.
  • Berriman’s first name.

Sources

  1. G. Di Felice, Chess results, 1951-1955, McFarland 2010
  2. De Standaard 16/06/1951
  3. B. M. Kažić, International championship chess, Batsford 1974 ISBN: 0-7134-2795-7
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