Belgium vs. Netherlands, Antwerp
17-05-1947 > 18-05-1947
| 1 | van Scheltinga, Theo Daniël | ½-½ | 0-1 | O’Kelly de Galway, Albéric |
| 2 | Prins, Lodewijk | 1-0 | 0-1 | Lemaire, Robert |
| 3 | Cortlever, Nicolaas | ½-½ | 1-0 | Dunkelblum, Arthur |
| 4 | Kramer, Haije | ½-½ | 0-1 | Devos, Paul |
| 5 | Mühring, Willem-Jan | 1-0 | ½-½* | Pepers, Gustave |
| 6 | Vlagsma, Chris | 1-0 | 1-0 | Van Lennep, Frits |
| 7 | van Steenis, Hendrik Jan | 0-1 | 1-0 | Barzin, Marcel |
| 8 | van den Berg, Carel Benjamin | 0-1 | 0-1 | Franck, Alfons |
| 9 | Bergsma, Klaas | 1-0 | 0-1 | Gerits, Valère |
| 10 | Stumpers, Louis | ½-½ | 1-0 | Van Hoorde, Edouard |
| Tot | Netherlands | 6-4 | 4½-5½ | Belgium |
After the resounding Belgian defeat the preceding year, this was a surprisingly close affair. The Belgians even managed a win on the second day! This was no doubt partly due to the absence of Euwe in the Dutch team and the presence of O’Kelly in the Belgian one. Of course, the Belgian team could have been even stronger if foreign members of the Belgian chess federation, like Van Seters and Soultanbeieff, would have been selected. Many Dutch sources, like [5], claim that the second game between Mühring and Pepers was declared drawn without play. I took the results from [1]. Many other contemporary sources confirm them. The games I have come from various newspapers ([1]-[4]) and…
Warning!
I found a game Kramer–Devos in my database for which I did not record the source. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Wanted
- Over half of the games.
Sources
- Le Soir 18, 22 & 29/05/1947
- La Nation Belge 01/06/1947
- La Dernière Heure 04 & 11/06/1947
- De Noord-Ooster 21/08/1947
- De Gazet van Limburg 20/05/1947
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