4th Mechelse toren, Mechelen

29-04-1951 > 06-05-1951

Round 1
Nielse SK 1-5 Mechelse SK I
Mechelse SK II 0-6 St. Theresia
Antwerp SK 3-3 Philidor Leuven
Boomse SK 1½-4½ Excelsior Dendermonde
Het Schaakbord 2-4 Arbeiders SK
Round 2
Antwerp SK 5½-½ St. Theresia
Excelsior Dendermonde 2½-3½ Mechelse SK I
Arbeiders SK 2-4 Philidor Leuven
Semifinal
Antwerp SK 5½-½ Excelsior Dendermonde
Philidor Leuven 5-1 Mechelse SK I
Final
Philidor Leuven 2½-3½ Antwerp SK

The fourth edition of this tournament gathered a couple of strong players. In the first two rounds, the best scoring losers also went through to the next round. I suspect the pairings were done randomly, which led to the final being a repeat of one of the first round pairings.

Most results come from [1], but there Antwerp vs. Philidor Leuven from the first round is given as 3-2 with one adjourned game. [2] gives the result as 3-3 so presumably Leuven won this adjourned game. The results of the semi-finals were kindly sent to me by Mr. Gooris from the archives of the organising club. Ties were broken as follows: a victory on the first board was worth 6 points, one on the second board was worth 5, and so on. Here are detailed results as far as I have them. The individual results belowy don’t include forfeits. I suspect the Schumacher playing for Philidor Leuven was Helmut Schumacher, who probably studied in Leuven at this time.

Bussers, Simone 2 4
Coosemans, Billy 2 4
Schram 4
Blockx, Frank 2 4
Van den Driessche, Arie 2 2
Wachstock 2 2
Vervaecke 1 1
Witvrouwen 1 1
Antwerp SK 12 18
Dubyna 4 4
Schumacher, Helmut 4
Jackowski 4
Schretter 4
Zdanowicz, André 0 1
De Kerckhove 2 4
Van Nes 0 1
Van Beylen 0 1
Van Windekens ½ 1
Philidor Leuven 18
Van Langendonck, J 1 3
Gysels, Frans 1 3
De Nies, Frans ½ 3
Bauweleers 2 3
De Meyer, Frans 0 1
Verbeemen 1 1
Verschaeren 3
Mechelse SK A 11
Van Keer 2 2
Van Ranst, P. 2
Eeckhoudt 3
Van Ranst, A. 2
Pauwels 1 3
Janssens 0 1
Bergé 0 1
Excelsior Dendermonde 7 10
Vandiest, Julien ½ 2
Ilegems, Arthur Paul ½ 1
Segers, Jan 0 1
Raemdonck 1 2
Van Haver 1 1
Pittoors 1 1
De Krem ½ 1
Simons ½ 2
Schindelheim 1 1
Arbeider SK 6 12
Op de Beeck 1 1
Sieben, F 0 1
Van de Putte 1 2
Faes 1 2
Schrey 1 1
Pelerin ½ 1
Derkinderen 0 1
Sieben, L 1 2
Beels 1 1
St. Theresia 12
Boey, Jozef Martin ½ 1
Janssens ½ 1
Van de Wegen 0 1
Cuypers 0 1
De Winter ½ 1
Boey, Antoine ½ 1
Het Schaakbord 2 6
Van Pul, Albert 0 1
Piters ½ 1
Hermans 0 1
Heynen, Gerard 0 1
Heynen, N 0 1
Boomse SK ½ 5
Moortgat, Frans 0 1
Arren 0 1
Coeck 1 1
Verbruggen 0 1
De Greef 0 1
Moortgat 0 1
Nielse SK 1 6
Swier 0 1
Goris 0 1
Brown 0 1
There 0 1
Pelgrims 0 1
Denckens, Leon 0 1
Mechelse SK II 0 6

Wanted

  • All but one of the games.

Sources

  1. Gazet van Mechelen 25/04/1951
  2. De Standaard 12/05/1951
  3. Personal correspondence with Mr. Gooris.
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