Belgian universitary championship, Brussels

31-01-1965 > 21-02-1965

Preliminary A: 1. Goethals 2½/3 2. Setas 2 3. Nyberg 1½ 4. Segaert 0
Preliminary B: 1. Rooze 3/3 2-3. Kittel & Viger 1½ 4. Van Roy 0
Preliminary C: 1. Verstraeten 3/3 2. Van Soom 2 3. Boelen 1 4. Van der Heyden 0
Preliminary D: Wostyn, Mertens, Meunier


Semifinal A 1 2 3 4 Tot
1 Goethals, Fernand BEL ½ 1 1
2 Rooze, Jan BEL ½ 1 1
3 Setas BEL 0 0 1 1
4 Kittel, Pierre BEL 0 0 0 0
Semifinal B 1 2 3 4 Tot
1 Wostyn, Hendrik BEL ½ 1 1
2 Verstraeten, Roeland BEL ½ ½ 1 2
3 Mertens, Paul BEL 0 ½ ½ 1
4 Van Soom, Herman BEL 0 0 ½ ½

Final 1 2 3 4 Tot
1 Rooze, Jan BEL ½ ½ 1 2
2 Goethals, Fernand BEL ½ 1 0
3 Wostyn, Hendrik BEL ½ 0 1
4 Verstraeten, Roeland BEL 0 1 0 1
Consolation final 1 2 3 4 Tot
1 Kittel, Pierre BEL 1 0 1 2
2 Mertens, Paul BEL 0 1 1 2
3 Van Soom, Herman BEL 1 0 1 2
4 Setas BEL 0 0 0 0

This tournament was held in three phases over three weekends, on Saturday at 14:00 and on Sunday from 8:00 to 12:30 and from 15:30 to 20:00. It was organised at the Free University of Brussels (VUB) by the university’s chess club.

The championship was in the end won by the youngest participant, Jan Rooze. The best six players were qualified to play in the Student’s olimpiad, which gave additional interest to the consolation final. Somehow, probably after a play-off, Van Soom was eliminated. However, as both  Rooze and Wostyn ended up not playing, Van Soom could still go to Romania. I have only a single game. I don’t know whether it came from the consolation final or from a possible play-off.

Wanted

  • Almost all of the games.
  • The crosstables for preliminaries A and D.
  • Some first names.

Sources

  1. De Volksgazet 02,16-03-1965
  2. De Standaard 09,22-02,01-03-1965
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Mertens, Paul (?) - Van Soom, Herman (?)
Belgian students' championship (?)
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Qe2 c5 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg1 a6 10. h3 Ngf6 11. e5 Ne8 12. e6 Nb6 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. exf7+ Rxf7 15. Ng5 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Rxf4 17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. Qxe6+ Kf8 19. Bxc5 Rf6 20. Rf1 Nd5 21. Bc4 Rxf1+ 22. Kxf1 Nec7 23. Qe5 Kf7 24. Ke2 Ke8 25. Bxd5 Nxd5 26. Rd1 1-0

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