Belgium vs. Luxembourg, Luxembourg
12-08-1950
| 1 | IM | O’Kelly de Galway, Albéric | 1-0 | Doerner, Charles |
| 2 | Dunkelblum, Arthur | 1-0 | Spranck | |
| 3 | Devos, Paul | 1-0 | Schneider | |
| 4 | Thibaut, Georges Pierre | 1-0 | Biel, Maik | |
| 5 | Van Schoor, Carl | 1-0 | Ludewig | |
| 6 | De Wolf, Guy | 1-0 | Weyland | |
| 7 | Van Hoorde, Edouard | 1-0 | Majeres | |
| 8 | Gesquière, Jozef | 0-1 | Deitz | |
| 9 | Van Mol, René | 0-1 | Philippe | |
| 10 | Heynen, Gerard | ½-½ | Marx, Christian | |
| Tot | Belgium | 7½-2½ | Luxembourg |
On their way to the olimpiad, the Belgian passed through Luxembourg and played a match against the local team. According to [2], the Belgian players had white on the odd-numbered boards. Still according to [2], this was the first international chess tournament in Luxembourg. The match took place in the Ancre d’Or at 19:00. Luxembourg’s 9th board might be either Louis or Georges Philippe. Full results and one game come from [1], the other game I have from [2].
Wanted
- Almost all games.
- First names for Marx, Philippe, Deitz, Majeres, Weyland, Ludewig, Biel, Schneider and Spranck.
Sources
- De Standaard 26/08/1950
- Luxemburger Wort 12 & 19/08/1950
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Deitz (?) - Gesquière, Willy (?)
Luxembourg vs. Belgium (1)
Luxembourg vs. Belgium (1)
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 dxe4 5. Bxe4 Nf6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qf3 c6 8. Ne2 Qa5 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. Bxc6+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. Qxb7 Rb8 13. Qf3 O-O 14. O-O Nf6 15. a3 Bd6 16. b3 Qc7 17. g3 Rfc8 18. Ra2 Qe7 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 f5 21. Qe3 g5 22. c4 Rf8 23. f4 gxf4 24. Nxf4 e5 25. Nd5 Qg7 26. dxe5 Bxe5 27. Kg2 Rbe8 28. Qd3 f4 29. Raf2 fxg3 30. Rxf8+ Rxf8 31. Rxf8+ Qxf8 32. hxg3 Qxa3 33. Qe2 Qd6 34. Qg4+ Bg7 35. Qc8+ Bf8 36. Nf4 Qd2+ 37. Kh3 Qe3 38. Qf5 Qe7 39. Nh5 Bg7 40. Qd5+ Kh8 41. Nxg7 Kxg7 42. c5 Kf8 43. Qf5+ Ke8 44. Qc8+ Kf7 45. b4 Kf6 46. Qh8+ Ke6 47. Qd4 Kf7 48. Qd5+ 1-0