Belgium vs. The Netherlands, Brussels
07-06-1924
| 1 | Koltanowski, George | 0-1 | Euwe, Machgielis |
| 2 | Colle, Edgard | 1-0 | Weenink, Henri Gerard |
| 3 | Boruchowitz, Nicolas | ½-½ | te Kolsté, Jan Willem |
| 4 | Lancel, Edmond | 1-0 | Fick, Willem |
| 5 | Devreese, Pierre | 0-1 | Oskam, Gerard Cornelis |
| 6 | Louviau, Arsène | ½-½ | van Foreest, Arnold Engelinus |
| 7 | Lenglez, Marcel | ½-½ | Rueb, Alexander |
| 8 | de Villegas, Fernand | ½-½ | van Hoorn, Petrus |
| 9 | Tackels, André | 0-1 | Fick, Louis |
| 10 | Verschueren, Edouard | ½-½ | Schelfhout, Willem |
| Tot | Belgium | 4½-5½ | The Netherlands |
For the first time, the Belgian team played an international match. It ended in a narrow but honourable defeat against a very strong Dutch team. The match was played in hotel Scheers, starting at 15:30. I have found half the games scattered around Belgian newspapers and Mr. de Haas found one more in [5] and Mr. Olthof found two in [6]. A kind correspondent pointed out to me that there was one more game in [5]. The same correspondent also sent me a scan of Fick’s scorebook, which contains most of his game against Lancel. However, his score stops well before the end and he claims to have won this game, which goes against all sources I’ve seen. The picture below comes from [1].
Wanted
- Part of the game Lancel — Fick.
Sources
- La Nation Belge 04 & 11/06/1924
- De Schelde 15/06/1924
- Vooruit 13/07/1924
- L’Indépendence Belge 15/06 & 27/07/1924
- De Telegraaf 11 & 13/06/1924
- Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant 11/06/1924
- W. Fick’s scorebook
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