BSB/FBÉ championship, Brussels
11-05-1951 > 19-05-1951
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | Tot | ||||
| 1 | IM | O’Kelly de Galway, Albéric | BEL | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7½ |
| 2 | NM | Van Seters, Frits | NED | 1 | – | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | Thibaut, Georges Pierre | BEL | 0 | 1 | – | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 6½ | |
| 4 | Borodin, Vladimir | RUS | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 5 | Limbos, Paul | BEL | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 4½ | |
| 6 | NM | Soultanbeieff, Victor Ivanovich | RUS | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4½ |
| 7 | Rose, Richard | BEL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | ½ | 4 | |
| 8 | Plavchitch, Spiro | YUG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 1 | 2½ | |
| 9 | NM | Lemaire, Robert | BEL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | De Wolf, Guy | BEL | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | – | 1½ |
At this point in history, the Belgian chess federation organised a Belgian championship, reserved for Belgian, and a championship of the federation that foreign members (like Van Seters and Soultanbeieff) were allowed to play.
This tournament took place in the rooms of the Cercle Colle, one of Belgium’s main chess clubs at this time. All games were published in that club’s magazine ([1]). They were kindly sent to me by Mr. Tamm. O’Kelly was the main favourite, of course, and, as [1] calls it, won “in an armchair”. He led one defeat against Van Seters, who apparently was a difficult opponent for him, but at that point he had a strong enough lead to remain ahead.
Wanted
- Not much.
Sources
- Le Colle Vol.2 No.5 [as kindly corresponded by Mr. Tamm]
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