Four nations tournament, Mortsel
16-05-1970 > 17-05-1970
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | BP | MP | ||
| 1 | Middle Rhine | – | 5 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 2½ |
| 2 | France | 3 | – | 7½ | 3½ | 14 | 2 |
| 3 | Belgium | 2 | 4½ | – | 7 | 13½ | 1½ |
| 4 | Luxembourg | 0 | ½ | 1 | – | 1½ | 0 |
This was, as far as I know, the third time this four nations tournament was organised, with previous editions taking place in Dollendorf (Germany) and Troisvièrges (Luxembourg). The tournament was organised by the then 5-year-old club SK Oude God Mortsel, probably partly thanks to member Heynen who was president of the Belgian chess federation at this point.
The tournament took place on the Pentecost weekend in the Mortsel Town Hall. Tempo: 40 moves in 2 hours, then 20 moves per hour. Start on Saturday at 14:00, on Sunday at 15:00 with adjournment after 5 hours of play. This type of tournaments was quite popular in Belgium around this time: the players from the teams were split in different groups and matched against players from the other teams. The results are as below, but I’m missing the name of the players on board 9 of series 1 on the second day. I think this tournament saw Soultanbeieff in action for the national team for the last time.
| 1 | Todorčević, Miodrag | FRA | 1-0 | Cornelis, Frans | BEL |
| 2 | Mazzoni, Guy | FRA | 1-0 | Philippe, Georges | LUX |
| 3 | Peters, Paul | LUX | 0-1 | Limbos, Paul | BEL |
| 4 | Barthel | LUX | 0-1 | Schaffert | MTR |
| 5 | Verstraeten, Roeland | BEL | ½-½ | Mertz | LUX |
| 6 | Schmidt | MTR | 1-0 | Simon | LUX |
| 7 | Soultanbeieff, Victor Ivanovich | BEL | ½-½ | Levaux, Christian | FRA |
| 8 | Haas | LUX | 0-1 | Derreumaux, Patrick | FRA |
| 9 | Weiss, G. | MTR | ½-½ | Van Herck, Paul | BEL |
| 10 | Smulders, Kurt | BEL | 0-1 | Weiss, E. | MTR |
| J | Thiebault | FRA | ½-½ | Kersten | MTR |
| W | Hund | MTR | 0-1 | Neymann | FRA |
| 1 | Stull, Norbert | LUX | 0-1 | IM | Hübner, Robert | MTR |
| 2 | Ellrich, Paul | MTR | ½-½ | IM | Dunkelblum, Arthur | BEL |
| 3 | Letzelter, Jean-Claude | FRA | 0-1 | Hund, Gerhard Friedrich | MTR | |
| 4 | Zinser, Sylvain | FRA | 1-0 | Ebrahimi, Touradj | BEL | |
| 5 | Pesch | MTR | ½-½ | Demarré, Jacques | FRA | |
| 6 | Mauquoy, Paul | BEL | ½-½ | Griessman | FRA | |
| 7 | Schmiedel | MTR | 1-0 | Stirn | LUX | |
| 8 | Mollekens, Jozef | BEL | 1-0 | Peters | MTR | |
| 9 | Berges | FRA | 1-0 | Frank | LUX | |
| 10 | Schmitt | LUX | ½-½ | Marciniak, Marcel | FRA | |
| J | Milbers, Paul | LUX | 0-1 | Roofthoofd, Marcel | BEL | |
| W | Vanderbeken | BEL | 1-0 | Zeihen | LUX |
17/5
| 1 | IM | Hübner, Robert | MTR | 1-0 | Todorčević, Miodrag | FRA |
| 2 | IM | Dunkelblum, Arthur | BEL | ½-½ | Mazzoni, Guy | FRA |
| 3 | Hund, Gerard Friedrich | MTR | 1-0 | Peters, Paul | LUX | |
| 4 | Ebrahimi, Touradj | BEL | 1-0 | Barthel | LUX | |
| 5 | Mertz | LUX | 0-1 | Pesch | MTR | |
| 6 | Griessman | FRA | 0-1 | Schmidt | MTR | |
| 7 | Stirn | LUX | ½-½ | Mollekens, Jozef | BEL | |
| 8 | Frank | LUX | 0-1 | Weiss, G. | MTR | |
| 9 | MTR | 1-0 | LUX | |||
| 10 | Marciniak, Marcel | FRA | 0-1 | Hanssen, Paul | BEL | |
| J | Roofthoofd, Marcel | BEL | 1-0 | Thiebault | FRA | |
| W | Zeihen | LUX | 0-1 | Hund | MTR |
| 1 | Cornelis, Frans | BEL | 1-0 | Stull, Norbert | LUX |
| 2 | Philippe, Georges | LUX | 0-1 | Ellrich, Paul | MTR |
| 3 | Limbos, Paul | BEL | ½-½ | Letzelter, Jean-Claude | FRA |
| 4 | Schaffert | MTR | ½-½ | Zinser, Sylvain | FRA |
| 5 | Demarré, Jacques | FRA | 1-0 | Verstraeten, Roeland | BEL |
| 6 | Simon | LUX | 0-1 | Mauquoy, Paul | BEL |
| 7 | Levaux, Christian | FRA | ½-½ | Schmiedel | MTR |
| 8 | Derreumeaux, Patrick | FRA | 1-0 | Van Mol, Rene | BEL |
| 9 | Van Herck, Paul | BEL | ½-½ | Berges | FRA |
| 10 | Weiss, E. | MTR | 1-0 | Schmidt | LUX |
| J | Kersten | MTR | 1-0 | Milbers, Paul | LUX |
| W | Neymann | FRA | 1-0 | Vanderbeken | BEL |
Wanted
- Almost all games.
- Many first names.
- I’m not completely sure I matched the right people to the right teams.
Sources
- De Volksgazet 12 & 19/05/1970
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