1st correspondence olimpiad

01-04-1946 > 01-03-1949

Preliminary 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 BP MP
1 Sweden – 2½ 3½ 4½ 5½ 4½ 4½ 25 10
2 Australia 3½ – 3 4 3½ 5 4½ 23½ 11
3 Portugal 2½ 3 – 4 4 4 5½ 23 9
4 France 1½ 2 2 – 3 4 5 17½ 5
5 Denmark ½ 2½ 2 3 – 3½ 4½ 16 5
6 Belgium I 1½ 1 2 2 2½ – 5 14 2
7 Belgium II 1½ 1½ ½ 1 1½ 1 – 7 0

 

Preliminary 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 BP MP
1 Hungary – 2½ 6 4 4 6 6 28½ 10
2 Poland 3½ – 4½ 4 4 5½ 6 27½ 12
3 Finland 0 1½ – 4½ 4½ 3½ 5 19 8
4 Belgium 2 2 1½ – 4½ 2½ 5½ 18 4
5 Switzerland 2 2 1½ 1½ – 3½ 5 15½ 4
6 Færøer 0 ½ 2½ 3½ 2½ – 6 15 4
7 Ireland II 0 0 1 ½ 1 0 – 2½ 0

Strangely, not all the preliminary groups started at the same time. In fact, section 4 was played from 1946 until 1947, while section 6 only started on January 1st 1947. The preliminaries stopped in 1949. Here are the detailed results. The individual scores for the Belgian players were as follows:

Preliminary 4

Belgium I:

1 Soultanbeieff, Victor Ivanovich 3
2 Van Seters, Frits 2
3 Denys, P. 1
4 Dunkelblum, Arthur 4
5 Baert, Arthur 2
6 Peeters, Francis 2

Belgium II:

1 Schittecatte, G. 0
2 Uytterhoeve, A. ½
3 Clerckx, W. 1½
4 De Roo, G. 3½
5 De Ribber, F. 1
6 Witvrouwen, R. ½

Preliminary 6

Belgium:

1 Gooris, Emile 2
2 Mathot, Georges 2
3 Lancel, Edmond 3
4 Rompteau, Emile 4½
5 Frutsaert, Roger 3
6 Baijot, Léon 3½

[1] gives the complete results and a bunch of games. Additional games were found in [2]-[6].

Wanted

  • Most games.
  • Many first names.

Sources

  1. ChessMail
  2. V. I. Soultanbeieff, Guide pratique du jeu des combinaisons, Échec et Mat
  3. W. Perquin & R. Noordijk, Hoe amateurs schaak spelen, Van Goor 1949
  4. P. Clément & E. Cornil, Le jeu d’Échecs par correspondence en Belgique, CREB
  5. Le Soir 12/12/1948
  6. La Nation Belge 02/05/1948
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