International mass tournament, Ostend

18-06-1939

1 2 3 BP MP
1 Belgium 13 13 26 2
2 Netherlands 7 12 19 1
3 France 7 8 15 0

The results come from [1], one game each from [2], [4], and [5], and two more from [3]. What follows comes from [1] as well. This tournament was organised in the Casino Kursaal in Ostend. Each team had forty players, that were split in two subteams to play the two opposing teams. The French team was really a team from the north of France. Similarly, the Dutch team consisted pretty much exclusively of players from Zealand and Brabant.

1 Mullié ½-½ Boutteville, César
2 Vijn 1-0 Dion
3 Strooband 0-1 Thiry
4 Nordlohne ½-½ Meslin
5 Bonnet ½-½ Vanhaeghe
6 Barth ½-½ Tomin, E
7 de Kleijn 1-0 Mentet
8 Dobbelaar 1-0 Wattelet
9 de Kuijper 1-0 Sproka
10 de Baare 0-1 Courtain
11 Maartense 1-0 Assias
12 Kraak 1-0 Cahn
13 Danielse, A 0-1 Godsmet
14 de Vries 1-0 Simon
15 Boelhouwers 0-1 Turcy
16 Schoute ½-½ Pieters
17 Flissebaalje ½-½ Thiry
18 van de Valk 0-1 Andouche
19 Blokpoel 1-0 Barbat
20 van der Ploeg 1-0 Vardler
Tot The Netherlands 12-8 France
1 Dyner, Boruch 1-0 Meyer
2 Cherubim, Reinhard 1-0 Bernapel
3 Gooris, Emile 1-0 Karline
4 Lempert 1-0 Maeson
5 Pepers, Gustave 1-0 Delaville
6 Stoffels, Marianne ½-½ Dupin
7 Hacke ½-½ Talmont
8 Demeester 0-1 Devoux
9 Schmidt 0-1 Pinchon
10 Cap. L. 1-0 Duperrat
11 Declercq 1-0 Lukas
12 Pieters 1-0 Moshousky
13 Vantuyne 0-1 Victor
14 Dierman 1-0 Lecouffe
15 Battheus 1-0 Picard
16 Borrey ½-½ Lereux
17 Smisman ½-½ Lasfeld
18 Wacrénier, M 0-1 Couvez
19 Brocal 1-0 Van Laeghe
20 Blomme 0-1 Delloye
Tot Belgium 13-7 France
1 Gaarenstroom, F 0-1 Soultanbeieff, Victor Ivanovich
2 Verkaik, Ed 0-1 Sapira, Emanuel
3 Oostrijck, J ½-½ Van Sevenandt, Etienne
4 Pape, C ½-½ Van Hoorde, Edouard
5 Dekkers ½-½ Defosse, Marcel
6 Proost, Johan ½-½ Maler
7 van der Linden ½-½ De Coster, Omer
8 Terplegt 0-1 Gerits, Valère
9 van Berkel, A ½-½ Enke
10 Leyser 1-0 Couvreur
11 Hunfeld, W 0-1 Henry, Edmond
12 Bultin ½-½ Devleeschhouwer
13 van de Ven 0-1 Vanderbeken
14 van Nes 1-0 Wagemans
15 Vester ½-½ Giorgetti
16 Arnold 0-1 Cohen
17 Rijpma 0-1 Pepers, F
18 Merecella ½-½ D’Hoedt
19 Dousma 0-1 Serra
20 de Jongh ½-½ Wacrénier, J
Tot The Netherlands 7-13 Belgium

Wanted

  • Almost all games.
  • Most first names.

Sources

  1. Vlissingse Courant 19-06-1939
  2. R. Noordijk, Het amateurisme in het schaakspel: tweede deel
  3. Middelburgsche Courant 01-07-1939
  4. Le Soir 26-06-1939
  5. Nieuwe Tilburgsche Courant 01-07-1939
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