Sunday chronicle tournament, London

14-01-1946 > 26-01-1946

Section B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 Tot
1 Euwe, Machgielis NED 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1
2 Christoffel, Martin SUI 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 8
3 Denker, Arnold Sheldon USA 0 1 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 7
4 König, Imre YUG ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½
5 Abrahams, Gerald ENG 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 ½
6 Thomas, George Alan ENG 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 0
7 Medina García, Antonio Ángel ESP 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 1
8 Newman, Richard Hilary ENG 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 1
9 Devos, Paul BEL 1 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
10 Winter, William ENG 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
11 Wood, Gabriel ENG 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 1 1
12 Lupi, Francesco POR 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 0 0 0

Originally, five Soviet masters were supposed to participate. When they didn’t arrive, Devos – who was in England after the Hastings congress – was asked to replace on of them. As this was the first international tournament after the world war for many participants, the playing level was quite low – as was the drawing rate, Devos didn’t score very well, but he won against Euwe after the latter overestimated his position. I’m not sure why he resigned against Abrahams, though. Section A was won by Herman Steiner, before Bernstein and Tartakower. All the information comes from the tournament book [1].

Wanted

  • Exact dates for the games.

Sources

  1. Book of the “Sunday Chronicle” chess tournament London 1946, Chess 1946
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