All Saints’ Day tournament, Brussels
30-10-1948 > 01-11-1948
| Masters’ group | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Tot | ||
| 1 | Devos, Paul | BEL | – | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1½ |
| 2 | Dunkelblum, Arthur | BEL | ½ | – | ½ | ½ | 1½ |
| 3 | O’Kelly de Galway, Albéric | BEL | 1 | ½ | – | 0 | 1½ |
| 4 | Van Seters, Frits | NED | 0 | ½ | 1 | – | 1½ |
| Group II | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Tot | ||
| 1 | Rubinstein, Samy | BEL | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Bekerman | BEL | 0 | – | ½ | 1 | 1½ |
| 3 | Mollekens, Jozef | BEL | 0 | ½ | – | ½ | 1 |
| 4 | Michiels | BEL | 0 | 0 | ½ | – | ½ |
| Group III | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Tot | ||
| 1 | Wéry | BEL | – | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | De Rycke, Paul | BEL | 0 | – | ½ | 1 | 1½ |
| 3 | Willaert, Robert | BEL | 0 | ½ | – | 1 | 1½ |
| 4 | Dresse | BEL | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 1 |
[2] gives all the games from the main section. [1] gives some organisational details and the results from the three main sections. In the masters’ group, all players ended with 1½/3. Van Seters scored a surprising victory against O’Kelly in the second round but lost against Devos in the last round. Dunkelblum, honouring his reputation, played three draws. In the second group, young Rubinstein got a perfect score. There were five more groups won by Vincent, Rotsaert & Nef, Brancart, Legrand, and Albert.
Koltanowski published all the games over three articles in [3]. There are some differences in between those articles and [1]. For the readers’ sake, I have included these variants. I personally have a bit more faith in [1], but this is not based on anything concrete.
Wanted
- Almost all games from the lower sections.
- The crosstables for the five lowest groups.
- Many first names for players from the lower sections.
Sources
- La Dernière Heure 27/10, 03 & 10/11/1948
- La Lanterne 06/11/1948
- Chess Life 05, 20/02 & 05/03/1949
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