Belgium vs. Luxembourg, Luxembourg

12-08-1950

1 IM O’Kelly de Galway, Albéric 1-0 Doerner, Charles
2 Dunkelblum, Arthur 1-0 Spranck
3 Devos, Paul 1-0 Schneider
4 Thibaut, Georges Pierre 1-0 Biel, Maik
5 Van Schoor, Carl 1-0 Ludewig
6 De Wolf, Guy 1-0 Weyland
7 Van Hoorde, Edouard 1-0 Majeres
8 Gesquière, Jozef 0-1 Deitz
9 Van Mol, René 0-1 Philippe
10 Heynen, Gerard ½-½ Marx, Christian
Tot Belgium 7½-2½ Luxembourg

On their way to the olimpiad, the Belgian passed through Luxembourg and played a match against the local team. According to [2], the Belgian players had white on the odd-numbered boards. Still according to [2], this was the first international chess tournament in Luxembourg. The match took place in the Ancre d’Or at 19:00. Luxembourg’s 9th board might be either Louis or Georges Philippe. Full results and one game come from [1], the other game I have from [2].

Wanted

  • Almost all games.
  • First names for Marx, Philippe, Deitz, Majeres, Weyland, Ludewig, Biel, Schneider and Spranck.

Sources

  1. De Standaard 26/08/1950
  2. Luxemburger Wort 12 & 19/08/1950
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