EXPO 58 correspondence tournament

01-05-1958 > 31-12-1960

Champions 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Tot
1 Baumgartner, Walter SUI – ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 4½
2 Mollekens, Jozef BEL ½ – 1 ½ 1 0 1 4
3 Dalk, J GER ½ 0 – 1 ½ 1 1 4
4 Mathot, Georges BEL 0 ½ 0 – 1 1 1 3½
5 Redeleit, F GER ½ 0 ½ 0 – ½ 1 2½
6 de Lange, Daan NOR 0 1 0 0 ½ – 1 2½
7 Grzeskowiak, Felix GER 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0
Masters 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tot
1 Einer, W GER – ½ ½ 1 1 1 4
2 Heiles, M LUX ½ – ½ 1 1 1 4
3 Verlinden, Richard BEL ½ ½ – 1 1 1 4
4 Carrisson, G. SUI 0 0 0 – 1 1 2
5 Starmann, W. GER 0 0 0 0 – 1 1
6 Jensen, S. DEN 0 0 0 0 0 – 0
Masters 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tot
1 Neukirch, Detlef GER – ½ ½ 1 1 1 4
2 Wagner, H GER ½ – ½ 1 1 1 4
3 Åskov, Jørgen DEN ½ ½ – ½ ½ ½ 2½
4 Sohet, Marcel BEL 0 0 ½ – 1 1 2½
5 Bontemps, Roger BEL 0 0 ½ 0 – 1 1½
6 Ribas Bouet, Ángel SPA 0 0 ½ 0 0 –    ½
Masters 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tot
1 Marx, W GER – 1 1 1 1 1 5
2 Ekblom, Per Erik FIN 0 – 1 1 1 1 4
3 Preibsch, Fritz GDR 0 0 – ½ 1 1 2½
4 Schwal, L SUI 0 0 ½ – 1 1 2½
5 Maton, Adhémar BEL 0 0 0 0 – 1 1
6 Le Guen, Pierre BEL 0 0 0 0 0 – 0
Masters 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tot
1 Conings, Jos BEL – 1 0 1 1 1 4
2 Schneider, G. GER 0 – 1 1 1 1 4
3 Dahl, J DEN 1 0 – 1 ½ 1 3½
4 De Meulenaer, Paul BEL 0 0 0 – 1 1 2½
5 Metzen, Hans-Peter GER 0 0 ½ 0 – 0*    ½
6 Dietze, Otto GER 0 0 0 0 0* – 0
Class I Group 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Tot
1 Moncorgé, A. FRA – 1 0 1 1 1 1 5
2 von Hunolstein, O. GER 0 – 1 1 1 ½ 1 5
3 Golding, Henry ENG 1 0 – 0 1 ½ 1 3½
4 Llovera, J. SPA 0 0 1 – ½ 1 1 3½
5 Rabosée, Gaston BEL 0 0 0 ½ – 1 1 2½
6 Woussen, Roger BEL 0 ½ ½ 0 0 – 1 2
7 Boulle, N. FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0
Class I Group 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Tot
1 Saumell, José FRA – 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
2 Kjærgård, H. DEN 0 – 1 1 1 1 1 5
3 De Vriendt, André BEL 0 0 – 1 ½ 1 1 3½
4 Mette, W. GER 0 0 0 – 1 1 1 3
5 Haaben, P. GER 0 0 ½ 0 – 1 1 2½
6 Sitzler, Léon BEL 0 0 0 0 0 – 1 1
7 Llados, P. SPA 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0
Class I Group 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Tot
1 Greenop, Jasper ENG – ½ 0 1 1 1 1 4½
2 Pohl, W. GER ½ – 1 0 ½ 1 1 4
3 Melignon, A BEL 1 0 – 0 1 1 1 4
4 Sigwalt, J. FRA 0 1 1 – 0 0 1 3
5 Otte, H. GER 0 ½ 0 1 – 0* 1 1½
6 Vidal i Prats, F. SPA 0 0 0 1 0* – 1 1
7 Lebrun, M.-L. BEL 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0
Class I Group 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tot
1 Auth, Ludwig GER – 1 1 1 1 1 5
2 Delplancq, Paul BEL 0 – ½ 0* 1 1 2½
3 Strohl, J. G. FRA 0 ½ – 0 1 1 2½
4 Braeckman, Fernand BEL 0 0* 1 – 0* 0* 1
5 Raich, J. SPA 0 0 0 0* – 0* 0
6 Stamwitz, A. F. GER 0 0 0 0* 0* – 0
Class I Group 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tot
1 Van Ghelder, Roger FRA – 1 1 1 1 1 5
2 André, Paul BEL 0 – 1 ½ ½ 1 3
3 Roebuck, J. F. ENG 0 0 – 0 1 1 2
4 Drabbé, Edmond BEL 0 ½ 1 – 0* 0 1½
5 Andersen, A. DEN 0 ½ 0 0* – 1 1½
6 Hackenberg, W. GER 0 0 0 1 0 – 1
Class I Group 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Tot
1 Rasmussen, Georg DEN – ½ 1 1 1 1 1 5½
2 Vandermeersch, D. BEL ½ – ½ 1 1 1 1 5
3 Perkins, T. R. ENG 0 ½ – ½ 1 1 1 4
4 Rigaux, Emile BEL 0 0 ½ – ½ 1 1 3
5 Long, D. FRA 0 0 0 ½ – 0* 0*    ½
6 Holly, H. AUT 0 0 0 0 0* – 0* 0
7 Weiss, S. GER 0 0 0 0 0* 0* – 0
Class II Group 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tot
1 Hissel, J BEL – 1 0 1 1 1 4
2 Delplancq, Alexandre BEL 0 – 1 1 1 1 4
3 Justo, A. ENG 1 0 – ½ 1 1 3½
4 Bayle, M. FRA 0 0 ½ – 1 1 2½
5 Fölsing, H. GER 0 0 0 0 – 1 1
6 Cardinal, A. FRA 0 0 0 0 0 – 0
Class II Group 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tot
1 Nebel, Rudi GER – 1 1 ½ ½ 1 4
2 Gizardin, P. FRA 0 – 1 1 0 1 3
3 Loshuertos, J. SPA 0 0 – 1 1 1 3
4 de Chauton, G. FRA ½ 0 0 – 1 1 2½
5 Debrouwer, A. BEL ½ 1 0 0 – 0* 1½
6 Pontzeele, Charles BEL 0 0 0 0 0* – 0
Class II Group 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tot
1 Op de Beeck, Robert BEL – 1 1 1 1 1 5
2 Serrano, J. SPA 0 – 1 1 1 1 4
3 Fanes, L. FRA 0 0 – 1 1 1 3
4 Fey, W. FRA 0 0 0 – 1 1 2
5 Conings, Jaak BEL 0 0 0 0 – 1 1
6 Wirtz, F. GER 0 0 0 0 0 – 0
Class II Group 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tot
1 Moortgat, F BEL – 1 ½ 1 1 1 4½
2 Salot, W. GER 0 – ½ 1 1 1 3½
3 Meunier, Francis BEL ½ ½ – 0 1 1 3
4 Richard, M. FRA 0 0 1 – 1 1 3
5 Oursel, J. FRA 0 0 0 0 – 0* 0
6 Dresling, S. DEN 0 0 0 0 0* – 0
Class II Group 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tot
1 Van Broeck, Omer BEL – 1 1 1 1 1 5
2 Boulet, A. FRA 0 – 0 1 1 1 3
3 Supper, F. FRA 0 1 – 0 ½ 1 2½
4 Abeloos, Joseph BEL 0 0 1 – 0 1 2
5 Paulisch, E. GER 0 0 ½ 1 – 0* 1½
6 Christensen, S. DEN 0 0 0 0 0* – 0
Class II Group 6 1 2 3 4 5 Tot
1 Denaro, Pasquale ITA – 1 1 1 1 4
2 Van As, Aart BEL 0 – 1 1 1 3
3 Fourmentin, P. BEL 0 0 – 1 0 1
4 Longeaux, A. FRA 0 0 0 – 1 1
5 Sullivan, J. V. ENG 0 0 1 0 – 1
Class III, Group 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Tot
1 Cortes, J. SPA – 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 5½
2 Joseph, Fernand BEL 0 – 1 1 1 1 1 5
3 Fromont, Gaston° BEL ½ 0 – 0 1 1 1 3½
4 Vaissière, L. FRA 0 0 1 – 0 1 1 3
5 Dedycker, Robert BEL 0 0 0 1 – 1 1 3
6 Stevens, Ernest BEL 0 0 0 0 0 – 1 1
7 Brunet, J. FRA 0 0 0 0 0 0 – 0

°: My source gives G. Fromont in both Groups 1 and 2. Possibly, one of the two was actually Joseph Fromont.

Class III, Group 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Tot
1 Hjorth, Henry DEN – 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
2 Hanen, R. FRA 0 – 1 1 1 1 1 5
3 Le Guen BEL 0 0 – 1 0 1 1 3
4 Ramioul, Henri BEL 0 0 0 – 1 1 1 3
5 Donny, André BEL 0 0 1 0 – ½ 0 1½
6 Negro FRA 0 0 0 0 ½ – 1 1½
7 Fromont, Gaston° BEL 0 0 0 0 1 0 – 1

°: My source gives G. Fromont in both Groups 1 and 2. Possibly, one of the two was actually Joseph Fromont.

Class III, Group 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tot
1 Thumerel, A. FRA – 1 0 1 1 1 4
2 Clerissi, D. FRA 0 – 1 1 1 1 4
3 Kuntze, K. GER 1 0 – ½ 1 1 3½
4 Josse, Gaston BEL 0 0 ½ – 1 1 2½
5 Meeussen, Gust BEL 0 0 0 0 – 1 1
6 De Roose, J. BEL 0 0 0 0 0 – 0
Class III, Group 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tot
1 Debrock, M. GER – 1 1 1 1 1 5
2 Combe, A. FRA 0 – 1 1 1 1 4
3 Meeuwis, J BEL 0 0 – 0* 0* 1 1
4 Bloemen, L BEL 0 0 0* – 0* 0* 0
5 Guignard, J.P. SUI 0 0 0* 0* – 0* 0
6 Schenck, Herman BEL 0 0 0 0* 0* – 0
Class III, Group 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tot
1 Decam, Michel FRA – 1 0* 1 1 0* 3
2 Moons, Et. BEL 0 – 1 1 1 0* 3
3 Herbiet, Georges BEL 0* 0 – 1 0* 0* 1
4 Larue, J BEL 0 0 0 – 0* 0* 0
5 Vernaillen, Jacques BEL 0 0 0* 0* – 0* 0
6 Yates, W. ENG 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* – 0
Class III, Group 6 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tot
1 Rottier BEL – 1 1 ½ 1 1 4½
2 De Winne, R. FRA 0 – 0* 1 1 1 3
3 Fabry, Gaston BEL 0 0* – 1 1 1 3
4 Markus, O GER ½ 0 0 – 0* 1 1½
5 De Coeyer, A BEL 0 0 0 0* – 0* 0
6 Dreesen, H BEL 0 0 0 0 0* – 0
Class III, Group 7 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tot
1 Baes, D BEL – 1 1 1 1 1 5
2 Bouvier, Edward BEL 0 – 1 1 1 1 4
3 Gimat, J. FRA 0 0 – 0* 1 1 2
4 Villanueva, B. SPA 0 0 0* – 1 1 2
5 Vilain, J. BEL 0 0 0 0 – 1 1
6 Brock, P BEL 0 0 0 0 0 – 0
Class III, Group 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tot
1 Champion, R. BEL – 1 ½ 1 1 1 4½
2 Antjon, G. BEL 0 – 1 ½ 1 1 3½
3 Kwapiszewski, R MAR ½ 0 – 1 1 1 3½
4 Taymans, Léon BEL 0 ½ 0 – 0 1 1½
5 Verkouille, R. BEL 0 0 0 1 – 0* 1
6 Jacquinet, G. FRA 0 0 0 0 0* – 0
Class III, Group 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tot
1 Leplay, Jean FRA – 1 1 1 1 1 5
2 Susin, J. SPA 0 – 1 1 1 0* 3
3 Huyck, W. BEL 0 0 – 0* 1 0* 1
4 Poppe, C. BEL 0 0 0* – 1 0* 1
5 Dubois, Léopold BEL 0 0 0 0 – 1 1
6 Moise, R. FRA 0 0* 0* 0* 0 – 0
Class III, Group 10 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tot
1 Cepero, M SPA – 1 1 1 1 1 5
2 Dubois, F BEL 0 – 1 0 1 1 3
3 Hatchadourian, S. FRA 0 0 – 1 1 1 3
4 Pavy, G. FRA 0 1 0 – 1 1 3
5 Picou, René BEL 0 0 0 0 – 1 1
6 De Greef, A BEL 0 0 0 0 0 – 0
Class III, Group 11 1 2 3 4 5 6 Tot
1 Pawlik, E. FRA – 1 1 1 1 1 5
2 Verbruggen, J BEL 0 – 1 1 1 1 4
3 Garcia, J SPA 0 0 – 0* 0* 0* 0
4 Kinsman, P BEL 0 0 0* – 0* 0* 0
5 Rivet, F. FRA 0 0 0* 0* – 0* 0
6 Verbeke, August BEL 0 0 0* 0* 0* – 0

*: These results were recorder as 0-0. Possibly, some of these games were still played on.

At the occasion of the world fair held in Brussels in 1958, an enormous international correspondence tournament was organised by the Belgisch Schaakbord, the Belgian correspondence chess federation. The results were published in the first issue of the 1960 volume of its magazine, so probably the games were finished at the end of 1959. The results of the Champions 2 group were missing, apparently because they hadn’t been reported properly. Winners’ tournaments were held in the Masters category as well as classes I to III.

Wanted

  • Almost all games.
  • Many first names.

Sources

  1. Belgisch Schaakbord Vols.19 & 20
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