FBÉ/BSB championship, Brussels
20-10-1945 > 28-10-1945
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | Tot | ||||
| 1 | NM | Devos, Paul | BEL | – | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | + | 1 | ½ | ½ | 7 |
| 2 | NM | Soultanbeieff, Victor Ivanovich | RUS | ½ | – | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6½ |
| 3 | NM | Van Seters, Frits | NED | ½ | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4½ |
| 4 | Limont Ivanoff | RUS | 0 | ½ | 0 | – | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4½ | |
| 5 | Plavchitch, Spiro | YUG | 0 | 0 | + | 0 | – | 0 | + | 1 | 1 | ½ | 4½ | |
| 6 | Barzin, Marcel | BEL | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 4 | |
| 7 | Vaver, Vladimir | RUS | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 8 | Lemaire, Robert | BEL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 9 | Korganoff, Boris | RUS | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | – | ½ | 3½ | |
| 10 | Van Lennep, Frits | BEL | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | – | 2½ |
After the second world war, the Belgian chess federation starting organising two tournaments each year: the FBÉ/BSB championship was open for foreigners, like Van Seters and Soultanbeieff, and the Belgian championship was only for Belgians. This time, the tournament became a neck-and-neck race between Devos and Soultanbeieff. After the latter stumbled against Korganoff in the fifth round, Devos had enough with a draw against his rival in the last round.
The games were played daily in Rue du Beau-Site, 28 in Brussels. Vaver had to forfeit two games due to illness. It’s not quite clear to me why Van Seters forfeited against Plavchitch. I found a few games in [1], one more in [3]. The full results are given in [2].
Wanted
- Almost all games.
Sources
- Revue Belge des Echecs, Vol.2 Nos.3, 4 & 6
- La Nation Belge 23-30/10/1945
- Zondagspost Vol.1 No.37 & 46
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