Kanaalzone tournament

09-03-1955 > 16-04-1955

1 2 3 4 5 6 BP MP
1 Terneuzen NED — 3½ 4 4½ 4½ 4½ 21 10
2 Jean Jaurès BEL 2½ — 4½ 3 5 5 20 7
3 Het Volk BEL 2 1½ — 4 4 5 16½ 6
4 Landau Axel NED 1½ 3 2 — 3 3 12½ 3
5 Ruy Lopez BEL 1½ 1 2 3 — 4 11½ 3
6 VSV Sluiskil NED 1½ 1 1 3 2 — 8½ 1

The Kanaalzone tournament gets its name from the zone along the channel between Ghent in Belgium and Terneuzen in the Netherlands. Three teams from Ghent participated, together with three teams from smaller Dutch places. All matches from the opening round on March 9th took place in Axel and from the final round on April 26th in Sluiskil. The matches from the rounds in between were played separately, sometimes even on different dates.

I found most results scattered over local newspapers, in particular [1] and [2]. I did not find all results, though, and had to use the final standings to reconstruct the crosstable. Here are the ones I found. The individual results below only represent those I did find. Note that the board order was apparently not fixed.

Quakkelaar, Marinus 2 2
den Decker, G A 0 1
Kaan, J J 0 1
van de Sande, P J 1½ 2
Stadhouders, A 1½ 4
Mulder, P 3 3
Buijsert, N 1 2
van der Staal, J P 3½ 4
de Coninck, A 3 4
Dijselinck, G 1 1
Terneuzen 16½ 24
Martin, Vladimir 3 3
Rodrigues, Marcel 4½ 5
Van Bastelaere, Gaston 2½ 4
Quintyn, Prudent 1 3
Faelens 1½ 3
Schatteman 1½ 4
Thys, Hubert 2 4
De Winne 4 4
Jean Jaurès 20 30
Van Hoorde, Edouard 2½ 4
Van de Moortel 1½ 3
De Vliegher 1 4
Martens 1 2
Van den Berghe 2½ 5
Vos 4½ 5
Asseloos 1½ 4
Van Hecke 2 2
Van Hulle 0 1
Het Volk 16½ 30
de Putter, C 1 3
van der Hagen, J 1½ 4
Wondergem, M 2 4
de Ridder, R 1½ 3
Jansen, M 1½ 3
Haak, J 2 4
de Ridder, J 0 1
Jansen, D ½ 1
Peeters, H 1 1
Landau Axel 11 24
De Clootere 0 1
Van Vliet 2 5
Sinjan 2 3
Verhelst 0 1
Rigaux 1½ 3
Pisanesci ½ 2
Petit 2½ 4
Mulkers, Willy 2½ 3
Schaubroeck 0 2
Vermeire 0 2
Fernande ½ 2
Belaert 0 2
Ruy Lopez 11½ 30
Dierikx, S 3 5
Wullems, G 2 5
Tacq, E 2 5
Hardeman, W 1 5
Schooff, G 0 5
van de Hooft, F ½ 5
VSV Sluiskil 8½ 30

Wanted

  • Almost all games.
  • The detailed results for some matches.
  • Many first names.

Sources

  1. Vrije Zeeuw 10/03 — 28/04/1955
  2. Axelsche Courant 19/03 & 16/04/1955
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