National interclubs

07-10-1951 > 02-12-1951

Honours division 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 MP BP
1 Cercle Colle — 4½ 5½ 4½ 3 6 3½ 6° 13 33
2 K Antwerp SK 1½ — 4 3½ 4½ 4 6 6 12 29½
3 K Ghent SK    ½ 2 — 3 4 5 3½ 4½    9 22½
4 K Ostend SK 1½ 2½ 3 — 2 4½ 3½ 4½    7 21½
5 Bruges SK 3 1½ 2 4 — 5½ 3 2    6 21
6 SK Merksem 0 2 1 1½    ½ — 4 4    4 13
7 Jean Jaurès 2½ 0 2½ 2½ 3 2 — 4½    3 17
8 Ruy Lopez Ghent 0° 0 1½ 1½ 4 2 1½ —    2 10½

°: This may have been 5-1 instead of 6-0. See below.

Promotion 1 2 3 4 5 MP BP
1 Ruy Lopez Vorst — 4 4½ 5 3½ 8 17
2 SC Colle 2 — 4 4 4 6 14
3 SK Groeninge 1½ 2 — 4 6 4 13½
4 HWP Veurne 1 2 2 — 4½ 2    9½
5 CÉ Charleroi 2½ 2 0 1½ — 0    6

The Cercle Colle from Brussels dominated the competition. In the penultimate round, they turned up in Antwerp with a formidable line-up to beat their main rivals: O’Kelly, Devos, Lemaire, Thibaut, Rubinstein, and Ambühl. In the final round, they conceded their only draw against Bruges.

[1] gives complete results, except for some adjourned games. The results of these adjourned games was reconstructed using final standings, including board points, given in [2]. Unfortunately, the board points [2] gives for the final two teams are odd: 21½ for Jean Jaurès, which must definitely be wrong, and 11½ for Ruy Lopez Ghent. I didn’t need the Jean Jaurès board points for the reconstruction. But the Ruy Lopez board points could be right, which would mean that they had won their adjourned game against Cercle Colle.

The dates for the last rounds were November 4th, November 18th, November 25th, and December 2nd. Probably, the first round was either October 7th or October 14th. The Promotion group only played the first five rounds.

Wanted

  • The detailed results.
  • Almost all games.

Sources

  1. Zondagsvriend 08/11, 06, 13/12/1951
  2. De Volksgazet 23/10, 14, 18, 21/12/1951
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