Student olympiad qualification tournament, Brussels

1967

Meertens, René 0 Van Soom, Herman 0 Van Camp, Leon 1
Van Soom, Herman 1
Derkinderen, Guy 0 Van Camp, Leon 1
Van Camp, Leon 1
De Smet, Karl 0 Elseviers, Dirk ½ Elseviers, Dirk bye
Elseviers, Dirk 1
Schmitz, Guy bye Schmitz, Guy ½ Schmitz, Guy 0
Van Camp, Leon ½ ½ 1 2
Elseviers, Dirk ½ ½ 0 1

There were, apparently, fourteen applicants for the student olympiad team. Five, Wostyn, Verstraeten, Goetgeluck, Mertens, and Goetgeluck were selected and the others were invited for a qualification tournament. The tempo was 1 hour knock-out per game. I suspect this tournament took place in Brussels, but I’m not sure. In the end, Van Camp qualified after a close fight. He would only end up playing — and losing — three times  in the student olympiad.

Wanted

  • Almost all games.
  • The exact dates of the games.

Sources

  1. De Standaard 08/05/1967
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