[Event "Belgian championship"]
[Site "Merksem"]
[Date "1955.08.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Boudelet, Georges"]
[Black "Thibaut, Georges Pierre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C97"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: closed, Chigorin defence"]
[Source "De Volksgazet 29-08-1955"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. d5 Bc8 14. Nf1 Ne8 15. g4
g6 16. Ng3 Ng7 17. Bh6 f6 18. b3 Nb7 19. a4 b4 20. c4 Nd8 21. Kh2 Nf7 22. Bd2
Bd7 23. Rg1 Kh8 24. Qe2 Rg8 25. Rg2 Raf8 26. Rf1 Qc8 27. Ng1 f5 28. gxf5 gxf5
29. exf5 Nxf5 30. Nxf5 Rxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Bxf5 32. Be4 Rg8+ 33. Kh2 Ng5 34. Bxg5
Bxg5 35. Bg2 Bf4+ 36. Kh1 Qe8 37. f3 Qh5 38. Ra1 Qg5 39. Qf2 Be3 40. Qf1 Rg6
41. Re1 Bxg1 42. Qxg1 Qh4 43. Re2 Bxh3 44. Qh2 Bxg2+ 45. Rxg2 Qe1+ 46. Rg1 Rxg1+
47. Qxg1 Qxg1+ 48. Kxg1 Kg7 49. Kg2 Kg6 50. Kh3 Kg5 51. Kg3 h5 52. a5 Kf5
53. Kh4 Kg6 54. Kg3 Kg5 55. Kh3 h4 56. Kh2 Kf4 57. Kh3 Kxf3 58. Kxh4 Kf4 59. Kh5
e4 0-1

[Event "Belgian championship"]
[Site "Merksem"]
[Date "1955.08.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Limbos, Paul"]
[Black "Van Hoorde, Edouard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B73"]
[Opening "Sicilian: dragon, classical, Richter variation"]
[Source "De Volksgazet 29-08-1955"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. f4 Qc8 12. Rf2 Rd8 13. Qe3 Bc4 14. Bf3
e5 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Bxe5 Qe6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Rd1 Rxd1+ 19. Nxd1 Rd8 20. Rd2
Rxd2 21. Qxd2 Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Bxb2 23. h3 Be5 24. a4 Qf6 25. Qd7 Qf4 26. Kg1 Qh2+
27. Kf2 Qg3+ 0-1

[Event "Belgian championship"]
[Site "Merksem"]
[Date "1955.08.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lemaire, Robert"]
[Black "Van den Broeck, Hans"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A45/17"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack: 3.Bf4"]
[Source "De Volksgazet 29-08-1955"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 Ne4 4. Bf4 g6 5. Bd3 Nd6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O Bf5
8. Nbd2 Nd7 9. Bxf5 gxf5 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Qh5 Nf6 12. Qh3 e6 13. f3 Nfe8 14. Rae1
Rc8 15. c3 b6 16. Kh1 c5 17. g4 cxd4 18. exd4 a5 19. Rg1 Qe7 20. a3 Rc7 21. Nd3
Rb7 22. Nf1 f6 23. Ne3 fxg4 24. Nxg4 Kh8 25. Bh6 Rf7 26. Nf4 Nc7 27. Nh5 Nde8
28. Bxg7+ Nxg7 29. Nh6 Nxh5 30. Rg8# 1-0

[Event "Belgian championship"]
[Site "Merksem"]
[Date "1955.08.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Franck, Alfons"]
[Black "De Wolf, Guy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C21"]
[Opening "Danish gambit: Schlechter defence"]
[Source "De Volksgazet 29-08-1955"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 cxb2 5. Bxb2 d5 6. Bxd5 Nf6 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7
8. Qxd8 Bb4+ 9. Qd2 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 c5 11. Ngf3 Nc6 12. O-O Re8 13. e5 Ng4
14. Nc4 Kg8 15. h3 Nh6 16. g4 Nf7 17. Rfd1 Be6 18. Nd6 Nxd6 19. exd6 h5 20. gxh5
Bxh3 21. Kh2 Bg4 22. Rg1 Re2 23. Rxg4 Rxb2 24. h6 Rxf2+ 25. Kg3 Rxf3+ 26. Kxf3
Ne5+ 27. Kf4 Nxg4 28. Kxg4 Rd8 29. Rd1 gxh6 30. Kf5 Kf7 31. Ke5 Rh8 32. Rb1 b6
33. Kd5 Ke8 34. Re1+ Kd8 35. Re7 Rg8 36. Rxa7 Rg4 37. Kc6 Ke8 38. Ra8+ Kf7
39. d7 Rd4 40. d8=Q Rxd8 41. Rxd8 h5 42. Kxb6 Kg6 43. Kxc5 1-0

[Event "Belgian championship"]
[Site "Merksem"]
[Date "1955.08.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Boey, Jozef Martin"]
[Black "Gobert, Jos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian: Marshall variation"]
[Source "De Volksgazet 30-08-1955"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. c4 Nf6 7. Qb3 Qc8
8. Bf4 Bd6 9. Bxd6 cxd6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12. Rfd1 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5
14. Nd5 e4 15. Nd4 Nxd5 16. Bxg4 Qxg4 17. cxd5 Ne5 18. Qxb7 Rab8 19. Qc7 Qf4
20. Qc2 Ng4 21. g3 Qh6 22. h4 Qf6 23. Rd2 e3 24. fxe3 Qe5 25. Qd3 Qxg3+ 26. Rg2
Qxe3+ 27. Qxe3 Nxe3 28. Nc6 Nxg2 29. Nxb8 Rxb8 30. Kxg2 Rxb2+ 31. Kf3 Kf8
32. Rc1 Rxa2 33. d6 Ke8 34. Rc8+ Kd7 35. Rc7+ Ke6 36. d7 Rd2 37. d8=Q Rxd8
38. Rxa7 Rd4 39. Ra6+ Kf5 40. Ra5+ Kg6 41. Rg5+ Kf6 42. Kg3 h6 43. Ra5 g5
44. Ra6+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "Belgian championship"]
[Site "Merksem"]
[Date "1955.08.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van Hoorde, Edouard"]
[Black "Gobert, Jos"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "QGD: Vienna variation"]
[Source "De Volksgazet 30-08-1955"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 dxc4 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 b5
8. a4 c6 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bxf6 Qa5+ 11. Nd2 gxf6 12. g3 Qb6 13. Bg2 Bb7 14. Ne4 Ke7
15. Nc5 a6 16. O-O Nd7 17. Nxb7 Qxb7 18. b3 Nb6 19. a5 Nd7 20. bxc4 Rhc8
21. Rfc1 Nb8 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Qc5+ Kd7 24. Qh5 Ke7 25. Qc5+ Kd7 26. Qh5 Ke7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgian championship"]
[Site "Merksem"]
[Date "1955.08.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Van den Broeck, Hans"]
[Black "Boey, Jozef Martin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A53/09"]
[Opening "Old Indian: Ukrainian variation"]
[Source "De Volksgazet 30-08-1955"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e4 exd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qd2 g6 7. b3 Bg7 8. Bb2
O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. Nge2 Ne5 11. Bc2 a5 12. h3 Bd7 13. f4 Nc6 14. a3 Nb8 15. O-O
Bc6 16. Ng3 Nbd7 17. Rad1 a4 18. b4 Nb6 19. Bd3 h5 20. Rfe1 h4 21. Nf1 Nh5
22. Qf2 g5 23. fxg5 Qxg5 24. Bc1 Qf6 25. Qxf6 Bxf6 26. Nd5 Nxd5 27. exd5 Bd7
28. Ne3 Ng3 29. Nf1 Nf5 30. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgian championship"]
[Site "Merksem"]
[Date "1955.08.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "De Wolf, Guy"]
[Black "Boudelet, Georges"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence: two pawns (Lasker's) attack"]
[Source "De Volksgazet 30-08-1955"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. dxc3 d5
8. cxd6 cxd6 9. Bf4 d5 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Nf3 Qb6 12. Qe2 h6 13. O-O Be7 14. Be3
Qc7 15. Bd4 g6 16. Rac1 Qd7 17. Rfd1 Kf8 18. c4 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Qe8 20. Be3 Bd7
21. Qd2 Rd8 22. Bxh6+ Kg8 23. Qf4 Na5 24. Be2 Bc6 25. Bg5 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Bd5
27. Bxe7 Qxe7 28. Ng5 Nc6 29. Bf3 Bxf3 30. Nxf3 Kg7 31. Rd6 Rc8 32. h3 Na5
33. Qa4 Nc6 34. Qd1 Rc7 35. Qd2 a6 36. b4 Nb8 37. Qf4 Nc6 38. Ng5 Rc8 39. a3 Na7
40. Qd2 Rc7 41. Rd4 Nc6 42. Rh4 Nxe5 43. Qf4 Qd6 44. Ne4 Nf3+ 45. gxf3 1-0

[Event "Belgian championship"]
[Site "Merksem"]
[Date "1955.08.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Thibaut, Georges Pierre"]
[Black "Lemaire, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45/02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[Source "De Volksgazet 30-08-1955"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. e4 e5 6. Ne2 d6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Nd2 g6
9. c4 b4 10. Qc2 Bg7 11. f4 O-O 12. Nf3 Qe7 13. fxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. Bf4
Qe7 16. Rae1 Nd7 17. Nc1 Ne5 18. b3 a5 19. Nd3 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Bd4+ 21. Kh1 a4
22. Re2 axb3 23. axb3 Ra3 24. Be3 Be5 25. Ref2 Ra1 26. Bh3 Rxf1+ 27. Rxf1 Re8
28. Bh6 Bd4 29. Qf3 Qxe4 30. Bd7 Qxf3+ 31. Rxf3 Re7 32. Ba4 Bc8 33. Kg2 Re2+
34. Kf1 Rxh2 35. Bf4 Bg4 36. Re3 Bxe3 37. Bxe3 Kf8 0-1

[Event "Belgian championship"]
[Site "Merksem"]
[Date "1955.08.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Limbos, Paul"]
[Black "Franck, Alfons"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Opening "French: Winawer, Kondratiyev variation"]
[Source "De Volksgazet 30-08-1955"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd3 c5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 cxd4
8. Bxd4 Qxg2 9. Qf3 Qxf3 10. Nxf3 f6 11. Rg1 Kf7 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Bc3 Nge7
14. Be4 e5 15. b4 Nd8 16. b5 Ne6 17. Bb4 Nf4 18. Kb2 g6 19. Rd2 Re8 20. Rgd1 h6
21. a4 g5 22. c4 g4 23. Ne1 f5 24. Bb1 Be6 25. Bd6 Kf6 26. c5 Nc8 27. Bc7 Ne7
28. Nc2 Nfd5 29. Bd6 Rac8 30. Re1 Ng6 31. Red1 Ndf4 32. Nb4 e4 33. c6 bxc6
34. Nxc6 a6 35. Na7 Rc4 36. b6 Rxa4 37. b7 Ne5 38. Bxe5+ Kxe5 39. Nc6+ Kf6
40. Rd8 Nd3+ 41. R1xd3 1-0

[Event "Belgian championship"]
[Site "Merksem"]
[Date "1955.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Boey, Jozef Martin"]
[Black "Thibaut, Georges Pierre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C85"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: exchange variation doubly deferred"]
[Source "De Volksgazet 31-08-1955"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Bd6
8. Nbd2 b5 9. d4 Nd7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Re1 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nf1 Bb7
15. Ng3 g6 16. Qd2 f6 17. Rad1 Ne6 18. Qh6 Bb4 19. c3 Bc5 20. h4 Rad8 21. Qc1
Nf4 22. Qc2 Qe6 23. Bc1 Qg4 24. Be3 Bxe3 25. Rxe3 h5 26. Ree1 Qe6 27. Ne2 Nxe2+
28. Qxe2 Qc6 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Rd1 Rd6 31. Rxd6 Qxd6 32. Nd2 Bc6 33. Qe3 Kg7
34. f3 Bd7 35. Kf2 c5 36. Ke2 Be6 37. Qd3 Qxd3+ 38. Kxd3 f5 39. a3 f4 40. b4 c4+
41. Ke2 g5 42. hxg5 Kg6 43. Kf2 Kxg5 44. Nf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgian championship"]
[Site "Merksem"]
[Date "1955.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Boudelet, Georges"]
[Black "Limbos, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian defence"]
[Source "De Volksgazet 31-08-1955"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e3 Bb7 4. Nbd2 e6 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. O-O Rc8 8. Qe2
Be7 9. a3 d5 10. Kh1 Qc7 11. Re1 O-O 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. e4 Nh5 14. Nf1 Nf4
15. Bxf4 Qxf4 16. e5 c4 17. Bc2 Bc5 18. Rad1 Rb8 19. Ng3 g6 20. Rd2 Rfc8 21. Qd1
Ba6 22. Bb1 Rb6 23. Ne2 Qh6 24. Ned4 Nxd4 25. cxd4 Be7 26. Re3 Qf8 27. Rc3 Rcb8
28. Qe2 R8b7 29. Bc2 Rxb2 30. Qe3 Ra2 31. h4 Bxa3 32. Rxa3 Rxa3 33. Qg5 Ra1+
34. Kh2 c3 35. h5 cxd2 36. hxg6 hxg6 37. Bxg6 fxg6 38. Qxg6+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "Belgian championship"]
[Site "Merksem"]
[Date "1955.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Franck, Alfons"]
[Black "Van Hoorde, Edouard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[Source "De Volksgazet 31-08-1955"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 Qc7 6. d3 Be7 7. Na3 O-O 8. g4
Rd8 9. f4 d5 10. e5 Ne8 11. Nf3 a6 12. O-O Rb8 13. Bd2 b5 14. Nc2 d4 15. cxd4
cxd4 16. Rac1 Qb6 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. fxg5 Bb7 19. h4 Rd7 20. Kh2 Nc7 21. h5 Nd5
22. Rce1 Qc7 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Bf4 Rc8 25. Rf2 Ba8 26. Bg3 Rc5 27. Kh3 Qe7
28. Ref1 Re8 29. g6 hxg6 30. hxg6 f6 31. g5 Nxe5 32. Bxe5 Qb7 33. Qh5 1-0

[Event "Belgian championship"]
[Site "Merksem"]
[Date "1955.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lemaire, Robert"]
[Black "De Wolf, Guy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[Source "De Volksgazet 31-08-1955"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Bg6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Ne5 Nfd7
8. Nc3 Nc6 9. Bb5 Ncxe5 10. dxe5 Be7 11. Qe2 c6 12. Ba4 f6 13. exf6 Bxf6
14. Rad1 e5 15. Bg3 Qa5 16. Qg4 Ke7 17. Nxd5+ Kf8 18. Qxd7 Rd8 19. Nxf6 Rxd7
20. Nxd7+ Ke8 21. Bb3 1-0

[Event "Belgian championship"]
[Site "Merksem"]
[Date "1955.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gobert, Jos"]
[Black "Van den Broeck, Hans"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E74"]
[Opening "King's Indian: Averbakh (6...c5)"]
[Source "De Volksgazet 01-09-1955"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 a6 8. a4 Qa5
9. Bd2 e5 10. g4 Ne8 11. h4 f5 12. h5 f4 13. g5 Qd8 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Nf3 b6
16. Rg1 Kf7 17. Qb3 Rh8 18. O-O-O Ra7 19. Rh1 Re7 20. Nh4 Nd7 21. Rdg1 Nf8
22. Qd1 Nc7 23. Bg4 Bxg4 24. Qxg4 Qd7 25. Nf5 gxf5 26. exf5 Rxh1 27. Rxh1 Ke8
28. Ne4 Kd8 29. f3 Qxa4 30. Nxd6 Qa1+ 31. Kc2 Qxh1 32. f6 Nce6 33. fxg7 Nd4+
34. Kc3 Rxg7 35. Qc8+ Ke7 36. Qc7+ Nd7 37. Nc8+ Ke8 38. Nd6+ Ke7 39. Nc8+ Kf7
40. Qxd7+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "Belgian championship"]
[Site "Merksem"]
[Date "1955.08.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Hoorde, Edouard"]
[Black "Van den Broeck, Hans"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[Source "De Volksgazet 01-09-1955"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 f5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O Qe8 7. d3 d6 8. e4
fxe4 9. dxe4 e5 10. Nd5 Bd8 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Be3 Nc6 13. c5 dxc5 14. Bxc5 Be7
15. Rc1 Be6 16. a3 Rd8 17. Qc2 Kh8 18. Be3 Qh5 19. Ne1 g5 20. Qc3 g4 21. Nd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgian championship"]
[Site "Merksem"]
[Date "1955.08.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "De Wolf, Guy"]
[Black "Boey, Jozef Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights: Max Lange attack"]
[Source "De Volksgazet 01-09-1955"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. e5 d5 7. exf6 dxc4
8. Re1+ Kf8 9. Bg5 gxf6 10. Bh6+ Kg8 11. Nc3 Bf5 12. Ne4 Bf8 13. Qd2 Bg6
14. Bxf8 Kxf8 15. Qh6+ Kg8 16. Nh4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Ne5 18. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "Belgian championship"]
[Site "Merksem"]
[Date "1955.08.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Limbos, Paul"]
[Black "Lemaire, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc: Byrne variation"]
[Source "De Volksgazet 01-09-1955"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Qd2 Nbd7 6. Bh6 O-O 7. h4 c5 8. d5
Re8 9. h5 Bh8 10. hxg6 fxg6 11. Nf3 a6 12. Be2 b5 13. Ng5 Ne5 14. f4 b4 15. fxe5
bxc3 16. Qxc3 dxe5 17. Qxc5 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bf5 19. Bf3 Rc8 20. Qf2 Rc4 21. O-O e6
22. Rad1 Rd4 23. d6 Bg7 24. Rxd4 Bxh6 25. Rdd1 Rf8 26. Ng3 e4 27. Nxf5 Rxf5
28. Qe2 Qb6+ 29. Kh1 Bf4 30. Qxe4 e5 31. Qc4+ 1-0

[Event "Belgian championship"]
[Site "Merksem"]
[Date "1955.08.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Thibaut, Georges Pierre"]
[Black "Gobert, Jos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[Source "De Volksgazet 02-09-1955"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. a3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 a6 8. b4
Nb6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. h3 Qe7 12. O-O Ne4 13. Qc2 f5 14. Ne1 Qg5
15. f4 Qg6 16. Nf3 Qf6 17. Ne5 Be6 18. Kh2 g5 19. g3 h5 20. Rae1 Rae8 21. Re2
Re7 22. Be1 Rg7 23. Rg2 Kh8 24. Qe2 Qh6 25. Rh1 Rfg8 26. Rhg1 Nf6 27. Kh1 Ne4
28. Qb2 Qf6 29. Qc2 Qe7 30. Na4 Nxa4 31. Qxa4 c6 32. Qd1 Rh7 33. h4 g4 34. Qb3
Kg7 35. Rc2 Rhh8 36. Be2 Ra8 37. Nd3 Bf7 38. Nc5 Nf6 39. a4 Rhe8 40. Bf2 Kg6
41. Rgc1 Ne4 42. Kg2 a5 43. b5 Bxc5 44. Rxc5 Nxc5 45. Rxc5 Rac8 46. b6 Ra8
47. Bd3 Qd8 48. Be1 Kf6 49. Kf2 Qe7 50. Bf1 Be6 51. Bxa5 Bd7 52. Bd2 Qd6 53. Bd3
Qe7 54. Rc1 Qe6 55. a5 Rxa5 56. Bc2 Rb5 57. Qd3 Rxb6 0-1

[Event "Belgian championship"]
[Site "Merksem"]
[Date "1955.08.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Franck, Alfons"]
[Black "Boudelet, Georges"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Sokolsky: 1...d5"]
[Source "De Volksgazet 05-09-1955"]

1. b4 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. g3 h6 6. Bg2 Ngf6 7. a3 c6 8. O-O
Bd6 9. d3 O-O 10. Re1 Bh7 11. Nbd2 a5 12. bxa5 Rxa5 13. Nb3 Ra4 14. e4 Be7
15. e5 Ne8 16. c3 Qa8 17. Nfd4 Nc7 18. Nc2 Nb5 19. Nbd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Nc5
21. Bf1 Qa5 22. c4 dxc4 23. dxc4 Qb6 24. Bc3 Rfa8 25. Bb4 Bf8 26. Re3 Qa7
27. Rc1 Rd8 28. Qg4 Qb6 29. h4 Raa8 30. Be2 Rac8 31. Kh2 Na6 32. Bxf8 Rxf8
33. Nb3 c5 34. Rf1 Rcd8 35. Qf4 Nb8 36. Bf3 Rd7 37. g4 Rfd8 38. g5 hxg5 39. Qxg5
Rf8 40. Rg1 f6 41. exf6 Qd6+ 42. Kh1 Rdf7 43. Bh5 Qc6+ 44. Kh2 Qc7+ 45. Reg3
Rxf6 46. Qxg7+ Qxg7 47. Rxg7+ Kh8 48. f3 b6 49. Rb7 Rh6 50. Rg5 e5 51. Rxe5 Rd8
52. Kg3 Nd7 53. Re8+ Rxe8 54. Bxe8 Ne5 55. Bf7 Nxf7 56. Rxf7 Bg8 57. Rf4 Rd6
58. Nc1 Rd1 59. Ne2 Ra1 60. Re4 Rxa3 61. Nf4 Kg7 62. Nh5+ Kf7 63. Rf4+ Ke7
64. Nf6 Bxc4 65. h5 Be6 66. h6 Ra8 67. Kh4 Rh8 68. Kg5 c4 69. Re4 Kf7 70. Re1 c3
71. Rc1 Rc8 72. Ne4 Rg8+ 73. Kh4 Rg2 74. Ng5+ Kf6 75. Nxe6 Rh2+ 76. Kg4 Kxe6
77. Rxc3 Kd5 78. Kg5 Rg2+ 79. Kf5 b5 1-0

[Event "Belgian championship"]
[Site "Merksem"]
[Date "1955.08.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gobert, Jos"]
[Black "De Wolf, Guy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[Opening "Budapest: Adler variation"]
[Source "De Volksgazet 02-09-1955"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Ngxe5
8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Nd2 d6 10. Kh1 f5 11. b3 Bd7 12. Nf3 Qe7 13. Bb2 Nxf3 14. Bxf3
Bc6 15. Bd5+ Kh8 16. Qf3 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Qe4 18. Rac1 Rae8 19. Qd1 b5 20. Re1 f4
21. f3 Qf5 22. e4 Qh5 23. Bd4 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 Qh4 25. Re2 Re5 26. Rxc7 Rg8 27. Qf2
Qxf2 28. Rxf2 Ra8 29. Rfc2 Kg8 30. R7c6 Ree8 31. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "Belgian championship"]
[Site "Merksem"]
[Date "1955.08.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van den Broeck, Hans"]
[Black "Thibaut, Georges Pierre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld: Russian, Szabo (Boleslavsky) variation"]
[Source "De Volksgazet 02-09-1955"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 c6 8. Be2
Nbd7 9. O-O Ne8 10. Qb3 c5 11. d5 Nd6 12. Qc2 a6 13. a4 b6 14. Bf4 Bb7 15. Nd2
Rc8 16. Nc4 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Ne5 18. b3 Qd6 19. Rae1 Nf3+ 20. gxf3 Qxf4 21. Ne2
Qxf3 22. Ng3 Bd4 23. Rd1 Rcd8 24. Rd3 Qg4 25. Kh1 Bc8 26. f4 e6 27. Ne2 exd5
28. Rg3 Qh4 29. Bxd5 Qf6 30. f5 Kh8 31. Rh3 Bxf5 32. Ng3 Rxd5 33. exf5 Rdd8
34. fxg6 Qc6+ 35. Ne4 fxg6 36. Rff3 Rde8 0-1

[Event "Belgian championship"]
[Site "Merksem"]
[Date "1955.08.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Boudelet, Georges"]
[Black "Van Hoorde, Edouard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B95"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf (6...e6)"]
[Source "De Volksgazet 02-09-1955"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7
8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nbd7 10. h3 b5 11. Nc6 Qe8 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Qxd6 Qxd6
14. Rxd6 b4 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Na4 Nxe4 17. Rd4 Ng3 18. Rg1 Rb8 19. Bc4 Bb7
20. Rgd1 Nf5 21. R4d3 Be4 22. Rb3 Rfc8 23. Bd3 Bd5 24. c4 Nd6 25. Kb1 Nxc4
26. Bc2 g6 27. Rg3 h5 28. b3 Na3+ 0-1

[Event "Belgian championship"]
[Site "Merksem"]
[Date "1955.08.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Boey, Jozef Martin"]
[Black "Limbos, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22/04"]
[Opening "English: Bremen, reverse dragon"]
[Source "De Volksgazet 02-09-1955"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7
8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 f5 10. b4 Bf6 11. Rc1 Be6 12. Qd2 h6 13. Bc5 Rf7 14. b5 Nd4
15. Qe3 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Rb8 17. Qe3 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. a4 b6
21. Ba3 Qb3 22. d4 Qxe3 23. fxe3 exd4 24. Rxf5 Re8 25. Rf3 dxe3 26. Rc4 Rd7
27. Bc1 Bd4 28. Rf4 Bc5 29. Kg2 Rd1 30. h4 Re5 31. Bb2 Red5 32. Rg4 Rd7 33. Bc3
Rc1 34. Rg6 Rf7 35. Re6 h5 36. g4 Rf2+ 37. Kg3 Bd6+ 38. Rxd6 cxd6 39. Rc8+ Kh7
40. gxh5 Rg1+ 41. Kh3 Rxe2 0-1

[Event "Belgian championship"]
[Site "Merksem"]
[Date "1955.08.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lemaire, Robert"]
[Black "Franck, Alfons"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A44"]
[Opening "Semi-Benoni ('blockade variation')"]
[Source "De Volksgazet 03-09-1955"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. e4 d6 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Nge2 Qc7 7. a4 a6 8. b3 Bg7
9. h3 O-O 10. g4 b6 11. Ng3 Qd7 12. Qe2 Ne8 13. Bd2 Nc7 14. O-O Qe7 15. Kh2 Ra7
16. Rg1 Qh4 17. Rg2 Ne8 18. Rag1 Kh8 19. Qf3 Bh6 20. Bxh6 Qxh6 21. Nce2 Nd7
22. Nf1 Qg5 23. Ne3 Ndf6 24. Qg3 Ng8 25. h4 Qe7 26. f4 exf4 27. Nxf4 Bd7 28. c4
Nef6 29. Re2 Re8 30. Nf5 gxf5 31. gxf5 Qf8 32. Nh3 Nh5 33. Qg5 Qh6 34. Reg2 Qxg5
35. Rxg5 Ngf6 36. Be2 h6 37. Rxh5 Nxh5 38. Bxh5 Rxe4 39. Rf1 Re5 40. Bg4 f6
41. Nf4 Re4 42. Ng6+ Kh7 43. Kg3 Re8 44. Nf4 b5 45. Nh5 Re3+ 46. Kf4 Rxb3
47. Nxf6+ Kh8 48. Re1 Rb7 49. Re7 Bc6 50. Re6 Bxd5 51. Nxd5 bxa4 52. Re8+ Kg7
53. f6+ Kg6 54. Rf8 Rh3 55. Bxh3 Rb2 56. Bf5+ Kh5 57. Bg4+ Kxh4 58. Rh8 Rf2+
59. Bf3 Rxf3+ 60. Kxf3 1-0

[Event "Belgian championship"]
[Site "Merksem"]
[Date "1955.09.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Franck, Alfons"]
[Black "Boey, Jozef Martin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn: stonewall attack"]
[Source "De Volksgazet 03-09-1955"]

1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 c5 4. c3 g6 5. Ne2 Bg7 6. f3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. f4 Qb6
9. Qe1 cxd4 10. exd4 e5 11. fxe5 Nxe5 12. Bc2 Re8 13. h3 Nc4 14. b3 Ne3 15. Bxe3
Rxe3 16. Qf2 Qe6 17. Nf4 Qe7 18. Qh4 h6 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Nxg6 Qe4 21. Qxe4 Rxe4
22. Nd2 Re3 23. Rac1 Bxh3 24. Ne5 Re2 25. gxh3 Rxd2 26. Kh1 Ne4 27. Rf3 Rf8
28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Ng6+ Kf7 30. Rg1 Nf2+ 31. Kh2 Ng4+ 32. Kg3 Kxg6 33. hxg4 Rd3+
34. Kf4 Rxc3 35. Re1 Bxd4 36. Re6+ Kf7 37. Rd6 Be3+ 38. Kf5 Rc7 39. b4 d4 40. a4
Kg7 41. Rg6+ Kh7 42. Rd6 Rf7+ 43. Ke6 Kg6 44. Rd8 Rf6+ 45. Ke7 Bg5 46. Rg8+ Kh7
47. Ra8 d3 0-1

[Event "Belgian championship"]
[Site "Merksem"]
[Date "1955.09.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Boudelet, Georges"]
[Black "Lemaire, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French: exchange variation"]
[Source "De Volksgazet 03-09-1955"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Ne2 Ne7 6. Bf4 O-O 7. O-O Bg4
8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. Qd2 Nbc6 10. c3 Rae8 11. Nf4 Bc8 12. Na3 a6 13. Nc2 Nd8 14. Nh5
Ng6 15. Ne3 f5 16. f4 c6 17. Qf2 Ne7 18. Rae1 Qg6 19. Qf3 Be6 20. Ng3 Nf7
21. Ng4 Nd6 22. Ne5 Qh6 23. Qh5 Qxh5 24. Nxh5 Ne4 25. Re2 Nc8 26. Bxe4 dxe4
27. a3 Nb6 28. Ree1 Rd8 29. Re3 g6 30. Ng3 Nc4 31. Nxc4 Bxc4 32. Rf2 Rd5 33. h4
Rfd8 34. b4 a5 35. Nf1 axb4 36. Nd2 Bd3 37. axb4 Ra8 38. Nb3 b6 39. Rb2 Ra3
40. Kf2 Rd7 41. Re1 Bc4 42. Reb1 Rda7 43. Ke3 Kf7 44. Kd2 Bxb3 45. Rxb3 Rxb3
46. Rxb3 Ra2+ 47. Ke3 b5 48. g4 Ke6 49. g5 Rh2 50. Ra3 Rh3+ 51. Kd2 Rxh4 52. Ra6
Kd5 53. Ra7 Rxf4 54. Re7 Rg4 55. Re5+ Kd6 56. Rc5 Rg2+ 57. Kd1 Rxg5 58. d5 cxd5
59. Rxb5 f4 60. Rb7 f3 61. Rf7 Rf5 62. Rxf5 gxf5 63. Ke1 e3 64. Kf1 h5 65. b5
Kc5 66. b6 Kxb6 67. c4 dxc4 0-1

[Event "Belgian championship"]
[Site "Merksem"]
[Date "1955.09.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "De Wolf, Guy"]
[Black "Van den Broeck, Hans"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Opening "Pirc: Austrian attack (6.e5)"]
[Source "De Volksgazet 03-09-1955"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e5 Nfd7 7. Bc4 c5 8. e6
Nb6 9. exf7+ Kh8 10. Bb5 cxd4 11. Nxd4 e5 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. fxe5
dxe5 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. O-O Bf5 17. Bg5 Rf8 18. Rae1 h6 19. Bc1 Nd7 20. Ne4 Kh7
21. Nd6 Bxc2 22. Ne8 Bd3 23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. Rf2 Rad8 25. Nxe5 Nxe5 26. Rxe5 Bc4
27. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgian championship"]
[Site "Merksem"]
[Date "1955.09.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Hoorde, Edouard"]
[Black "Thibaut, Georges Pierre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[Opening "King's Indian: Saemisch (5...O-O)"]
[Source "De Volksgazet 03-09-1955"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Nh3 c5 8. d5
{My source omits this move, as well as black's 9th, which means that 9....Ne5
would hang a piece.} 8... Ne8 9. Bd3 e6 10. Qd2 Ne5 11. Nf2 Nc7 12. Bc2 a6
13. a4 b6 14. O-O Rb8 15. Bh6 f6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. f4 Nf7 18. Rad1 Bd7 19. Ng4
b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ne3 bxc4 22. Nxc4 Rb4 23. Bd3 e5 24. fxe5 Nxe5 25. Nxe5
dxe5 26. Ra1 Qb8 27. Ra2 Qb6 28. Qf2 Rb8 29. Nd1 Rd4 30. Bc2 Bb5 31. Re1 Ne8
32. Nc3 Bc4 33. b3 Bxb3 34. Rb2 Rb4 35. Rxb3 Rxb3 36. Bxb3 Qxb3 37. Qxc5 Qb6
38. Na4 Qxc5+ 39. Nxc5 Rb5 40. Ne6+ Kf7 41. Ra1 f5 42. Ra7+ Kf6 43. Ra8 Nd6
44. h4 Nxe4 45. Nc7 Rb1+ 46. Kh2 f4 47. Rf8+ Ke7 48. Rh8 h5 49. Rh7+ Kd6
50. Ne8+ Kxd5 51. Nc7+ Kc6 52. Ne8 Ng3 53. Rc7+ Kb6 0-1

[Event "Belgian championship"]
[Site "Merksem"]
[Date "1955.09.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Limbos, Paul"]
[Black "Gobert, Jos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian defence"]
[Source "De Volksgazet 03-09-1955"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. d4 Nb6 5. Nf3 Nbxd5 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5
8. g4 Bg6 9. Ne5 Nxc3 10. Bxg6 hxg6 11. bxc3 Qd5 12. Qf3 Qxf3 13. Nxf3 Rh7 {My
source gives 13....a6 which is in conflict with 18....Ra6. The text is a dummy
move; I haven't been able to find a plausible alternative.} 14. Rb1 O-O-O
15. Be3 Rd6 16. Ke2 e6 17. Nd2 Nd5 18. Kd3 Ra6 19. Rb2 Ba3 20. Rb3 Be7 21. Rb2
Ba3 22. Rb3 Bf8 23. Rb2 Ba3 24. Rb3 Bd6 25. Rb2 g5 26. Ne4 Ba3 27. Rb3 Be7
28. Rb2 f5 29. gxf5 exf5 30. Nc5 Bxc5 31. dxc5 Nxe3 32. fxe3 g4 33. h4 g5 34. h5
Re6 35. Rf1 f4 36. exf4 Rd7+ 37. Kc4 Re4+ 38. Kb3 gxf4 39. Rbb1 f3 40. Rf2 Kd8
41. Rh1 Rf4 42. Rh4 Ke7 43. Kb2 Ke6 44. Kc1 Kf5 45. Rh1 g3 46. Rd2 f2 0-1

[Event "Belgian championship"]
[Site "Merksem"]
[Date "1955.09.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Boey, Jozef Martin"]
[Black "Boudelet, Georges"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Opening "English: symmetrical"]
[Source "De Volksgazet 05-09-1955"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nc2 f5 7. g3 Nh6 8. Bg2
Nf7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2 d6 11. b3 Be6 12. Bb2 Bh6 13. f4 Bg7 14. Kh1 Nh6 15. Ne3
Qd7 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Ned5 Qc8 18. Nb5 Rd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qc3+ Kg8 21. Qe3
Bf7 22. Nxa7 Nxa7 23. Qxa7 b5 24. Nxe7+ Rxe7 25. Qxe7 bxc4 26. bxc4 Qxc4
27. Rxd6 Re8 28. Rd8 Rxd8 29. Qxd8+ Kg7 30. Qd3 Qxa2 31. Qd4+ Kg8 32. Rc1 Qxe2
33. Rc8+ Be8 34. Bd5+ Nf7 35. Bxf7+ Kxf7 36. Rc7+ Ke6 37. Qb6+ Kd5 38. Rc5+ Ke4
39. Re5+ Kf3 40. Rxe2 1-0

[Event "Belgian championship"]
[Site "Merksem"]
[Date "1955.09.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Van den Broeck, Hans"]
[Black "Limbos, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian: Kmoch variation"]
[Source "De Volksgazet 05-09-1955"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5
8. e3 Bf5 9. Ne2 Re8 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. Ra2 Na5 13. Re2 Qd7 14. O-O Qc6
15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Qc2 Qc4 17. e4 c5 18. dxc5 Qxc5+ 19. Be3 Qxa3 20. Bd4 Rac8
21. e5 Nd7 22. f4 Nc6 23. Qb1 Nxd4 24. cxd4 Qc3 25. Qxb7 Qxd4+ 26. Kh1 Nc5
27. Qxa7 Ra8 28. Qc7 Ra1 29. h3 Ne4 30. Rxe4 Rxf1+ 31. Nxf1 dxe4 32. Qc6 Re6
33. Qc8+ Kh7 34. Qc7 e3 35. Qc1 Qxf4 0-1

[Event "Belgian championship"]
[Site "Merksem"]
[Date "1955.09.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Thibaut, Georges Pierre"]
[Black "De Wolf, Guy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[Source "De Volksgazet 06-09-1955"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Bd2 Qxc5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e4 Nf6
8. Be2 Nxe4 9. Qa4+ Nc6 10. Qxe4 Bf5 11. Qc4 Qd6 12. Nc3 Rc8 13. O-O e5 14. Qd5
Qxd5 15. Nxd5 e4 16. Nh4 Be6 17. Ne3 Nd4 18. Bd1 Be7 19. Bc3 Nb5 20. Ba4 Bd7
21. Bxg7 Rg8 22. Nhf5 a6 23. Rac1 Bc5 24. Rfd1 Bxe3 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. Bxb5+
axb5 27. Bf6 Bb6 28. Nd6+ Kd7 29. Nxb5+ Kc6 30. a4 Bc5 31. Rc1 Kb6 32. Nc3 Re8
33. Kf1 Bd7 34. Bg5 Bc6 35. g3 Bd4 36. Ne2 Be5 37. Be3+ Kc7 38. b4 Kb8 39. b5
Bd5 40. Bf4 Bb3 41. a5 Bxf4 42. Nxf4 Re5 43. a6 Rxb5 44. axb7 Kxb7 45. Ke2 f5
46. Ke3 Bf7 47. Rc2 Ra5 48. Kd4 Kb6 49. Ng2 Bh5 50. h3 Rb5 51. Ke3 h6 52. Kf4
Bg6 53. Nh4 Bh7 54. Rc8 Ra5 55. Rf8 Ra2 56. Rh8 Ra7 57. Nxf5 Rf7 58. g4 h5
59. Rc8 hxg4 60. hxg4 Bxf5 61. gxf5 Kb7 62. Rc4 Rh7 63. Kxe4 1-0

[Event "Belgian championship"]
[Site "Merksem"]
[Date "1955.09.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gobert, Jos"]
[Black "Franck, Alfons"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[Opening "Czech Benoni: King's Indian system"]
[Source "De Volksgazet 06-09-1955"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 g6 6. Bd3 Na6 7. Nge2 Nc7 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Qc1 Kh7 12. Nd1 Qe7 13. f3 a6 14. a4 Bd7 15. a5
Ng8 16. b4 Ne8 17. Rb1 f5 18. bxc5 dxc5 19. Rxb7 Nd6 20. Rb6 fxe4 21. Bxe4 Nxe4
22. fxe4 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Qh4 24. Kg1 Nf6 25. Nf2 Nxe4 26. g3 Qh5 27. Nxe4 Qxe2
28. Nf6+ Bxf6 29. Rxf6 Bh3 30. Rf7+ Kg8 31. Rf2 Qd3 32. Qb2 Qd4 33. Qxd4 cxd4
34. Bb4 e4 35. Rf6 e3 36. Bc5 e2 37. Kf2 Re8 38. Ke1 d3 39. Bb4 Bf5 40. Rxa6 Re4
41. Rc6 Bd7 42. Rc5 Re8 43. a6 Rf8 44. Kd2 Rf1 45. Kxd3 Ra1 46. Ra5 Rxa5
47. Bxa5 Bc8 48. a7 Bb7 49. Kd4 Kf7 50. c5 Ke7 51. Ke5 e1=Q+ 52. Bxe1 Kd8
53. Kd6 Kc8 54. c6 Ba8 55. Ba5 1-0

[Event "Belgian championship"]
[Site "Merksem"]
[Date "1955.09.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Limbos, Paul"]
[Black "Thibaut, Georges Pierre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez: (...b5...d6)"]
[Source "De Volksgazet 06-09-1955"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 d6 7. Re1 Na5 8. d4
Nxb3 9. axb3 Nd7 10. Bd2 Be7 11. Ba5 O-O 12. Nc3 f6 13. dxe5 Ra7 14. exd6 Bxd6
15. Qd5+ Kh8 16. Qxd6 cxd6 17. Bxd8 Rxd8 18. Nxb5 1-0

[Event "Belgian championship"]
[Site "Merksem"]
[Date "1955.09.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Lemaire, Robert"]
[Black "Boey, Jozef Martin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A53"]
[Opening "Old Indian: Steiner-Wade variation"]
[Source "De Volksgazet 06-09-1955"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d5 Bf5 5. g3 Ne4 6. Nxe4 Bxe4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3
Be7 9. Qxb7 Nd7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. Qb4 Rb8 12. Qa3 e4 13. fxe4 Nc5 14. Nf3 Nxe4
15. O-O Bf6 16. e3 Nc5 17. Nd4 Qd7 18. b4 Nd3 19. Bd2 Rfe8 20. Rxf6 gxf6 21. e4
Rxe4 22. Rf1 Ree8 23. Nc6 Re2 24. Qxa7 Rbe8 25. Bc3 Be4 26. Bxe4 Qh3 27. Rxf6
Qxh2+ 28. Kf1 R2xe4 29. Re6 Qh1+ 30. Qg1 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "Belgian championship"]
[Site "Merksem"]
[Date "1955.09.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Hoorde, Edouard"]
[Black "De Wolf, Guy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[Source "De Volksgazet 06-09-1955"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bd3 e6 5. Bxf5 exf5 6. Qd3 Qc8 7. O-O Be7
8. b3 O-O 9. c4 c6 10. Nc3 Na6 11. a3 Nc7 12. Bb2 Ne4 13. Nd2 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Qe6
15. Bb2 Rfe8 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Rae1 Bd6 18. g3 Qg6 19. Nf3 Re4 20. Ne5 Bxe5
21. dxe5 f4 22. f3 Rxe3 23. Rxe3 fxe3 24. Qxg6 hxg6 25. Bd4 Re8 26. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgian championship"]
[Site "Merksem"]
[Date "1955.09.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Boudelet, Georges"]
[Black "Gobert, Jos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[Source "De Volksgazet 06-09-1955"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b4 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. c4 d6 5. g3 e5 6. d3 O-O 7. e4 Nfd7 8. Bg2 a5
9. b5 Nc5 10. a4 f5 11. Qc2 Be6 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Nfd2 f4 14. f3 fxg3 15. hxg3
Qg5 16. Kh2 Qh6+ 17. Kg1 Qe3+ 18. Kh2 Qxd3 19. Qd1 Qe3 20. Ra3 Qh6+ 21. Kg1 Qg5
22. Qe1 Nb6 23. Bc1 Qe7 24. Qe2 Nbxa4 25. Nb3 Nxb3 26. Rxb3 Nc5 27. Rc3 Bd7
28. Be3 Ne6 29. Qa2 Nc5 30. Ra3 Be6 31. Rc1 b6 32. Nc3 Rf7 33. Nd5 Qf8 34. Qd2
Qc8 35. Kh2 Qb7 36. Rb1 Rb8 37. Rb2 Nd7 38. Rab3 Bf6 39. f4 Bxd5 40. exd5 exf4
41. gxf4 Bxb2 42. Rxb2 Re8 43. Bd4 Nc5 44. Rb1 Qb8 45. Ba1 Ree7 46. Qd4 Rg7
47. Rf1 Nb3 48. Qc3 Nxa1 49. Qxa1 Re2 50. Kg1 Qe8 51. Kh1 Qe7 0-1

[Event "Belgian championship"]
[Site "Merksem"]
[Date "1955.09.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Franck, Alfons"]
[Black "Van den Broeck, Hans"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B95"]
[Opening "Sicilian: Najdorf (6...e6)"]
[Source "De Volksgazet 06-09-1955"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qf3 h6 8. Bxf6
Qxf6 9. O-O-O Qxf3 10. Nxf3 Be7 11. g3 b5 12. Bg2 Bb7 13. Rhe1 Nd7 14. Nd2 Nb6
15. f4 b4 16. Ne2 O-O 17. Nd4 Rfc8 18. Bh3 Rd8 19. N2f3 Na4 20. g4 Nc5 21. Nd2
Bf6 22. N4b3 Na4 23. e5 dxe5 24. fxe5 Bg5 25. Kb1 Rac8 26. Bf1 Bh4 27. Re3 Bf2
28. Rd3 Nb6 29. Na5 Bd5 30. Ne4 Bg1 31. Nd6 Rc7 32. R1d2 f6 33. Ne4 fxe5 34. g5
Rf8 35. Bg2 hxg5 36. Rd1 Bxh2 37. Rh3 Bxe4 38. Bxe4 Bf4 39. Bg6 Rfc8 40. Rdh1
Kf8 41. Bd3 Kf7 42. b3 g4 43. Rh4 g3 44. Rg4 Nd5 45. Nc4 Rxc4 46. bxc4 Nc3+
47. Kb2 g5 48. Rh7+ Kg8 49. Rh5 Rc7 {Around here, the score becomes very hard to follow. Here, the impossible Rg7 is given, with Rxc7 given on move 51.} 50. Rhxg5+ {My source does not specify which rook takes first.} Bxg5 51. Rxg5+ Rg7 52. Bg6 {Here, my source gives 52. Rg6} Ne2 
53. c5 Nf4 54. c6 g2 55. Bh7+ Kxh7 56. Rxg7+ Kxg7 57. c7 g1=Q 58. c8=Q Qd4+ 59. 
Kb1 Qd6 60. Qb7+ Kf6 61. Qh1 Kf5 62. Qh7+ Kg4 63. Qg7+ Kf3 {Here, Kf5 is given.} 64. Qg1 Ke2 65. Qg4+ 
Kd2 66. Qg1 Kc3 67. Qe3+ Kc4 68. Qb3+ Kc5 69. Qa4 {My source gives the improbable Qc4 here.} Kb6 70. Qe8 Nd5 71. Qg8 Nc3+ 
72. Kb2 Qd5 73. Qb8+ Ka5 0-1

[Event "Belgian championship"]
[Site "Merksem"]
[Date "1955.09.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "De Wolf, Guy"]
[Black "Limbos, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo: Italian four knights variation"]
[Source "De Volksgazet 06-09-1955"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Bb6 7. Qd2 Be6 8. Bb5
Ba5 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 Bb6 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Bd7 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. O-O Re8
15. f3 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Bf2 Nxc3 18. Qxc3 Qf6 19. Qd2 c5 20. Nb3 c4 21. Nc5
Bc6 22. Bd4 Qg6 23. c3 a5 24. Rae1 Rxe1 25. Qxe1 axb4 26. axb4 Re8 27. Qg3 Qxg3
28. hxg3 f5 29. Kf2 Kf7 30. Re1 Rxe1 31. Kxe1 g5 32. Kf2 h5 33. Ke3 Ke7 34. Be5
Bd5 35. Kd4 Bf7 36. Ke3 c6 37. Kd4 Bg8 38. Bb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Belgian championship"]
[Site "Merksem"]
[Date "1955.09.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Thibaut, Georges Pierre"]
[Black "Franck, Alfons"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian: 4.e3 c5 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein)"]
[Source "De Volksgazet 06-09-1955"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Ne2 O-O 6. a3 cxd4 7. axb4 dxc3
8. bxc3 e5 9. c5 d5 10. cxd6 Ne4 11. Qd5 Nxd6 12. Qxe5 Re8 13. Qd4 Nc6 14. Qd1
Qf6 15. Nd4 Ne4 16. Qc2 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Bf5 18. Bd3 Rac8 19. Qe2 Bg4 20. f3 Qh4+
21. g3 Nxg3 22. Qf2 Bxf3 23. Rf1 Qxd4 0-1

[Event "Belgian championship"]
[Site "Merksem"]
[Date "1955.09.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gobert, Jos"]
[Black "Lemaire, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A52"]
[Opening "Budapest defence"]
[Source "De Volksgazet 06-09-1955"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. e3 Nxe5 5. Nf3 Nbc6 6. Be2 Bc5 7. O-O O-O
8. Nc3 Nxf3+ 9. Bxf3 Ne5 10. Be2 d6 11. Na4 Bf5 12. f4 Nc6 13. Bf3 Qe8 14. Nxc5
dxc5 15. Qd5 Qe6 16. e4 Bg4 17. Bxg4 Qxg4 18. Qxc5 Rad8 19. b3 Rfe8 20. e5 Rd3
21. Qf2 Red8 22. Be3 Nd4 23. Rae1 c5 24. f5 b6 25. h3 Qh5 26. Kh2 g5 27. Qg3 h6
28. Qf2 g4 29. Bxd4 g3+ 30. Qxg3+ Rxg3 31. Kxg3 Rxd4 32. e6 fxe6 33. fxe6 Qh4+
34. Kh2 Re4 35. g3 Rxe1 36. Rxe1 Qd4 37. Kg2 Qd2+ 38. Kf1 Kf8 39. e7+ Ke8
40. Re2 Qd1+ 41. Kf2 Qd4+ 42. Kf3 h5 43. h4 Qd3+ 44. Kf2 a6 0-1

[Event "Belgian championship"]
[Site "Merksem"]
[Date "1955.09.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van den Broeck, Hans"]
[Black "Boudelet, Georges"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Opening "King's Indian: 5.Be2"]
[Source "De Volksgazet 06-09-1955"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 e5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8
8. Bg5 c6 9. O-O-O+ Kc7 10. h3 h6 11. Bh4 Be6 12. Nf3 Nbd7 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. Bh2
Nf4 15. Bf1 g5 16. Ng1 Rad8 17. g3 Ng6 18. Nf3 a5 19. Ne1 Nc5 20. f3 Rxd1+
21. Nxd1 Rd8 22. Bg1 Bf8 23. Ne3 b6 24. Nf5 Ne7 25. Bxc5 bxc5 26. Nxe7 Bxe7
27. b3 a4 28. Nd3 axb3 29. axb3 f6 30. Kc2 Ra8 31. Be2 Ra2+ 32. Nb2 f5 33. Kb1
Ra3 34. Bd1 fxe4 35. Na4 exf3 36. Kb2 Rxa4 37. bxa4 e4 38. Kc3 Bf6+ 39. Kd2 Bd4
40. Re1 Bxc4 41. Rxe4 f2 42. Be2 f1=Q 43. Bxf1 Bxf1 44. h4 Kd7 45. a5 Bf6
46. Ra4 Ba6 47. hxg5 Bxg5+ 48. Ke1 c4 49. Kd1 Kd6 50. Rb4 Bb5 51. Kc2 Kc5 52. a6
Bxa6 53. Rb8 Kd4 54. Ra8 Bb5 55. Ra3 c3 56. Ra1 Bd3+ 57. Kb3 c5 58. g4 c4+
59. Ka2 c2 60. Re1 c1=Q 61. Re4+ Kc3 62. Rxc4+ Bxc4# 0-1

[Event "Belgian championship"]
[Site "Merksem"]
[Date "1955.09.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Boey, Jozef Martin"]
[Black "Van Hoorde, Edouard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[Source "De Volksgazet 06-09-1955"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d3
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nd4 11. Bg2 Nd7 12. Be3 Rb8 13. Qd2 a6 14. f4 f5 15. g4
e6 16. gxf5 exf5 17. Rae1 b5 18. b3 b4 19. Ne2 Nxe2+ 20. Rxe2 Bc3 21. Qd1 Qf6
22. exf5 Qxf5 23. d4 Rbe8 24. dxc5 dxc5 25. Qd5+ Qxd5 26. Bxd5+ Kg7 27. Kf2 Rf6
28. Rd1 Ref8 29. Kg3 Re8 30. Bf3 Rf7 31. Bd4+ Kf8 32. Rxe8+ Kxe8 33. Bxc3 bxc3
34. Rc1 Re7 35. Rxc3 Nf6 36. Rd3 Re6 37. Bg4 Re1 38. Kf2 Re7 39. Kf3 h5 40. Bc8
Rc7 41. Bxa6 Ke7 42. Bb5 h4 43. a4 Rc8 44. a5 Ra8 45. a6 Ra7 46. Ke3 Rc7 47. Ke2
Ra7 48. Kd1 Rc7 49. Kc2 Ra7 50. Kb2 Ke6 51. Ka3 Kf5 52. Ka4 Kxf4 53. Ka5 Ke4
54. Rd8 1-0

