Brundtrup v Edmund Budrich, Germany 1954.

White to play and win:

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Opening ceremony:

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Winning US team being presented with the Hamilton-Russell Cup:

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Third-place Polish team being presented with their medals:

V. Pupols X 0 1 1 2
T. Nelson 1 X 0 1 2
S. Falk 0 1 X 1 2
O. LaFreniere 0 0 0 X 0

A three-way tie from a 4 player single round robin is a very unusual result. A three way playoff was organised, with the following result:

V. Pupols X = = 1
T. Nelson = X 0 0.5
S. Falk = 1 X 1.5

It happened to me a correspondence quad, double round. Three of us tied with +2=4-0. We all drew every game with each other and beat up on the tail-ender.

<Shams>,
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"CHESS ON THE BATTLEFIELD By V. Alatorzev, Soviet Chess Champion

WINS AT WIRELESS CHESS

Philadeplhia's Team defeats the Lucania's players

The American Liner Philadelphia is the first midocean wireless chess champion. A game was started once last summer between the Philadelphia and the Cunarder Campania, both of which were racing to this port [New York], but the big liners gout out of range before the game was decided. The Philadelphia got in wireless communication with the Lucania about fifty miles off, on Friday, and three of her passengers accepted the challenge of five Britons and and American on the Cunarder to play a game of chess. The Lucania's players resigned on the thirteenth move, and the Philadelphia is now prepared to defend her title. Both liners docked shortly after 9 o'clock yesterday morning.

The Lucania got in communication with the Atlantic Transport liner Minnetonka on Wednesday when that vessel was several miles to leeward. After a few long distance pleasantries a chess game was started, but a new aerial wire which was being tried on the Lucania as an experiment snapped and the game was off. The four moves made by the Lucania's experts were e4, d4, Nc3 and Be3. Quartermaster Walters, who took the plays from the smoking room to Marconi Operator Brooker says that it was the last move that broke the wire.

Two days later when the Lucania was in latitude 43.50 north and longitude 57.20 West, her wireless instruments got into touch with those on the Philadelphia, which was then forty-nine miles to starboard off the Lucania. Capt Pritchard and Capt Mills exchanged bearings, asked each other whether the heavy weather had done any damage, and a few messages were sent by the passengers. Just before luncheon the sextet of chess friends, whose appetities had been whetted by the short contest with the Minnetonka, sent this message to the Philadelphia:

"We would like to play you a game of chess. Will you pick a team?"

Operator Kelly answered that the team would be ready as soon as luncheon was over, and it was not long before the moves began to travel through the slashing northwest gale that was making it merry for both ships. The Lucania's players were Captain Frederick W Young and RW Milbank of Liverpool, E Horace Mundy and F Marshall Fox of London, William Evans of Edgbaston, and Capt HR Campbell of this city [New York]. Capt Campbell formerly was first officer on the American liner St Louis. The Philadelphia's team was made up of Frank Caldwell of Chicago, WB Phelen of Philadelphia, and Waldemar Weiss of this city [New York]. The Philadelphia had the first move and the game was as follows:

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Nh3 d6 4. Qf3 h6 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. d3 Bg4 7. Qg3 O-O 8. Nd5 Bxh3 9. Qxh3 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 c6 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O Qf6 13. Qxd7 Black resigns.

Mr Fox made the fatal 12...Qf6 move for the Lucania, but it had hardly been ticked off when he rushed up to the wireless room, which is just under the bridge. "Recall that move", he gasped to Operator Brooker. "The answer is coming back already", said Mr Brooker. "Good Lord, we've lost!" said Mr Fox. The Philadelphia players had been quick to recognize their opportunity, and while Mr Fox was bewailing his unlucky move he read the winning move on the tape. He had nothing to do but send congratulations. The game occupied two hours.

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but no reason given.

Any help would be much appreciated.