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Coventry (1-2) and Birmingham, England, 11-22 June 1951 Age 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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1 Ivkov 17 • 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 9½
2 Barker 17 0 • ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 8
3 Cruz 17 ½ ½ • 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 7
=4 Harris -- 0 0 0 • 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 6½
=4 Larsen 16 0 0 ½ • 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 6½
=4 Nyrén 19 ½ 0 0 1 1 • ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 6½
=7 Bhend 19 0 ½ ½ • 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 6
=7 Burstein 19 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 6
=7 Rosen 18 0 ½ 1 ½ • 0 ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 6
=7 Selzer -- 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ • 1 1 1 1 1 6
=11 Berriman -- 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 • ½ 1 ½ 1 5½
=11 Ólafsson 16 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 • 1 1 1 5½
13 Joyner 19 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 • ½ ½ 1 1 1 5
=14 Eikrem 19 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ • ½ ½ 1 ½ 3½
=14 Walsh 19 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ • 0 1 ½ 3½
16 Jackson 19 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 • ½ 0 3
=17 Asker 18 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ • ½ 2½
=17 Coosemans -- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ • 2½
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Eleven rounds in 12 days, starting on Monday 11 June (99 games). The first two rounds were played in Coventry. Rest day: 16 June. Arbiters: Frank Ernest Chetwynd and William Ritson-Morry. Ivkov won with 9.5/11.Best game prizes went to S Asker vs W Rosen, 1951 and B Larsen vs L Joyner, 1951. The beauty prize went to Rosen for J A Jackson vs W Rosen, 1951. Book: A. J. Gillam (ed.), First International Junior 1950. First World Junior Championship Birmingham 1951. The Chess Player, Nottingham 2014. 56 pp. Sources
Britbase website (https://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/pg...)
Belgian Chess History website (https://www.belgianchesshistory.be/...)
Bent Larsen in Skakbladet, 8/1951, pp. 145-147 (https://danbase.skak.dk/skakbladet/...)
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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. W Rosen vs J Walsh |
| 1-0 | 25 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | C47 Four Knights |
| 2. S Burstein vs G Berriman |
| ½-½ | 42 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | C07 French, Tarrasch |
| 3. L Joyner vs F Olafsson |
| 0-1 | 42 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | A13 English |
| 4. J A Jackson vs E Selzer |
| 0-1 | 70 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation |
| 5. Larsen vs B Nyren |
 | 0-1 | 18 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | B70 Sicilian, Dragon Variation |
| 6. B Coosemans vs A Eikrem |
| ½-½ | 30 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto |
| 7. P Harris vs R C Cruz |
| 0-1 | 45 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | E39 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Pirc Variation |
| 8. Ivkov vs E Bhend |
| 1-0 | 34 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | C13 French |
| 9. M Barker vs S Asker |
| 1-0 | 55 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | C02 French, Advance |
| 10. F Olafsson vs Ivkov |
| 0-1 | 45 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | A91 Dutch Defense |
| 11. E Bhend vs L Joyner |
| 1-0 | 43 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | C15 French, Winawer |
| 12. A Eikrem vs P Harris |
| 0-1 | 32 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | C71 Ruy Lopez |
| 13. G Berriman vs B Coosemans |
| 1-0 | 25 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | B01 Scandinavian |
| 14. R C Cruz vs S Burstein |
| 0-1 | 35 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto |
| 15. E Selzer vs M Barker |
| 0-1 | 18 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | A91 Dutch Defense |
| 16. S Asker vs Larsen |
| 0-1 | 22 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | C12 French, McCutcheon |
| 17. B Nyren vs W Rosen |
| ½-½ | 41 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | E60 King's Indian Defense |
| 18. J Walsh vs J A Jackson |
| 0-1 | 35 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | C73 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense |
| 19. A Eikrem vs R C Cruz |
| ½-½ | 19 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | B83 Sicilian |
| 20. Larsen vs E Selzer |
| 1-0 | 33 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation |
| 21. Ivkov vs M Barker |
| 1-0 | 34 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | A07 King's Indian Attack |
| 22. L Joyner vs S Asker |
| 1-0 | 42 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | E17 Queen's Indian |
| 23. W Rosen vs G Berriman |
| 0-1 | 27 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | C18 French, Winawer |
| 24. J A Jackson vs E Bhend |
| ½-½ | 40 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | B56 Sicilian |
| 25. S Burstein vs B Nyren |
| ½-½ | 48 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | A07 King's Indian Attack |
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