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World Junior Championship Tournament

Borislav Ivkov9.5/11(+8 -0 =3)[games]
Malcolm Barker8/11(+6 -1 =4)[games]
Raul Ceferino Cruz7/11(+4 -1 =6)[games]
Peter Harris6.5/11(+6 -4 =1)[games]
Bent Larsen6.5/11(+6 -4 =1)[games]
Bo Nyren6.5/11(+4 -2 =5)[games]
Edwin Bhend6/11(+4 -3 =4)[games]
Sylvain Burstein6/11(+2 -1 =8)[games]
Willy Rosen6/11(+4 -3 =4)[games]
Edgar Selzer6/11(+5 -4 =2)[games]
Grant Berriman5.5/11(+3 -3 =5)[games]
Fridrik Olafsson5.5/11(+4 -4 =3)[games]
Lionel Joyner5/11(+3 -4 =4)[games]
Arnold Eikrem3.5/11(+1 -5 =5)[games]
James Walsh3.5/11(+1 -5 =5)[games]
John Alexander Jackson3/11(+1 -6 =4)[games]
Sven Asker2.5/11(+1 -7 =3)[games]
Billy Coosemans2.5/11(+1 -7 =3)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
World Junior Championship (1951)

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 ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 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 —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

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/...)

 page 2 of 4; games 26-50 of 98  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
26. P Harris vs F Olafsson  1-0361951World Junior ChampionshipC42 Petrov Defense
27. B Coosemans vs J Walsh  ½-½211951World Junior ChampionshipA13 English
28. L Joyner vs W Rosen  ½-½511951World Junior ChampionshipE72 King's Indian
29. E Bhend vs S Burstein  0-1321951World Junior ChampionshipB72 Sicilian, Dragon
30. E Selzer vs B Coosemans  1-0331951World Junior ChampionshipA51 Budapest Gambit
31. S Asker vs J Walsh  0-1261951World Junior ChampionshipC53 Giuoco Piano
32. M Barker vs Larsen 1-0381951World Junior ChampionshipC02 French, Advance
33. F Olafsson vs A Eikrem  1-0441951World Junior ChampionshipB91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation
34. R C Cruz vs J A Jackson  ½-½181951World Junior ChampionshipD15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
35. B Nyren vs P Harris  1-0481951World Junior ChampionshipD57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense
36. G Berriman vs Ivkov  0-1351951World Junior ChampionshipB80 Sicilian, Scheveningen
37. M Barker vs B Nyren  1-0511951World Junior ChampionshipB71 Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation
38. F Olafsson vs E Selzer  0-1751951World Junior ChampionshipB17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation
39. J A Jackson vs L Joyner  0-1321951World Junior ChampionshipC07 French, Tarrasch
40. S Burstein vs Ivkov ½-½141951World Junior ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
41. J Walsh vs A Eikrem  ½-½191951World Junior ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
42. Larsen vs R C Cruz  ½-½431951World Junior ChampionshipB54 Sicilian
43. P Harris vs G Berriman  ½-½321951World Junior ChampionshipB02 Alekhine's Defense
44. B Coosemans vs S Asker  ½-½181951World Junior ChampionshipD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
45. W Rosen vs E Bhend 1-0121951World Junior ChampionshipC11 French
46. A Eikrem vs S Asker  1-0211951World Junior ChampionshipC67 Ruy Lopez
47. S Burstein vs M Barker  ½-½181951World Junior ChampionshipC07 French, Tarrasch
48. E Bhend vs B Coosemans  1-0341951World Junior ChampionshipB01 Scandinavian
49. R C Cruz vs L Joyner  1-0341951World Junior ChampionshipD43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
50. J Walsh vs Larsen  0-1321951World Junior ChampionshipC12 French, McCutcheon
 page 2 of 4; games 26-50 of 98  PGN Download
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