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
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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
————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 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 |
26. P Harris vs F Olafsson |
| 1-0 | 36 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | C42 Petrov Defense |
27. B Coosemans vs J Walsh |
| ½-½ | 21 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | A13 English |
28. L Joyner vs W Rosen |
| ½-½ | 51 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | E72 King's Indian |
29. E Bhend vs S Burstein |
| 0-1 | 32 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | B72 Sicilian, Dragon |
30. E Selzer vs B Coosemans |
| 1-0 | 33 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | A51 Budapest Gambit |
31. S Asker vs J Walsh |
| 0-1 | 26 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | C53 Giuoco Piano |
32. M Barker vs Larsen |
 | 1-0 | 38 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | C02 French, Advance |
33. F Olafsson vs A Eikrem |
| 1-0 | 44 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation |
34. R C Cruz vs J A Jackson |
| ½-½ | 18 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
35. B Nyren vs P Harris |
| 1-0 | 48 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | D57 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker Defense |
36. G Berriman vs Ivkov |
| 0-1 | 35 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen |
37. M Barker vs B Nyren |
| 1-0 | 51 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | B71 Sicilian, Dragon, Levenfish Variation |
38. F Olafsson vs E Selzer |
| 0-1 | 75 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation |
39. J A Jackson vs L Joyner |
| 0-1 | 32 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | C07 French, Tarrasch |
40. S Burstein vs Ivkov |
 | ½-½ | 14 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | A07 King's Indian Attack |
41. J Walsh vs A Eikrem |
| ½-½ | 19 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | A07 King's Indian Attack |
42. Larsen vs R C Cruz |
| ½-½ | 43 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | B54 Sicilian |
43. P Harris vs G Berriman |
| ½-½ | 32 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | B02 Alekhine's Defense |
44. B Coosemans vs S Asker |
| ½-½ | 18 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | D37 Queen's Gambit Declined |
45. W Rosen vs E Bhend |
 | 1-0 | 12 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | C11 French |
46. A Eikrem vs S Asker |
| 1-0 | 21 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | C67 Ruy Lopez |
47. S Burstein vs M Barker |
| ½-½ | 18 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | C07 French, Tarrasch |
48. E Bhend vs B Coosemans |
| 1-0 | 34 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | B01 Scandinavian |
49. R C Cruz vs L Joyner |
| 1-0 | 34 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav |
50. J Walsh vs Larsen |
| 0-1 | 32 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | C12 French, McCutcheon |
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