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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 3 of 4; games 51-75 of 98  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
51. G Berriman vs B Nyren  ½-½331951World Junior ChampionshipD55 Queen's Gambit Declined
52. J A Jackson vs F Olafsson  0-1261951World Junior ChampionshipB21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4
53. E Selzer vs P Harris  0-1301951World Junior ChampionshipA94 Dutch, Stonewall with Ba3
54. Ivkov vs W Rosen  1-0251951World Junior ChampionshipE69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line
55. B Nyren vs R C Cruz  0-1241951World Junior ChampionshipD59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower
56. Larsen vs Ivkov  0-1321951World Junior ChampionshipB59 Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3
57. M Barker vs G Berriman  1-0351951World Junior ChampionshipC02 French, Advance
58. P Harris vs S Burstein  1-0381951World Junior ChampionshipA07 King's Indian Attack
59. L Joyner vs B Coosemans  1-0301951World Junior ChampionshipB72 Sicilian, Dragon
60. S Asker vs J A Jackson  ½-½291951World Junior ChampionshipB74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical
61. W Rosen vs F Olafsson  ½-½401951World Junior ChampionshipC47 Four Knights
62. A Eikrem vs E Selzer  0-1551951World Junior ChampionshipB84 Sicilian, Scheveningen
63. E Bhend vs J Walsh  1-0221951World Junior ChampionshipC26 Vienna
64. R C Cruz vs M Barker  ½-½191951World Junior ChampionshipC07 French, Tarrasch
65. Ivkov vs P Harris  1-0181951World Junior ChampionshipD42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3
66. G Berriman vs E Bhend  0-1171951World Junior ChampionshipA99 Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky Variation with b3
67. E Selzer vs S Burstein  ½-½621951World Junior ChampionshipE60 King's Indian Defense
68. B Nyren vs A Eikrem  1-0291951World Junior ChampionshipA16 English
69. B Coosemans vs J A Jackson  1-0181951World Junior ChampionshipC72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O
70. J Walsh vs L Joyner  ½-½401951World Junior ChampionshipC17 French, Winawer, Advance
71. F Olafsson vs Larsen  1-0491951World Junior ChampionshipD51 Queen's Gambit Declined
72. S Asker vs W Rosen  1-0341951World Junior ChampionshipE94 King's Indian, Orthodox
73. Larsen vs L Joyner 1-0321951World Junior ChampionshipC30 King's Gambit Declined
74. J Walsh vs B Nyren  ½-½381951World Junior ChampionshipB74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical
75. S Burstein vs F Olafsson  ½-½211951World Junior ChampionshipB17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation
 page 3 of 4; games 51-75 of 98  PGN Download
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