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 |
51. G Berriman vs B Nyren |
| ½-½ | 33 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | D55 Queen's Gambit Declined |
52. J A Jackson vs F Olafsson |
| 0-1 | 26 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 |
53. E Selzer vs P Harris |
| 0-1 | 30 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | A94 Dutch, Stonewall with Ba3 |
54. Ivkov vs W Rosen |
| 1-0 | 25 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line |
55. B Nyren vs R C Cruz |
| 0-1 | 24 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower |
56. Larsen vs Ivkov |
| 0-1 | 32 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | B59 Sicilian, Boleslavsky Variation, 7.Nb3 |
57. M Barker vs G Berriman |
| 1-0 | 35 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | C02 French, Advance |
58. P Harris vs S Burstein |
| 1-0 | 38 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | A07 King's Indian Attack |
59. L Joyner vs B Coosemans |
| 1-0 | 30 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | B72 Sicilian, Dragon |
60. S Asker vs J A Jackson |
| ½-½ | 29 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical |
61. W Rosen vs F Olafsson |
| ½-½ | 40 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | C47 Four Knights |
62. A Eikrem vs E Selzer |
| 0-1 | 55 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen |
63. E Bhend vs J Walsh |
| 1-0 | 22 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | C26 Vienna |
64. R C Cruz vs M Barker |
| ½-½ | 19 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | C07 French, Tarrasch |
65. Ivkov vs P Harris |
| 1-0 | 18 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | D42 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch, 7.Bd3 |
66. G Berriman vs E Bhend |
| 0-1 | 17 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | A99 Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky Variation with b3 |
67. E Selzer vs S Burstein |
| ½-½ | 62 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | E60 King's Indian Defense |
68. B Nyren vs A Eikrem |
| 1-0 | 29 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | A16 English |
69. B Coosemans vs J A Jackson |
| 1-0 | 18 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O |
70. J Walsh vs L Joyner |
| ½-½ | 40 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | C17 French, Winawer, Advance |
71. F Olafsson vs Larsen |
| 1-0 | 49 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | D51 Queen's Gambit Declined |
72. S Asker vs W Rosen |
| 1-0 | 34 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | E94 King's Indian, Orthodox |
73. Larsen vs L Joyner |
 | 1-0 | 32 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | C30 King's Gambit Declined |
74. J Walsh vs B Nyren |
| ½-½ | 38 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical |
75. S Burstein vs F Olafsson |
| ½-½ | 21 | 1951 | World Junior Championship | B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation |
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