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Wageningen Zonal Tournament - 26 October to 27 November 1957 - De waarheid 25-09-1957

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"The first week of Wageningen
The program of the first week of the international Sunday-tournament in Wageningen is: Sunday 27 October: first round. Monday October 28: second round. Tuesday, October 29: canceled parties. Wednesday, October 30: third round. Thursday 31 October: canceled parties. Friday Nov 1: rest day. Saturday 2 Nov .: fourth round. Sunday 3 Nov .: fifth round." De Tijd 26-10-1957

Round 7 - 8th November - De Telegraaf, 09-11-195

153 games.

White won 52 games = 34.0%
Black won 42 games = 27.5%
Drawn .... 59 games = 38.6%

This was one of three Zonal tournaments (Dublin and Sofia being the others) which took place to decide on the European participation at Portoroz Interzonal (1958). Wageningen is a university town in the province of Gelderland, in the Netherlands.

27th October 1957 - 27th November 1957.

“In the involved system of qualifying events for the World Championship, 1957 is the year of zonal tournaments. These represent the first stage in the arduous climb which continues through the Interzonal next year and, in 1959, to another World Championship Candidates Tournament designed, like those of 1953 and 1956, to produce an official challenger for the world title in 1960.

In 1960 the three-year cycle will have turned its full and whilst the successful challenger is engaged in his match, zonal tournaments will be once again under way all around the world. By an inspiration, the European zonal events have been split up this year. I should explain that whilst Portugal, for instance, may put forward one player only for the zonals, such countries as Hungary and Czechoslovakia, much stronger in chess, may � and do � enter three or even four.

Each particular country’s representatives used to compete in the same zonal. So at Prague, one might have three Czechs, three Hungarians, two Bulgarians, three Yugoslavs, etc., competing together, and at Bad Nauheim correspondingly three Germans, three Dutchmen, and so on; bunches of players competing, occasionally on team lines, in an event designed to be an individual one. For instance, suppose, towards the end of the contest, only one of the Czechs remained with any chance to qualify, one can imagine what might happen to a fellow-Czech who managed to destroy his chances by defeating him in the last round.

This year the various nationalities have been scattered among the three European zonal events, one in Dublin, one in Sofia and now one in Wageningen (Holland). So there has been one Hungarian competitor in each of these tournaments and one Czech ; the Yugoslavs have been split between two events. Quite apart from elimination of intra-national collusion, it has undoubtedly been a godsend to organisers, scraping for the £1,500 or so needed to finance even such a relatively minor event as a zonal, to be able to advertise it as a contest of so many different nationalities.

Illustrated London News - Saturday 30 November 1957, Baruch Wood.

" Favourites in zone tournament in Wageningen.

The Zonal Tournament, which will start in Wageningen on 25 October, will be extremely busy. It is especially gratifying that many younger chess talents, who promise a lot for the future, will be present. Participants are: Teschner and Niephaus (West Germany), Uhlmann (East Germany), Dueckstein (Austria), Bent Larsen (Denmark), Hanninen (Finland), Olafsson (Iceland), Johannesen (Norway), Stahlberg (Sweden), Clarke (England), Kolaroff (Bulgaria), Szabo (Hungary), Troianescu (Romania), Dr Alster (Czechoslovakia), Ivkov and Dr Trifunovic (Yugoslavia). Jan Hein Donner comes from the Netherlands along with Frits Roessel.

(Roessel was replaced by Orbann - Algemeen Handelsblad 21-10-1957)

"In the composition of the zone-chess tournament, which will be opened in Wageningen on 26 October, two changes have been made. The Amsterdammer C. Orbaan replaces Frits Roessel, who has study commitments and for Norway P. Lindblom will take the place of not Johannessen.)" - Leeuwarder courant : hoofdblad van Friesland 21-10-1957

The three highest- placed players are entitled to participate in the interzonal tournament. Without a doubt Larsen, Olafsson, Ivkov, Szabo and Stahlberg are the favourites for one of these three places, although Donner can not be excluded nor the young Englishman Clarke could produce a surprise result. The 21-year-old grandmaster Larsen, after his remarkable success in the chess Olympiad in Moscow in 1956, will certainly do his best not to disappoint the expectations invested in him. This is all the more so because he performed below average in the recent tournament at Reykjavik. He lost, for example, to the Russian Tal and also to Munoz, a gifted but completely unknown player from Ecuador."

Trouw
05-10-1957

Donner-Larsen Match
WAGENINGEN , Nov. 27 - During the prize-giving ceremony after the international tournament in Wageningen, it was announced that the match between Donner and Larsen had been arranged for the next spring. This is pending upon the outcome of the request to include both chess masters in the Interzonal." De Volkskrant
28-11-1957

                 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
1   Szabo      g x ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1  13½
2   Olafsson   m ½ x 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1  13
3   Larsen     g ½ 1 x 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1  12½
4   Donner     m 0 ½ 1 x 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1  12½
5   Uhlmann    m 0 ½ ½ 1 x ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 1  12
6   Trifunovic g ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ x ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1  11
7   Stahlberg  g ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ x ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1  11
8   Teschner   m 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ x ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1   9
9   Ivkov      g 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ x ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1   8  
10  Niephaus     ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ x 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½   7½  
11  Troianescu m 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 x 1 1 1 0 ½ 1 ½   7½
12  Alster       ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 x ½ ½ 1 0 1 1   7  
13  Kolarov    m ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ x ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1   7  
14  Dueckstein  m 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 x 1 ½ 1 1   6½
15  Clarke       0 0 1 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 x ½ ½ 0   5½
16  Hanninen     0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ x ½   3½ 
17  Orbaan       0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ x ½ 1   3½ 
18  Lindblom     0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 0 ½ x   2½

           1 2  3  4  5   6  7  8  9  10   
Alster     1 1	1  1  1	  1½ 2  2  2½ 2½	
Clarke     0 0	1  1½ 2	  2½ 3  3  4  4	
Donner     1 1	2  3  3	  4  5  6  6  7	
Dueckstein 1 2	2  2½ 3½  3½ 4  4  4  5	
Hanninen   ½ 1	1½ 2  2½  2½ 2½ 3½ 3½ 3½	
Ivkov      ½ 1	1½ 1½ 1½  2½ 3  4  4½ 4½	
Kolarov    0 ½	1  1½ 2½  3  3  3½ 3½ 3½	
Larsen     1 1½	2  3  4	  5  6  7  7  8	
Lindblom   0 0	½  ½  ½	  ½  ½  ½  1  1	
Niephaus   ½ 1	1½ 1½ 1½  1½ 1½ 2  2½ 3½	
Olafsson   ½ 1½	2  3  3½  3½ 4½ 5½ 6½ 7½	
Orbaan     0 1	1  1½ 2	  2  2  2  2  2		
Stahlberg  0 ½	1  1½ 2½  3½ 4½ 4½ 5½ 6½		
Szabo      1 2	3  4  5   5½ 6½ 7½ 8½ 9½		
Teschner   ½ ½	1  2  2½  3  3	3  3½ 3½		
Trifunovic ½ 1	1½ 2½ 3	  3½ 4½	5½ 6½ 7		
Troianescu 0 ½	½  ½  1½  2½ 2½	2½ 3½ 4½		
Uhlmann    1 2	3  3  3   4  5  6  6½ 7

           11 12 13  14  15  16  17 
Alster     3  3½ 3½  4½  4½  5   6
Clarke     4  4½ 4½  5½  6   6   6
Donner     7½ 8½ 9   9½  10½ 11½ 12½
Dueckstein 5  5	 5½  6   6   6½  6½
Hanninen   4½ 4½ 4½  4½  4½  4½  4½
Ivkov      5  5	 5½  6½  7   7½  8
Kolarov    4½ 5	 5½  6   6   6½  7
Larsen     8½ 8½ 9½  10  11  12  12½
Lindblom   1  1½ 2½  2½  2½  2½  2½
Niephaus   4½ 5	 5½  5½	 6   6½	 7½
Olafsson   8½ 9½ 10  10½ 11½ 12	 13
Orbaan     2  2	 2½  3½	 4   4½	 4½
Stahlberg  7  8	 9   9½	 10  10½ 11
Szabo      10 11 11½ 12	 12½ 13	 13½
Teschner   4½ 5½ 6½  7	 7½  8	 8½
Trifunovic 7½ 8	 8   9	 10  10½ 11
Troianescu 4½ 5	 5   5	 5½  6	 6½
Uhlmann    7½ 8  8½  9   10  11	 12

Tournament Book:

"Zonenturnier Wageningen 1957", Hans Bouwmeester. Published by W ten Have Verlag, Amsterdam, 1960

"The publishing company W. ten Have NV in Amsterdam has just published: "Das Zonenturnier Wageningen 1957", by Hans Bouwmeester, International Master, the theoretical section was provided by the International Master Th.D. van Scheltinga, whilst the photographs were taken by Teschner. A well-designed tournament book, with detailed analysis, many diagrams, all kinds of statistical data , (edited by H.J.J Slavekoorde) and a review of each round (by B.J Withuis)". Book review in the "Leeuwarder Courant", 18-06-1960.

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Missing Games

There are currently 65 games in the database, 87 are missing.

White...........Black...........Result..Round.

Alster, L	Clarke, P	1-0	1
Donner, J	Orbaan, C	1-0	1
Dueckstein, A	Kolarov, A	1-0	1
Hanninen, V	Olafsson, F	½-½	1
Kolarov, A	Hanninen, V	½-½	2
Lindblom, P	Dueckstein, A	0-1	2
Niephaus, W	Stahlberg, G	½-½	2
Orbaan, C	Alster, L	0-1	2
Troianescu, O	Trifunovic, P	½-½	2
Alster, L	Uhlmann, W	0-1	3
Donner, J	Troianescu, O	1-0	3
Dueckstein, A	Clarke, P	0-1	3
Hanninen, V	Lindblom, P	½-½	3
Stahlberg, G	Olafsson, F	½-½	3
Trifunovic, P	Larsen, B	½-½	3
Clarke, P	Hanninen, V	½-½	4
Donner, J	Alster, L	1-0	4
Kolarov, A	Stahlberg, G	½-½	4
Lindblom, P	Teschner, R	0-1	4
Niephaus, W	Trifunovic, P	0-1	4
Orbaan, C	Dueckstein, A	½-½	4
Alster, L	Troianescu, O	0-1	5
Hanninen, V	Orbaan, C	½-½	5
Stahlberg, G	Lindblom, P	1-0	5
Trifunovic, P	Olafsson, F	½-½	5
Clarke, P	Stahlberg, G	0-1	6
Donner, J	Dueckstein, A	1-0	6
Kolarov, A	Trifunovic, P	½-½	6
Troianescu, O	Niephaus, W	1-0	6
Dueckstein, A	Alster, L	½-½	7
Hanninen, V	Donner, J	0-1	7
Niephaus, W	Olafsson, F	0-1	7
Stahlberg, G	Orbaan, C	1-0	7
Trifunovic, P	Lindblom, P	1-0	7
Alster, L	Hanninen, V	0-1	8
Clarke, P	Trifunovic, P	0-1	8
Donner, J	Teschner, R	1-0	8
Kolarov, A	Niephaus, W	½-½	8
Troianescu, O	Olafsson, F	0-1	8
Niephaus, W	Lindblom, P	½-½	9
Olafsson, F	Kolarov, A	1-0	9
Stahlberg, G	Donner, J	1-0	9
Teschner, R	Alster, L	½-½	9
Trifunovic, P	Orbaan, C	1-0	9
Alster, L	Stahlberg, G	0-1	10
Clarke, P	Niephaus, W	0-1	10
Dueckstein, A	Hanninen, V	1-0	10
Lindblom, P	Olafsson, F	0-1	10
Troianescu, O	Kolarov, A	1-0	10
Hanninen, V	Troianescu, O	0-1	11
Kolarov, A	Lindblom, P	1-0	11
Niephaus, W	Orbaan, C	1-0	11
Olafsson, F	Clarke, P	1-0	11
Teschner, R	Dueckstein, A	1-0	11
Alster, L	Trifunovic, P	½-½	12
Clarke, P	Kolarov, A	½-½	12
Dueckstein, A	Stahlberg, G	0-1	12
Hanninen, V	Teschner, R	0-1	12
Orbaan, C	Olafsson, F	0-1	12
Troianescu, O	Lindblom, P	½-½	12
Kolarov, A	Orbaan, C	½-½	13
Lindblom, P	Clarke, P	1-0	13
Niephaus, W	Donner, J	½-½	13
Olafsson, F	Uhlmann, W	½-½	13
Stahlberg, G	Hanninen, V	1-0	13
Teschner, R	Troianescu, O	1-0	13
Alster, L	Niephaus, W	1-0	14
Donner, J	Olafsson, F	½-½	14
Dueckstein, A	Trifunovic, P	½-½	14
Orbaan, C	Lindblom, P	1-0	14
Teschner, R	Stahlberg, G	½-½	14
Troianescu, O	Clarke, P	0-1	14
Uhlmann, W	Kolarov, A	½-½	14
Clarke, P	Orbaan, C	½-½	15
Ivkov, B	Teschner, R	½-½	15
Kolarov, A	Donner, J	0-1	15
Lindblom, P	Uhlmann, W	0-1	15
Olafsson, F	Alster, L	1-0	15
Trifunovic, P	Hanninen, V	1-0	15
Alster, L	Kolarov, A	½-½	16
Donner, J	Lindblom, P	1-0	16
Dueckstein, A	Niephaus, W	½-½	16
Hanninen, V	Larsen, B	0-1	16
Stahlberg, G	Ivkov, B	½-½	16
Troianescu, O	Orbaan, C	½-½	16
Uhlmann, W	Clarke, P	1-0	16
Clarke, P	Donner, J	0-1	17
Lindblom, P	Alster, L	0-1	17
Niephaus, W	Hanninen, V	1-0	17
Olafsson, F	Dueckstein, A	1-0	17
Orbaan, C	Uhlmann, W	0-1	17