Photo:
Blau at the 33rd Annual International Chess Congress at Hastings

http://tinyurl.com/6xp7dr

Hey <mysche> that is not funny! I get the same prob's here ... *** to you have to convert them ?? Dork!

Cheers

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Sorry,
to both of you - you will (hopefully) find Max here:

http://cache.gettyimages.com/xc/325...

Pardon me

<müsche>
you better lernen English better ... <prob's> is just *** hilarious

„Yf they say the mone is blewe
We must believe that it is true.“

(source: Rede Me and Be Not Wroth ~1528, author unknown)

1. Max Blau 5/7
(His biggest tournament cap)

2.-4.
Braslav Rabar 4.5
(Yugoslavia hosted the first Olympiad after World War II in Dubrovnik in 1950. The host team finished first, and Rabar, with the score of eight wins and two draws (90%), won an individual board Gold medal)

Wolfgang Unzicker 4.5
(Rapidly rising German, an elite player for decades, Lucerne tournament title defender from 1948, and again winner at Lucerne in 1951)

Henry Grob 4.5
(Winner at Ostende 1937 as best on tie-break, together with Fine and Keres; first Swiss player to be awarded as an IM in 1950 at its FIDE title inauguration; today remembered for popularizing "Grob's Attack" 1.g4, ... well, 1.g3 seems perfectly sound)

5. Hans Müller
(Austrian Author and multiple player at the Olympiads between 1928 and 1950)

6.-7.
Haije Kramer
(Back then a strong Dutchman, regular player for The Netherlands at the Olympiads between 1950 and 1962; today best known perhaps for co-authoring 'The Middle Game' with Max Euwe)

Eugène Znosko-Borovsky
(Apparently the last major tournament of legendary Znosko-Borovsky, then playing for France)

8. Serge Tordion
(Swiss Champion that year 1949, surprising winner in 1947, the first edition of the Lucerne series wasn't as strong as the follows-up)

The International Lucerne series lasted annually from 1947 to 1953, most prominent winner was Max Euwe in 1950 (joint with Pilnik).

Further prominent players at Lucerne, amongst others: Kottnauer (who won in 1952), Sämisch, Paoli, Barden, Prameshuber, Chantal Chaudé de Silans, and from Switzerland Martin Christoffel, Josef Kupper, Edwin Bhend or Peter Leepin (winner in 1953).

My source was the Golden Book of Swiss Chess "100 Jahre Schweizerischer Schachverband 1889-1989", they give exactly the same points as you based on Dutch Newspapers / Chessbase for every player, except for Grob, but counting all points together in the Swiss chess jubilee book, then the total sum is half a point too much: Grob on 4 points (not 4.5) must be right and confirmed by the crosstable in the MegaDB.

1987 I. Internationale Berner Schachtage: Max Blau – Memorial: Grossmeisterturnier mit SVB-Open

IM Max Blau (1918 – 1984) prägte über Jahrzehnte das Berner Schachleben. Zu seinen Ehren organisierte der Schachklub Bern, unterstützt von der Schweizer Volksbank (SVB), unter der kompetenten Leitung von Jo Zahner, ein Memorial mit alten Rivalen wie Unzicker (*1925), Geller (*1925) und Szabo (*1917), jungen Talenten wie IM Daniel King (*1963) aus England und Daniel Campora (*1957, Spielertrainer des SK Bern) aus Argentinien, ebenso nationale Weggefährten wie IM Edwin Bhend (*1931) und IM Martin Christoffel (*1922) sowie Nachwuchsspielern wie Giancarlo Franzoni (*1961) oder Christian Flückiger (*1962), total 12 Teilnehmer.

Bern 1987 sah so die erste Begegnung am Brett zwischen Szabo und Unzicker seit Lugano 1970, und die erste zwischen Geller und Szabo seit Hilversum (AVRO) 1973!

Parallel lief ein stark besetztes Volksbank Open, welches vom jungen Amerikaner GM Maxim Dlugy (*1966), Junioren-WM von 1985, ungeteilt mit 7.5/9 gewonnen wurde.

Bern Einladungsturnier Max Blau Memorial: Sieger Campora, nach Feinwertung, und Geller, 3. Franzoni, 4.-6. Cebalo, Unzicker, King 7. Szabo, etc.