Euwe, van Scheltinga, Alexander & Prins in Maastricht 1946
During 20 - 29 of April 1946 a chess tournament was organized by Maastricht Chess Club ~ MSV [Maastrichtse Schaak Vereniging]. It was for the 25-year anniversary of the club. Names as Max Euwe, Theo Daniel van Scheltinga, Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander & Lodewijk Prins were included among the participants. Rubinstein was also invited but didn't make it [Limburgsch dagblad of 23.03.1946].
According to the official blog of the club, it had been a misfortune that this anniversary was postponed for a year and additionally that in 1946 the big Groningen tournament had also taken place. The Maastricth International Chess Tournament 1946 was considered a success concerning the organization and the games but not financially! It was held in Hotel De Gouwe Poort on the Vrijthof square [tournament announcement in Limburgsch dagblad of 12.04.1946].
The master tournament was won by Euwe with 7.5/9...
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | total | |
| 01. Euwe | // | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7½ |
| 02. v.Scheltinga | 0 | // | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5½ |
| 03. Devos | 0 | 0 | // | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 5½ |
| 04. Alexander | 0 | 1 | ½ | // | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 05. Vinken | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | // | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 06. Prins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | // | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 07.Soultanbeieff | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | // | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4½ |
| 08. Dörner | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | // | 0 | ½ | 2½ |
| 09. Vlagsma | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | // | 1 | 2½ |
| 10. Wolthuis | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | // | 2 |
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Some beautiful games and positions were played...
#1 game~puzzle
A 23-move miniature between van Scheltinga and Alexander on round 2. Solve this tactic. The black's move has been always in the two first engine choices...
Theo Daniel van Scheltinga, 1947, in nationaal archief~public domain
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#2 game
2nd brilliancy prize and comments by Fred Reinfeld in Great Brilliancy Prize Games of the Chess Masters, p. 206.
Max Euwe, 1945, in nationaal archief~public domain
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In round 5 a surprise took place Prins won Euwe and became headline in Dutch press [Leeuwarder koerier of 25.04.1946].
#3 game~puzzle
In round 7 Euwe won Alexander against an Evans gambit. And van Scheltinga won Prins in a beautiful ending. Solve the tactic.
Lodewijk Prins, 1965, in nationaal archief~public domain
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#4 game~puzzle
In the last round Alexander had a great middle game performance against Prins
Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander ca 1940~public domain// check these links about him, besides his chess career one thing that he should be remembered for is his involvement in the Alan Turing team on decoding the German crypto-messages in WW2 (1) & (2)
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The only moment of the tournament play I've found [in official blog of the club {~permission for non-commercial use in https://schaakclubmaastricht.wordpress.com/disclaimer/ but maybe public domain}, also found in http://web.inter.nl.net/hcc/rekius/cem.htm]. One similar is published in Limburgsch dagblad of 30.04.1946. It's from Euwe vs Vinken ½-½.
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