2nd Chess Balkaniad (men): Sofia 1947

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Basic data

2nd Chess Balkaniad (men)
(see all-time tournament summary)
Date: 1st - 6th November 1947
City: Sofia, Bulgaria
Venue: N/A
Tournament Director: N/A
Chief Arbiter: N/A
Teams participating: 5
Players participating: 40
Games played: 48
Competition format: Eight board round robin.
Final order decided by: 1. Game points; 2. Match points
Time control: N/A
Downloadable game file: 48balk.zip

Tournament review

N/A

Best board results

1st Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. Barcza, Gideon HUN 2½ 3 83.3
2. Tsvetkov, Alexandar BUL 1½ 3 50.0
3. Trifunović, Petar YUG 1 3 33.3

2nd Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. Szábo, László HUN 3 3 100.0
2. Neikirch, Oleg BUL 1½ 3 50.0
3. Gligorić, Svetozar YUG 1 3 33.3

3rd Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. Flórián, Tibor HUN 2 3 66.7
2. Rădulescu, Mihai ROM 1½ 3 50.0
3. Pirc, Vasja YUG 1½ 3 50.0

4th Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. Vidmar, Milan jr YUG 2 3 66.7
2. Benkő, Pál HUN 2 3 66.7
3. Piskov, Kamen BUL ½ 3 16.7

5th Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. Szily, József HUN 2½ 3 83.3
2. Puc, Stojan YUG 1½ 2 75.0
3. Seimeanu, Petre Vlad ROM 1 2 50.0

6th Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. Gereben, Ernő HUN 2 3 66.7
2. Milić, Borislav YUG 1½ 3 50.0
3. Karastoichev, Emil BUL 1½ 3 50.0

7th Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. Kostić, Boris YUG 1½ 2 75.0
2. Popa, Toma ROM 1 2 50.0
3. Markov, Božidar BUL 1 3 33.3

8th Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. Erdelyi, Stefan ROM 2½ 3 83.3
2. Marković, Mihajlo YUG 2½ 3 83.3
3. Fuster, Geza HUN 2½ 3 83.3

1st Reserve Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. Macskasy, Elod HUN 1 1 100.0

2nd Reserve Board
no. name code pts gms %
1. Malchev, Andrei BUL 1 1 100.0
2. Vajda, Árpád HUN ½ 1 50.0
3. Samarian, Sergiu ROM ½ 2 25.0

Interesting games


Shortest decisive game.
Troianescu, Octav (ROM) - Szábo, László (HUN) 0 - 1

Desperate Rook sac wasn't enough to save this one.
Urseanu, Veniamin (ROM) - Benkő, Pál (HUN) 0 - 1