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London-B (1946) In January 1946, less than one week after Hastings (1945/46), the newspaper Sunday Chronicle sponsored a Victory Tournament in Farringdon-street Memorial Hall, London, with Walter Hatton-Ward as director. The idea was to celebrate the end of the war, with attendance of masters from all over the world. Things were lined up for the biggest of events, but eventually it became clear that the Russians (incl. Mikhail Botvinnik) would not turn up. Moreover, the participation of the World Champion Alexander Alekhine was protested against by Max Euwe and the Dutch Chess Federation, and by Denker and the USCF, because of alleged Nazi sympathies. In November 1945, Hatton-Ward wrote to Alekhine and cancelled the invitation. The players were divided into two supposedly equally strong groups, A and B. Group B consisted of Euwe - Dutch champion and former World Champion (1935-1937), Denker - United States champion, Christoffel - the Swiss champion, Thomas - former British champion (1923 & 1934) and now 64 years old, Abrahams - strong British amateur and author of chess books, König - strong Yugoslav professional player and UK immigrant (1938), Medina - the Spanish champion, Lupi - strong Portuguese player and a friend of Alekhine, Devos - the Belgian champion, Winter - former British champion (1935 & 1936), Wood - the London champion, and Newman - the British Army champion. On Saturday 26th, after the adjourned games were finished, Euwe could lift one of the two silver cups given by newspaper giant Gomer Berry (Wikipedia article: Gomer Berry, 1st Viscount Kemsley). London, England, 14-25 January 1945 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 1 Euwe * 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 1 1 9½ 2 Christoffel 0 * 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 8 3 Denker 0 1 * ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 7 =4 Thomas 0 0 ½ * 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 0 6½ =4 Abrahams 0 0 1 0 * 0 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 6½ =4 König ½ 1 0 ½ 1 * ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 6½ =7 Newman 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ * ½ 0 1 1 1 4½ =7 Medina 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ * 1 1 1 1 4½ =9 Devos 1 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 * 0 0 1 3½ =9 Winter 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 0 1 * 0 1 3½ =9 Wood 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 1 * 1 3½ 12 Lupi 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 * 2½ For the A-group, see London A (1946). Tournament book: Book of the "Sunday Chronicle" Chess Tournament, by Walter Hatton-Ward. Chess SC, Sutton Coldfield 1946. 106 pp. Original collection: Game Collection: London B 1946 by User: Tabanus.  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 65  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. P Devos vs I Koenig   ½-½ 44 1946 London-B A14 English 2. G Abrahams vs M Christoffel   0-1 74 1946 London-B E16 Queen's Indian 3. A Medina Garcia vs W Winter 1-0 27 1946 London-B B72 Sicilian, Dragon 4. R H Newman vs G J Wood   1-0 30 1946 London-B E24 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 5. G A Thomas vs Denker   ½-½ 40 1946 London-B A07 King's Indian Attack 6. Euwe vs F Lupi   1-0 52 1946 London-B D72 Neo-Grunfeld, 5.cd, Main line 7. W Winter vs P Devos   1-0 31 1946 London-B D20 Queen's Gambit Accepted 8. M Christoffel vs G A Thomas 1-0 30 1946 London-B C25 Vienna 9. Denker vs A Medina Garcia   1-0 38 1946 London-B A46 Queen's Pawn Game 10. F Lupi vs G J Wood 0-1 42 1946 London-B C55 Two Knights Defense 11. I Koenig vs R H Newman   ½-½ 43 1946 London-B A12 English with b3 12. Euwe vs G Abrahams 1-0 17 1946 London-B A50 Queen's Pawn Game 13. P Devos vs Denker   0-1 50 1946 London-B A14 English 14. F Lupi vs G Abrahams   ½-½ 60 1946 London-B B72 Sicilian, Dragon 15. A Medina Garcia vs M Christoffel   0-1 27 1946 London-B B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 16. G A Thomas vs Euwe   0-1 47 1946 London-B A07 King's Indian Attack 17. R H Newman vs W Winter   1-0 43 1946 London-B D14 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation 18. G J Wood vs I Koenig   0-1 39 1946 London-B E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 19. G Abrahams vs G A Thomas   0-1 42 1946 London-B E01 Catalan, Closed 20. M Christoffel vs P Devos   1-0 31 1946 London-B B58 Sicilian 21. Denker vs R H Newman   ½-½ 36 1946 London-B A47 Queen's Indian 22. I Koenig vs F Lupi   ½-½ 28 1946 London-B A04 Reti Opening 23. Euwe vs A Medina Garcia   1-0 44 1946 London-B D50 Queen's Gambit Declined 24. P Devos vs Euwe 1-0 40 1946 London-B A12 English with b3 25. I Koenig vs W Winter   0-1 55 1946 London-B A15 English  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 65    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Feb-21-17    diagonal: After that famous Sunday Chronicle Victory Tournament (divided into two equal strong round robin groups: section A was won by Herman Steiner, ahead of Bernstein, followed by Tartakower, section B was won by Max Euwe, ahead of Christoffel, followed by Denker) in 1946, London was mostly a desert for international chess tournaments up to the mid-1970s! Jan-13-21    cameosis: könig represented yugoslavia @ the tournament, so »hungarian« is only correct in regard to his ethnicity, not his citizenship at the time. neither was he an amateur, he was a professional player: https://britishchessnews.com/2020/0... NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! If you already have a username, then simply login login under your username now to join the discussion. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language. No spamming, advertising, duplicate, or gibberish posts. No vitriolic or systematic personal attacks against other members. Nothing in violation of United States law. No cyberstalking or malicious posting of negative or private information (doxing/doxxing) of members. No trolling. 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