IInd International Student Chess Tournament: Brussels 1953


Basic data

2nd International Student Chess Tournament
Date: 1953
City: Brussels, Belgium
Teams participating: 8 (including combined team)
Games played: 112
Game system: Four board round robin
Tie-breaks: 1. Game points; 2. Match points
Downloadable game file: N/A

Tournament results

no. team code 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ∑ + = -
1. Norway NOR ● 2½ 2½ 2½ 2 2 3½ 3½ 18½ 5 2 0
2. England ENG 1½ ● 2 2½ 3½ 3½ 2 3 18 4 2 1
3. Finland FIN 1½ 2 ● 1½ 2 2½ 3 4 16½ 3 2 2
4. Iceland ISL 1½ 1½ 2½ ● 1 2 4 4 16½ 3 1 3
5. Belgium BEL 2 ½ 2 3 ● 3 2 2 14½ 2 4 1
6. Sweden SWE 2 ½ 1½ 2 1 ● 3½ 2 12½ 1 3 3
7. Combined Team* - ½ 2 1 0 2 ½ ● 3 9 1 2 4
8. France FRA ½ 1 0 0 2 2 1 ● 6½ 0 2 5
* Composed of Austrian, Belgian and French players.


Tournament review

Following the popularity of the Liverpool student's tournament the International Union of Students in cooperation with The Free University of Brussels organised the student team tournament. It was successful to such an extent that an annual team competition for student teams was settled. The idea was supported by FIDE at the Amsterdam congress in 1954 and FIDE took over official patronage over the Student Olympiads.