The West-European zonal tournament was held in Hotel Santbergen and Hans Kmoch was the arbiter. Originally, Savielly Tartakower was supposed to represent France, but he could not come. The Belgian GM Albrec O’Kelly qualified when Czech GM Ludek Pachman lost to the Bulgarian IM Alexander Tsvetkov in the last round, while O'Kelly defeated Jan Donner who was to be awarded the GM title in 1959.
White was played by the Swiss IM Max Blau (1918-1984) who was the Swiss Champion in 1953, 1955, 1956 and 1967.
The winner was Tjeerd Daniel (generally known as Theo) van Scheltinga (1914-1994) a Dutch IM who was one of the leading Dutch players from 1936 to the late 1950s.
Max Blau–Theo Daniel van Scheltinga0–1C64Hilversum Zonal7Hilversum NED22.07.1947Stockfish 17
C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense 1.e4 e5 2.f3 c6 3.b5 f6 This, the ancient Berlin Defense, has long had a reputation for being solid and drawish. About the only player of note who played it in recent times was GM Arthur Bisguier who was never noted to be the type who played for a deaw. However, in the 2000 World Championship match Kramnik used it toget a draw against Kasparov it enjoyed a revival and was played by aggressive players like Shirov, Topalov, Nakamura, Carlsen and Anand. 4.0-0 Slightly less often seen is 4. d3 which leads to similar results. c5 5.c3 0-0 6.d4 b6 7.e1 d6 8.h3 e7 9.g5 9.a3 d7 10.g5 h6 11.xf6 xf6 12.c4 is about equal. Polgar,J (2677) -Svidler,P (2713) Frankfurt 1999 9...h6 9...b8 10.bd2 c6 11.a4 White's position is more active. Heino,J (2124)-Lehto,V (2203) Finland 2005 10.xf6 Retreating to either e3 or h4 were both acceptable. xf6 11.a3 e7 12.c4 g6 13.xb6 axb6 The position is equal, but it's instructive to see how van Scheltinga manages to exploit the fact that white's 8.h3 has ever so slightly weakened the K-side. Black's 9...h6 has also weakened his own K-side, but the difference is that white is unable to exploit it. 14.f1 Played withe the intention of playing g3 guarding the weak square f5, but before he can play g3 he wants to gusrd he. Apparently Blau has already realized that he is on the defensive. f4 15.h2 g5 16.g1 This was apparently played in the hope of lessening the effect of the further advance of black's g-Pawn. Precenting its advance with 16.g4 would not have been a good idea. g4 The start of what turns out to be a very dangerous attack. 17.g3 Sacrificing a P with the hope of slowing down black's attack. 17.hxg4 h4+ 18.h3 xg4 is not a position white would want to defend. 17...xh3 18.xh3 gxh3 19.d2 g6 20.f4 g4 21.f5 h5 Black has been able to hang onto his extra P and the advance of his g-Pawn has opened up lines of attack. With exact play white may be able to survive, but the task will not be easy. In Shootouts white scored +0 -2 =3 22.d5 h7 23.e2 g8 24.xg4 xg4 25.e3 ag8 26.f2 g5 27.g1 h5 White is undert tremendous oressure and his position is now beyond saving. 28.e2 h6 29.e3 8g5 30.ee1 h4 Black is clearly winning. 31.gxh4 xg1 32.hxg5 xg5 White has managed to avoid getting mated, but the ending is lost. van Scheltinga finishes him off with precision. 33.f3 g2+ 34.h1 h4 35.g1 xg1+ 36.xg1 h6 37.h1 g5 38.e3+ f4 39.e2 g3 40.c4 f4 41.d2+ xe4 42.e2+ f4 White resigned. Forceful play by van Scheltinga. 0–1
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