Paul Devos
Paul Devos (10 March 1911 – 14 June 1981) was a Belgian chess master.
Devos was seven times
Alberic O'Kelly de Galway
and drew a play-off match for the title (1.5 : 1.5).
He finished third at Brussels 1937 (Quadrangular), behind O'Kelly and
Emil Joseph Diemer,[3] tied for 11–12th at Hastings 1945/46 (Savielly Tartakower won), tied for 9–11th at London 1946 (B tournament, Max Euwe won), and shared 2nd, behind Euwe, at Maastricht 1946.[4]
Devos played twice for Belgium in Chess Olympiads; at Folkestone 1933 and Dubrovnik 1950.[5] He also represented his country in friendly matches against The Netherlands (1947, 1950, 1959) and France (1948, 1949).
References
- ^ NED-ch08 The Hague/Leiden 1933 Archived 21 November 2009 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Nieuwe pagina 3
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 10 December 2009. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ 1946 Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ OlimpBase :: the encyclopaedia of team chess
External links
- Paul Devos player profile and games at Chessgames.com
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