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Event: London vs Sydney Radio Match • Venue: Australia House, London • Date: 26-28 August 1949
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This was a ten-board match played via radio between the London Chess League and the Sydney Chess League. At the London end it was hosted at Australia House. Playing dates were 26 and 28 August 1949. The Sydney team had White on odds.
| Bd | Sydney Chess League | 1949 | London Chess League |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1w | Lajos Steiner | 1-0 | Reginald Joseph Broadbent |
| 2b | Cecil John Seddon Purdy | ½-½ | Imre König |
| 3w | Gregory Koshnitsky | 0-1 | Philip Stuart Milner-Barry |
| 4b | Robert Pikler | 0-1 | William Winter |
| 5w | Maurice Edward Goldstein | 1-0 | David Vincent Hooper |
| 6b | Harry Klass | 1-0 | Dr. Otto Friedmann |
| 7w | David Malet Armstrong | 0-1 | Richard Hilary Newman |
| 8b | Lloyd Stanley Fell | 0-1 | Alfred William Bowen |
| 9w | Stefan Kruger | 0-1 | Joe Stone (né Strachstein) |
| 10b | Vincent A Walsh | 0-1 | Oliver Penrose |
| 3½-6½ |
File Updated
| Date | Notes |
|---|---|
| 12 March 2019 | First upload. A 10-board match played via radio on 26/28 August 1949 between teams representing the city leagues of London and Sydney, Australia. All ten games, sourced from The Chess Bulletin, Vol, 1, No.3, 17 September 1949, plus a results table and links to biographical information about the players. |
| 15 April 2022 | Correction to the score of Steiner-Broadbent: 8...Nb6 was played, not 8...Nb4. My thanks to Paul Summers for drawing my attention to this. |