Paul Devos (10 March 1911 – 14 June 1981) was a Belgian chess master.
Devos was seven times Belgian Champion (1933, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1941, 1945, and 1948). He finished second, behind Boruch Israel Dyner, at Brussels in 1933 but won the title as a player of the Belgian nationality.[1] In 1936 he won international BEL-ch, and finished third in national BEL-ch, both in Brussels.[2] In 1937 he shared 1st with 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 Movsas Feigins and ahead of 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
edit- ^ 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
edit- Paul Devos player profile and games at Chessgames.com
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