Austria–Hungary Match — Vienna 1947

Hungary wins both ten-board rounds
5–6 April 1947 · Palais Coburg, Seilerstätte 3, Vienna, Austria
Hungary defeated Austria 13½–6½, winning the two ten-board rounds 6–4 and 7½–2½.
Incomplete record·12 of 20 games archived

Incomplete record. This archive holds 12 of the 20 games played; 8 are missing. Twelve of the 20 games have approved scores. The original complete result and adjournment reports establish eight further played games without surviving approved move scores.

Hungary defeated Austria 13½–6½ in a two-round, ten-board match in Vienna. After taking the first round 6–4, the Hungarian team won the second 7½–2½.

Two rounds at Palais Coburg

Play began at 14:00 on Saturday 5 April and ended on Sunday. The first report left Flórián–Keller and Füster–Watzl adjourned at a provisional 4–4; both later ended in Hungarian victories. The second round brought six Hungarian wins, one Austrian win and three draws.

The Schlechter Memorial, opening at the same venue on 7 April, was a separate tournament. The later September Austria–Hungary fixture in Budapest is also outside this match.

The complete teams

Austria: Grünfeld, Lokvenc, Müller, Keller, Lounek, Palda, Platt, Watzl, Stöckl and Leinweber. Hungary: Szabó, Barcza, Gereben, Flórián, Benkő, Vajda, Bakonyi, Füster, Sebestyen and Toth. The articles establish the paired opponents but do not provide a numbered board order.

The surviving record

Twelve scores survive in the approved archive; eight further played games are established by the original reports. The official match totals are shown independently of the partial score set. Every source move, result, name and round is preserved.

The Florian–Keller record retains its native date 6 May, although the contemporary match account places the round on 6 April. Lounek’s first name is not supplied by the original reports. Neither discrepancy is silently repaired.

Final standings

13½
Hungary defeated Austria 13½–6½, winning the two ten-board rounds 6–4 and 7½–2½.

Official aggregate of the two rounds. The surviving 12 scores are incomplete, so their partial totals are not used as the match result.

This archive holds 12 of the 20 games played; the standings above are the official final result.

# Team Points
1 Hungary 13½
2 Austria 6½