Beverwijk 1958 (Hoogovens)

Donner and Euwe share the Beverwijk crown
1958 · Beverwijk, Netherlands
Jan Hein Donner and Max Euwe shared first on 5½/9
Event Index 45 GAMES

The 1958 Hoogovens top group ended with two Dutch names level in first. Jan Hein Donner and Max Euwe each scored 5½/9, half a point ahead of a three-way tie for third in an exceptionally compressed final table.

A balanced ten-player field

The invitation group was a nine-round single round-robin: ten players and 45 games, with every pairing played once. The official Tata Steel crosstable and the archive's complete game set record the same results throughout.

Alongside Donner and Euwe, the field included Aleksandar Matanović, Hans Bouwmeester, Gideon Ståhlberg, Alberic O'Kelly de Galway, Herman Pilnik and Vasja Pirc.

Shared first by the narrowest margin

Donner and Euwe each finished with three wins, five draws and one loss, enough for 5½/9. Matanović, Bouwmeester and Ståhlberg shared third on 5, only half a point behind the co-winners.

The official standings rank both Donner and Euwe first; the complete round-robin contains no separate title playoff.

Final standings

5½/9
Jan Hein Donner and Max Euwe shared first on 5½/9
# Player Score Record
=1 Donner, Jan Hein 5½/9 +3 -1 =5 games
=1 Euwe, Max 5½/9 +3 -1 =5 games
=3 Bouwmeester, Hans 5/9 +2 -1 =6 games
=3 Matanovic, Aleksandar 5/9 +2 -1 =6 games
=3 Stahlberg, Gideon 5/9 +2 -1 =6 games
6 O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic 4½/9 +1 -1 =7 games
=7 Pilnik, Hermann 4/9 +2 -3 =4 games
=7 Milic, Borislav 4/9 +1 -2 =6 games
=7 Van Scheltinga, Theo D 4/9 +1 -2 =6 games
10 Pirc, Vasja 2½/9 +0 -4 =5 games

Cross Table

Player 12345678910
1 Donner, Jan Hein ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1
2 Euwe, Max ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1
3 Bouwmeester, Hans 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½
4 Matanovic, Aleksandar 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½
5 Stahlberg, Gideon ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1
6 O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½
7 Pilnik, Hermann 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½
8 Milic, Borislav ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½
9 Van Scheltinga, Theo D ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1
10 Pirc, Vasja 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0

Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.

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