Hungary opened its European Team Championship qualifying campaign with a 13–7 victory over Bulgaria in Budapest. An 8–2 first round supplied the margin; the return encounter ended 5–5.
A winning start in Group Four
László Szabó defeated Vladilen Popov twice on the first board. Hungary won six games without defeat in the opening encounter, then shared the points in a more evenly balanced return.
This was one of the three separate national matches in historical qualifying Group Four. Romania met Hungary at Bucharest in 1960, and Bulgaria met Romania at Sofia; those were different fixtures.
All twenty games survive
Both ten-board rounds are fully represented. The first set of score records is dated 11 October and the second 12 October; the published occasion runs through 13 October.
Nikolay Minev faced Gedeon Barcza on board three. Zdravko Milev was a different player, paired with Győző Forintos on board seven. The source label’s Group One designation is retained in the score headers, although the historical qualifying table places the match in Group Four.
Final standings
| # | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungary | 13 |
| 2 | Bulgaria | 7 |