Groningen 1946 chess tournament

Groningen 1946 was the first major international chess tournament to be held after World War II.

[1] Held at Groningen in August and September 1946, it was considered a miracle that the Netherlands could stage such an event just fifteen months after the end of the war.

Mikhail Botvinnik won the tournament a half point ahead of former World Champion Max Euwe.

[4] Botvinnik and Euwe quickly jumped ahead of the field, making it a two-person contest for first place.

Euwe's one point lead was not safe as he drew his next three games (Gösta Stoltz, Flohr, and Savielly Tartakower) while Botvinnik won three (Čeněk Kottnauer, Martin Christoffel, and Carlos Guimard) to pull ahead by half a point.