SLUISKIL - The Belgian player Eddy Merckx this morning has started his performance at the World championship with the maximum run of fifteen. He plays against Alexander Salazar from Colombia, who lost his first match yesterday against Jean van Erp.
Eddy Merckx signed for the highest run on day two, when the best players enter the tournament. The Belgium now is playing the second set. Frédéric Caudron is playing his first match against Martin Bohac from Czech, Filippos Kasidokostas, the world champion, against Michael Nilsson, Jean Paul de Bruijn against Sameh Sidhom from Egypt.