[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Congress"]
[Date "1895.??.??"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Pillsbury, Harry"]
[Black "Gunsberg, Isidor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/3nk2p/p3ppp1/1pPp4/3P1PP1/3NP3/P3K2P/8 b - - 0 26"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1895.??.??"]

{The city of Hastings is best known for the battle of 1066. William the
Conqueror sailed his fleet from Normandy to Britain and landed on the flat
coast near Hastings. King Harold marched the Anglo-Saxon army towards the
Normans and blocked the road to London. A long and gruesome struggle took
place on 14 x 1066. The Normans could take the initiative, because they had a
more sophisticated army. Steadfast Anglo-Saxon infantry defended a hill, and
their line could be restored at the end of the morning. We know little about
the ensuing battle. The line broke at the end of the afternoon. Harold was
killed and William became king.   Hastings became famous in the chess world
for the longest series of international tournaments. Bloodless fights continue
from 1895 until the present. The passion for chess began, when the Hastings &
St. Leonards Chess Club was established at Albert Temperance Hotel in 1882.
Later the club met in the Queens Hotel. A great boost took place, when
Blackburne moved to Hastings for health reasons. He gave exhibitions, when a
tradition of annual festivals began. Other chess masters gave displays later. 
Herbert Dobell was the brilliant organiser of yearly events. The club proposed
to organise an international tournament in 1895. Wealthy locals guaranteed the
sum of Q 250 for prizes and consolation money. The amount was doubled by
nationwide support. So the annual contest of 1895 became one of the most
famous tournaments in history. All great masters participated. Pillsbury (161/
2/21) won before Chigorin (16) and Lasker (151/2) the Premier, Maróczy outdid
the Minor and Lady Thomas mastered the Ladies' Tournament. I have analysed
thirty games in Gentlemen on the Seaside. This time the decisive combination
in the last round is presented.} 26... Nb8 $2 (26... f5 {
prevents the next breakthrough.}) 27. f5 $1 g5 ({Lasker analyses} 27... gxf5
28. gxf5 exf5 29. Nf4) ({and} 27... exf5 28. gxf5 g5 29. Nb4) 28. Nb4 a5 29. c6
$1 Kd6 30. fxe6 $1 Nxc6 ({Or} 30... axb4 31. e7 Kxe7 32. c7) 31. Nxc6 Kxc6 32.
e4 $1 dxe4 33. d5+ Kd6 34. Ke3 b4 35. Kxe4 a4 36. Kd4 h5 ({
The main line continues with} 36... Ke7 $1 37. Kc4 b3 38. axb3 a3 $1 39. Kc3 f5
40. gxf5 h5 41. b4 $1 g4 42. b5 h4 43. b6 a2 44. Kb2 g3 45. hxg3 hxg3 46. d6+
Kxd6 47. b7 Kc7 48. b8=Q+ Kxb8 49. e7 a1=Q+ 50. Kxa1 g2 51. e8=Q+ {
(Lasker). A check decides after a combination of twenty-five moves.}) 37. gxh5
a3 38. Kc4 f5 39. h6 f4 40. h7 {
Pillsbury had won Hastings 1895 by a victory in the last round!} 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Victory Congress"]
[Date "1919.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Winter, William"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1919.??.??"]

{The festivals were resumed after the super tournament. Encounters between
English districts became a main feature. Regional chess organisations were
united in the British Chess Organisation. The congress was accompanied by a
British championship. Napier and Atkins shared the first place. Napier won the
additional match in January 1905.   Chess activities slowed down during the
Great War. Everybody was happy, when the atrocities ended in 1918. A Victory
Tournament of players from the allied countries took place in Hastings during
the summer of 1919. Capablanca won by a staggering score of 101/2/11. Kosti 
became second. Foreign stars winning from British losers would remain a
pattern in Hastings for decades.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5.
O-O O-O 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Bd6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 c5 10. Nd5 $2 (10. Nd2 {
prevents the next imprisonment.}) 10... g5 $1 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Bg3 Bg4 13. h3
Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qxf3 15. gxf3 {The white bishop acts as a pawn on the kingside.}
f6 16. Kg2 a5 17. a4 Kf7 18. Rh1 Ke6 19. h4 Rfb8 {
Black pieces move to good squares.} 20. hxg5 hxg5 21. b3 c6 22. Ra2 b5 23. Rha1
c4 $1 {The queenside is decisively opened.} 24. axb5 cxb3 25. cxb3 ({Or} 25.
Rxa5 Rxa5 26. Rxa5 b2 $1) 25... Rxb5 26. Ra4 Rxb3 27. d4 Rb5 28. Rc4 Rb4 29.
Rxc6 Rxd4 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Victory Congress"]
[Date "1919.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Scott, Roland"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1919.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nf6 11. Bc2 b6 12. Qd3 h6 {
Black has chosen a passive defence. He prevents Bg5 by his last move.} 13. b3
Qe7 $6 ({More natural is} 13... Bb7 14. Bb2 Re8) 14. Bb2 Rd8 15. Rad1 Bb7 16.
Rfe1 Rac8 17. Nh4 Bb8 $5 {Black seems to prepare for an attack.} 18. g3 Kf8 $6
(18... Qf8 {hides the queen.}) 19. Qf3 Kg8 $2 ({Capablanca mentions} 19... Ng8
$4 20. Ng6+) ({Better is} 19... Rd7 20. Nf5 Qd8) 20. Nf5 $1 Qc7 21. Nxh6+ $1 {
The fireworks begin.} Kf8 22. d5 cxd5 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qxf6 Ke8 25. Rxe6+ fxe6
26. Qxe6+ Kf8 27. Qf6+ {Capablanca won by a score of 101/2/11!} (27. Qf6+ Ke8
28. Re1+ Kd7 29. Qe6# {mates in two.}) 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Victory Congress C"]
[Date "1919.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "O'Hanlon, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1919.??.??"]

{Two simple wins by the next world champion have been displayed. Another
future world champion played in a lower group. The 18-years-old Max Euwe made
his international debut. He showed his youthful sense for adventure.} 1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nxe4 8. O-O Bxc3
9. d5 {The Möller is played.} Bf6 10. Re1 Ne7 11. Rxe4 d6 12. Bg5 Bxg5 13. Nxg5
O-O 14. Nxh7 Kxh7 15. Rh4+ Kg8 16. Qh5 f5 17. Re1 $2 ({Best is} 17. Be2 $1 {
(Karaklajic - Gligoric, Belgrade 1954).}) 17... Ng6 $1 ({Max encountered} 17...
Re8 {in Euwe - Kroone, Amsterdam 1919.}) 18. Rh3 f4 $2 (18... Rf6 $1 {
gains an advantage (Kopaev - Dus Chotimirsky, Kiev 1938).}) 19. Re6 $1 {
Max finds an elegant finale.} Rf6 20. Qh7+ Kf8 ({Or} 20... Kf7 21. Rh6 $1) 21.
Qh8+ $1 Nxh8 22. Rxh8+ Kf7 23. Rxd8 c6 24. Ree8 Bd7 25. dxc6+ Be6 26. Bxe6+
Rxe6 27. Rxa8 Rxe8 28. Rxe8 Kxe8 29. cxb7 {Euwe showed his theoretical
knowledge and tactical accuracy in an international setting for the first time.
} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 2021"]
[Site "1"]
[Date "1920.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yates, Frederick"]
[Black "Scott, Roland"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B16"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1920.??.??"]

{Christmas tournaments until World War II.  Two minor decisions would have
historical consequences. A Christmas and New Year festival was held in 1920/21.
Four British players executed double rounds in the main group. A festival for
boys occurred in Easter 1921. Herbert Dobell became the President of the club
in the Autumn of 1921 and shaped these two initiatives into a tradition of
Hastings chess festivals.   Yates, Scott, Atkins and Griffith played in the
Premier of 1920. Yates won by 4/6.} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6
5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Be2 Nd7 9. O-O Qxb2 $6 10. Rb1 Qxa2 11.
Rxb7 Nb6 $2 (11... Bg7 {prepares an escape by the king.}) 12. Qa1 $1 Qxa1 13.
Rxa1 Nc8 {Black has gained a pawn at a positional prize.} 14. d5 Bd7 15. dxc6
Bxc6 16. Rc7 Bd7 17. Nd4 Kd8 18. Rb7 Nd6 19. Raxa7 Rxa7 20. Rxa7 e5 21. Nb3 Nc8
22. Ra6 Be7 23. c4 Kc7 24. Bf3 Rd8 $2 25. Bd2 $1 Be6 26. Ba5+ Kd7 27. Bc6+ Kd6
28. c5# 1-0

[Event "Hastings 2122"]
[Site "2"]
[Date "1921.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kostic, Boris"]
[Black "Yates, Frederick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1921.??.??"]

{The number of players increased to eight in the Premier of 1921. Kostic was
the only foreigner. He won by 7/7.} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5.
Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qb3 c6 8. e3 O-O 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O Ne4 11. Bf4 Ndf6 12.
Qc2 Nd6 13. Ne5 Re8 14. Na4 Bf8 15. Nc5 g6 16. Bg5 Bg7 17. a4 Qc7 18. h3 Nfe4
19. Bf4 Qe7 20. b4 f6 21. Nf3 Nf7 22. Nd2 f5 23. Be2 $2 {
Kostic blunders a pawn.} ({The buildup goes on by} 23. Rab1) 23... Nxc5 24.
bxc5 g5 $1 25. Bg3 f4 $1 26. Bh2 Bxd4 $1 27. exd4 Qxe2 28. Qc3 $6 (28. Rad1 $1
{forces the retreat of the black queen.}) 28... Bf5 $1 29. Nf3 Qc4 30. Rfc1
Qxc3 31. Rxc3 Re4 32. Rb3 Re7 33. h4 h6 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. g3 g4 36. Nh4 Bc2 37.
Rb2 Be4 $2 ({Right is} 37... fxg3 $1 38. Bxg3 Be4) 38. gxf4 Rae8 39. Ra3 Nd8
40. f5 $5 Rh7 41. Bg3 Rf8 42. Re3 Rf6 43. Rbe2 Rfh6 44. Rxe4 $1 dxe4 45. Rxe4
Kf7 46. Rxg4 Rg7 47. Re4 Rh5 48. Kf1 Rg8 49. Ke2 Re8 50. Be5 Rg5 $2 {
Hereafter, White attacks.} (50... Ke7 $1 51. Ng6+ Kd7 52. Rf4 Nf7 {
activates the black knight.}) 51. Kf3 Rg1 52. Ng6 Rh1 53. Rg4 Rh7 54. Rg1 Rg8
55. Bd6 Kf6 56. Re1 Rh3+ $2 ({The last chance gives} 56... Nf7 $1) 57. Kg4 Rh7
58. Kf4 Rh5 59. Be7+ Kg7 60. Ne5 Kh7 61. Ng4 Kg7 62. Nf6 Rh4+ 63. Kg5 Rxd4 64.
Nxg8 Kxg8 65. Bxd8 Rxd8 66. Re7 {Kostic achieved a turnaround in the game.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Town Hall"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Thomas, George"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "1922.??.??"]

{The chess activities impressed the Major. He persuaded the Council to
organise an extra event in September 1922. Alekhine, Bogoljubow, Rubinstein,
Tarrasch, Yates and Thomas played double rounds in the Town Hall.   Sir George
was the son of Lady Thomas. He played in many Hastings tournaments.} 1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 b4 9. Nd5
Na5 10. Nxe7 Qxe7 11. d4 Nxb3 12. cxb3 Bg4 13. Bg5 O-O 14. d5 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6
16. Rc1 Qf4 17. Qd3 f5 18. Nd2 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Rf7 $2 {
Black is going to lose a pawn.} ({Correct is} 19... Bf5 20. f3 Ra7) 20. Rc4 Bf5
21. Rxb4 a5 22. Rc4 Rb8 23. f3 Qg5 24. Qc3 Qg6 25. b4 $5 Bxe4 26. Rxe4 axb4 27.
Rxb4 Rxb4 28. Qxb4 Qd3 29. a5 Qe3+ 30. Kh1 e4 31. Qc3 Qe2 32. Re1 Qb5 33. Qc6
Qxa5 34. Qe8+ Rf8 35. Qxe4 Qd2 36. b3 Rf4 37. Qe6+ Kh7 38. h3 Qd3 39. Re3 Qb1+
40. Kh2 Qc2 41. Kg3 $2 (41. Re4 $1 Rf6 42. Rc4 $1 Rxe6 43. Rxc2 {
exchanges towards a fine rook ending.}) 41... Rf6 42. Qe4+ $2 (42. Re2 {
avoids the next troubles.}) 42... Rg6+ $1 43. Kh4 Qxg2 44. f4 Qxe4 45. Rxe4 Rg1
46. Rc4 Kg6 47. Rxc7 Kf5 48. Rd7 Kxf4 49. Rxd6 Rg3 50. Rd8 $6 g5+ 51. Kh5 Rxh3+
52. Kg6 Ke5 53. d6 Ke6 54. b4 g4 55. d7 $2 {White will even lose.} ({Right is} 
55. b5 $1 g3 56. Kh7 $3 {and White escapes (Alekhine).}) 55... g3 $1 56. Rg8
Kxd7 57. Kf5 h5 58. Kf4 h4 59. b5 Kc7 60. Rg6 Rh2 61. Kf3 Kb7 62. b6 Ka6 63.
b7+ Kxb7 64. Rg7+ Kc6 65. Rg6+ Kd5 66. Rg8 Ke6 67. Rg5 Kf7 68. Rg4 Kf6 69. Rg8
Kf5 70. Rf8+ Kg5 71. Rg8+ Kf6 72. Rg4 Kf5 73. Rg8 Ke5 74. Re8+ Kd4 75. Rg8 Kd3
76. Rd8+ Kc3 77. Rg8 Kd2 78. Ra8 Rf2+ 79. Kg4 g2 80. Ra1 Ke3 81. Kh3 Re2 82.
Rg1 Kf3 83. Kh2 h3 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Town Hall"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bogoljubow, Efim"]
[Black "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1922.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Nxd2 Nc6 7. Ngf3 O-O 8.
O-O d6 9. Qb3 Kh8 10. Qc3 e5 11. e3 a5 12. b3 Qe8 13. a3 Qh5 14. h4 Ng4 15. Ng5
Bd7 16. f3 $6 ({Better is} 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Rad1) 16... Nf6 17. f4 $2 (17. d5
$1 {closes the centre.}) 17... e4 $1 18. Rfd1 h6 19. Nh3 d5 20. Nf1 Ne7 21. a4
Nc6 22. Rd2 Nb4 23. Bh1 Qe8 24. Rg2 dxc4 25. bxc4 $6 (25. Qxc4 {keeps a pawn.})
25... Bxa4 26. Nf2 Bd7 27. Nd2 b5 28. Nd1 Nd3 $1 29. Rxa5 b4 30. Rxa8 bxc3 $3 {
Capture on a8 disturbs a piece of art.} 31. Rxe8 c2 32. Rxf8+ Kh7 33. Nf2 c1=Q+
34. Nf1 Ne1 $1 {Black threatens 35. .. Nf3#.} 35. Rh2 Qxc4 36. Rb8 Bb5 37. Rxb5
Qxb5 38. g4 Nf3+ 39. Bxf3 exf3 40. gxf5 Qe2 $1 41. d5 ({Or} 41. Nh3 Ng4 $1 {
(Alekhine).}) 41... Kg8 42. h5 Kh7 43. e4 Nxe4 44. Nxe4 Qxe4 45. d6 cxd6 46. f6
gxf6 47. Rd2 Qe2 48. Rxe2 fxe2 49. Kf2 exf1=Q+ 50. Kxf1 Kg7 51. Kf2 Kf7 52. Ke3
Ke6 53. Ke4 d5+ {
Alekhine won by a score of 71/2/10, half- a-point before Rubinstein.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 2223"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Rubinstein, Akiba"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C79"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1922.??.??"]

{Rubinstein and Réti were the stars of the third Christmas and New Year
Festival. The number of players in the Premier was ten, a usual number in the
next events.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 b5 7.
Bc2 Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. a4 $5 Bg4 $1 10. d5 Na5 11. Nbd2 c5 12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Qe2
Qb6 14. h3 Bd7 15. Rd1 Rfc8 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Nf1 {
White diverted from the theory quickly, but the play has been familiar.} Nd8 $5
19. Ne3 Ne6 $5 20. Nf5 Bf8 21. Nh2 b4 $1 22. cxb4 Qxb4 {
Rubinstein moves over a broad front.} 23. Nf1 $2 ({Solid is} 23. Qd2 Qb6 24.
Ng4) 23... g6 $1 24. Nh6+ Bxh6 25. Bxh6 Nd4 $1 26. Rxd4 $5 (26. Qd2 Nxc2 27.
Qxc2 Nxe4 {costs a pawn.}) 26... Qxd4 27. Qf3 Nh5 28. Ne3 Be6 29. Ng4 Bxg4 30.
hxg4 Nf4 31. g3 Ra1+ 32. Kh2 Rf1 $1 0-1

[Event "Hastings 2223"]
[Site "3"]
[Date "1922.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sergeant, Philip"]
[Black "Reti, Richard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1922.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 Be7 8.
O-O d6 9. Bf3 $2 {White starts a series of doubtful moves.} ({Theory is} 9. f4)
9... Nbd7 10. Qe2 Ne5 11. Rad1 O-O 12. Bc1 b5 13. Nb1 Bb7 14. c3 Nxf3+ 15. gxf3
Nd7 16. f4 d5 17. e5 b4 18. Qg4 a5 19. Rd3 g6 20. Rg3 Nc5 21. f5 $5 Qxe5 22.
Bh6 exf5 (22... Rfe8 {keeps the advantage.}) 23. Nxf5 $1 Rfe8 24. Re3 Ne4 25.
Nxe7+ Rxe7 26. f3 d4 $1 27. cxd4 Qxd4 {A tactical melee has arisen.} 28. fxe4
$2 ({Right is} 28. Rf2 $1 Qd1+ 29. Rf1 Qd4 30. Rf2 f5 31. Qf4 Qd1+ {drawn.})
28... Rxe4 29. Qd1 Rg4+ 30. Kf2 Rg2+ 31. Ke1 Qh4+ {Black has a mate attack.  
Rubinstein won by 61/2/9, Siegheim and Réti followed by half-a-point.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 2324"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

{The Menchik family fled from Moscow to St Leonards in 1923. Vera became a
member of the Hastings Club on 18 March. Maróczy got free board in the Albany
Hotel for a year and became her teacher. Euwe, Maróczy and Colle were the
foreign stars of the next festival.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. e4 h5 $6
5. Nc3 Bc5 $5 {The old master plays a new move.} 6. Nh3 Nc6 7. Nd5 Ngxe5 8. Bg5
f6 9. Be3 d6 10. Nhf4 Bg4 11. Be2 Qd7 $2 12. f3 $2 ({
Euwe misses the opportunity} 12. Bxg4 hxg4 13. Bxc5 dxc5 14. Ne6 $1) 12... Bxe3
13. Nxe3 Be6 14. Nxe6 Qxe6 15. O-O {Black has an excellent defence.} O-O $2 (
15... O-O-O {protects pawn c7.}) 16. Nd5 Rac8 17. Qd2 f5 18. exf5 Qxf5 19. Rae1
Rfe8 20. f4 Ng6 21. Bd3 Qf7 22. Bxg6 Qxg6 23. f5 Qg4 24. f6 Rxe1 25. Qxe1 Rf8
26. f7+ Kh7 27. Qe8 Qd4+ 28. Ne3 Ne5 29. Qxf8 Qxe3+ 30. Kh1 Ng4 31. Qg8+ Kh6
32. f8=Q 1-0

[Event "Hastings 2324"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Blake, Joseph"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 a6 {Euwe plays an early version of the Scheveningen.} 10. h3 $6
({More natural would be} 10. f4 {(Kroone - Euwe, Amsterdam 1923).}) 10... Qc7
11. f4 Na5 12. Qd3 $5 b5 13. Bf3 $2 ({Correct is the surprising} 13. b4 $1 Nc6
14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Bf3) 13... Bb7 14. a4 b4 15. Nce2 d5 16. Ng3 dxe4 17. Nxe4
Nd5 {Black controls the position.} 18. g3 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Nc4 20. Qc1 Rad8 21. c3
Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Bc5 23. Rd1 Qa7 24. Kg2 Bxd4 25. cxd4 Rxd4 26. Bd3 Rfd8 27. Bxc4
Rxd1 28. Qxd1 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 g5 30. fxg5 Qb7+ 31. Kh2 b3 32. h4 Qb4 33. Bxa6
Qxa4 34. Bd3 Kg7 35. Kh3 Qd4 36. Rd2 e5 0-1

[Event "Hastings 2324"]
[Site "4"]
[Date "1923.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Black "Blake, Joseph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1923.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 d5 5. b3 Nc6 6. O-O cxd4 7. exd4 Bd6 8. Bb2
O-O 9. a3 b6 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Qe2 Rc8 12. Ne5 Qe7 $2 {Very little seems to be
going on, but the white pieces slowly move towards the black king. Black
chooses a strange defence.} ({My preference has} 12... Ne7 $1 13. f4 Ng6 14. f5
exf5 15. Bxf5 Rc7) 13. f4 Rfe8 14. Rf3 Qf8 15. Rh3 g6 16. g4 Qg7 17. Rf1 Ne7
18. Rf2 Kh8 19. Rg2 Rc7 20. Ndf3 Neg8 $2 ({Better is} 20... Rf8) 21. Ng5 $1 h6
{Black has to make a gap for his king.} 22. Ngxf7+ $1 Rxf7 23. Nxg6+ Kh7 24.
Nf8+ Kh8 25. Ng6+ Kh7 26. Ne5+ Kh8 27. g5 Bxe5 28. gxf6 Bxf6 29. Rxg7 Rxg7+ 30.
Rg3 Bc8 31. c4 Ne7 32. Qh5 Bd7 33. Qxh6+ {
Euwe won by 71/2/9 followed by Maróczy at half-a-point.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings-A 2425"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Black "Steiner, Lajos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

{Two Premier groups of eight players were constructed in 1924.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3
Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. O-O Be7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. Qd3 Nxe4 $2 ({
Right is} 8... exd4) 9. Nxe4 d5 10. Ng3 e4 11. Qe3 exf3 12. Re1 Kf8 13. Qxf3
Bd6 14. Bf4 h5 15. Bxd6+ Qxd6 16. Nf5 Qf6 17. Qa3+ Kg8 18. Ne7+ Kh7 19. Re5 g6
20. Qd3 Rad8 21. f4 $5 ({Elementary is} 21. Rxh5+ Kg7 22. Re5) 21... Kg7 22. f5
g5 23. Rae1 b6 24. Nxc6 Qxc6 25. f6+ Qxf6 26. Rf1 Qg6 27. Re7 $5 Rhf8 $5 28.
Qxg6+ $5 Kxg6 29. Rxc7 f5 30. Re1 $2 {Maróczy drives his frivolities too far.}
Kf6 $2 (30... Rde8 $1 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. Kf2 Re4 33. c3 Rf4+ 34. Kg1 Re4 35.
Rxa7 Re1+ 36. Kf2 Rb1 {draws.}) 31. Rc6+ Kg7 32. Re7+ Rf7 33. Rcc7 Rxe7 34.
Rxe7+ Kf6 35. Rxa7 f4 36. Rb7 Rd6 37. Kf2 Kf5 38. Re7 g4 39. Re5+ Kg6 40. c3 h4
41. h3 gxh3 42. gxh3 1-0

[Event "Hastings-A 2425"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yates, Frederick"]
[Black "Maroczy, Geza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. d4 Bd6 5. Bd3 Qe7+ 6. Be3 Bf4 7. O-O $5 Bxe3
8. fxe3 Qxe3+ $5 {Maróczy wants a pawn!} ({More prudent is} 8... Nf6) 9. Kh1
Be6 10. Re1 Qh6 11. c4 Nf6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nc3 $6 (13. Qb3 O-O 14. Bc4 Nf4
15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qxb7 {fights back.}) 13... O-O 14. Re4 $6 Nf4 $1 15. Bc2 Bf5
16. Re5 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 Nc6 {Black has consolidated.} 18. Rb5 Rab8 19. Rf1 a6 20.
Rf5 Nh5 21. g4 $4 (21. Qf2 Nf6 22. Qg3 {counterattacks.}) 21... Ng3+ 22. Kg2
Nxf1 23. Kxf1 Qh3+ 24. Kf2 Qxg4 25. Nd5 Rbe8 26. Rf4 Qg6 27. Rf5 Ne7 28. Ne5
Qh6 29. Nxe7+ Rxe7 30. Kg2 Qe6 31. Qf2 f6 32. Kf1 Rd8 {
Maróczy won his group by 61/2/7.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings-B 2425"]
[Site "5"]
[Date "1924.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sergeant, Edward"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1924.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nc6 8.
Qg4 $1 {White plays the most aggressive move in a better position.} Nge7 $2 ({
The retreat by} 8... Bf8 $1 {is necessary.}) 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Qxg7 Rg8 11. Qd4
$5 c5 12. Qf6 Rxg2 $2 13. Bf4 $1 Bxc3+ ({Or} 13... Ng8 14. Bxc7 Nxf6 15. Bg3)
14. bxc3 Qc6 15. Bg3 c4 16. Qh8+ Kd7 17. O-O-O $1 Rxg3 18. hxg3 cxd3 19. Rxd3+
Kc7 20. Qd8+ Kb8 21. Qxe7 Ka7 22. Rxh7 Rb8 23. e5 Qc4 24. Rxf7 Ra8 25. Qc7 Qxa2
26. Rd8 Qa3+ 27. Kd2 Qa2 28. Rxc8 Qd5+ 29. Kc1 Qh1+ 30. Kb2 {Tartakower,
Przepiorka and E. Steiner won the second group. Maróczy and Tartakower drew in
an exhibition game. This experiment was never repeated in Hastings.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 2526"]
[Site "6"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Michell, Reginald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D67"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

{Alekhine crushed the weaker opponents in the 1925/1926 festival.} 1. d4 d5 2.
c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4
Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Ne4 Rd8 $6 {Black's development problems begin.} 12. O-O
Nf8 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. Nc5 Be8 $6 15. e4 Nf4 16. Qe3 N4g6 17. e5 Rab8 18. Ne4 Nd7
19. Nd6 f6 $2 (19... Nb6 $1 20. Bb3 Nc8 {tries to restore the position.}) 20.
Nf5 $1 {Pawn e6 falls.} Qb4 21. exf6 Nxf6 22. Ng5 Nf8 23. a3 Qxb2 24. Nxe6 Nxe6
25. Qxe6+ Kh8 26. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Hastings 2526"]
[Site "6"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Seitz, Jakob"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. e4 Nxe5 5. f4 Nec6 6. Be3 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Qe7 8.
Bd3 f5 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Qf3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 fxe4 $6 12. Bxe4 O-O $2 {
The defensive problems become dreadful.} ({More solid is} 12... d6) 13. Bd5+
Kh8 14. Nh3 d6 15. O-O Bxh3 $6 16. Qxh3 Qd7 $6 (16... Nd7 {
(Alekhine) prolongs the game.}) 17. f5 gxf5 18. Rab1 f4 19. Bxf4 Qxh3 20. Be5+
{Alekhine won eight games and drew with Vidmar.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 2526"]
[Site "6"]
[Date "1925.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Janowsky, Dawid"]
[Black "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1925.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c6 7. Qe2 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nbd7 10. f4 c5 11. c3 Qb6 12. Nf3 Rae8 13. Ne5 c4 14. Bb1 Qc7 15.
Bc2 b5 16. Qf3 Qd6 17. h4 $2 Nh5 $1 {
Bishop g5 has been immobilised and will be conquered eventually.} 18. Qh3 f5
19. Rg1 b4 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. Bd1 bxc3 22. bxc3 Qc6 23. Bxh5 gxh5 24. Qf3 h6 $1
25. Qxh5 hxg5 26. Rxg5 {White has counter-play for the piece.} Rf6 27. O-O-O
Rh6 28. Qf3 e6 29. Rdg1 Re7 30. Qg2 Qc7 (30... Rh7 $1 {
consolidates the black position.}) 31. h5 Kf8 32. Kd1 Rh7 33. Ke2 Qb7 34. Kf3
a5 35. a4 Ke8 36. Rxf5 exf5 $2 ({Right is} 36... Kd7 $1) 37. Qg6+ Rf7 38. Qxh7
Qe7 39. Rg5 $6 Qe4+ 40. Kg3 Bf6 41. Qxf5 $1 Bxg5 42. Qxg5 Qh1 43. Qe5+ Kd7 44.
h6 Re7 45. Qg5 $2 (45. Qf5+ Kc7 46. Qf8 Qe4 47. Qa8 $1 {
seems to achieve perpetual check.}) 45... Re6 $1 46. h7 Rh6 $1 47. Qf5+ Kc7 48.
Qe5+ Kb7 49. Qe7+ Ka6 $1 50. f5 Qh3+ 51. Kf4 Rh4+ {
Vidmar won his games more difficult than Alekhine, but he also scored 81/2/9.}
0-1

[Event "Hastings 2627"]
[Site "7"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Thomas, George"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Na3 c5 4. Nxc4 Nc6 5. g3 {
Réti liked to try flank openings.} f6 ({An aggressive answer would have been} 
5... b5 $5) 6. Bg2 e5 7. d3 Nge7 8. O-O Be6 9. Nfd2 Qd7 10. f4 $5 exf4 11. Ne4
Nd5 12. gxf4 Rd8 13. Kh1 Be7 14. Qe1 Bh3 15. Qg3 Bxg2+ 16. Qxg2 O-O 17. f5 Rf7
18. Ne3 Nxe3 19. Bxe3 Nd4 20. Qf2 Nc2 21. Rac1 Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Qd5 23. b3 b6 24.
Rf3 Bd6 25. Rg1 Be5 $5 ({More solid is} 25... Qd4 26. Qxd4 cxd4) 26. Qh6 Qd4
27. Qh5 b5 28. Rh3 h6 29. Qg6 c4 30. bxc4 bxc4 31. Rxh6 cxd3 32. exd3 Qxd3 33.
Qg2 Qd5 34. Rg6 Rdd7 35. Rg4 Kf8 $6 36. Rh4 $1 Rb7 $2 {
Black has left his queen unprotected.} ({Right is} 36... Rd8 $1) 37. Rh8+ Ke7
38. Re8+ $1 Kxe8 39. Nxf6+ $1 Bxf6 40. Qxd5 Rbd7 41. Re1+ Kf8 42. Qc5+ Be7 43.
Qb5 Rd8 44. Qa5 Bf6 45. Qa3+ Kg8 46. Qb3 Kf8 47. Qb4+ Kg8 48. Qc4 Kf8 49. Qc5+
Kg8 50. Qc6 Kf8 51. Qc5+ Kg8 52. Qb5 Kf8 53. a4 Rfd7 54. Kg2 Kf7 55. Re2 Rd5
56. Qc6 R5d7 57. Rc2 Re7 58. Qc4+ Kf8 59. Qa6 Kf7 60. Qa5 Rde8 61. Rc7 {
The white pieces have little grip on the foe.} Rxc7 62. Qxc7+ Re7 63. Qc4+ Kf8
64. Kf3 Rd7 65. Qe6 Re7 66. Qc8+ Kf7 67. Qc4+ Kf8 68. Kg4 Rd7 69. Qc6 Ke7 70.
Qe6+ Kd8 71. Kh5 Kc7 72. Kg6 Bd4 73. h4 $1 Rd6 74. Kf7 $1 {
King and h-pawn could be mobilised after the rook exchange.} Rd7+ 75. Kg8 Rd8+
76. Kh7 $1 Rd7 77. Qc4+ Kb7 78. h5 Rd6 79. Kg8 $1 Bf6 80. Kf7 $1 Rd7+ ({Or} 
80... Rc6 81. Qxc6+ $1 Kxc6 82. h6) 81. Ke6 Rd4 82. Qb5+ Kc7 83. Qc5+ Kd8 84.
h6 $1 {At last the black position falls apart.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 2627"]
[Site "7"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Berger, Victor"]
[Black "Thomas, George"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Nc3 c6 7. Qb3 $5 {
This line of the Queen's Gambit Declined has been called the HastingsVariation.
} Nd7 $5 8. e4 $1 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Qf4 10. Bd3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfe1 b6 13. Rad1
Rd8 14. Bb1 Nf8 $2 ({Right is} 14... Bb7) 15. Ne5 $1 {
Pawn c6 and the black queen are in dire straits.} h5 ({The alternative is} 
15... Bd7 16. g3 Qf5 17. Nd6 Qh3 18. Ndxf7) 16. g3 Qh6 17. Qf3 Bf6 18. Nxc6 Re8
19. Nd6 Bd7 20. Nxe8 Rxe8 21. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Hastings 2627"]
[Site "7"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Colle, Edgar"]
[Black "Norman, George"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Bd3 Be7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
e4 dxe4 $6 ({The quiet} 8... Nc6 {would be appropriate.}) 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4
f5 11. Bd3 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. b3 e5 $2 ({Right is} 13... Nc6) 14. Bc4+ Kh8 15.
Ng5 Nc6 $2 16. Nxh7 $1 g6 17. Nxf8 Bxf8 18. Bb2 Bg7 19. Rad1 a6 20. Qd3 1-0

[Event "Hastings 2627"]
[Site "7"]
[Date "1926.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D55"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1926.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Qb3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. dxc5 Nd7 11. Ne4 $6 (11. c6 $1 {keeps a plus.}) 11... Nxc5
12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Qc2 b6 14. O-O Bb7 15. Nd4 Rac8 16. Qe2 e5 $1 17. Nb3 b5 $5
18. Nxc5 Rxc5 {Réti runs into tactical difficulties.} 19. Bb3 $2 {
Hereafter, Black takes the initiative on the queenside.} ({Right is} 19. Bd3 $1
) ({and not} 19. Bxb5 $2 Qg6 $1 20. g3 Rc2) 19... a5 $1 20. e4 ({Avoids} 20.
Rfc1 $2 Bxg2 $1 21. Rxc5 Qg6 $1 22. Bc2 f5 $1) 20... Rfc8 21. Rad1 a4 $1 22.
Bd5 Ba6 23. Qe3 b4 24. Rc1 (24. Rfe1 Rc2 25. Rd2 Qf4 {brings similar problems.}
) 24... Rc2 $1 25. Rxc2 Rxc2 26. Rb1 Re2 27. Qf3 Bd3 $1 28. Rc1 Rxb2 29. Qxf6
gxf6 30. Rc8+ Kg7 31. h3 Bb1 32. Rb8 a3 33. g4 b3 $1 34. Rxb3 ({Or} 34. axb3 a2
35. Ra8 Bxe4 $1 36. Bxe4 Rb1+) 34... Rxb3 35. Bxb3 Bxe4 36. Kh2 f5 37. gxf5
Bxf5 38. Kg3 f6 39. Kh4 Bg6 40. Kg4 f5+ 41. Kh4 Kf6 42. Bc2 f4 43. Bb3 Bf7 44.
Bxf7 Kxf7 45. Kg4 Kg6 {
Tartakower won the tournament by 7/9, one point before Colle.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 2728"]
[Site "8"]
[Date "1927.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Thomas, George"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1927.??.??"]

{A versatile building, White Rock Pavilion was erected in 1927. It was mainly
used as a theatre. The chess events moved from the Town Hall to the Pavilion
in 1931.   Hastings festivals were expensive. A great part was paid by the
chess club. Rodney contributed generously.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4.
exd5 Nxd5 5. Ne4 $5 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Be7 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 10. O-O
O-O 11. c4 $6 ({More solid is} 11. c3) 11... N5f6 12. Ng3 Qb6 13. b3 Rfd8 14.
Be3 Nf8 15. Qf3 $1 Rxd4 16. Bxd4 Qxd4 17. Qxb7 Re8 18. Rfd1 Qb6 19. Qxb6 axb6 {
Black has gained little by the uneven material.} 20. a3 Rc8 21. Kf1 N8d7 22. f3
Ne5 23. Ne2 Nc6 24. Rd3 Ra8 25. Nc3 $5 Kf8 26. Nb5 Na5 27. Rad1 g5 28. Ke2 h5
29. Rc3 h4 30. b4 Nc6 31. Nd4 (31. Re3 $1 {exerts some pressure.}) 31... Nxd4+
32. Rxd4 Ke8 33. Rd1 $6 (33. f4 $1 g4 34. g3 {gives counter-play.}) 33... Nh5
34. Kf2 Bf6 35. Rb3 $2 {Thomas remains passively.} Be5 36. Kg1 Rc8 37. Rc1 Nf4
38. Rc2 Nd5 39. Rd3 Bf4 40. Re2 Rxc4 $2 {Suddenly White gets a chance.} 41.
Rxd5 Rc1+ 42. Kf2 Bxh2 {Black threatens mate in one.} 43. g4 $2 ({Right is} 43.
Ke3 $1 Bf4+ 44. Kf2 Rc3 45. Kf1 Rxa3 46. Rb5 {
and White fights back on the queenside.}) 43... Bf4 $1 44. Rde5 Ra1 $5 45. R5e4
Rxa3 46. Rxf4 gxf4 47. Re4 Ra2+ 48. Kg1 Rc2 49. Rxf4 b5 50. Rf6 Rc4 51. Rh6
Rxb4 52. Kf2 Rc4 53. Rxh4 b4 54. Ke3 b3 $5 55. Rh8+ Kd7 56. Rb8 Rc3+ 57. Ke4
Kc7 58. Rb4 Kc6 59. g5 Kc5 60. Rb8 Rc4+ 61. Ke5 Rb4 62. Rc8+ Kb5 63. Rc1 b2 64.
Rb1 Ka4 $1 (64... Ka4 65. Kf6 Rf4+ 66. Ke5 Rf5+ 67. Ke4 Kb3 {
wins effortlessly.   Tartakower played a hard game.}) 0-1

[Event "Hastings 2728"]
[Site "8"]
[Date "1927.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kmoch, Hans"]
[Black "Sergeant, Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D60"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1927.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Rc1 b6 10. Qa4 Bb7 11. Ba6 Bxa6 12. Qxa6 Qc8 13. Qe2 Re8 14. O-O Qb7
15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Rfd1 Rad8 17. b3 d4 $2 18. exd4 cxd4 19. Qb5 $1 Qa8 20. Nxd4
$2 (20. Rxd4 $1 Ba3 21. Rc2 {keeps the extra pawn.}) 20... Ba3 $1 21. Rc2 Re5
22. Bxf6 Rxb5 23. Bxd8 Rc5 $2 (23... Rh5 $5 {saves material.}) 24. Be7 $1 Rxc3
25. Rxc3 Bxe7 26. Nc6 Bf6 27. Rxd7 Bxc3 28. Rd8+ Qxd8 29. Nxd8 Kf8 30. Nc6 a6
31. Kf1 Ke8 32. Ke2 Kd7 33. Kd3 Be1 34. Ne5+ Ke6 35. Ng4 $5 h5 36. Ke2 Bb4 37.
Ne3 Ke5 38. a3 Bc5 39. b4 Ba7 40. Kd3 Kf4 41. a4 h4 42. h3 f5 43. b5 axb5 44.
axb5 g5 45. b6 Bb8 46. Nd5+ Ke5 47. Ne7 Bd6 48. b7 g4 49. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Hastings 2728"]
[Site "8"]
[Date "1927.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Steiner, Lajos"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1927.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Nfd7 7. Qg4 Bf8 8. f4
c5 9. Bd3 $5 (9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nf3 {
was played in Spielmann - John, Düsseldorf 1908.}) 9... c4 10. Bg6 $1 {
White brings a wonderful sacrifice.} Nb6 ({Black should not accept by} 10...
fxg6 {due to} 11. Qxg6+ Ke7 12. Nb5 $1) 11. f5 $5 Qe7 12. f6 gxf6 13. Bh5 f5
14. Qh3 Bd7 15. Nge2 Na6 16. a4 $5 {Lajos stays aggressive.} O-O-O 17. Nb5 Bxb5
$6 (17... Kb8 $1 18. Nd6 Rh7 19. O-O Nc8 {defends cleverly.}) 18. axb5 Nc7 19.
Rxa7 Nxb5 20. Ra5 Nc7 21. O-O Rg8 22. b3 f6 $1 23. exf6 Qxf6 24. Ra2 Bd6 25.
Ba5 $1 Nd7 $2 (25... cxb3 26. cxb3 Nd7 {keeps the b-file closed.}) 26. bxc4
dxc4 27. Bxc7 Bxc7 28. Bf3 Bb6 29. c3 $1 Kc7 ({
The counteraction in the centre by} 29... e5 $1 30. Kh1 $1 exd4 31. cxd4 Bxd4
32. Nxd4 Qxd4 {is answered by} 33. Rb1 $1) 30. Ra4 $1 Kb8 31. Rxc4 e5 32. Kh1
Qe6 33. Rb4 e4 34. Bh5 Rg5 35. Nf4 Qd6 36. Bf7 Rf8 37. Be6 Rg4 38. Bxd7 Rxf4
39. Rfb1 Rf6 40. Qg3 $1 Rg4 41. Qe5 Ka8 42. Qe8+ Qb8 43. Rxb6 Rxb6 44. Rxb6
Qxe8 45. Bxe8 e3 46. Re6 f4 47. d5 Kb8 48. d6 Kc8 49. Bb5 Rg8 50. Re8+ Rxe8 51.
d7+ Kc7 52. dxe8=Q {
Tartakower won the event by 61/2/9. His rival Steiner followed by half-a-point.
} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 2829"]
[Site "9"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Colle, Edgar"]
[Black "Michell, Reginald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

{Colle played elegant positional chess. A weak health was his greatest problem.
} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 Nxd5
$6 8. Qc2 O-O 9. e4 Ne7 10. Nf3 Re8 $6 {Black stays passively.} ({
The counteraction} 10... f5 11. Bc4 Nb6 {is needed.}) 11. Be2 b6 12. O-O Bb7
13. b4 a5 14. Bb2 Ng6 15. Rfd1 Re7 16. Rac1 axb4 17. axb4 Nf6 18. Nd2 Nf4 19.
Bf1 Rd7 20. g3 Ng6 21. Bg2 Qe7 22. Qb3 Rad8 23. b5 h5 24. Re1 Re8 25. Nc4 h4
26. f4 hxg3 27. hxg3 Qd8 28. f5 $6 {
Colle loses his positional advantage. He should have continued manoeuvring.}
Nf8 29. fxe6 Nxe6 30. d5 Nc5 31. Qc2 Ng4 32. Rcd1 Qg5 33. Bf3 f6 34. Qe2 Ne5 $6
(34... Nh6 $1 {avoids a weakening.}) 35. Bxe5 fxe5 36. Kg2 Rf8 37. Rh1 g6 38.
Qd2 Qxd2+ 39. Rxd2 {The white king cannot cross the f-file.} Re8 $2 ({Right is
} 39... Kg7 $1 40. Rh4 Re7 41. d6 Rd7 42. dxc7 Rxd2+ $1 43. Nxd2 Ne6 44. Nc4
Nxc7 45. Nxe5 Nxb5 {drawn.}) 40. Kf2 $1 Rh7 41. Rxh7 Kxh7 42. Ke3 $1 {
The king has gone to the centre and overprotects an important pawn.} Kg7 43. d6
$1 cxd6 44. Rxd6 Re6 45. Rxe6 Nxe6 46. Nxe5 Bc8 47. Bg4 Kf6 48. Nc4 Kg5 49. Bh3
Kf6 50. Nxb6 Bb7 51. Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings 2829"]
[Site "9"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Takacs, Sandor"]
[Black "Berger, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bb2
Nc6 9. d3 b6 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Nc4 Rc8 12. Qd2 Ba8 13. Ne3 Bf6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15.
Nc4 Qe7 16. Nce5 Rfd8 17. Rac1 Nd7 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Rc2 h6 20. Rfc1 Bb7 21.
Qe3 Nf6 22. Rc4 Nd5 23. Qe5 Ba6 24. Rg4 Nf6 25. Rh4 Rd5 26. Qb2 g5 $2 {
Black has made a ridiculous move.} 27. Ra4 $3 (27. Rxh6 $5 Kg7 28. Rh5 Kg6 29.
Rh3 {might be good but looks doubtful.}) 27... Bb5 28. Rxa7 $1 Qxa7 29. Qxf6
Rf5 (29... Qxa2 30. Ne5 Rxe5 31. Qxe5 Qxb3 32. Qf6 $1 {brings a white attack.})
30. Qxh6 Qe7 ({Or} 30... Qxa2 31. g4 Qb2 32. gxf5 Qxc1+ 33. Bf1 exf5 34. Nxg5)
31. Nd4 Re5 32. Nxb5 {The brilliant Takács died young.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 2829"]
[Site "9"]
[Date "1928.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yates, Frederick"]
[Black "Marshall, Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E59"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1928.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nf3 d5 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
O-O 9. Bd3 $5 {A natural variation of the Nimzo-Indian Defence makes its debut.
} Qc7 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 e5 12. Nxe5 $5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qxe5 14. f3 Be6 15.
Bxe6 fxe6 16. e4 Rad8 17. Be3 b6 18. Rae1 Rd7 19. g3 Rfd8 20. Bf4 Qh5 21. Rd1
c4 22. Rxd7 Rxd7 23. e5 $5 Nd5 24. Qa4 Rc7 25. Bd2 Qf7 26. Kg2 Qg6 27. Re1 h6
28. Re4 Kh7 29. h4 ({Not} 29. Rxc4 $4 b5 $1 30. Qxb5 Qd3) 29... h5 30. Qd1 b5
31. Qe2 $6 (31. a4 {counters on the queenside.}) 31... Rb7 32. Be1 a5 33. Qb2
Qf7 34. Qe2 Qg6 35. Kh2 Nb6 36. Bf2 Nd5 37. Be1 Rc7 $1 {
Black has gained a positional advantage.} 38. g4 $2 ({Appropriate is} 38. Bd2
$1 {If Black tries the breakthrough} b4 $5 39. axb4 axb4 40. cxb4 c3 41. Bc1 $1
{the passed pawn is stopped.}) 38... b4 $1 39. axb4 axb4 40. cxb4 c3 $1 41. Qd1
({Or} 41. gxh5 Qxh5 42. Qc2 Kg8 $1) 41... hxg4 42. Rxg4 c2 $1 43. Qc1 Qd3 44.
Rg1 Nf4 45. Bf2 Qxf3 46. Qe3 Rc3 47. Qxf3 Rxf3 48. Ra1 Rxf2+ 49. Kg3 Nd3 50. b5
Rf7 {Marshall was successful on his trip to Europe, but Frank had to share the
first place with Colle and Takács.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 2930"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1929.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Menchik, Vera"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1929.??.??"]

{Capablanca and Vidmar were the stars in Hastings 1929. Vera Menchik made her
debut in the Premier.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Nc6 6.
Bg2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. d4 O-O $5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 ({Usual will become} 9... exd5 $1
10. dxc5 Bxc5) 10. Be3 $1 Qh5 $5 11. dxc5 e5 {
Black has compensation for the pawn.} 12. Nd2 f5 13. f4 e4 14. Qb3+ Kh8 15.
Rfe1 Nd8 16. Qc2 Be6 17. b4 Nc6 18. a3 Bf6 19. Rad1 Qf7 20. Rc1 b5 $6 ({
More natural is} 20... Qc7) 21. cxb6 Nd4 22. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 23. e3 Bxb6 24. Nc4
Bxc4 25. Qxc4 Qxc4 26. Rxc4 Rac8 27. Bf1 g6 28. Kf2 Rxc4 29. Bxc4 Rc8 30. Rc1
a5 31. Ke2 axb4 32. axb4 Kg7 33. h3 Ra8 $5 34. Bb3 Ra3 35. Rc3 h5 36. g4 $6 {
White should have tried his luck on the queenside.} hxg4 37. hxg4 fxg4 38. Kf2
Kh6 39. Kg3 Bd8 40. Kxg4 Bf6 $6 (40... Be7 $1 41. Rc7 Rxb3 42. Rxe7 Rxb4 {
draws easily.}) 41. Rc6 Rxb3 42. Rxf6 Kg7 43. Kg5 $1 Rxe3 44. Rxg6+ Kf7 45.
Rf6+ Kg7 46. Rb6 Re1 47. Rb7+ Kg8 48. Kf6 e3 49. Rb8+ Kh7 50. Re8 Rb1 51. Rxe3
Rxb4 52. f5 Rb8 53. Kf7 Rb7+ 54. Re7 Rb6 55. f6 Ra6 $2 56. Rd7 $2 Ra8 57. Re7
Ra6 $2 ({Right is} 57... Kh6) 58. Kf8+ $1 Kg6 59. f7 Ra8+ 60. Re8 Ra7 61. Re6+
Kh7 62. Ke8 $2 Ra8+ 63. Ke7 {Capablanca has played the rook ending poorly.}
Ra7+ $2 (63... Kg7 $1 {achieves a sensational draw.}) 64. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Hastings 2930"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1929.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sergeant, Edward"]
[Black "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1929.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Nc3 Bb7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nd5 Na5 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Nh4 Nxb3 12. Nf5 Qe6 13. axb3 d5 14. f3 Ne8
15. Be3 Nd6 16. Bc5 Rfe8 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Qd2 Rac8 19. Rac1 f6 20. Rfd1 g6 21.
Ng3 Rc7 22. c4 bxc4 23. exd5 $5 Qxd5 24. dxc4 $2 (24. bxc4 $1 Qd4+ 25. Qf2
Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2 {draws.}) 24... Qxd2 25. Rxd2 d5 $1 26. Rcd1 d4 27. Re2 Kf7 28.
Ne4 Bxe4 29. Rxe4 {White has a ruined pawn structure.} g5 $1 (29... Rb8 30. f4
$1 {allows counter-play.}) 30. h4 h6 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. g3 Rb7 33. Rd3 Reb8 34.
f4 {White plays his trump.} Rxb3 35. Rxb3 Rxb3 36. fxe5 Rxg3+ 37. Kf1 ({
The crucial variation is} 37. Kf2 $1 Rb3 38. exf6 $1 Rxb2+ 39. Kf3 d3 40. Rd4
d2 41. Ke2 Kxf6 42. Rd6+ Kf5 43. Rxa6 g4 44. Ra8 g3 45. Rg8 g2 $1 {
and White will lose his rook.}) 37... f5 38. Rxd4 Ke6 39. c5 Rb3 40. c6 Rxb2
41. Rc4 Rb8 42. Rc5 Rc8 43. Ke2 a5 44. Kd3 a4 45. Kc4 g4 46. Kb5 g3 47. Kb6 g2
48. Rc1 f4 49. Kb7 Rxc6 0-1

[Event "Hastings 2930"]
[Site "10"]
[Date "1929.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Sergeant, Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1929.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bb5 Bb7 10. O-O a6 11. Ba4 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bc2 Nce4 14. Bxe4 dxe4
15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. Nd4 b5 17. a4 b4 18. Nce2 Rac8 19. Nf5 Bc5 20. Ned4 Kf8 21.
Bxf6 gxf6 22. Rfd1 Bd5 23. g4 b3 $2 {Capablanca only had to wait for the error.
} 24. Ne2 $1 (24. Nxb3 Bxb3 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rxc5 Bxa4 {
seems insufficient for the win.}) 24... Rd7 ({Or} 24... Ke8 25. Nf4 $1 Ba8 26.
Ng7+ Ke7 27. Rxd8 Kxd8 28. Rxc5 $1) 25. Nc3 Be6 26. Rxd7 Bxd7 27. Nxe4 Bb4 28.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 29. Nd4 Be6 30. Nxe6+ fxe6 31. Nxf6 Ba3 32. Ne4 Bxb2 33. Nc5 Ke7 34.
Nxb3 Kd6 35. e4 Ke5 36. f3 Kf4 37. Kf2 e5 38. Ke2 {
Capablanca won by 61/2/9, one point before Vidmar.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 3031"]
[Site "11"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Yates, Frederick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D66"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "1930.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. O-O b5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. Qc2 Rc8 13. Rfd1 c5 14. dxc5 Rxc5
15. b4 Rc8 16. Qb1 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Bxg5 18. Rxc8 Bxc8 19. Nxg5 Qxg5 20. Nc3 Bb7
21. Ne4 Qg6 22. Bf3 Bd5 23. Nc3 Qxb1 24. Nxb1 Nf6 25. Nc3 Rc8 $6 (25... Bxf3
26. gxf3 Rc8 {draws quickly.}) 26. Nxd5 Nxd5 27. Bxd5 exd5 28. g3 g6 $6 (28...
Rd8 $1 29. Rd4 f5 $1 {shields the isolated pawn.}) 29. Rxd5 Rc2 30. a4 bxa4 31.
Ra5 Ra2 32. Rxa6 Kg7 33. Kg2 a3 34. b5 Rb2 35. Rxa3 Rxb5 {
The rook ending of four against three pawns on one flank is regarded as drawn.}
36. Ra6 Rb4 37. h3 Rc4 38. Kf3 Rb4 39. Ra5 Rc4 $6 ({
Black misses the last opportunity to play} 39... h5 $1) 40. g4 $1 h6 41. Kg3
Rc1 42. Kg2 Rc4 43. Rd5 Ra4 44. f4 Ra2+ 45. Kg3 Re2 46. Re5 Re1 47. Kf2 Rh1 48.
Kg2 Re1 49. h4 Kf6 ({Best is} 49... f6 $1 50. Re7+ Kf8 51. Re6 Kf7 52. f5 gxf5
53. gxf5 h5 {(Kopaev).}) 50. h5 Re2+ 51. Kf3 Re1 52. Ra5 Kg7 53. hxg6 Kxg6 $1
54. e4 Rf1+ 55. Kg3 Rg1+ 56. Kh3 Rf1 57. Rf5 Re1 $2 {
Yates makes the decisive mistake.} ({Right is} 57... f6 $1 58. Kg2 Re1 59. e5
fxe5 60. Rxe5 $6 Rxe5 $1 61. fxe5 h5 $11) 58. e5 Re3+ 59. Kg2 Ra3 60. Rf6+ Kg7
61. Rb6 Re3 62. Rb4 Rc3 63. Kf2 Ra3 64. Rb7 Kg8 65. Rb8+ Kg7 66. f5 Ra2+ 67.
Ke3 Ra3+ 68. Ke4 Ra4+ 69. Kd5 $1 Ra5+ ({Or} 69... Rxg4 70. f6+ Kh7 71. Rf8 Kg6
72. Rg8+ Kf5 73. Rxg4 Kxg4 74. e6) 70. Kd6 Ra6+ 71. Kc7 Kh7 72. Kd7 Ra7+ 73.
Kd6 Kg7 74. Rd8 Ra5 75. f6+ Kh7 76. Rf8 Ra7 77. Kc6 $1 {
White has achieved zugzwang.} Kg6 78. Rg8+ Kh7 79. Rg7+ Kh8 80. Kb6 $1 Rd7 81.
Kc5 Rc7+ 82. Kd6 Ra7 83. e6 $1 Ra6+ 84. Ke7 Rxe6+ 85. Kxf7 Re4 ({Or} 85... Re5
86. g5 $1) 86. g5 $1 {White plays for mate.} hxg5 87. Kg6 $1 {
Capablanca had won a rook ending of theoretical importance.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 3031"]
[Site "11"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Menchik, Vera"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D63"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1930.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 a6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bd3 c6 10. O-O Ne4 11. Bf4 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 Re8 13. Qb1 Nf8 14. b4 Ng6 15.
Bg3 Bd6 16. a4 Bxg3 17. hxg3 Bd7 18. Rfc1 Qf6 19. b5 {
White carries out a minority attack.} axb5 20. axb5 Rec8 21. Qc2 Qd8 22. bxc6
Rxc6 23. Rc5 Rxc5 24. dxc5 Ra5 25. Qb2 Qa8 26. Qb6 Nf8 27. Ne5 Ra1 28. Rb1
Rxb1+ 29. Bxb1 Be6 30. Kh2 Nd7 $6 {The following exchanges favour White.} 31.
Nxd7 Bxd7 32. Qc7 (32. Qd6 Bc6 33. Ba2 Qf8 34. Bxd5 Qxd6 35. cxd6 Kf8 {
gives no convincing result.}) 32... Qc8 $2 ({Wiser is} 32... Bc6 $1) 33. Qxc8+
$1 Bxc8 {Two pupils of Maróczy fight in a bishop ending.} 34. Ba2 $1 Be6 35.
Kg1 Kf8 36. Kf1 Ke7 37. Ke2 Kf6 38. Kd3 Ke5 39. g4 $1 (39. f4+ $2 Kf5 40. Kd4
Kg4 41. Bxd5 Bxd5 42. Kxd5 Kxg3 $11 {
(Tijdschrift van den Nederlandsch-Indischen Schaakbond).}) 39... g5 $1 40. g3
Bxg4 41. f4+ gxf4 42. gxf4+ Kf6 43. Bxd5 Bc8 44. Bf3 $2 ({White wins by} 44.
Kc3 $1 Ke7 45. Kb4 $1 f6 46. Ka5 Kd8 47. Kb6 h5 48. Bxb7 h4 49. Bf3 h3 50. c6
h2 51. e4 {(after Euwe).}) 44... Ke7 45. Kc4 Kd8 46. Kd5 b6 47. c6 $6 Kc7 48.
Ke5 Be6 49. f5 Bb3 50. Kf6 b5 51. Kg7 b4 52. Kxh7 $2 Bc2 $1 53. Kg7 b3 54. Bd5
b2 55. Ba2 Kxc6 {Max has underestimated a woman.} 56. f6 ({Euwe has missed} 56.
Kxf7 Bb3+ $1) 56... Kd6 57. e4 Bxe4 58. Kxf7 Bd5+ 59. Bxd5 b1=Q 60. Kg7 Qg1+
61. Kf8 Kxd5 {Max also lost against Vera in the second round of the next
Hastings event. He was called <->President of the Miss Menchik Club', an
imaginary union of beaten men.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 3031"]
[Site "11"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sultan Khan, Mir"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1930.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 b6 3. c4 Bb7 4. Nc3 e6 5. a3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg5 Be7 8. e3
O-O 9. Bd3 Ne4 10. Bf4 Nd7 11. Qc2 f5 ({A great adventure is started by} 11...
g5 $5 12. Be5 f5 13. g4 $1) 12. Nb5 $1 Bd6 (12... g5 $5 13. Bxc7 Qc8 {
gives counter-play.}) 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14. h4 Rc8 15. Qb3 Qe7 16. Nd2 Ndf6 17.
Nxe4 fxe4 18. Be2 Rc6 19. g4 Rfc8 20. g5 Ne8 21. Bg4 Rc1+ 22. Kd2 R8c2+ $2 {
Black should exchange rooks.} 23. Qxc2 Rxc2+ 24. Kxc2 Qc7+ 25. Kd2 Qc4 26. Be2
Qb3 27. Rab1 Kf7 28. Rhc1 Ke7 29. Rc3 Qa4 30. b4 Qd7 31. Rbc1 a6 32. Rg1 Qh3
33. Rgc1 Qd7 34. h5 Kd8 35. R1c2 Qh3 {The queen has become a bystander.} 36.
Kc1 Qh4 37. Kb2 Qh3 38. Rc1 Qh4 39. R3c2 Qh3 40. a4 Qh4 41. Ka3 Qh3 42. Bg3 Qf5
43. Bh4 g6 44. h6 Qd7 45. b5 a5 46. Bg3 Qf5 47. Bf4 Qh3 48. Kb2 Qg2 49. Kb1 Qh3
50. Ka1 Qg2 51. Kb2 Qh3 52. Rg1 $1 {
Action starts after lengthy manoeuvring. White threatens Bg4.} Bc8 53. Rc6 $1
Qh4 54. Rgc1 {White conquers the queenside.} Bg4 55. Bf1 Qh5 56. Re1 Qh1 57.
Rec1 Qh5 58. Kc3 Qh4 59. Bg3 Qxg5 60. Kd2 Qh5 61. Rxb6 Ke7 62. Rb7+ Ke6 63. b6
Nf6 64. Bb5 Qh3 65. Rb8 {Capa was killed by torture.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 3031"]
[Site "11"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yates, Frederick"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1930.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Bg4 5. Bd3 e6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Re1 Bd6 8.
Nbd2 Nc6 9. c3 Qc7 10. Nf1 O-O-O 11. Be3 Kb8 12. a4 $6 ({Preferable is} 12. h3
Bh5 13. N1d2) 12... Na5 $1 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. h3 Bh5 15. Rab1 Nc4 16. Bc1 Ne4 17.
Ra1 f5 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Qe3 g5 $6 (19... h6 {prepares the desired move.}) 20.
Nxg5 Nxg5 21. Qxg5 Bf3 $1 22. Qe3 $1 Bd5 23. f3 Rhg8 24. Re2 $6 Rg7 $6 ({
The advance by} 24... e5 $1 25. Qf2 e4 26. f4 Rg6 {strengthens the attack.})
25. Qf2 Rcg8 26. Ne3 Rg3 27. Nxd5 exd5 28. Kh1 Qd8 29. Qf1 Qh4 30. f4 Rd3 31.
Be3 Rg3 32. Rae1 a6 33. Qf2 $4 ({Best is} 33. Bg1 $1) 33... Rdxe3 $1 {
Suddenly Max can open the solid defence line.} 34. Rxe3 Rxh3+ 35. Rxh3 Qxf2 36.
Re8+ Ka7 37. g3 Qxb2 38. Rxh7 Qxc3 39. Rd8 Qb4 40. a5 c3 {Euwe made good use
of his Christmas holidays. He participated many times in Hastings.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 3031"]
[Site "11"]
[Date "1930.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sultan Khan, Mir"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1930.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. a3 e6 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Be7 14. Bd2 Bf6
15. Bc3 Qd5 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. Re3 Kf8 19. Rae1 Rac8 20. g4 h6 21.
h4 Rxe3 22. Rxe3 Re8 23. Rxe8+ $6 {
Sultan Khan makes a strategic error. He should defend the kingside.} (23. Kg2
$1 g6 24. Kg3 {avoids any problems.}) 23... Kxe8 24. Kf1 Kd7 25. Ke2 Ke6 26.
Kd3 g6 $1 {Euwe intends to open f5 for his king.} 27. Bd2 $2 (27. Ke3 $1 {
still draws easily.}) 27... h5 $1 28. g5 ({No avail has} 28. gxh5 gxh5 29. Bg5
Bg7 $1 30. Be3 Kf5 $1) 28... Bd8 29. Ne1 (29. Bf4 Kf5 $1 30. Bg3 f6 $1 31. gxf6
Bxf6 {brings a decisive black advantage.}) 29... Kf5 $1 30. f3 f6 $1 31. f4 Kg4
$1 32. Ng2 Kg3 33. f5 $6 {White despairs.} Kxg2 34. fxg6 Ne7 35. g7 Ng8 36. Bf4
fxg5 37. hxg5 Kf3 38. Bb8 Bxg5 {This game had great consequences for the final
standings. Euwe won the event by 7/9, half-a-point before Capablanca and one
point before Sultan Khan.   The Indian Sultan Khan participated three times.
His master Sir Umar attended the closing dinner in January 1932 and was deeply
impressed by Helen Kashdan. He wanted to add her to his harem and offered
Isaac Kashdan 150 pounds. Capablanca got a similar amount for earnings and
expenses in Hastings 1929/30.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 3132"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sultan Khan, Mir"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "162"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. b4 c5 11. dxc5 $6 {
Hereafter Black takes the initiative.} ({Better is} 11. bxc5 dxc5 12. e3) 11...
dxc5 12. b5 a6 13. a4 Qc7 14. Qc3 Ra7 15. Ra3 Rfa8 16. Rfa1 h6 17. h3 Ne8 18.
e4 e5 19. Kh2 g6 20. Kg1 $6 (20. a5 $1 axb5 21. axb6 Qxb6 22. Rxa7 Rxa7 23.
Rxa7 Qxa7 24. cxb5 {equalises.}) 20... Ng7 21. h4 Ne6 22. Bh3 Nd4 23. Qd3 $5
Nf6 24. Nxd4 cxd4 25. Qf3 Kg7 26. Bg2 Qc5 27. Rb3 a5 $5 {
Black has gained an advantage on the queenside and starts another adventure.}
28. Rc1 Bc8 29. Rbb1 Bg4 30. Qd3 Nd7 31. f3 Be6 32. f4 f6 33. f5 $1 Bf7 34.
fxg6 Bxg6 35. Bh3 Qe7 36. Bxd7 Rxd7 37. Qf3 $2 {
Sultan Khan misses the last chance.} ({The pawn sacrifice} 37. c5 $1 bxc5 38.
Qf3 {creates a passed pawn and opens c4 for the knight.}) 37... Rc7 $1 38. h5
Bf7 39. Qg4+ Kh8 $1 40. Rf1 Rf8 41. Rf2 Be6 42. Qh4 Qd8 43. Rc1 Kg7 44. Kg2 Qd6
45. Qh1 Kh7 46. Qf1 Rg7 47. Kh2 Qa3 48. Rf3 $1 Qe7 ({Flohr mistrusts} 48...
Qxa4 49. Rb3 Qa2) 49. Rd3 Rg5 $1 50. Nf3 Rxh5+ 51. Nh4 Rg5 52. Rf3 Bg4 53. Rf2
Qa3 54. Ra1 Qb3 55. c5 bxc5 56. Rb1 Qe3 57. b6 Bc8 58. Rf3 Qxe4 59. Rb2 Rxg3
60. Kxg3 Rg8+ 61. Kf2 Qxh4+ 62. Ke2 Ba6+ 63. Rb5 Bxb5+ 64. axb5 c4 65. b7 Qe4+
66. Kd2 Qxb7 67. Kc1 Rg1 68. Qxg1 Qxf3 69. Qe1 Qa3+ 70. Kb1 Qb3+ 71. Kc1 Qxb5
72. Qe4+ Kg7 73. Qg4+ Kf7 74. Qh5+ Ke7 75. Qxh6 c3 76. Qg7+ Ke6 77. Qg8+ Kd6
78. Qd8+ Kc5 79. Qe7+ Kc4 80. Qe6+ Kb4 81. Qxf6 Ka3 {
Sultan Khan only scored 50% this time.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 3132"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kashdan, Isaac"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 {Euwe played the Alekhine occasionally.} 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6
5. exd6 exd6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 $5 Bh5 8. Be2 Nc6 9. d5 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Ne5 11. Be2
Qh4 12. O-O g5 $2 13. Qc2 $2 (13. c5 $1 dxc5 14. Bb5+ Nbd7 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16.
Qc2 {takes advantage of the over optimistic move.}) 13... Rg8 14. Nd2 g4 15.
hxg4 Nxg4 16. Qe4+ Be7 17. Nf3 Qh5 18. Bf4 f5 19. Qc2 O-O-O 20. Rfe1 Nd7 21.
Nh2 Qf7 22. Bd3 Nxh2 23. Bxh2 f4 24. Bf5 Rg5 25. Bh3 f3 26. Qe4 {
Both sides are fighting.} Qg7 $4 ({Right is} 26... Rg7) 27. Qxe7 Rxg2+ 28. Kh1
Rg8 29. Qe8+ Rxe8 30. Rxe8# {Euwe lost two games in the event.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 3132"]
[Site "12"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Stoltz, Goesta"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1931.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 a6 7. Rc1 dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. O-O c5 10. Qe2 cxd4 11. exd4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Nbd5 13. Bg3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bd7
$6 (14... b5 $1 {equalises.}) 15. Ne5 Be8 $5 16. f4 g6 $5 {
White can profit of blacks passive moves.} 17. Bf2 $6 (17. Bh4 $1 Rc8 18. Qd3
b5 19. c4 {attacks over a broad front.}) 17... b5 18. g4 $6 Nd5 19. Bg3 Rc8 20.
c4 bxc4 21. Bxc4 Ba3 22. Rce1 Bb4 23. Bxa6 $2 ({Right is} 23. Rc1) 23... Bxe1
24. Bxe1 Ra8 25. Qd3 $2 f6 $1 26. Nf3 Nxf4 27. Qe4 Nh3+ 28. Kg2 Rxa6 29. Kxh3
f5 30. gxf5 Rxf5 31. Bb4 Qd5 32. Qxd5 exd5 33. a3 Bb5 34. Rf2 Raf6 35. Kg3 Ba4
36. Be1 Bd1 37. Nd2 Rg5+ 38. Kh3 Re6 39. Rf1 Be2 40. Rh1 Re3+ 41. Bg3 Rd3 42.
Nb1 Rh5+ {Flohr won by the staggering 8/9, half-a- point before Kashdan.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 3233"]
[Site "13"]
[Date "1932.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jackson, Edward"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1932.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Nf3 e6 8. Qb3
Qc8 9. Ne5 $5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Qa4 $6 (11. O-O $1 {
proceeds the development.}) 11... Bh5 12. Nd2 a6 13. Bg3 Be7 14. Rc1 b5 $1 15.
Qf4 Qd8 16. Nf3 {Pawn e5 gets overprotection.} g5 $1 17. Qe3 g4 $1 18. Nd4 Bg5
19. Bf4 Bxf4 20. Qxf4 Qc7 21. O-O {Suddenly e5 lacks security.} Qxe5 22. Qh6
Bg6 {Pawn g4 has become a weakness.} 23. Rfe1 $6 ({Preferable is} 23. Be2 $1
Qf6 (23... Nf6 24. Rce1 $1) 24. Bxg4 Bd3 25. Qxf6 Nxf6 26. Rfd1) 23... Qh5 24.
Qe3 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 O-O 26. h3 $2 {White weakens the kingside.} Kh8 $5 27. Re3
Rg8 28. Rce1 Qg6 29. Qf1 gxh3 30. Rxh3 e5 31. Nf3 Qf5 32. Kh1 Rae8 33. Re3 Nf6
34. Nh4 Qe6 35. Nf3 Ng4 36. Re2 f6 37. Qg1 Qd7 38. Qe1 e4 39. Nd4 Ne5 40. f4 $6
(40. Qd2 {gives some counter-play.}) 40... exf3 41. Nxf3 Nd3 42. Qd2 Rxe2 43.
Qxd3 Rexg2 44. Rh6 Qg7 45. Qe3 Rg3 46. Rh4 {Flohr was productive again.} (46.
Rh4 Rh3+ 47. Rxh3 Qg2#) 0-1

[Event "Hastings 3233"]
[Site "13"]
[Date "1932.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Steiner, Lajos"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1932.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 a6 5. Qb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Be2 g6 8.
d4 Bg7 9. a4 O-O 10. Bf3 Ne8 11. Nge2 Nd6 12. O-O b6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bb7
15. Bg5 Nf6 16. Bxf6 exf6 17. Rac1 Qd6 18. Rc2 Rad8 19. Bf3 f5 20. Rd1 Rfe8 21.
g3 Re7 22. Nc3 Rde8 23. Re2 Bf6 24. Rxe7 Rxe7 25. Na2 $1 a5 26. Qb5 $6 ({
The return by} 26. Nc3 $1 {gains a plus.}) 26... h5 27. b4 $6 h4 $1 {
Black has gotten the time to attack.} 28. Bg2 ({White avoids} 28. bxa5 $2 Qa3
$1 29. Bg2 Qxa2 30. d6 $1 Re4 $1 31. Bxe4 fxe4 32. d5 e3 $1 33. fxe3 h3 $1 34.
Qf1 Bg5 $1) 28... hxg3 29. hxg3 f4 $1 30. g4 f3 31. Bxf3 Qf4 32. Qd3 $2 (32.
Kg2 $1 Bc8 33. Rd3 $1 Bxg4 34. Bxg4 Qxg4+ 35. Rg3 {defends properly.}) 32...
Bxd4 $1 33. Qxd4 Qxf3 34. Nc3 axb4 35. Qxb4 Bxd5 36. Nxd5 Qxd1+ 37. Kh2 Re6 38.
Ne3 Qd6+ 39. Qxd6 Rxd6 40. Nc4 Rc6 41. Ne5 Rc3 42. Nd7 Rb3 43. g5 f5 44. Nf6+
Kf7 45. Nd5 Ke6 46. Nf4+ Kd6 47. Nxg6 Rb4 48. Kg3 Rg4+ 49. Kf3 Rxg5 50. Nf4 Rg1
51. Nd3 Ra1 52. Nb2 Kd5 53. Kf4 Kd4 {Flohr won by a score of 7/9.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 3233"]
[Site "13"]
[Date "1932.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Alexander, Conel"]
[Black "Pirc, Vasja"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B25"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1932.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nge2 Bg7 6. d3 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
Ne8 9. Be3 Nd4 10. f4 $5 (10. Kh2 {
was played in Wolf - Lasker, Mährisch Ostrau 1923.}) 10... f5 $5 11. Kh2 Rb8
12. a4 Nc7 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. Bg1 $6 {Hereafter, Black takes the initiative.} (
14. Bf2 $1 {prepares the advance g4.}) 14... e5 15. Qd2 Kh8 16. Nd1 exf4 17.
Nxf4 $2 Be5 $2 (17... Nxg3 $1 18. Kxg3 Qg5+ 19. Kh2 Be5 {wins an exchange.})
18. Nc3 Ne6 19. Rae1 Qe7 20. Ne4 Bd7 21. c3 Qg7 22. d4 Nxg3 $5 23. dxe5 $2 {
Alexander loses his way in the tactical complications.} ({Right is} 23. Nxg6+
$1 hxg6 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 {and now} 25. dxe5 $1 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 dxe5 27. Qd6 {
White even has a plus.}) 23... Nxf1+ $1 24. Rxf1 Qxe5 25. Nxc5 ({Or} 25. Qxd6
Qxd6 26. Nxd6 Nxf4) 25... dxc5 26. Qxd7 Nxf4 27. Re1 Qxe1 28. Bxc5 Qe6 $6 (
28... Nh5 29. Bd4+ Nf6 {wins quickly.}) 29. Bd4+ Rf6 $1 30. Qc7 $6 Rbf8 31.
Qxf4 b6 32. Qg5 Qf5 33. Qh6 Kg8 34. Bxf6 Rxf6 35. c4 Qf4+ 36. Qxf4 Rxf4 37. Kg3
Rd4 38. b4 Kf8 39. Bd5 Ke7 {Pirc became second by a score of 61/2/9.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 3334"]
[Site "14"]
[Date "1933.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alexander, Conel"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1933.??.??"]

{Flohr, Alekhine, Lilienthal and Eliskases were battling in 1933. Alexander
was a former winner of the Boys Festival.} 1. e4 c6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5
exd5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. Nf3 a6 8. Qe2+ Be7 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. d4 Bg4
11. O-O Nf6 12. Re1 Ra7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 O-O 15. Bg5 Ne8 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17.
Qd3 Rxe1+ 18. Rxe1 Qa5 19. b3 Nc7 20. Re7 $5 Ne6 21. Kh2 $1 {
White blunders a pawn.} ({Correct is} 21. Rb7 Nf4 22. Qe3 Qxc3 $1 23. Qxf4 $1)
21... Qb4 22. Rd7 Nxd4 23. Ne2 Nxe2 24. Qxe2 a5 25. Qe5 Qd2 26. Qc7 Qxa2 27.
Qxc6 Qxf2 28. Qd6 $6 ({Better is} 28. Qxd5) 28... h6 29. Rd8 Rxd8 30. Qxd8+ Kh7
31. Qxd5 Qf4+ 32. Kg1 Qc7 33. Kf2 Qb6+ 34. Kf3 Kg6 35. g4 Kf6 36. Qf5+ Ke7 37.
Qe5+ Kf8 38. Qd5 g6 39. Kg2 Qb4 40. Qd8+ Kg7 41. Qd5 Qc3 42. Kh2 Qe1 43. Kg2 h5
44. g5 $2 Qc3 $2 (44... h4 {isolates white pawns.}) 45. h4 Qb4 46. Qe5+ Kh7 47.
Qg3 Kg8 48. Kh3 Kf8 49. Qf3 Qc5 50. Kg2 Qf5 51. Qg3 Qd5+ 52. Kf2 Qc5+ 53. Kg2
Ke7 54. Qf3 Qb6 55. Qe4+ Kf8 56. Qa8+ Kg7 57. Qf3 Qb4 58. Qg3 Qe4+ 59. Kf2 Qc2+
60. Kf1 Qc5 61. Kg2 Kf8 62. Qf3 Ke8 {
The black king should advance to the central area.} 63. Qd3 $2 (63. Qb7 $1 Qb4
$1 64. Qc8+ $1 Ke7 65. Qc7+ Ke6 66. Qc6+ $1 {forces the black king to return.})
63... Qb4 64. Qg3 Qe4+ 65. Kf1 Kd7 66. Kf2 $6 (66. Qb8 $1 Qb4 $1 67. Qa7+ Ke6
68. Qa6+ Kf5 $1 69. Qf6+ Kg4 70. Qxf7 Qf4+ 71. Qxf4+ Kxf4 {
leads to a won pawn ending.}) 66... Ke6 67. Kf1 Qf5+ {
Black will exchange the queens and win.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 3334"]
[Site "14"]
[Date "1933.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Tylor, Theodore"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1933.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Be2 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Qf4 Nc6 14. Rfd1
Ne7 15. Rac1 Ng6 16. Qe3 $1 (16. Qg4 $6 h5 $1 {
was played in Fairhurst - Alekhine, Folkestone 1933.}) 16... Qd7 $5 17. h4 $1 {
White occupies the centre and advances on the kingside.} Rfc8 $2 {
Black allows an attack on the king.} (17... f5 $1 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. Bd3 Rf6 {
gives a counteraction.}) 18. h5 $1 Ne7 ({Or} 18... Nf8 19. h6 $1) 19. Ne5 Qd8
20. h6 Ng6 21. Ng4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rxc8 Bxc8 24. hxg7 e5 $5 (24... Kxg7
25. e5 $1 Qh4 26. g3 Qh3 27. Qg5 {lets White utilise the weak squares.}) 25.
Nxe5 Nxe5 26. dxe5 Be6 27. a3 Qc7 28. f4 Bc4 29. Bf3 Kxg7 30. Qd4 Kg8 31. Kh1
Bb3 32. Qe3 Ba4 33. Qe1 a5 34. Qg3+ Kf8 35. Qh4 b5 36. Qh6+ Ke8 37. e6 $1 Qc1+
38. Kh2 Bb3 39. Bh5 $1 Qxa3 40. exf7+ Bxf7 41. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings 3334"]
[Site "14"]
[Date "1933.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1933.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 $5 Nc6 4. f4 d6 5. d3 Bg4 6. Be2 h5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Be3
Qd7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 exf4 $6 {Black loosens the grip on the centre.} 11.
Bxf4 Nd4 12. Be3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Qe6 $6 (13... c6 {prepares the desired move.})
14. Nb5 Qd7 15. Nd4 O-O-O 16. Nf5 Ne8 $5 {Lilienthal has a horrible position.}
17. Bd4 Rg8 $5 18. Qxh5 g6 19. Qg4 $6 (19. Nxe7+ $1 Qxe7 {(Alekhine)} 20. Qf3 {
wins easily.}) 19... gxf5 $1 20. Qxg8 Bh4+ 21. Bf2 Nf6 22. Qxd8+ Qxd8 23. Bxh4
Qh8 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. O-O-O fxe4 26. dxe4 Qf4+ 27. Rd2 Qxe4 28. h4 {
White sacrifices a pawn.} ({More prudent is} 28. Rc2) 28... Qxc4+ 29. Kb1 Qf4
30. Rdd1 Qh6 31. g4 $5 Kd8 $5 32. Rde1 a5 33. h5 a4 34. a3 f6 35. Re6 $1 Kd7
36. g5 $1 Qxg5 37. h6 Qg2 38. Ree1 Qg6+ 39. Ka1 Qh7 40. Reg1 Ke6 41. Rg7 Qe4
42. Rhg1 Qh4 43. h7 b5 44. Rxc7 {White has made progress.} Qh5 45. Re1+ Kd5 46.
Ka2 Kd4 47. Rd1+ $1 Ke4 48. Rxd6 Qe8 49. Rxf6 Qh8 50. Rh6 Kf4 51. Rc8 $2 {
Alekhine has miscalculated the tactics.} Qxc8 52. Rh4+ Kg5 $2 ({The devious} 
52... Kf3 $3 53. h8=Q Qe6+ 54. Kb1 Qe1+ 55. Kc2 Qf2+ 56. Kc3 Qc5+ 57. Kd3 Qe3+
$1 {brings a perpetual.}) 53. h8=Q Qe6+ 54. Kb1 Qe1+ 55. Kc2 Qe2+ 56. Kc3 {
The game had a remarkable finish.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 3334"]
[Site "14"]
[Date "1933.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Eliskases, Erich"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1933.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 c5 5. Bxc4 e6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qe2 a6 8. Rd1
b5 9. Bd3 $5 ({Theory is} 9. dxc5) 9... c4 10. Bc2 Nb4 11. e4 Nxc2 12. Qxc2 Bb7
13. d5 exd5 ({Salo will play} 13... Qc7 {in Ravinsky - Flohr, Moscow 1944.})
14. Nc3 Be7 15. exd5 Qc7 16. Rd4 O-O 17. Bg5 Ne8 $5 18. Re1 f6 $5 19. Bf4 {
White has the initiative.} Bd6 20. Ne2 Qd7 21. Bxd6 Nxd6 22. Nf4 Rfe8 23. Re3
$5 {The rook goes to the third rank in the databases, an error.} Re7 24. Rd1
Rae8 25. h4 Qc7 26. Nd4 Bc8 27. Rxe7 Rxe7 28. Nde6 {White keeps e6 occupied.}
Qb6 29. h5 h6 $6 {Probably, time pressure had begun.} 30. Re1 Nf7 31. Re3 Qd6
32. Qg6 Ne5 33. Qf5 $4 {Eliskases cannot find a win and blunders.} ({Correct is
} 33. Qe4 $1 Bxe6 34. dxe6 Qd1+ 35. Re1 Qd8) 33... Bxe6 $1 34. Nxe6 ({Or} 34.
dxe6 Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Ng4+) 34... Qxd5 {The white position falls apart.   The
young Salo Flohr had his great days. He won by 7/9. Alekhine and Lilienthal
followed by half-a-point.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 3435"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1934.12.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

{The 1934/35 festival had the strongest Premier group in the history of
Christmas events. Wealthy locals paid the high costs. The candidates Euwe,
Lilienthal, Capablanca, Flohr and Botvinnik partook.} 1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5
cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Nf3 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1
a6 11. Bd3 h6 12. Be3 Nb4 13. Bb1 b5 14. Ne5 (14. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Nd5 16.
Ne5 {takes the initiative.}) 14... Bb7 15. Qd2 Re8 16. f4 $6 {
Botvinnik applies a standard attack of the Queens Gambit Accepted.} ({
Euwe advices} 16. f3 $1) 16... Nbd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. f5 $2 {
The white centre becomes weak.} Bd6 $1 19. fxe6 Rxe6 20. Bf5 Re7 21. Bh3 Bxe5
22. dxe5 Qxe5 {Black has gained a pawn.} 23. Bf4 Qd5 24. Qxd5 Nxd5 25. Bd2 Rae8
26. b3 Re2 27. Rf2 Nf6 28. Ba5 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Ne4+ 30. Kf1 Ng5 31. Bd7 Re7 32.
Bf5 Re5 33. Bb1 Be4 34. Bxe4 Nxe4 35. Rc6 $6 ({More active is} 35. Ke2 $1)
35... Rf5+ 36. Ke1 ({Or} 36. Kg1 Rc5 37. Rxc5 Nxc5) 36... Rf2 37. a4 Rxg2 38.
Rxa6 bxa4 39. bxa4 Rxh2 40. Ra8+ Kh7 41. Bb6 Ra2 42. a5 h5 43. a6 h4 44. a7 h3
45. Bg1 Nf6 46. Kd1 Ng4 47. Re8 h2 (47... h2 48. Bxh2 Rxa7 {
exchanges the passed pawns. Black keeps two extra pawns.}) 0-1

[Event "Hastings 3435"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1934.12.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Black "Thomas, George"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D61"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. a3 Be7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Nf3
Re8 9. Rd1 Nf8 $6 ({Better is} 9... b6 10. Bd3 Ba6 $1) 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4
Nd5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O b6 14. Ne2 Bb7 15. e4 Nf6 16. Ng3 Red8 17. Rfe1 Rac8
18. Qb3 Qc7 19. Qa2 $6 ({Right is} 19. e5 $1 Ne8 20. Ne4 {
and Capa has his usual positional advantage.}) 19... c5 $1 20. d5 b5 $1 21.
Bxb5 $6 (21. d6 $1 Rxd6 22. Rxd6 Qxd6 23. Bxb5 {defends ingeniously.}) 21...
exd5 22. e5 Ne4 23. Nxe4 $4 {Capablanca blunders awfully.} (23. Bd3 $1 Nxg3 24.
hxg3 d4 {leads to a black plus.}) 23... dxe4 24. Nd2 Rxd2 $1 25. Rxd2 Qa5 26.
b4 Qxb5 27. bxc5 Qxc5 {Black has gained material.} 28. Qb2 Ba8 29. Rdd1 Qe7 30.
Qd4 h6 31. Qd6 Qxd6 $6 32. Rxd6 $6 (32. exd6 $5 Rd8 33. Re3 {
gives a fighting chance.}) 32... Ng6 33. e6 fxe6 34. Rxe6 Kf7 35. Ra6 Rc7 36.
Rb1 Ne7 37. h4 Nc8 38. Rb5 Bb7 39. Rf5+ Kg8 40. Re6 Ne7 41. Rf4 Bd5 42. Rd6 Rc8
43. Ra6 $2 Rc1+ 44. Kh2 Nc6 $1 45. h5 Rc2 46. Rf5 Be6 47. Rf4 Rc4 48. g4 Bc8 $1
49. Rxc6 Rxc6 50. Rxe4 Kf7 51. Ra4 Ra6 52. Rf4+ Ke7 53. Re4+ Kf6 {
Sir George was a British loser no longer!} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 3435"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1934.12.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Thomas, George"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 dxc6 7. Nd2 e5 8.
O-O Qc7 9. b3 Bc5 10. Bb2 Bg4 11. Be2 h5 12. Nc4 Rd8 13. Qe1 Nd7 14. Bxg4 hxg4
15. b4 Be7 16. Rd1 Rh5 17. f3 gxf3 18. Rxf3 Nf6 19. Rxd8+ Qxd8 20. h3 Nd7 21.
a3 Qc7 22. Qe2 Rg5 23. Bc1 Rg6 24. Rd3 b5 25. Ne3 Rd6 26. Nf5 Rxd3 27. Qxd3 Bf8
28. Be3 g6 29. Nh4 Nb6 30. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 31. Kf1 a5 32. c3 Qc7 33. Nf3 Bd6 34. Nd2
Ke7 35. Nb3 a4 36. Nd2 c5 37. Ke2 Qb6 38. Nf1 $1 Qc6 39. Ne3 $1 {
White gains a positional advantage.} Qb7 $2 (39... f6 $1 40. Nd5+ Kf7 {
builds a defensive screen.}) 40. Nd5+ $1 Kf8 $6 (40... Kd8 $5 41. Qg3 $1 {
also leads to great problems for Black.}) 41. Qf3 $1 Be7 42. Qg3 Qb8 43. Qe3
cxb4 44. cxb4 Ke8 45. Qd3 $1 Kf8 46. Nc3 Qb6 47. Qxb5 Qg1 48. Kf3 Bh4 $2 49.
Qc5+ $1 Qxc5 50. bxc5 Ke8 51. Nxa4 Kd7 52. Nb2 Be1 53. Kg4 Bc3 54. Nd3 Ke6 55.
h4 Bd4 56. a4 Bc3 57. Kf3 Ba5 58. g4 Kf6 59. h5 gxh5 60. gxh5 {
The second loss by Botvinnik was a great sensation.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 3435"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1934.12.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Thomas, George"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D69"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5
Qxe5 15. f4 Qe7 ({Euwe prefers} 15... Qf6) ({or} 15... Qe4) 16. f5 $1 {
White threatens f6!} b5 $2 {Thomas plays a poor novelty.} 17. Bb3 b4 $2 (17...
Qf6 $1 18. Qd4 $1 Qxd4 19. exd4 {only favours White.}) 18. f6 $1 gxf6 19. Rxc6
Qxe3+ 20. Kh1 Bb7 21. Rcxf6 Qe4 22. Qd2 Kh8 23. Bxf7 Rac8 24. R6f2 Rcd8 $2 (
24... Qg4 $1 {(Euwe)} 25. Kg1 a5 26. Rf4 {prolongs the game.}) 25. Qg5 Rd6 26.
Bd5 $1 {Sir George could not defeat all candidates.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 3435"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1934.12.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Black "Capablanca, Jose"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E24"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 6. f3 d5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
Ba6 9. e4 Bxc4 $6 ({Safer is} 9... dxc4) 10. Bxc4 dxc4 11. Qa4+ Qd7 12. Qxc4
Qc6 $5 (12... Nc6 13. Ne2 Na5 {
was played in Alekhine - Eliskases, Hastings 1933.}) 13. Qd3 Nbd7 14. Ne2 Rd8
15. O-O a5 ({More natural is} 15... O-O $1) 16. Qc2 Qc4 17. f4 Rc8 18. f5 $1 e5
19. dxe5 Qxe4 $2 ({Right is} 19... Nxe5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Nf4 {
and White has an advantage.}) 20. exf6 $3 {
Lilienthal executes a famous queen sacrifice.} Qxc2 21. fxg7 Rg8 22. Nd4 $1 Qe4
23. Rae1 Nc5 24. Rxe4+ Nxe4 25. Re1 Rxg7 26. Rxe4+ {
Capablanca lost for the second time in this event.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 3435"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1934.12.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Milner Barry, Philip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A27"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 $5 {
Euwe introduces a new variation of the English Opening.} exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6.
Nxc6 bxc6 7. g3 Ne7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Bg5 Bd7 $6 ({Preferable is} 10...
Be6 11. c5 d5 {(Garcia - Damjanovic, Buenos Aires 1970.)}) 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. b3
f6 13. Be3 a6 14. Rad1 Qc8 15. Rfe1 Nf5 16. Ba7 Ra8 17. Bc5 Rd8 18. Ba3 Ne7 19.
Ne4 Bh3 20. Bb2 Bxg2 21. Nxf6+ $2 {The former winner of the boys festival,
Milner Barry, has defended well. Euwe loses his patience.} ({The obvious} 21.
Kxg2 {keeps a plus.}) 21... Kf7 $2 (21... Kh8 $3 22. Kxg2 Qe6 $1 23. Nd5 cxd5
24. cxd5 Qf7 {gains material.}) 22. Nxh7 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 Bh3 ({Or} 23... Kg8 24.
Qf6 $1 Kxh7 25. Qxe7+) 24. Qf6+ Ke8 25. Qg7 $1 Kd7 26. Rd3 Rf8 27. Rf3 Rf5 28.
Rxf5 gxf5 29. e4 f4 30. e5 d5 31. e6+ Bxe6 32. Nf6+ Kd6 33. c5+ Kxc5 34. Qxe7+
1-0

[Event "Hastings 3435"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1934.12.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Norman, George"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d6 {Norman opens shyly.} 4. d4 Be7 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6.
Nge2 e5 7. f3 c5 $6 (7... exd4 8. Nxd4 Ne5 {defends actively.}) 8. d5 $1 Nh5 9.
Be3 h6 10. Qd2 Nf8 11. g4 Nf6 $2 (11... Bh4+ $1 12. Kd1 Nf6 {
obstructs the white advance on the kingside.}) 12. Ng3 a6 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5
N6h7 $2 {Withdrawal hurts Black.} 15. O-O-O Qa5 16. h4 Nd7 17. g5 h5 18. Kb1
Rb8 19. Qe2 Nhf8 20. Bd2 Qc7 21. Ne4 Nb6 22. Ba5 Nfd7 23. f4 f6 24. Ng3 {
Black loses in the way early computer engines were defeated.} Qc8 25. Nxh5 Kf7
26. fxe5 dxe5 27. Rdg1 1-0

[Event "Hastings 3435"]
[Site "15"]
[Date "1934.12.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Thomas, George"]
[Black "Lilienthal, Andor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1934.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Ne2 Ne7 6. Ng3 Nbc6 7. c3 Be6 8.
Nd2 Qd7 9. Nf3 O-O-O 10. Bd2 h5 11. Nh4 f6 12. Qc2 g5 13. Nhf5 Bxg3 14. Nxe7+
Qxe7 15. hxg3 Bf5+ 16. Be3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Qd7 18. O-O-O Ne7 19. Rde1 Nf5 20. Bd2
Nd6 21. Re2 Ne4 22. Be1 Rde8 23. f3 Nd6 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Bf2 Qa4 26. Kb1 Qc4
27. Qxc4 Nxc4 28. b3 $1 Nd2+ $4 (28... Nd6 29. Re1 {and}) (28... Re2 29. bxc4
Rxf2 30. Rxh5 dxc4 31. Rh6 Rxg2 32. g4 {draw easily.}) 29. Kc1 Re2 30. Be1 $1 {
That's the way to defeat a candidate!} Ne4 31. fxe4 dxe4 32. Rf1 Rxa2 33. Rxf6
e3 34. Kd1 h4 35. gxh4 gxh4 36. Re6 Rxg2 37. Bxh4 Rb2 38. b4 Kd7 39. Rxe3 Kc6
40. Re5 {Thomas led by 61/2/8, half-a-point before Euwe and one point before
Flohr at the end of the penultimate round. Sir George was defeated by his
countryman Michell in the last round. Flohr caught up by a win over Milner
Barry. Euwe attacked against Norman. So the empire seemed to be in troubles.
But Euwe could not break the stubborn defence and offered a quickly accepted
draw. A fine dinner began. Hastings had its first British winner in an
international event! Sir George Thomas shared the victory with the next world
champion Euwe and Flohr.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 3536"]
[Site "16"]
[Date "1935.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Flohr, Salo"]
[Black "Fine, Reuben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D61"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1935.??.??"]

{Flohr, Fine, Tartakower and Koltanowski were the foreign stars of 1935.} 1. d4
e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qc2 c6 8. a3 Re8 9.
Rd1 dxc4 $2 {Black loses a tempo. He should have waited until White plays Bd3.}
10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O Nxc3 13. Qxc3 c5 $6 ({More prudent is} 13...
b6) 14. d5 $5 exd5 15. Rxd5 b6 16. Rfd1 Rf8 $5 17. b4 cxb4 18. axb4 Nf6 19. Re5
Qc7 20. Ng5 $1 {The knight aims at f7.} Bb7 21. Ne6 $1 {
But goes to e6. Black should not capture.} Qc6 $1 22. f3 Ba6 23. Rd4 Rfc8 {
The win was not calculated until strong computer engines were available.} 24.
Nd8 $2 ({Right is} 24. Nxg7 $3 Bxc4 (24... Kxg7 25. b5 $1 Bxb5 26. Rxb5 Rd8 27.
Rg5+ {(Peel)}) 25. Nf5 $1 Qa4 26. Ra5 $1 bxa5 27. Rg4+ Kf8 28. Qxf6 {
wins for White.}) 24... Qc7 25. Rg4 $2 ({White can draw by} 25. Nc6 $1 Qxc6 26.
Rd8+ Rxd8 27. Bxf7+ Kxf7 28. Qxc6 Kf8 29. Rf5 $1 {and a perpetual will follow.}
) 25... Qxd8 26. Reg5 Qd1+ 27. Kf2 Nxg4+ 28. Rxg4 g6 29. Bxf7+ Kxf7 30. Rf4+
Kg8 31. Qf6 Qd7 {Flohr lost in Hastings for the first time.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 3536"]
[Site "16"]
[Date "1935.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Golombek, Harry"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1935.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3
dxc6 8. Qd4 $2 {White should exchange.} Qe7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. e3 $4
(11. Qf4 $1 Qa3 12. Qxf6 Bf5 13. Rd1 {defends well.}) 11... Rd8 $1 12. Qf4 Qa3
$1 13. Qxf6 Rd6 $1 14. Qe5 Qb2 $1 {Black has won tempi.} 15. Qe8+ ({
The pointe is} 15. Rd1 Rxd1+ 16. Kxd1 Bg4+ 17. f3 Rd8+) 15... Kg7 16. Qe5+ Kf8
17. Qh8+ Ke7 18. Qe5+ Be6 0-1

[Event "Hastings 3536"]
[Site "16"]
[Date "1935.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Alexander, Conel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1935.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Nc6 6. O-O Bg4 7. Nd5 $5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Nd4 $5 {Both players are fighters.} 9. c3 Nxf3+ 10. gxf3 Bh3 11. Re1 $5 (
11. cxb4 Qf6 12. Kh1 Bxf1 13. Qxf1 Qxf3+ 14. Qg2 Qd1+ {
draws. Tartakower wants to play for a win.}) 11... Qf6 12. Kh1 Ba5 13. f4 Qf5
14. d4 O-O-O 15. dxe5 Bb6 16. Qf3 dxe5 17. Rxe5 Rhe8 $1 18. Bd3 Qg4 19. Qxg4+
Bxg4 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 (20... Bf3+ $1 21. Kg1 Rxe8 22. Be3 Bxd5 {brings a plus.})
21. Kg2 $1 Re1 22. Rb1 Rd1 23. Be4 f5 $6 (23... Be2 $1 24. Be3 Rxb1 25. Bxb1
Bc4 {keeps the equality.}) 24. Bc2 Rxd5 25. f3 Bh5 26. c4 Rd8 27. b4 $5 (27.
Bxf5+ $6 Kb8 28. Bxh7 Rd1 $1 {and White has taken a positional risk.}) 27...
Bd4 28. Bxf5+ Kb8 29. Bd2 {White has the initiative.} Bf6 $2 ({Better is} 29...
Bf7 $1 30. Bxh7 Bxc4) 30. Be3 h6 31. b5 Bf7 32. Rc1 Re8 {
Black defends passively.} 33. Kf2 Bh4+ 34. Ke2 Bf6 35. Be4 Bh5 36. Kd3 Rd8+ 37.
Kc2 Bf7 38. Kb3 Rd6 39. f5 Be5 40. h3 Rd8 41. a4 Rd6 42. a5 Rd8 43. Kb4 Bd6+ {
Black misses the last chance to play .. a6.} 44. c5 Be7 45. Rg1 Bf6 46. Rg2 Be5
47. Rd2 Rxd2 48. Bxd2 b6 49. Be3 bxa5+ 50. Kxa5 Bc3+ 51. Ka6 Bc4 52. Bc6 Be5
53. f4 Bf6 54. Bf2 {
Conel Alexander was able to compete with the best but still lost.} ({
The pointe is} 54. Bf2 Bf1 55. h4) ({Sources give the unlikely} 54. Bd2) 1-0

[Event "Hastings 3536"]
[Site "16"]
[Date "1935.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fine, Reuben"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1935.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 $5 Nc6 9. Nf3 Bd7 $6 (9... O-O $5 {
will be played in Alekhine - Euwe, Amsterdam 1937.}) 10. c4 Qd6 11. Bc3 Rc8 12.
Be2 cxd4 13. exd4 O-O 14. O-O Rfd8 15. Rad1 Be8 16. Rfe1 b6 17. Bf1 Ne7 18. Ne5
Ng6 19. Qc1 Bc6 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21. Qa3 Ne4 22. Bb2 Nd6 23. d5 exd5 24. Rxd5 a5
$2 (24... Nxc4 $1 25. Qc3 Nce5 $1 26. Rexe5 Qxc3 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Bxc3 Nxe5
29. Bxe5 {(Fine)} b5 $1 {only favours White.}) 25. Qd3 Nb7 26. g3 Qc7 27. Qd4
f6 28. Bg2 Nc5 29. Qe3 Rxd5 30. Bxd5+ Kf8 31. Ba3 Qd6 $2 (31... Ne7 {
prolongs the game.}) 32. Qe6 $1 {A 'fine' move decides the game.} Qxe6 33. Rxe6
Rb8 34. Rxb6 {Fine won by 71/2/9, one point before Flohr. Tartakower was third.
Koltanowski fourth. Alexander headed the six British losers.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 3637"]
[Site "17"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Eliskases, Erich"]
[Black "Fine, Reuben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E34"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 c5 7. Nge2 $5 cxd4
8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. Nf3 Ne4 10. Bd2 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 Qa5 13. Qxa5 Nxa5
14. Bb5+ Bd7 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 {The game seems to end as a simple draw.} 16. Ne5+
Ke7 17. O-O (17. Ke2 $1 {keeps the king in the centre.}) 17... Rac8 18. Rac1
Rhd8 19. g3 f6 20. b4 $1 fxe5 21. bxa5 Rc6 22. Rb1 Rd7 23. Rb5 a6 $1 24. Rxe5
Rc2 $1 25. Rb1 $2 {White makes a foolish effort to win.} ({Right is} 25. a4
Rdd2 26. Kg2) 25... Rdd2 $1 26. Rxb7+ Kf6 27. Re4 Rxf2 {
Both players are experiencing great time trouble. Eliskases blunders.} 28. Rb6
$2 ({White should play} 28. Rf4+ $1 Rxf4 29. exf4 Rxa2 30. f5 $1 e5 31. Rb6+
Kxf5 32. Rxa6 {drawn.}) 28... Rg2+ 29. Kf1 Rcf2+ 30. Ke1 Rxa2 31. Rbxe6+ Kg5
32. R6e5+ Kh6 33. Rh4+ Kg6 34. Kf1 Rgb2 35. Rg4+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "Hastings 3637"]
[Site "17"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Vidmar, Milan Sr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D65"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Qc2
a6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Bc4 Nxc3 12. Qxc3 c5 $2 (12... b6 13. O-O Bb7
{develops the queens bishop before the c-pawn moves (Grau - Bolbochan, Buenos
Aires 1936).}) 13. dxc5 Qxc5 $6 ({The sharp} 13... Nxc5 14. Bd5 $5 Na4 15. Qd4
{(Alekhine)} exd5 $1 16. Qxa4 Bf5 {gives Black counter-play.}) 14. Bb3 $1 b6
15. Qd2 Qh5 16. Bd1 $1 Nc5 17. b4 Ne4 18. Qd4 Bb7 $1 {
Vidmar seeks a counteraction. Alekhine reacts quietly.} 19. O-O $1 (19. Qxb6 $6
Rab8 {brings two-sided tactics.}) 19... b5 20. Ne5 Qh6 21. Nc6 Bxc6 22. Rxc6
Nf6 23. Bf3 Rad8 24. Rd6 Rxd6 25. Qxd6 Qh4 26. a3 $1 Qc4 27. Qxa6 {
White has won a pawn and maintains a positional advantage.} Nd5 28. a4 $1 Nc7
29. Qc6 Qxc6 30. Bxc6 bxa4 31. Ra1 Rb8 32. Rxa4 Kf8 33. g4 $5 {
Alekhine has to advance his infantry and starts with an odd move.} Ke7 34. b5
$5 e5 35. f4 $1 f6 36. fxe5 fxe5 37. Ra2 $1 Rb6 ({
The point of the white plan is} 37... Kd6 38. Rd2+ Kc5 39. Rd7 Nxb5 40. Bxb5
Rxb5 41. Rxg7 {and wins.}) 38. Rb2 h6 39. Kf2 Ke6 40. Kf3 Nd5 41. h4 Ne7 42.
Be4 Nd5 43. Rb3 Kd6 44. g5 hxg5 45. hxg5 Ke6 46. Bd3 Kd6 47. Ra3 Ne7 48. Ra7
Rb8 49. Ke4 g6 50. Ra3 Rb6 51. Bc4 Rb8 52. Rd3+ Kc5 53. Rd7 Nc8 54. Bf7 Nd6+
55. Kxe5 Rb6 56. e4 Nxb5 57. Rd5+ Kb4 58. Rd8 Na7 59. Rd6 Nc6+ 60. Kd5 Ne7+ 61.
Ke6 Nc6 62. Kf6 Kc5 63. Rd5+ Kb4 64. e5 Kc4 65. Rd1+ Kc5 66. Rc1+ Kd4 67. e6
Ke3 68. Bxg6 Nd4 69. Bf7 Ne2 70. Re1 Kf2 71. Rxe2+ {
The race between the stars Alekhine and Fine had begun.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 3637"]
[Site "17"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Winter, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Bd3 Qxd4 6. Nf3 Qd8 7. Qe2 Nxe4 8.
Bxe4 Nd7 9. O-O Nc5 $5 (9... Nf6 {
9. .. Nf6 was played in Mieses - Sämisch, Frankfurt 1930.}) ({My choice is} 
9... g6) 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Ne5 $1 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Be6 13. Bf4 Qc8 14. Nc4 $1 {
Alekhine plays the gambit well.} g5 $5 {Black returns the pawn.} 15. Bxg5 Rg8
16. Bf4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Qg4 18. g3 e5 $2 19. Re1 $6 ({Preferable is} 19. Qb3 $1
exf4 20. Qxb7 {and White wins quickly.}) 19... O-O-O 20. Rxe5 Rg6 21. Qxf7 Bd6
22. Qf5+ Qxf5 23. Rxf5 Bxf4 24. Rxf4 Rd2 25. Rc1 Re6 26. Rf8+ Kd7 27. Rf7+ Ke8
28. Rxb7 Ree2 29. Rf1 Rxc2 30. Rxa7 Rxb2 31. Rxh7 1-0

[Event "Hastings 3637"]
[Site "17"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Feigin, Movsa"]
[Black "Fine, Reuben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E37"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 Nc6 8.
e3 e5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Bc4 Qa5+ 11. b4 Nxb4 12. Qxe4 Nc2+ 13. Ke2 Qe1+ 14. Kf3
Nxa1 15. Bb2 {
Rauzer-Konstantinopolsky, Kiev 1932, led to this position. Fine is unaware.}
Be6 $2 ({The crucial move has become} 15... O-O $1) 16. d5 O-O-O 17. dxe6 fxe6
({A fine line is} 17... Rd2 18. Ne2 $1 Qxh1 19. exf7 Rf8 20. Bxe5 Rd7 21. Kg3
$1) 18. Kg4 $2 ({Correct is} 18. Bxe5 $1 Rhf8+ 19. Kg4 {
and White has a won game but will lose in Lazarev - Sokolov, France 1998.})
18... Qxf2 19. Bxa1 $2 (19. Bxe5 $1 Nc2 20. Bxe6+ Kb8 21. Nh3 {
leads to great complications (Woodger).}) 19... h5+ 20. Kh3 g5 $1 21. Bxe6+ Kb8
22. Nf3 g4+ 23. Bxg4 hxg4+ 24. Kxg4 Qxg2+ 25. Kf5 Rh5+ 26. Kf6 Rf8+ 27. Ke6
Qg8+ {Black delivers mate in one.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 3637"]
[Site "17"]
[Date "1936.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alekhine, Alexander"]
[Black "Fine, Reuben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1936.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d4 Qc7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Nf1 Bg4 13. Ne3 {Alekhine trails
Fine by half-a-point. So he plays a gambit. Fine accepts the challenge and
takes the pawn.} Bxf3 $5 14. Qxf3 cxd4 15. Nf5 dxc3 16. Qxc3 Rfc8 17. Qg3 Bf8
18. Bd3 Nc6 19. Bg5 Ne8 20. Rac1 Qb7 {
White has an adequate compensation for the pawn.} 21. a3 g6 22. Nh6+ Bxh6 23.
Bxh6 Nd4 24. Rcd1 b4 (24... Ng7 $1 25. f4 Qa7 26. Kh1 Nh5 {
opts for an active defence.}) 25. f4 exf4 (25... bxa3 $1 26. fxe5 $5 {
(Alekhine)} axb2 $1 27. exd6 Rc3 {counters (Woodger).}) 26. Qxf4 bxa3 27. bxa3
Rc3 28. Qf2 Ne6 29. a4 Rac8 30. Rf1 {The defence falls apart.} R3c7 $2 {
Black moves the wrong rook.} (30... R8c7 $1 {
(Spielmann) proceeds the attack on bishop d3.}) 31. Rb1 Qc6 32. a5 $1 Nc5 $2 (
32... Ra8 {overprotects a pawn.}) 33. Bc4 Qd7 34. Qa2 $1 {
Fine has missed this move.} Nxe4 35. Rxf7 Qxf7 36. Bxf7+ Rxf7 37. Qe6 {
Alekhine took the lead on Fine. Both men drew in the last round. Alekhine won
by 8/9. Fine followed at half-a-point.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 3738"]
[Site "18"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D81"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1937.??.??"]

{Reshevsky, Keres, Fine and Flohr were the foreign stars in 1937. Alexander
battled well. Mikenas was the joker with five wins and four losses.} 1. d4 Nf6
2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 c6 5. Bf4 $5 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Be6 7. Qd3 Nd5 8. Nxd5 cxd5
9. Qb5+ Qd7 10. e3 Qxb5 11. Bxb5+ Bd7 12. Bd3 (12. Bxd7+ $5 Kxd7 13. Nf3 Nc6 {
brings little advantage for White.}) 12... Nc6 13. Ne2 f6 14. Nc3 e5 $1 15.
dxe5 fxe5 16. Bg3 Bb4 $6 (16... Be6 {consolidates the black position.}) 17. O-O
Bxc3 18. bxc3 e4 19. Be2 Na5 $6 {Black plays risky.} ({Wiser is} 19... O-O) 20.
f3 $1 O-O 21. Rfd1 Be6 22. fxe4 dxe4 23. Rd4 Rac8 $2 {
Black gives a pawn for counteraction.} ({More solid is} 23... Bf5 24. Bf4 Nc6)
24. Rxe4 Bf5 25. Re5 Nc4 26. Rb5 b6 27. Bf4 Rfd8 28. Rd1 Na3 29. Rb3 Rxd1+ 30.
Bxd1 Nc4 31. Rb4 Na5 $6 (31... Kf7 {tries to defend.}) 32. Be5 Be6 33. Bg4 Bxg4
34. Rxg4 Re8 35. Bd4 Nc4 36. Kf2 b5 37. Rg5 Rb8 38. Rc5 Rb7 39. Kf3 Kf7 40. a4
a6 $2 41. Rc6 $1 Nb2 42. a5 Na4 43. Rxa6 Rc7 44. Rf6+ Ke7 45. a6 1-0

[Event "Hastings 3738"]
[Site "18"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D75"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1937.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Qb3 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bf4 e5 14. Be3 Be6
15. c4 f5 16. Rac1 Rab8 17. Qa4 Rb2 $5 ({More solid is} 17... Rfc8) 18. Bxc6 f4
$5 19. Bxa7 Rf7 $5 20. Bc5 Rxa2 $1 {Black plays a sharp move each time.} 21.
Qxa2 Qxc6 22. Qa5 Rc7 $2 {Mikenas blunders.} (22... Bh3 $1 23. f3 Bxf1 24. Kxf1
e4 {wins back the exchange and gives counter-play.}) 23. Qb5 $6 ({
Even better is} 23. Ba3 $1 Bh3 24. Qd5+) 23... Bh3 24. Qxc6 Rxc6 25. Bb4 Bxf1
26. Kxf1 fxg3 27. hxg3 Kf7 28. e4 h5 29. Ke2 Rb6 30. Bd2 Rb2 31. Kd3 Bf8 32. c5
Rb8 33. Be3 Ke6 34. Ra1 Rd8+ 35. Kc4 Rc8 36. Ra6+ Kf7 37. Kd5 g5 38. c6 h4 39.
gxh4 gxh4 40. Kxe5 h3 41. Bf4 Bc5 42. Bg3 Kg6 43. Kd5 Bf8 44. Ke6 Re8+ 45. Kd7
Re7+ 46. Kd8 Kf7 47. c7 1-0

[Event "Hastings 3738"]
[Site "18"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fine, Reuben"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1937.??.??"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. e4 Bg4 4. Bb5 a6 5. Ba4 b5 6. Bb3 Nf6 7. c3 e6 8. Qe2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nbd2 Bh5 11. a4 Qd7 12. Re1 Na5 13. Bc2 Rfb8 14. Bd3 c6 15.
Ra2 Nb7 16. b3 Qc7 17. Bb2 c5 18. Rea1 bxa4 19. Rxa4 a5 20. Nc4 d5 21. exd5
Nxd5 22. Qe5 Bxf3 23. Qxc7 Nxc7 24. gxf3 Nd5 25. Be4 Ra6 26. Kf1 cxd4 27. cxd4
g6 28. Ne3 Nb6 29. R4a2 f5 30. Bd3 Raa8 31. Bc3 {
So far, Mikenas has defended well.} Nd5 $2 (31... Bf6 {
continues the status quo.}) 32. Nxd5 exd5 33. b4 Rc8 34. Be1 Bf6 35. bxa5 Bxd4
36. Rd1 Ba7 $2 37. Ba6 $1 Rc7 38. Rxd5 Nc5 39. Bc4 Ne6 40. Rc2 Kg7 41. Bc3+ Kh6
42. Be5 Rc5 43. Rxc5 Nxc5 44. Bd4 Rc8 45. Kg2 Rc7 46. Ba2 Rc8 47. Rc4 Kg5 48.
f4+ Kg4 49. Be3 Rd8 $2 50. Bxc5 {Fine utilised the inaccuracies.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 3738"]
[Site "18"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Flohr, Salo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1937.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Bg4 5. Nc3 Nd7 6. Be2 Ngf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. Nd2 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Qa5 11. g4 $6 {Mikenas releases his aggression.} exd4
12. Nb3 $2 Qa6 $2 (12... d3 $1 13. Qxd3 Qb4 {wins for Black.}) 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14.
g5 Ne8 $2 (14... Nfd7 $1 15. Nf5 Rfe8 $1 16. Bd4 Bf8 {
reorganises the black defence.}) 15. b3 Bd8 16. f4 Ng6 17. h4 $1 {
White has an overwhelming attack.} Bb6 (17... Nxh4 18. Qh5 {looks hopeless to.}
) 18. Nf5 Qa5 19. Rac1 Bxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Qc7 21. Ne2 Ne7 22. Ned4 Nxf5 23. Nxf5
Qb6 24. h5 Nc7 25. Qxb6 axb6 26. Rc2 Rfd8 27. Rd1 Ne6 28. Rf2 Nc5 29. Ng3 Kf8
30. Kg2 Ne6 31. Kf3 c5 32. Kg4 Nd4 33. Nf5 Nxf5 34. Kxf5 Ke7 35. Rd5 b5 36.
cxb5 c4 37. bxc4 Ra4 38. Rfd2 g6+ 39. hxg6 fxg6+ 40. Kg4 Rxc4 41. e5 Rf8 42.
exd6+ Kd7 43. R5d4 Rc1 44. Re2 Rf7 45. a4 b6 46. Re3 Rg1+ 47. Kf3 Rf1+ 48. Kg3
Rg1+ 49. Kf2 Rc1 50. Ke2 Rc2+ 51. Kf3 Rc1 52. Re5 Rc3+ 53. Kg4 Rc1 54. a5 bxa5
55. b6 Rg1+ 56. Kf3 Rf1+ 57. Kg3 Rf8 58. Re7+ Kc6 59. d7 1-0

[Event "Hastings 3738"]
[Site "18"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel"]
[Black "Tylor, Theodore"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1937.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8.
Rc1 N7f6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. a3 b6 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 $6 ({Better is} 11... exd5 12. Qc2
c6 $1 13. Qxc6 $5 Bd7 14. Qb7 Rfb8 15. Qa6 Rc8) 12. Bb5 Bb7 13. Bc6 Bxc6 14.
Rxc6 {The rook restricts a pawn.} Rfc8 15. O-O Nf6 $2 (15... Qd8 $1 16. Qc2 Ne7
17. Rc4 f6 18. Rc1 c6 {creates a defence line.}) 16. Ne5 Ne8 17. Qf3 Qf6 18.
Qe2 a5 19. f4 Rd8 20. Qf3 Rac8 21. Rfc1 Rd6 22. R6c3 c5 $5 {
Otherwise the white knight jumps to c6.} 23. dxc5 bxc5 24. Rxc5 Rxc5 25. Rxc5
Qd8 26. h3 f6 27. Nc4 Rd1+ 28. Kh2 Rc1 29. Qc6 g5 30. Qxe6+ Kg7 31. Rd5 Qb8 32.
Rd7+ {Reshevsky has conquered the opposition by simple positional play.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 3738"]
[Site "18"]
[Date "1937.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Alexander, Conel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1937.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Be2 Bd6 7. Nd4 $5 ({
Theory is} 7. O-O) 7... e5 $5 8. Nf5 Bf8 9. f4 $5 exf4 {
Both players seek a sharp confrontation.} 10. exf4 $2 {
Suddenly Mikenas plays a meek move.} (10. O-O $1 g6 11. Nd4 fxe3 12. dxe3 {
brings chances for both sides (Golombek).}) 10... Nc5 11. Nd4 dxc4 12. bxc4 Bd6
13. Qc2 $5 Bxf4 14. O-O Qc7 15. Nf5 $4 (15. Nf3 {prolongs the game.}) 15...
Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 Bxf5 17. Rxf5 Nce4 18. Bxf6 Ng3+ 19. Kxh2 Nxf5+ 20. Kg1 Ng3 21.
Bg4 gxf6 22. Nc3 Qe5 23. Kf2 Qf4+ 24. Bf3 O-O-O 25. d3 Nf5 26. Re1 Qd4+ {
Reshevsky won by 7/9. Alexander and Keres followed by half-a-point, Fine and
Flohr at one point.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 3839"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Klein, Ernst"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D96"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

{The Hastings tournaments were a great success in the thirties. Grandmasters
took part in the Premier and more than one hundred players participated in all
groups. The American Jews avoided Europe on Christmas 1938. Szabo and Euwe
were the stars this time.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4
6. Qxc4 O-O 7. Bf4 c6 8. Qb3 $5 Qb6 9. e3 Be6 10. Qa3 $5 {
One expects the exchange of queens.} a5 11. Bg5 $5 Bd5 12. O-O-O $5 h6 13. Bf4
$6 ({More solid is} 13. Bxf6 exf6 14. Qc5) 13... Qb4 $1 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. Nd3
Qxa3 $1 16. bxa3 Nbd7 17. Be5 $2 ({Correct is} 17. Ne5 $1 {(Szabo).}) 17...
Nxe5 18. Nxe5 c5 $1 {Szabo opens the hunt on little protected white targets.}
19. Kb2 cxd4 20. Rxd4 Be6 $1 21. Bc4 Bxc4 22. Nxc4 Rc5 $1 23. Kb3 {
White will lose material.} ({Insufficient is} 23. Nb6 Ra6 24. Nba4 Rg5 25. g3
b5) 23... Rac8 24. Rhd1 b5 25. Rd8+ Kh7 26. Nxb5 Rxb5+ 27. Ka4 Rxd8 28. Rxd8
Rg5 29. g3 Ne4 30. f4 Nc3+ 31. Kb3 Rb5+ 32. Kc2 Rc5 33. Kd3 Nxa2 0-1

[Event "Hastings 3839"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Landau, Salo"]
[Black "Klein, Ernst"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. Qe2
$5 Nbd7 9. Nc3 b4 $1 10. Na4 Bd6 11. Bc2 O-O $6 ({Preferable is} 11... Ne4 $1)
12. e4 $1 Be7 $6 13. b3 $6 (13. e5 $1 {attacks in the centre.}) 13... Re8 14.
Bb2 c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. e5 Nd5 $6 (17... Nd7 {
does not allow the next tactics.}) 18. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 19. Qc2+ Kg8 20. Qxc5 Rc8
21. Qd4 Qe7 $2 (21... Nc3 $1 22. Qxb4 Ne2+ 23. Kh1 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Rc2 {
gives counter-play.}) 22. Rac1 Rcd8 $6 23. Qg4 $1 f5 24. exf6 Nxf6 25. Bxf6
Qxf6 26. Ng5 Qg6 27. h4 a5 28. Rc7 Bd5 29. Rfc1 Rf8 30. Ra7 Ra8 31. Rxa8 Rxa8
32. Qd4 Qf6 33. Qd3 Qh6 34. Rc7 Rf8 35. Qg3 a4 36. bxa4 Bxa2 37. Rb7 b3 38.
Nxe6 b2 39. Nxf8 b1=Q+ 40. Rxb1 Bxb1 41. Qb3+ Kxf8 42. Qxb1 Qxh4 43. Qb8+ Kf7
44. Qb7+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings 3839"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tylor, Theodore"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Be2 $5 cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qb3 Bf6 11. Rd1 Qe7 12. Ne4 b6 13. Qa4 Bb7 14. Ba6 $2 {
White allows an attack on the queenside.} Bxa6 15. Qxa6 Ncb4 $1 16. Qa4 Rfc8
17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. a3 Nc2 19. Bg5 Qf5 20. Rac1 Rc7 21. Bd2 Rac8 22. Bc3 Nxc3
23. bxc3 Rxc3 24. Qxa7 b5 25. Qd7 $2 (25. Ne1 $1 {leads to useful exchanges.})
25... Qd5 26. Qxd5 exd5 27. Ne1 Nxa3 $1 28. Nd3 b4 29. Kf1 b3 30. Rxc3 Rxc3 31.
Ra1 Rxd3 32. Rxa3 g6 33. Ke2 Rc3 34. Kd2 Rc2+ 35. Ke3 b2 36. Ra8+ Kg7 37. Rb8
f5 38. h4 f4+ 39. Kxf4 Rxf2+ 40. Ke5 Rxg2 41. Kxd5 h5 $2 ({Better is} 41... Kf6
$1) 42. Rb6 $2 (42. Ke4 $1 {brings drawing chances.}) 42... g5 $1 43. hxg5 h4
44. Ke4 h3 45. Kf3 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Hastings 3839"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Pirc, Vasja"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Be3 Bg4 10. a4 $5 a5 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Nb5 Nd5 13. Bc5 Bxc5 14. Rxc5
Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Ndb4 16. Qc1 Qd7 17. Qe3 Rfe8 18. Rfc1 f6 19. R5c4 Ra8 20. Qe4 g6
$6 21. h4 $6 ({White misses the chance} 21. Rxb4 $1 axb4 22. Qd5+ Qxd5 23.
Bxd5+ Kf8 24. Nxc7) 21... Kg7 22. Qg4 f5 $5 23. Qg5 h6 24. Qd2 Rad8 25. Qe3 Ra8
26. h5 g5 27. g4 e4 $5 28. dxe4 f4 $6 {
The opening of the position leads to great difficulties for Black.} 29. Qc3+
Kg8 30. e5 (30. Rc5 $1 Rad8 31. Rf5 {takes advantage of the exposed kingside.})
30... Rad8 31. Rc5 Qf7 32. e6 $5 Rxe6 33. Rf5 Qe7 34. Qc4 Rd7 35. Nc3 Kg7 $2 ({
Preferable is} 35... Rd4 36. Qb3 Rdd6) 36. Nd5 Nxd5 37. Bxd5 Rf6 38. Rxf6 Qxf6
39. Bxc6 bxc6 40. Qxc6 Rd1+ 41. Kg2 Rxc1 42. Qxc1 Qb6 43. Qc3+ Kf7 44. Qc4+ Kf6
45. Qb5 $6 {The pawn ending sets new problems.} Qxb5 46. axb5 Ke5 {
Laszlo has to discover a subtle win.} 47. f3 $3 (47. Kf3 $2 Kd4 48. e3+ fxe3
49. fxe3+ Kd5 {(Szaba)} 50. b3 {draws.}) 47... Kd5 48. Kf2 Kd4 $1 49. Ke1 Kc4
50. e3 $1 fxe3 51. Ke2 Kd4 $1 52. b3 $1 Kc3 53. f4 gxf4 54. g5 $1 Kd4 55. gxh6
f3+ $1 56. Kxf3 Kd3 57. h7 e2 58. h8=Q e1=Q 59. Qd8+ Kc3 60. Qxc7+ Kxb3 61. b6
Qd1+ 62. Kg3 Qxh5 63. b7 {White wins the queen ending.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 3839"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tylor, Theodore"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D74"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. h3
Nd7 $5 9. e4 Nc7 10. Nc3 e5 11. Bg5 Bf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. d5 $5 Nb6 14. a4 Rd8
15. a5 Nc4 16. Qe2 Nd6 17. Rfd1 Bd7 18. Rac1 c5 $5 {Szabo wants some action!}
19. Nh2 b5 20. axb6 axb6 21. f4 $5 {And White starts a counteraction.} Ncb5 22.
fxe5 $6 Qxe5 23. Nf3 $2 {White blunders a pawn on the kingside.} Qxg3 24. e5
Re8 25. Qf1 $2 (25. Nxb5 Nxb5 26. Qf2 {offers more resistance.}) 25... Nxc3 26.
Rxc3 Ne4 27. Rb3 Ba4 28. Rxb6 Bxd1 29. Qxd1 Nf2 30. Qf1 Nxh3+ 31. Kh1 Nf4 32.
d6 Ra1 0-1

[Event "Hastings 3839"]
[Site "19"]
[Date "1938.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pirc, Vasja"]
[Black "Tylor, Theodore"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1938.??.??"]

1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Bxd6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 Ng4 6. Qd3 O-O 7. e4 c5 $5 8.
e5 $1 Be7 9. d5 ({Grave dangers are encountered by} 9. h3 $5 c4 $1 10. Qc3 Nc6
$1) 9... Re8 10. Be2 Bh4+ 11. Nxh4 Qxh4+ 12. Qg3 Qxg3+ 13. hxg3 Rxe5 $5 (13...
Nxe5 {brings an equal ending.}) 14. Nc3 Ne3 $5 15. Bxe3 Rxe3 16. Kf2 Re5 17.
Bd3 g6 18. Rae1 Nd7 19. d6 Nf6 $1 20. Kf3 $5 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Be6 22. Ne4 Bd5 23.
c4 Bc6 $6 {Exchanges lead to an easy draw.} 24. Kf4 Nh5+ 25. Kg5 $1 Rd8 26. g4
$1 {Black can still save himself.} f6+ $2 ({The pointed} 26... Ng7 $1 27. Nf6+
Kf8 $1 28. Nxh7+ Kg8 29. Nf6+ Kf8 {escapes.}) 27. Kh6 $1 Nf4 $2 (27... f5 $1
28. Nxc5 Nf4 29. Ne6 $1 Re8 30. Nxf4 Rxe1 31. gxf5 gxf5 32. Bxf5 Rd1 {
offers a last stand.}) 28. Nxf6+ Kf7 29. Re7+ Kf8 30. Nxh7+ Kg8 31. Rg7+ Kh8
32. Nf6 {Szabo won by 71/2/9, one point before Euwe and one-and-a-half point
before Landau and Pirc.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 3940"]
[Site "20"]
[Date "1939.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Parr, Frank"]
[Black "Mackenzie, Arthur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D71"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1939.??.??"]

{The roaring thirties of chess in Hastings ended by the war. A minor British
event was played after the war had started.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 d5 4.
cxd5 Qxd5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Nc3 Qd8 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Nbd7 10. e4 Nb6 11.
Qe2 Be6 12. b3 h6 13. Kh2 a5 14. Qc2 Ne8 15. Be3 f5 $2 16. Ne5 $1 Kh7 17. f4
Nd6 18. Rad1 $6 (18. d5 $1 cxd5 19. exd5 {attacks.}) 18... fxe4 19. Nxe4 Bf5
20. g4 $1 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 Qd6 23. f5 gxf5 24. gxf5 Kg8 $2 (24...
Qd5 25. Qf4 Nd7 {defends properly.}) 25. Rg1 $1 Nd5 26. Rg6 Rf6 27. Rdg1 Rxg6
28. Rxg6 Nxe3 29. Qxe3 Qd8 30. Qxh6 $1 Qf8 31. Rg4 Qf6 32. Rg6 Qf8 33. Nf3 {
Parr won by 6/9.   After twenty installments, the series of Christmasfestivals 
was suspended until the war had ended. Hastings became a restricted area after
the fall of France. However, the chess club at 7 Carlisle Parade stayed open
during every day of the war.   Alexander had shown his chess talents by
sharing the second place with Keres in 1937. He became the right hand of
Turing during the war. Golombek and Milner- Barry joined them. They broke
Enigma codes at Bletchley Park. Turing left when the German Navy codes were
deciphered. Alexander became the manager of the transcriptions. He stayed a
code breaker for the rest of his life and was not allowed  to visit Eastern
Europe.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 4546"]
[Site "21"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Denker, Arnold"]
[Black "Ekstrom, Folke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1945.??.??"]

{The Christmas festivals were resumed in 1945. Some continental players did
not come. Nazi friend Alekhine was banned. Salo Landau had died in the camps.
However, the Premier was enlarged to twelve participants for the special event.
} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. a3
Bd6 9. cxd5 $2 exd5 $1 {Black can freely attack on the kingside.} 10. Be2 Ne4
11. O-O a5 $5 12. Qc2 f5 13. Bc1 Rf6 14. Bb2 Qe7 15. Bd3 Rh6 16. g3 $5 {
Otherwise, Black plays .. Bxh2+!} g5 $1 17. Rfe1 $6 g4 $1 {
The onslaught has become devastating.} 18. Bxe4 $5 ({Critical sacrifices are} 
18. Nd2 Nxf2 $1) ({and} 18. Nh4 Rxh4 $1) 18... fxe4 19. Nd2 Nf8 20. b4 $5 Ne6
$5 21. Ncxe4 $5 (21. b5 Ng5 22. bxc6 Nh3+ 23. Kg2 Qf7 {
leads to a devastating offensive.}) 21... dxe4 22. Qxe4 Ng5 23. Qc2 Qf7 24. d5
Rxh2 $1 25. Ne4 $5 Nxe4 26. Kxh2 Bf5 27. Kg1 Qh5 $5 28. dxc6 Ng5 29. cxb7 Rb8
30. Qc4+ ({The pointe is} 30. Qc3 Be5 $1) 30... Be6 31. Qc6 Nf3+ 32. Kf1 Qh1+
33. Ke2 Nd4+ 34. Bxd4 Qxc6 0-1

[Event "Hastings 4546"]
[Site "21"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1945.??.??"]

{Mieses was the last survivor from the Premier of 1895.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3.
g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. d5 d6 6. Nf3 b5 7. cxb5 Qa5+ 8. Nfd2 $5 Qxb5 9. Nc3 Qb7 10.
O-O Nbd7 11. b3 Nb6 12. Bb2 Qd7 $5 13. a4 Rb8 14. a5 Na8 15. Nce4 O-O 16. Nxf6+
exf6 17. Ra4 f5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rh4 $5 {Euwe makes a daring charge.} Ba6 $1
20. Re1 Rfe8 21. e4 Bd3 $6 ({More useful is} 21... Nc7) 22. Bh3 $6 (22. Re3 $1
{chases the bold bishop.}) 22... Qe7 23. Qc1 Kg8 24. Qc3 fxe4 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26.
Rhxe4 Qf8 27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Rxe8 Qxe8 29. Qf6 Qf8 30. Bd7 Nc7 31. Bc6 h5 32. f4
Ne8 33. Qd8 $1 Ng7 {Mieses shows his old fighting spirit.} 34. Qd7 (34. Qc7 Nf5
35. Qxa7 Qg7 36. Qb8+ Kh7 37. Qe8 Qa1+ {brings no white win.}) 34... Qb8 35.
Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 4546"]
[Site "21"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1945.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bh4 c6 5. e3 Qb6 6. Qc1 Bf5 7. Bd3 Nd7 8. O-O
h6 $5 (8... e6 {
was played in Alekhine/Esser - Levenfish/Freymann, St Petersburg 1912.}) 9. Nc3
g5 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Bxd3 12. cxd3 Bg7 {Euwe wants to control the board.}
13. Qd2 O-O 14. e4 e6 15. b3 $2 {The queens rook becomes vulnerable!} g4 $1 16.
Na4 Qd8 $1 17. Nh2 Bxd4 {Black captures a pawn and attacks a rook.} 18. Rac1 f5
$1 19. Qxh6 Qf6 $1 {Max has returned the pawn in order to charge forwards.} 20.
Qxf6 ({The pointe is} 20. Qd2 f4 $1 21. Nxg4 Qg7 $1) 20... Rxf6 21. exf5 (21.
Nc3 Rh6 $1 22. Ne2 Bb6 {also brings a positional horror.}) 21... exf5 22. Rfd1
Re8 23. Rc2 Rfe6 24. Nc3 Re1+ 25. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 26. Nf1 Bxc3 27. Rxc3 Rd1 $1 28.
f3 d4 $1 {The game is decided.} 29. Rc2 Rxd3 30. fxg4 fxg4 31. Kf2 Rd1 32. Re2
Kf7 33. Rd2 Rxd2+ 34. Nxd2 Ke6 35. Ke2 Kd5 36. Kd3 Ne5+ 37. Ke2 c5 38. Nb1 b5
39. Na3 a6 40. Kd2 c4 41. Nc2 c3+ 42. Kd1 Ke4 43. Nb4 a5 44. Na6 d3 45. b4 Ke3
{Euwe had started by 21/2/3 but lost speed.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 4546"]
[Site "21"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Ekstrom, Folke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1945.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. O-O
Be7 9. Be3 $5 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Rfd8 12. Ncb5 Qb8 13. c4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bc6
15. Qc2 Qc7 16. h3 Rac8 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Qf2 h5 $6 {
Black weakens his kingside.} 19. Rad1 Qa5 20. b3 {
White has collected several positional advantages.} Rc7 $2 ({Right is} 20... d5
$1) 21. e5 $1 Ne8 ({The pointe is} 21... dxe5 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. fxe5 Qxe5 $5
24. Bf4) 22. f5 $1 Qxe5 23. fxe6 Qxe6 24. Bxa7 Ra8 25. Bb6 Rcc8 26. Rde1 Qf6
27. Qe2 Qe6 28. Qf3 Qf6 29. Qd3 Qb2 30. Rf2 Qa3 31. Rxe7 d5 32. Rfxf7 h4 33.
Qg6 Qb2 34. Rf8+ {Tartakower and Ekstrom would win their remaining games.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 4546"]
[Site "21"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Denker, Arnold"]
[Black "Steiner, Herman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1945.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Nbd7 5. b3 c6 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. d4 Ne4 8. O-O
f5 $5 9. Nfd2 Qg5 $5 {Steiner wants to storm on the kingside.} 10. Nxe4 fxe4
11. Nc3 O-O 12. f3 {Denker counterattacks.} exf3 13. exf3 Nf6 14. Qe2 h5 $6 ({
Correct is} 14... e5 $1 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. f4 Bd4+ 17. Kh1 Qh6) 15. Rae1 $6 (15.
Bh3 $1 {puts pressure on Black.}) 15... Bd7 16. Bc1 Qg6 17. Qd2 Rae8 18. Rf2
dxc4 19. bxc4 e5 $1 20. dxe5 Rxe5 21. Rxe5 Bxe5 22. Re2 Bxc3 $6 ({Preferable is
} 22... Re8 $1) 23. Qxc3 h4 24. g4 Nxg4 $4 25. fxg4 Bxg4 26. Re5 $1 {
The sacrifice is refuted.} Qf6 27. h3 Qf2+ 28. Kh1 Rd8 29. Qe3 Rd1+ 30. Kh2
Qg3+ 31. Qxg3 hxg3+ 32. Kxg3 Rxc1 33. hxg4 Rxc4 34. Re7 Rb4 35. Be4 Kf8 36. Re5
Ra4 $2 (36... Kf7 {prolongs the game.}) 37. Bg6 1-0

[Event "Hastings 4546"]
[Site "21"]
[Date "1945.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Prins, Lodewijk"]
[Black "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1945.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3
e6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Qh4+ 12. Bf2 Qf4 13. Qc1 Qxc1+ 14. Rxc1
O-O-O 15. Rd1 Bb4 16. a3 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Na5 18. c5 Nd5 19. Kd2 f6 20. Bg3 Rhf8
21. c4 Ne7 22. Kc3 Nac6 23. exf6 Rxf6 24. Rd2 Rf5 25. f4 h5 26. Bd3 Rf7 27. Be4
h4 28. Bxh4 Rxf4 29. Bxe7 Nxe7 30. Re1 c6 31. Bg2 Nf5 32. Re4 Rxe4 33. Bxe4 Rh8
34. d5 Rh3+ 35. Kb4 Rh4 36. Bxf5 exf5 37. d6 b6 38. cxb6 axb6 {
Prins had the initiative for a long time but all has evened out.} 39. a4 Kd7
40. Rg2 Rh7 $5 {Black shows ambition.} 41. Rg6 $6 (41. Rg5 $1 Kxd6 42. Rxf5
Rxh2 43. Rg5 c5+ 44. Kb5 {draws easily.}) 41... f4 $1 {
Prins should play accurately.} 42. c5 $2 ({Right is} 42. Rg4 $1 g5 $1 43. Rxg5
Rf7 $1 44. h4 $1 {He has to march his infantry quickly.} f3 45. Rg1 Kxd6 46. h5
Ke5 47. h6 Ke4 (47... Kd4 48. Rg7 $1) 48. c5 $1 bxc5+ 49. Kxc5 f2 50. Rf1 Kf3
51. Kxc6 {White survives due to his a-pawn.}) 42... f3 $1 43. Rg1 bxc5+ 44.
Kxc5 f2 45. Rf1 Rxh2 46. a5 Rh5+ $1 47. Kb4 Rb5+ $1 48. Ka4 Rf5 49. a6 Kxd6 50.
a7 Rf8 51. Ka5 Kc7 {Tartakower prevailed by 91/2/11. Ekstrom followed at
half-a-point.   The great days of the Hasting festival were over. A great
similarity developed between the events of Hastings and Beverwijk. National
players battled other Westerners. Holland had Donner as joker of irregularity.
Britain had Alexander.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 4647"]
[Site "22"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alexander, Conel"]
[Black "Wood, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1946.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 d4 4. Ne2 c5 5. d3 $5 ({Usual is} 5. Ng3 {(Bogoljubow
- Tartakower, Vienna 1922). Alexander plays the Inverted Kings Indian.}) 5...
Nc6 6. g3 e5 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. Nd2 $5 Be7 9. f4 Bg4 10. h3 Bd7 11. Nf3 Bd6 {
They develop slowly.} 12. fxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Bf4 Qe7 15. Qd2 Bc6 $5 ({
More natural is} 15... O-O) 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. O-O Bd7 $6 {Black loses time.} ({
Better is} 17... O-O 18. Rf5 Qe7 19. Raf1 {and now} Bd7 $1) 18. Qf4 $1 Qxf4 19.
Nxf4 $1 O-O-O $1 ({Less impressive is} 19... Bc6 20. e5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Nd7 22.
e6 $1 {(Hartston).}) 20. e5 Ne8 21. Rae1 {Alexander has started a strong
attack in the central area, but Wood could have created a last defence line.}
Nc7 $6 ({All weaknesses are protected after} 21... Rf8 $1 22. h4 Kb8 23. e6 $5
fxe6 24. Nxe6 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Bxe6 26. Rxe6 Nf6 $1) 22. Nh5 g6 $2 (22... Rhg8 $1
23. Be4 Rdf8 24. g4 h6 25. c3 Ne6 {tries to survive.}) 23. Nf6 Be6 24. Ne4 $1
b6 25. Nd6+ Rxd6 $5 26. exd6 Ne8 27. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 28. Rf7 Nxd6 29. Rxa7 Nf5 $2
30. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings 4647"]
[Site "22"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Prins, Lodewijk"]
[Black "Alexander, Conel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1946.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Bg4 6. c3 Nh5 $5 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 Nxf4 9. Qxf4 e6 {Play has become quiet again.} 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. Qg4 O-O 12.
f4 $5 Qe7 13. O-O-O $5 {Prins starts a risky fight.} c4 14. Bc2 f5 15. Qf3 b5
$1 {Black begins the attack first.} 16. g4 b4 17. Rdg1 bxc3 18. bxc3 Ba3+ 19.
Kd1 Bb2 $2 (19... Qd7 {protects the d-pawn.}) 20. gxf5 Bxc3 21. fxe6 $1 (21.
Qh5 $6 exf5 22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23. Qxf5 Qxe3 24. Rxg7+ {brings a perpetual check.})
21... Nb4 22. Nb1 $2 (22. Ne4 $3 Bb2 23. Nc5 Ba3 24. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 25. Qh5+ Kg8
26. Rg4 {charges.}) 22... Bb2 $2 {The bishop will be attacked.} ({Correct is} 
22... Ba1 $1 23. Qh5 Nxc2 24. Kxc2 Qxe6) 23. Qh5 Nxc2 24. Kxc2 Qb7 25. Nd2 $2 (
25. e7 $1 Qxe7 26. Qxd5+ Kh8 27. Kxb2 {wins a piece.}) 25... Rab8 26. Rb1 $2 {
Prins makes the last mistake.} ({Right is} 26. e7 $1 {(Kmoch).}) 26... Qb5 $1
27. Kd1 c3 28. Qe2 c2+ {Alexander became the conqueror in a cutthroat game.}
0-1

[Event "Hastings 4647"]
[Site "22"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alexander, Conel"]
[Black "Yanofsky, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1946.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 a6 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3 ({
Theory is} 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qh6 {(Lawrence - Jones, London 1899).}) 8... c5 9. Be3
$5 O-O 10. Nge2 Qb6 $5 11. O-O-O $1 Rf7 12. Nf4 Nf8 $6 ({Preferable is} 12...
cxd4 13. Bxd4 Nc5) 13. Be2 Nc6 14. Bh5 g6 15. Nxg6 $5 hxg6 16. Bxg6 Nxg6 $2 {
Yanofsky succumbs under the pressure.} ({Better is} 16... Rg7 $1 17. h5 $1 {
(Kmoch)} cxd4 18. Na4 Qa5 19. Bh6 $1 Qxa4 20. Bh7+ $1 Kf7 21. Qxg7+ Ke8 22. a3
{and White attacks.}) 17. h5 $1 (17. Qxg6+ $2 Rg7 {leads to a perpetual.})
17... f4 18. Bxf4 cxd4 19. hxg6 dxc3 ({The pointe is} 19... Rg7 20. Qh3) 20.
gxf7+ Kxf7 21. Qxc3 (21. Rh7+ $1 Ke8 22. Qg8+ Kd7 23. Rxd5+ $1 exd5 24. e6# {
wins quickly.}) 21... Ke8 22. Rh8+ Kd7 23. Rxd5+ $1 Kc7 ({Or} 23... exd5 24.
e6+ $1 Kxe6 25. Qh3+) 24. Rd1 $6 Qxf2 25. Be3 $6 Qf5 $6 (25... Qxg2 $1 26. Rg1
$1 Qe2 27. a3 a5 28. Kb1 a4 29. Rg7 $1 {prolongs the game.}) 26. g4 Qg6 27. Bc5
Qg5+ 28. Qe3 b5 29. Bb6+ Kb8 30. Kb1 Qg7 31. Rd7 $1 Bc5 $5 32. Bc7+ Kb7 33.
Qxc5 {Alexander the Great had scored 71/2/8.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 4647"]
[Site "22"]
[Date "1946.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Alexander, Conel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1946.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Nc2 d6 8.
Nd2 Be6 9. Be2 O-O-O $5 ({Black played} 9... Bxe3 10. Nxe3 O-O {
in Tartakower - Brinckmann, Bad Niendorf 1927.}) 10. O-O Bxe3 11. fxe3 $6 (11.
Nxe3 $1 d5 $1 12. Qa4 d4 $1 13. cxd4 Rxd4 14. Qc2 {avoids a disadvantage.})
11... Qh6 12. Bg4 Ne5 13. Bxe6+ fxe6 14. Nf3 N7c6 15. Nfd4 d5 $6 (15... Rdf8 $1
{keeps the plus.}) 16. Nxc6 Nxc6 17. Qg4 Ne5 18. Qg3 Nc4 19. Rf7 $1 Rd7 $2 ({
Right is} 19... Nd6 $1 20. Rxg7 dxe4 21. Rf1 Rhf8 {and Black maintains.}) 20.
Rxd7 Kxd7 21. exd5 exd5 22. Qg4+ Kd8 23. Qd4 c6 $2 (23... Nb6 $1 {
defends the pawns.}) 24. Qxa7 Kc7 25. Rf1 Qg6 26. Nb4 Ra8 $5 27. Qxa8 Nxe3 28.
Nxd5+ $1 {Tartakower has found a fine win.} cxd5 29. Qa5+ b6 ({Or} 29... Kc6
30. Qa4+ b5 31. Qa6+ Kc5 32. Qxg6 hxg6 33. Rf7) 30. Rf7+ $1 {Alexander became
the first British sole winner by a score of 71/2/9. People liked his
flamboyant style. Tartakower followed at one point.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 4748"]
[Site "23"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grob, Henry"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

{The 1947 festival was one of the weakest Hastings events.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5
3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Nc3 c6 6. h3 Ne7 7. Qh5 Qb6 8. Nge2 Be6 9. f4 $5 (9.
Bf4 $1 Bxf4 10. Nxf4 {brings a fast draw. The pointe is} Qxb2 11. Kd2 $1) 9...
Nd7 10. Qf3 Bf5 11. Bd2 h5 12. g3 Nf6 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Kb1 Rde8 15. Na4 Qc7
16. Nc5 b6 17. Ba6+ Kb8 18. Qb3 Bc8 19. Bxc8 $6 ({ight is} 19. Bd3) 19... Kxc8
20. Nd3 Nf5 21. Ne5 Ne4 $1 {Szabo has taken the initiative.} 22. Be1 $2 (22. c4
$1 Nf2 23. cxd5 $1 {gives a sufficient counter-play.}) 22... f6 23. Nf3 g5 24.
fxg5 fxg5 25. Rf1 $2 (25. Rg1 g4 26. Nh4 {defends properly.}) 25... g4 26. hxg4
hxg4 27. Ne5 Nxd4 $1 28. Nxd4 Bxe5 29. c4 Rh2 30. cxd5 Qh7 31. Ka1 c5 32. Qa4
Nd6 33. Rc1 Qd7 34. Qd1 Kb7 35. Nc2 Qb5 36. Bc3 Bxc3 37. bxc3 Ree2 38. Rf4 Nc4
39. Rb1 Qa4 40. Rf7+ Ka6 41. Rb2 Nxb2 42. Qf1 Qxc2 43. d6 Qd1+ 44. Qxd1 Nxd1 {
Henry Grob was a Swiss artist who played 1. g4 in correspondence chess.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 4748"]
[Site "23"]
[Date "1947.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alexander, Conel"]
[Black "Thomas, George"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1947.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Qe7 8.
Re1 a6 9. Ba4 d6 10. d4 Bg4 11. Ba3 $2 {Alexander blunders positionally.} ({
Wiser is the timid} 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. h3) 11... b5 $1 12. Bb3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nh5
14. Bd5 Nf4 $1 15. Kh1 Qd7 16. Bxc6 $6 (16. Bc1 $1 Nxd5 17. exd5 Ne7 {
gives Black a positional advantage.}) 16... Qxc6 17. dxe5 $2 Qxc3 18. Re3 Qxe5
19. Rb1 Qg5 20. Qf1 Rfe8 21. Bc1 Re6 22. Ra3 c6 23. Bxf4 Qxf4 24. c4 Rh6 25. h3
Re8 26. Rxa6 Qxf3+ 27. Qg2 Qd3 28. Rb3 Qxc4 29. Raa3 Rg6 30. Rc3 Qd4 31. Rg3
Rxg3 32. Rxg3 g6 33. Re3 d5 34. exd5 Rxe3 35. fxe3 Qxd5 36. e4 Qd4 37. Qe2 Qc4
38. Qg2 c5 39. Kh2 Qd4 {Alexander was out of form. Sir George did well in his
penultimate Hastings.   Szabo won by 71/2/9, two points before Grob, Mühring
and Thomas.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 4849"]
[Site "24"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rossolimo, Nicolas"]
[Black "Muhring, Willem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]

{The star of the twenty-fourth Christmas festival became Nicolas Rossolimo. He
earned his living as a taxi driver in Paris.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4.
c3 Qe7 5. d4 Bb6 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Nf6 8. Re1 O-O 9. Na3 Nd8 10. Bd3 $1 {
Rossolimo plays an improvement in his favourite variation.} c6 11. Nc4 Bc7 12.
b3 b5 $2 ({More prudent is} 12... b6 13. Ba3 c5) 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Ba3 $1 {
White rules on the queenside.} c5 15. Ne3 Ba5 16. Qc2 Bb7 $2 (16... a6 {
protects pawn b5.}) 17. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 (17... Qd6 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Bxb5 {
costs a pawn.}) 18. exd5 Bc7 19. Nxe5 $1 Bxe5 20. f4 b4 21. Rxe5 Qd6 22. Bb2
bxc3 23. Bxc3 h6 24. Rf1 Nb7 25. Bc4 Rad8 26. Rf3 Qb6 27. Rg3 Nd6 28. Qd3 a6
29. Rxg7+ Kxg7 30. Qg3+ Kh7 ({Or} 30... Kh8 31. Rh5 $1) 31. Bd3+ Nde4 32. Rxe4
c4+ 33. Bd4 cxd3 34. Bxb6 Rxd5 35. Rd4 1-0

[Event "Hastings 4849"]
[Site "24"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Muhring, Willem"]
[Black "Schmidt, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Nxf6+ Qxf6 7. Nf3 Bb4+ 8.
Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Nd7 10. Be2 (10. O-O-O {
was played in Steinitz - Marco, Nürnberg 1896.}) 10... b6 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe3
Bb7 13. Ne5 $5 Rfd8 14. Bf3 Rac8 $6 (14... Nxe5 $1 15. dxe5 Qe7 {equalises.})
15. b4 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qh4 17. Be4 Rc7 18. Rfd1 Rcd7 19. Rxd7 Rxd7 20. c5 $1 {
White restricts bishop b7.} Qd8 21. h3 g6 22. b5 $1 cxb5 $1 23. c6 Rd1+ 24.
Rxd1 Qxd1+ 25. Kh2 Bc8 (25... Ba6 $1 26. Bd3 Qa4 {defends well.}) 26. Qg5 {
Black still has a chance.} b4 $2 (26... Qd4 $1 27. f3 Ba6 {might survive.}) 27.
c7 $1 Qe1 28. Qd8+ Kg7 29. Qf6+ $1 Kh6 30. Qf4+ Kg7 31. Qf6+ Kh6 ({Or} 31...
Kg8 32. Bc6 Qc3 33. Qd8+ Kg7 34. Qxc8 Qxe5+ 35. g3) 32. Ba8 Ba6 33. f4 Qb1 34.
Qh8 $1 ({The pointe is} 34. Qh8 Qf5 35. Qf8+ Kh5 36. Bf3+ Kh4 37. g3#) 1-0

[Event "Hastings 4849"]
[Site "24"]
[Date "1948.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tylor, Theodore"]
[Black "Koenig, Imre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E07"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1948.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Be7 4. c4 d5 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. b3 Ne4 8. Bb2
f5 9. Nbd2 c6 10. Qc2 Qe8 11. Nxe4 $5 fxe4 12. Ne5 $5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 {
Pawn e5 might become a weakness.} Bd7 14. f3 exf3 15. Bxf3 $5 ({Best is} 15.
exf3 $1) 15... Rd8 16. cxd5 $5 exd5 17. e4 Qg6 18. Qe2 $2 (18. Bg2 $1 c5 19. b4
$1 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 cxb4 21. Bd4 {restores positional damage.}) 18... Bh3 19.
Rfd1 Rxf3 $1 20. Qxf3 Bg4 21. Qe3 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 Qxe4 $1 23. Qxe4 dxe4 24. Rxd8+
Bxd8 25. Bd4 {Black can keep the extra pawn in the bishop ending.} Kf7 $1 26.
e6+ $5 ({Alternatives are} 26. Bxa7 Ke6 27. Bd4 Bc7) ({and} 26. Kf2 Ke6 27. Ke3
Kd5) 26... Kxe6 27. Bxg7 Bf6 28. Bh6 Bd4+ 29. Kf1 b5 30. g4 c5 31. Ke2 c4 32.
bxc4 bxc4 33. h4 c3 34. h5 a6 35. a4 Kd5 36. Bf8 Ke6 37. g5 Kf5 38. g6 hxg6 39.
h6 g5 40. Bg7 Bf6 {
Rossolimo won by 61/2/9, half-a-point before König and one point on Mühring.}
0-1

[Event "Hastings 4950"]
[Site "25"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Euwe, Max"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E22"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]

{Euwe partook for the last time in 1949. His rivals were Szabo and Rossolimo.} 
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. e3
O-O 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Qxd5 Re8 $5 {Black has compensation for the pawn.} (10...
Bg4 {was played in Morrison - Ritchie, Hamilton 1924.}) 11. Be2 g5 $6 12. O-O
$5 ({Even better is} 12. a3 $1 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 {
White has strengthened the centre and has a big advantage.}) 12... g4 13. Nd2
Nxd4 $1 14. exd4 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Rxe2 16. Ne4 Qe7 17. Ng3 Rb2 18. Rae1 $2 {
Euwe choses a wrong plan, because he leaves his a-pawn unprotected.} ({
Better is} 18. Rfe1) 18... Be6 19. Qe4 Qg5 20. f4 Qd5 21. f5 $6 (21. a4 Qxe4
22. Nxe4 {saves the a-pawn.}) 21... Qxe4 22. Rxe4 Bxa2 23. Rxg4+ Kh8 24. Ne4 $2
(24. Rh4 Kh7 25. Ne4 {continues the attack on the kingside.}) 24... a5 $1 25.
Rf3 Rg8 $1 26. Rxg8+ Kxg8 27. Nf6+ Kg7 $1 (27... Kf8 $2 {allows} 28. Re3 $1 {
(Szabo).}) 28. Ne8+ Kf8 29. Nxc7 Bc4 $1 30. Re3 Re2 $1 31. Rxe2 Bxe2 32. Kf2 a4
$1 {Suddenly, Black has a won knight versus bishop ending.} 33. Nd5 Bc4 34. Nb4
Bb3 35. Ke3 a3 36. f6 Ke8 37. Kf4 Kd7 38. Kg4 Bd1+ 39. Kf5 b5 40. h3 Kd6 41. g3
Kd7 42. h4 Kd6 43. g4 Bb3 44. g5 hxg5 45. Kxg5 Ke6 46. d5+ Kd6 47. Kh6 a2 48.
Nxa2 Bxa2 49. Kg7 Bxd5 50. h5 Ke6 0-1

[Event "Hastings 4950"]
[Site "25"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Evans, Larry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E57"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
cxd4 9. exd4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Be7 11. Re1 a6 12. Bg5 b5 13. Ba2 Bb7 14. Qd3 $5 b4
15. Bb1 g6 16. axb4 Nxb4 17. Qe2 $5 {Szabo sacrifices a pawn.} Bxf3 18. Qxf3
Qxd4 19. Ra4 $1 a5 $5 20. Be4 Rac8 $5 {Black returns the gift on once.} 21.
Rxa5 Nfd5 22. Bh6 Rfe8 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 exd5 25. g3 Qb4 26. Raa1 Bf8 $5 (
26... Qxb2 27. Qxd5 {is okay.}) 27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Ra7 Qe1+ 29. Kg2 Qe4 30. Bxf8
Qxf3+ 31. Kxf3 Kxf8 32. b4 Kg7 $2 (32... Re4 33. b5 Rb4 {draws easily.}) 33. b5
Kf6 $2 (33... Re4 34. Rd7 Rb4 35. Rxd5 Kf6 {gives the last drawing chance.})
34. Ra2 Rb8 35. Rb2 Ke5 36. Ke3 d4+ 37. Kd3 Kd5 38. b6 Rb7 39. Rb5+ $1 Kc6 40.
Rb4 $1 {White has the distant passed pawn.} Kc5 {Black plans .. f6.} ({
Insufficient is} 40... Rxb6 41. Rxb6+ Kxb6 42. Kxd4 Kc6 43. Ke5 Kd7 44. Kf6 Ke8
45. g4 $1) 41. Rc4+ $1 Kb5 42. Rc7 $1 {Black gets no time for .. f6.} Rxb6 43.
Rxf7 h5 44. Kxd4 Re6 45. Kd5 Re2 46. h4 Rd2+ 47. Ke5 Kc5 48. Kf6 Rxf2+ 49. Kxg6
Rg2 50. Rf3 Kd5 51. Kxh5 Ke4 52. Ra3 Kf5 53. g4+ {
Szabo had defeated two main rivals.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 4950"]
[Site "25"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rossolimo, Nicolas"]
[Black "Evans, Larry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Qe7 5. d4 exd4 6. O-O d3 7. e5 h6 8. b4
Bb6 9. a4 a5 10. Ba3 ({Or} 10. b5 $1 {
(Leonhardt - Marco, Ostende 1905). Black is lost anyway.}) 10... axb4 11. cxb4
Nxb4 12. Nc3 Bc5 13. Qb3 Ra5 14. Bxb4 Bxb4 15. Nd5 Rxd5 16. Bxd5 c6 17. a5 $5
h5 ({No use has} 17... cxd5 $5 18. Rfc1 $1 Kd8 19. Ra4 d2 20. Nxd2 $1) 18.
Bxf7+ Qxf7 19. Qxb4 Ne7 20. Ng5 Qg6 21. Ne4 Nf5 22. Rfe1 Rf8 23. Nd6+ Nxd6 24.
exd6+ Kf7 25. Qc4+ Kf6 26. Re3 Rh8 27. Rf3+ Ke5 28. Qc5+ Ke6 29. Re1+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings 4950"]
[Site "25"]
[Date "1949.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Winser, W Arthur"]
[Black "Euwe, Max"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E51"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1949.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8. Nf3
Nbd7 9. O-O e5 10. Nb5 $6 (10. e4 {prevents the next move.}) 10... e4 $1 11.
Nxd6 cxd6 12. Ne1 $6 ({Preferable is} 12. Nd2) 12... Nb6 13. Be2 Be6 14. g3 $2
{White should play on the other flank.} Rc8 15. Ng2 Bc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17. b3
Rc6 18. Bd2 Qd7 19. f3 $5 Nbd5 20. fxe4 Nxe4 21. Nf4 Nxf4 22. Rxf4 d5 23. Bb4
Rfc8 24. Qh5 g6 25. Qh6 Rc2 26. a4 f5 $5 27. Be1 Rb2 28. Bf2 Rcc2 {Euwe's farew
ell to Hastings was a win.   Szabo won by a score of 8/9. Rossolimo followed
at half-a-point.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 5051"]
[Site "26"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B29"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 Nxc3 5. dxc3 d5 6. exd6 exd6 7. Bc4 Be7 8.
Bf4 O-O 9. O-O $5 (9. Qd2 {stems from Spielmann - E Steiner, Budapest 1928.})
9... Nc6 10. Re1 Bg4 11. Qd3 Qd7 12. Bd5 Rad8 13. Qc4 $5 (13. Rad1 $1 {
keeps more pressure on the centre.}) 13... Bxf3 14. Bxf3 d5 $1 15. Qe2 Qf5 $4 {
Black misses a trick.} ({Correct is} 15... Rfe8) 16. Bc7 $1 Ra8 (16... Rd7 17.
Bg4 {costs the exchange.}) 17. Rad1 {The black centre falls.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 5051"]
[Site "26"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rossolimo, Nicolas"]
[Black "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+
8. Nbxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Qb3 Nce7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfe1 c6 13. Rac1 Qb6 14.
Qa3 Be6 $5 (14... Qc7 {
was played in this ancient line in Kubbel-Vigodchikov, Petrograd 1923.}) 15.
Ne4 $1 {
Rossolimo has started an attack in the centre. O<->Kelly misjudges the problem.
} Rad8 $2 ({Better is} 15... Ng6 $1 16. Nc5 Rae8) 16. Neg5 Nf5 ({Or} 16... Ng6
$5 17. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 18. Rxe6 Ngf4 19. Re3 {and White has won a pawn.}) 17. Rxe6
fxe6 18. Nxe6 Rfe8 19. Nxd8 Rxd8 20. Qd3 g6 21. Bb3 Kg7 22. g3 Nf6 23. Qc4 Rd7
24. Rd1 Qa5 25. Ng5 Nd5 26. Ne6+ Kf6 27. Qe2 Re7 28. Qe5+ Kf7 29. Re1 Qb4 30.
g4 Qxe1+ 31. Qxe1 Rxe6 32. Bxd5 cxd5 33. Qb4 Rb6 34. Qc5 Ne7 35. b3 Ke6 36. h4
Nc6 37. f4 Rb4 38. f5+ gxf5 39. gxf5+ Kxf5 40. Qxd5+ Kg4 41. Qd7+ Kf3 42. Qf5+
Ke3 43. d5 Nd4 44. Qe5+ Kf3 45. a3 1-0

[Event "Hastings 5051"]
[Site "26"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Barden, Leonhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D07"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 e5 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 exd4
$5 ({Preferable is} 7... e4 $1 {(Cruz - Adams, Hollywood 1945).}) 8. Nxd4 Nf6
9. f3 $5 O-O 10. e4 Re8 11. Be2 Qg5 $6 (11... Nxe4 $1 12. fxe4 Qxe4 13. Nxc6
bxc6 14. Kf1 Qf4+ 15. Kg1 Qe3+ {leads to perpetual check.}) 12. Nxc6 Qxg2 13.
Rf1 bxc6 14. Qd2 $6 (14. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 15. Qd4 Qxh2 16. Rg1+ Kf8 17. O-O-O {
overtakes the attack.}) 14... Nxe4 $2 {Barden sacrifices in the wrong way.} (
14... Nd5 $1 15. Bd4 Qxh2 16. Rf2 (16. exd5 $2 Ba6 $1) 16... Qg1+ {
brings equality.}) 15. fxe4 Bg4 16. O-O-O $1 {White has a decisive combination.
} Bxe2 17. Rg1 Qxe4 18. Rxg7+ Kf8 19. Rdg1 Qf5 20. R7g5 {
Unzicker had conquered another British player.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 5051"]
[Site "26"]
[Date "1950.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rossolimo, Nicolas"]
[Black "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "1950.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. b4 Bb6 8. a4 a5
9. b5 Ne7 10. Nbd2 $5 (10. Qb3 {
was played in the old game Horwitz - Kieseritzky, London 1846.}) 10... c6 11.
Ba3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bb3 $5 ({The quiet} 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. Nf1 {
leads to Kalod - Rogic, Portoroz 1998.}) 14... d5 $1 15. c4 dxe4 16. dxe4 $2 (
16. Nxe4 $1 Nxe4 17. dxe4 Bd4 18. Rc1 {
has led to the exchange of the dangerous black king's knight.}) 16... Bd4 17.
Rc1 Ng6 18. Qc2 ({The crucial line is} 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. g4 $5 Nf4 $1 20. gxh5
Nxh3+ 21. Kf1 Bxf2 22. Re2 Ng4 {and Black has a strong attack.}) 18... Nf4 $1
19. Nxd4 exd4 20. f3 d3 $1 {Penrose has a decisive advantage.} 21. Qc3 Ne2+ $5
({Black vacates and occupies h5 by} 21... Bg6 $1 22. Rcd1 N6h5 $1 {
A crushing attack follows.}) 22. Rxe2 dxe2 23. Qe3 Qd7 24. Qxe2 Rad8 25. Rc2
Qd3 $6 {Black exchanges his active queen.} 26. Qxd3 Rxd3 27. Rb2 Red8 28. Nf1
Nd7 29. Be7 Re8 30. Bh4 f6 31. Bc2 Ra3 32. Be1 Nc5 33. bxc6 bxc6 34. Rb6 Rc8 {
The game is adjourned.} 35. e5 $6 ({Preferable is} 35. Bxa5 $5 Nxa4 36. Rb3 {
but White has no real drawing chances.}) 35... Nxa4 $1 36. Bxa4 Rxa4 37. exf6
gxf6 38. Ra6 Bf7 39. Rxa5 Rxa5 40. Bxa5 Bxc4 41. Ne3 Be6 42. Bc3 Kf7 43. Kf2 c5
44. f4 Kg6 45. g4 f5 46. gxf5+ Bxf5 47. Nd5 Kf7 48. h4 Ra8 49. Be5 Ra2+ 50. Kg3
Ra3+ 51. Nc3 Kg6 52. Kf2 Kh5 53. Nd5 $5 Kxh4 54. Ne3 Be4 55. Bd6 Ra2+ 56. Kg1
Ra1+ 57. Kf2 Ra2+ 58. Kg1 Ra5 59. Kf2 Kh5 60. f5 c4 61. f6 Bd5 62. Kg3 Be6 63.
Kf3 Kg6 64. Be7 Ra7 65. Ke4 Rd7 66. Ke5 Kf7 67. Nc2 Rd5+ 68. Ke4 Rd7 69. Nd4 h5
{The second adjournment occurs.} 70. Nb5 Rxe7 71. fxe7 Kxe7 72. Nc3 h4 73. Nd1
h3 74. Kf3 Bg4+ $1 75. Kxg4 h2 76. Nf2 c3 {
Seventeen-years-old Penrose played well.   Unzicker won by 7/9.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 5152"]
[Site "27"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E53"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

{Szabo had been the only participant from Eastern Europe after the war,
because he asked no extra fee as a state amateur. Gligoric could represent
Yugoslavia in a similar arrangement.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4
5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. e3 O-O 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Bg4 $5 10. O-O Ne4 11. Bc2
$5 c4 $5 ({Little use has} 11... Nxc3 $5 12. Qd3 Ne4 13. dxc5 $1) 12. Qe1 Nd7
13. a4 Re8 14. Nd2 Bf5 15. f3 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 {
Black has a plus in the centre.} Nf6 18. a5 Qd7 19. Bd2 Qc6 20. Rfb1 Re7 21.
Qa4 Qe6 22. Rb5 Ne8 $6 23. Re1 $6 ({Donner misses the chance} 23. e4 $1 dxe4
24. Re5 $1 Qd6 25. Rxe4 Rxe4 26. fxe4) 23... Nd6 24. Rc5 $5 {
Retreat would have been a lot easier.} f5 $1 25. Bc1 Rae8 26. Ba3 $2 a6 $2 (
26... Qf7 $1 27. Bc1 f4 $1 {charges in the centre.}) 27. Qc2 Qf7 28. Qf2 f4 29.
Bc1 h6 30. Bd2 fxe3 31. Rxe3 Rxe3 32. Bxe3 Qf5 33. h3 Nb5 34. Qd2 Kh7 35. Bf4
Qd3 $5 36. Kf2 Qxc3 37. Rxd5 Qd3 {White has nearly achieved a draw.} 38. Rd7 ({
Gligoric gives} 38. Qxd3+ cxd3 39. Re5 $11) 38... Nc3 39. Qxd3+ cxd3 40. Rxb7 (
{No draw brings} 40. Be5 $5 d2 $1 41. Rxg7+ Kh8 42. Re7+ Kg8 43. Rxe8+ Kf7 44.
Rc8 d1=Q 45. Rxc3 Qd2+) 40... d2 41. Bxd2 Re2+ 42. Kf1 Rxd2 43. Rb6 0-1

[Event "Hastings 5152"]
[Site "27"]
[Date "1951.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Popel, Stephan"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1951.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 c6 7. c4 O-O 8. Nc3 d4
9. Ne2 c5 10. Bd2 Nec6 11. Qc1 Qe7 12. Nh4 Nd7 13. h3 f5 14. Bg5 Bf6 15. Bh6 (
15. Bxf6 $5 Nxf6 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Qg5+ Qg7 18. Qxg7+ Kxg7 {exchanges a lot.})
15... Bxh4 16. Bxf8 Nxf8 17. gxh4 f4 18. Nxf4 $1 exf4 19. Qxf4 Ne6 20. Qg3 {
White has consolidated his position.} Ng7 21. f4 Nh5 22. Qg5 $1 Bd7 23. f5 $1
Qxg5 24. hxg5 Ne5 $1 {White has a large bastion.} 25. fxg6 $2 {
Popel exchanges his strongest pawn.} hxg6 26. Rad1 Rf8 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Bf1
Nf4 $5 (28... Nf3+ 29. Kf2 Nxg5 {grabs a pawn.}) 29. Kh2 Ke7 30. Kg3 Nh5+ 31.
Kf2 a5 32. b3 Nf7 33. h4 Ne5 34. a3 Ng4+ 35. Ke1 Nf4 36. Kd2 (36. Rd2 Kd6 $1 {
is hopeless too.}) 36... Ne5 $1 37. Rb1 Nf3+ 38. Kc2 Nxh4 39. b4 axb4 40. axb4
Nf3 41. bxc5 Bc6 42. Rb2 Nxg5 43. Kb3 Nf7 44. Kb4 Ne5 45. Rd2 g5 46. Ka5 g4 47.
Kb6 g3 48. Kc7 Nexd3 $1 49. Bxd3 g2 50. Rd1 Nxd3 51. Rg1 Bxe4 {
Gligoric showed his superiority and won by 71/2/9.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 5253"]
[Site "28"]
[Date "1952.12.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Medina Garcia, Antonio"]
[Black "Lasker, Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Nd7 13. Nf1 Nb6 14. Ne3 f6 $6 ({
Better is} 14... Re8 {(Olsson - Grünfeld, Gothenburg 1920).}) 15. b3 Nc6 16. d5
Nd8 17. c4 b4 $6 (17... bxc4 18. bxc4 Rb8 {
gives counter- play on the queenside.}) 18. a4 Bd7 19. Nf5 $1 {
A Ruy Lopez attack begins.} Re8 20. g4 Bf8 21. Kh2 Nf7 22. Rg1 g6 $5 23. g5 $1
{Medina strikes on the kingside.} Qd8 (23... gxf5 $2 24. gxf6+ Kh8 25. Nh4 $1
f4 26. Qh5 Nh6 27. a5 $1 Nc8 28. f7 Re7 29. Qxh6 $1 {leads to a black disaster.
}) 24. Qf1 $1 Kh8 25. Qg2 $1 Ra7 26. Qg3 $1 Be7 27. Nxe7 Qxe7 28. Qh4 fxg5 $2 (
28... Kg7 29. gxf6+ Qxf6 {only leads to a positional plus for White.}) 29. Nxg5
Nxg5 30. Bxg5 Qf7 31. Bf6+ Kg8 32. Rxg6+ $1 Qxg6 33. Rg1 Qxg1+ 34. Kxg1 Kf7 35.
Bd1 Rg8+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings 5253"]
[Site "28"]
[Date "1953.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Seitz, Jakob"]
[Black "Yanofsky, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "1952.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 Na6 7. Ne5 c5 8. e3
Be6 9. c3 Qb6 10. Qb3 Rad8 11. Qxb6 axb6 12. Re1 Nb8 13. Bf1 Nbd7 14. Nd3 Bf5
15. f3 Bxd3 16. Bxd3 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Bc2 Rfe8 19. h3 Re7 20. Kf2 Rde8 21.
Nb3 $6 (21. e4 $1 {liberates the white position.}) 21... Nc4 22. Bd3 Bh6 23. f4
Nd6 24. Bc2 Nfe4+ 25. Kf3 f5 26. Nd2 Nf6 27. Bb3 Kf8 28. Nf1 Nde4 29. Rd1 c4
30. Bc2 Bg7 31. g4 fxg4+ 32. hxg4 g5 33. Bd2 h6 34. Be1 Kf7 35. a4 Nc5 36. Bf2
Nce4 37. Be1 Nc5 38. Bf2 Nce4 39. Be1 {
Seitz could have claimed a draw due to a repetition.} Re6 40. b3 Nd6 41. fxg5
hxg5 42. Bg3 Nde4 43. Be1 Rc8 44. bxc4 Rxc4 $1 45. Bb3 Rc5 46. Rd3 Nd6 47. Rad1
Nc4 48. Bxc4 $6 (48. Rd4 $1 Ne5+ 49. Kg3 Nc4 50. Kf3 {will draw by repetition.}
) 48... Rxc4 49. Rd4 Rc8 50. Ng3 Bf8 $1 51. Nf5 $2 (51. e4 $1 Rce8 52. Rxd5 $1
Nxd5 53. Rxd5 Kg6 54. Bd2 Be7 55. Nf5 {gives counter- play at a small price.})
51... Bc5 $1 52. R4d2 Rce8 53. Bf2 Re4 {Black has a decisive advantage.} 54.
Rh1 Rxa4 55. Bg3 Rae4 56. Bf2 R8e5 57. Re2 Nxg4 58. Nh6+ Nxh6 59. Rxh6 Kg7 60.
Rh1 g4+ 61. Kg3 Kg6 62. Rh8 Kg5 63. Rc8 Rc4 64. Rg8+ Kf5 65. Rc2 Bxe3 66. Rf8+
Kg6 67. Kg2 d4 68. Bg3 Rf5 69. Rg8+ Kf7 70. Rb8 d3 71. Rxb7+ Ke6 72. Rb2 Rxc3
73. R7xb6+ Bxb6 74. Rxb6+ Kd5 {
The winners were Golombek, Medina, Penrose and Yanofsky (51/2/9).} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 5354"]
[Site "29"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alexander, Conel"]
[Black "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

{Hastings' Congress seemed to have little future due to the lack of foreign
stars. Fortunately the congress could be continued, when cheap celebrities
were found in Russia. The Soviets were interested in participation, because
success showed the superiority of communism. Botvinnik had failed in 1934.
Bronstein and Tolush got their chance during the Cold War. They met the secret
agent Alexander.   Time limits were 34 moves in two hours, followed by 17
moves in one hour.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7.
g3 $5 Na5 8. Nbd2 Bd7 9. Bg2 O-O-O 10. O-O Kb8 11. Re1 Ne7 12. Nf1 Nb3 13. Rb1
Nc6 14. Bf4 Ka8 15. N1d2 Nca5 {
So far, the players have been operating behind the lines.} 16. Nxb3 Nxb3 17.
Nd2 Ba4 18. Nxb3 Bxb3 19. Qd2 h6 20. Re2 Be7 21. Rf1 Qc6 22. Be3 Rh7 23. f4 {
Alexander launches the thematic attack of the French Defence.} g6 24. g4 h5 25.
f5 $5 (25. g5 {draws.}) 25... hxg4 $5 26. fxg6 fxg6 27. Bg5 Qd7 28. Qf4 Rdh8
29. Bf6 Rg8 30. Qxg4 Rh5 $2 (30... Ba4 $1 31. Bh3 Re8 $1 {reinforces the pawns.
}) 31. Ref2 a6 $2 (31... Ba4 32. Bxd5 Qxd5 33. Bxe7 Rf5 {creates a last stand.}
) 32. Bxe7 $1 {The kingside lies open for White.} Qxe7 33. Rf6 $1 Re8 34. Qxg6
Rhh8 35. Qf7 Qxf7 36. Rxf7 Bc2 37. Rg7 Reg8 38. Rff7 Rxg7 39. Rxg7 Bf5 40. Rf7
1-0

[Event "Hastings 5354"]
[Site "29"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alexander, Conel"]
[Black "Horne, Dennis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C73"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 f6 7. c4 Be6 $5 8.
Qa4 Qd7 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Be3 c5 $2 {The kingside lies open for White.} ({
The development can be continued by} 10... Ng6 $1 11. O-O Be7 $1) 11. dxc5 Qxa4
12. Nxa4 Nc6 13. cxd6 Bxd6 14. O-O-O $1 O-O ({The pointe is} 14... Bxc4 15.
Rxd6 $1 cxd6 16. Nb6) 15. Nb6 $1 Rab8 16. c5 $1 {
Alexander plays wonderful chess.} Nd4 (16... Nb4 17. cxd6 Nxa2+ 18. Kb1 cxb6
19. d7 Kf7 20. Rd6 Rfd8 21. Rhd1 {also wins for White.}) 17. cxd6 Rxb6 18. Bxd4
exd4 19. dxc7 Bxa2 20. Nxd4 Rb7 21. b3 Bxb3 22. Nxb3 Rxb3 23. Rd7 a5 24. Rhd1
a4 25. Re7 1-0

[Event "Hastings 5354"]
[Site "29"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tartakower, Saviely"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 dxe5 5. Nxe5 a6 $5 6. Bc4 e6 7. a4 Bd6 8.
Qe2 Qc7 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. d3 b6 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. c3 O-O
15. O-O Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Ne5 17. Bb3 h6 18. f4 Ng6 19. Nh3 $6 (19. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7
20. Qxe6 Nh4 21. Rf2 {brings a great fight.}) 19... Nh4 20. Rf2 Rad8 21. Rd1 b5
22. axb5 axb5 23. Bc2 Qb6 24. Kf1 b4 25. g3 Ng6 26. Qe3 Ne7 27. d4 Nf5 $1 28.
Bxf5 exf5 29. Rfd2 cxd4 30. Rxd4 Ba6+ 31. Kf2 Rfe8 32. Re4 $5 Qxe3+ $6 (32...
Qb5 {keeps the advantage.}) 33. Rxe3 Rxd1 34. Rxe8+ Kh7 35. Ra8 bxc3 36. bxc3
Rd2+ 37. Ke1 Re2+ 38. Kf1 Bd3 39. Rd8 Bc4 40. Rc8 Re4+ 41. Kf2 Be6 42. Rc5 Ra4
43. Ng1 g5 44. fxg5 hxg5 45. h3 Kg6 46. Nf3 Ra2+ {
Bronstein has set a last trap.} 47. Ke3 $2 (47. Kg1 {draws.}) 47... Rg2 $1 48.
h4 $2 (48. g4 $1 f4+ 49. Kd4 f6 50. Rc6 {proceeds the active defence.}) 48...
g4 $1 49. Ne5+ Kf6 50. Kf4 Re2 $1 51. Nxg4+ fxg4 52. h5 Rf2+ 53. Ke4 Bf5+ 54.
Kd4 Rh2 55. Rc6+ Kg5 56. c4 Rxh5 57. Ra6 Rh1 58. Ra3 Rf1 59. c5 Rf3 60. Re3
Rxe3 61. Kxe3 Bd7 62. Ke4 Bc6+ 63. Ke5 Ba8 64. Kd6 Kf5 {
Tartakower participated in Hastings for the last time.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 5354"]
[Site "29"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Teschner, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 a6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. h3
c4 9. Bc2 Bb4 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. f4 b5 13. Qf3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Re8 15.
a4 Bb7 $6 ({Better is} 15... b4 $1 16. Nxc6 b3 $1 17. Nb4 bxc2 18. Nxd5 Nxd5
19. Qxd5 Bb7) 16. Rb1 Ne4 17. Qh5 $1 g6 18. Qh6 {Forwards Kasimirovich!} Nxe5 (
{The point is} 18... Nxc3 19. f5 $1 Ne2+ 20. Kf2 Nexd4 21. exd4 Nxd4 22. f6 Ne6
23. Nf3 {White has an extra piece and attacks.}) 19. Bxe4 Nd7 20. Bc2 Bc6 $2 (
20... f5 {keeps the defence line closed.}) 21. f5 $1 Qd6 22. Ra1 $1 Qf8 23. Qh4
Qe7 24. f6 Qe6 25. Rf3 bxa4 26. Ba3 $1 Rab8 27. Raf1 Kh8 28. Re1 $5 Rb3 29. Be7
Rxc3 $5 30. Qh6 $1 Rg8 31. Rf4 {
Black has no defence against 32. Rh4 and oversteps the time limit.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 5354"]
[Site "29"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Alexander, Conel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A82"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "240"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

{Bronstein leads by 41/2/6. Alexander has scored four points. Nevertheless,
David choses a risky opening.} 1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 exf3 5.
Nxf3 g6 6. Bf4 $5 (6. Bg5 {
is known from Bondarevsky - Kuzminykh, Leningrad 1950.}) 6... Bg7 7. Qd2 O-O 8.
Bh6 d5 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. O-O-O Bf5 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nc6 13. Rde1 Qd6 14.
Kb1 a6 15. Re2 Rae8 16. Rhe1 e6 17. Ne5 Nd7 18. Nf3 $6 {
White has given a pawn in the Staunton Gambit.} ({If White plays} 18. Nxc6 Qxc6
19. h4 {Black cannot prepare the advance of the backward pawn.}) 18... Rf5 $1
19. Re3 $2 (19. h3 $1 {prevents the loss of the h-pawn.}) 19... e5 $1 20. dxe5
Ndxe5 21. Nxe5 Rfxe5 22. Rxe5 Rxe5 23. Rxe5 Qxe5 24. Qxd5 Qxh2 $1 {
Black has netted a pawn.} 25. Qd7+ Kh6 26. a3 Qd6 27. Qc8 Nd8 28. g4 $5 Kg7 29.
b3 c6 30. g5 Qe7 31. Qg4 Nf7 32. Ne4 Qxa3 33. Qe6 Qa5 34. Nd6 Nxd6 35. Qf6+ Kg8
36. Qxd6 {Alexander has won two pawns. The queen ending will occupy the
English public for days.} Qe1+ $1 ({Not} 36... Qxg5 $6 37. Qb8+) 37. Ka2 Qe8
38. Qc7 b5 39. Kb1 Qe1+ 40. Kb2 Qe6 41. b4 Qe4 42. Qd8+ Kf7 43. Qf6+ Ke8 44.
Qd6 ({Or} 44. Qh8+ Kd7 45. Qxh7+ Kd6 46. c3 Qg2+ 47. Kb3 Qxg5) 44... Qd5 45.
Qf6 Kd7 46. Qg7+ Kd6 47. Qf6+ Kc7 48. Qg7+ Qd7 49. Qe5+ Qd6 50. Qg7+ Kb6 {
The king has found a haven.} 51. Qc3 Qe7 52. Qd4+ Kb7 53. c3 Qf7 54. Qh8 Kb6
55. Qd4+ Kb7 56. Qh8 Qd7 57. Ka3 Qe7 58. Qf6 Qc7 59. Kb2 a5 $1 60. bxa5 Qxa5 {
Black has an entry on the queenside.} 61. Qe6 Qc7 62. Kb3 Qf4 $6 ({
More accurate is} 62... Qd8 $1 63. Qf7+ Kb6 64. Qf2+ c5 $1 65. Qf6+ Kc7 $1) 63.
Qd7+ Kb6 64. Qd8+ Kc5 65. Qe7+ Kb6 66. Qd8+ Kc5 67. Qe7+ Kd5 68. Qd7+ $6 (68.
Qxh7 $1 {starts a nasty counteraction.}) 68... Qd6 69. Qg4 Qc5 70. Qd7+ Ke5 71.
Qxh7 Kf5 72. Qd7+ Kxg5 {The win has become easy but it remains time-consuming.}
73. Qd2+ Kf6 74. Qd8+ Kf7 75. Qc7+ Qe7 76. Qf4+ Kg7 77. Qd4+ Qf6 78. Qe4 Kf7
79. Kb2 Qd6 80. Qf3+ Qf6 81. Qe4 g5 82. Qh7+ Ke6 83. Qe4+ Kd6 84. Qd3+ Kc7 85.
Qh7+ Kb6 86. Kc2 Qf4 87. Qe7 Qf2+ 88. Kb3 Qd2 89. Qe8 Qd5+ 90. Kb2 Qd6 91. Qe3+
Qc5 92. Qe8 Qf2+ 93. Kb3 Qf6 94. Qd7 Kc5 95. Kc2 Qe5 96. Qd8 Qe4+ 97. Kb2 g4 $1
98. Qd7 Kc4 99. Qd1 Qg2+ 100. Ka1 c5 101. Qc2 Qf1+ 102. Kb2 Kd5 $1 103. Qd2+
Ke4 104. Qg5 Qf5 105. Qh4 Kf3 106. Qh1+ Ke2 107. Qg2+ Ke1 108. c4 $5 b4 109.
Qg1+ Ke2 110. Qg2+ Ke3 111. Kb3 Qd3+ 112. Ka4 Qxc4 113. Qg3+ Kd2 114. Qf2+ Kc3
115. Qe3+ Kb2 116. Qe5+ Qc3 117. Qg5 g3 118. Qg4 g2 119. Qg5 Qc1 120. Qxc5 $5
Qc2+ $1 {
Alexander has avoided the last trick. He has taken the lead on Bronstein.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 5354"]
[Site "29"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B93"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Bd3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe1 Nc5 11. Kh1 Be6 12. Be3 exf4 13. Bxf4 Rc8 14. Rd1 Qb6
15. Bc1 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Qc5 17. Ng5 Bg4 18. Be3 Qc6 19. Rd2 Bh5 20. Nf3 Qd7 21.
Nd4 b5 22. a3 Bg6 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. Rxf5 g6 25. Rf1 d5 $2 {
Maybe the time control neared. Bronstein blunders a pawn.} 26. Bd4 Rc6 27. Bxf6
Bxf6 28. Nxd5 Bd4 29. Qh4 Kg7 30. Qg3 Rfc8 31. Ne3 Kh8 32. Rdf2 $2 {
White loses his advantage.} Qc7 33. Qh3 $2 Rc1 34. Rf3 $4 Bxe3 $1 {Olafsson mad
e three errors in a row.   Alexander and Bronstein shared the lead by a score
of 51/2/8.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 5354"]
[Site "29"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Teschner, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qe2
Nd7 9. d4 Bf6 10. Be3 b5 $5 (10... Qe7 {
was played in Treybal - Maróczy, Bad Sliac 1932.}) 11. Bc2 Nb6 12. Nbd2 Bg4 13.
d5 Ne7 14. Rfd1 Ng6 15. h3 Bd7 16. Nf1 Nh4 17. N1d2 Rb8 18. b3 Ng6 19. Qd3 Be7
20. a4 bxa4 21. bxa4 a5 22. c4 f5 23. c5 dxc5 24. Qc3 Kh8 25. Bxc5 Bd6 26. Be3
fxe4 27. Bxe4 $5 Nxa4 28. Qc2 Rb2 29. Qc1 Nf4 30. Re1 Rb4 31. Nc4 Bb5 32. Ncd2
Nb2 33. Qc2 $2 ({Right is} 33. Bxf4 Rxf4 34. Rxa5) 33... Bd3 34. Bxd3 Nbxd3 35.
Reb1 Rxb1+ 36. Rxb1 Nb4 37. Qc4 Nbxd5 38. Ne4 h6 $6 (38... Nxh3+ $1 39. Kh2
Nxe3 40. fxe3 Nf2 $1 41. Nxf2 e4+ {ends the game.}) 39. g3 Nxe3 40. fxe3 Ng6
41. Rf1 Qd7 42. Kh2 a4 43. h4 Rb8 44. h5 Rb2+ 45. Nfd2 Nf8 46. Kg1 Ne6 47. Nf3
Rb4 $2 (47... Rb3 {still wins for Black.}) 48. Qd5 Rb5 49. Qa8+ Qc8 50. Qxa4
Rb4 51. Qc2 Qa8 52. Nxd6 cxd6 53. Nh4 Re4 54. Ng6+ Kh7 55. Qb1 d5 56. Qb6 Ng5
57. Nf8+ Kg8 58. Ng6 Rg4 $2 {Teschner makes the final mistake.} (58... Kh7 $1
59. Rf8 Qa1+ 60. Kg2 Qa2+ 61. Rf2 Qa8 {draws.}) 59. Qa7 $1 Rxg3+ 60. Kh2 Rh3+
61. Kg2 Qe8 62. Rb1 Nf7 63. Rb8 Nd8 64. Kxh3 Qe6+ 65. Kg3 Qf6 66. Qe7 Qxe7 67.
Nxe7+ Kf8 68. Rxd8+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings 5354"]
[Site "29"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Alexander, Conel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1953.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 d6 4. Ne2 e5 {
This obscure line has been played in Colle - Nimzowitsch, Baden-Baden 1925.} 5.
dxe5 $5 dxe5 6. O-O Bc5 7. Ng3 g6 8. Bc4 Qe7 9. Qd3 $6 ({Preferable is} 9. c3
Be6 10. Nd2) 9... Nc6 10. a3 $5 e4 $1 11. Qe2 $5 Ne5 12. Ba2 $2 ({Better is} 
12. Nd2 Nxc4 13. Nxc4) 12... h5 $1 {Alexander prepares the attack.} 13. b4 Bd6
14. f4 $5 {White marches before he is overwhelmed.} exf3 15. gxf3 h4 16. Nh1 {
But the position has become hopeless anyway.} g5 17. Nd2 Qg7 18. Bb2 g4 19. f4
Nf3+ 20. Kg2 h3+ 21. Kf2 Nxd2 22. Qxd2 Ne4+ 23. Kg1 Qxb2 24. Qd5 Qf6 25. Bb3 c6
26. Qd3 Be6 27. Bxe6 Qxe6 28. Qd4 {Tolush had won Bucharest 1953. Now he lost
in the final two rounds. Hereafter, he would only play abroad in team events. 
Alexander and Bronstein won the event by a score of 61/2/9. Code breaker
Alexander knew how to handle the Russians.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 5455"]
[Site "30"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Alexander, Conel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

{The Soviets were unhappy about the results in 1953. Their stars Keres and
Smyslov were sent to Hastings in the next year.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6
4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Re1 Bg4 9. c3 Nf6 $2 {
Surprisingly, Alexander choses a passive move.} ({My preference has} 9... Qd7)
10. Bg5 $1 Qd7 11. Nbd2 O-O-O 12. Qa4 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 g4 $6
{The forwards defence leads to a disaster.} 16. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 17. Bf5 $1 {
Keres applies his smart tactics.} Qxf5 18. Rxe5 Qd3 ({The pointe is} 18... Qd7
19. Qxa7 Qd6 20. Re3 Qa6 21. Qxa6 bxa6 22. Rxe7) 19. Rxe7 Rd7 20. Re3 Qa6 21.
Qxa6 bxa6 22. Be5 {Alexander would never play a main role in Hastings again.
But he had won the three previous games against Keres ... in table tennis!} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 5455"]
[Site "30"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D75"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O c5 8. e4
Nf6 9. e5 Nd5 10. dxc5 Nb4 11. Nc3 $5 N8c6 12. Qe2 Qd3 13. Rd1 Qxe2 14. Nxe2
Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bh6 $1 {White controls more terrain.} Re8 17. Rd2 Nc6
18. Nf4 Bf5 19. Re1 Bg7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. a3 g5 $6 ({Preferable is} 21... e5
22. Nd5 Rad8) 22. Nd5 Red8 23. Red1 Bg4 24. f3 Be6 25. b4 h6 26. Kf2 Rd7 27.
Nc3 Rxd2+ 28. Rxd2 Rd8 29. Rxd8 Nxd8 30. f4 gxf4 31. gxf4 Bb3 $6 ({
More useful is} 31... a6) 32. Ke3 Kf6 $2 (32... Kf8 {
avoids an immediate disaster.}) 33. b5 e5 34. Ne4+ $1 Ke6 35. c6 $1 exf4+ 36.
Kxf4 bxc6 37. Nc5+ Kd6 38. Nxb3 cxb5 39. h4 Nc6 40. Bxc6 Kxc6 41. Kg4 b4 42.
axb4 Kb5 43. Nd4+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings 5455"]
[Site "30"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A63"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nd2 a6 11. a4 Rb8 12. Nc4 Ne8 13. a5 Ne5 14. Nb6 Nc7 15. f4
$6 (15. Ne4 {occurred in Smyslov - Pachman, Amsterdam 1954.}) 15... Ng4 $1 16.
Nc4 $6 Re8 17. Ne4 $6 Nb5 $1 18. h3 Bf5 $1 {
White pieces have been deactivated and the black men have become effective.}
19. hxg4 Bxe4 20. e3 f5 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 {Black dominates the centre.} 22. Qd3 Qd7
23. Bd2 h6 24. Rad1 Rbe8 25. gxf5 Qxf5 26. Bc1 $6 ({More solid is} 26. Rf3)
26... Qh3 27. Rf2 g5 $5 28. Ne5 $6 ({Wiser is} 28. Rg2) 28... R8xe5 29. fxe5
Qxg3+ 30. Rg2 Qxe5 31. b3 $2 Nc3 $1 32. Re1 (32. Bb2 Rxe3 {
gives no serious defence.}) 32... Nxd5 33. Rd1 Nc3 34. Bb2 Rxe3 0-1

[Event "Hastings 5455"]
[Site "30"]
[Date "1954.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1954.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. b3 Nbd7 7. Bb2 e5 8. dxe5
Nh5 9. Na3 $1 {
Unzicker has played his pet but chancy line. Smyslov gives a strong answer.}
dxe5 10. e4 Re8 $6 (10... Qe7 $1 11. Nc4 Rd8 {nearly reaches equality.}) 11.
Qe2 Nb6 12. Rfd1 Bd7 13. c4 $1 Qe7 14. Nc2 Bc6 15. Ba3 Qe6 16. Ne3 Rad8 (16...
Nf4 $1 17. gxf4 exf4 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 fxe3 20. Qxe3 f5 $1 {
leads to a counteraction.}) 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Qd7 19. Bb2 Nc8 20. Rac1 Nd6
21. Rc2 h6 $6 22. Rdc1 Rc8 23. a4 Re7 24. Ba3 Nf6 $2 (24... Ree8 {
prevent the next tactics.}) 25. Bh3 $1 {Smyslov finds a decisive combination.}
Qxh3 26. Bxd6 $1 {Keres and Smyslov shared the win by 7/9. The Premier Group
would be dominated by Eastern Europeans for decades.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 5556"]
[Site "31"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Black "Diez del Corral, Jesus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

{Chess events changed housing during the fifties. The tournament was played at
the Sun Lounge in St Leonards, ideal for sun bathing during the summer and
rain bathing in winter. Players stayed at the nearby Royal Victoria Hotel.
Club residence became Pelton House at 2 Cornwallis Terrace in Hastings.} 1. e4
e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Ne7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 Nbc6 9.
Qe2 $5 e5 10. c3 b6 11. a4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Na5 $5 13. b4 cxb4 14. cxb4 Nac6 15.
b5 {White has made an easy advance.} Na5 $2 ({Right is} 15... Nd4 $1 16. Nxd4
exd4) 16. Ba3 f6 17. Nc4 Nb7 18. Red1 Qc7 19. Rac1 Nc5 20. a5 Bg4 $2 (20... Bh6
21. Rc2 Be6 22. Rd6 {leads to a positional advantage for White.}) 21. Nxb6 $1 {
Olafsson strikes.} axb6 22. axb6 Qxb6 23. Bxc5 Qb7 24. Bd6 Rfc8 25. Rxc8+ Nxc8
26. Qc4+ Qf7 27. Qc6 Ra7 28. b6 Bd7 29. b7 Bxc6 30. bxc8=Q+ Qe8 31. Qxe8+ Bxe8
32. Ne1 Rd7 33. Bf3 f5 34. Nc2 fxe4 35. Bxe4 Bf7 36. Ne3 Bb3 37. Bd5+ Bxd5 38.
Rxd5 Kf7 39. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Hastings 5556"]
[Site "31"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Ivkov, Borislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. g3 c6 6. e4 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Be3 a5 11. Qc2 a4 12. Rfd1 $5 Qa5 13. Rab1 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5
15. b4 axb3 16. axb3 Qb4 17. Bf4 Bf8 $6 18. Bd2 Qb6 19. Be3 Qb4 $2 (19... Qc7
$1 20. b4 Ne6 {brings a modest defence.}) 20. Qd2 $1 {White threatens Nd5!} Qb6
({Or} 20... Bg7 21. e5 $1 dxe5 22. Nc2) 21. b4 $1 Ncxe4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Qd3
Nxf2 ({The pointe is} 23... Nf6 24. Ne6 $1) 24. Bxf2 Qc7 25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1
Bd7 27. b5 h5 28. bxc6 bxc6 29. Nb5 Qb8 30. Nxd6 Qxd6 31. Qxd6 Bxd6 32. Rd1 Be6
33. Rxd6 Bxc4 34. Bd4 Be6 35. Bxc6 Rc8 36. h4 1-0

[Event "Hastings 5556"]
[Site "31"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark"]
[Black "Darga, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bd3 e5 12. Qc2 Bg4 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5
Qxe5 15. f3 Be6 16. f4 $5 {
Taimanov plays a novelty in the Nimzo- Indian Defence.} Qd6 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. c4
b5 $2 {
Black seems to start a great attack, but the results will be disappointing.}
19. cxb5 c4 20. Bf1 Qc5 21. a4 c3 22. Rd4 Rfc8 23. Ba3 Qh5 24. Re1 Nd7 25. Red1
Nc5 $2 {The knight should return.} 26. Qxc3 Bg4 27. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Hastings 5556"]
[Site "31"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Darga, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E53"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1955.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. a3
cxd4 9. Nxd5 $1 {Kortschnoj brings an excellent novelty.} ({Theory is} 9. exd4)
9... exd5 10. axb4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nb6 12. Bb3 dxe3 13. Bxe3 Be6 $2 ({Better is} 
13... Nbd5 $1 {(Gligoric - Padevsky, Moscow 1956).}) 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. Qxd8
Rfxd8 16. Rxa7 $1 {Kortschnoj applies a mean trick.} Rxa7 17. Bxb6 Rda8 18.
Bxa7 Rxa7 {
White's extra pawn seems to have little value but it will hamper the defence.}
19. Ne5 {Viktor decides to blockade the e-pawn.} ({The alternative is} 19. Ng5
$5) 19... Kf8 20. Rc1 Ke7 21. f4 Nd5 22. Nd3 Ra6 23. Kf2 Rb6 24. Rc4 Ra6 25.
Re4 Kf6 $6 (25... Rc6 {continues the status quo.}) 26. Nc5 Ra2 27. Rxe6+ Kf7
28. Re2 Nxf4 29. Rd2 {The black b-pawn will fall eventually.} b6 30. Nd7 b5 31.
Ke3 Ne6 32. Nc5 Ra7 33. Rd6 Nf8 ({After} 33... Re7 {
White exchanges the pieces and reaches a won pawn ending.}) 34. Rb6 Ra2 35. Nd3
Nd7 36. Rxb5 Ke6 37. Kd4 Kd6 38. Rd5+ {Kortschnoj and Olafsson shared the win
by a score of 7/9, half-a-point before Ivkov and one point before Taimanov.}
1-0

[Event "Hastings 5657"]
[Site "32"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alexander, Conel"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B96"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Bd7 8. Qf3
Nc6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Rxd4 Bc6 11. f5 $5 Qa5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. fxe6 Qg5+ 14.
Kb1 fxe6 15. Bc4 Qe5 16. Rhd1 O-O-O 17. Ne2 f5 $6 (17... Re8 {
makes a useful quiet move.}) 18. Qb3 $1 Re8 19. Nc3 $6 (19. exf5 $1 d5 $5 {
leads to favourable tactics for White.}) 19... fxe4 20. Bxa6 $1 d5 ({
The pointe is} 20... bxa6 $2 21. Rc4 Kd7 22. Rxc6 $1) 21. Bb5 Bc5 22. Ra4 Kc7
23. Bxc6 $2 {leads to favourable tactics for White.} bxc6 24. Ra6 Rb8 25. Qa4
Rxb2+ $1 {But young Larsen refutes the attack by a counteraction.} 26. Kxb2
Rb8+ 27. Kc1 Be3+ 28. Rd2 Qxc3 29. Ra7+ Bxa7 30. Qxa7+ Rb7 31. Qd4 Qxd4 32.
Rxd4 Kd6 {The rook ending is easily won.} 33. Rd2 c5 34. g4 e3 35. Rg2 d4 36.
g5 Rf7 37. Kd1 e5 38. h4 e4 39. Ke2 Rf3 40. h5 c4 0-1

[Event "Hastings 5657"]
[Site "32"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Black "Toran Albero, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb7 14. Nf1 Rac8 15.
Bd3 d5 16. dxe5 Nxe4 17. Ng3 f5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21.
Rxe4 Rcd8 $6 {Black has given a pawn for a positional plus on the queenside.} (
{Solid is} 21... Nc4 {(Yanofsky-Pachman, Saltsjobaden 1948).}) 22. Qe2 Qc6 23.
Rb1 Rfe8 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Qd1 Rd8 26. Qe1 Nc4 27. b3 Re8 28. Qd1 Rd8 $6 ({
Preferable is} 28... Qe4 29. Bg5 Ne5 30. Nd2 Qg6 31. Bxf6 gxf6 {
and Black keeps some compensation.}) 29. Qe2 $1 Nb6 30. Bb2 Re8 31. Qf1 Nd5 32.
Bxf6 Qxf6 33. Re1 Rf8 34. a4 $1 bxa4 35. Qc4 Qf7 36. bxa4 Nf4 37. Qxf7+ Kxf7
38. Ng5+ Kg8 39. Re7 a5 40. g3 Ng6 41. Ra7 Rf5 42. Ra8+ (42. Ra8+ Nf8 43. Ne6 {
leads to a exchanges a won pawn ending.}) 1-0

[Event "Hastings 5657"]
[Site "32"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. b3 Rg8 $5 7. Bb2
Bh6 8. Qe2 Bg4 9. O-O-O Nd7 10. h3 Bh5 $2 ({Right is} 10... Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Qa5)
11. g4 Bg6 12. h4 Nc5 {Larsen liked to play risky openings as Black.} 13. Kb1
$2 ({Favourable variations are} 13. g5 $1 fxg5 14. hxg5 Bf8 15. d4) (13. Bxf6
Ne6 14. Be5 {and}) (13. b4 $5 Na4 14. h5) 13... Qd5 $1 14. d3 O-O-O 15. Bh3 Ne6
16. g5 $4 ({The critical line is} 16. h5 $1 Nf4 17. Qxe7 Qxf3 18. hxg6 Nxh3 19.
gxf7 Rg6) 16... Bh5 17. Bxe6+ fxe6 18. Rh3 fxg5 19. hxg5 Rxg5 20. Bc1 Rf5 21.
Bxh6 Bxf3 0-1

[Event "Hastings 5657"]
[Site "32"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C98"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. a4 Rb8 15.
axb5 axb5 16. Nf1 Bd6 $5 17. Bg5 Ne8 18. Ne3 f6 19. Nd5 Qb7 20. Be3 Be6 21. Nd2
Nc7 22. Nb3 c4 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. Bxc5 Rfd8 25. Qh5 Bf7 26. Qh4 Ne6 $6 (26... Bg6
$1 {equalises.}) 27. Bb6 Re8 28. b3 Nf4 29. bxc4 Ng6 $5 30. Qg4 Bxd5 $2 {
O<->Kelly miscalculates.} ({Right is} 30... Be6 31. Qh5 bxc4 {
and White has a plus.}) 31. exd5 $1 Qxb6 32. dxc6 Qxc6 33. cxb5 Qxc3 34. Bxg6
hxg6 35. Qxg6 Re7 36. Rab1 Reb7 37. Rec1 Qd4 38. Rc6 Kf8 39. Qc2 Qd7 40. b6 Kg8
41. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Hastings 5657"]
[Site "32"]
[Date "1956.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1956.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Be7 6. O-O Nd7 $5 7. c4 c6 $6
({Preferable is} 7... Nxe5 8. dxe5 c6 {
(Bogdanovic - Udovcic, Vrnjacka Banja 1962).}) 8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10.
bxc3 Nxe5 11. dxe5 O-O {White has an obvious aim of attack.} 12. Be3 b6 $2 (
12... f5 $1 {counters immediately.}) 13. Bd4 Bc5 14. Qh5 h6 15. f4 Qe7 16. Kh1
Bxd4 17. cxd4 f5 (17... Qb4 $5 18. Rad1 $1 Bd7 19. Rf3 {
also charges on the kingside.}) 18. Rac1 Be6 19. g4 Qf7 20. Qxf7+ Rxf7 21. Rc6
Re8 22. Kg2 Bd7 23. Rd6 fxg4 24. Bg6 Bf5 25. Bxf7+ Kxf7 26. Rc1 Re7 27. Kg3 Be6
28. Rxe6 Rxe6 29. f5 Re7 30. Kxg4 Rb7 31. Rc8 a5 32. Kf4 Ke7 33. e6 Kd6 34.
Rd8+ Ke7 35. Rxd5 b5 36. Ke5 a4 37. Rc5 b4 38. d5 b3 39. axb3 axb3 40. d6+ Kd8
41. e7+ Kd7 42. Rc7+ {The outcome of this game had an impact on the final
result. Gligoric and Larsen won by a score of 61/2/9, half-a-point before
O'Kelly and Olafsson.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 5758"]
[Site "33"]
[Date "1957.12.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Barden, Leonhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. f4 c5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
Rb8 9. Kh1 a6 10. a4 Bd7 11. e4 Bg4 $5 12. Be3 Nd7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nd4 15.
Qd1 e6 16. Rb1 f5 17. Bf2 Qa5 18. Re1 Qd8 $5 {
Barden makes hesitant moves against the great Keres.} 19. Ne2 fxe4 20. Bxe4 Nf5
21. b4 cxb4 22. Rxb4 Qa5 $5 23. Qb1 $5 Nc5 24. Rd1 Qc7 25. Bg2 a5 26. Rb5 b6
27. Qa2 e5 28. Nc3 Kh8 $2 ({Correct is} 28... exf4 $1 29. Nd5 Qd7 30. Nxf4 Nd4)
29. Nd5 Qd8 30. fxe5 dxe5 31. Nxb6 $1 Rxb6 $2 (31... Nxd3 $1 32. Kh2 Nd4 33.
Rxd3 Rxb6 34. Rxa5 Qc7 {struggles for life.}) 32. Bxc5 $1 Ra6 33. Bxf8 Nxg3+
34. Kg1 Bxf8 35. Qb2 Bd6 36. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "Hastings 5758"]
[Site "33"]
[Date "1957.12.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fazekas, Stefan"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. d5 e6 $5 {
Keres plays a new and surprising move.} 6. Nc3 ({If White advances by} 6. d6 {
Black can play} Ne4 {aggressively} ({or respond} 6... Nc6 {quietly})) 6... O-O
7. O-O d6 8. Nd2 Nbd7 9. dxe6 fxe6 10. e4 Ne8 11. a4 a6 12. Nc4 Ne5 13. Nxe5
Bxe5 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Qe2 Rb8 16. Qc4 Bd7 17. f4 $1 b5 $1 18. axb5 axb5 19. Qd3
Bg7 20. Bh3 b4 21. Nd1 Kh8 22. Re1 Nf6 23. Bd2 Bb5 24. Qe3 Bc6 25. e5 $6 Nd7 $6
(25... Ne4 $1 {would be awkward for White.}) 26. exd6 Qxd6 27. c3 e5 28. Nf2 $6
exf4 29. gxf4 Nb6 30. Ne4 $2 {White blunders material.} Bxe4 31. Qxe4 Qxd2 32.
Ra7 Rxf4 33. Qe3 bxc3 34. bxc3 Qxe3+ 35. Rxe3 Nd5 36. Rd3 Nf6 37. Be6 Re4 38.
Bf7 Re2 39. Rd1 Ne4 40. Bc4 Rd2 41. Re1 Ng5 42. Re3 Rb1+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings 5758"]
[Site "33"]
[Date "1957.12.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Filip, Miroslav"]
[Black "Fazekas, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. d4 Be7 7. d5 O-O 8. Nc3
Qe8 9. Nd4 Bc5 10. Nb3 e5 $6 ({Wiser is} 10... Bb4) 11. Nxc5 bxc5 12. e4 fxe4
13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 d6 15. f4 Nd7 16. Re1 Qf7 17. Qd3 g6 $6 (17... Qh5 {
avoids a weakening.}) 18. Bd2 Rae8 19. Bg2 Bc8 20. Bh3 Nb6 21. Bxc8 Rxc8 22.
Re2 Rce8 23. Rae1 Nd7 24. b3 Qf5 $2 ({The counteraction} 24... g5 $1 25. fxg5
$2 e4 $1 26. g6 hxg6 27. Rxe4 Ne5 {brings a fight.}) 25. Qxf5 gxf5 26. Ba5 Rc8
27. Bc3 e4 28. g4 fxg4 29. Rxe4 Rf7 30. Kg2 Nf8 31. Kg3 h5 32. Re7 c6 33. dxc6
Rxc6 34. f5 Rc7 35. f6 Ng6 36. Rxc7 Rxc7 37. Re6 Kf7 38. Rxd6 Nf8 39. Kh4 Kg6
40. Rd5 {Black overstepped the time limit.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 5758"]
[Site "33"]
[Date "1957.12.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D57"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1957.??.??"]

{So far Keres has won seven games and drew one.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6
4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nf3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3
exd5 11. Qb3 Rd8 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nc6 14. Be2 b6 15. O-O Bb7 16. Rfc1 Na5
17. Qb2 Rac8 18. Rc3 c5 19. Rac1 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Rxc3 21. Rxc3 Qe5 22. Qc2 Rd5
23. f4 Qe8 24. h3 Rc5 25. Nf5 Qe4 26. Qxe4 Bxe4 27. Rxc5 bxc5 28. Nd6 Bd5 29.
a3 Kf8 30. Kf2 Nb7 31. Nb5 a5 32. Nc3 Bc6 33. Bf3 Bxf3 34. Kxf3 Ke7 $2 ({
Right is} 34... Nd6 $1 35. Ne4 Nb7 36. Nc3 Nd6 37. e4 Nc4 38. a4 Ke7 {drawn.})
35. Ke4 Ke6 36. Kd3 Nd6 37. e4 f6 38. g3 g5 39. a4 h5 40. h4 gxh4 41. gxh4 Kd7
42. Nd5 Ke6 {White has a fast win.} 43. Ne3 (43. Nxf6 $1 Kxf6 44. e5+ Ke6 45.
exd6 Kxd6 46. Kc4 {triumphs.}) 43... f5 44. e5 Ne4 45. Kc4 Nf2 46. Ng2 Nd1 47.
Ne1 Ne3+ 48. Kxc5 Nd5 49. Nd3 Nc3 50. Kc4 Ne2 ({Or} 50... Nxa4 51. Nc5+ Nxc5
52. Kxc5) 51. Kb5 Kd5 52. Kxa5 Kc6 53. Kb4 Nd4 54. Kc4 Nf3 55. Nb4+ Kb7 56. e6
Kc7 57. Nd5+ {Keres won by a score of 71/2/9. Gligoric made 61/2 points.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 5859"]
[Site "34"]
[Date "1958.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Darga, Klaus"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

{Uhlmann, Portisch, Gereben, Darga and Dückstein were the foreign stars on
Christmas 1958.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 Bb4
7. Nde2 Nf6 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. O-O (9. Bf4 $1 e5 10. Bg5 {
gains a plus (Ostojic - Van Scheltinga, Amsterdam 1969).}) 9... Be7 10. h3 d6
11. Be3 $5 b5 12. f4 Bb7 13. Qe1 O-O 14. Qf2 $6 ({Preferable is} 14. a3 $1)
14... b4 $1 15. Na4 $6 Nd8 16. e5 $1 {
Darga storms forwards but Portisch reacts quietly.} dxe5 17. Bb6 $2 Qb8 ({
Even better is} 17... Qxc2 $1 18. fxe5 Nd5) 18. fxe5 Qxe5 19. Bxd8 Raxd8 20.
Bxb7 Qb5 $1 21. Qb6 Qxe2 22. Rf2 Qe5 23. Qxa6 Qxg3+ 24. Bg2 Ra8 25. Qb7 Nd5 26.
Raf1 Bd6 {Black delivers mate or captures a knight.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 5859"]
[Site "34"]
[Date "1958.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Darga, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. exd4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 $5 13. Bd3 $5 {
The confident Uhlmann sacrifices a pawn.} Qxc3 14. Bb2 Qb4 15. a4 $6 (15. Rac1
{keeps the initiative.}) 15... Rc8 16. Ne5 Qd6 17. Ra3 Nc6 18. Bb1 Rd8 19. Ng4
Nxg4 20. Qxg4 f5 21. Qh5 $1 {
Though the black kingside lacks guards, a counteraction works well.} g6 $1 ({
A crucial line is} 21... Qb4 $5 22. Rh3 $1 Qxb2 23. Bxf5 $1 Nxd4 24. Qxh7+ Kf8
25. Qh8+ Kf7 26. Qh5+ Kf8 {and a draw by perpetual check.}) 22. Qh6 Qf8 $2 (
22... Ne5 $1 23. Rh3 Rd7 24. Ba2 Ng4 {brings the needed defenders.}) 23. Qe3
Qf6 24. Ba2 Rd6 25. Qe2 Rad8 26. d5 $1 Qf7 27. Rad3 $1 Ba6 ({The pointe is} 
27... exd5 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Bxd5 Qxd5 31. Qe8#) 28. dxe6 Qe7 29.
Rxd6 Rxd6 ({Or} 29... Bxe2 30. Rxd8+ Nxd8 31. Rxd8+ Qxd8 32. e7+) 30. Rxd6 {
Uhlmann had scored his sixth win in a series of seven.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 5859"]
[Site "34"]
[Date "1958.01.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Barden, Leonhard"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1958.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Re1 Bd7 14. Be3 Kh8
15. h3 $5 a6 (15... Qxb2 16. Na4 Qb4 17. Bd2 Qa3 18. Bc1 {
leads to a repetition.}) 16. Rc1 Ne7 17. Na4 Bxa4 18. Qxa4 Nf5 19. Bg5 Bb4 20.
Qb3 Nd7 21. Re2 ({The courageous} 21. Bxf5 $1 Bxe1 22. Qxb6 Nxb6 23. Bxe6 {
takes the initiative.}) 21... Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Qxd4 23. Be3 Qh4 24. Rc7 Ne5 25.
Rxb7 a5 {Black has created complications.} 26. a3 $2 ({Right is} 26. Bb6 $1)
26... d4 $1 {Black starts an attack in the centre by chasing a bishop.} 27. Bh6
Qxh6 28. Rxe5 Bd6 $1 29. Rxe6 $2 ({Insufficient is} 29. Re4 $2 Qc1+ 30. Bf1
Rxf2 $1 31. Kxf2 Rf8+ 32. Qf3 Rxf3+ 33. gxf3 Qc2+ 34. Re2 Qg6 {and Black wins})
({White should have tried} 29. Qxe6 $1 Bxe5 30. Qxe5 Qf6 31. Qxf6 Rxf6 32. b4)
29... Qf4 30. Qd5 Qxf2+ 31. Kh1 Qf1+ {
Uhlmann won by the great score of 8/9. Lajos Portisch followed at one point.}
0-1

[Event "Hastings 5960"]
[Site "35"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c6 7. O-O Bf5 $6 {
Black plays a doubtful novelty.} 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Nb6 $6 ({More prudent is} 
9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qb6 {(Petrosian - Smith, San Antonio 1972).}) 10. Rd1 N8d7
$6 ({Active is} 10... Be6 {(Larsen - Saidy, San Antonio 1972).}) 11. e4 Be6 12.
Qc2 Bg4 $5 13. Bg5 Qe8 14. a4 $1 e5 15. d5 $1 cxd5 16. a5 $1 d4 (16... dxe4 17.
Qxe4 Bf5 18. Qb4 $1 Nc8 19. Nd5 {leads to suffocation.}) 17. axb6 dxc3 18. bxa7
cxb2 19. Qxb2 Nc5 20. Qb4 Qc6 21. Be7 $1 Rfc8 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings 5960"]
[Site "35"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Averbakh, Yuri"]
[Black "Kottnauer, Cenek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 e5 5. d5 Ne7 $5 (5... Nf6 {
leads to well known play.}) 6. h4 h5 $6 ({More prudent is} 6... h6) 7. Be2 $1
Nd7 8. Nh3 a5 9. f3 Nc5 10. Nf2 Ng8 $5 11. Bg5 f6 12. Be3 Bh6 13. Qd2 Bd7 14.
g4 $5 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Qe7 16. O-O-O O-O-O $6 17. Nd3 Nxd3+ 18. Rxd3 b6 $2 (18...
Kb8 {avoids the next disaster.}) 19. c5 $1 {
Averbakh breaks through the defence.} dxc5 (19... bxc5 20. Nb1 $1 a4 21. Rb3 $1
{brings a strong white attack.}) 20. d6 $1 Qe6 ({Or} 20... cxd6 21. Nd5) 21.
dxc7 Rf8 22. Rhd1 1-0

[Event "Hastings 5960"]
[Site "35"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Bobotsov, Milko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B99"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 h6 8. Bh4
Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Bd3 b5 $2 ({Theory will become} 11... g5) 12.
e5 $1 {Gligoric brings a brilliant novelty.} Bb7 13. Nxe6 $3 {
He refutes an important variation.} fxe6 14. Bg6+ Kf8 (14... Kd8 15. Qh3 $1
dxe5 16. Qxe6 {leads to a decisive white attack.}) 15. exf6 $3 Bxf3 16. fxe7+
Kg8 17. gxf3 Nf6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. e8=Q+ Rxe8 20. Bxe8 d5 ({Or} 20... Kf8 {
(Gligoric)} 21. Bg6 $1) 21. Rd4 (21. f5 $1 Qf4+ 22. Kb1 Qxf5 {(Gligoric)} 23.
Bd7 $1 {ends the game.}) 21... Kh7 22. Bh5 Qc5 23. Rhd1 Rc8 24. R1d2 f5 25. Ne2
Kg7 26. Kb1 Kf6 27. a3 a5 28. Ng3 b4 29. a4 Qc6 30. b3 Qc3 31. R4d3 Qc5 32. Re2
Qg1+ 33. Kb2 Rc3 34. Rdd2 d4 35. Rg2 Qe3 36. Be8 d3 37. cxd3 Qe1 38. Rc2 Rxd3
39. Bb5 Rc3 40. Bc4 Rxc2+ 41. Rxc2 e5 42. fxe5+ Qxe5+ 43. Ka2 f4 44. Ne4+ Kg6
45. Rg2+ Kh5 46. Nf2 Qe8 47. Bd3 Kh4 48. Rg4+ Kh5 49. Bg6+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings 5960"]
[Site "35"]
[Date "1959.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Pomar Salamanca, Arturo"]
[Black "Kottnauer, Cenek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D59"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1959.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Be6 12. Qa4 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Bb5 $5
Rc8 15. O-O Qb7 16. b3 a6 17. Be2 Nd7 18. Rfd1 a5 19. Bb5 $5 {
This action has little point.} Nf6 20. Ne5 Rab8 21. Bc6 $5 Qc7 22. f4 Rb4 23.
Qa3 Qb6 24. Ba4 $2 (24. f5 $1 Bxf5 25. Bxd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 Be6 27. Rdd1 {
accepts a slight problem.}) 24... c4 25. Re1 $1 d4 $2 (25... c3 $1 26. Nc6 Kh7
$1 27. Rxc3 Bd7 {wins material.}) 26. bxc4 dxe3 27. c5 $2 Rxc5 28. Rxc5 Qxc5
29. Nd3 Qd4 30. Nxb4 e2+ 31. Kh1 Qf2 32. Qc1 axb4 33. Bc6 Bc4 $2 ({Right is} 
33... Nh5 $1 {(threatens .. Nxf4-d3)} 34. g3 Bh3 {and .. Qf1+.}) 34. Rg1 Ng4
35. Be4 $2 {Pomar makes the last mistake.} ({Better is} 35. Bf3 $1 Nxh2 $1 36.
Bxe2 $1 Qxe2 37. Kxh2) 35... Qh4 36. h3 Qg3 $1 {
Gligoric won by 71/2/9, one point before Averbakh and Uhlmann.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 6061"]
[Site "36"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cafferty, Bernard"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C56"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 {
I call this line of the Two Knights: "The Euwe Variation".} exd4 5. O-O Nxe4 6.
Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Bd2 Qd5 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxe7
Kxe7 13. Qd3 Rad8 $5 ({The risky} 13... Kf8 {
was played in Kostic - Vukovic, Ljubljana 1947.}) 14. Rad1 Kd7 {
It is wise to return the extra pawn.} 15. Nxd4 Kc8 16. Nxc6 $5 (16. Nxe6 Qxe6
17. Qf3 {draws easily.}) 16... Qxc6 17. Qe3 $2 (17. Qe2 {is okay.}) 17... Rxd1
18. Rxd1 Qxc2 19. Rc1 $4 ({Right is} 19. Qd4 $1 Re8 20. Ng5) 19... Rd8 $1 {
Suddenly the game is over.} 20. h3 Qxb2 21. Qf4 Qb6 22. Nc5 Qd6 23. Qe4 Bd5 24.
Qxh7 Qg6 25. Qxg6 fxg6 26. a3 b6 27. Na4 c5 28. Nc3 Bc6 29. Re1 Rd3 30. Re3
Rxe3 31. fxe3 b5 32. Kf2 b4 33. axb4 cxb4 0-1

[Event "Hastings 6061"]
[Site "36"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Black "Barden, Leonhard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nf3 $5 ({
Bondarevsky played} 7. d5 {versus Petrosian in Moscow 1951.}) 7... Qa5 8. Bd3
e5 $5 (8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 {equalises.}) 9. d5 Nh5 10. Nd2 Qd8 $5 (10... Na6
{proceeds the development.}) 11. g3 Nd7 $5 12. Nf1 f5 $2 {
Barden makes a courageous effort.} 13. exf5 e4 $1 14. Bxe4 $1 ({The greedy} 14.
fxg6 exd3 15. gxh7+ Kh8 16. Qxh5 Qb6 {proceeds the development.}) 14... gxf5
15. Qxh5 fxe4 16. Nd2 Ne5 17. Ncxe4 Nd3+ 18. Ke2 Nxb2 19. g4 Qe7 20. Qg5 Qxg5 (
20... Qd7 {(Shipov)} 21. Rab1 $1 Kh8 22. f4 {leads to a strong white attack.})
21. Bxg5 b5 $5 22. cxb5 Bb7 23. Nxd6 Bxd5 24. f3 c4 25. Rac1 Nd3 26. Rxc4 $1
Bxc4 27. N2xc4 Ne5 28. Nxe5 Bxe5 29. Rd1 Rfb8 30. a4 a6 31. Nc4 axb5 $6 32.
Nxe5 $1 bxa4 33. Bf6 $1 a3 34. Rd7 Rb6 ({Or} 34... a2 35. Rg7+ Kf8 36. Rxh7)
35. Rg7+ Kf8 36. Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings 6061"]
[Site "36"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Green, Arnold"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Na6 6. e4 Bg4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. Be3
Bb4 9. Qc2 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Qa5 (10... O-O {
will be applied later (Hübner - Smyslov, Tilburg 1979).}) 11. O-O Be7 12. Kh1
Nb4 13. Qe2 h6 14. f4 Qh5 $5 15. f3 $5 {Gligoric wants a tactical battle.} g5
16. e5 Nfd5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. f5 Bd8 $2 {
Black worries too much about his bishop.} (18... O-O-O $1 19. f6 Bf8 {
leads to fine play for Black.}) 19. a5 Bc7 $2 20. Ra4 $1 Na6 21. b4 $2 ({Not} 
21. Nxd5 $2 cxd5 22. Qb5+ Kf8 23. Qxb7 Rb8 $1 24. Qxa6 Rxb2) 21... Nb8 22. b5
Qh3 (22... a6 23. b6 Bd8 24. f6 {gives fun.}) 23. a6 $1 bxa6 24. bxc6 Nxc6 25.
Nxd5 Bb6 26. Rc1 Ne7 27. Nxe7 Kxe7 28. f6+ Kd7 29. Bg1 Rhc8 30. Raa1 h5 31. Qe4
g4 32. fxg4 Qxg4 33. Qb7+ Bc7 34. Rxc7+ {
Gligoric knew how to deal with the British players.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 6061"]
[Site "36"]
[Date "1960.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sliwa, Bogdan"]
[Black "Bondarevsky, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D53"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1960.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Qb3 $5 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 b6 11. Rc1 Ba6 $5 12. g3 (12. Qxc7 $2 Nd7 13.
Qf4 Rac8 {favours Black.}) 12... Nd7 13. Bg2 Rac8 14. Nd2 $2 ({Better is} 14.
Qd2 $1 c5 15. O-O) 14... c5 15. Qa3 $4 (15. O-O cxd4 16. Qxd4 Bxe2 17. Rfe1 {
only costs a pawn.}) 15... cxd4 $1 {
Another player becomes the victim of an elementary mate.} 16. Rxc8 Rxc8 17. b4
Qxb4 $1 {Gligoric won by 7/9. Igor Bondarevsky followed at one point.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 6162"]
[Site "37"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Littlewood, John"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B75"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

{Botvinnik had regained the world title from Tal in 1961. He went to Hastings
by the end of the year and gave a great show of his abilities.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3
d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 a6 8. Bc4 b5 9. Bb3 Bb7
10. Qd2 Nbd7 $5 (10... h5 $5 {
was played in Bisguier - Reshevsky, New York 1957.}) 11. O-O-O $5 ({
More solid is} 11. O-O {but the Littlewoods were no shy players.}) 11... Nc5
12. Kb1 Nxb3 13. cxb3 O-O 14. Bh6 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 b4 $1 {
White attacks and Black counters in the Sicilian Defence.} 16. e5 $5 ({Best is
} 16. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nxd5 $1 18. Nf5 gxf5 19. Rxd5 Qd7 20. Rd4 Qe6) 16...
Nd7 $1 ({Not} 16... dxe5 $2 17. Nf5 $1 gxf5 18. Rxd8 {(Botvinnik).}) 17. h4 $2
{White wants to take the defence by force.} (17. Na4 $1 dxe5 18. Ne2 {
saves the knights, before White attacks.}) 17... bxc3 18. h5 dxe5 $1 (18... c2+
19. Nxc2 g5 20. Qxg5+ Kh8 21. exd6 {allows counter chances.}) 19. hxg6 $1 Nf6
20. bxc3 $2 (20. Nf5 $2 c2+ $1 21. Kxc2 Qc8+ {halts the white charge.}) ({
The calm} 20. Nc2 {prolongs the game.}) 20... exd4 21. gxh7+ Kh8 22. Rxd4 Qa5
23. Qe3 Nd5 24. Qd2 Nxc3+ 25. Ka1 Rad8 26. Rc1 Qxa2+ 27. Qxa2 Nxa2 28. Rxd8
Rxd8 0-1

[Event "Hastings 6162"]
[Site "37"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E89"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c6 8. Nge2
cxd5 9. cxd5 a6 10. g4 h5 11. h3 b5 $5 ({Theory is} 11... Nbd7) 12. Bg2 Nbd7
13. Bg5 Qa5 14. Qd2 (14. gxh5 $2 Nxh5 15. Be7 Re8 16. Bxd6 $2 Qb6 17. Ba3 b4 {
costs a piece (Shipov).}) 14... b4 15. Nd1 Nc5 16. O-O Qb6 17. Nf2 hxg4 18.
hxg4 a5 19. Ng3 Ba6 20. Rfc1 Rac8 21. Be3 Nfd7 22. Bf1 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 f6 24. Kg2
Qb5 25. b3 Kf7 26. Rab1 Rh8 27. Rh1 Rxh1 28. Kxh1 Ra8 29. Kg2 a4 $5 30. Ne2
axb3 31. axb3 Ra1 $2 {Black will eventually lose a pawn.} 32. Rxa1 Nxb3 33. Qa2
$1 Nxa1 34. Nc1 $1 ({Not} 34. Qxa1 $2 Qxe2) 34... b3 35. Qxa1 b2 36. Qb1 bxc1=Q
37. Qxb5 $1 Qxe3 38. Qxd7+ Kg8 39. Qxd6 Bf8 $5 40. Qxf6 Bc5 41. Qxg6+ Kf8 42.
Qf6+ Kg8 43. Qe6+ Kf8 44. Qc8+ Kg7 45. Qb7+ Kf6 46. Qb2 $1 Kg6 47. Qc2 Kg5 48.
Nh3+ Kg6 49. Qf2 Qc3 50. Qe2 Be3 51. Qa6+ Kg7 52. Qb7+ Kf8 53. g5 Bxg5 54. Nxg5
Qd2+ 55. Kh3 Qxg5 56. Qc8+ Ke7 57. Qg4 1-0

[Event "Hastings 6162"]
[Site "37"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Robatsch, Karl"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 Bd7 8. a4
Nc6 9. Ba3 $5 b6 10. Qd2 Nge7 11. Bd3 h6 12. O-O Na5 13. Qf4 f5 14. Qh4 Kf7 15.
g4 $5 Nc4 16. Bc1 Rag8 17. Re1 g5 18. Qh3 f4 19. Qg2 $5 Na5 20. h4 c4 21. Be2
Qd8 22. h5 {The players have managed to close the position.} Qe8 23. Kh1 $2 (
23. Ba3 $1 Bxa4 24. Bb4 Bxc2 25. Bxa5 bxa5 26. Rxa5 {brings a counteraction.})
23... Bxa4 24. Bd1 Qd7 25. Ng1 Ke8 26. Nh3 Rf8 27. Qh2 Ng8 28. Bxf4 $5 {
White decides to sacrifice a piece.} gxf4 29. Nxf4 Ne7 30. Nxe6 Qxe6 31. Rxa4
Qf7 32. f3 Qf4 33. Qxf4 Rxf4 34. Kg2 Rhf8 35. Kg3 Nec6 36. Be2 Nb7 37. Rb1 Nba5
$6 38. Rb5 Ne7 39. Raxa5 bxa5 40. Rb8+ $6 (40. Rxa5 R4f7 41. f4 {
utilises a chance.}) 40... Kd7 41. Rb7+ Kd8 42. Rxa7 Nc6 43. Rb7 a4 44. Rb1 Kc7
45. Ra1 Na7 0-1

[Event "Hastings 6162"]
[Site "37"]
[Date "1961.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Bisguier, Arthur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1961.??.??"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 c6 7. Bb2 b5 8. d3
Nbd7 9. Nbd2 Bb7 $5 10. Qc2 Rc8 11. e4 Qb6 12. e5 Ne8 ({The alternative is} 
12... Ng4 $1 {(Minaya - Cuellar Gacharna, Bogota 1976).}) 13. d4 c5 14. b4 $1 {
Botvinnik takes the initiative by a pawn sacrifice.} cxb4 15. c5 Qc7 16. Qd3
Bc6 17. Rfe1 g6 $2 (17... a5 {
(Botvinnik) strengthens the pawn structure on the queenside.}) 18. a3 bxa3 19.
Qxa3 Ra8 20. Bc3 Bd8 21. Nb3 Ng7 22. Ba5 Qb7 23. Bxd8 Rfxd8 24. Na5 Qc7 25. Re2
a6 26. Ne1 Nf5 27. Qc3 b4 $5 {Black tries to liberate his position.} (27...
Rdc8 28. Nd3 Ra7 29. Nb4 {
leads to blockade on the queenside. An attack on the other flank will follow.})
28. Qxb4 Rdb8 29. Qc3 Rb5 $5 30. Rea2 f6 $5 {
Black strives to expand desperately.} 31. Nxc6 Qxc6 32. Bf1 fxe5 33. Bxb5 Qxb5
34. dxe5 d4 $5 35. Qd3 Qxc5 36. Rxa6 Rxa6 37. Qxa6 Qxe5 38. Nd3 Qf6 39. Qc8+
Nf8 40. Ra8 Nd6 41. Qd8 Qxd8 42. Rxd8 Nb5 43. Ne5 Kg7 44. Nc6 {Botvinnik had
won seven games and drew in 104 moves with Gligoric. A quick draw with Flohr
brought his final score on 8/9.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 6263"]
[Site "38"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Alexander, Conel"]
[Black "Hollis, Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
Bb3 O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 b5 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd7 13. Qg4 $5 ({Fisher did
} 13. O-O {in 1962. Alexander chooses an aggressive version in his last
Hastings tournament.}) 13... Bc5 14. O-O-O Bxd4 15. Qxd4 Qg5+ 16. Kb1 Qxe5 17.
Qxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxb5 {White has achieved a better endgame by the exchanges.} Bb7
19. Rhe1 Ng6 20. g3 Rfd8 21. Nd6 Bc6 22. c4 a5 {
Black stops the advance on the queenside.} 23. Bc2 Ne7 24. b3 Rd7 25. Ne4 Rad8
$6 ({Wiser is} 25... Rxd1+ $1 26. Rxd1 e5 {and Black advances his pawns.}) 26.
Nc5 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 e5 29. Kc2 f5 30. a3 Kf7 $2 {
Black remains too passively.} ({The advance by} 30... f4 $1 {
obtains counter-play.}) 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Nc8 33. b5 Bg2 34. Kc3 Ke7 35. Nd3
Kf6 36. c5 g5 37. b6 Ne7 38. Nb4 Nd5+ 39. Nxd5+ Bxd5 40. Bb3 Bc6 41. Ba4 1-0

[Event "Hastings 6263"]
[Site "38"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Littlewood, John"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Qc7 8. Be3
Nf6 9. a3 d6 10. f4 Nbd7 11. Qf3 Be7 12. Kh1 O-O $5 {
The first new move is made after many standard moves in the Sicilian Defence.}
13. Rae1 Rfe8 14. Qh3 $5 ({Preferable is} 14. f5 $1 e5 15. Nde2) 14... Nc5 15.
Bg1 Bf8 16. Re3 $6 Rad8 17. e5 $6 dxe5 18. fxe5 Nxd3 19. exf6 $2 ({Correct is} 
19. cxd3 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21. Nf3) 19... Nf4 20. Rxf4 Qxf4 21. fxg7 Bc5 22.
Nde2 Qf6 23. Ng3 Bxe3 24. Bxe3 Qg6 25. Qh4 f5 26. h3 e5 27. Bg5 Rd7 28. Nh5 Rf7
29. Kh2 h6 {Gligoric had finished another Englishman.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 6263"]
[Site "38"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D25"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Qb3 Bxf3 7. gxf3 Nbd7 8.
Nc3 Nb6 9. Be2 Be7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Rd1 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. O-O Rc8 14. Kh1 Qc7
15. Rg1 Rfd8 16. Nb5 Qb8 17. Bc3 Rxd1 18. Qxd1 Nbd5 19. Bd2 a6 20. Nc3 Rd8 21.
Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Qc2 Be7 23. f4 Qd6 24. Rd1 Nb4 25. Qe4 Qc6 26. Qxc6 Nxc6 27. Kg2
f5 28. a3 Bf6 29. b3 Bb2 30. a4 Kf7 31. Kf1 Ba3 32. Bc3 Rxd1+ 33. Bxd1 Bb4 34.
Bb2 g6 35. Bf3 Na5 36. Be5 Ke7 37. Bc7 $2 ({Right is} 37. Bd1) 37... Nxb3 38.
Bxb7 Kd7 39. Bb6 Bc5 $1 {White is going to lose material.} 40. a5 Bxb6 41. axb6
a5 42. Ba6 Kc6 43. Bc8 a4 44. Bxe6 Nc1 45. Ke1 a3 46. Kd2 a2 47. Bxa2 Nxa2 48.
Kd3 Kxb6 49. Kd4 Kc6 50. Ke5 Nb4 51. Kf6 Kd5 52. Kg7 Ke6 53. Kxh7 Kf6 54. h4
Nd3 55. f3 Ne1 56. e4 Nxf3 0-1

[Event "Hastings 6263"]
[Site "38"]
[Date "1962.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kotov, Alexander"]
[Black "Littlewood, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1962.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. b3 c6 8. Bb2
a6 $5 9. d4 Rb8 10. Nd2 c5 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. b4 Ne6 13. Nb3 Ng4 $5 {
John plays the strangest moves.} 14. e3 Ne5 15. Qe2 b5 $5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Na5
$5 (17. Nxb5 Ba6 18. a4 Qd7 {only brings a plus for White.}) 17... Bd7 $2 ({
Better is} 17... Nc7 18. f4 Bg4) 18. f4 Nc4 19. Nxc4 bxc4 20. Qxc4 Qc8 21. Qd3
$2 (21. Qb3 Nc5 22. Qa3 {gains an advantage.}) 21... Nc5 $1 22. Qd1 $1 Bg4 $2 (
22... Re8 $1 {protects an important pawn.}) 23. Nd5 $3 {
White wins material by a bolt.} Bxb2 ({Or} 23... Bxd1 24. Nxe7+ Kh8 25. Bxg7+
Kxg7 26. Nxc8) 24. Nxe7+ Kg7 25. Qd2 $1 Bxa1 26. Nxc8 Bf6 27. Nxd6 Na4 28. Ne4
Rfd8 29. Qc2 Rxb4 30. Nxf6 Kxf6 31. a3 Rb2 32. Qxa4 Rdd2 33. Qa8 Bd1 34. Qh8+ {
Gligoric and Kotov won by a score of  61/2/9. Smyslov followed at half-a-point.
} (34. Qh8+ Ke6 35. Qxb2 Rxb2 36. Rxd1 {ends the game.}) 1-0

[Event "Hastings 6364"]
[Site "39"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hindle, Owen"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. f4 d5 10. Kh1 $5 (10. Qf3 {
was played in Winawer - Paulsen, Berlin 1881.}) 10... Be7 11. Qf3 O-O 12. Bd2
Bb7 13. Qh3 $5 c5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Rae1 $1 Rad8 16. Bc1 c4 $5 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18.
Nxe4 Qc6 {Tal has a sufficient compensation for the pawn.} 19. Qg3 $5 Rd4 20.
Nf6+ $5 Kh8 21. Nh5 Rg8 22. Rd1 $5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Qe4 {
Black overtakes the initiative.} 24. Qf2 Bc5 $1 25. Qd2 Qg6 26. Ng3 h5 27. f5
$1 Qg4 $5 {The critical point has been reached.} (27... exf5 $5 28. Qd7 $1 h4
29. Qxb7 hxg3 30. Qf3 {fights graciously.}) 28. Qe2 $6 (28. Rf1 $1 {
(threatens Rf4)} c3 $1 29. bxc3 h4 30. Rf4 Qg5 31. Rc4 $1 Qxd2 32. Bxd2 Rd8 $1
{leads to a great battle.}) 28... Qxe2 29. Nxe2 exf5 30. Bg5 $6 (30. Rd7 $1 Be4
{(Khalifman)} 31. Rxf7 $1 Rd8 32. Nc3 Bd4 33. h4 {gives counter-play.}) 30...
Re8 31. Rd8 Rxd8 32. Bxd8 Be3 33. h4 Be4 34. Bg5 Bb6 35. c3 Kg8 36. Kh2 $2 (36.
Nd4 $1 Bc7 37. e6 f6 $1 {(Khalifman)} 38. Bc1 $1 Be5 39. b3 {
utilises the last chance.}) 36... Bc7 $1 37. Bf4 Bd3 38. Nd4 f6 39. Nf3 Be4 40.
Kg3 Bxf3 41. Kxf3 fxe5 42. Bg5 Kf7 43. b3 cxb3 44. axb3 Ke6 45. c4 e4+ 46. Ke3
Bb6+ 47. Ke2 Bc7 48. Ke3 Bd6 49. Kd4 Be5+ 50. Kc5 f4 51. Kc6 e3 52. Bd8 Bc3 0-1

[Event "Hastings 6364"]
[Site "39"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Brinck Claussen, Bjorn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 Be6 9. Nc4 Rc8 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Ne7 13. b4 $5 ({
Theory is} 13. Bd3 {(Robatsch - Larsen, Halle 1963).}) 13... Qc7 14. a4 b5 $2 (
{Correct is} 14... Bg7) 15. axb5 axb5 16. Nxd6+ $1 Qxd6 17. Bxb5+ Kd8 18. O-O
$1 {Gambit play has led to a won position.} Qxb4 ({No use has} 18... Nf5 19. c3
$1 Rxc3 20. Qg4) 19. c4 Rg8 20. Qf3 Rg6 ({Or} 20... Ng6 21. Ra7 Nf4 22. d6 $1
Bxd6 23. Rd7+ Ke8 24. Rc7+ $1 Kd8 25. Rxc8+ Kxc8 26. Qc6+) 21. d6 Nc6 22. Bxc6
Bxd6 23. Bb5 Qc5 24. Rfd1 Ke7 25. Rd5 Qb4 26. Rad1 f5 27. Qxf5 Ra8 28. c5 1-0

[Event "Hastings 6364"]
[Site "39"]
[Date "1963.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Littlewood, Norman"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C91"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1963.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. h3 Bxf3 $5 14. Qxf3 Nc4
15. Bc1 $2 ({Theory will become} 15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Nc3 $1) 15... cxd4 16. Qd3
Qb6 {Black keeps the extra pawn.} 17. f4 $6 ({Preferable is} 17. Nd2 Ne5 18.
Qe2 Rac8 19. Nb3 {and White aims pieces on d4.}) 17... d5 $1 18. exd5 Bb4 19.
Rd1 Rfe8 20. a3 Bd6 21. Kh2 Ne3 22. Bxe3 Rxe3 23. Qf5 Bc7 24. Nd2 g6 25. Qg5 d3
26. Bb3 Nh5 27. Rf1 Qd4 28. Rac1 Bxf4+ 29. Rxf4 Qxf4+ 30. Qxf4 Nxf4 31. d6 Rd8
32. Rc7 Ne6 {Tal won by a score of 7/9, half-a-point before Gligoric.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 6465"]
[Site "40"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Littlewood, Norman"]
[Black "Pfleger, Helmut"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bb3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. Bf4 Nbd5 11. Be5 Qa5+ 12. Nd2 cxd4 13. O-O-O $5 ({
Theory is} 13. Ngf3 $1 {(Novopashin - Filipowicz, Polanica Zdroj 1964).}) 13...
b5 $5 14. Bxf6 $6 ({A Littlewood avoids} 14. Bxd4) 14... Nxf6 15. Qf3 Rb8 16.
Ne2 Qb6 17. Qg3 Rb7 18. f4 g6 19. h3 Bg7 20. f5 $5 exf5 21. Nf4 O-O $5 {
Pfleger has chosen a drastic solution for his defensive problems.} 22. Qxg6 $1
a5 $1 23. Qg3 ({The pointe is} 23. a3 a4 24. Ba2 b4 $1 25. axb4 Qxb4 26. Nd3
Qd6 27. Nc4 Qc7 28. Nce5 Be6 $1 {and Black wins.}) 23... a4 24. Bd5 Rd7 25. Bf3
d3 $5 {Pfleger choses the violent solution.} 26. Nxd3 Rxd3 27. cxd3 Be6 28. Kb1
Qd4 29. Qc7 Nd5 {Black has a decisive attack on the hostile king.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 6465"]
[Site "40"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mardle, Denis"]
[Black "Gaprindashvili, Nona"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B44"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

{Women's world champion Gaprindashvili qualified for the Premier by winning
the Challengers in the previous year.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
e6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nd2 e5 $5 {The champion plays a special novelty.} 7. Nxc6 dxc6
8. f3 Be7 9. Bc4 O-O 10. O-O Nh5 11. Nb3 Bg5 12. Bc5 Qf6 $5 (12... Re8 13. Qxd8
Rxd8 {avoids a fight.}) 13. Bxf8 $5 (13. f4 $1 Nxf4 14. Bxf8 Kxf8 15. Qf3 {
gains a plus.}) 13... Be3+ 14. Kh1 $4 ({Right is} 14. Rf2) 14... Ng3+ $1 {
Nona shows her strength as a gentlemen killer.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 6465"]
[Site "40"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Littlewood, Norman"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. c4 Nf6 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bc4 Nb6 8.
Be2 c5 9. Ne5 N8d7 10. Nxd7 $2 (10. d4 cxd4 11. exd4 {supports the knight.})
10... Bxd7 11. O-O e5 12. fxe5 Bxe5 13. Qe1 Bc6 14. d3 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. e4
Be6 17. Be3 b6 18. Qd2 Qd6 19. h3 Rfd8 20. a3 $6 c4 $1 {
White is going to lose a centre pawn.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 6465"]
[Site "40"]
[Date "1964.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C99"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1964.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15.
Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Be6 17. a3 Na5 18. Rc1 Qb8 19. Bd3 b4 20. d5 Bd7 21. Nc4 Nxc4
22. Rxc4 bxa3 23. bxa3 Qb3 24. Qxb3 axb3 25. Rb4 Rxa3 26. Nd2 Rc8 27. Rxb3 Rxb3
28. Nxb3 Rc3 29. Nc1 h6 {The game seems to end in a dead draw.} 30. Re2 $2 Rxd3
$1 31. Nxd3 Bb5 $1 32. Rd2 Nxe4 33. Rd1 Nc3 34. Rd2 Nxd5 35. Nb2 Nxe3 36. fxe3
f5 {Black has made favourable exchanges and gained a positional advantage.} 37.
Rd5 Bc6 38. Ra5 Kf7 39. Ra6 Bd5 40. Na4 Bc4 41. Ra7 Ke6 42. Nb6 Bb3 43. Rb7 Bc2
44. Nc8 $6 (44. Nd5 $1 Kxd5 45. Rxe7 {draws.}) 44... Bf8 $1 45. Nb6 Be4 46. Rc7
Be7 47. Nc8 Bf6 48. Ra7 Bd3 49. Nb6 $2 (49. g3 $1 {defends stubbornly.}) 49...
f4 $1 50. Kf2 (50. exf4 e4 $1 51. f5+ Kxf5 52. Ra5+ Ke6 53. Nd5 Bd4+ {
attacks vigorously.}) 50... Bh4+ 51. Kf3 e4+ 52. Kxf4 g5+ {Black will mate on
the next move.   Keres scored 8/9. Gheorghiu and Gligoric followed at
one-and-a-half point.   A soap manufacturer read that the first prize was only
100 pounds in 1964. As an extra, he donated a golden chess knight, the Cussons
trophy, and five replicas. The first duplicate went to Keres.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 6566"]
[Site "41"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Littlewood, Norman"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E29"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]

{Spassky became the challenger of Petrosian by defeating Keres, Geller and Tal
in 1965. He took part in Hastings before the world championship's match
started.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3
Nc6 8. Ne2 b6 9. e4 Ne8 10. h4 $6 {This novelty will not be repeated.} Ba6 11.
e5 d6 12. Qa4 Na5 13. Qc2 $2 h6 $1 {White has no strong attack.} 14. Bh7+ (14.
Bg5 Qd7 {shows no attacking power.}) 14... Kh8 15. Be4 Rc8 16. Bg5 Qc7 17. Rh3
$6 (17. Bf4 $5 cxd4 18. cxd4 Qxc4 {looks poor for White as well.}) 17... dxe5
18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. Bf4 Qh5 20. g4 Qxg4 21. Rg3 Qh5 22. Bf3 Qf5 23. Be4 Qh5 24.
Bg5 f5 25. Be7 fxe4 26. Bxf8 Qf7 27. Qxe4 Qxf8 28. Rf3 Nf6 29. Qc2 Bxc4 0-1

[Event "Hastings 6566"]
[Site "41"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hartston, William"]
[Black "Spassky, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 {
Boris plays the Falkbeer Counter-Gambit.} 7. d4 $5 Bd6 8. Qe2+ Be6 9. Ne5 $6 ({
Better is} 9. Ng5 {(Bhend - Medina Garcia, Lugano 1970).}) 9... O-O $1 10. Bxc6
bxc6 11. Bxf4 $6 {Harston accepts a pawn and Spassky attacks.} ({Wiser is} 11.
O-O $1) 11... Nd5 12. Bg3 f6 13. Nf3 ({Not} 13. Nxc6 $2 Bxg3+ 14. hxg3 {(Chess)
} Qd7 $1 15. Na5 Bg4 $1) 13... Bxg3+ 14. hxg3 Re8 15. Kf2 $5 Bf5 16. Qc4 Kh8
17. Nc3 Ne3 18. Qc5 Ng4+ 19. Kg1 Qd7 20. Rf1 $5 Bxc2 21. Rh4 Ne3 22. Rc1 g5 23.
Rh6 $6 Bg6 24. Na4 Ng4 25. Rh3 Qe6 26. Qc3 Qxa2 27. Nc5 Re3 28. Qd2 Rae8 0-1

[Event "Hastings 6566"]
[Site "41"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D93"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. h3 c5 10. O-O $5 cxd4 11. exd4 a6 12. Ne5 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nbd5 14. Bg5 Be6
15. Qf3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bd5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Qe3 b5 19. Bxf6 $6 (19. a4 $1 {
keeps a plus.}) 19... exf6 $1 20. Nf3 Qc4 21. Nd2 Qa4 $5 22. Qd3 Rac8 23. Rfb1
$6 ({More active is} 23. Ne4 $1) 23... Rfd8 24. Rb4 Qa5 25. Nf1 Rd7 26. a4 Bf8
27. Rb3 Rdc7 {White's positional problems increase.} 28. Ne3 $6 (28. Qd1 $1
bxa4 29. Ne3 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 Rxc3 31. Rxa4 {defends properly.}) 28... Rxc3 29.
Rxc3 Rxc3 30. Qe4 Kg7 31. Nd5 Rc6 32. g4 Re6 33. Qf3 bxa4 34. Ne3 a3 35. d5 Re8
36. Qd1 Bc5 37. Qd3 Qb4 38. Kg2 $2 Bxe3 0-1

[Event "Hastings 6566"]
[Site "41"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Spassky, Boris"]
[Black "Lee, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E30"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 {
Boris applies his favourite Leningrad Variation.} h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 Bxc3+ 7.
bxc3 e5 8. d6 Nc6 9. Qc2 g5 10. Bg3 Qa5 $6 ({Better is} 10... Nh5 {
(Bagirov - Keene, Tbilisi 1974).}) 11. Rc1 Qa3 $5 {
Black restraints the queenside.} 12. Nf3 Ne4 13. Bxe5 $1 {
A jolly attack starts in the centre.} Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxd6 15. h4 {
The follow-up occurs on the kingside.} gxh4 $6 (15... Ne4 $1 16. hxg5 Nxg5 17.
Rd1 {battles seriously.}) 16. e3 b6 $2 17. Rd1 $1 Nb7 18. Nxf7 $1 {
Spassky sacrifices as he pleases.} Kxf7 19. Qf5+ Kg7 20. Qe5+ $1 Kg8 21. Rxh4
d6 22. Qg3+ Kf8 23. Rf4+ Ke8 24. Qg7 {Boris played a spectacular game.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 6566"]
[Site "41"]
[Date "1965.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vasiukov, Evgeni"]
[Black "Pfleger, Helmut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C97"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1965.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nf1 Nc4 14. Bd3 Nb6 15. Ng3
$5 Rfe8 16. Be3 Rac8 17. Qe2 g6 $2 {
The attempt to strengthen the kingside leads to a weakening.} 18. Rad1 Bf8 19.
Bg5 Bg7 20. Qd2 cxd4 21. cxd4 exd4 22. Qf4 $1 {The weakness becomes apparent.}
d5 $5 (22... Qd8 {brings a nasty pin.}) 23. e5 Ne4 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Nxe4 Nd5
26. Qh4 Ra8 $6 (26... Bxe5 27. Nxe5 Rxe5 28. Rxd4 f5 29. Bf4 $1 Nxf4 30. Nf6+ {
wins for White.}) 27. Rxd4 Be6 28. Red1 Qc6 29. Bh6 Bh8 30. Rxd5 Bxd5 31. Rxd5
{Spassky and Uhlmann won by a score of 71/2/9. Vasiukov had 6 points.} (31.
Rxd5 Qxd5 32. Nf6+ {mates quickly.}) 1-0

[Event "Hastings 6667"]
[Site "42"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Basman, Michael"]
[Black "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 b5 7. O-O Bb7 8. Bf3
d6 9. a4 bxa4 10. Nxa4 Nf6 11. Re1 Be7 $5 12. c4 $5 Nbd7 13. b3 O-O 14. g3 Rfd8
15. Bb2 g6 16. b4 $5 {Great complications begin.} Ne5 $1 17. Rc1 Nxc4 18. Qe2
Rac8 19. Nb3 Qd7 $1 20. Na5 $1 Nxb2 21. Nb6 Rxc1 22. Nxd7 $1 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1
Rxd7 24. Nxb7 Rxb7 25. Qc3 Rb5 $1 26. Be2 $5 (26. Qxb2 a5 $1 27. Qc2 $1 axb4
28. Qa4 Rb8 29. Qa7 Re8 {draws.}) 26... Rb8 ({Or} 26... Na4 $5 27. Qc8+ Bf8 28.
Bxb5 axb5 29. f3) 27. Qxb2 d5 28. exd5 Rxb4 29. Qc2 exd5 30. Bxa6 Ne4 31. Bd3
Nc5 32. Kg2 Rb3 $6 (32... Nxd3 33. Qxd3 d4 $1 {draws.}) 33. Be2 d4 34. Bc4 Rb8
35. Qd2 Rd8 36. Qf4 Ne6 37. Qe4 Kf8 38. Qe5 Ng7 39. Bd3 Ba3 40. h4 Kg8 $2 (
40... Be7 $1 41. Bc4 Rd7 {creates a line.}) 41. Bc4 $1 d3 42. Qf6 Rd7 43. Qc6
Rd4 $2 (43... Rd8 $1 44. Qc7 Rf8 45. Bxd3 {only loses a pawn.}) 44. Qa8+ Bf8 {
Kurajica has missed a trick.} 45. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 46. Qa7+ Be7 47. Qxd4 Nf5 48.
Qxd3 h5 49. Kf3 Kg7 50. Ke4 Bf6 51. Kd5 Kh7 52. Ke6 Bg7 53. Qe4 Nd4+ 54. Kd5
Nf5 55. g4 hxg4 56. Qxg4 Nh6 57. Qe4 Ng8 58. Ke6 Nf6 59. Qb1 Kh8 60. Qxg6 Ng8
61. f4 Nh6 62. f5 Ng8 63. Qh5+ Nh6 64. f6 Bf8 65. Kd7 Kg8 66. Ke8 {
Basman shared the third place at the end. He seemed to be a talent.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 6667"]
[Site "42"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Balashov, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E48"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

{The main participant was Botvinnik, who partook for the third and last time.} 
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Bd6 8. f4
c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. b4 Bb6 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Nf3 Bd7 $5 13. Bd2 Rc8 14. Ne5 Ng4
15. Nxg4 Rxc4 16. Ne5 Rc7 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Ke2 Nf6 19. Rac1 Rd8 20. Rhd1 Rcd7
21. Be1 Nd5 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Rxd5 {The endgame looks deceptively simple.}
24. a4 f6 $5 ({Botvinnik prefers} 24... Rd7 $1 25. a5 Bc7) 25. a5 Bd8 26. Rc8
Kf7 $2 ({Correct is} 26... Rd7 27. Ra8 b6 $1) 27. e4 $2 ({
Botvinnik misses the opportunity} 27. Ra8 $1 a6 28. b5 $1 axb5 29. Ra7 Rd7 30.
a6) 27... Rd7 28. b5 Be7 29. Bd2 Bd6 $6 (29... a6 $1 30. bxa6 bxa6 31. Ra8 Rd4
32. Rxa6 Rxe4+ 33. Kf3 Ra4 {opens the game.}) 30. Ra8 b6 31. a6 Bc5 32. Bc3 Ke7
33. h3 Kd6 $2 34. Rc8 $2 (34. Rh8 $1 h6 35. e5+ $1 fxe5 36. Bxe5+ Kd5 37. Rb8 {
wins for White.}) 34... Rc7 $2 (34... Ke7 $1 {continues the endgame.}) 35. e5+
$1 Kd7 36. Rg8 $1 f5 37. Rxg7+ Kd8 38. Rg8+ Kd7 39. Rh8 Be7 40. Bd4 Rc2+ 41.
Kd3 Ra2 42. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Hastings 6667"]
[Site "42"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Black "Kurajica, Bojan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Ne2 b6 10. O-O cxd4 $5 11. cxd4 Ba6 12. f3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Re8 14.
Ng3 Nc6 15. Bb2 {White prepares an advance in the centre.} h5 $5 ({
Preferable is} 15... Rc8 16. Rac1 Na5) 16. Rae1 h4 17. Nf5 {
Black should start a counteraction.} Nh5 $2 (17... h3 $1 18. g4 Ne7 $1 19.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 {defends properly.}) 18. e4 Qf6 19. Bc1 $1 ({Less impressive is} 19.
e5 Nf4 $1 {(Belov).}) 19... Red8 $6 (19... Ne7 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 {
exchanges a knight.}) 20. e5 $1 Qg6 21. f4 Qg4 22. Rf3 Re8 23. Ref1 Rad8 24. h3
Qg6 25. Nxh4 Qe4 26. g4 $5 (26. Rd1 {wins more easily.}) 26... Nxd4 $1 27. gxh5
Nxf3+ 28. Qxf3 Qxf3 29. Nxf3 d4 30. Bd2 Rc8 $5 31. Nxd4 $1 Red8 32. Be3 Rc3 33.
Kf2 Rxa3 34. Rg1 $1 Kh7 35. Nf5 Rg8 36. Rc1 Rb3 37. Rc7 a5 $5 38. Rxf7 a4 39.
e6 a3 40. Bd4 a2 41. Bxg7 1-0

[Event "Hastings 6667"]
[Site "42"]
[Date "1966.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mecking, Henrique"]
[Black "Botvinnik, Mikhail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1966.??.??"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c4 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Kh8 9. Bg5 Be6 $5 10. d5 cxd5 11. Nd4 Bg8 12. cxd5 Na6 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Qd2 Nc5
15. Nb3 $2 (15. Rac1 $1 Nce4 16. Nxe4 Rxc1 17. Qxc1 Nxe4 {
leads to many exchanges.}) 15... Nce4 $1 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. Be3
Rf5 19. Qb4 Rxd5 20. Qxb7 Rc7 21. Qa6 $2 Rc4 $2 (21... Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Bc4 {
wins at once.}) 22. Qa3 $2 ({Right is} 22. Rxd5 Bxd5 23. Rd1) 22... Qd7 23.
Rxd5 Bxd5 24. Rd1 Bg8 25. Qxa7 Qxa7 26. Bxa7 Ra4 27. Bd4 Rxa2 28. Bxg7+ Kxg7
29. Nd4 Rxb2 30. Nc6 Kf6 31. e3 Be6 32. h4 Bg4 33. Ra1 e5 34. Ra7 h5 35. Nd8
Rb1+ 36. Kh2 g5 37. hxg5+ Kxg5 38. Rg7+ Kf6 39. Rf7+ Kg6 40. Rb7 Rd1 41. Nf7
Bf3 42. Nh8+ Kg5 {Although Botvinnik had blundered a rook against Keene, he
won the event by 61/2/9.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 6768"]
[Site "43"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Basman, Michael"]
[Black "Stein, Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bc4 a6 7. O-O g6 8.
Re1 $5 Bg7 9. a4 O-O 10. a5 Ne5 11. Bf1 $5 Nc6 12. Nb3 b6 13. axb6 Qxb6 14. h3
Nb4 15. Bg5 Be6 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Nf3 Bc6 18. Bc4 Qb7 19. Qe2 e6 20. Bb3 d5 $5
21. e5 $1 Nd7 22. Be3 (22. Be7 $1 Nxe5 $1 23. Bxf8 Nxf3+ 24. Qxf3 Rxf8 25. Qe2
{slightly favours White.}) 22... Rfc8 23. Bd4 Bb5 24. Nxb5 axb5 25. c3 Nc6 26.
Bc2 Qc7 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Qxb5 $2 {Suddenly Basman breaks down.} (28. Bd3 b4
29. Bb5 {keeps the equal play.}) 28... Rb8 $1 29. Qa6 Nxd4 30. Nxd4 Rxb2 31.
Qa3 Rb8 32. f4 Bf8 33. Qa1 Nb6 34. Bd3 $2 (34. Rb1 $1 {defends the queenside.})
34... Ra8 $1 35. Qc1 Ra3 $1 36. Nb5 Qc5+ 37. Kh1 Rb3 38. Qe3 Rxb5 39. Bxb5 Qxb5
40. f5 Nc4 41. Qg5 exf5 42. e6 fxe6 43. Qf6 Qd7 {
Basman ended on the last place this time.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 6768"]
[Site "43"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gheorghiu, Florin"]
[Black "Keene, Raymond"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A27"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bg2 Ng4 $5 {Keene brings an interesting novelty.} 9. Qc2 O-O 10. O-O Bb7 11. h3
Ne5 12. b3 d6 13. Bb2 Rb8 ({More useful is} 13... Qe7 $1) 14. f4 Nd7 15. e4 Nc5
$2 ({Again} 15... Qe7 {is better.}) 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. e5 $1 a5 $5 18. Ba3 f6 $2
(18... Na6 {avoids a disaster.}) 19. exd6 cxd6 20. Rfe1 Qc7 21. Na4 $1 Rfe8 22.
Nxc5 dxc5 23. Bxc5 f5 24. Qd2 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Rd8 26. Qe6+ Kh8 27. Re1 {
Keene could not make it either.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 6768"]
[Site "43"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hartston, William"]
[Black "Suetin, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B88"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Bb3
Qc7 9. O-O Be7 10. f4 O-O 11. f5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 $5 13. a3 Bd7 14. g4 $5 {
Attacks are made on both flanks.} h6 15. h4 Nh7 16. Qe1 Qd8 {
The advance g5 has been prevented.} 17. Bf2 Bf6 18. Bg3 Qb6+ 19. Kh2 Rad8 20.
Rd1 Bc8 21. Rf3 Bxc3 22. Rxc3 exf5 $5 23. Bf2 Qb8 24. exf5 $6 Nf6 {
Black takes the initiative.} 25. Rd4 Rfe8 26. Re3 d5+ 27. Bg3 Qb6 28. Rxe8+
Rxe8 29. Qd1 $5 Bb7 30. g5 $2 (30. c3 $1 Ne4 31. Qf3 $1 {defends the kingside.}
) 30... Ne4 31. g6 $5 Nxg3 32. gxf7+ Kxf7 33. Kxg3 Qd6+ 34. Kg2 Re3 $1 {
The white kingside has become lofty.} 35. Qg4 Qe5 36. Kf2 Re1 37. Qf3 Rc1 38.
Re4 $5 Qh2+ 39. Qg2 Qxg2+ 40. Kxg2 Rxc2+ $1 41. Bxc2 dxe4 42. Kg3 e3 $1 {
Black keeps the extra pawn.} 43. Bd3 Kf6 44. Kf4 Bc8 45. Kxe3 Bxf5 46. Be2 Ke5
47. a4 Bd7 48. axb5 Bxb5 $5 49. Bf3 a5 50. Bd1 Kd5 51. Bg4 Be8 52. Kd3 Bg6+ 53.
Ke3 Bb1 54. Bc8 Ke5 55. Bg4 Bf5 56. Bf3 Bc2 57. Bb7 Bb3 58. Be4 Bd5 59. Bd3 Bc6
60. Bg6 Kf6 61. Bd3 g5 62. hxg5+ Kxg5 63. Be2 Bd7 $1 {
The bishop ending is drawn, if Black gives his h-pawn for a bishop.} 64. Bf3
Bg4 65. Bc6 h5 66. Bd5 h4 67. Bg2 Bd7 68. Bf1 Kg4 69. Kf2 Kf4 70. Bg2 a4 $1 {
The black king might go to b3.} 71. Ke1 Kg3 72. Bf1 Bc6 $1 {
Hartston lost as well.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 6768"]
[Site "43"]
[Date "1967.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Hartston, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1967.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. Nc3 a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. dxc5 $5 Bxc5 12. b3 a5 $5 13. Qf3 Qc7 14. Bb2
Ba6 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Bd6 18. f4 Rab8 19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. Rac1
Qb6 21. Rd3 c5 22. Rcd1 Be7 23. Be5 Rxd3 24. Rxd3 {
Black can escape from his positional problems.} Rd8 $2 ({Right is} 24... Qb4 $1
25. Qxb4 Rxb4 26. Bc7 c4 $1) 25. Qb5 $1 Qxb5 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27. axb5 f6 28. Bd6
Bb6 29. Kf2 Kf7 30. Ke2 Ke8 31. Kd3 Kd7 32. Bf8 $1 g5 33. fxg5 fxg5 34. Kc4 h5
35. Bxc5 Bd8 36. h3 Kc7 37. Kd4 Bf6+ 38. Ke4 Kb7 39. Bd4 {Hort, Gheorghiu,
Stein and Suetin shared the first place by a score of 6 points.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 6869"]
[Site "44"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Huebner, Robert"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc8 8.
Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Be7 10. Ne5 $5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 ({Robert will play} 11. Bxe5 $1 {
the next time (Hübner - Spiridonov, Athens 1969).}) 11... Nd7 12. O-O Nc5 13.
Bb5+ $5 (13. Qb5+ Qd7 {equalises.}) 13... Kf8 $1 14. Qc2 h6 15. Nb3 a6 16. Nxc5
axb5 17. Nb3 b4 18. Rfc1 g5 19. Be3 Kg7 20. cxb4 Qxc2 21. Rxc2 Bxb4 22. Rc7
Rhb8 23. h3 Bh5 24. a3 Bf8 25. a4 Kg8 26. a5 Be2 27. h4 $6 gxh4 $1 {
It will be hard to regain the pawn.} 28. Bb6 h5 29. f4 Bc4 30. Nc5 Bxc5+ 31.
Rxc5 Rc8 32. Kf2 Rxc5 33. Bxc5 Kh7 $1 {The g-file is cleared for the rook.} 34.
b4 $2 ({Right is} 34. Be7 $1 Bb5 {(Smyslov)} 35. Ke3 $1 Rc8 36. Rh1 Rc4 37.
Rxh4 {and White will survive.}) 34... Rg8 $1 35. Be7 Rg4 $1 36. Bg5 d4 $1 37.
Rh1 Bd5 38. Rh2 Kg6 39. b5 $5 Rg3 $1 {The attack decides the game.} 40. Bxh4
Rb3 41. Ke2 Bc4+ 42. Kd1 Rxb5 43. Be1 Rb1+ 44. Kd2 Ra1 45. f5+ Kxf5 46. Rxh5+
Ke4 47. Rh7 Rxa5 48. Rxf7 Ra2+ 49. Kc1 b5 50. Bd2 Kd3 $1 51. Rf2 Bd5 52. g4 b4
53. g5 Rc2+ {The b-pawn cannot be stopped.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 6869"]
[Site "44"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Fuller, Maxwell"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Be2
e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. O-O c6 11. b4 a5 12. a3 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 g5 15.
Bg3 Nh5 16. Nd2 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Nb6 $6 ({Preferable is} 17... Nf6 18. Rd1 Qc7)
18. Rd1 Be6 19. Nce4 Qc7 $2 ({Correct is} 19... Qe7 $1 20. Nc5 Ra8 21. Qb1 Na4
$1) 20. Nc5 $1 Ra8 21. Nxe6 Qe7 {The queen has to make an extra move.} 22. Qb1
Qxe6 23. c5 Nd5 24. Bc4 $1 Qg4 25. Ne4 Nc7 26. Nf6+ $1 Bxf6 27. Qg6+ {
Black is lost.} Bg7 28. Qxf7+ Kh8 ({Smyslov adds} 28... Kh7 29. Rd7 Ne8 30.
Qg8+ Kg6 31. Be6 $1) 29. Rd7 1-0

[Event "Hastings 6869"]
[Site "44"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Keene, Raymond"]
[Black "Smejkal, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. e3 d6 6. Nge2 e5 7. O-O Nge7 8. a3
O-O 9. Rb1 a5 10. d3 Rb8 11. Bd2 Be6 {The development goes in slow motion.} 12.
Nd5 $5 b6 $6 ({Theory will become} 12... b5 $1) 13. b4 $6 (13. Nec3 $1 {
controls the centre.}) 13... axb4 14. axb4 Bxd5 $6 (14... b5 $1 {equalises.})
15. cxd5 Nxb4 16. Bxb4 cxb4 17. Rxb4 Ra8 18. Qb3 Ra5 19. Rb1 Nc8 20. d4 exd4
21. Nxd4 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Rc5 23. Bh3 Qf6 24. Qd3 Qe5 25. e4 b5 $6 ({Better is} 
25... Qh5 26. Kg2 Re8) 26. Rdb4 Nb6 $6 27. Rxb5 Na4 28. Re1 Rc3 29. Qd1 Nc5 30.
Bf1 Rc8 31. Qb1 Kg7 32. Rb6 Na4 33. Ra6 Qd4 $4 {
The black queen is overburdened.} (33... Nc5 34. Rc6 Re8 {defends properly.})
34. Rd1 $1 Qf6 35. e5 $5 Qxe5 36. Rxa4 {
Keene and Tukmakov shared the third place in the final standings.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 6869"]
[Site "44"]
[Date "1968.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Smejkal, Jan"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1968.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. e5 Nd5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bc4 c6 8. a4 Na6
$5 {Smejkal plays a wild variation of the Pirc.} ({He encountered} 8... a5 {
against Ujtelky in Bratislava 1967.}) 9. O-O Nac7 10. Qe1 f6 11. Qh4 Be6 (11...
Qd7 $5 12. Nbd2 Qg4 {simplifies.}) 12. Na3 Qd7 13. Bd2 b5 14. Bd3 Nb6 $2 ({
Preferable is} 14... Bf5 $1 15. Bxf5 Qxf5) 15. axb5 cxb5 16. Rae1 a6 17. exd6
exd6 {It looks like Smyslov has established a solid resistance against the
white attack, but Smejkal opens the line by a series of sacrifices.} 18. Rxe6
$1 {White breaks through the defence.} Qxe6 19. f5 $1 g5 $1 20. Nxg5 fxg5 21.
Bxg5 {White has given a rook.} Qd7 22. f6 $1 Bh8 23. Bf5 Ne6 24. Qg4 Kf7 25.
Qh5+ Kg8 26. Qg4 Kf7 27. Bxh7 $1 Ke8 28. f7+ Rxf7 29. Bg6 Nd8 30. Qh5 Qe6 ({
The protective} 30... Bg7 {is punished by} 31. Bxd8 Kxd8 32. Rxf7) 31. Qxh8+
Kd7 32. Bxf7 {This time the Premier started with twelve participants. Smyslov
won by a score of 81/2/11, half-a-point before Gligoric.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 6970"]
[Site "45"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Littlewood, John"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C91"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 Nc4 13. Bc1 c5 14. Nbd2 Nxd2
15. Qxd2 Nd7 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Nd4 Rc8 18. Bd1 Bxd1 19. Qxd1 Re8 20. f3 $2 (20.
Nf5 $1 Bf8 21. Qg4 Qf6 22. Bd2 $1 {takes the initiative.}) 20... Bf6 21. Nc2 $6
{A miracle has occurred: A Littlewood has played two passive moves in a row!}
Na4 22. Rb1 d5 23. Nb4 dxe4 24. Nd5 $6 (24. Qxd8 Rexd8 25. fxe4 {
does not lose a pawn.}) 24... Nc5 25. fxe4 Rxe4 26. Nxf6+ Qxf6 27. Be3 Rd8 28.
Qf3 Qe7 29. Bf2 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Ne6 31. h3 h6 32. Bg3 Qc5+ 33. Kh2 Qd5 34. Qa3
Qc6 35. Qe3 Qc2 36. Re2 Qb1 37. b3 Rd1 38. Be1 Rc1 39. Qe4 Qxe4 40. Rxe4 Kh7
41. Bb4 Rc2 42. a4 Rb2 43. axb5 axb5 44. Re3 Nf4 45. Rg3 f6 46. Ba3 Ra2 47. Bd6
Ng6 48. Rg4 Rd2 49. Bc5 Ne5 $1 50. Rb4 Nf3+ 51. Kg3 Ne1 52. Rxb5 ({
The pointe is} 52. Bf2 Rxf2 $1) 52... Rxg2+ 53. Kf4 Nd3+ {
Portisch had scored his second win in a row.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 6970"]
[Site "45"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Medina Garcia, Antonio"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C71"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c4 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nf6 8. d3
Be7 9. Nc3 Nd7 10. Bxc6 $5 bxc6 11. O-O Nc5 $5 (11... Bg5 $1 12. Qg4 Bxc1 $1
13. Raxc1 Qf6 {equalises.}) 12. b4 Ne6 13. Be3 c5 $5 14. a3 c6 15. Rfb1 $5 Nd4
16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. Na2 $6 ({Wiser is} 17. Ne2 $1) 17... O-O 18. a4 Qd7 19. Rb2
f5 $1 {Portisch takes the initiative.} 20. b5 axb5 21. axb5 cxb5 22. cxb5 d5 $1
23. exd5 Ra3 24. Rd1 e4 $1 {An attack in the centre has begun.} 25. Qe2 Qxd5
26. b6 $2 {Medina misses the fine defence.} (26. dxe4 fxe4 27. Nb4 $1 Bxb4 28.
Rxb4 Ra2 29. Rbxd4 Rxe2 30. Rxd5 Rfxf2 {(Portisch)} 31. Rd8+ Kf7 32. Rf1 {
draws.}) 26... Bd6 $1 27. dxe4 fxe4 28. Nb4 Qe5 $1 29. g3 Rxf2 $5 30. Qxf2
Rxg3+ 31. Kf1 0-1

[Event "Hastings 6970"]
[Site "45"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Na4
cxd4 9. exd4 Qc7 10. a3 Be7 11. Nc3 d6 $5 ({Theory is} 11... d5 {
(Najdorf - Euwe, Zürich 1953).}) 12. Re1 Nbd7 13. d5 $5 e5 14. b4 Rfe8 15. Bb2
g6 16. Nd2 Nh5 17. Nb3 Ng7 $5 {Timman chooses a passive defence.} 18. Rc1 Rac8
19. Nb5 Qb8 20. a4 a6 21. Nc3 Bd8 $5 22. Ba3 f5 23. a5 bxa5 24. bxa5 Nc5 25.
Rb1 Nxd3 26. Qxd3 Qc7 $2 {Black makes a positional error.} (26... e4 $1 27. Qd4
Nh5 28. Ne2 e3 {strikes back at the right time.}) 27. c5 $1 dxc5 28. Nxc5 $1
Rb8 ({Or} 28... Qxa5 29. N3a4 $1 Ba8 30. d6) 29. d6 Qc6 30. Qd5+ Qxd5 31. Nxd5
{The 18-years-old Timman was not yet able to compete with the best but he
ended as fifth.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 6970"]
[Site "45"]
[Date "1969.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Medina Garcia, Antonio"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1969.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 Bf5 6. Nc3 e6 7. Be2 dxe5 8. fxe5
Be7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Be3 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. Rad1 Rad8
15. Qc1 h6 16. Kh1 Kh8 17. h3 Bh7 18. Rfe1 Qf7 19. b3 Rfe8 20. Rf1 Qe7 21. Rfe1
Rd7 22. d5 $5 {Complicated tactics begin.} Nb4 $1 23. Nd4 exd5 24. Bh5 Nd3 $2 (
{Better is} 24... Ra8 $1) 25. Rxd3 $1 Bxd3 26. Bf2 $2 (26. Bd2 $1 Be4 27. Nf5
Bxf5 28. Bxe8 Qd8 29. Bxd7 Qxd7 {brings a white plus.}) 26... Bxd4 27. Bxe8 $2
{White occurs a terrible oversight.} ({Right is} 27. Rxe7 $1 Rdxe7 $1 28. Qd2)
27... Bxf2 $1 28. Rxe7 Rxe7 29. Qf4 Re1+ 30. Kh2 Bg1+ 31. Kg3 Rxe8 32. cxd5
Re3+ 33. Kg4 Nd7 {The fifth and last replica of the Cussons trophy had gone to
Smyslov in 1968. A new arrangement had been made for 1969: If a player would
win Hastings twice in a row, he got pure gold! Smyslov failed, despite the win
in the last round.   Portisch won by 7/9, half-a-point before Unzicker.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 7071"]
[Site "46"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E74"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Qd2
exd5 9. exd5 Re8 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. O-O Nbd7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 a6 14. a4 Qe7
15. Rae1 Qf8 16. Bd1 Rxe1 17. Rxe1 Re8 18. Rxe8 Qxe8 19. Bf4 $5 (19. Bc2 {
was played in Polugaevsky - Uhlmann, Amsterdam 1970.}) 19... Qe7 20. Qe2 Kf8
21. Qxe7+ Kxe7 {White has a plus in the endgame, because he controls more
terrain and has the two bishops.} 22. a5 Ne8 23. Bd2 h5 24. Kf1 Bd4 25. b3 Ng7
26. Bc2 Ne8 27. Ne2 Bb2 28. f3 Ng7 29. Kf2 Bf6 30. Nc3 Bd4+ 31. Ke2 f5 32. f4
Ne8 33. Bd3 Bxc3 $6 34. Bxc3 {White improves his position by the help of Black.
} Nef6 35. Be1 Kf7 36. Ke3 Ke7 37. Bc2 Kf7 38. b4 cxb4 39. Bxb4 Nc5 40. Kd4
Nfd7 {Black has a bastion on the queenside. So White shifts his interest to
the other flank.} 41. Bd1 Ke7 42. g4 hxg4 43. hxg4 Kf6 44. Ke3 b6 $2 {
Black should postpone this move.} ({Better is} 44... Ke7) 45. gxf5 gxf5 46.
Bxc5 Nxc5 $5 ({The natural} 46... bxc5 {is defeated by} 47. Ba4 Nb8 48. Kf3 Kg6
49. Kg3 {and White will win by restriction (Bulletin).}) 47. axb6 a5 48. Bc2
Ke7 49. Kd2 Kd8 50. Bxf5 Na4 51. b7 Kc7 52. Bc8 Nc5 53. f5 Ne4+ 54. Kc2 Kb8 55.
Kb3 Nd2+ 56. Ka4 Nxc4 57. f6 Ne5 58. Kxa5 1-0

[Event "Hastings 7071"]
[Site "46"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Black "Keene, Raymond"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E45"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. Ng3 h5 7. h4 Bb7 8. Bd2
a5 9. Rh3 $5 d5 10. Be2 g6 11. Bf3 Nc6 12. cxd5 exd5 13. a3 Be7 14. Nge2 Na7
15. Qc2 Bc8 16. Rh1 Bf5 17. Qb3 c6 18. g3 O-O 19. Kf1 Nc8 20. Nf4 Nd6 21. Be2
Re8 22. Rc1 Rb8 23. a4 Bf8 24. Kg2 Bh6 25. Qd1 Bg4 26. Nd3 Nc4 27. b3 Nxd2 28.
Qxd2 Bxe2 29. Nxe2 Ne4 30. Qc2 Rc8 31. Rhd1 Qd6 32. Ndf4 Kg7 33. Qd3 Nf6 34.
Rc2 Rc7 35. Rdc1 Rec8 36. Nc3 Bxf4 37. exf4 Re7 38. f5 Ng4 39. Qf3 Rcc7 40. Ne2
Re4 41. Nc3 Ree7 42. Ne2 Nh6 $2 43. fxg6 $2 ({The players have missed} 43. f6+
$1 Qxf6 44. Qxf6+ Kxf6 45. Nf4 $1) 43... fxg6 44. Qf4 Qe6 45. Qg5 Nf7 46. Qd2
Qd6 47. Nf4 Re4 48. Rc3 Nd8 49. f3 Re8 50. R1c2 Ne6 51. Ne2 Nd8 52. Qf4 Qxf4 $6
53. Nxf4 Rce7 $2 (53... Rf7 $1 54. Rxc6 $1 Nxc6 55. Rxc6 Rf6 56. Rxf6 Kxf6 57.
Nxd5+ Kf7 $1 58. Nxb6 Re3 {gives a sufficient counter-play.}) 54. Rxc6 $1 Nxc6
55. Rxc6 Re1 $6 (55... Kf7 $1 56. Rxg6 Re2+ $1 {fights.}) 56. Rxg6+ Kf7 57.
Rxb6 Rd1 58. Rb7+ Re7 59. Rb5 Rc7 60. Nxh5 Rxd4 61. Nf4 Rd7 62. h5 Rd2+ 63. Kh3
Kg7 64. Rb6 Rd1 65. h6+ Kf7 66. g4 d4 67. g5 d3 68. g6+ Ke7 69. Re6+ Kd8 70. g7
d2 71. g8=Q+ Kc7 (71... Kc7 72. Nd5+ $1 Rxd5 73. Qg7+ {
leads to mate.   Portisch won a game after five draws.}) 1-0

[Event "Hastings 7071"]
[Site "46"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mestrovic, Zvonimir"]
[Black "Portisch, Lajos"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e4 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Ne7 6. Nge2 Bf5 7. Bxf5 Nxf5
8. Qd3 Qd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bf4 c6 11. Rfe1 Na6 12. Ng3 Nxg3 13. Qxg3 Rfe8 14.
Be5 Bf8 15. a3 Qf5 16. Rac1 Re6 17. Qf4 Qh5 18. Qd2 $6 (18. Qg3 $1 {
avoids the following difficulties.}) 18... Rae8 19. Bg3 $6 ({Better is} 19. Bf4
Qf5 20. Rxe6 Rxe6 21. Rf1) 19... Qh6 $1 20. f4 $1 ({The tricks are} 20. Bf4 $4
Qxf4) ({and} 20. Qd1 $4 Qxc1 $1 {(Bulletin).}) 20... Qf6 21. Rxe6 Rxe6 22. Rf1
Qf5 23. Nd1 Re4 24. Ne3 ({Preferable is} 24. Nf2 $1 Re8 25. Qd3) 24... Qf6 25.
c3 Bd6 26. Qf2 Nc7 27. f5 Ne8 28. Bxd6 Qxd6 29. Qf3 Nf6 30. h3 h5 31. Re1 Qe7
32. Qg3 $2 (32. g3 $1 {reacts adequately.}) 32... h4 33. Qf2 Nh5 34. Nc2 Ng3
35. Re3 Rxe3 36. f6 $5 ({Or} 36. Qxe3 Nxf5) 36... Qe4 $1 37. Nxe3 Qb1+ 38. Nf1
g5 39. Qf3 Kh7 {Black will exchange towards a won pawn ending.   Portisch also
triumphed in the penultimate round.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 7071"]
[Site "46"]
[Date "1970.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Markland, Peter"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A24"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1970.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nge2 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8. d3
O-O 9. h3 Nc5 10. Be3 $5 a5 11. f4 $6 exf4 {Black weakens his centre.} 12. gxf4
Qe7 13. Qd2 Rb8 14. Rae1 Ncd7 15. Ng3 Ne8 16. d4 Nc7 $2 ({Better is} 16... Nb6
17. Qe2 Qh4) 17. e5 $1 dxe5 18. fxe5 Qb4 19. Bh6 $1 Qxc4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Re4
Ne6 22. Rh4 h5 23. Bd5 $1 {White delivers the decisive blow.} Qxf1+ ({
The pointe is} 23... cxd5 24. Nxh5+ $1 gxh5 25. Qg2+ Kh6 26. Rf5 $1 {
(Bulletin).}) 24. Kxf1 cxd5 25. Nxd5 b6 26. Nf4 Nxf4 27. Qxf4 Ba6+ 28. Kg1 Bd3
29. Qg5 Kh8 30. Qh6+ {This result was very good for Portisch. He won by 6/9,
one point before Gligoric, Hort, Krogius, Markland and Uhlmann. The triumph
was the second victory in a row. Therefore, he had won the Cussons trophy. He
took home a chess knight in pure gold, valued at 800 Guineas.} (30. Qh6+ Kg8
31. Rxh5 {mates quickly.}) 1-0

[Event "Hastings 7172"]
[Site "47"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]

{IV. Sponsoring  Chess was a pastime of the investor Jim Slater. As a
corporate raider, he could contribute thousands of pounds from 1970 until 1974.
Sponsorship by the manager of a company had started in Hastings.   A historic
Premier began on Christmas 1971. Sixteen players participated. It became a
race between Kortschnoj and Karpov, their second confrontation after a
training match in the same year.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5.
g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8. Nf1 $5 Nbd7 9. Ne3 Ne4 10. O-O f5 11. Ne1 $6
{White gets a passive game.} (11. Nd2 {is ok.}) 11... Ndf6 12. f3 Ng5 13. Qd2
h6 14. Rc1 c5 15. N1c2 b6 16. Rfd1 Bb7 17. b4 Rad8 18. d5 g6 19. dxe6 Nxe6 20.
Rb1 Kh7 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. cxd5 Nc7 23. e4 fxe4 24. fxe4 Na6 25. a3 Rde8 26. Rf1
Nd7 27. Bh3 Ne5 28. Qe2 Nc7 29. Ne3 Rxf1+ 30. Rxf1 Rf8 31. Rf4 Ne8 32. Ng2 Ng7
33. Qf1 Rf7 34. bxc5 bxc5 35. Ne3 Nh5 36. Rxf7+ Nxf7 37. Nc4 Ng7 38. Qf4 Nh5
39. Qh4 $2 {The queen should retreat.} Nf6 40. Bg2 ({Or} 40. Qf4 Nxe4 41. Qe3
Qf6 $1 42. Qxe4 Ng5 43. Qg4 Nxh3+ 44. Qxh3 Qd4+ {and Black wins a pawn.}) 40...
Ne5 $5 ({Even better is} 40... g5 $1 41. Qh3 g4 42. Qh4 Ne5 43. Nxe5 Qxe5 44.
h3 c4 $1) 41. Ne3 Kg7 42. g4 Nxd5 43. g5 Nxe3 44. gxh6+ Kf8 45. Qf4+ Kg8 46.
Qxe3 Kh7 47. Qf4 c4 48. Qd2 Qc7 49. Qc3 Qb6+ 50. Kf1 Qb3 {
Kortschnoj had a poor start.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 7172"]
[Site "47"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Byrne, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5 10. f4 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. e5 $1 {
Karpov has prepared a fine novelty in the Richter Attack.} ({
He improves on the known} 12. Be1) 12... gxh4 ({The alternative will become} 
12... Bg7 $5 {(Gazik - Robatsch, Smokovec 1988).}) 13. exf6 e6 14. Be2 Bc6 15.
Rhe1 $1 Rg8 16. Bf3 Kd7 $2 ({Preferable is} 16... Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rg2 {
(Riemersma - Cifuentes Parada, Amsterdam 1987).}) 17. Re5 $1 Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6
19. Bh5 Rxg2 20. Bxf7 Rxh2 21. Bxe6+ Kc7 22. Re3 Rd8 23. Nd5+ Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Rf2
25. f5 h5 26. Rc3+ Kb8 27. a4 Rf4 28. a5 $2 ({Right is} 28. b3 $1 Bh6 29. Kd1
$1 {and White wins.} ({not} 29. Kb2 $2 Bg5 $1)) 28... bxa5 29. Rxa5 Rg4 30.
Rca3 Kc7 31. Rb5 Bh6+ $2 ({A counteraction starts} 31... Rg1+ $1 32. Kd2 Bh6+
33. Kd3 Rg3+ 34. Kd4 Rxa3 35. bxa3 Bf4) 32. Kb1 $1 Rg3 33. Ra7 Rb8 34. Bd5 Rg1+
35. Ka2 Rf1 36. Raxb7+ Rxb7 37. Rxb7+ Kd8 38. Be6 h3 39. Rd7+ Ke8 40. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Hastings 7172"]
[Site "47"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pfleger, Helmut"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 Re8 6. O-O e4 7. Nd4 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Nc6 9. d3 exd3 10. exd3 h6 11. Re1 Rxe1+ 12. Qxe1 Nxd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. Ba3
Be6 15. Rb1 b6 16. Rc1 Qd7 17. Qd2 Re8 18. c5 Bh3 19. cxb6 axb6 20. Bb4 Nh7 21.
Bxh3 Qxh3 22. Rxc7 Ng5 23. Qd1 Ne6 24. Re7 Rc8 25. Bd2 $2 (25. Ba3 $1 Nxd4 26.
Bb2 {defends properly.}) 25... Nxd4 26. Re3 h5 27. Qa4 Qg4 28. Kg2 b5 29. Qa6
$6 Rc2 30. h3 Qf5 31. Qa7 $6 {The queen stands offside.} Nc6 32. Qa8+ Kh7 33.
Rf3 Qg6 34. Bf4 Nd4 35. Re3 Ne6 36. Rf3 h4 $5 {White seems to get an escape.}
37. Qxd5 $2 Nxf4+ $1 ({The pointe is} 37... Nxf4+ 38. Rxf4 Qxg3+ $1) 0-1

[Event "Hastings 7172"]
[Site "47"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Keene, Raymond"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 Nge7 7. Nb3 Na5 8.
Bg2 Nec6 9. O-O d6 10. Nxa5 Qxa5 11. Ne2 Be7 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. c4 Rfd8
15. a4 Rac8 16. Bc3 Qc7 17. Qd2 b6 18. Qb2 Bf8 19. f4 b5 $5 20. axb5 axb5 21.
cxb5 Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Qxb5 23. b4 $6 (23. Rfd1 Rb8 24. Rab1 {equalises.}) 23... d5
$1 24. Rab1 Rb8 25. exd5 exd5 26. f5 Nxb4 27. Qd2 Re8 28. Nd4 Qc4 29. Rbd1 $2 (
29. f6 $1 g6 30. Rfc1 {strengthens the own position.}) 29... Rbc8 30. Ba1 Ra8
31. Rc1 Ra2 $1 32. Qg5 $5 {Keene is going to set a trap.} ({Little use has} 32.
Rxc4 Rxd2 33. Rc7 Ba4 {(Karpov).}) 32... Qa6 33. Ne6 $5 ({Or} 33. f6 h6 $1 34.
Qh5 g6) 33... h6 ({Not} 33... fxe6 $4 34. f6 $1 {(Karpov).}) 34. Qg4 Bxe6 35.
Bxg7 Qe2 36. Qxe2 Rxe2 37. Bxf8 Rxf8 38. fxe6 fxe6 39. Rfe1 Rff2 40. Rxe2 Rxe2
{Karpov scored a lot of wins.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 7172"]
[Site "47"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Qe1 b5 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nfd7 14. Bxb7 Qxb7
15. Qg3 Bc5 16. Rad1 Nc6 $1 {Black has developed an important piece.} ({
Viktor improves on} 16... Qc7 {(Ivkov - Kortschnoj, Rijeka 1963).}) 17. Nxc6 ({
The critical} 17. Bh6 g6 18. Bxf8 Bxd4+ 19. Rxd4 Nxd4 20. Bd6 Nf5 21. Qf3 {
draws.}) 17... Qxc6 18. Kh1 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Qc7 20. Rfe1 $2 ({Right is} 20. Rd6
$1) 20... b4 21. Ne4 Nxe5 22. Qg3 f6 23. Nxf6+ $2 Rxf6 24. Rxe5 Raf8 $1 25. h3
{White has to lose material.} Qxc2 26. Qe1 Rf2 27. Rg5 Kh8 28. b3 Re2 29. Qg1
Qc3 30. Ra5 Qc6 31. Rc1 Qb7 32. Re1 Rc2 $6 33. Rxe6 h6 34. Rae5 $2 (34. Raxa6
$1 Rf3 $1 35. Rxh6+ $1 gxh6 36. Rxh6+ Kg7 37. gxf3+ Kxh6 38. Qe3+ Kh5 39. Qe5+
{leads to perpetual check.}) 34... Rff2 $1 35. Re4 Qd5 36. Kh2 Qd2 37. Rg6 Rc1
38. Rd4 Qe3 39. Rd1 Qf4+ 40. Rg3 Rc3 41. Rd8+ Kh7 42. Qb1+ Rfc2 {
Kortschnoj neared Karpov. Viktor trailed by half-a-point.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 7172"]
[Site "47"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 b6 4. e4 h6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Nbd2 d6 8.
Qe2 a6 9. O-O-O Nd7 10. Kb1 e5 11. c3 Be7 12. Nc4 O-O 13. Bc2 Rfe8 $6 (13...
exd4 14. Nxd4 Rfe8 {gives openness in a crammed position (Kortschnoj).}) 14. d5
$1 c5 $2 {Black should keep the central area open.} ({Right is} 14... Nc5 $1
15. Ne3 c6 $1) 15. Ne3 Bf8 16. g4 $1 Qd8 17. g5 $1 h5 $5 18. g6 $1 fxg6 19.
Rhg1 Qf6 20. Ng5 Be7 21. Ne6 Nf8 $5 ({Kortschnoj analyses} 21... Rec8 22. Rg2
Nf8 23. Rdg1 $1 Kh7 24. Rxg6 $1 Nxg6 25. Qxh5+ {and White wins.}) 22. Nc7 Qf7
23. Rdf1 b5 24. Nxa8 Bxa8 25. c4 Rb8 26. Bd3 Qe8 27. Rc1 Bf6 28. Rg2 Rb6 29.
Rcg1 Rb8 30. Qf1 b4 31. Be2 h4 32. Rxg6 $1 Qxg6 33. Rxg6 Nxg6 34. Bg4 Nf4 35.
Qd1 b3 36. axb3 Bb7 37. Ng2 $1 Bc8 ({Or} 37... Nxg2 38. Be6+ Kf8 39. Qh5) 38.
Bxc8 Rxc8 39. Qg4 Re8 40. Nxf4 exf4 41. Qxf4 Be5 42. Qxh4 Rf8 43. b4 Bd4 44.
bxc5 {Kortschnoj led by half-a-point on Karpov.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 7172"]
[Site "47"]
[Date "1971.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Markland, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1971.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 Ne7 8. a4
b6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bd3 Nbc6 11. O-O h6 12. Re1 Na5 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. h4 O-O 15.
Qf4 f5 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Qxc7 Rxc7 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Ne5 Bc8 20. c4 Nac6 21.
Bb2 Nb4 22. a5 Rf8 23. Ba3 dxc4 24. Nxc4 Rf4 25. Nd6 Nxd3 26. cxd3 Rxh4 27. Ne4
Rh5 28. Rec1 Bb7 29. Nxc5 Bd5 30. f3 Rf5 31. a6 Rf7 32. Ne4 Nf5 33. Bc5 Rc8 34.
Bf2 Rfc7 35. Rxc7 Rxc7 36. Rb1 Ne7 37. Rb8+ Kh7 38. Kh2 Ng6 $2 {
The time control is on move 40 after 21/2 hours of play.} ({Right is} 38... Kg6
$1) 39. Nc5 Rc6 ({Or} 39... Ne7 40. Rb7 $1 Bxb7 41. axb7 Nc6 42. Bg3 e5 43. d4
$1) 40. Rd8 Rc7 41. Rd7 Rxd7 42. Nxd7 Bc6 43. Nb8 Bb5 44. Bxa7 Ne7 45. Bb6 Nc8
46. Bc5 Kg6 47. a7 Nxa7 48. Bxa7 e5 49. d4 exd4 50. Bxd4 Kf7 51. f4 g5 52. fxg5
hxg5 53. Kg3 Kg6 54. Kf3 Kf5 55. g3 {
Karpov seized Kortschnoj (11/15). They shared the triumph.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 7273"]
[Site "48"]
[Date "1972.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hartston, William"]
[Black "Tukmakov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qe2
Na5 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. f4 b5 11. O-O Bb7 12. a3 $5 (12. Rae1 $5 {
was played in Zaitsev - Tukmakov, Odessa 1972.}) ({Besr is} 12. e5 $1) 12...
Be7 13. Rad1 Rc8 14. Kh1 O-O 15. Bc1 Nc4 16. Rf3 g6 $5 (16... Nxa3 $6 17. Rh3
$1 h6 18. e5 $1 {brings a white attack.}) 17. Rh3 e5 $1 {
A white advance is prevented.} 18. Nf3 exf4 19. Rf1 $5 {
Hartston wants to assault anyway.} Qc5 20. b4 Qb6 21. Bxf4 Ng4 $2 {
Tukmakov misses a tactical trick.} (21... Nxa3 $1 22. Be3 Qc7 23. Nd4 Nc4 {
gives counter-play on the queenside.}) 22. Bxc4 $1 bxc4 23. Nd2 $1 h5 $6 ({
Better is} 23... Ne5 $1) 24. Nxc4 Rxc4 $5 25. Qxc4 Nf2+ 26. Rxf2 Qxf2 27. Rf3
Qxc2 28. Bh6 $1 d5 29. Qd4 f6 30. Bxf8 dxe4 31. Rf1 Kxf8 32. Nd5 Bxd5 33. Qxd5
Qe2 34. Qd1 $2 Qb2 $2 (34... Qb5 $1 35. Qa1 f5 {nearly equalises.}) 35. Qc1 $1
Qa2 $6 36. Qh6+ Kf7 37. Qh7+ Kf8 38. Qxg6 Qxa3 39. Qxe4 Kf7 40. Qh7+ Kf8 41.
Qh8+ {Hartston had a great start and ended third.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 7273"]
[Site "48"]
[Date "1972.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Westerinen, Heikki"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. Nf3 e5 6. Be2 Nh6 7. h4 c6 {
This dubious line stems from Polugaevsky - Minic, Palma de Mallorca 1970.} 8.
c5 $5 {Resistance has become problematic.} exd4 $2 (8... dxc5 $1 9. dxe5 O-O
10. h5 Ng4 $1 {brings a shaky defence for Black.}) 9. Bxh6 $1 Bxh6 10. Qxd4 O-O
11. cxd6 Bg7 12. Qe3 b5 $5 {Desperation has already started.} 13. Rd1 Qa5 14.
Nd4 Bb7 15. Nb3 Qb6 16. Qh3 Rad8 17. h5 $1 Rfe8 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. f4 Nf8 20. e5
f6 21. Na4 $1 bxa4 22. Bc4+ Ne6 23. Bxe6+ Kf8 24. Nd4 Qxb2 25. Qh7 Qc3+ 26. Kf2
{Heikki had been put on the train in Maastricht. Sobered up in Hastings, he
defeated Ulf like a beginner.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 7273"]
[Site "48"]
[Date "1972.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 d6 7. d4 b6 8. g3
Bb7 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O Qe7 11. b3 e5 12. d5 $1 ({Uhlmann avoids the drawn} 12.
dxe5 Nxe5 {(Germek - Simonovic, Zagreb 1949).}) 12... a5 $6 ({Preferable is} 
12... c6 $1 13. dxc6 Bxc6) 13. Nh4 $1 Nc5 14. Bb2 Rfe8 15. Qc2 b5 $5 16. Nf5
Qf8 $2 (16... Qd7 {avoids a crammed position of the queen.}) 17. f4 bxc4 18.
fxe5 $1 dxe5 19. bxc4 Ncd7 20. Bc1 Nb6 {
Hereafter, White can win in several ways.} 21. Be3 $5 ({Even better is} 21.
Nh6+ $1) 21... Ng4 22. Bxb6 cxb6 23. Qe4 Qc5+ 24. Kh1 $5 (24. e3 $1 h5 25. h3
Nf6 26. Nh6+ $1 Kf8 27. Rxf6 gxf6 28. Qh7 {wins spectacularly.}) 24... h5 25.
h3 $5 (25. Qf3 $1 f6 26. h3 $1 e4 27. Qf4 Ne5 28. Nxg7 $1 {prevails for White.}
) 25... Nf2+ $1 26. Rxf2 Qxf2 27. Rf1 Qc5 28. Qh4 Qf8 ({Or} 28... Qc7 29. Qxh5
Rad8 30. Be4 $1 f6 31. Ne3) 29. Qg5 f6 30. Qg6 Re7 31. Be4 $1 Qe8 32. Nh6+ Kf8
33. Rxf6+ $1 {Uhlmann gained the second prize.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 7273"]
[Site "48"]
[Date "1972.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Qe2 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nge7 $5 (4... a6 {
occurred in Chigorin - Tarrasch, St Petersburg 1893 (2).}) 5. g3 d5 6. Bg2 d4
$1 7. Nd1 $5 e5 8. O-O f6 9. b3 Bg4 10. Nb2 $5 {
Smyslov develops in strange ways.} Qd7 11. a4 g5 12. h3 $6 (12. Nd3 $1 {
continues the development.}) 12... Be6 13. h4 h6 14. Nd3 Nc8 15. Nh2 Rg8 16. f4
$2 ({Better is} 16. Qh5+ Bf7 17. Qg4) 16... gxf4 17. gxf4 Qg7 $1 {
Larsen attacks the king.} 18. f5 Bf7 19. Kh1 Nd6 20. Rg1 c4 $1 21. bxc4 Nxc4
22. Bb2 O-O-O 23. Bf3 Qh7 24. Rxg8 Qxg8 25. Rg1 Qh7 26. Bc1 h5 27. Nb2 Nb6 28.
Qb5 Nd7 29. Nd3 Bd6 30. a5 a6 31. Qa4 Rg8 32. Ba3 Rxg1+ 33. Kxg1 Bxa3 34. Qxa3
Qh6 $1 35. Nf1 Bc4 36. Kf2 $2 (36. Be2 $1 Bxd3 37. cxd3 $1 Qf4 38. Bxh5 Qxh4
39. Be8 {offers fine resistance.}) 36... Bxd3 37. Qxd3 Qf4 $1 38. Ng3 Qxh4 39.
Bxh5 Nc5 40. Qa3 Nxe4+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings 7273"]
[Site "48"]
[Date "1972.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Wade, Robert"]
[Black "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 Bxf3 5. exf3 d5 6. cxd5 $5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 g6
$2 (7... e6 $1 {defends the centre.}) 8. Qb3 e6 9. Nxd5 exd5 $2 (9... Qxd5 10.
Bc4 Qxd4 $1 11. Be3 Qd6 {gains a pawn for the positional disadvantage.}) 10.
Bf4 Qe7+ 11. Kd1 $1 Qd7 12. Bxc7 $1 Qxc7 13. Qxd5 Nc6 14. Bb5 Rc8 15. Rc1 Bc5
16. Qxc6+ Qxc6 17. Bxc6+ Rxc6 18. Re1+ Kd7 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Rc3 Rd8 21. Kc2
Kc7 22. Re7+ Rd7 23. Rxd7+ Kxd7 24. Rd3+ Kc7 25. f4 Rb6 26. Kc3 Rb8 27. h4 h6
28. Re3 Kd6 29. Kc2 Rb7 30. Re8 Kd5 31. h5 Rc7 32. Rh8 gxh5 33. Rxh6 Ke4 34.
Rxh5 Kf3 35. Rh7 Re7 36. f5 Kxf2 37. f6 Re2+ 38. Kc3 Re3+ 39. Kc4 Re2 40. Rxf7
Rxb2 41. Rg7 {Bob Wade was born in New Zealand. He migrated to England and
became a poor chess professional.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 7273"]
[Site "48"]
[Date "1972.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1972.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Re1 e6 7. c3 $5 {
This natural move is new.} a6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nf6 11. Nc3 Be7
12. b3 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. Na4 O-O 15. Re3 $5 f6 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. g4 Bg6 18. Qe2
Bd6 $5 19. Bb2 ({The pointe is} 19. Rxe6 Bd3 $1 20. Qe3 Be4) 19... h5 20. Ng5
Nf8 21. Nc5 hxg4 22. hxg4 {White has an enormous pressure on e6.} Rxf2 $2 ({But
} 22... Bxc5 23. dxc5 Rf4 $1 24. Nxe6 $2 Nxe6 25. Rxe6 Be4 {wins for Black.})
23. Qxf2 $2 (23. Kxf2 $1 Qxg5 24. Rh1 {attacks.}) 23... Qxg5 24. Rf1 $2 ({
Right is} 24. Rae1 $1 Qxg4+ 25. Qg2 Qxg2+ 26. Kxg2 {and equality.}) 24... Bf5
25. Rg3 $5 Bxg3 26. Qxg3 Qxg4 27. Qxg4 Bxg4 28. Rc1 Ng6 29. Nd3 Bf5 30. Nb4 Nf4
31. Rxc6 a5 32. Na6 Be4 33. Nc5 Rf8 34. Nxe4 dxe4 35. Rc2 g5 36. Bc1 Kg7 37.
Ba3 Rf5 38. Bd6 Kg6 39. Kf2 Nd5+ 40. Ke2 Rf3 41. Rc5 a4 42. bxa4 Ra3 43. Rc2
Rxa4 44. Bc5 Kf5 45. a3 Ra8 46. Rc1 Rh8 47. Rf1+ Nf4+ 48. Kd2 Rh3 49. a4 e3+
50. Kc2 Rh2+ 51. Kc3 Ke4 {
Larsen triumphed by 111/2/15. Uhlmann followed at half-a-point.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 7374"]
[Site "49"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hartston, William"]
[Black "Timman, Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Nf3 c5 7. e6 $5 {
This line made its debut in Kristiansen - Kjarbye, Albertslund 1972.} fxe6 8.
Ng5 Nf6 9. dxc5 Nc6 $5 10. Bd3 dxc5 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe1 $2 (12. Be3 $1 Nd4 13.
Re1 {to an equal game.}) 12... Nb4 $1 13. Nxe6 Nxd3 14. cxd3 Bxe6 15. Qxe6+ Kh8
16. Be3 Rc8 17. Rad1 Rc6 18. Qh3 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 {
Black has gained a positional advantage.} 20. b3 b6 21. Qf3 Rd6 22. Qxd5 Rxd5
23. Kf2 e5 24. Ke2 Bh6 25. g3 exf4 26. Bxf4 Bxf4 27. gxf4 Rd4 28. Ke3 Re8+ 29.
Kd2 Rf8 30. Ke3 Kg7 31. Rf3 Rf7 32. Rg1 Kf6 33. h4 Rfd7 34. Ke2 R7d5 35. Rg5 h6
36. Rg1 Kf5 37. h5 gxh5 38. Rh3 Kf6 39. Rg8 Kf7 40. Ra8 a5 41. Ra7+ Kf6 42. Ra8
Kf7 43. Ra7+ Kf6 44. Ra8 Rd6 45. Rxh5 Kg6 46. Rh4 Rxd3 47. Rg8+ Kf7 48. Rhg4 (
48. Rh8 $1 Kg7 49. R8xh6 $1 Rxh6 50. Rg4+ Rg6 51. Rxg6+ Kxg6 52. Kxd3 {draws.})
48... R3d5 49. R4g7+ Kf6 50. Rh7 Kf5 51. Rf8+ Kg6 52. Rff7 Rd2+ 53. Ke3 $2 {
The players have been fighting hard.} (53. Kf3 $1 Kh5 54. Rhg7 R2d3+ 55. Ke4
R6d4+ 56. Kf5 $1 {probably draws.}) 53... Rxa2 54. Rhg7+ Kh5 55. Rg1 Rb2 56.
Ke4 Rxb3 57. Ke5 Rbd3 58. Rfg7 Rd1 59. f5 a4 60. f6 a3 61. R1g3 R1d5+ 62. Ke4
Rg5 63. R7xg5+ hxg5 64. f7 Rd4+ 65. Ke3 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Hastings 7374"]
[Site "49"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Suttles, Duncan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 Nc6 5. Be3 e5 6. Nge2 Nh6 7. d5 Ne7 8. f3 f5
9. Qd2 Nf7 10. Nc1 O-O 11. Nd3 $5 c6 12. Be2 cxd5 13. cxd5 Bd7 14. a4 {
White controls more terrain.} Kh8 $5 15. a5 Ng8 $5 16. O-O f4 17. Bf2 g5 $6 (
17... Qg5 {attacks directly.}) 18. a6 $1 b6 19. Nb4 h5 20. Nc6 {
Szabo strikes on the queenside.} Qf6 $2 ({Better is} 20... Bxc6 21. dxc6 Ne7)
21. Nb5 g4 22. Nbxa7 Bh6 23. Bxb6 g3 24. Kh1 $5 Qh4 25. Bg1 $1 Ng5 26. Bd3 Rf6
(26... Nh3 $1 27. gxh3 Bxh3 28. Rf2 $1 gxf2 29. Bxf2 Qf6 {brings little relief.
}) 27. Nb5 Rg6 28. Nxd6 $1 Rxd6 29. Nxe5 Bg7 30. Nxd7 Rxd7 31. Bb5 Rd6 32. Bc6
Ra7 33. e5 Rg6 $5 ({Or} 33... Bxe5 34. Rfe1 Bg7 35. Ra4 Rf6 36. d6 $1) 34. d6
Nh3 35. gxh3 g2+ 36. Qxg2 Rxg2 37. Kxg2 Rf7 38. Bd4 Nh6 39. a7 Nf5 40. a8=Q+
Rf8 41. Bf2 Qg5+ 42. Kh1 Ng3+ 43. hxg3 fxg3 44. Rg1 h4 45. d7 Qf5 46. Bxg3 1-0

[Event "Hastings 7374"]
[Site "49"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Suttles, Duncan"]
[Black "Tal, Mihail"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8.
Qd1 d4 $1 {Tal plays a fine new move. He will slowly improve his position.} 9.
Nce2 Bc5 10. Nf3 Bf5 11. O-O O-O 12. Nf4 Re8 13. Nd3 Bb6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6
Qxf6 16. Nd2 Qg6 17. Nc4 Bc7 18. a4 Bg4 19. Bf3 Bh3 20. Re1 Qf5 21. Bh1 Re6 22.
Qf3 Rae8 $5 23. Qxf5 Bxf5 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Rxe6 Bxe6 $6 26. Re1 $1 Kf8 {
Tal allows simplification.} 27. Nc5 $2 (27. Nce5 $1 Bxe5 28. Rxe5 Bd5 29. Rxe8+
Kxe8 30. Kf1 {equalises.}) 27... Bf5 $1 28. Rxe8+ Kxe8 29. Nd3 Kd7 30. Kf1 Ke6
31. Ke2 Kd5 32. b3 c5 33. f3 Bc8 34. Nd2 f5 35. f4 Ba6 36. Nf3 Bd6 37. Nh4 Bc8
38. Nf3 c4 $5 39. Nb2 $6 ({Preferable is} 39. bxc4+ Kxc4 40. Kd2 a5 41. Nfe5+
Kd5 42. c4+ dxc3+ 43. Kxc3) 39... cxb3 40. cxb3 Ba6+ 41. Nd3 Ke4 42. Nd2+ Kd5
43. Nf3 Be7 44. h4 g6 45. Nfe5 g5 46. hxg5 hxg5 47. fxg5 $2 {
Suttles opens the position for the bishops.} ({Better is} 47. Kd2 $1 {(Kochiev)
} gxf4 48. gxf4 Bd6 49. Nf3 $1) 47... Bxg5 48. b4 Bxd3+ 49. Nxd3 Be7 $1 50. b5
Bd6 51. a5 Bxg3 52. Nb4+ Kc5 53. Nc6 a6 54. Kd3 Bf2 55. Na7 axb5 56. a6 b4 57.
Nb5 Kb6 58. a7 Kb7 59. Nd6+ Kxa7 60. Nxf5 b3 61. Nd6 Kb6 62. Nc4+ Kb5 0-1

[Event "Hastings 7374"]
[Site "49"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Tal, Mihail"]
[Black "Stean, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B96"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. Bxb5 axb5 11. Ndxb5 Qb8 12. e5 $1 {
Tal brings a speculative sacrifice like he did in his young days.} Bb7 13. Qe2
dxe5 14. Qc4 Bc5 $2 (14... Be7 $1 15. Nc7+ Kf8 16. Rxd7 Nxd7 17. Bxe7+ $5 {
was played in Van der Wiel - Renet, Cannes 1992.}) 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rxd7 $1
Be3+ 17. Kb1 Kxd7 18. Rd1+ Bd4 ({Or} 18... Ke8 19. Nc7+ Kf8 20. fxe5 fxe5 21.
Rd7 {and White triumphs.}) 19. fxe5 fxe5 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Qxd4+ Ke7 (21... Bd5
22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Qxd5+ {and wins (Saren - Alivirta, Finland 1974).}) 22. Qc5+
Kf6 23. Rf1+ Kg6 24. Qe7 f5 25. Qxe6+ Kg7 26. Qe7+ Kg6 27. h4 Ra5 28. h5+ Kxh5
29. Qf7+ Kh4 30. Qf6+ Kg3 31. Qg5+ Kh2 32. Qh4+ Kxg2 33. Rf2+ Kg1 34. Ne2# {
The king has been caught.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 7374"]
[Site "49"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Miles, Anthony"]
[Black "Kuzmin, Gennadi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 Bxf3 5. Bxf3 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. d4 Nc6 8.
Nc3 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Rc1 Nd7 12. Na4 Bf6 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Nc5 Nxc5
15. Rxc5 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Be7 17. R5c2 Rcd8 18. a3 a5 19. Bg2 a4 20. f3 Na5 21. Qc3
Nb3 22. Rd1 Bf6 23. Bf2 Rd6 24. e3 $6 (24. Qc7 $1 {
24. Qc7! keeps equal chances.}) 24... Rc6 25. Qd3 Rfc8 26. Rxc6 Qxc6 27. Be1 $1
Qc2 $5 28. Qxc2 Rxc2 29. Bc3 $1 Be7 30. Bf1 Bxa3 $1 31. Bd3 Rxb2 $2 (31... Rc1
$1 32. Rxc1 Nxc1 {leads to the win of a pawn but draws (Miles).}) 32. Bxb2 Bxb2
33. Bc2 Nc1 34. Bxa4 Ne2+ 35. Kf2 Nc3 36. Rd3 $1 (36. Bc2 Nxd1+ 37. Bxd1 {
draws (Miles).}) 36... Nxa4 37. Rb3 $1 {Tony makes an effort to win.} g5 $5 ({
Miles analyses} 37... Kf8 $1 38. Ke2 (38. Rxb7 Bc1 $1 39. Rb1 Bb2 $1 40. Ke1
Ke7 41. Kd2 Nb6 {draws}) 38... Bc3 39. Rxb7 e5 $1 40. Kd3 exd4 41. exd4 Be1 42.
Rb1 Ba5 $1 43. Rb5 Bc7 44. Rxd5 {and drawn again.}) 38. Ke2 $1 e5 $5 39. Kd3 f5
$2 {Kuzmin panics.} 40. Rb4 b5 41. Rxb5 f4 42. Rxd5 g4 43. exf4 $2 (43. Rxe5 $1
{wins (Miles).}) 43... exd4 44. Ra5 Nb6 45. Rb5 Na4 46. Rb4 Nc5+ 47. Kc4 Ba3
48. Rb8+ Kf7 49. Ra8 Bb2 50. Ra2 Bc1 51. Ra1 Bb2 52. Rb1 Ba3 53. fxg4 Ne6 $2 ({
Better is} 53... d3 54. Kc3 Ne4+ $1) 54. h4 Be7 55. f5 Ng7 56. Rf1 Bd6 57. Rf3
h6 58. Kxd4 h5 59. gxh5 Bxg3 60. h6 $1 {
Young Tony Miles began his reputation of a Russians killer by this game.} (60.
h6 Bxh4 $1 61. hxg7 Bf6+ 62. Kd5 Bxg7 63. Rb3 $1 {
leads to a theoretical white win.}) 1-0

[Event "Hastings 7374"]
[Site "49"]
[Date "1973.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Timman, Jan"]
[Black "Suttles, Duncan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1973.??.??"]

{Jan has scored a grandmaster result in London previously. He will score
another result, if he wins this game.} 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nc6
5. d5 Nd4 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Qb6 8. Qd2 Bg4 $2 9. f3 $1 {
Someone had mentioned this refutation to Timman.} Bxf3 10. Na4 $1 Qa6 11. Nxd4
cxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Nf6 14. c5 $1 {
A decisive advantage has been reached.} Qa5+ 15. Nc3 dxc5 16. Qe5 Bg4 {
So far, Jan has prepared this variation.} 17. d6 $1 {White wins material.}
O-O-O 18. dxe7 Rd4 19. Qxf6 Re8 20. Bb5 Rxe4+ 21. Kf2 R8xe7 22. Nxe4 Rxe4 23.
Rhd1 Bxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd4 25. Rxd4 cxd4 26. Qe5 Qd2+ 27. Kg3 a6 28. Bc4 Qxb2 29.
Bxf7 Kd7 30. Be6+ Kc6 31. Bd5+ Kb6 32. Qe7 Qc3+ 33. Bf3 Ka5 34. Qxh7 Qe1+ 35.
Kh3 Qe6+ 36. g4 b5 37. Qc7+ Kb4 38. a3+ Kxa3 39. Qc5+ b4 40. Qa5+ Kb2 41. Qxb4+
Qb3 42. Qxd4+ Kc1 43. Qd5 Qa3 44. Kg3 a5 45. Qg5+ Kb2 46. Qd2+ Kb1 47. Kg2 a4
48. Be4+ Ka1 49. Qd1+ {Timman became a grandmaster.   Kuzmin, Szabo, Tal and
Timman shared the victory by a score of 10/15.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 7475"]
[Site "50"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sigurjonsson, Gudmundur"]
[Black "Botterill, George"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 Na6 7. Be2 c5 8. dxc5
$5 Qa5 $5 ({More solidity will provide} 8... Nxc5 {
(Winsnes - Sandstrom, Sundsvall 1989).}) 9. cxd6 Nxe4 10. dxe7 Re8 11. O-O Nxc3
12. bxc3 Bxc3 $2 ({Right is} 12... Rxe7) 13. Rb1 Rxe7 $6 (13... Bf6 {
The last chance gives}) 14. Bb6 $3 {The bishop impedes on the diagonal to d8.}
Qa4 15. Bb5 Qe4 16. Qd8+ Kg7 17. Rfe1 Qf4 ({Or} 17... Bxe1 18. Bd4+ $1 f6 19.
Rxe1) 18. Rxe7 Bg4 19. Bd4+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings 7475"]
[Site "50"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D46"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4
Nxe4 9. Bxe4 O-O 10. O-O c5 11. Bc2 Qc7 12. Re1 Rd8 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Qe2 Nf8
15. Bd2 $1 (15. Bg5 f6 16. Bd2 {occurred in Malich - Hamann, Skopje 1972.})
15... b6 16. Rad1 Bb7 17. Be4 Ng6 18. h4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Re8 $6 ({Better is} 
19... Qg3 $1 20. Be3 Bxe3 21. Qxe3 Qc7) 20. b4 $1 f5 21. Qe2 Bd6 22. h5 $1 Nf8
23. h6 $1 gxh6 24. Nd4 a6 25. a3 Bh2+ 26. Kh1 Bf4 27. Bc3 Rac8 28. Ba1 Bg5 29.
Nf3 Ng6 30. Qb2 $6 (30. c5 $1 bxc5 31. Qxa6 {keeps a plus.}) 30... e5 31. c5
bxc5 32. bxc5 Qxc5 33. Nxe5 Nxe5 34. Rxe5 Rxe5 35. Qxe5 Qxe5 36. Bxe5 Rc1 37.
Rxc1 Bxc1 {Black has obtained a better bishop ending.} 38. Bd6 $2 {
White loses time.} ({Correct is} 38. a4 $1 Kf7 39. Kh2 Ke6 40. Bc7 $1 Kd5 41.
Kh3 Kc4 42. g4 $1 f4 {If Black exchanges, he has the wrong coloured bishop.}
43. Kg2 {drawn.}) 38... Kf7 39. Kh2 Ke6 $1 40. Bf8 Kd5 41. Kg3 $2 {
White wastes another tempo.} ({Right is} 41. Kh3 $1 Kc4 42. g4 f4 $1 43. a4 $1
Kb3 44. a5) 41... Kc4 $1 42. Kh4 Kb3 43. Bd6 $5 ({It is too late for} 43. g4 $1
{due to} f4 $1 44. f3 Bxa3 45. Bxh6 Bd6 $1) 43... Bxa3 44. Bc7 Kc4 45. Kh5 Bf8
46. f3 Kd4 47. g4 f4 $1 48. Bxf4 a5 49. Bc1 Kc3 50. f4 Kc2 51. Be3 a4 52. Bd4
a3 53. f5 Kd3 54. Ba1 Ke4 55. f6 Kd5 56. Bc3 Ke6 57. Bd4 Kf7 58. Bc3 a2 59. Ba1
Ke6 60. g5 hxg5 61. Kxg5 Bd6 62. Kh6 Kf7 63. Kg5 Bc7 {
Miles had defeated a <->Russian'.} ({Elementary is} 63... Bc7 64. Bb2 Bd8 65.
Ba1 h5 $1) 0-1

[Event "Hastings 7475"]
[Site "50"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Miles, Anthony"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. d3 e5 8. Rb1
h6 9. b4 Be6 10. b5 Ne7 11. a4 Qc8 $5 ({Theory is} 11... Qd7) 12. Ba3 Nd7 13.
Nd2 Rb8 14. Nd5 Re8 15. Ne4 f5 16. Nec3 Kh7 17. a5 Bf7 $2 ({Right is} 17...
Nxd5 18. cxd5 Bf7) 18. Nxe7 Rxe7 19. b6 $1 axb6 20. axb6 {
Miles demonstrates his tactical wit.} Ra8 ({The pointe is} 20... Nxb6 21. Rxb6
cxb6 22. Bxd6) 21. Nb5 Nxb6 (21... c5 $1 22. Nxd6 Qb8 23. Nb5 e4 {
gives counter-play.}) 22. Nxd6 $1 Qe6 23. Qc1 cxd6 24. Rxb6 e4 25. Rxd6 Qe5 26.
Rb6 Qa5 27. Rb3 Qa4 28. Bxe7 Qxb3 29. Qb1 Qa4 $2 30. Qxb7 Ra7 31. Qb4 Qd7 32.
Bd6 Ra2 33. dxe4 Rb2 34. Qc5 fxe4 35. Bxe4 Rxe2 36. Bd5 Rc2 37. Bf4 Bxd5 38.
Qxd5 Qa7 39. Be3 Qa2 40. Rc1 Rxc1+ 41. Bxc1 Qb1 42. Qd2 Bf8 43. Qb2 Qe4 44. Qc3
Bg7 45. Qb4 Bd4 46. Ba3 Qd3 47. Qb7+ Kh8 48. Qc8+ Kh7 49. Qd7+ Kh8 50. Qe8+ Kh7
51. Qf7+ Kh8 52. Be7 Bg7 53. Qd5 Qb3 54. h4 Kh7 55. Bc5 h5 56. Be3 Qb1+ 57. Kg2
Qb3 58. Qc6 {Tony had whipped another Soviet player in the same tournament.}
1-0

[Event "Hastings 7475"]
[Site "50"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Planinc, Albin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A32"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]

{Planinc played an evergreen in Hastings. He gained the sixth place and made 9/
15.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Ndb5 O-O 7. a3
Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3 d5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qxd5 Rd8 13. Qf3 Qb6
14. Rd1 Rxd1+ 15. Nxd1 Nc6 16. Qe3 $5 {
This gambit stems from Uhlmann-Barcza, Havana 1963.} ({Then} 16. e3 {
was played.}) 16... Nd4 $1 17. Qe8+ Kh7 18. e3 Nc2+ 19. Kd2 Bf5 $3 20. Qxa8
Qd6+ 21. Kc1 (21. Kc3 $2 Qe5+ $1 22. Kb3 $5 Na1+ $1 23. Ka2 Qd5+ $1 24. Kxa1
Qxd1+ 25. Ka2 Be6+ {will lead to mate.}) 21... Na1 $1 22. Qxb7 $4 {
White allows a wonderful finish.} ({Correct is} 22. Bc4 $1 Qc5 {(Vaganian)} 23.
Nc3 $3 Qxc4 24. Qd8 Nb3+ 25. Kd1 Qg4+ 26. Ne2 $1 Qxg2 27. Rg1 Qe4 28. Ke1 Qb1+
29. Qd1 Qxb2 30. f3 Qxa3 31. Qd5 Bg6 32. Kf2 {and White seems to survive.})
22... Qc7+ $1 {Planinc vanished from Western European tournaments. His place
was occupied by two eccentric attackers from Yugoslavia, Velimirovic and
Ljubojevic.} ({The pointe is} 22... Qc7+ 23. Qxc7 Nb3#) 0-1

[Event "Hastings 7475"]
[Site "50"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Csom, Istvan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. f3 b5 11. Kb1 $5 Ne5 12. Bd3 Qc7 13. Rhe1 Be7 14. Bf2
Nc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. g4 b4 17. Nce2 a5 18. h4 g6 19. Nb3 e5 20. Ng3 Be6 21.
Nf1 h5 (21... a4 $1 {takes the initiative.}) 22. Ne3 Qc8 $6 (22... Qc7 $1 {
protects pawn a5.}) 23. g5 Nd7 24. Nd5 Bd8 $5 25. f4 Bg4 26. Rc1 O-O 27. c3
bxc3 28. Rxc3 Qb7 29. a4 Be6 30. fxe5 Nxe5 31. Bg3 Be7 32. Rec1 Rfd8 33. Qd4
Bxd5 34. Qxd5 Qxd5 35. exd5 Bf8 36. Bf2 Rdb8 37. Nd4 Bg7 38. Nb5 Ng4 39. R3c2
Nxf2 40. Rxf2 {Csom has to play one correct move.} Rb7 $2 ({Right is} 40... Be5
$1) 41. Nxd6 Rd7 42. Nb5 $1 Rad8 43. d6 $1 Be5 44. Rd1 Kf8 45. Rfd2 Bg3 46. Rd4
Bf2 47. Rc4 Bg3 48. b4 axb4 49. Rxb4 Rb8 ({The obvious} 49... Bxd6 50. Rbd4 Ke7
51. Nxd6 Rxd6 52. Rxd6 Rxd6 53. Rxd6 Kxd6 54. Kc2 {wins for White.}) 50. Rd3
Be5 51. Rbb3 Rb6 52. Rd5 Bh2 53. Ka2 Ra6 54. Rb4 Bg3 55. Rc4 f5 56. gxf6 Kf7
57. Rd3 Be5 58. Re4 1-0

[Event "Hastings 7475"]
[Site "50"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Basman, Michael"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 Bf5 4. f4 e6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O {
Basman's preference had changed to flank openings but his extravagant choice
would develop later.} c6 $5 8. c4 Bg4 $5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nb5 Bc5
12. Nfd4 $6 ({More natural is} 12. Nbd4) 12... Bxe2 13. Nxe2 Qe7 14. a3 Rfc8
15. Rf3 a6 16. Nbd4 Rc7 17. d3 Rac8 18. Qd2 Bd6 19. Kh1 g6 20. b4 Qd8 21. Rc1
Rxc1+ 22. Nxc1 e5 23. fxe5 Nxe5 24. Rf1 Nfg4 25. h3 Qg5 $5 26. Nf3 $1 ({Not} 
26. hxg4 $2 Nc4 $1 27. dxc4 Qh4+) 26... Nxf3 27. Rxf3 Ne5 28. Rf1 Re8 29. Qf2
f5 30. Bc3 $2 (30. Bd4 $1 {overprotects e3.}) 30... Ng4 $1 {
Again the knight is sacrificed on g4.} 31. Qf3 Nxe3 32. Ne2 f4 33. Re1 h5 34.
Nd4 Re7 35. Bd2 Kh7 $2 36. g3 $1 b5 37. h4 $2 (37. gxf4 Qxf4 38. Qxf4 Bxf4 39.
Nc2 $1 d4 40. Nxd4 {draws.}) 37... Qg4 38. Qxg4 Nxg4 39. Rxe7+ Bxe7 40. Nc6 Bf6
41. Bxf4 Nf2+ 42. Kg2 Nxd3 43. Nb8 Nxf4+ 44. gxf4 Bxh4 45. Nxa6 Bd8 46. Nc5 Kg8
47. a4 bxa4 48. Nxa4 Kf7 49. b5 Ke6 50. b6 Kd6 51. b7 Bc7 52. Nb6 d4 53. Kf3 h4
54. Nc8+ Ke6 55. Na7 Kd5 56. Nc8 d3 57. Ne7+ Ke6 0-1

[Event "Hastings 7475"]
[Site "50"]
[Date "1974.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Basman, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E18"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1974.??.??"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O d5 5. c4 Nf6 6. d4 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Ne5
h6 $5 9. Bf4 a6 $6 {Basman chooses for passivity.} 10. Rc1 Ra7 11. cxd5 exd5
12. Qb3 {Hereafter, Black does not do anything.} Ba8 13. Rfd1 Kh7 14. h3 Kg8
15. Kh2 Kh7 16. g4 Kg8 17. Bg3 Bb7 18. e3 Ba8 19. a3 Bb7 20. f4 Ba8 21. Rd2 Qd6
22. f5 Qd8 23. Bf4 Bb7 24. Rg1 {The black position has not changed in twelve
moves. Andersson becomes mixed- up by the parody of his style.} c6 $1 25. Bf3
Nh7 26. Rc1 Bd6 27. Na4 Bc7 28. Kg3 Nf6 29. h4 Nfd7 30. Nxd7 Nxd7 31. Re2 Re8
32. Kh3 Bxf4 33. exf4 Rxe2 34. Bxe2 Qe7 35. Bf3 b5 36. Nc5 Bc8 37. Qd3 h5 38.
gxh5 $2 Qf6 39. Kg3 $2 ({Better is} 39. Nxd7 Bxd7 40. Bg4) 39... Nxc5 40. Rxc5
Bxf5 41. Qc3 Bd7 42. Qd3 Ra8 43. Rc1 Re8 44. Qc3 c5 $2 45. Qxc5 $2 (45. dxc5 d4
46. Qd2 {defends well.}) 45... Qf5 46. Qxd5 Qh3+ 47. Kf2 Qh2+ 48. Bg2 Qxf4+ 49.
Bf3 Bg4 50. Rc3 Qh2+ 51. Bg2 Qxh4+ 52. Kg1 Re1+ 53. Bf1 Bh3 {Nowadays the
black player has gained eternal fame by the Basmania 1. e4 g5.   Hort won the
event by 101/2/15, half-a-point before Sigurjonsson.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 7576"]
[Site "51"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kaplan, Julio"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Qd2 c5 $6 9. d5 (9. O-O-O $1 {gains a plus (Sievers - Ellers, Germany 1995).})
9... f5 10. dxe6 $6 ({Better is} 10. Nc3 $1 {
(Ivanovic - Zvjaginsev, Novi Sad 2000).}) 10... fxe4 11. exd7+ Qxd7 12. Qc3 $5
O-O 13. Nd2 Qf5 14. O-O-O $2 (14. Qg3+ $1 Kh8 15. O-O-O Rg8 16. Qc3+ Bf6 17.
Qe3 {draws.}) 14... Qxf2 15. Nxe4 Qf4+ 16. Nd2 Bg4 17. Re1 Bg5 18. Bd3 Rae8 19.
Ref1 Qe3 20. h3 Be2 21. Rf5 Bh6 22. Bxe2 Qxc3 23. bxc3 Rxe2 24. Rd5 Rxd2 $5 25.
Rxd2 Rd8 26. Rhd1 c4 {
Bronstein has a won position, because White will be suffocated.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 7576"]
[Site "51"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bisguier, Arthur"]
[Black "Uhlmann, Wolfgang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 Be7 6. Bf4 $5 b6 7. h4 Ba6 8.
Bxa6 Nxa6 9. Qe2 Nab8 $5 10. Rh3 $5 {White chooses for an odd attack.} c5 11.
Rg3 g6 12. Bg5 Nc6 13. Nb5 O-O {Bisguier seems to charge from all sides.} 14.
O-O-O $6 ({Wiser is} 14. c3 $1 {and the pawn phalanx becomes stronger.}) 14...
a6 $1 15. Nd6 cxd4 16. Nxd4 $2 ({Better is} 16. Kb1 $1 Bxg5 17. hxg5 Ndxe5 18.
Nxe5 Qxd6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. Rxd4 {and White has compensation for the pawn.})
16... Ndxe5 17. Nxc6 Nxc6 18. Ne4 Qc7 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Nf6+ Kg7 21. Rf3 Nf5
22. Ng4 Nxh4 23. Qd2 Nxf3 24. gxf3 f6 25. Rh1 g5 26. Kb1 Qf4 27. Qc3 Rac8 28.
Qa3 Rf7 29. Qxa6 Qc4 0-1

[Event "Hastings 7576"]
[Site "51"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Miles, Anthony"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 d5 ({
Another odd move is} 7... Na6 {(Panno - Bronstein, Amsterdam 1956).}) 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Ne5 $5 Be6 $6 {Bronstein develops strangely.} 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Na4 Nd7
$2 (11... Rc8 $1 12. Nc5 Bf7 13. Nxc6 Rxc6 $1 {prevents a weakening.}) 12. Nxc6
$1 bxc6 13. Qd2 Bf7 14. Rac1 Nb6 15. Nc5 {
The squares c5 and e5 have become strong points for White.} Nc4 16. Qc3 Re8 17.
Nd3 Qb6 18. e3 Rec8 19. b3 Nd6 20. Be5 Bh6 21. Rc2 Nb7 22. Rfc1 e6 23. Qb4 Bg5
24. Qxb6 axb6 25. Rxc6 Rxc6 26. Rxc6 Bd8 27. Nb4 Na5 28. Rc2 Be7 29. Na6 Be8
30. Bf1 b5 31. Nc7 Rc8 32. Rd2 Nc6 33. Nxe6 g5 34. f4 Nxe5 35. dxe5 gxf4 36.
exf4 Bb4 37. Rxd5 Bc6 38. Rd4 Bc3 39. Rd3 Be4 40. Rd7 Ba5 41. Bd3 Bb6+ 42. Kf1
Bf3 43. Nd4 Rc1+ 44. Kf2 Bc6 45. Rd6 Bc5 46. Rd8+ Kf7 47. Ke2 Be4 48. Nxf5
Bxd3+ 49. Rxd3 Ke6 50. Nd4+ Bxd4 51. Rxd4 {Miles lived up to his reputation of
a <->Russians killer'. He defeated four Soviet players from 1973 until 1975.}
1-0

[Event "Hastings 7576"]
[Site "51"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B74"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. O-O Be6 10. f4 Qc8 11. Kh1 Rd8 12. Bg1 b6 $5 {
A positional battle begins.} 13. Qe1 Nb4 14. Rc1 Bc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 16. Nd2 Qc8
17. a3 Nc6 18. Nf3 Rb8 19. Nd5 e6 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. c3 Rb7 $5 22. Bf2 Qc7 $6 (
{Preferable is} 22... d5 23. e5 Bg7) 23. Rd1 Re8 24. Bg3 Bg7 25. Qf2 f5 26.
Rfe1 Bf8 27. h3 Qc8 28. Bh4 fxe4 29. Rxe4 d5 30. Re2 Bd6 31. Ng5 Be7 $4 {
Viktor blunders the game.} 32. Rxe6 Bxg5 33. Rxe8+ Qxe8 34. Bxg5 Qf7 35. Qf3
Rd7 36. Re1 Rd6 37. Qg4 Qd7 38. Qe2 Kf7 39. Rd1 Qf5 40. Bh4 d4 41. cxd4 Qe6 42.
Qf2 Qe4 43. d5 Rxd5 44. Re1 Qd3 45. Kh2 Rd6 46. Re3 Qd5 47. Qc2 Rd7 48. Qe2 Qd1
49. Qa6 Qd4 50. Qe2 Qd1 51. Qc4+ Qd5 52. Qc3 Nd4 53. Rd3 Qe4 54. Bg3 b5 55. Kh1
Rd5 56. Bf2 Ne6 57. Rxd5 Qxd5 58. Bxa7 Qd6 59. Be3 Qd5 60. Kg1 h5 61. Qc2 Ng7
62. Qc7+ Kg8 63. Qb8+ Kf7 64. Qc7+ Kg8 65. Qe5 Qc6 66. Bf2 Kf7 67. Qc5 Qxc5 68.
Bxc5 Ke6 69. Bf8 Nf5 70. Kf2 Kd5 71. g4 Nd4 72. f5 gxf5 73. gxh5 Ne6 74. Bg7
Ng5 75. h4 Ne4+ 76. Ke3 Ke6 77. Bd4 Kf7 78. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Hastings 7576"]
[Site "51"]
[Date "1975.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Nunn, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1975.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O Qe7 10. Nd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Nh5 $5 12. e4 Ne5 13. Qe2 f5 14. f4 Ng4 15.
Nc4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Bd4+ 17. Kh1 Rd8 18. Bd2 Bf5 19. Rae1 Qg7 20. Qf3 Nhf6 21.
Ng5 $2 Re8 $2 ({Black misses} 21... Nf2+ $1 22. Rxf2 Bg4 $1) 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 $2
23. Nxd6 $1 Ne4 24. Ndxe4 Rxe4 25. Nxe4 Nxh2 $5 26. Nf6+ $1 ({Not} 26. Qe2 $2
Nxf1 27. Bxf1 Qh6+ 28. Qh2 Bxe4+) ({The pointe is} 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. Kxh2 Qh6+
28. Kg1 Bd4+ 29. Be3) 1-0

[Event "Hastings 7677"]
[Site "52"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]

{Each year fourteen to sixteen players participated in the Premier, but the
quality depended on the funds. The stream of sponsor money to the Hastings
Congress decreased since 1975 and had nearly dried up in 1986. When Szabo
watched the television and learned about the prizes in snooker, he wanted to
change his trade immediately. The star of Christmas 1976 was Oleg Romanishin.} 
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O d5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 $5 7. Qa4 c5 8.
Nc3 Bd6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nc4 Be7 11. e4 $2 Nb4 $1 12. d4 $5 {
Will Miles defeat another <->Russian'?} O-O $1 (12... cxd4 $1 13. Nb5 O-O 14.
Nxd4 Rc8 {would have taken advantage of the white slip.}) 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Rd1
Bc6 15. Qb3 a5 16. Na4 Qf6 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Qc3 Rad8 $5 19. Be3 Qxc3 20. bxc3
Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Nxa2 $5 {Black wins a pawn temporarily.} 22. Rd6 Ba8 23. f3 Na4
24. Nxb6 N4xc3 25. Bf1 Nb4 26. Bd4 Nca2 27. Bc4 Bb7 $6 (27... Re8 $1 {
gives e6 an extra protection.}) 28. Rd7 $1 Ba6 29. Bxe6 $1 Bb5 $2 {
Capture on e6 leads to mate.} ({Better is} 29... Nc1 $1 30. Bc4 Ne2+ {
and exchange.}) 30. Rc7 Nc6 31. Bxa2 Nxd4 32. Kf2 Nc6 33. Nd5 Ne5 34. f4 Ng6
35. Ra7 a4 36. Nc3 Bc6 37. Ke3 a3 38. Ra6 Bb7 39. Rb6 Bc8 40. Nb5 Re8 41. Nd6
Rf8 42. f5 Ne5 43. Rb5 Nc6 44. Rb3 g6 45. Rxa3 Kg7 46. Ra8 Bd7 $2 47. f6+ $1 {
Miles had lost his magical touch against <->the Russians' in Hastings.} ({
The pointe is} 47. f6+ Kg8 48. Bxf7+ $1 Kh8 49. Rxf8#) 1-0

[Event "Hastings 7677"]
[Site "52"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C71"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 g6 $6 ({Normal is} 9... Be7 {(Keres - Westerinen, Helsinki 1968).}
) ({A curio brings} 9... Nd7 {(Westerinen - Basman, Netanya 1968).}) 10. d4 Nd7
11. dxe5 Ndxe5 12. Qe2 Bg7 13. Be3 O-O 14. Rad1 Na5 15. c5 $1 b5 16. cxb6 cxb6
17. Nd5 Nec4 18. Bd4 b5 $2 {Smyslov encounters a tactical defeat.} ({Better is
} 18... Bxd4 $1 19. Rxd4 b5 20. b4 Nb6 21. bxa5 Nxa4) 19. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 20. b4
$1 bxa4 ({Or} 20... Nb6 21. Nxb6 $1 Qxb6 22. bxa5) 21. bxa5 Nxa5 22. Rc1 a3 23.
Qd2 Rb8 24. Qc3+ Kh6 (24... f6 25. Nc7 {also loses for Black.}) 25. Nf6 g5 26.
f4 gxf4 27. Rxf4 1-0

[Event "Hastings 7677"]
[Site "52"]
[Date "1976.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Webb, Simon"]
[Black "Romanishin, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1976.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Bg2 b5 5. O-O bxc4 6. Qa4 Bb7 7. Ne5 $6 ({
Known is the simple} 7. Qxc4 {(Gofshtein - Mikhalchishin, Leningrad 1976).})
7... Bxg2 8. Kxg2 c5 9. Na3 Be7 10. Naxc4 O-O 11. d3 Qc7 12. Bd2 a5 13. f4 d6
14. Nf3 Nc6 15. Qc2 Qb7 16. Kg1 Rfb8 17. b3 Nd5 18. Rab1 (18. Rac1 $1 {
leaves b1 open for the queen.}) 18... Ncb4 $1 19. Qb2 Bf6 $1 20. Qa3 $5 Ra6 21.
Rfc1 $2 {The squares b2 and c1 are taken from the queen.} ({Right is} 21. e4 $1
Nc7 22. e5 $1) 21... Nc7 $1 {White has become helpless on the flank.} 22. Qa4
$6 (22. Rf1 $5 {(protects f3)} Nb5 23. Qa4 Nd5 $1 24. Rbe1 Ndc3 25. Bxc3 Nxc3
26. Qa3 a4 {brings no rescue for White.}) 22... Nxd3 $1 23. Rf1 Nb4 24. a3 Nbd5
25. Nxa5 Qb6 26. Kh1 Bc3 27. b4 cxb4 28. axb4 Bxd2 29. Nxd2 Nc3 30. Qd7 Nxb1
31. Rxb1 Nd5 32. Rc1 h6 33. Nc6 Rba8 34. Kg2 Qe3 {Romanishin won by 111/2/14!}
0-1

[Event "Hastings 7778"]
[Site "53"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tisdall, Jonathan"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
O-O a6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f4 b5 11. Bd3 Be7 12. Qf3 O-O 13. a4 b4 14. Ne2 Bb7 15.
a5 {These openings moves are known without the extra number six.} Rac8 16. g4
$5 ({The lesser player shows guts and charges, but the solid} 16. Bb6 $1 Qd7
17. Ng3 {would have gained a plus.}) 16... Nd7 17. Qh3 Rfe8 18. Ng3 g6 19. g5
Bf8 20. Qg4 Bg7 21. Ra2 Nc5 22. Qe2 $6 (22. Nxc5 dxc5 23. e5 {
22. Nxc5 dxc5 23. e5 proceeds the attack.}) 22... Nxb3 23. cxb3 Bd4 24. Rc1 Qb8
25. Rc4 $6 Bxe3+ 26. Qxe3 d5 $1 {Black takes over the initiative.} 27. Rc1 e5
28. f5 $1 Nd4 29. Rf1 Qa7 30. Ra4 Qc5 $1 31. Kg2 $2 (31. exd5 Bxd5 32. Ne4 {
defends properly.}) 31... Nxb3 32. Qxc5 Nxc5 33. Rxb4 Rb8 34. Bb1 dxe4 35. fxg6
hxg6 36. Kg1 Bd5 37. Rb6 Rxb6 38. axb6 Rb8 39. Rf6 Be6 40. Nxe4 Nd7 41. Rf2
Rxb6 42. Nc3 Rb4 43. Be4 Nc5 44. Bf3 e4 45. Bg2 a5 46. Re2 Bc4 47. Re1 Bd3 48.
Nd1 a4 {Hort played an effective counteraction in the centre.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 7778"]
[Site "53"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran V"]
[Black "Tarjan, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Bg7 7. g3 O-O 8.
Bg2 Nc6 9. O-O Bg4 $5 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. Ng5 $5 Rab8 $1 12. d3 Nd4 13. Qxd7 Bxd7
14. Bf4 Rfc8 15. Nf3 Nh5 16. Bg5 e5 17. Rfc1 Kf8 18. Nd2 Nf6 19. h3 Ne8 20. Nb3
c5 21. Nxd4 cxd4 22. Nd5 f6 23. Bd2 Kf7 24. e3 Bf8 $6 ({More solid is} 24...
Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Rd8) 25. exd4 exd4 26. Nf4 {
So far, Tarjan played well vs. Petrosian.} f5 $2 ({Right is} 26... Bc6 $1 27.
Ne2 Rd8 $1) 27. Ne2 $1 Bb5 (27... Bg7 28. Bf4 $1 {
and White also wins the b-pawn.}) 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Nxd4 Bxd3 30. Bxb7 Rd8 31.
Nc6 Rd5 32. Nb4 Rb5 33. Bd5+ Kg7 34. Bc6 Rb6 35. Bc3+ Kh6 36. Nxd3 Rxc6 37. Re1
Nf6 38. Rc1 Ra6 39. Bd2+ g5 40. h4 Ne4 41. hxg5+ Kh5 42. Be3 Rxa2 43. Kg2 Kg6
44. Rc7 Bd6 45. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Hastings 7778"]
[Site "53"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Shamkovich, Leonid"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. d4 $5 {
This extreme Alekhine is a novelty.} d6 6. cxd6 exd6 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Nc3 c6 9.
Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bf5 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Ba3 c5 14. Qd5 Be6 15. Qe4 d5
16. Qe3 Nd7 17. Rab1 Qc7 18. dxc5 Bf5 $5 19. Rbd1 Bxc5 $2 ({Right is} 19... Be6
$1 {and Black will regain the pawn later.}) 20. Bxc5 Nxc5 21. Rxd5 b6 22. Nd4
Be4 23. Nb5 Qc6 24. Rd6 Qb7 25. Rd4 $5 Bxg2 26. Nd6 $1 Qc6 27. Re1 a6 28. Nf5
Rfe8 29. Qg5 Qg6 30. Qxg6 hxg6 31. Nd6 Bh3 32. Nxe8 Rxe8 33. Bf1 Be6 34. c4 g5
35. Red1 g6 36. Rd6 Na4 37. a3 Kf8 38. Rb1 Rb8 39. Rb4 Nc5 40. Rbxb6 Rxb6 41.
Rxb6 Ke7 42. Kg2 Bc8 43. Kf3 Kd7 44. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Hastings 7778"]
[Site "53"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 dxc4 5. Na3 g6 6. Nxc4 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
Nbd7 9. Bd2 Nd5 10. Qc2 a5 $5 ({Known is} 10... N5b6 {
(Tartakower - Alexander, Birmingham 1951).}) 11. a3 b5 12. Ne3 Nxe3 $6 (12...
Qb6 $1 {controls square c5.}) 13. Bxe3 Bb7 14. Nd4 Rc8 15. Nb3 $5 Ba8 $2 (15...
a4 $1 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. Bxc5 Re8 18. e3 e5 {
fights for control in the central area. .}) 16. Nc5 $1 {White blockades on c5.}
Nf6 $2 ({Better is} 16... Nxc5 17. Bxc5 Re8) 17. Rad1 Ne8 $6 18. Bd2 Qc7 19.
Bc3 Nf6 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4 Bb7 22. Qb2 Nh5 23. Ra1 Ra8 24. Bf3 Nf6 25. Be5
Qc8 26. Rxa8 Bxa8 27. Ra1 Ne8 28. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Hastings 7778"]
[Site "53"]
[Date "1977.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Tarjan, James"]
[Black "Dzindzichashvili, Roman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1977.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. e4
e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Nh4 h6 11. f4 Ng6 12. Nxg6 fxg6 13. O-O O-O 14. Qe1 Bd7 15.
Qg3 $5 Qe8 16. f5 $6 ({Better is} 16. fxe5 Qxe5 17. Qxe5 dxe5) 16... g5 17. Qh3
Qh5 18. Qe3 $5 a6 19. Bd2 b5 20. Rae1 bxc4 21. Be2 Qf7 22. Bxc4 Bb5 23. Qd3
Rfb8 24. h3 Qb7 25. Bc1 Bxc4 26. Qxc4 Qb5 27. Qe2 Qxe2 28. Rxe2 Rb1 $1 {
The attack on the queenside escalates.} 29. Kf2 $2 (29. Ba3 $1 Rab8 30. c4 {
equalises.}) 29... Rab8 30. Ke3 R8b5 31. Kd3 $6 ({Right is} 31. Rfe1 $1 Ra1 32.
g3 Ra5 33. a3) 31... Ra1 $1 32. Rc2 c4+ 33. Ke3 Rbb1 34. Re1 Nh5 35. Kd2 Nf4
36. Rg1 Nd3 37. g3 Kf7 38. Rf1 Ke7 39. Rg1 Kd7 40. Rf1 a5 41. Rg1 Nc5 42. Re1
Nb3+ $1 43. axb3 cxb3 44. Rb2 Ra2 45. c4 a4 46. Re3 Raxb2+ 47. Bxb2 Rxb2+ {
Dzindzichashvili won by 101/2/14, one point before Petrosian and Sax.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 7879"]
[Site "54"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Taulbut, Shaun"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]

{The great days of Andersson in Hastings began on Christmas 1978.} 1. e4 c5 2.
Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O e6 6. c3 Nf6 7. e5 $5 {
White wants to control the centre.} dxe5 8. Nxe5 Qd5 9. Qa4+ Nbd7 10. d4 a6 11.
Bf4 b5 12. Qd1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb4 $1 14. a3 Ba5 {Black has taken the initiative.
} 15. Nf3 $5 Rc8 16. a4 Bb4 $5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Na3 Bxa3 19. Rxa3 O-O 20. Ra5
Ra8 21. Qd2 Qb3 22. Rfa1 Rxa5 23. Rxa5 Nd5 24. Ra3 Qc4 25. h3 b4 26. Ra7 N7f6
27. Be5 Ne4 28. Qe1 $5 (28. Qd1 $1 {prevents the following move.}) 28... Qc2 $1
29. Ra1 Rc8 $1 (29... Qxb2 $2 30. Rb1 Qc2 31. Rc1 {draws by a perpetual.}) 30.
Rd1 b3 31. Nd2 Nxd2 32. Rxd2 Qc1 33. Kf1 Qc4+ 34. Kg1 h6 35. h4 Qc1 36. Kf1
Qc4+ 37. Kg1 Qa6 38. Qd1 f6 39. Bg3 Qc4 40. Rd3 Qc2 $1 {
Black has a great positional advantage due to the blockade.} 41. Qf3 $2 ({
Better is} 41. Qe1 $1 Kf7 42. Rd2) 41... Qb1+ $1 42. Kh2 Rc1 $1 43. Bb8 Rh1+ $1
44. Kg3 Ne7 $1 {Andersson hunts the hostile king.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 7879"]
[Site "54"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 g6 7. Nde2 Bg7 8.
Bg2 Bd7 9. h3 Qc8 $5 {Speelman puts pressure on the kingside.} ({Theory is} 
9... O-O) 10. g4 Rb8 $5 {Black might advance on the flank.} 11. g5 $5 Nh5 12.
Nd5 $5 f5 $1 {Which player has the greatest strength in his long hair?} 13. Bf3
$2 (13. gxf6 Nxf6 14. Be3 O-O {gives chances to both sides.}) 13... fxe4 14.
Bxh5 gxh5 15. Ng3 $5 (15. Nec3 $1 Nd4 $1 16. Qxh5+ Kd8 17. Kd1 Ba4 {
also wins for Black.}) 15... Nd4 $1 16. Nf6+ $5 Bxf6 17. Qxh5+ Kd8 18. gxf6 Qc4
19. fxe7+ Kc8 20. Rb1 Nxc2+ 21. Kd1 Nd4 22. Kd2 Qd3+ 23. Ke1 Nc2# 0-1

[Event "Hastings 7879"]
[Site "54"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Balshan, Amikam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "1978.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. d4 e6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
dxc5 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bxc5 10. Nc3 O-O {Andersson has reached a plus in a middle
game without queens. His opponent chose a wrong opening.} 11. Ng5 $5 h6 $6 ({
More useful is} 11... e5 12. Nge4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bb6 14. b3 Bg4 $1) 12. Nge4
Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bb6 14. b3 f5 ({Little difference makes} 14... e5 $5 15. Ba3 Rd8
16. Rxd8+ Bxd8 17. Nd6 $1) 15. Nd6 Rd8 16. Bb2 Bc5 17. Nc4 $6 (17. Nb5 $1 Bd7
18. Rac1 {exerts pressure on the black position.}) 17... Bd7 18. Rac1 Be8 19.
Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Kf1 Bf8 21. h4 g5 $2 {Black blunders a pawn.} 22. hxg5 hxg5 23.
Bf6 $1 Rd7 ({The pointe is} 23... Be7 24. Bxe7 Nxe7 25. Bxb7) 24. Bxg5 Bg7 25.
Bxc6 bxc6 26. Bf4 Rd5 27. Be3 a6 28. f3 Bf6 29. Nb6 Rd8 30. Na4 Be7 31. Kf2 e5
32. Nb6 Bf8 33. Bg5 Rd6 34. Nc4 Rd5 35. Be3 Be7 36. Rh1 Kg7 37. Bh6+ Kg6 38.
Bc1 Kg7 39. Bb2 Bf6 40. Ne3 Rd2 41. Nxf5+ Kg6 42. Bc1 Rxa2 43. g4 Bg5 44. Rd1
Bxc1 45. Rxc1 Kf6 46. Nd6 Bd7 47. Ne4+ Ke7 48. Rc5 Ke6 49. Ke3 Be8 50. Rc3 a5
51. Kf2 Ke7 52. Rc5 Ke6 53. Rc1 Ke7 54. Ke3 Ra3 55. Rc3 Bf7 56. Nc5 Bd5 57. Kd3
Ra2 58. Ne4 a4 59. bxa4 Rxa4 60. Ng3 Kd7 61. Nf5 Ra5 62. e4 Be6 63. Ke3 c5 64.
f4 exf4+ 65. Kxf4 c4 66. g5 Ra1 67. Rg3 Ra5 68. g6 Rc5 69. Rc3 Rb5 70. Rh3 Rb1
71. Ke5 Bg8 72. g7 Rg1 73. Kf6 Re1 74. Ke5 Rg1 75. Ra3 Bh7 76. Kf6 Bg8 77. Ra7+
Kc6 78. Ra8 Bh7 79. Rh8 c3 80. Rxh7 {Andersson won by 91/2/14, one point
before Csom, Kochyev, Speelman and Vasiukov.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 7980"]
[Site "55"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E40"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

{Short makes his debut in the Premier at the age of fourteen.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4
e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 d6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Ne2 c5 8. O-O e5 $5 9. Ng3
Re8 10. Qc2 Bd7 $4 {
Suddenly b7, d6 and h7 have become weak. White has a positional win.} 11. Ne4
$1 cxd4 12. exd4 exd4 13. Bg5 Nc6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Nxd6 Re6 16. c5 Qa5 17.
cxd4 Nxd4 18. Qc4 Qa4 19. Qd5 f5 20. Bc4 Nb5 21. Bxb5 Bxb5 22. Qxb7 {
Nigel had a poor start but fought on.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 7980"]
[Site "55"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Raicevic, Vladimir"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. Be3 Rb8 7. Nge2 b5 8. Qd2
Nd4 9. h3 $5 Qa5 $5 10. f4 b4 11. Nd1 e6 12. O-O Ne7 13. g4 f5 14. a3 $5 {
White weakens his queenside.} fxe4 15. Bxe4 $6 ({Preferable is} 15. Bxd4 $5
cxd4 16. dxe4 O-O 17. Nf2) 15... O-O 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. Nf2 a6 18. Bg2 Qb6 19.
axb4 Qxb4 20. Qxb4 Rxb4 21. Ra2 Rd8 22. c3 dxc3 23. bxc3 Rb6 24. d4 Bd7 25. Re1
Rc8 26. Rea1 Bb5 27. Rb2 Nd5 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Nd1 Rb7 30. Kf2 Re7 31. Ng3 $2 {
White blunders in a poor position.} Rxc3 $1 32. Nxc3 Bxd4+ 33. Kf3 Re3+ 34. Kg2
Bxc3 35. Rab1 Bxb2 36. Rxb2 d4 37. Rb4 Bc6+ 38. Kh2 d3 39. Rb2 a5 40. Ra2 a4 {
Nigel had a poor start but fought on.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 7980"]
[Site "55"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Nunn, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. h3 O-O 7. Qe2 Nd7 8. Be3
Nb6 9. Bb3 Na5 10. O-O c6 11. Rfe1 d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Bf4 e6 14. Nd1 Nbc4 15.
c3 Nxb3 16. axb3 Nd6 17. Ne3 b6 18. Ng4 f6 19. Ne3 Bb7 20. Nf1 Re8 21. Qc2 Qd7
22. Re3 Bc6 23. Rd1 Rac8 24. g4 $2 {Nigel triggers an avalanche of invaders.}
Ne4 25. N1d2 Qf7 26. Nxe4 $2 ({Better is} 26. Bh2 Bh6 27. Re2) 26... dxe4 27.
Nd2 g5 $1 28. Bh2 f5 29. Nc4 f4 $1 30. Rxe4 $5 ({The point is} 30. Nd6 Qg6 $1
31. Ree1 Qh6 $1 32. Kg2 e3+ 33. f3 Bxf3+ $1) 30... Bxe4 31. Qxe4 Qd7 32. f3 b5
33. Nd2 b4 34. Nc4 Rb8 35. Qc2 Red8 36. Re1 bxc3 37. bxc3 Qb5 38. Nd2 Rbc8 39.
Nc4 Rb8 $1 40. Nd2 Rdc8 41. Re4 Qa5 42. Nc4 ({Or} 42. Nb1 Qb4 $1) 42... Rxc4 $1
{Nunn played an excellent tournament. He shared the first place of the Premier.
} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 7980"]
[Site "55"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 {Nigel was great in pinball too.} Nc6 5.
Bc2 Bg4 6. d3 g6 7. Be3 $5 Bg7 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. h3 Bd7 10. O-O e5 11. Rb1 Qc7 12.
a3 b6 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 d5 $5 {Andersson liberates his game.} 15. Bb3 dxe4
16. dxe4 Nh5 17. Bd5 Rac8 18. c4 Nf4 19. c5 bxc5 $6 ({More solid is} 19... Ne7
$1) 20. bxc5 Rb8 21. Rxb8 Rxb8 22. Nc4 Ne6 23. Qd2 $5 {
Short has made a remarkable decision by postponing the knight jump to d6.} a5
$6 (23... Bf8 $1 24. Rc1 Rd8 $1 {offers a stubborn resistance.}) 24. Ra1 $1
Ncd4 $6 25. Qxa5 $1 Qxc5 26. Qxc5 Nxc5 27. Nfxe5 Nde6 28. Ra7 Be8 29. Bxc5 Nxc5
30. Nxf7 Kf8 31. Ng5 Bd7 32. Rc7 Rc8 33. Rxc8+ Bxc8 34. Nxh7+ Ke7 35. Ng5 Ba6
36. h4 Nd3 37. Nf3 Nf4 38. Ne3 Be2 39. Ne1 Bd4 40. N1c2 Bc5 41. Bc4 Nd3 42. g3
Kd6 43. Kg2 Ke5 44. f4+ Kf6 45. e5+ Kg7 46. Bd5 Nb2 47. Be4 Ba6 48. g4 Nd3 49.
Kg3 Bb5 50. Ng2 Nc1 51. Nce3 Ne2+ 52. Kf2 Ba7 53. g5 Nd4 54. Kg3 Bb8 55. Ng4
Ne2+ 56. Kf3 Nd4+ 57. Kf2 Ba7 58. N2e3 Ne2 59. Kf3 Nc3 60. Bb7 Bd3 61. Nf6 Ne2
62. Nfd5 Nd4+ 63. Kg4 Bc5 64. Bc8 Be4 65. Nc3 Bf3+ 66. Kg3 Bc6 67. Bg4 Bb4 68.
Ned5 Bc5 69. h5 gxh5 70. Bxh5 Nf5+ 71. Kh3 {Short outdid an skilled
grandmaster. Eventually, he won five, drew four and lost six games. His result
sufficed for the master title.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 7980"]
[Site "55"]
[Date "1979.??.??"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Zilber, Israel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "1979.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. d4 Ne4 8. Qd3
$5 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 Bf6 10. Qd3 Na6 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Qb1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2
O-O 15. b3 Qc7 $5 ({More natural is} 15... d5 $1) 16. Bb2 a6 17. Nf3 Bxb2 18.
Qxb2 b5 $5 19. Qd2 Qc5 $1 20. a3 Nc6 21. cxb5 Qxb5 22. Qxd7 Rad8 23. Qc7 Rc8
24. Qd6 Qxb3 $5 25. Rdc1 Qb7 26. Rab1 Qa8 27. Rb6 Ne7 $5 (27... Na7 $1 28. Rc7
Rxc7 29. Qxc7 Nb5 {solves the positional problems.}) 28. Rcb1 $5 ({
Probably, Black had planned} 28. Rxa6 Qxa6 29. Qxa6 Rxc1) 28... Nf5 29. Qf4
Rcd8 30. Kg1 a5 31. Qa4 Nd6 $6 (31... Rd5 $1 32. e4 Rd3 {equalises.}) 32. Rc6
h6 33. Rc5 Qa6 $2 ({Better is} 33... Qe4 $1 34. Qxe4 Nxe4 35. Rxa5 Nc3 36. Rb2
Ra8 $1 {and Black regains the pawn.}) 34. Rb2 Rb8 35. Rc6 Qa8 36. Rxb8 Qxb8 37.
Qxa5 Qb1+ 38. Kg2 Ne4 39. Qa4 Rd8 40. Rc4 Nd2 $6 41. Nxd2 Rxd2 42. Qe8+ Kh7 43.
Qxf7 Rxe2 44. Rg4 {White has weakened the black kingside.} Qb2 45. Qf3 Qe5 46.
Qd3+ Kg8 47. Rd4 Re1 48. h4 h5 49. a4 Qe2 50. Rd8+ Kf7 51. Rd7+ Kg8 52. Qxe2
Rxe2 53. Kf3 Ra2 54. Ra7 Kh7 55. Ra6 Kg8 56. Ra7 Kh7 57. Ra5 Kg6 58. Rg5+ Kf6
59. a5 $5 e5 $5 60. Rxh5 Rxa5 {
The rook ending of three versus two pawns on a flank remains difficult.} 61.
Rh8 Ra3+ $6 (61... Ra4 $1 {prevents the king's crossing of the fourth rank.})
62. Kg4 Ra4+ $2 ({Black should try} 62... g6 $1) 63. Kh5 $1 Kf7 64. Rb8 Ra2 65.
Rb7+ Kf6 66. g4 Rxf2 67. g5+ Ke6 68. Rxg7 e4 69. Rg8 Kf7 70. Rb8 e3 71. Rb3 $1
{Ulf plays a great rook ending.} e2 72. Re3 $1 Rg2 73. Kh6 Rh2 74. h5 Rg2 75.
g6+ Kf6 76. Re8 Rh2 77. g7 {Andersson and Nunn won by 10/15. The victory by
John was the first British win since Alexander.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 8081"]
[Site "56"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O d4 6. d3 e5 7. e3 Be7 8. exd4
exd4 9. Re1 O-O 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 Bg4 $5 12. Qc2 Bd6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bd2
Qd7 15. Na3 Rxe1+ (15... Bh3 $1 {takes the initiative.}) 16. Rxe1 Re8 17. Rxe8+
Qxe8 $5 18. Bxb7 Qe2 19. Ba5 $1 Nd7 20. Qxe2 Bxe2 21. Nb5 Bf8 $6 (21... Bb8 {
draws easily.}) 22. Nxa7 Bxd3 23. Bd2 $5 Bxc4 24. a4 {
Andersson gambles on the advance of the passed pawn.} Bd6 25. Nc6 Kf8 26. a5
Nb8 27. Nxb8 Bxb8 28. b4 Ba7 $1 29. Bc6 cxb4 30. Bxb4+ Kg8 31. g4 f6 32. Be8 g6
33. Kg2 Kg7 34. Bd7 Kf7 35. Kf3 Bd3 (35... d3 $1 {
stops the white winning effort.}) 36. h4 h5 37. gxh5 gxh5 38. Bd6 Bc4 39. Bb4
Bd5+ 40. Ke2 Be4 $6 (40... Bc4+ 41. Ke1 Ba6 $1 {halts the pawn.}) 41. Kd2 f5
42. Ke1 Kf6 43. Bd6 d3 $1 44. Bf4 Ke7 45. Bb5 Bd4 46. a6 Kd8 47. Bc4 Kd7 48.
Be3 $1 Bc3+ 49. Kd1 {White has made progress.} Kc7 50. Bd2 Bd4 51. Bf4+ $2 Kc8
$6 (51... Kc6 52. Be3 Bf6 {holds the position.}) 52. Be6+ $1 Kd8 53. Be3 $1 Bf6
$2 {Black misses the last resort.} ({Right is} 53... Bc3 $1 {(controls d2)} 54.
a7 Bf3+ 55. Kc1 Be1 56. Bb3 f4 $1) 54. a7 Bxh4 55. Bb6+ Ke7 56. Bxf5 $1 Bf3+
57. Kd2 Kf6 58. Bxd3 Bg5+ 59. Be3 h4 60. Bxg5+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings 8081"]
[Site "56"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Be3 O-O 9. f4 Qc7 10. Kh1 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 a6 12. a4 e5 13. Qd2 exf4 14. Bxf4 Be6
15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. a5 Rac8 17. Be3 Nd7 18. Bg4 Qc6 19. Bf5 Bf8 20. Bd4 Re8 21.
Qf4 Ne5 22. Rf1 Qd7 23. Rf2 Rc4 24. Bxe6 Rxe6 25. Rd1 Rf6 26. Qd2 Rxf2 27. Qxf2
Nc6 28. b3 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Nxd4 30. Qxd4 g6 {Ulf has started the game.} 31. Nd5
Bg7 32. Qd3 Be5 33. g3 Kg7 34. Kg2 h5 35. h4 Qc6 36. b4 Qa4 37. Kf3 Qa1 38. Kg2
Qe1 39. Qe3 Qd1 40. Qd3 Qc1 41. Nc7 Kf8 42. b5 $2 {
Andersson's patience is rewarded.} ({Right is} 42. Nd5 $1) 42... Qe1 $1 43.
bxa6 bxa6 (43... Qxa5 44. a7 Qxa7 {wins a pawn, but Black wants more.}) 44.
Nxa6 Qxa5 45. Nb8 Qc7 46. Na6 Qb7 {The knight has been immobilized.} 47. Kf2
Kg7 48. Qc4 Qb1 49. Kg2 {Otherwise the black queen goes to h1.} Qe1 $1 50. Qd3
Bxg3 $1 51. Qxg3 Qe2+ 52. Qf2 Qxa6 {Black has won a pawn anyway.} 53. Qd4+ Kg8
54. c4 Qc6 55. Kf3 Qc5 $1 56. Qd3 Qe5 57. Qa3 Kg7 58. Qa6 Qc3+ 59. Ke2 Qd4 60.
Qc6 Kh7 61. Kf3 Qd3+ 62. Kf2 Kg7 63. Ke1 {White cannot protect all weaknesses.}
Qe3+ 64. Kf1 Qf4+ 65. Kg1 Qg3+ 66. Kf1 Qxh4 ({The pointe is} 66... Qxh4 67.
Qxd6 Qf6+ $1) 0-1

[Event "Hastings 8081"]
[Site "56"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sunye Neto, Jaime"]
[Black "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 Bg4 5. cxd5 Bxf3 6. gxf3 cxd5 7. Qb3 Qd7 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. Bd2 e6 10. Rc1 Bd6 11. Bh3 Rd8 12. Na4 Qe7 13. Nc5 Bxc5 14. Rxc5 $5
O-O 15. Rxc6 bxc6 16. Bb4 Qb7 17. Bxf8 Qxb3 18. axb3 Kxf8 19. Kd2 Rb8 20. Kc3
Ke7 {The chances are equal in the endgame, despite white's weaknesses.} 21. Ra1
Rb7 22. Ra6 Rc7 23. b4 Nd7 24. Bf1 Nb6 25. Bd3 h6 26. Ra1 Nc8 27. Rg1 g6 28.
Kb3 Nd6 29. Rc1 Kd7 30. Ra1 Kc8 31. Rc1 Kb7 32. Rg1 Re7 33. f4 Rd7 34. Kc3 Kb6
35. f3 Re7 36. Ra1 Re8 37. Ra6+ Kb7 38. Ra1 g5 39. fxg5 hxg5 40. Rg1 Rh8 $5 41.
Rxg5 Rxh2 42. Rg3 Kb6 43. Kb3 Rf2 44. Kc3 Kc7 45. Rh3 Kd7 46. Rg3 Rh2 47. Kb3
Ke7 48. Kc3 Kf6 49. Rg1 Rh3 50. Rf1 Ke7 51. Rf2 $6 (51. Kd2 Kd7 52. Ra1 $1 {
gives counter-play.}) 51... Kd7 52. Rf1 Kc7 53. Kb3 Kb6 54. Kc3 f6 55. Rf2 e5
56. Kd2 Rh4 {White has one weakness.} 57. Kc3 $2 ({Correct is} 57. dxe5 $1 fxe5
58. f4 e4 59. Be2 Nf5 60. Rg2 d4 61. exd4 Rxf4 62. Rg4 $1 Rxg4 63. Bxg4 Nxd4
64. Ke3 {White will lose a pawn but draws.}) 57... exd4+ $1 58. exd4 Rf4 $1 {
Now three weaknesses exist.} 59. Rf1 Kb7 60. Be2 Nf5 61. Rd1 Kb6 62. Rd2 Rh4
63. Bd1 Nd6 64. Be2 Rh2 65. Kd3 Nc4 66. Rc2 f5 67. Kc3 Nd6 68. Rd2 Rf2 69. Kc2
Nb5 70. Kd3 f4 $1 {The positional advantage has increased.} 71. Kc2 $2 (71. Rc2
Rh2 72. Bd1 Rh1 73. Rd2 Re1 74. Kc2 Nd6 75. Be2 Nf5 76. Kc3 Rc1+ 77. Kb3 a6 {
leads to a fatal zugzwang.}) 71... Rxe2 $1 0-1

[Event "Hastings 8081"]
[Site "56"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1980.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. b4 c6 7. Bb2 Ne4 8. Rc1
Nxc3 9. Bxc3 Bf5 $5 10. b5 $5 cxb5 11. cxb5 Nd7 12. Be2 Nb6 13. O-O Nc4 $6 (
13... Rc8 $1 {loses no time.}) 14. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qd7 16. Qd2 Rfd8 17.
Bd4 a6 $5 18. b6 $5 Rac8 19. h3 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. Bf3 $1 {
The attack on d5 has to be parried before Black continues the exchanges.} Rc6
$2 ({Right is} 21... Be4 $1 22. Bg4 Bf5 23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. Rc3 Rc4 $1) 22. Rc3
Be4 23. Bg4 Bf5 24. Bxf5 gxf5 25. Qc2 $1 e6 26. Rxc6 bxc6 27. a4 Qb7 28. a5 {
Black has been outmanoeuvred.} Kf8 $2 29. g4 $1 h6 30. gxf5 {
Andersson won by 101/2/15, half-a-point before Torre.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 8182"]
[Site "57"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan"]
[Black "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. c4 Bb7 5. Qc2 bxc4 6. e4 e6 7. dxe6 $5 ({
Known in the Blumenfeld Counter Gambit is} 7. Bxc4 {
(Molnar - Witkowski, Warsaw 1961).}) 7... fxe6 8. e5 Nd5 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. Bxc4
O-O ({Preferable is} 10... Nb4 $1) 11. Bd3 h6 12. a3 Nc6 13. O-O Rc8 14. Re1
Nd4 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Qd1 $6 Qb6 $1 17. Qg4 $2 (17. Nc4 $5 Rxc4 $1 18. Bxc4 d3
19. Rf1 Qc6 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. f3 {brings an unclear position.}) 17... Nf4 $1
18. Nc4 Qc6 $2 {The tables turn.} (18... Qb3 $1 19. Bxf4 Qxd3 20. Bxh6 Qh7 $1
21. Na5 Bxg2 $1 22. Qxg7+ Qxg7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Kxg2 Rc2 $1 {favours Black.})
19. Bxf4 Rxf4 20. Qg6 $1 Bg5 21. f3 Rg4 22. Qh7+ Kf8 23. Re2 Qxf3 {
Sacrifices have no use.} 24. Rf1 Be3+ 25. Nxe3 Rc1 26. Rxc1 1-0

[Event "Hastings 8182"]
[Site "57"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kupreichik, Viktor"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bb7 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nc6 $5 ({Theory is} 12... O-O {
(Kupreichik - Timoscenko, Frunze 1981).}) 13. d5 Nb4 $6 ({Better is} 13... Na7)
14. Bb3 $1 O-O $2 (14... bxa4 15. Bxa4+ Nd7 {liberates the queen's knight.})
15. a5 $1 Qc8 16. Bg5 $1 {
The queen's knight has been imprisoned and White threatens 17. Qd2.} Qc5 17.
Be3 $1 {Szabo partook for the last time and shared the tail end with Ree.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 8182"]
[Site "57"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B58"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 h6 8. O-O
Be6 9. b3 Be7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. a3 $5 Rc8 12. Re1 Re8 13. h3 Bf8 14. Bd3 a6 15.
Qe2 g6 16. Rad1 Bg7 17. Nb1 Nh5 18. Qe3 b5 19. Bf1 Qc7 20. Nc3 Ne7 21. Rd2 Nf6
$2 (21... Red8 $1 {(Smyslov) overprotects d6 and continues a quiet game.}) 22.
Bxb5 $1 axb5 23. Nxb5 Qb8 24. Nxd6 Nc6 25. Red1 Nh5 26. Nxe8 Rxe8 {
White has gained a material advantage.} 27. Qc5 $5 Rc8 28. Qd6 Qb5 29. a4 Qa5
30. Qd3 Nf4 31. Qb5 Qc7 32. Ba3 $2 (32. Qc5 $1 Bf8 33. Qe3 f6 34. Ne1 $1 {
betters the white position.}) 32... Nd4 33. Nxd4 exd4 34. Bb2 d3 $1 35. Bxg7 $2
{Black gets a great chance.} ({Right is} 35. cxd3 Rb8 36. Qa6 Bxb3) 35... Ne2+
$2 ({The prosaic} 35... Kxg7 36. cxd3 Rb8 37. Qa6 Bxb3 38. Rf1 {(Smyslov)} Rb4
$1 39. Rb2 Qc5 {brings a positional edge.}) 36. Rxe2 $1 dxe2 37. Qxe2 Kxg7 38.
c4 Qe5 39. Qe3 Rb8 40. f4 Qb2 41. Rd3 Kh7 42. Kh2 Re8 43. Qd4 Qe2 44. Rg3 Rg8
45. a5 Bc8 46. f5 Bb7 47. Qd7 Bxe4 48. Qxf7+ Rg7 49. fxg6+ Bxg6 50. Qf6 Qe4 51.
a6 h5 52. c5 Qd5 53. b4 Qc4 54. a7 Qe4 55. c6 Rxa7 56. b5 Rc7 57. Qd6 Rg7 58.
b6 1-0

[Event "Hastings 8182"]
[Site "57"]
[Date "1981.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kupreichik, Viktor"]
[Black "Littlewood, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1981.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Bd2 b4 11. a5 d5 12. Bg5 dxe4 13. dxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15.
Nxe5 Ng6 16. Qxd8 Raxd8 17. Nd3 Rd4 $5 ({Known is} 17... Ng5 $6 {
(Kuzmin - Psakhis, Frunze 1981). White could have answered} 18. Ra4 $1) 18. f3
({The pointe is} 18. Ra4 c5) 18... Ng5 19. Nd2 h6 $6 ({More active is} 19...
Rfd8) 20. Re2 Rfd8 21. Rae1 Kh7 22. Re8 R8d6 $2 ({Better is} 22... Rxe8 23.
Rxe8 Bc6 24. Re3 Bb5) 23. Rb8 $1 Bc6 24. Nc4 Rf6 25. Rxb4 $6 (25. Nce5 $1 Bb5
26. Rc8 {seems to win.}) 25... Bxf3 $1 26. Nce5 $5 (26. gxf3 Nxf3+ 27. Kf2
Nxe1+ 28. Kxe1 Re4+ 29. Kd2 Rh4 {leads to sharp play.}) 26... Rxb4 27. Nxb4 {
Black has defended well so far.} Be4 $2 (27... Bb7 $1 28. Bc4 Rf4 {equalises.})
28. Nxf7 $1 Nxf7 29. Rxe4 Nd6 30. Re6 Rf5 31. Nd5 Nf4 32. Nxf4 Rxf4 33. c3 Rf8
34. Re7 Rb8 35. Bc2+ Kg8 36. Rxc7 Rxb2 37. Bg6 Kf8 38. Rd7 Rd2 39. h4 Nc4 40.
Rf7+ Kg8 41. Rc7 Nd6 42. c4 Kf8 43. h5 Rd1+ 44. Kh2 Rc1 45. Rd7 {
Kupreichik won by 9/13, one point before Smyslov and Speelman.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 8283"]
[Site "58"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Black "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 d6 8. e4 a6
9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Be3 O-O 12. g4 $5 {Vaganian shows ambition.} ({
Theory is the quiet} 12. Rc1) 12... Qxc4 $2 ({An improvement will become} 12...
Nc6 $1 {(Erdelyi - Csom, Lenk 1991).}) 13. Rc1 Qc8 14. g5 $2 (14. Nd5 $1 Qd8
15. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 16. Bxb6 exd5 $5 17. Bxd8 Bxd8 {(Vaganian)} 18. Qb3 $1 {
looks bad for Black.}) 14... Ne8 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. a4 g6 $5 18.
Qb3 e5 {Vaganian proceeds the chancy attack.} 19. Qxb6 $6 (19. Ne2 $1 {
gains a plus.}) 19... exd4 20. Bxd4 a5 21. Re3 $6 ({Preferable is} 21. f4 $1)
21... Ra6 22. Qb5 Nc6 23. Bf6 Nxf6 24. gxf6 Qxf6 $2 (24... Qd8 $3 25. Qg5 (25.
Qxb7 Rb6) 25... Rb6 26. Rh3 Re8 {favours Black.}) 25. Qxb7 Nb4 26. Rc7 Qd4 (
26... d5 $1 27. Rf3 Qe6 28. exd5 Nxd5 29. Rcxf7 Rxf7 30. Rxf7 Qe1+ 31. Bf1 Rf6
32. Rxf6 Nxf6 {offers more resistance.}) 27. Bf1 Raa8 28. Rxf7 $1 Rxf7 29.
Qxa8+ Kg7 30. Qxa5 d5 31. Qb5 Qf6 32. Qe2 Nc6 33. Bg2 $1 Nd4 34. Qd2 dxe4 35.
Rxe4 Rd7 36. Qc3 h5 37. a5 Kh7 38. h3 h4 39. Kh1 $1 Qxf2 40. Qe1 Qxe1+ 41. Rxe1
Nb3 42. a6 Ra7 43. Re3 $1 Nc5 44. b4 Nxa6 45. Ra3 1-0

[Event "Hastings 8283"]
[Site "58"]
[Date "1982.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Farago, Ivan"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1982.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. e3 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. a4 O-O 8. Bc4 e6
9. Nge2 axb5 10. Nxb5 exd5 $5 ({Farago encountered} 10... Na6 {
against Binham in Jarvenpaa 1982.}) 11. Bxd5 Nc6 12. O-O Ba6 13. Ra3 Nxd5 14.
Qxd5 Qe7 15. Rd3 Ne5 16. Rdd1 Rfb8 17. Nec3 Bb7 18. Qd6 Qxd6 19. Nxd6 {
White has a plus in the endgame.} Bc6 20. f4 Ng4 21. h3 Nh6 $1 22. e4 Bd4+ 23.
Kh2 f5 $1 {Black has equalised.} 24. Ndb5 $6 (24. Ncb5 $1 fxe4 25. Nxd4 cxd4
26. Rxd4 Nf5 27. Nxf5 gxf5 28. g4 Rxa4 29. Rfd1 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 {
fights for the initiative.}) 24... Bxc3 25. Nxc3 fxe4 26. g4 Nf7 27. Rfe1 Rb4
$1 28. Re2 $5 d6 29. f5 $2 ({Better is} 29. Kg3 $1) 29... Bxa4 $1 30. Rde1 Ne5
$1 {The previous advance of the f-pawn has made this move possible.} 31. Nxe4 (
{Or} 31. Rf1 Bc6) 31... Nf3+ 32. Kg2 Nxe1+ 33. Rxe1 gxf5 34. gxf5 Bd7 35. Nxd6
Ra6 36. Ne4 Bxf5 37. Nxc5 Rg6+ 38. Kh2 Rc4 39. Nb3 Rc2+ 40. Kh1 Be6 {Vaganian p
layed a fine positional game.   He won by the extraordinary score of 11/13.}
0-1

[Event "Hastings 8384"]
[Site "59"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sax, Gyula"]
[Black "Mestel, A Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1983.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 e5 13. Bc5 Re8 14. Ne4 f5
15. Bc4 $5 ({Theory is} 15. Nd6 $1) 15... fxe4 $5 (15... Be6 $1 16. Ng5 Bh6 {
avoids the next tactical difficulties.}) 16. fxe4 Qh4 $1 17. Qd3 Kh8 18. exd5
Bf5 19. Qe2 cxd5 20. Rxd5 Rac8 21. g3 Qe4 22. Rhd1 Qxe2 23. Bxe2 Be4 24. Ba6 $6
({Better is} 24. b4 $1 Bxd5 25. Rxd5) 24... Bxd5 25. Bxc8 $2 ({Right is} 25.
Rxd5 {(Mestel).}) 25... Bxa2 $1 26. b3 ({The pointe is} 26. Ba6 Bh6+ {
and Black wins the exchange.}) 26... Rxc8 27. Kb2 Rxc5 28. Rd8+ Bf8 29. Rxf8+
Kg7 30. Rf2 Bxb3 31. Kxb3 a5 {
Black has an extra pawn and the distant passed pawn in a rook ending.} 32. c4
e4 33. Re2 Re5 34. Re3 Kf6 35. Kc2 Kf5 36. Kc3 Ke6 37. Kd2 Kd6 38. Ra3 e3+ 39.
Ke2 g5 40. h3 Kc6 41. Ra2 Kb6 42. Ra4 Ka6 43. Ra1 Re4 44. Kd3 Re8 45. Ke2 Re5
46. Rc1 a4 47. c5 Re7 48. c6 Rc7 49. Kxe3 Kb5 50. h4 gxh4 51. gxh4 Rxc6 52.
Rb1+ Ka5 53. Kd3 a3 54. h5 Ka4 55. Rb7 a2 0-1

[Event "Hastings 8384"]
[Site "59"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan"]
[Black "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1983.??.??"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 b6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 Bb7 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. h4 $5 ({Theory is} 9. O-O) 9... Ne8 10. d5 $5 Na6 11. Qe2 $5 h6 12. Rd1
Nc5 13. Bb1 hxg5 $5 14. hxg5 Bxg5 $2 {Kudrin underestimates the tactics.} ({
Right is} 14... f5 $1 15. gxf6 {(Speelman). Then} Bxf6 16. Bh7+ Kf7 17. Ne4
Nxe4 18. dxe6+ Kxe6 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4+ {leads to perpetual check.}) 15.
Bh7+ Kh8 16. Nxg5 Qxg5 17. Bc2+ Kg8 18. Rh5 Qf4 19. g3 $1 Qf6 20. Bh7+ Kh8 21.
Bg6+ (21. Bg6+ Kg8 22. Rh8+ $1 Kxh8 23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. Qh7#) 1-0

[Event "Hastings 8384"]
[Site "59"]
[Date "1983.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karlsson, Lars"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1983.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e3 e6 6. Qb3 c6 7. Nf3 d5 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. d4 Nb6 10. c5 Nbd7 11. Qa4 b5 12. cxb6 Nxb6 13. Qa5 Nbd7 14. Qxd8 Rxd8
15. Rd1 Ba6 16. b4 Rab8 17. a3 Bc4 18. Bd2 Ne8 19. e4 $5 a5 $6 ({Better is} 
19... dxe4 $2 20. Nxe4 Be2 $1 21. Re1 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Bxd4 23. Rad1) 20. bxa5 c5
$2 ({Right is} 20... dxe4 $1 21. Nxe4 Be2 $1 22. Re1 Bxf3 23. Bxf3 Bxd4 24. Bc3
Ne5) 21. Bg5 $1 f6 22. Be3 e5 23. dxc5 $1 d4 24. c6 Nc5 $1 25. Nxd4 $1 exd4 26.
Bxd4 Nb3 27. Bb6 $1 Rdc8 28. Rab1 Rxc6 29. e5 $1 Rcxb6 $5 ({Or} 29... Rcc8 30.
Bd5+ $1 Bxd5 31. Nxd5) 30. axb6 fxe5 31. Bd5+ Bxd5 32. Nxd5 Nc5 33. Ne7+ Kf8
34. Nc6 Rc8 35. Na5 Rb8 36. b7 Nf6 37. Rb5 {
Karlsson and Speelman won by 81/2/13.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 8485"]
[Site "60"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. c3 dxc3 6. Bxf7+ Kxf7 7. Qd5+ Kf8
8. Qxc5+ d6 (8... Qe7 9. Qxe7+ Ngxe7 10. Nxc3 {
was played in the gambit event Baden-Baden 1914.}) 9. Qc4 $5 (9. Qxc3 {
will become usual in the Scotch Gambit.}) 9... Bg4 $1 (9... cxb2 $5 10. Bxb2
Qe8 {and Black takes a great risk (Sveshnikov).}) 10. Nxc3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Qf6
12. f4 Qf7 13. Qb5 Nd4 $1 14. Qd3 Ne6 15. f5 $5 Nc5 16. Qc2 Qc4 17. Be3 {
The crucial position has been reached.} Nf6 $2 ({Right is} 17... Nd3+ $1 18.
Kd2 {(Sveshnikov)} Nb4 $1 19. Qb3 Qxb3 20. axb3 Nf6) 18. O-O-O $1 Re8 19. f3 $1
{White has a great positional advantage.} Ncd7 20. Rd4 Qc6 21. Kb1 Re7 22. Qe2
Ne5 23. Bg5 Qc5 24. Rhd1 Nc6 25. Rc4 Qe5 26. Nd5 $1 Rf7 27. Bf4 $5 {
Sveshnikov seeks a violent solution.} Qe8 28. Nxc7 $5 Rxc7 29. Bxd6+ Re7 30. e5
Nd7 31. f4 h5 32. Qd3 Rh6 33. Bxe7+ Kxe7 34. Qa3+ Kf7 35. e6+ Rxe6 36. fxe6+
Qxe6 37. Qd3 Nf6 38. f5 Qe5 39. Rc2 Kg8 40. Re2 Qc5 41. a3 Kh7 42. Rg2 Ne5 43.
Qc2 Qe3 44. Rdg1 Neg4 1-0

[Event "Hastings 8485"]
[Site "60"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fedorowicz, John"]
[Black "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. b3 Nf6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. d4
Nbd7 9. Nc3 Qe7 10. Nd2 Rfd8 11. Re1 Ba3 12. Qc1 Bxb2 13. Qxb2 h5 14. e4 dxe4
15. Ncxe4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Nf6 18. Re2 Rd7 19. Rd1 Rad8 20. c5 Ng4
21. b4 Qf6 22. Red2 Nh6 23. b5 Rc7 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Qb4 Nf5 26. Qa4 Ne7 27.
Qa5 Rcd7 28. Qa4 Rc8 29. h4 g5 30. hxg5 Qxg5 31. Re2 Rcd8 32. Re4 Nf5 33. Bf3
Kf8 34. Kg2 Qg7 35. Bxh5 Nxd4 36. Rde1 Qg5 37. Re5 Qf6 38. R1e4 Qg7 39. Re1 Qf6
40. R5e4 Rd5 41. Rf4 Rf5 42. Ree4 e5 43. Rxf5 Qxf5 44. Rh4 Qd7 45. Kh2 Kg7 46.
Qd1 Rh8 47. Kg1 f5 48. Kf1 Qd5 {A tactical position has arisen.} 49. Qc1 ({
A fine alternative brings} 49. Qd2 Kf6 (49... Ne6 50. Qc2 Rf8 51. Be2 $1 Nxc5
52. Qc1 $1 f4 $1 53. Rg4+ {leads to a perpetual}) 50. Bf3 $1 Qc4+ 51. Be2 Rxh4
$1 52. Bxc4 Rh1+ 53. Kg2 Rg1+ $1 54. Kh3 Rh1+ {drawn.}) 49... Ne6 50. Bf3 $2 ({
Right is} 50. Qb1 $1 Kf6 51. Bf3 Qd8) 50... Qd3+ $1 51. Be2 ({Or} 51. Kg2 Rxh4
52. gxh4 Nf4+) 51... Rxh4 52. gxh4 Qe4 53. f3 Qxh4 54. Qb2 Qh1+ 55. Kf2 Qh2+
56. Ke1 Qg1+ {Pawn c5 falls.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 8485"]
[Site "60"]
[Date "1984.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Farago, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1984.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. Na3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf5 8. Nc2
Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. g4 $1 {Sveshnikov brings an excellent novelty.} Nh4 11. Nxh4
Bxh4 12. g5 $1 Bxg5 13. Qh5 h6 14. Rg1 Bxc1 15. Rxc1 {
White has a devastating attack.} f5 (15... Kh8 16. Ke2 $1 f5 17. Rxg7 $1 {
ends the game quickly (Sveshnikov).}) 16. Qxh6 $1 Rf7 17. Ke2 Qb6 18. Qh4 $1
Bd7 ({Or} 18... Qxb2 19. Rb1 $1 Qc3 (19... Qxa2 20. Ra1 Qb2 21. Rgb1 Qc3 22.
Ra3) 20. Rg3 Qa5 21. Rbg1) 19. Rg5 Qxb2 20. Kd2 $5 (20. Rh5 $1 Rff8 21. Rg1 {
wins easily.}) 20... Ne7 21. Rh5 Ng6 22. Qg3 Nf8 23. Qh3 Re7 24. Rh8+ Kf7 25.
Rg1 Ba4 26. Qh5+ g6 27. Rxg6 $1 {Sveshnikov won by a score of 9/13.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 8586"]
[Site "61"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri"]
[Black "Rukavina, Josip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]

{The event could take place, because the Council of Hastings gave financial
support. Short regarded the offered starting fee of 250 pounds as an insult.
The chief arbiter was not amused.} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Na5 5.
Nge2 Be7 6. Ng3 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 c6 9. Bb3 Nxb3 10. axb3 Be6 $5 11. f4 $5
exf4 12. Bxf4 d5 $1 13. Qf3 Qd7 14. Kh2 Kh8 15. Be5 dxe4 16. dxe4 b6 $6 ({
More active is} 16... Qd2 $1 17. Rf2 Qg5) 17. Rad1 Qb7 18. Nce2 Rad8 19. Nd4 $1
c5 20. Ndf5 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Bxf5 $2 (21... Ne8 $1 22. Nxe7 Qxe7 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24.
Qxf5 {defends properly.}) 22. Nxf5 Re8 23. Kg1 $5 {
White prevents a potential check on c7.} Bf8 {The exchange of minor pieces
seems to be obvious, but Balashov prefers elegance.} 24. Nxg7 $5 Rxe5 ({Or} 
24... Bxg7 25. Bxf6 Qc6 26. Bxg7+ Kxg7 27. Rd5) 25. Qxf6 Qe7 26. Qxe7 Bxe7 27.
Nf5 Rxe4 28. Rd7 Bf8 29. Rxf7 Kg8 30. Rxa7 Re1+ 31. Kf2 Rc1 32. Ne3 Bh6 33. c3
Bxe3+ 34. Kxe3 {White has reached a won rook ending.} Rc2 35. Rb7 Rxg2 36. Rxb6
Rg3+ 37. Kf4 Rxh3 38. Rb5 Kf7 39. Rxc5 Ke6 40. b4 Kd6 41. Kg4 Rh2 42. Rh5 Rxb2
43. Rh6+ Kd5 44. Rxh7 Rf2 45. Rc7 Kd6 46. Rc5 Rf1 47. c4 Rb1 48. Rd5+ Kc7 49.
b5 Rf1 50. Rf5 Rc1 51. Rc5+ Kd6 52. Rc6+ Kd7 53. Kf5 Re1 54. c5 Rb1 55. Rd6+
Kc7 56. b6+ Kb7 57. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings 8586"]
[Site "61"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Black "Plaskett, Jim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]

1. Nf3 b6 2. c4 Nf6 3. d4 e6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg2 Bb4+ 8. Bd2
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Re1 Bb7 $5 12. Qc2 Na6 13. Rad1 Ne4 14. Ne5 Nb4
15. Qb2 c5 16. Nxe4 dxe4 {Play has been normal after an odd start.} 17. Bxb4 $6
({Wiser is} 17. Nc4) 17... cxb4 18. Nc4 Bc7 19. d5 b5 20. Ne3 Be5 21. Qb1 Bc3
22. Bxe4 $5 ({A prosaic game continues by} 22. Rf1) 22... Bxe1 23. Rxe1 h6 24.
Bf3 Qf6 25. Rd1 Red8 26. h4 Rac8 27. h5 a5 28. Kg2 Qe5 29. Ng4 Qc3 $2 (29...
Qg5 {prevents the next move.}) 30. Qf5 $1 Re8 31. Be4 Rcd8 32. Rd3 Qb2 33. Qh7+
Kf8 34. Re3 Qd4 35. Kh3 Rd6 36. Bf3 Rxe3 37. Nxe3 g6 38. Qxh6+ Qg7 39. Qf4 Qf6
40. hxg6 Qxf4 41. gxf4 Rxg6 42. f5 $6 Rd6 $2 {
The white king gets the chance to invade.} (42... Rg1 43. Be4 Ra1 $1 {
gains an edge.}) 43. Kg3 $1 a4 $6 ({More useful is} 43... Ke7) 44. Kf4 $1 Ra6
$6 45. Nc2 $1 Ra8 46. Ke5 $1 Rc8 47. Be4 f6+ 48. Kd6 $1 Rc3 49. Nd4 Rc1 50. Nc2
Rb1 51. Kc7 $1 Bxd5 52. Bxd5 Rb2 53. Nxb4 Rxe2 54. f3 Re5 55. Be4 axb3 56. axb3
Ke8 57. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Hastings 8586"]
[Site "61"]
[Date "1985.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Mikhalchishin, Adrian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1985.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Nc6
8. e4 e5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Qh6 Bxg5 11. Nxg5 Qe7 12. Bc4 f6 13. Nf7 $2 {
White overestimates his chances.} ({More prudent is} 13. Nf3 {
(Kortschnoj - Chiburdanidze, Haninge 1988).}) 13... Rf8 14. Qxh7 Nd8 15. Nd6+
cxd6 16. Qxg6+ Nf7 17. O-O-O O-O-O 18. Bd5 Ng5 19. h4 Ne6 20. g3 Rh8 21. Qg4
Nd4 $5 22. Qg6 Ne6 23. Qg4 Nf4 $1 24. Qf3 Nxd5 25. exd5 Qg7 26. Rd2 Qh6 27. Re1
f5 28. Qd3 Kb8 29. b3 Rhg8 30. Kb2 Rg4 31. a4 f4 32. Rde2 Rdg8 {Petursson won
by a score of 91/2/13, Mikhalchishin followed at half-a-point.   Some games
were entertaining but the organizers wanted stronger players.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 8687"]
[Site "62"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Petursson, Margeir"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]

{Participation in the Premier got an impulse, when the Foreign & Colonial
Management Group began its sponsorship in 1986. Several noted grandmasters and
the women's world champion partook.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5
5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Qd2
Qxd2+ 12. Bxd2 b6 13. O-O e6 14. Rbc1 Bb7 15. Bb4 Rd8 16. Bb5 Ba6 $1 ({
Lputian improves on} 16... Na6 {(Ivanov - Baikov, Jaroslavl 1986).}) 17. a4
Bxb5 18. axb5 a6 {A position of theoretical importance has arisen.} 19. d5 $6 (
{Theory has become} 19. bxa6 $6 Nxa6 20. Bc3) ({Best is} 19. Ra1 $1 a5 (19...
Bxd4 $2 20. Rfd1 $1 e5 21. Nxe5) 20. Rfc1 Nd7 21. Bd6 {and White has a plus.})
19... exd5 20. exd5 Bf6 21. Nd2 $6 ({More solid is} 21. Rfd1) 21... axb5 22.
Ne4 Bh4 23. Rfe1 f5 24. g3 fxe4 25. gxh4 Na6 26. Rxe4 Nxb4 27. Rxb4 Rxd5 {
Black has a better two rooks ending.} 28. Re4 Ra7 29. Re8+ Kg7 30. Rb8 Rd6 31.
Rb1 Ra5 32. Rb7+ Kh6 33. Rb2 Rf6 34. h3 b4 $5 {
Black gives a pawn in order to activate his pieces.} 35. Rxb4 Ra1+ 36. Kg2 Ra2
37. R4xb6 Rfxf2+ 38. Kg3 Rg2+ 39. Kf4 Raf2+ 40. Ke3 Rf5 41. Re6 Rg3+ 42. Ke2
Rxh3 {
The extra pawn seems to be of little importance, but White has to be careful.}
43. Re4 $4 ({Right is} 43. Ree7 $1 Rxh4 44. Rxh7+ Kg5 45. Rhg7 $1) 43... Rh2+
44. Ke3 Ra5 45. Rbb4 Kh5 46. Rb7 h6 $1 47. Rb6 Ra3+ {
The winner of the previous installment did not do so well this time.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 8687"]
[Site "62"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kudrin, Sergey"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B39"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Ng4 8.
Qxg4 Nxd4 9. Qd1 Ne6 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Bd3 d6 12. O-O Bd7 13. Qd2 Qa5 $5 14. b3
Rfc8 $6 15. f4 Nc5 16. Bb1 Bc6 $2 {Black moves defenders from the kingside.}
17. f5 $1 Nd7 ({Or} 17... Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Bxe4 {(Larsen)} 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. Bd4
e5 21. Qh6 $1) 18. Kh1 $6 {White misses the decision several times.} (18. fxg6
$1 hxg6 19. Qf2 $1 Bxc3 $2 20. Qxf7+ Kh8 21. Qxg6) 18... a6 $6 19. Qe1 $6 b5 $6
20. Bd2 $6 (20. fxg6 $1 hxg6 21. Qf2 Bf6 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. cxd5 {attacks.})
20... bxc4 21. Nd5 $1 Qd8 22. Ba5 $1 Qf8 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. Nc7 Rxc7 $5 25. Bxc7
Bb2 26. Rc2 Be5 27. Ba5 Qh6 28. h3 Nf6 29. Bc3 cxb3 30. axb3 Bxe4 31. Bxe5 dxe5
32. Rc3 Bxb1 33. Qxb1 Kg7 $2 ({More active is} 33... Qh4) 34. Qc1 $2 (34. Qe1
$1 e4 35. Rc7 Re8 36. Qb4 {assails.}) 34... Qxc1 $1 35. Rfxc1 Rb8 36. Re3 Rb5
37. Rc6 a5 38. Ra6 e4 39. Ra7 Re5 40. Kg1 Nh5 41. g3 f5 42. Rc7 Kf7 43. Kf2 Nf6
44. Rec3 $5 e3+ 45. Ke1 $2 (45. Ke2 $1 Nd5 46. R3c5 $1 f4 47. Rxd5 $1 Rxd5 48.
gxf4 Rh5 49. Ra7 {brings a drawn rook ending.}) 45... Nh5 46. R7c5 Rxc5 47.
Rxc5 Nxg3 48. Rxa5 f4 49. Rg5 Ne4 50. Re5 Nd2 51. Ke2 Kf6 52. Rb5 e5 53. b4 Kf5
54. Kd3 Nc4 55. Ra5 f3 56. Ra1 e2 0-1

[Event "Hastings 8687"]
[Site "62"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Plaskett, Jim"]
[Black "Chiburdanidze, Maia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2450"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. h4 d5 4. Nd2 Nxd2 $5 5. Qxd2 c5 6. dxc5 f6 7. O-O-O $5
Nc6 $5 ({Maia might have feared} 7... fxg5 8. e4 $1 e6 9. Bc4 $1) 8. e4 $6 {
The 'uncompromising' Plaskett does not retreat a bishop.} d4 $1 9. Bb5 $2 {
"Forwards Kasimirovich!" Tolush heard in such a case.} ({Right is} 9. Bf4 e5
10. Bg3) 9... e5 $1 {The game has been decided.} 10. Nf3 Qe7 11. b4 Bd7 12. c3
fxg5 13. cxd4 exd4 14. hxg5 O-O-O 15. g6 h6 16. Rh5 Qxe4 17. Bd3 Qg4 18. Rd5
Be6 19. Rxd8+ Nxd8 20. Ne5 Qxg2 21. Bc2 Qd5 22. f4 Qxa2 23. Qxd4 Be7 24. f5
Bg5+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings 8687"]
[Site "62"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. b3 Nd7 6. Bb2 Ngf6 7. O-O Bd6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nd4 Nc5 10. Qc2 Qd7 11. f3 Be6 12. b4 $6 (12. e4 $1 {
would be the logical follow-up in the centre.}) 12... Na6 13. a3 h5 $5 14. e4
$5 dxe4 15. fxe4 h4 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 18. Qc3 O-O-O $1 {
Black conquers the centre at the expense of a pawn.} 19. Rxf6 Qe7 20. Rf5 hxg3
21. h3 $5 ({Or} 21. hxg3 Bc7 $1 22. Kf1 Bb6 {
and Black has a strong attack as well.}) 21... Kb8 22. Ra2 $2 (22. d4 $1 Qh4
23. Nd2 {develops the left flank at last.}) 22... Nc7 23. Qc4 Be5 24. Nc3 f6
25. Kf1 Ne6 26. Ne2 Rd6 27. Ke1 Qd7 28. Rc2 Rd8 29. Qa2 Rd3 30. Rf1 Nd4 {
Black controls the central area.} 31. Nxd4 Qxd4 32. Ke2 Qd6 33. h4 Bf4 34. Qb2
Bxd2 35. Rxf6 Re3+ 36. Kd1 Re1# {Speelman had defeated the leader.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 8687"]
[Site "62"]
[Date "1986.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Chandler, Murray"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1986.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Qf6 $5 4. d3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 Nc6 6. c3 Nge7 7. h3 Bd7 8.
b4 Ng6 9. Nf1 $6 {This strange opening is known.} (9. g3 {
has been played in Oechslein - Reichenbach, Oberursel 1972.}) 9... Nf4 10. Ne3
h6 11. Nh2 Qg6 12. Qf3 Be7 13. h4 $1 Bxh4 $5 14. g3 Bf6 $1 15. b5 $1 (15. gxf4
$5 exf4 16. Nd5 Ne5 17. Qxf4 b5 $1 18. Nxc7+ Kd8 19. Nxb5 $1 Nxc4 20. dxc4 {
leads to great complications (Conquest).}) 15... Na5 16. gxf4 exf4 17. Nd5
O-O-O 18. Bxf4 (18. Qxf4 $5 Nxc4 19. Qxf6 $1 {brings an alternative.}) 18...
Nxc4 19. dxc4 Rhe8 20. O-O-O Rxe4 21. Nxf6 gxf6 $2 (21... Qxf6 $1 22. Qxe4
Qxc3+ 23. Qc2 Qa1+ 24. Kd2 Qd4+ {gives counter-play.}) 22. Rd4 $2 ({Or} 22.
Rhg1 $1 Qf5 23. Rd4 {(Conquest).}) 22... Rde8 23. Be3 Rxd4 24. Bxd4 c5 25. Bxf6
Bf5 26. Bh4 Be4 27. Re1 $1 ({The risky} 27. Qh3+ $2 Kc7 $1 28. Rd1 Bb1 $1 29.
Rd2 Re1+ 30. Kb2 Bxa2 $1 {favours Black (Conquest).}) 27... Bxf3 28. Rxe8+ Kc7
29. Nxf3 Qd3 30. Re7+ Kb6 31. Nd2 Qxc3+ 32. Kd1 f6 $4 {
Suddenly, Hodgson breaks down.} (32... d5 $1 33. cxd5 Qd4 $1 {gains an edge.})
33. Bg3 $6 (33. Re6 $1 Qd4 {(Conquest)} 34. Bxf6 $1 Qg4+ 35. f3 Qxe6 36. Bd8# {
ends wonderfully.}) 33... Qd4 34. Re4 Qa1+ 35. Ke2 Qxa2 36. Re6 Ka5 37. Rxd6 a6
$2 38. bxa6 bxa6 39. Rxf6 Qb2 $2 40. Bc7+ {Murray scored a win in the last
round. The heating broke down during the game. Larsen suggested a poor
influence on the players.   Chandler, Larsen, Lputian and Speelman won by a
score of 8/13 half-a-point before Chiburdanidze and Mestel.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 8788"]
[Site "63"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1987.??.??"]

{The six congresses from 1987 until 1992 had the level of super tournaments.
Those were the days of Short and Speelman as candidates for the world
championship. Eight players carried out double rounds in the Premier. Ten
thousands of pounds were sponsored and hundreds participated in numerous
groups.} 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e5 6. O-O Ne7 7. b4 O-O
8. Nbd2 a5 9. b5 c5 10. bxc6 Nexc6 11. Ba3 $5 Nb4 $1 12. Qb3 N8a6 $5 13. Bxb4
axb4 14. a3 bxa3 15. Qxa3 Re8 (15... Bd7 $5 16. Nxe5 $1 Bxe5 17. Bxb7 Qc7 18.
Bxa8 Rxa8 {leads to an initiative by White.}) 16. Rfb1 f5 17. Ne1 Nc7 18. Bd5+
$5 Kh8 19. Qxa8 $1 Nxa8 20. Rxa8 Bh6 21. Ndf3 $1 Qe7 22. Bxb7 $1 Bd7 23. Rxe8+
Bxe8 24. Bd5 {White has rook, minor piece and passed pawn for a queen.} Qd6 25.
Rb7 g5 $2 (25... Bg7 $1 26. Ng5 h6 27. Nf7+ Bxf7 28. Rxf7 {
keeps the kingside closed.}) 26. h4 $1 gxh4 $6 (26... g4 $5 27. Ng5 $1 Bxg5 28.
hxg5 {and Black has no defence against the threat Ng2-h4 (Larsen).}) 27. Nxh4
$1 Bd7 28. Nef3 $1 f4 29. Be4 $1 {All white pieces have become active.} fxg3
30. fxg3 Be3+ 31. Kg2 Bg4 32. Rxh7+ Kg8 33. Rb7 Qa6 34. Nxe5 Be6 35. Re7 $1 Kf8
36. Nhg6+ Kg8 37. Rxe6 $1 Qa2 38. Re8+ Kg7 39. Re7+ Kh6 40. Ng4+ Kh5 41. Re5+
$1 Bg5 42. Nf4+ Kxg4 43. Bf3# 1-0

[Event "Hastings 8788"]
[Site "63"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chandler, Murray"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1987.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. a4 Bb7 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. d5 Ne7 15.
Na3 Nc5 16. Bc2 c6 17. b4 Na6 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Nh2 $5 ({Theory is} 19. Qd3 $1
{(Tal - Torre, Bugojno 1984).}) 19... g6 $2 {Black weakens his kingside.} 20.
Ng4 $1 Bg7 21. Nh6+ Kh8 22. Bb3 Be8 23. Qd3 $6 (23. Nxb5 $1 Bxb5 24. Nxf7+ Rxf7
25. Bxf7 {gains an advantage (Short).}) 23... Nc7 24. Rd1 Nc8 25. Qg3 $2 (25.
c4 $1 bxc4 26. Qxc4 {keeps a plus.}) 25... f5 26. exf5 gxf5 27. Bg5 Qd7 {
Black dominates the centre.} 28. h4 $5 (28. c4 $5 Ne6 29. h4 $5 {
fights for survival.}) 28... d5 $5 29. Qf3 Nb6 30. Bc2 e4 31. Qe3 Qc6 32. Bb3
Bh5 33. Rc1 Nc4 34. Nxc4 dxc4 35. Bd1 Be8 36. Be2 Nd5 37. Qd2 Qe6 38. Kf1 Bc6
39. Bh5 e3 $1 {Knight h6 will fall eventually.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 8788"]
[Site "63"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1987.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 Bd7 11. Be2 b5 12. Bf3 Rc8 13. Kb1 Na5 14. g4 Nc4
15. Qf2 b4 (15... Qc7 $1 {sets the trap} 16. g5 $2 hxg5 17. fxg5 Nxb2 $1) 16.
Nce2 Qc7 17. g5 $5 hxg5 18. fxg5 Nh7 19. h4 e5 20. Nf5 g6 21. Nxe7 Kxe7 22. Bc1
Be6 23. Ng3 Qa5 $2 {Joel spoils a better position.} (23... Na3+ $1 24. bxa3 Qc4
25. Rd5 $1 bxa3 26. Bxa3 Rb8+ 27. Kc1 Bxd5 28. exd5 Qf4+ 29. Kd1 Rhc8 {
favours Black.}) 24. b3 Rc5 25. Rhf1 Rhc8 $2 ({Correct is} 25... Na3+ 26. Bxa3
bxa3 {(Short).}) 26. Bg4 $1 Na3+ 27. Bxa3 Rxc2 28. Rd2 $1 Rxd2 29. Qxd2 Bxg4
30. Bxb4 Qb6 31. Bxd6+ $1 Qxd6 32. Rxf7+ $1 Ke6 33. Qxd6+ Kxd6 34. Rxh7 Rc3 35.
Nf1 Be2 36. Kb2 $1 Rh3 37. Nd2 Kc5 38. Rd7 $1 1-0

[Event "Hastings 8788"]
[Site "63"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1987.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 $5 (5. d4 {
5. d4 leads to a common opening.}) 5... Bxc3 $5 6. bxc3 d6 7. O-O e5 8. Ne1 $5
Nbd7 9. f3 Ne8 $5 10. e4 f5 11. exf5 Rxf5 12. d4 Rf8 13. Be3 Nef6 $5 14. c5 $5
exd4 15. cxd4 Nd5 16. Bc4 N7f6 17. Bg5 dxc5 18. dxc5 Be6 19. Qb3 {
So far, both players have made odd but correct moves.} h6 $2 {
Black should strengthen the centre.} ({Now} 19... c6 $1 20. Qxb7 Nc7 21. Bxe6+
Nxe6 22. Be3 Qd5 {is okay.}) 20. Bh4 b6 ({This time} 20... c6 21. Qxb7 Nc7 22.
Bxe6+ Nxe6 {fails due to} 23. Qxc6 $1) 21. Nd3 c6 22. Rfe1 Bf7 23. Qb2 bxc5 24.
Ne5 $1 Qb6 $5 25. Qc1 Be8 26. Rb1 $1 Qa5 27. Rb7 Kh8 28. Bf2 Rd8 29. Bb3 Qa6
30. Qxc5 $1 Rg8 31. Rxa7 Qb5 32. Qxb5 cxb5 33. Rd1 Rc8 34. h3 Nc3 35. Rd2 Rf8
36. Be6 Nb1 37. Bxc8 {
Speelman had solved a crossword of the Times as preparation.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 8788"]
[Site "63"]
[Date "1987.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Davies, Nigel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1987.??.??"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. d5 Na6 8. h3
Nc7 9. a4 b6 10. Bf4 a6 11. Qd2 Bb7 12. Rfe1 Qd7 $5 13. Rab1 $1 b5 $5 14. b4 $1
{They fight for the initiative.} a5 $6 ({Better is} 14... cxb4 15. Rxb4 {
(De Boer - Prie, Paris 1988)} Rfc8) 15. bxc5 b4 16. Qe3 $5 dxc5 17. Ne5 Qc8 18.
Nc4 $6 ({The ordinary} 18. Nb5 Nxb5 19. Bxb5 {gains an advantage.}) 18... bxc3
19. Nb6 Qd8 20. Nxa8 Bxa8 21. Qxc5 Ncxd5 $1 22. exd5 Qxd5 23. Qxd5 Nxd5 24. Bg3
Nb4 $1 25. Bd1 $1 Bc6 26. Be5 $1 Bxa4 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. Rxe7 {
Black should avoid the obvious move!} Bxc2 $2 ({Right is} 28... Rc8 $1 29. Rc1
Rc5 {and White cannot attack (Davies).}) 29. Bxc2 Nxc2 30. Rc7 $1 Nd4 31. Rd1
Rd8 {Black has two pawns for the exchange, but he will lose them.} 32. Kf1 $1
Ne6 33. Rxd8 Nxc7 34. Rc8 Nb5 35. Rc5 Nd4 36. Rxc3 Kf6 37. Rc5 Nb3 38. Rb5 a4
39. Rb4 Nc5 40. Rc4 Ne6 41. Rxa4 h5 42. h4 Kf5 43. Ke2 Ke5 44. Ke3 Kf5 45. Ra5+
Kf6 46. Ke4 Kg7 47. Ke5 Nf8 48. Rd5 Nh7 49. Rd6 Nf8 50. f4 f6+ 51. Ke4 Nh7 52.
Rd7+ Kh6 53. f5 g5 54. g3 gxh4 55. gxh4 Nf8 56. Rf7 Nd7 $5 57. Kf4 $1 {
Short won the tournament by 9/14, half-a- point before Speelman. Larsen (8)
became third.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 8889"]
[Site "64"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 O-O 8.
Nf3 c5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. O-O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nb6 $5 12. Qe3 Qc5 $5 13. h4 $5 {
White starts a long winding manoeuvre.} Bd7 14. Rh3 Rac8 15. Rg3 Nxd4 16. Rxd4
Qe7 $1 17. h5 f5 $5 {Black defends against the white initiative.} 18. exf6 Qxf6
19. Rg5 Bc6 $5 {Gulko continues a passive defence.} 20. Bd3 Rce8 21. Ne2 Nd7
22. Qg3 e5 $1 23. fxe5 {The resistance by Black should remain accurate.} Rxe5
$2 ({Right is} 23... Qh6 $1 24. Kb1 Nxe5) 24. Rxg7+ $1 Qxg7 25. Rg4 Qxg4 26.
Qxg4+ Kh8 27. h6 Re7 28. Nd4 Nf6 29. Qg5 Bd7 30. b4 Ng8 31. Bf5 Rf6 32. Bxd7
Rxd7 33. Nf5 Rg6 34. Qe3 Rf7 35. Qd4+ Rff6 36. Qxd5 (36. g4 $1 {ends the game.}
) 36... Rg5 37. g4 Rxg4 38. Qd7 Nxh6 39. Nxh6 Rg1+ 40. Kb2 Rxh6 41. Qxb7 Rb6
42. Qe4 Rgg6 43. a4 a6 (43... Rxb4+ $5 44. Qxb4 Rb6 45. Qxb6 axb6 46. c4 {
leads to a won pawn ending for White.}) 44. b5 Rbe6 45. Qd5 Kg7 46. Kb3 axb5
47. axb5 Re3+ 48. Kb4 Re1 49. Qd4+ Kg8 50. c4 Rb1+ 51. Ka5 Kf7 52. c5 Rg8 53.
Qf4+ Kg7 54. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings 8889"]
[Site "64"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2
Bf6 9. Rc1 c5 10. d5 Nxc3 $5 {
Black makes a new exchange, but the result is typical for the Queen's Indian.}
11. Bxc3 Bxc3 12. Rxc3 exd5 13. Nh4 $1 {White takes the initiative.} Na6 14.
Nf5 Qf6 15. Ne3 Rae8 $6 (15... Nc7 $1 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 $1 {
(Speelman)} Rae8 $1 {equalises.}) 16. Bxd5 Bc6 $1 17. Bxc6 dxc6 18. Qa4 Nc7 $1
19. Rd1 ({The pointe is} 19. Qxa7 Ne6 $1 20. Qxb6 Nd4 21. Re1 Qe5 $1 {
and Black will counter on the queenside.}) 19... a6 $6 {
Gulko does not deal properly with the passive defence.} ({Better is} 19... Re7
$1) 20. Rd7 b5 21. cxb5 axb5 22. Qf4 Qxf4 23. gxf4 Na6 24. Ra3 Nb4 25. Raa7 Nd5
$5 26. Nxd5 cxd5 27. Kf1 d4 $5 {Black loses a pawn anyway.} 28. Rac7 $1 Rc8 29.
Rxf7 $1 Rxc7 30. Rxc7 Rf5 $1 31. b3 h6 $5 32. h4 $5 {
Black has a last chance in the ending.} b4 $2 (32... Kf8 $1 {(Speelman)} 33. e3
$5 dxe3 34. fxe3 g5 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Kf2 gxf4 37. e4 Rh5 38. Kf3 Ke8 39. Kxf4
Kd8 40. Rb7 c4 $1 41. e5 $1 cxb3 42. axb3 Rh4+ 43. Kf5 Rb4 {leads to an escape.
}) 33. e3 $1 dxe3 34. fxe3 g5 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Kf2 gxf4 37. e4 $1 Rh5 38. Kf3
Rh2 39. Rxc5 Rxa2 40. Rb5 Kf7 41. Kxf4 Rb2 42. Rxb4 Ke6 43. Rb6+ Kd7 44. Ke5
Rh2 45. Rd6+ Ke7 46. Rd5 Rb2 47. Rb5 Kd7 48. Rb7+ Kc6 49. Rb4 $1 Kd7 50. Rd4+
Ke7 51. b4 Rb1 52. Kd5 Kd7 53. e5 Re1 54. b5 Re2 55. Kc5+ Kc7 56. b6+ Kc8 57.
Kd6 {Short and Speelman battled for the lead in the tournament.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 8889"]
[Site "64"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Short, Nigel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 c6 4. e3 Qb6 5. Na4 Qa5+ 6. c3 Nd7 7. b4 Qc7 8. Nf3
e5 9. Bh4 $6 {White should exchange in the centre.} e4 10. Bg3 Bd6 11. Nd2 $6
Ne7 12. Nc5 Nf6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. f4 exf3 15. Qxf3 Ng6 16. Bd3 O-O 17. O-O b6
18. Ncb3 Bd7 19. Rae1 Rae8 20. g3 Ne4 21. Bxe4 fxe4 22. Qh5 h6 23. Rxf8+ Nxf8
24. Rf1 Qe6 25. Nc1 $6 (25. Qe2 $1 Qg6 26. c4 {defends properly.}) 25... Nh7
26. Qd1 Nf6 27. Ne2 g5 28. Qe1 Kg7 29. Kh1 Rf8 30. Ng1 Bc8 31. Qe2 Qg4 $1 32.
Qe1 ({The exchanges by} 32. Qxg4 Nxg4 33. Rxf8 Kxf8 34. Nf1 Ba6 $1 {
will cost pawn e3.}) 32... Qh5 33. Rf2 Ng4 34. Rg2 Qf7 35. Nh3 $5 ({
The effect of restriction is shown by} 35. h3 Nf2+ 36. Kh2 Nxh3 $1 37. Nxh3
Bxh3 38. Kxh3 Qh5#) 35... Nxe3 $1 36. Rf2 Nf5 37. Nf1 Qh5 38. Ng1 Ba6 39. Ne3
Nxg3+ 40. Kg2 Rxf2+ 41. Qxf2 Ne2 42. Qf5 Nf4+ 43. Kh1 Qf7 44. Qe5+ Kh7 45. Qd6
Be2 46. Qxc6 Nd3 47. h3 Bf3+ 48. Nxf3 Nf2+ 49. Kg1 Nxh3+ 50. Kh2 Qf4+ 51. Kxh3
Qxf3+ 52. Kh2 Qxe3 53. Qxd5 Qf2+ 54. Kh3 Qf3+ 55. Kh2 Qf2+ 56. Kh3 Qf3+ 57. Kh2
g4 58. Qd7+ Kg6 59. d5 Qf2+ 60. Kh1 Kh5 {Short had defeated Gulko again.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 8889"]
[Site "64"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O c5 5. d3 Nf6 6. e4 d6 7. a4 b4 8. Nbd2 Be7
9. Nc4 O-O 10. Re1 Nc6 11. a5 Rb8 12. a6 Ba8 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. c3 d5 15. exd5
Nxd5 16. Bd2 Bf6 17. Qc2 Rc7 18. h4 Rd7 19. Ng5 h6 20. Ne4 Be7 21. f4 Nb6 22.
Nxb6 axb6 23. Nf2 Na5 24. Bxa8 Qxa8 25. Re4 Qxa6 26. cxb4 cxb4 27. Bxb4 Qb5 28.
Bxe7 Rxe7 29. Rc1 Qd5 30. Re5 $2 (30. b4 $1 Nb3 $1 31. Re5 Nd4 $1 32. Rxd5 Nxc2
33. Rd6 {equalises (Kortschnoj).}) 30... Qf3 $1 31. Kh2 Nb3 $1 32. Qxb3 Qxf2+
33. Kh3 Rd7 34. Rce1 $2 (34. Qc2 $1 Qxc2 35. Rxc2 Rxd3 36. Rb5 Rd6 37. Rc7 {
defends well.}) 34... Rfd8 35. R5e2 Qc5 36. Re5 Qc6 37. R1e3 $4 Rd4 $4 {
They will miss .. Qh1+ four times.} 38. h5 $4 Qc1 $4 39. Re1 Qd2 40. R1e2 Qxd3
41. Qxd3 Rxd3 42. f5 $5 exf5 43. Rxf5 R8d5 44. Re8+ Kh7 45. Ree5 Rxe5 46. Rxe5
Rb3 47. Re7 f6 48. Re2 Kg8 49. Rc2 Rb5 50. Kg4 Rg5+ 51. Kh4 b5 52. Rc7 Re5 53.
Rc8+ Kf7 54. Rc7+ Re7 {Speelman has survival chances.} 55. Rc5 $2 (55. Rc2 {
(Kortschnoj)} Re4+ 56. Kh3 {continues the game.}) 55... Re4+ $1 56. Kh3 Re5 57.
Rc7+ Kg8 58. Kg4 Re2 $1 59. Rb7 Rxb2 60. Kf5 Kh7 61. Kg4 Rb3 62. Rb8 b4 63. Kf4
Rb1 64. g4 b3 65. Kf3 b2 66. Kg2 g5 67. Rb7+ Kg8 68. Kh2 Kf8 69. Kg2 Ke8 70.
Kh2 Kd8 71. Kg2 Kc8 {Short and Kortschnoj shared the lead.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 8889"]
[Site "64"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Short, Nigel"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B16"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. c3 Bf5 7. Bf4 Nd7 8.
Bd3 Bg6 9. Ne2 $5 Nb6 $5 {Larsen likes to play a spicy Caro-Kann.} ({
More active is} 9... Qb6) 10. O-O e6 11. Bg3 Bd6 12. b4 Qc7 13. a4 Nd5 14. Qd2
Rd8 15. Rab1 O-O 16. c4 Ne7 17. Rb3 Kg7 18. Bb1 b6 $6 (18... Bxb1 $1 19. Rfxb1
Nf5 {defends well.}) 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Rh3 $1 Ng8 21. Ba2 Rfe8 22. Rh4 c5 23.
bxc5 bxc5 24. d5 $5 Rb8 25. Nc3 Qe5 $6 ({More useful is} 25... Rb4) 26. f4 $1 {
Black will be overwhelmed.} Qd4+ 27. Qxd4 cxd4 28. Nb5 d3 29. d6 a6 ({Or} 29...
Nh6 30. Rh3 a5 31. c5) 30. Nc7 Red8 31. c5 Bf5 32. Bc4 Rb4 33. Bxa6 Rxa4 34.
Rd1 Ra5 35. Bb5 h5 36. c6 Kf8 37. d7 Ke7 38. g4 Bxg4 39. Rxd3 Ra1+ 40. Kf2 Nh6
41. Na6 Ra2+ 42. Ke1 Ra1+ 43. Kd2 Rd1+ 44. Kc3 Rxd3+ 45. Bxd3 Ra8 46. Bb5 {
Short took the lead in the tournament.   Eventually, he won the Premier by 9/
14, half-a-point before Kortschnoj.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 8889"]
[Site "Challengers"]
[Date "1988.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Szekely, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B88"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1988.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. Qf3 Nc6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. f5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Rb8 14. g4 b4 15. g5
Nd7 $2 ({Right is} 15... Ne8 $1 16. axb4 Bxg5 {
(Vera - Lechtynsky, Bratislava 1983).}) 16. f6 $1 bxc3 17. fxg7 $3 {
Judit plays a brilliancy.} ({The obvious} 17. fxe7 $2 Re8 18. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 19.
Bxc3 {brings little advantage.}) 17... Ne5 ({The pointe is} 17... Re8 18. O-O
$1 {and White wins (Sz. Polgár).}) 18. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 19. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 20. Bxc3
Bxg5 21. Rd1 Ke7 22. Ba5 Rb7 23. Ke2 Ng6 24. h4 $1 Bf6 ({Or} 24... Nxh4 25. Bb4
Rb6 26. e5 $1) 25. h5 Ne5 26. Bb4 Rb6 27. Rhg1 Bb7 28. Ba5 Rxb3 29. cxb3 Bxe4
30. Bb4 Bd5 31. Rxd5 exd5 32. Bc3 Ke6 33. b4 d4 34. Bxd4 Nf3 35. Kxf3 Bxd4 36.
Rg2 h6 37. a4 Kd5 38. Rc2 {12-years-old Judit Polgár got all attention and was
a prodigy in the press. She won the Challengers by a brilliant score of 8/9.}
1-0

[Event "Hastings 8990"]
[Site "65"]
[Date "1989.12.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

{The time limit in the 65th installment had become 40 moves in two hours.} 1.
e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 dxc4 8. Bxc4
O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bg5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Bd3 Qxc3 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. Ne5 $5 {
A novelty brings another pawn sacrifice.} Nxe5 15. Rc5 Qa3 ({Not} 15... Qxa2 $2
16. dxe5 Nd5 17. Qh5 h6 18. Bxh6 $1) 16. dxe5 $1 Qxc5 17. Bxf6 Re8 $2 ({
Right is} 17... gxf6 $1 {and White has to give perpetual check in later games.}
) 18. Bxh7+ $3 {White delivers the decisive blow.} Kxh7 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Qg5
Qf8 21. Rd1 $1 {
White has sacrificed a rook. He sustains the attack by a heavy piece.} b6 22.
Rd4 Ba6 23. Rg4 Be2 24. Bxg7 $1 ({Avoids} 24. Rg3 $2 Rad8 $1 25. h3 Rd3 $1 26.
Qxg7+ Qxg7 27. Rxg7+ Kh8 $1 {(Dolmatov).}) 24... Bxg4 25. Bxf8+ ({
Even better is} 25. Bh6+ $1 Kh7 26. Bxf8) 25... Kxf8 26. Qxg4 Rac8 27. h4 Ke7
28. Qg5+ Kd7 29. Qf4 a5 30. Qxf7+ Kc6 31. Qf3+ Kc5 32. Qe3+ Kc6 33. Qf3+ Kc5
34. Qa3+ Kc4 35. Qb3+ Kc5 36. a4 Rb8 37. Qc3+ Kd5 38. f4 Ke4 39. Qf3+ Kd4 40.
Qc6 Ke3 41. Qc1+ Ke2 42. h5 Rec8 43. Qf1+ Kd2 44. Qb5 Ke3 45. g3 Kd4 46. Kg2
Kc3 47. h6 Rh8 48. Qd7 b5 49. axb5 a4 50. b6 a3 51. Qa4 Kb2 52. Qb4+ Ka2 53. h7
Rbc8 54. b7 Rc2+ 55. Kf3 Rb2 56. Qc4+ Rb3+ 57. Kg4 Kb2 58. Qc8 Rxh7 59. b8=Q
Rg7+ 60. Kh5 Rgxg3 61. Qd6 Rh3+ 62. Kg6 Rbg3+ 63. Kf7 Rh7+ 64. Kxe6 Rh6+ 65.
Kf5 Rxd6 66. exd6 a2 67. d7 a1=Q 68. Qb7+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings 8990"]
[Site "65"]
[Date "1989.12.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E64"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. d5 d6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Na6 8. Nc3
Nc7 9. Re1 Rb8 10. a4 b6 11. e4 a6 12. Bf1 e5 13. dxe6 $5 Nxe6 {
White has created a weakness on d6 by a new move.} 14. h3 Bb7 15. Bg2 Re8 16.
Qd3 Qc7 17. Be3 Rbd8 18. Rad1 Qb8 19. Kh2 b5 $5 20. b3 (20. axb5 axb5 21. cxb5
d5 $1 {brings no advantage for White.}) 20... Nc7 21. Bf4 bxc4 22. bxc4 Qa8 23.
Nd5 Ne6 24. Be3 Bc6 25. a5 Nd7 26. Rb1 Qa7 27. Red1 Kh8 $6 28. Qd2 Bxd5 $2 ({
Right is} 28... Rb8 $1) 29. Qxd5 $1 Nf6 30. Qd3 Rb8 {
Black plays this move too late.} 31. Rxb8 Rxb8 32. e5 $1 {
White breaks the defence elegantly.} dxe5 33. Nxe5 Qc7 34. Qd6 $1 Rc8 35. Qxc7
Rxc7 36. Rd6 $1 {Nikolic crumbled his opponent quietly.} ({The pointe is} 36.
Rd6 Ne8 37. Nxf7+ $1) 1-0

[Event "Hastings 8990"]
[Site "65"]
[Date "1989.12.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. e4 Nc6 {Black applies the Nimzowitsch Defence.} 2. d4 e5 3. dxe5 Nxe5 4. Nc3
Bc5 5. Bf4 Ng6 6. Bg3 d6 7. h4 h5 8. Qd2 Nf6 9. O-O-O Qe7 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5
O-O 12. Be2 $1 {The black kingside has become vulnerable.} Bg4 $2 (12... Ne5 $6
13. Bxh5 Qf6 {was played in Freyse - Ibragimov, Rostock 1987.}) ({
My preference has} 12... Qe4 $1 13. Bxh5 Qa4 $1) 13. Bxg4 hxg4 14. h5 Ne5 15.
Bh4 Qd7 ({Slightly better is} 15... f6 $1 {(Dolmatov).}) 16. h6 Qf5 17. hxg7 $5
Kxg7 18. Ne2 Rh8 19. Ng3 Qg6 20. Qf4 f6 21. Ne4 {
White has a big positional advantage.} Raf8 22. Nxc5 dxc5 23. Bg3 Rxh1 24. Rxh1
Rd8 25. Qa4 Rxd5 26. Qxa7 Qg5+ 27. Kb1 Qd2 28. a3 Qe2 29. Qxb7 Rd1+ 30. Rxd1
Qxd1+ 31. Ka2 Nc4 32. Bxc7 Qxc2 33. Be5+ Kg6 34. Bc3 Nd6 35. Qd7 Ne4 36. Qxg4+
Kf7 37. Qf3 Nxc3+ 38. Qxc3 Qxf2 39. Qc4+ Ke7 40. g4 Kd6 41. a4 Qd2 42. Qa6+ Ke5
43. Qb5 Qd5+ 44. Qb3 Qd4 45. a5 Qxg4 46. a6 Qe4 47. a7 Kf5 48. Qb5 Qd5+ 49. Ka3
Kg5 50. b4 f5 51. Qxc5 Qd3+ 52. Ka4 Qa6+ 53. Qa5 Qc6+ 54. Qb5 Qf6 55. Ka5 Qd8+
56. Qb6 Qd5+ 57. Qc5 Qa2+ 58. Kb6 Qe6+ 59. Qc6 Qe3+ 60. Kb7 Qe7+ 61. Ka6 Qe2+
62. b5 Qa2+ 63. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Hastings 8990"]
[Site "65"]
[Date "1989.12.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gulko, Boris"]
[Black "Chandler, Murray"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.
f3 h6 9. Bh4 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e3 Re8 12. Nh3 Qe7 13. Bf2 c5 14. Bb5 Bc6 15.
Be2 $5 {Gulko plays a new move in a passive line.} Bd7 16. O-O Bxh3 $5 17. gxh3
Nbd7 18. Kh1 Nh5 19. Rg1 Ndf6 (19... Qe6 $1 20. h4 Qh3 {keeps a plus.}) 20.
dxc5 bxc5 21. Rae1 Rab8 22. Bh4 $6 ({More solid is} 22. b3 $1) 22... Qe5 $1 23.
Qxe5 $2 ({Right is} 23. Qxc5 $1 Rxb2 24. Qc1) 23... Rxe5 {
White has defects in his poor position.} 24. f4 Rxe3 25. Bf2 Rxh3 26. Bf1 Rxb2
$1 27. Bxh3 Rxf2 28. Re7 Nxf4 29. Bf1 h5 30. Rxa7 Ng4 31. Bg2 Ne3 32. Bxd5
Nfxd5 33. a4 Nf4 34. h3 Nf1 35. Rg5 h4 0-1

[Event "Hastings 8990"]
[Site "65"]
[Date "1989.12.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Qb3 Bg7 7. cxd5 O-O 8.
Be2 Nbd7 9. Bf3 Nb6 10. Nge2 Bf5 11. O-O a5 12. Bf4 $1 {
Dolmatov improves the theory.} Bd3 13. d6 $1 exd6 14. Qd1 Ba6 15. b3 h6 16. h3
Nh7 17. g3 $6 {
White has played four passive moves in a row and lost his advantage.} Rc8 18.
Bg2 Re8 19. Re1 Nf6 20. Rc1 Qd7 21. Qd2 Kh7 $6 (21... g5 $1 22. Be3 d5 $1 {
equalises.}) 22. Be3 d5 23. Nf4 Rc7 24. Nd3 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 Rcc8 26. a4 Bf8 27.
Bd2 Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Qd8 $2 ({More active is} 28... Bb4 $1) 29. Ne2 $1 Na8 30.
Nf4 b6 31. Qb5 Rc2 32. Be3 Bb4 33. Rc1 Rxc1+ 34. Bxc1 {
Black cannot safeguard his weaknesses anymore.} Kg7 35. Be3 $5 Bd6 36. Nxd5 Nc7
37. Nxc7 Qxc7 38. Qc6 Qe7 39. Qxb6 Bxg3 40. Qxa5 Bd6 41. Qb5 g5 42. a5 {
The young Adams lost the battle on the queenside.   Dolmatov had won three
games by subtle play. He drew the rest and his score of 81/2/14 was sufficient
for the win. Nikolic and Spraggett followed at one point.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9091"]
[Site "66"]
[Date "1990.12.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chandler, Murray"]
[Black "King, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nge2 Nc6
8. a3 Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 Qxd4 10. Qxd4 Nxd4 11. O-O-O c5 12. Ne4 b6 13. c3 Nf5 $5 (
13... Nb3+ 14. Kc2 Na5 {drew in Litvinov - Shereshevski, Misk 1978.}) 14. g4 $1
Nh4 $1 15. Nxf6+ Ke7 16. g5 {White has gained a plus.} h6 17. f4 Rb8 18. Bb5
hxg5 $2 (18... Rb7 $5 19. Rhe1 $5 {
brought equality in Rehak-Savchenko, London 1994.}) ({More prudent is} 18... a6
$1 19. Bc6 Ng6) 19. fxg5 Nf3 $5 20. h4 $1 {
White has to give a pawn for the assault.} Nxh4 ({Even worse is} 20... Rxh4 21.
Rxh4 Nxh4 22. Ng8+ Kf8 23. Rd8+ Kg7 24. Ne7) 21. Ng4 $1 Bb7 (21... Ng6 22. Rxh8
Nxh8 23. Ne5 $1 {brings an attack in the centre (Knaak).}) 22. Rd7+ Kf8 23. Rf1
Nf5 24. Ne5 Rh2 25. Rxf7+ Kg8 26. g6 Kh8 27. Bd3 Bg2 28. Rg1 Ng7 29. Rf2 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9091"]
[Site "66"]
[Date "1990.12.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nd4 Qd7 11. Qf3 O-O 12. Rd1 $5 {
Equality has ben reached.} Rfe8 13. Nf1 Nce4 14. Be3 g6 15. c3 Ng4 16. Nb3 Ne5
17. Qe2 Bf8 18. Bd4 Nc4 19. Qc2 b5 20. Nbd2 Qc6 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22. Nd2 Nd6 23.
Re1 Re6 24. Rad1 a5 25. Be3 a4 26. Bf4 Rae8 27. Nf1 Nb7 28. Be3 h6 29. Re2 f5
30. h4 Kh7 31. Bd4 Nd6 32. g3 g5 33. h5 Kg8 34. Rde1 Kf7 35. Nd2 R8e7 36. b3
axb3 37. axb3 Qd5 38. Nf1 f4 $5 {Bareev starts an attack.} 39. g4 b4 40. Rd1
Nb5 $1 {Black charges.} 41. Bh8 $2 (41. Bf6 $1 Qc6 42. Bxe7 Bxe7 43. cxb4 Nc3 {
(Knaak)} 44. Rd4 Nxe2+ 45. Qxe2 {leads to an equal game.}) 41... Qc6 42. c4 Nc7
43. Ba1 Ne8 44. Rd5 Bg7 45. Rf5+ Kg8 46. Bxg7 Kxg7 47. Qb2+ $5 Nf6 48. Nd2 $2 (
{Preferable is} 48. Rb5 Kh7 49. Nh2) 48... e3 $1 49. fxe3 Rxe3 50. Rxe3 Rxe3
51. Nf1 Rh3 52. Qe2 Qh1+ 53. Kf2 Ne4+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings 9091"]
[Site "66"]
[Date "1990.12.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Olafsson, Helgi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. d5 d6 7. e3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
Qe7 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Be2 Ne5 12. dxe6 Qxe6 13. O-O Re8 14. Bg3 Bd7
15. Qc2 Bc6 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. h3 Nfd7 18. f4 Ng6 19. e4 Qe7 20. Rde1 Bxe4 $2
21. Nxe4 Qxe4 22. Bd3 Qc6 23. Bxg6 fxg6 24. Qxg6 Nf6 $2 (24... Nf8 $1 25. Qd3 {
(Bareev)} Nd7 $1 {fights for survival.}) 25. Bh4 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Re8 27. Bxf6 $1
Rxe1+ 28. Kf2 Qd7 29. Kxe1 Qe6+ 30. Kd2 Qxf6 31. Qxf6 gxf6 32. f5 $1 {
White has reached a won pawn ending.} a6 33. Kd3 Kf7 34. Ke4 Ke7 35. g4 Ke8 36.
Kd5 $5 Kd7 37. a4 a5 38. h4 Ke7 39. Ke4 Kd7 {Bareev has to make a careful move.
} 40. Ke3 $1 (40. Kf4 $2 d5 $1 41. cxd5 b5 42. axb5 $2 a4 {wins for Black.})
40... Ke7 (40... Kd8 $1 41. Kf3 $1 {(White threatens to play g5!)} d5 $1 42.
cxd5 b5 43. axb5 a4 44. g5 $1 fxg5 45. hxg5 hxg5 46. f6 a3 47. b6 a2 48. b7 $1)
41. Kf4 $1 d5 42. cxd5 b5 43. axb5 a4 44. b6 Kd7 45. b7 Kc7 46. g5 hxg5+ 47.
hxg5 fxg5+ 48. Kxg5 a3 49. f6 a2 50. f7 a1=Q 51. b8=Q+ Kxb8 52. f8=Q+ Kb7 53.
Qxc5 Qc1+ 54. Kg6 Qc2+ 55. Kf6 Qh2 56. Qe7+ Kb6 57. Qe6+ Kb5 58. Qc6+ Ka5 59.
c4 Kb4 60. d6 Qh7 61. Qb5+ Ka3 62. d7 Qh6+ 63. Ke7 Qh4+ 64. Kd6 Qd8 65. c5 Qf6+
66. Kc7 {The pawn ending had an entertaining segment.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9091"]
[Site "66"]
[Date "1990.12.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D22"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. Nc3 a6 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4
Bg6 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qf3 Rb8 12. Bd2 c5 13. O-O-O $5 b5 14. Be2
cxd4 15. exd4 Nb6 ({Preferable is} 15... b4 $1 16. Na4 Nd5) 16. Kb1 Nfd5 17.
Bd3 Nxc3+ 18. Bxc3 Nd5 19. Be4 Be7 20. Bd2 Qd7 21. h4 b4 22. h5 gxh5 23. gxh5
Bf6 $2 {The bishop becomes vulnerable.} 24. h6 $1 Ke7 25. Bxd5 $6 ({Better is} 
25. hxg7 $1 Rxh1 26. Rxh1 Bxg7 27. Rh7) 25... Qxd5 26. Qxd5 exd5 27. Rh5 Rb5 $6
(27... gxh6 $1 28. Re1+ {(Larsen)} Kd7 29. Rxd5+ Kc6 30. Rc5+ Kb6 {
brings less advantage for White.}) 28. Bg5 $1 Bxg5 29. hxg7 Rg8 30. Rxg5 b3 31.
axb3 Rxb3 32. Rdg1 Rf3 33. R1g2 Kf6 34. R5g4 a5 35. Ka1 Ke6 36. Ka2 a4 37. R4g3
Rf4 38. Rd3 f6 39. Ka3 Kf7 40. f3 Rh4 41. Kxa4 Rh1 42. Kb4 Rb8+ 43. Kc5 Kg8 44.
Kxd5 Rh5+ 45. Ke4 Re8+ 46. Kf4 Rh4+ 47. Kg3 Rh1 48. Kf2 f5 49. d5 f4 50. Rd4
Rb1 51. b4 Rb8 52. Rxf4 Rb2+ 53. Kg1 R2xb4 54. Rxb4 Rxb4 55. Rg4 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9091"]
[Site "66"]
[Date "1990.12.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan"]
[Black "Sax, Gyula"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qb6 6. Nb3 e6 7. a3 d5 8. Be3
Qd8 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. g3 Be7 $5 12. Bg2 Bf6 13. Qd2 $1 (13. Qxd5
Qxd5 14. Bxd5 Bxb2 {equalises.}) 13... d4 $5 ({More neutral is} 13... O-O {
(Speelman).}) 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Bxd4 Qd5 $2 ({Better is} 15... Rb8 16. Qe3+
Be6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6) 16. O-O-O $1 {Speelman gives the knight.} Bg5 $5 ({
No use has} 16... Qxb3 17. Bxf6 O-O 18. Qg5) 17. f4 Qxb3 18. Bxg7 $1 Be7 $5 {
Black tries a trick.} 19. Bxh8 f6 20. e4 Kf7 21. f5 $2 {White loses time.} ({
He should play} 21. Qd3 Qxd3 22. Rxd3 Ba6 23. Rd7 {and wins.}) 21... Rb8 $2 ({
Better is} 21... Kg8 $1) 22. Rhe1 $2 ({The active} 22. Qd4 Ba6 23. e5 $1 Rxh8
24. e6+ {charges the black king.}) 22... Ba6 $2 (22... Kg8 $1 {
(Ribli) wins a bishop.}) 23. Qc2 Qxc2+ ({Or} 23... Qa2 24. e5 $1 {(Speelman).})
24. Kxc2 Rxh8 25. Rd7 Rd8 26. Rxa7 Bd3+ 27. Kc3 Kf8 28. Rd1 Bxe4 29. Rxe7 $1
1-0

[Event "Hastings 9091"]
[Site "66"]
[Date "1990.12.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E31"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg5 c5 5. d5 d6 6. e3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qe7 8. Nf3
Nbd7 9. Nd2 h6 10. Bh4 Ne5 $5 ({Chandler played} 10... O-O {in round four.})
11. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 12. f4 Ng6 13. Kf2 f5 14. g3 Kd8 $5 (14... h5 $1 {
plays a more useful move.}) 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Bg2 Kc7 17. Rb1 Nf8 18. e4 fxe4
19. Nxe4 Nd7 20. Qe2 Nb6 $2 {Black makes an oversight in a crammed position.} (
20... e5 $1 21. Rhd1 exf4 $1 22. Nxd6 fxg3+ 23. hxg3 Rf8+ 24. Ke1 Qxe2+ 25.
Kxe2 Nb6 {defends well.}) 21. Nxd6 $1 {White crushes the defence line.} Qxd6
22. Rhd1 Nd5 $5 23. cxd5 Re8 24. Qh5 {
Bareev won the event by 101/2/14, 21/2 points before Chandler.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9192"]
[Site "67"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 d6 6. Nc3 Qxb6 7. a4 g6 8. a5 Qb7
9. e4 Bg7 10. Bc4 O-O 11. Nge2 $5 {Shirov makes a slight improvement.} Ne8 $5
12. O-O Nc7 $5 13. Qd3 Bd7 14. f4 Bb5 {
Black has developed the queenside in a remarkable way.} 15. b3 Nd7 16. Ra2 Rad8
17. Bb2 Nf6 18. Ba1 $5 {White avoids exchanges.} e6 19. h3 Rfe8 $5 (19... exd5
20. Nxd5 Nfxd5 21. exd5 Bxa1 22. Rfxa1 Rfe8 {simplifies.}) 20. Ng3 Rd7 21. dxe6
fxe6 22. f5 Bxc4 $2 (22... gxf5 $1 23. exf5 d5 $1 24. Bxb5 axb5 25. fxe6 Rxe6
26. Qf3 {(Shirov)} Qc6 $1 {brings a great fight.}) 23. bxc4 exf5 24. exf5 g5
25. Rb2 Qa8 26. Rb6 g4 ({Or} 26... d5 27. Na4 $1 {(Shirov).}) 27. hxg4 Nxg4 28.
Nce4 $1 Bxa1 29. Rxa1 Rde7 30. Re1 d5 31. Qd1 $1 dxe4 32. Qxg4+ Rg7 33. Qf4 Qd8
34. f6 Qd4+ 35. Kh2 Rf7 36. Nf5 Qxc4 37. Nh6+ Kh8 38. Rxe4 $5 {
Shirov plays an elegant combination.} Qxe4 39. Nxf7+ Kg8 40. Nh6+ Kh8 41. Qxe4
Rxe4 42. Rb8+ Re8 43. Rxe8+ Nxe8 44. f7 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9192"]
[Site "67"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 b5 7. f4 Nc6 8. a3
cxd4 $5 ({Shirov met} 8... a5 {against Nikolenko in Moscow 1991.}) 9. Nxd4 Nxd4
10. Qxd4 $6 ({Theory will become} 10. cxd4 {(Shirov - Kortschnoj, Luzern 1993).
}) 10... Bc5 11. Qd3 O-O 12. Nf3 f6 $1 13. Nd4 $6 ({More solid is} 13. Be3 {
(Bareev).}) 13... Nxe5 $5 {Bareev gives a knight for centre pawns.} 14. fxe5
fxe5 15. Nc2 $1 ({Even worse is} 15. Qxb5 Qh4+ 16. Kd1 Bxd4 17. cxd4 Qxd4+)
15... Bf2+ 16. Kd1 e4 17. Qe2 e5 18. Be3 Qh4 19. g3 $2 ({The crucial line is} 
19. Qxb5 Be6 {(Bareev)} 20. Qa6 $1 Bf7 {and Black attacks.}) 19... Bxg3 20.
hxg3 $5 Qxh1 21. Kd2 a6 22. Bg2 Qh2 23. Rg1 Be6 24. Bf1 Qxe2+ 25. Bxe2 Rac8 26.
b4 $6 {White weakens the c-pawn.} Rfd8 27. Bb6 Rd7 28. a4 $5 bxa4 29. Bc5 Rc6
30. Ke3 Rdc7 31. Ra1 Bd7 32. Kd2 a5 33. Ne3 axb4 34. cxb4 Rxc5 $1 35. bxc5 Rxc5
36. Rc1 Rxc1 37. Kxc1 Be6 38. Nc2 d4 39. Bb5 Bb3 40. Na1 h5 41. Nxb3 axb3 {
White cannot halt the avalanche of pawns.} 42. Be8 e3 43. Bxh5 d3 0-1

[Event "Hastings 9192"]
[Site "67"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E41"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 d6 7. Be2 Qe7 8.
O-O e5 9. Ne1 $5 ({Known is} 9. Nd2 {(Pollak - Sämisch, Büsum 1968).}) 9... e4
10. f3 Bf5 11. fxe4 Bxe4 12. Nd3 Nbd7 13. Nf2 O-O 14. a4 $5 (14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15.
Bd3 $1 {continues the fight for the centre.}) 14... Bg6 15. Qb3 Rab8 16. Ra2
Ne4 17. Nh3 f5 18. Bd3 Ndf6 19. Nf4 Rbc8 20. g3 $2 ({More useful is} 20. Nxg6
$1 hxg6 21. Rb2) 20... Bf7 $1 21. Rg2 Rc7 22. Bb2 Rfc8 23. d5 $6 {
White closes the centre and tries to defend the kingside.} g5 24. Nh3 Bg6 25.
Bc1 Ng4 26. Be2 {He has no effective moves.} h5 27. Kh1 Qe5 28. a5 Rh7 29. Ng1
h4 30. Nf3 (30. gxh4 gxh4 31. Nh3 Ng3+ $1 32. hxg3 hxg3 {also wins for Black.})
30... Qe7 31. gxh4 gxh4 32. Bd1 h3 33. Ra2 Rg7 34. Ne1 Qh4 35. Nd3 {
Otherwise a check on f2 follows.} Kh7 36. Qb2 Rcg8 37. Nf4 Bh5 38. Nd3 Qg5 {
The threat of .. Ngf2+ decides the game.   Agdestein played a strongtournament.
} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 9192"]
[Site "67"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O Rb8 $6 8.
e5 $5 Ne8 $6 (8... Ng4 $1 {keeps more freedom.}) 9. a3 c5 10. Be3 cxd4 11. Bxd4
dxe5 12. fxe5 b6 13. Ne4 $6 (13. Bc4 $1 {
(Speelman) continues the white restraint.}) 13... Nec7 14. b4 $1 Ne6 15. Be3
Nac7 16. c4 f5 $1 17. exf6 exf6 18. c5 $5 {Bareev revives the attack.} f5 $1
19. Nd6 bxc5 20. bxc5 Bxa1 $5 21. Qxa1 {
Black has to stop the attack immediately.} Rb3 $2 (21... Qf6 $1 22. Ne5 $5 Ba6
23. Bxa6 Nxa6 24. Nd7 Qxa1 25. Rxa1 {equalises.}) 22. Rd1 $1 Ba6 23. Bxa6 Rxe3
(23... Nxa6 24. Nxf5 $1 Qf6 25. Nh6+ Kg7 26. Ne5 $1 Rxe3 27. Rd7+ Kh8 28. Nhg4
{brings an ingenious triumph.}) 24. Nxf5 gxf5 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Bc4 $1 Re4 27.
Qc3 Nd5 28. Qb3 Nec7 29. c6 Kf8 30. Ng5 Re3 31. Qb7 Re7 32. Qb2 $1 Rg7 ({Or} 
32... Kg8 33. Qf6 $1 {(Stohl).}) 33. Bxd5 Rxd5 34. Qb8+ (34. Qb8+ Ke7 35. Qxc7+
Kf6 36. Nxh7+ {wins elementary.}) 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9192"]
[Site "67"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 Nbd7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. d3 e6 8.
Nc3 Be7 9. Qb3 $5 O-O $1 10. Be3 (10. Qxb7 $2 Nc5 $1 {(Bareev)} 11. Qb4 $1 Nxd3
12. Qd4 Nb4 13. Qd1 Rc8 {favours Black.}) 10... Bxf3 $5 11. exf3 $6 ({
Preferable is} 11. Bxf3 $1 Ne5 $5 {(Bareev)} 12. Qxb7 $1 Nxf3+ 13. exf3 d4 14.
Bxd4 $1 Qxd4 15. Qxe7 Qxd3 16. Kg2) 11... Nc5 12. Bxc5 Bxc5 13. Qxb7 Qa5 14.
Qb3 Bd4 15. Rfc1 Rab8 16. Qc2 Rfc8 17. Rab1 g6 18. Bf1 Kg7 19. h4 $5 h6 20. Qd2
$2 {Adams allows a tactical decision.} (20. Qe2 $1 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Rxc3 22. Qe3
$1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 {defends properly.}) 20... Bxc3 $1 21. bxc3 Rxb1 22. Rxb1 d4
$1 23. Qc2 dxc3 $1 24. Rb3 Nd5 25. a3 Ne7 26. Bh3 Qa4 27. h5 $6 gxh5 28. f4 Kf8
$5 ({Not} 28... Qxb3 $5 29. Qxb3 c2 30. Qb2+ Kg8 31. Qc1 {(Horn).}) 29. Kh2
Qxb3 $1 30. Qxb3 c2 0-1

[Event "Hastings 9192"]
[Site "67"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]

{Bareev led by 9 point at the beginning of the penultimate round. Agdestein
followed at half-a-point.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Be7 5. Nc3 d5 6.
cxd5 exd5 7. Qa4+ Bd7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 $6 10. e3 c5 11. Rd1 c4 $5 {
White has a plus.} (11... Nc6 {
was played in Vladimirov - Sunye Neto, Cienfuegos 1986.}) 12. Be2 $1 h6 13. Bh4
Qc8 $2 ({Preferable is} 13... Nc6 14. O-O Re8) 14. Ne5 $1 Nc6 ({The desirable} 
14... Bf5 $6 15. e4 $1 Nxe4 $2 {fails due to} 16. Bxe7 $1 Nxf2 17. Qa4 Nxh1 18.
Bxf8 Qxf8 19. Nxd5) 15. O-O Rd8 16. f4 Ng4 $5 17. Bxg4 $1 Bxg4 18. Nxc6 Bxh4
19. Nxd8 Qxd8 $5 20. g3 $1 Be7 (20... Bxd1 21. Rxd1 Bf6 22. Qf5 {
also leads to the loss of pawn d5.}) 21. Qg2 $1 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 f5 23. Nxd5 Bf8
24. Nc3 Rc8 25. g4 Qe8 26. Kf2 fxg4 27. Qxg4 b5 28. d5 Kh8 29. d6 Rd8 30. d7
Qf7 31. Nxb5 Bc5 32. Kf3 Qf6 33. Nc3 Qb6 34. Qh5 Qb7+ 35. Ne4 Qb3 36. Qe8+ Kh7
37. Nc3 Bb6 38. Rd2 Ba5 39. Rd5 Qb6 40. Qe4+ Kh8 41. Re5 {Bareev had won the
tournament! His final score became 101/2 points. Agdestein stayed at the
second place.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9293"]
[Site "68"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

{This entertaining Hastings event became a race between Judit Polgár and
two-times winner Evgeny Bareev in 1992/93.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4.
Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. g3 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6
12. f3 Kh8 13. Be3 Ne8 $5 ({Theory is} 13... f4 $1) 14. Qd2 $1 f4 $1 (14... h6
$1 {leads to the same line.}) 15. gxf4 exf4 16. Bxf4 h6 17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. dxe6 {
Judit should recover pawn e6.} Rxf4 $2 (18... Kh7 $1 19. Be3 Qc8 {
regains the pawn and Black nearly equalises.}) 19. Qxf4 Bxc3 20. Qxh6+ Kg8 21.
Rad1 $1 Qc8 22. Qh3 $1 c5 $6 ({No use has} 22... Ng7 $2 23. f4 $1 {
and White advances the f-pawn (Knaak).}) ({Preferable is} 22... Bxb4 23. f4 Nf6
24. f5 Bc5+ 25. Kh1 Kg7 26. Rf4 Qe8) 23. f4 $1 cxb4 24. f5 $1 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 Qe5
26. fxg6 $1 Qh8 $5 ({Or} 26... Nxg6 27. Rg1 Qxe4+ 28. Rg2 {(Speelman).}) 27.
Qh7+ $1 Qxh7 28. gxh7+ Kxh7 29. Rf7+ Kh6 30. Rxe7 a5 31. Rg1 Nf6 32. Reg7 {
Judit lost her first important game.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9293"]
[Site "68"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nunn, John"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 6. d3 b5 $5 {
Bareev plays a great novelty. He will control more squares.} ({Known is} 6...
d6) 7. Bb3 Nxb3 8. axb3 d6 9. O-O Be7 10. Ne2 O-O 11. Ng3 c5 12. c4 Qc7 13. Ne1
Bg4 14. f3 Be6 15. Nc2 Nd7 16. Kh1 Rfe8 17. Ne2 Qb7 18. Nc3 a6 19. Qe1 $6 f5 $1
20. Ne3 f4 $1 21. Ned5 b4 22. Nd1 Nf8 23. g3 g5 24. Nf2 Bd8 25. Rg1 Ng6 26. Bd2
a5 27. Qe2 Ra7 {Nunn has defended his fortress quietly.} 28. Ng4 $6 (28. g4 $5
{closes the bastion. Bareev intended to attack on the h-file.}) 28... Qg7 29.
Raf1 Kh8 30. Qg2 h5 31. Nf2 Rf8 32. h4 $2 ({White should play} 32. g4 {at last.
}) 32... fxg3 33. Qxg3 Nxh4 34. Bxg5 Bxg5 35. Qxg5 Nxf3 36. Qxg7+ Rxg7 37. Rxg7
Kxg7 38. Nd1 Bh3 39. Rf2 Nd4 {More white pawns will fall.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 9293"]
[Site "68"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Nbd7 7. Qf3 e5 8. Nf5
g6 $5 ({Theory is} 8... b5) 9. Ne3 exf4 $5 10. Ned5 $5 {Polgár attacks.} Nxd5 (
{The line} 10... g5 $6 11. h4 $1 Ne5 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Qf2 {
leaves a hole on d5.}) 11. Nxd5 Ne5 12. Qxf4 Bg7 13. Be3 O-O 14. Nb6 $1 Ng4 $2
({Right is} 14... Rb8 {(Boensch).}) 15. Nxa8 Bh6 $5 16. Bb6 $1 Qe7 $5 {
Black seeks counter-play.} 17. Qf3 d5 18. Be2 Qb4+ 19. Qc3 Qxe4 20. O-O $1 Qxe2
21. Rae1 Qb5 22. Bd4 Bd7 23. Nc7 Qc6 24. h3 Rc8 25. Qf3 Nf6 26. Nxd5 $1 ({
Notice} 26. Nxd5 Nxd5 27. Qxf7#) 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9293"]
[Site "68"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Speelman, Jonathan"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Be2
Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. a3 a5 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Bd2 Qb8 $5 13. Ne4 $6 {
White loses his openings' advantage.} Nxe4 14. Qxe4 c5 15. Qb1 Rd8 $1 16. Rd1
h6 17. Be1 a4 18. b3 Bd5 19. b4 $2 (19. bxa4 bxa4 20. Bc3 {nearly equalises.})
19... c4 $1 20. e4 Bb7 21. Bc3 Nf6 22. Nd2 Ra7 23. Bf3 Bc6 24. Re1 Rad7 25. Qb2
Bb7 26. g3 Ne8 27. Bg2 Bf6 28. Nf3 Qa8 29. Qe2 Nd6 $1 30. Nd2 $5 (30. Ne5 Bxe5
31. dxe5 Nf5 $1 {also favours Black.}) 30... Ne8 $5 31. Nf3 Nd6 32. Nd2 Nf5 $1
33. exf5 Bxg2 34. fxe6 fxe6 35. Qxe6+ Kh8 36. Ne4 $5 Bxd4 $1 (36... Re7 37.
Qxe7 Bxe7 38. Kxg2 {achieves little (Bareev).}) 37. Bxd4 Rxd4 38. Kxg2 Re8 39.
Qf7 Rdxe4 40. Qf3 Rxe1 41. Qxa8 Rxa8 42. Rxe1 Rc8 {
Bareev has reached a better rook ending.} 43. Re2 Kg8 44. f4 Kf7 45. Kf3 Kf6
46. g4 $2 (46. Rd2 $1 {avoids the fatal weakening of pawn f4 (Bareev).}) 46...
g6 47. h3 h5 48. Rd2 c3 $1 {
Black gives his passed pawn for en entry to the white position.} 49. Rc2 Rc4
50. Ke3 h4 $1 51. Ke2 ({The pointe is} 51. Kd3 $2 Rxf4 $1) 51... Ke6 52. Kd1
Rxf4 53. Rxc3 Rf1+ 54. Ke2 Rh1 55. Rc5 ({Passive defence by} 55. Rd3 Rh2+ 56.
Kd1 Ke5 57. Ke1 {(Ftacnik)} Rg2 $1 58. Kf1 Rb2 59. Ke1 Rb3 $1 {wins for Black.}
) 55... Rh2+ 56. Kf3 Rxh3+ 57. Kg2 {
Bareev and Polgár scored the excellent 51/2/7 in the first cycle.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 9293"]
[Site "68"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Black "Nunn, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2
Bd7 9. h4 h5 10. O-O-O b5 11. Bh6 e5 $5 {Nunn improves the theory.} 12. Nd5 $1
Bxh6 $1 13. Qxh6 bxc4 14. g4 Nxd5 15. exd5 Nb4 16. Ng3 $1 c3 $2 (16... hxg4 $1
{(Knaak)} 17. Ne4 $1 Qe7 18. Bxc4 f5 19. Nc5 Bb5 {battles on.}) 17. Nxh5 $1
gxh5 18. gxh5 Bg4 $5 19. Rg1 $1 f5 20. fxg4 f4 21. bxc3 Nxa2+ 22. Kc2 Qxh4 23.
Qg6+ Kh8 24. Bd3 Qe7 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Qe6+ Qxe6 {
White gains a material superiority.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9293"]
[Site "68"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]

{When the last round began, Bareev led by one point on Polgár, but Judit had
White.} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Be3 Bd6 $5 ({Speelman played} 8... Nd5 {in round ten.}) 9. Qd3 b6
10. Ne5 $1 Bb7 11. Qb5+ $1 Nd7 12. O-O-O a6 13. Qb3 b5 $5 14. c4 $5 O-O 15. f4
Be4 16. c5 $1 Be7 17. Bd3 $1 Bxg2 $5 ({More solid is} 17... Bd5 18. Qc2 c6) 18.
Rhg1 Bd5 19. Qc2 f5 $5 20. Ng6 $1 Re8 ({No use has} 20... Rf6 $6 {(Nunn)} 21.
Bf2 $1) 21. c6 $5 Nf8 22. Ne5 Bh4 $2 ({Right is} 22... Bf6 {(J. Polgár).}) 23.
Qe2 $1 Qf6 24. Qh5 Red8 $6 (24... Re7 25. Rdf1 Rae8 26. Kb1 {
will be followed by a decisive attack.}) 25. Rxg7+ $3 Kxg7 ({The point is} 
25... Qxg7 26. Rg1) 26. Rg1+ Kh8 ({Or} 26... Kh7 27. Ng4 $1) 27. Nf7+ Kh7 28.
Nxh6 $1 {White delivers mate quickly. The 16-years-old Judit Polgár had joined
Evgeny Bareev as the winner by 9/14. Jon Speelman followed at one point.   The
Hastings Council and Foreign & Colonial had supported the Premier with big
money for the last time.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9394"]
[Site "69"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rogers, Ian"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

{DECLINE OF THE PREMIER  The Hastings Borough Council had given big sponsor
money for the previous event. Thereafter, they gave sufficient funds for the
survival of the Christmas festival. Local sponsors added support.} 1. d4 d5 2.
c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 Bb4 7. Bd2 a5 8. axb5 Bxc3 9. Bxc3
cxb5 10. b3 Bb7 11. d5 Nf6 12. bxc4 b4 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qa4+ Nd7 15. Nd4 e5
16. Nb3 Ke7 17. Be2 Qd6 $5 {Krasenkow has played a sharp novelty.} 18. Bg4 $2 {
Rogers is caught unprepared.} Nb6 $1 19. c5 $1 Qxd5 20. cxb6 Bc6 $1 21. Qa2
Qxg2 22. Rf1 Qxg4 23. Nxa5 Bb5 24. Qb2 Qe4 $5 ({Even better is} 24... Kf6 $1
25. f4 Bxf1 26. Qxe5+ Kg6) 25. b7 Ra6 26. Rg1 $5 (26. Rc1 $5 {
(Rogers) can be refuted by} Rxa5 27. Rc8 Ra3 $3 28. b8=Q Rxe3+ $1 29. fxe3
Qxe3+ 30. Kd1 Ba4+ 31. Qc2 Bxc2+ 32. Kxc2 Rxc8+ 33. Qxc8 Qe2+) 26... Rd8 $5 27.
Qc1 (27. Rd1 $1 Rg6 $1 28. Rxd8 Rxg1+ 29. Kd2 Rf1 $1 {
brings a mate attack (Krasenkow).}) 27... Qd3 28. Qb2 Kf6 {
Black threatens .. Rxa5!} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 9394"]
[Site "69"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Black "Nunn, John"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2
Bd7 9. h4 h5 10. O-O-O b5 11. Nd5 $5 ({Sadler had played} 11. Bh6 {
against Nunn the previous time.}) 11... bxc4 $1 12. Nxf6+ exf6 $1 13. Bh6 f5
14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Nc3 fxe4 16. fxe4 Bg4 17. Be2 Qd7 18. Nd5 Rae8 19. Bf3 f5 20.
exf5 Bxf5 21. Qc3 Ne7 22. Nxe7 $2 (22. Rhe1 $1 Nxd5 23. Bxd5 {equalises.})
22... Qxe7 23. Rde1 Qf6 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Qxc4 c5 $1 {
Black takes over the initiative.} 26. Qxa6 ({The pointe is} 26. dxc5 Rb8 $1 27.
Qc3 $2 Qxc3+ 28. bxc3 Rb1+ {(Nunn).}) 26... cxd4 $5 27. Kd1 Rc8 28. Re1 Bc2+
29. Ke2 d3+ 30. Kf2 ({Fatally ends} 30. Kd2 Qf4+ 31. Re3 Qb4+ 32. Kc1 d2# {
(Nunn).}) 30... d2 31. Qb7+ Kh6 32. Re7 Qxh4+ 33. Kg1 Qe1+ 34. Kh2 Qh4+ 35. Kg1
Qe1+ 36. Kh2 Rc4 37. g3 Qf2+ 38. Bg2 d1=Q 39. Rh7+ Kg5 40. Qe7+ Qf6 41. Qe3+
Rf4 $1 42. Ra7 Qdd4 0-1

[Event "Hastings 9394"]
[Site "69"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nunn, John"]
[Black "Barua, Dibyendu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 c6 6. O-O Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 d6 8.
d3 h6 $6 {Barua plays a poor novelty.} 9. Qe2 $5 Be6 $6 (9... Be7 {
prepare a quick castling.}) 10. Bb3 $1 Bxb3 11. axb3 g6 $6 12. f4 $1 Bg7 13.
fxe5 dxe5 14. Qf3 Qe7 15. Be3 a6 16. Kh1 Nd7 17. Qh3 h5 18. Rf3 O-O $6 ({
Wiser is} 18... Qe6 {(Krasenkow).}) 19. g4 $1 {White opens the h-file.} hxg4
20. Qxg4 Nf6 21. Qh4 Qe6 22. Bc5 Rfe8 23. Rg1 Nh5 24. Ne2 Rab8 25. Ng3 $1 Nxg3+
(25... Nf4 $5 26. Nf5 $1 gxf5 27. Rxf4 $1 exf4 28. Bd4 {
also wins for White (Nunn).}) 26. Rgxg3 b6 27. Be3 Qd7 {
Black has no serious defence.} 28. Rh3 Kf8 29. Qh7 Rb7 $5 30. Qxg6 $1 Re6 $5
31. Rh8+ $1 Bxh8 32. Bh6+ Ke7 33. Rxf7+ {The formulae of the Premier had
returned to ten participants. Three rounds were played between Christmas and
New Year and six rounds in the next year.   Nunn led by half-a-point on
Krasenkow, when the last round began.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9394"]
[Site "69"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Nunn, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Ne5
e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. f4 f6 11. Nd3 Nc6 12. e3 f5 13. Qe2 $5 Nf6 14. b3 Re8 15. a4
Bd7 16. Ba3 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Ne5 Ne7 19. Nc4 Bc6 20. Nd6 Rf8 21. g4 Nd5 $1
22. Nxd5 exd5 23. b4 $2 (23. Nb5 $1 {retreats the exposed knight.}) 23... a6 $1
24. b5 axb5 25. Nxb5 Rf7 26. Bc5 fxg4 27. Qxg4 Bd7 $6 (27... Rxa4 $1 28. Rxa4
Bxb5 {wins a pawn.}) 28. Qe2 b6 29. Bb4 g5 30. Nd6 $1 Rf6 $6 31. Qa2 $1 gxf4 $6
(31... Be6 $1 32. f5 Bf7 {keeps a plus.}) 32. Qxd5+ Be6 33. Qxe4 Rg6+ 34. Kh1
fxe3 35. Rg1 Ra5 $1 {Nunn draws elegantly.} 36. Rxg6 ({Not} 36. Bxa5 $2 Qxd6
37. Rxg6 hxg6 38. Bb4 Bd5 $1 39. Bxd6 Bxe4+ 40. Kg1 Bxd4 {
(Krasenkow) and Black wins.}) 36... Bd5 37. Re6 $5 (37. Rxg7+ Kxg7 38. Rg1+ Kf6
$1 39. Rf1+ Kg7 {also leads to a perpetual.}) 37... Bxe4+ 38. Rxe4 Ra8 39. Rg1
Qf6 40. Rxe3 Kh8 41. d5 Qd4 42. Nf7+ Kg8 43. Nh6+ Kh8 44. Nf7+ Kg8 45. Nh6+ Kh8
46. Rxg7 $5 Qxe3 $1 47. Rg2 Rf8 $1 {
Nunn won by a score of 7/9, half-a-point before Krasenkow.} (47... Rf8 48. Bxf8
Qe1+ 49. Rg1 Qe4+ {brings a perpetual check.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 9495"]
[Site "70"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Maric, Alisa"]
[Black "Howell, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2400"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

{The festival in 1994/95 had a remarkable participation, because five men and
five women partook.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5
Nxd5 7. O-O Nb6 8. Nc3 Nc6 9. e3 e5 10. d5 Na5 11. e4 c6 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3
cxd5 14. Bxb6 Qxb6 15. Nxd5 Qd8 16. Rc1 Nc6 17. b4 f5 18. exf5 $5 (18. b5 fxe4
19. bxc6 {drew in Maric - Joachim, Bad Ragaz 1994.}) 18... e4 $6 (18... Rxf5 $1
19. Ne3 Rf8 {equalises.}) 19. f6 $1 Bh6 $5 (19... Bxf6 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Nd2 {
is better for White (Ftacnik).}) 20. Rxc6 $1 exf3 $2 (20... bxc6 21. Ne7+ Kh8
22. Qxd8 Rxd8 23. Ne5 Rf8 $1 24. N5xg6+ {is less clear.}) 21. Rd6 $1 {
Alisa looks like an angle, but she knows how to beat a man!} fxg2 22. Re1 $1 ({
Not} 22. Rxd8 $2 gxf1=Q+ 23. Kxf1 Bh3+) 22... Qxd6 23. Ne7+ Qxe7 24. fxe7 Re8
25. g4 $1 {White restricts the black queenside.} Bg7 26. Qd5+ Kh8 27. h3 a6 28.
b5 Rb8 29. Qd6 Ra8 30. bxa6 b6 31. Qc6 Bxa6 32. Qxa8 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9495"]
[Site "70"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Madl, Ildiko"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C17"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. Bd2 Nc6 7. Nb5 Nxd4 8. Nxd4
cxd4 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Kxd7 11. Nf3 Bb6 12. O-O Ne7 13. a4 a6 14. Ng5 Qe8
15. Qf3 Bc7 {They play a razor-sharp French Defence.} 16. Qxf7 $2 (16. Qb3 $1 {
was done in King - Neverov, Baku 1986.}) 16... Qxf7 17. Nxf7 Rhf8 18. Ng5 h6
19. Nf3 Nc6 20. Rfe1 Rxf3 $5 (20... Rf5 21. Re2 Raf8 $1 22. Rae1 g5 {
keeps a positional advantage.}) 21. gxf3 Nxe5 22. Kg2 Rf8 23. Ra3 (23. f4 Nc4
24. Bc1 Bxf4 {favours Black.}) 23... Nc4 24. Bb4 $1 ({Not} 24. Rd3 $2 Nxd2 $1
25. Rxd2 Ba5 {(Ftacnik).}) 24... Rf5 25. Rd3 $2 Ne5 $2 ({Both players miss} 
25... Nxb2 26. Rxd4 Nxa4) 26. Rb3 Ng6 27. Kf1 Ne5 28. Kg2 $2 ({
The crucial line is} 28. f4 $1 Rxf4 29. Bd2 Rf6 30. Rxb7 Nc4 31. Bc1 Kc6 {
and Black has the initiative.}) 28... d3 $1 29. cxd3 Rg5+ 30. Kh1 Nxf3 31. h4
Rg4 32. Rc1 Bf4 33. Rd1 Rxh4+ 34. Kg2 Nd4 35. Rc3 Rh2+ 36. Kg1 Ne2+ {
Luther won the tournament by a score of 61/2/9.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Masters"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Howell, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

{When the centennial of Hastings 1895 was celebrated, it had been impossible
the organise a super tournament. Instead a Swiss open occurred in August 1995.
Bronstein and Adams were the only big names among the participants.} 1. c4 e5
2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 O-O 6. d3 d5 7. cxd5 Qxd5 8. Bd2 Bxc3 9.
Bxc3 Re8 10. Be2 e4 $2 {Howell makes a grave positional error.} 11. Bxf6 $1
exf3 (11... gxf6 12. dxe4 Qxe4 13. Bd3 {also favours White.}) 12. Bxf3 Nb4 $5
13. Qc3 Qxd3 14. Qxb4 gxf6 15. Rd1 Qa6 16. a3 Rb8 17. h4 Be6 18. Be2 Qb6 19.
Qc3 Bf5 20. Rd5 Qe6 21. Rd4 Qe5 22. O-O c5 23. Rf4 Kg7 24. Qa5 Qxb2 25. Rxf5
Qxe2 26. Qxc5 Qa6 27. h5 h6 28. Qb4 Rbd8 29. Rc1 Qe6 $2 (29... Re5 $1 {
offers more resistance.}) 30. Ra5 $1 Rd5 31. Rxa7 Rxh5 32. Qxb7 Rf8 33. Qf3 Qe5
34. g3 Rf5 35. Qg4+ Rg5 36. Qf4 Qb2 37. Rcc7 h5 38. Kg2 Qb1 39. Qc4 Qg6 40. Kf3
Rg4 41. Qe6 Kg8 42. Qd7 Rg5 43. Rc4 Kg7 44. Rf4 Rb8 45. Qd4 Rf5 $2 46. Rxf7+ $1
{Bronstein honoured the centennial by his presence.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Masters"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Emms, John"]
[Black "Atalik, Suat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Bg5 a6 9. O-O Qc7 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Qh5 Rg8 $1 {
Atalik plays a new and dangerous move.} 12. f4 ({White has no stomach for} 12.
Qxh7 $5 Rg6) 12... Rg6 13. Kh1 b5 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. a4 b4 16. Nd1 Qb6 $5 {
Black plays for a win.} 17. Qe2 f5 18. a5 Qa7 19. Ne3 fxe4 20. Bxe4 Nd4 21. Qd3
(21. Nxd4 $1 Bxe4 22. f5 Rxg2 $1 23. Nxg2 Qxd4 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Rf4 $1 {
favours White.}) 21... Nxb3 22. cxb3 f5 23. Bf3 Bxf3 24. Rxf3 d5 25. Re1 O-O-O
26. Rc1+ Kb7 27. Rf2 Bd6 28. Rfc2 Rg7 29. g3 Rc7 30. Rxc7+ Bxc7 31. Nc2 Qc5 32.
Qd2 Rc8 33. Nd4 $6 ({Preferable is} 33. Qxb4+ Qxb4 34. Nxb4) 33... Bxf4 $1 34.
Rxc5 Bxd2 35. Rxc8 $2 (35. Nxe6 $1 Rxc5 36. Nxc5+ Kc6 37. Nxa6 d4 38. Nb8+ Kc7
{draws.}) 35... Kxc8 36. Nxe6 Be3 37. Kg2 Kd7 38. Ng7 f4 39. Kf3 fxg3 $1 40.
hxg3 Bd4 41. Nh5 Be5 42. g4 Ke6 43. Nf4+ Bxf4 44. Kxf4 h6 {Atalik led at the
end of the penultimate round. He drew in the last round and became the sole
winner by a score of 7/9.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings"]
[Site "Masters"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "173"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

{The winner of this game will share the second place in the final standings.} 
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c4 Be7 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 12. Qd3 h6 13. Ne5 Nxc3 14. Qxc3
Nf5 15. Be3 a5 16. Rad1 $5 (16. Rac1 {
stems from Topalov - Karpov, Linares 1995.}) 16... Nxe3 17. fxe3 Ra6 18. Rc1
Rd6 19. Qc5 b6 20. Qb5 Bd7 21. Nxd7 Rxd7 22. Rc6 Rd6 23. Rec1 Rxc6 $1 24. Qxc6
({The pointe is} 24. Rxc6 $4 Bxd4 $1) 24... e5 $1 25. d5 Be7 26. Qc3 Bc5 {
Black has equalised.} 27. Rf1 Qg5 28. Rf3 Qh4 29. Bc2 Re8 30. Rg3 Qd8 31. Be4
Qd7 32. Qd3 Qe7 33. Qe2 Qh4 34. Qf3 Qf4 $1 35. h3 $2 (35. Kh1 $1 Qxf3 36. Rxf3
{draws.}) 35... g6 $1 36. Kh1 $6 Qxf3 37. Rxf3 $6 f5 38. Bc2 e4 39. Rf1 Bxe3 {
Adams has gained an extra pawn after the exchange of queens.} 40. Rd1 $1 Kf7
41. d6 $1 Rd8 42. Ba4 Ke6 43. d7 Ke5 44. Bc6 Bd4 45. b3 h5 46. g3 h4 47. Kg2
hxg3 48. Kxg3 g5 49. a4 Rh8 50. Kg2 Rf8 51. Re1 Rg8 52. Kf1 Rh8 53. Kg2 Kd6 54.
Bb5 Ke5 55. Rc1 Bc5 56. Rd1 Be7 57. Bc4 Rd8 58. Bb5 Bd6 59. Bc6 Bc5 60. Bb5 Be3
61. Bc6 Bd4 62. Rc1 Rg8 $2 {Mickey cannot find a win and blunders.} 63. Bxe4 $1
{White threatens 64. Rc8.} Rd8 64. Bc6 Bc5 65. Re1+ Kf6 66. Re8 Be7 67. Kf3 Ke6
68. Bb5 Kd6 69. Ke3 Bf6 70. Ke2 Be7 71. Kd3 g4 $2 {
Black should play a neutral move.} 72. hxg4 fxg4 73. Ke4 g3 74. Kf3 Bh4 $6 ({
The game can be prolonged by} 74... Rxd7 75. Bxd7 Kxd7 76. Rg8 Bd6 {
but the g-pawn will fall anyway.}) 75. Kg2 Kc7 76. Kh3 Bf6 77. Kxg3 Bd4 78. Re6
Bc5 79. Kf4 Bd6+ 80. Ke4 Bc5 81. Rc6+ $1 Kb8 82. Ke5 Be3 83. Ke6 Bf2 84. Ba6
Ka7 85. Rc8 Bh4 86. Kd6 $5 Kxa6 87. Kc7 {Adams only scored 51/2/9 and shared
the sixteenth place with Bronstein and others.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9596"]
[Site "71"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Black "Miles, Anthony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

{The congress of 1995/96 had a traditional participation of five Englishmen
(Miles, Conquest, Speelman, Sadler & Hodgson) plus five foreigners.} 1. d4 d5
2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nc6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. d5 Ne7 7. Bxc4 Ng6 8. Bb5+ $5 ({
Theory is} 8. Ne2 $1 {Lalic seeks the direct confrontation.}) 8... Nd7 9. Ne2
a6 10. Bd3 Bd6 $6 ({More active is} 10... Bc5 11. Bxc5 Nxc5) 11. Qd2 Qh4+ 12.
g3 Qe7 13. Nbc3 Nf6 14. h4 $1 h6 $6 (14... h5 $1 {obstructs the white charge.})
15. O-O-O Bd7 16. Kb1 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Rc1 Qb6 19. Nd1 c6 20. Ne3 cxd5 21.
exd5 $1 O-O 22. Nc4 Qd8 23. g4 {White strengthens the attack step-by-step.} Bb5
24. h5 $1 Ne7 25. d6 Nc6 26. g5 $1 hxg5 27. Qxg5 Bxc4 28. Bxc4 Ne8 29. Rcg1 $6
Kh8 $2 ({Black should exchange by} 29... Qxg5 30. Rxg5 Rd8 $1 31. h6 g6 $1 {
(Speelman)} 32. Rxg6+ Kh7 33. Rg5 Rxd6) 30. Qg6 $1 {
The untouchable queen attacks f7.} Qf6 31. Nc3 Nd4 32. Ne4 Qf5 33. d7 $1 Qxd7
34. Ng5 (34. Nf6 $1 Qf5+ 35. Bd3 {wins at once.}) 34... Qf5+ 35. Qxf5 Nxf5 36.
Nxf7+ Kh7 37. h6 g6 38. Nxe5 Ned6 39. Bd3 Rf6 40. Rc1 Re8 41. f4 Re7 42. Rcg1
Ree6 43. Bc2 Re7 44. Rg5 Rc7 45. a3 Ne7 46. Rhg1 Nc4 47. Nxg6 Nd2+ 48. Ka2 Nxg6
49. Bxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9596"]
[Site "71"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Miles, Anthony"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nf3 e5 $1 {
Conquest betters the opening.} 7. Be2 Be6 8. O-O h5 9. Nbd2 h4 10. dxc5 $6 ({
Preferable is} 10. Qb3 $5 e4 11. Qxb7 Bd7 12. Qb3 $1 exf3 13. Bxf3) 10... Bxc5
11. c4 e4 12. Nb3 $5 ({More cautious is} 12. Ne1 h3 13. g3) 12... exf3 13. Bxf3
h3 14. g3 Qb6 15. cxd5 Rd8 16. e4 Ne5 17. Be2 Bd7 18. Rc1 $6 ({More active is} 
18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Qd2) 18... Bd6 19. Kh1 Rg8 20. Nd2 $2 {
Miles misses his last chance.} (20. Qd4 $1 Qxd4 21. Nxd4 a6 22. f4 Ng4 23. Kg1
{creates a strong defensive screen.}) 20... Ke7 $5 21. b3 Qd4 $1 22. f3 b5 23.
Nb1 Qxd1 24. Rfxd1 Rc8 25. Kg1 Ng6 26. Kf1 a6 27. f4 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Nxf4 $1 29.
gxf4 Bxf4 30. Rd1 Bxh2 31. Bf3 Bd6 32. Ke2 h2 {
The attack has become deadly, although Black only has one extra pawn.} 33. Nd2
Rg1 34. Bh1 Bh3 35. e5 Bxe5 36. Bf3 f5 37. a4 Rxd1 38. Kxd1 Bg4 0-1

[Event "Hastings 9596"]
[Site "71"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Miles, Anthony"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 e6 6. axb5 cxb5 7. b3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2
Bxd2+ 9. Nbxd2 a5 10. bxc4 b4 11. Ne5 Nf6 12. Qa4+ Nfd7 13. c5 O-O 14. Nec4 $5
{Miles has made a prudent move.} Nf6 $6 ({Better is} 14... Bb7 $1 15. Nd6 $5 {
(Hodgson)} ({Not} 15. Nxa5 $2 Nc6 16. Ndb3 Nxa5 17. Nxa5 b3 $3) 15... Bc6 16.
Bb5 $1 Nb6 $1 17. Qc2 Nc8) 15. Be2 $6 (15. Nxa5 $5 {(Hodgson)} Nd5 16. Ndc4 Bd7
{gains a plus.}) 15... Nd5 $1 16. Bf3 Bd7 17. Qc2 Bb5 18. Nd6 Ba6 $2 ({
Better is the retreat} 18... Bc6 {(Hodgson).}) 19. N2c4 Nc6 20. O-O Qc7 21.
Rfc1 {White threatens 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. Nb6 (Hübner).} Bxc4 22. Nxc4 Nce7 23.
Qb3 Ra7 24. g3 Rb8 25. Kg2 h6 26. Rc2 Nc3 $2 ({Correct is} 26... Rd8 27. Rca2
Nc6 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 $1 {and 'It's a long way to Tipperary'.}) 27. Rxa5 $1 Rxa5
28. Nxa5 Qxa5 29. Rxc3 bxc3 30. Qxb8+ Kh7 31. Qb7 f5 32. Qxe7 c2 33. Qxe6 c1=Q
34. Qxf5+ g6 35. Qf7+ Kh8 36. Qf8+ Kh7 37. Bd5 Qh1+ 38. Kxh1 {
Miles scored two wins after the two losses.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9596"]
[Site "71"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Bb4 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8.
Qd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Be7 10. Qg4 g6 11. Bh6 d6 12. Qe4 $1 {
Conquest plays a fine novelty.} Qd7 13. Bd3 dxe5 14. O-O $5 (14. Bg7 f5 $1 15.
Qd5 Qxd5 16. cxd5 Rg8 17. Bxe5 Bd6 18. Bxd6 cxd6 {
equalises (Bukal - Sermek, Medulin 2002).}) 14... f6 15. f4 Qc6 $5 {
Black returns the extra pawn.} 16. Qxc6+ bxc6 17. fxe5 f5 18. Rab1 Be6 19. Be2
$6 (19. Be3 $1 a5 20. a4 {keeps a plus.}) 19... Kf7 20. Rb7 Bc5+ 21. Kh1 Rhc8 (
21... Bb6 $2 22. c5 $1 Bc8 $2 23. Bc4+ Ke7 24. Bg5+ Ke8 25. cxb6 Bxb7 26. Bf6
Rf8 27. bxc7 {(Khalifman)} Kd7 28. e6+ $1 Kxc7 29. Be5+ Kd8 30. Rd1+ Ke8 31.
Rd7 Bc8 32. Rxh7 {wins for White.}) 22. Rfb1 a5 $1 {
Black opens square a6 for a rook.} 23. a4 $6 (23. R7b2 $1 Ra6 24. Rd2 $1 Rb6
25. Rbd1 {reorganises the white position.}) 23... Ra6 $1 24. R7b2 $6 ({
Khalifman gives} 24. g3 $1 {but} Rb6 25. Kg2 Rxb7 26. Rxb7 Bb6 {
confines the white rook.}) 24... Rb6 25. Bg5 Rcb8 26. Rxb6 Rxb6 27. Rd1 ({Or} 
27. Rxb6 cxb6 28. Bf3 Bd7 {and white pawns will fall.}) 27... Be7 28. h4 Rb3
29. Bf3 Rxc3 30. Bxc6 Rxc4 31. Bb5 Rc5 32. Re1 c6 33. Ba6 Bxg5 34. hxg5 Rc3 35.
Rb1 Rb3 36. Rc1 Bd5 37. Bc4 Rb4 38. Bxd5+ cxd5 39. Rc7+ Ke6 40. Rxh7 Kxe5 41.
Rg7 Kf4 $1 {Khalifman, Lalic and the local champion Conquest won by the low
score of 51/2/9.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 9697"]
[Site "72"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Xie Jun"]
[Black "Flear, Glenn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C22"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. O-O-O Re8
8. Qg3 Rxe4 9. a3 Rg4 10. Qe3 Bf8 $6 ({Theory is} 10... Ba5) 11. h3 Rg6 12. Bd3
$1 {Xie Jun starts her usual fighting chess.} Rxg2 13. Nge2 $1 (13. Qf3 Rxg1 $1
14. Rhxg1 Ne5 {halts the white attack (Blatny).}) 13... d6 14. Nf4 Rg5 15. Ne6
$1 Bxe6 16. Qxg5 g6 17. Qh4 Nd5 18. Bg5 f6 19. Nxd5 $5 fxg5 20. Qe4 Ne5 $1 (
20... Bf5 $6 21. Qf3 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 {gives a positional advantage to White.})
21. Bc4 Bg7 $6 (21... Bf7 $1 {stabilises the black position.}) 22. Ne3 $1 Bxc4
23. Nxc4 Kh8 $6 ({Better is} 23... Qf8 $1 24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. Qd5+ Kh8 26. h4 c6)
24. Nxe5 Bxe5 25. h4 $1 {Xie Jun has kept the initiative on the kingside.} Qf8
$2 (25... Qe8 $1 26. Qb4 a5 $1 {defends properly.}) 26. Kb1 $1 {
Otherwise Black plays 26. .. Qf4+.} Re8 27. hxg5 Qg7 $4 28. f4 $1 {
Xie Jun started with two wins.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9697"]
[Site "72"]
[Date "1996.12.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nunn, John"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bd2 Bf5 7. Bc4 e6 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 10. Qe2 Nd7 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. Nh4 $1 (12. Qe1 $6 {
occurred in Hartwig - Walker, North Eastpointe 1994.}) 12... Bg6 13. Bb3 Bd6
14. g3 $1 Rhe8 15. Rhe1 f5 $5 {Conquest starts an ambitious plan.} ({
More solid is} 15... Kb8 16. Kb1 c5) 16. Ng2 Kb8 $6 ({Not} 16... Nf6 $2 17. Bg5
Be7 18. Bxe6+ $1) ({Better is} 16... c5 $1 17. d5 e5 {(Nunn).}) 17. Bf4 f6 $2 {
Conquest has liberated a bishop too early.} ({Preferable is} 17... Nf6 $1 18.
Kb1 Nd5 {and Black should worry about the fate of Bg6 later.}) 18. Bxe6 $1 Nf8
19. Qc4 Bh5 (19... Nxe6 20. Rxe6 Bxf4+ 21. Nxf4 Bf7 22. d5 $1 Bxe6 23. Nxe6 Qd6
24. Nxd8 Rxd8 25. Qd3 Qxd5 26. Qxd5 cxd5 27. Rd4 {
leads to a won rook ending (Nunn).}) 20. Rd3 Nxe6 21. Rxe6 Rxe6 22. Qxe6 Bxf4+
23. Nxf4 Re8 24. Qxf5 Re1+ 25. Kd2 Rd1+ 26. Kc3 Bg4 27. Qc5 Ra1 28. Re3 Bc8 29.
Re7 Qd8 30. Ne6 Bxe6 31. Rxe6 Rxa2 32. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9697"]
[Site "72"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Qb3 Ba5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 d5 6. Bg5 dxc4 $1 ({Known is} 
6... c6 {from Gulko-Rozentalis, Copenhagen 1996.}) 7. Qa4+ $6 ({The solid} 7.
Qxc4 $1 Qd5 8. Qxd5 Nxd5 9. Bd2 {gains a plus (Rozentalis).}) 7... Nc6 8. e4 $5
Bd7 9. Qxc4 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. a3 $6 ({Action brings} 11. e5 $1 Qf4 12. d5 $1
Qxc4 13. Bxc4 exd5 14. Bxd5) 11... O-O-O 12. Be2 g5 $1 13. e5 $5 Qg7 $5 14. O-O
$5 (14. h3 $1 h5 15. O-O-O {takes less risk.}) 14... Bb6 15. Rad1 g4 16. Ne1 h5
17. Nc2 h4 18. Ne4 $6 (18. Na4 $1 g3 19. Nxb6+ cxb6 20. h3 {
benefits from the exchange of the bold bishop.}) 18... g3 $1 {
A splitting attack begins.} 19. h3 Na5 20. Qc3 Ba4 21. Nc5 Bxc2 22. Qxc2 gxf2+
23. Kh1 $2 (23. Rxf2 $1 Nc6 $1 24. Qc3 {defends properly.}) 23... Nc6 $1 24.
Bf3 Nxd4 25. Qe4 c6 26. Rxd4 ({No relief brings} 26. Nxb7 Kxb7 27. Rxd4 Rd5 $1
{(Rozentalis).}) 26... Bxc5 27. Rc4 Rd5 28. Qc2 Qxe5 29. Re4 Qd6 30. Rc4 Bb6 $1
({The final intention is} 30... Bb6 31. Bxd5 Bc7 $1 {
and White loses everything.}) 0-1

[Event "Hastings 9697"]
[Site "72"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hebden, Mark"]
[Black "Nunn, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. Ne5 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Qb6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Na4 Qa5 12. c3 Nd7 13. b4 Qd8 {
They have followed Antoshin - Balashov, Moscow 1967.} 14. Qd2 $5 e5 $5 15. Bh6
Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Re8 17. Rfe1 Rb8 18. dxe5 Rxe5 19. Qd2 a5 20. Bf1 axb4 21. cxb4
Qf6 22. Rxe5 Nxe5 23. Re1 Kg7 $6 (23... Bf5 $1 24. Nc5 Nc4 $1 {counters.}) 24.
Nc5 $1 {White blockades on the queenside.} Bf5 25. a3 d4 $5 26. f4 $5 Nd7 $2 (
26... Ng4 $1 {starts a forwards defence.}) 27. Nxd7 Bxd7 28. Re5 $1 c5 $6 ({
Psakhis prefers} 28... Qd6 29. Re4 c5 30. bxc5 Qxc5 31. Qxd4+ Qxd4+ 32. Rxd4)
29. Rxc5 Bf5 30. Rd5 d3 $5 31. Bxd3 Qa1+ 32. Bf1 Qxa3 33. Qd4+ f6 (33... Kh6
34. Rxf5 $1 Rxb4 35. Rh5+ $1 Kxh5 36. Qc5+ Kh6 37. Qf8+ Kh5 38. Be2+ {
leads to mate.}) 34. Rd6 $2 (34. b5 {wins easily.}) 34... Qxb4 $1 35. Qxf6+ Kh6
36. h3 Qxf4 $4 ({Right is} 36... Re8 $1 {and White only has an edge (Psakhis).}
) 37. Rd4 Qe3+ 38. Kh2 {Hebden, Nunn and Rozentalis won by a score of 6/9.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9798"]
[Site "73"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Relange, Eloi"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B99"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

{Sadler is one of the former prodigies of British chess. He won the Congress
in 1997/98. I have analysed four wins.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4
Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Qf3 Qc7 9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. g4 b5 11. Bxf6
Nxf6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 Bxg5+ 14. Kb1 Ne5 15. Qh5 Qd8 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. fxe6 O-O
18. Rg1 Bf6 19. exf7+ Kh8 20. Nd5 g6 21. Qh3 Rxf7 22. Nf4 Qd7 23. Qb3 Qc6 24.
Bh3 Bg7 25. Rgf1 Raf8 26. Ne6 Rxf1 27. Bxf1 Rf2 28. a4 bxa4 $1 ({
Matthew improves on} 28... b4 {of his game Oll - Sadler, Koge 1997.}) 29. Qb8+
Bf8 30. Nxf8 $2 ({Right is} 30. Rc1 Kg8 {(Sadler).}) 30... Qxc2+ 31. Ka2 {
The last three moves can be found in an analysis by Oll (Chess Informant 70).}
Nc6 $1 32. Nxg6+ Kg7 33. Qc7+ ({Or} 33. Qh8+ Kh6 $1 {(Sadler).}) 33... Rf7 34.
Qb6 a5 $1 {Sadler showed himself as a theorist.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 9798"]
[Site "73"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6 6. Bc4 Nb6 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8.
Nc3 dxe5 9. d5 a6 10. Ba4 Nxa4 11. Qxa4 b5 12. Nxb5 Bd7 13. Nc3 Nd4 14. Qd1 Bf5
$1 ({Rozentalis had encountered} 14... g6 {
in a game versus Tukmakov (Lvov 1990).}) 15. Kf1 $1 {
White plays the best move but reaches a poor position.} g6 $1 16. Nge2 Bg7 {
The centre gets extra support.} 17. Ng3 Bc2 18. Qd2 e4 19. Ngxe4 Bxe4 20. Nxe4
Qxd5 21. Qd3 O-O 22. h4 Rfd8 23. Rh3 Rac8 24. Nc3 Qe6 $5 25. Rb1 $2 (25. Re3 {
prolongs the agony (Sadler).}) 25... Nb5 $1 26. Qc2 Bxc3 27. bxc3 Rxc3 {
Sadler displayed his ability as an attacker.} (27... Rxc3 28. Rxc3 Nxc3 {
is hopeless.}) 0-1

[Event "Hastings 9798"]
[Site "73"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "161"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 c5 7. c3 Bf5 8. Nbd2
cxd4 $5 {Hebden conceives a special manoeuvre.} ({The quiet} 8... Qc8 {
drew in Eingorn - Bologan, Germany 1997.}) 9. Nxd4 Bc8 $1 10. e4 Nbd7 11. Nc4
a6 12. a4 Ne5 13. Ne3 Nfd7 $5 (13... Bd7 $1 14. f4 Nc6 {plays naturally.}) 14.
Qc2 Nc6 15. Nb3 Rb8 16. a5 Nf6 $6 (16... b5 $1 17. f4 Bb7 {
develops the dense queenside.}) 17. Nd5 Be6 18. h3 Nd7 19. Qe2 Rc8 20. Bg5 h6
21. Be3 Nce5 22. Bd4 Re8 23. Nd2 Bxd5 24. exd5 Qc7 25. b3 Nf6 26. c4 Ned7 27.
b4 Nh7 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Qd3 Nhf6 30. Qd4 b6 $6 {
Black has to defend in a passive endgame.} 31. axb6 $1 Qxb6 32. Qxb6 Nxb6 33.
Bf1 Ra8 34. Nb3 Kf8 35. Na5 Rec8 36. f4 Rc7 37. Rad1 Nc8 38. Bg2 Na7 39. Rd2
Rb8 40. Rb1 Nd7 41. Rb3 Nb6 42. Rd4 Rbc8 43. Bf1 Rb8 44. Kf2 Nd7 45. Be2 Rd8
46. Bf3 Nf6 47. Rd1 Rdc8 48. Rd4 Nd7 49. Ke3 Rb8 50. Kd2 Rb6 51. Re4 Rb8 52.
Rd4 Rb6 53. Re4 Rb8 54. Be2 Rb6 55. Bd3 Rc8 56. Re3 Nf6 57. Re1 Rcb8 58. Kc3
Rc8 59. Kb2 Rcb8 60. Ka3 {Sadler has been gaining time on the clock.} Rc8 61.
Bf1 Rcb8 62. Bg2 Nd7 63. Ka4 Ke8 64. Ree3 Kd8 65. Bf3 Rc8 66. Ka3 Nf8 67. h4 $1
{The final attack starts on the kingside.} h5 68. g4 hxg4 69. Bxg4 Rc7 70. Rb2
e6 $5 {Hebden begins a desperate counteraction.} (70... Nd7 71. h5 $1 gxh5 72.
Bxh5 Ke8 73. Rh2 $1 Nf6 74. Bd1 {perfects the restraint.}) 71. Rbe2 Ke7 72.
dxe6 Nc6 73. exf7+ Kxf7 74. Nxc6 Rbxc6 75. Bf3 $1 Rb6 (75... Rxc4 76. Bd5+ {
stops the counter.}) 76. Bd5+ Kf6 77. Re8 Nh7 78. Ka4 Kf5 79. Ka5 Rbc6 80. Bxc6
Rxc6 81. R2e7 {Sadler demonstrated fine positional play.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9798"]
[Site "73"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew"]
[Black "Plaskett, Jim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 7. Qd2 c5 8. d5
Nbd7 $5 (8... a6 9. e5 {
led to great complications in Sadler - Mestel, Hove 1997.}) 9. h3 $6 Rb8 10.
Bb5 a6 11. Bxd7 Qxd7 12. e5 Ne8 13. O-O $6 Bb7 14. Rad1 Nc7 15. a3 Rbd8 16. b4
$6 Qc8 17. Qf2 Qa8 $2 (17... dxe5 $1 18. Nxe5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Rxd5 20. Rxd5 Bxd5
21. bxc5 {(Sadler)} b5 $1 {
takers advantage of the inaccuracies and gains an edge.}) 18. bxc5 dxc5 19. Rb1
Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Rxb6 c4 22. Bc5 Rd7 23. c3 Rb8 24. Rfb1 Rbd8 25. Bd4 e6
26. h4 Bf8 27. a4 Bc6 28. h5 $1 gxh5 29. f5 Be4 30. fxe6 fxe6 31. Rf1 Bf5 32.
Ng5 Re8 33. Qh4 Rg7 34. Qxh5 Be7 $4 35. Rxa6 $1 {
White is going to sacrifice three pieces.} Qc8 36. Rxf5 $1 exf5 37. Nxh7 $3
Qxa6 ({Or} 37... Rxh7 38. Rg6+ Rg7 39. Rxg7+ Kxg7 40. e6+ {(Sadler).}) 38. Nf6+
$1 Bxf6 39. Qxe8+ Kh7 40. exf6 {
Sadler played all-round chess and won by a score of 7/9.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9899"]
[Site "74"]
[Date "1998.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Emms, John"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E21"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 c5 6. Bg5 Bb7 7. Rd1 O-O 8. e3
cxd4 9. exd4 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Be7 11. Rg1 Re8 12. Be2 d6 13. f4 $5 ({Known is} 13.
Kf1) 13... Nbd7 14. Qc2 d5 $5 {Both players seek the confrontation.} 15. f5
exf5 16. Qxf5 dxc4 17. Bxc4 g6 $2 {Emms weakens his kingside.} ({Better is} 
17... Qc7 $1 18. Bb3 Qxh2 19. Kf1 {(Sokolov)} Rad8 $1) 18. Qf3 Qc7 19. Bb3 Qxh2
$5 {Black chooses a heroic defence.} 20. Rh1 Qc7 21. Kf1 Qd8 ({Or} 21... Rf8
22. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 23. Rxh7+ {(Tisdall).}) 22. Re1 $1 Rf8 23. Ba4 $1 {
White threatens to win a piece.} b5 $5 24. Bxb5 Rb8 25. Bxd7 Qxd7 26. Rxe7 $1
Qxe7 27. Bxf6 Qe6 28. d5 Qa6+ 29. Kg2 Rb6 30. Ne4 $1 ({Notice} 30. Ne4 Qc8 31.
Qf4 Qf5 32. Qh6 $1 Qxe4+ 33. Kg3 Qd3+ 34. f3) 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9899"]
[Site "74"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4
a5 15. Rxb7 g5 16. Bg3 a4 17. h4 Nc6 $5 ({Sokolov played} 17... a3 {
in the Grünfeld against Lautier (Malmo 1998).}) 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. d5 $1 Bxf3
20. Bxf3 Nd4 21. d6 $5 (21. Rxe7 $2 {fails due to} Qb2 22. e5 a3 23. d6 Nxf3+
24. gxf3 a2 25. Qa1 Qxa1 26. Rxa1 Rfb8 27. d7 Kf8 $1 {(Stohl).}) 21... e5 $1
22. d7 $6 (22. Bg4 $1 a3 23. Rb4 $1 Nc2 24. Rb7 Nd4 {
leads to a repetition of moves.}) 22... Qe6 23. Bg4 Qc6 24. Rb1 $1 Qxe4 25. Re1
Qd5 26. Bf5 $1 Rad8 27. Be4 $5 Qe6 $5 28. Qh5 f5 29. Bd3 Rxd7 30. Rbc1 $2 {
White is spoiling time.} (30. Rb4 $1 Qh6 31. Qxh6 Bxh6 32. Bxe5 Re8 {
(Krasenkow)} 33. Kf1 $1 {equalises.}) 30... Qh6 $1 31. Qxh6 Bxh6 32. Bxe5 Bg7
33. Rc7 $5 Rxc7 34. Bxc7 Bf6 35. Rb1 a3 36. Kf1 Kg7 37. Bc4 $6 Rh8 $1 38. Kg1
a2 $1 39. Bxa2 Ne2+ 40. Kf1 Nc3 41. g4 Nxb1 0-1

[Event "Hastings 9899"]
[Site "74"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 d6 5. cxb5 a6 6. b6 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. e4 Nbd7
9. a4 a5 10. Bb5 O-O 11. O-O Nxb6 12. Re1 Ne8 13. Bf4 $5 ({Known is} 13. h3 {
in this Volga Gambit.}) 13... f6 14. Nd2 Nc7 15. Bc6 Rb8 16. Nb3 Nc4 17. Nb5
Na6 18. Qe2 Ne5 19. Bxe5 fxe5 20. Nd2 Nb4 21. Nc4 Ba6 22. Ra3 Rc8 23. Na7 Rc7
24. Nb5 Nxc6 $1 25. dxc6 Rxc6 26. Qd2 Qd7 27. Rb3 Bc8 28. Na7 Ra6 29. Nxc8 Qxc8
30. Rb5 Rd8 (30... Qe6 $1 31. Rxa5 Qxc4 32. b3 Bh6 $1 33. Qd1 Qf7 $1 34. Rxa6
Qxf2+ 35. Kh1 Bd2 36. Rg1 Be3 {draws.}) 31. Rd1 $5 e6 32. Nxa5 Qc7 33. b3 Bf8
34. Nc4 d5 35. g3 Rc6 36. Na5 Rb6 37. Nc4 Rxb5 38. axb5 Be7 39. Ne3 Bg5 40. h4
Bxe3 41. Qxe3 d4 42. Qg5 Rf8 43. h5 Qf7 44. Rd2 Qf3 $2 ({Stohl prefers} 44...
Qf6 $1 45. Qxf6 Rxf6 46. Rc2 Rf3 47. Rxc5 Rxb3 48. Kf1 $1 Kf7) 45. Qxe5 Ra8 46.
Qxe6+ Kg7 47. Qe5+ Kh6 $1 48. Qf4+ $2 (48. Kh2 $1 Ra1 49. Qf4+ {
displaces the black rook before the queens are exchanged.}) 48... Qxf4 49. gxf4
Rb8 $1 50. hxg6 hxg6 51. Rd3 Rxb5 52. Rg3 Ra5 $2 {
Black misses the narrow escape.} (52... Rb4 $1 53. Rg5 $5 d3 $1 54. Rxc5 Rd4 $1
55. Rc1 Rxe4 {draws.}) 53. Kg2 Ra1 54. Rg5 $1 {White has activated his rook.}
Rc1 55. Rd5 $1 Rc3 56. f3 $1 Kg7 57. Kg3 Kf6 58. f5 gxf5 59. Rxf5+ Ke6 60. Rd5
Kf6 61. Kf4 Ke6 62. b4 $1 cxb4 63. Rxd4 b3 64. e5 Rc6 65. Rb4 Ra6 ({Or} 65...
Rc3 66. Ke4 b2 67. Rb6+) 66. Rxb3 Ra4+ 67. Kg5 Ra8 68. Rb6+ $1 Kxe5 69. f4+ Kd5
70. f5 Rg8+ 71. Kh6 {Boys and ladies had become a special feature in Hastings'
festival. Ponomariov was fifteen at the time.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 9899"]
[Site "74"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Plaskett, Jim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1998.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Bb7 5. Nge2 f5 6. a3 Bd6 7. b4 Nf6 $5 8. c5
Be7 9. Nf4 a5 10. Bb2 axb4 (10... O-O {
will be played in De Lagontrie - Wohl, Metz 2001.}) 11. axb4 Rxa1 12. Bxa1 Nc6
$5 13. b5 Na5 14. c6 $1 Bc8 $1 15. cxd7+ Qxd7 16. Be2 Bd6 $5 17. Nh5 Nd5 18.
O-O Bb7 19. e4 $5 fxe4 20. Nxe4 O-O 21. Bg4 Qxb5 $6 ({Wiser is} 21... g6 $1 22.
Nhg3) 22. Bxe6+ Kh8 23. Re1 Bb4 $2 {Plaskett seems abandon his king.} (23...
Qb4 $1 {(prevents 24. Qg4)} 24. Ng5 g6 25. Nf7+ $5 Rxf7 26. Bxf7 gxh5 27. Re8+
Kg7 28. Bxh5 Be7 $1 {defends well.}) 24. Qg4 $1 g6 25. Qg5 $1 Bxe1 ({Or} 25...
Nc4 26. Qh6 $1 gxh5 27. Ng5 Nf6 {(Sokolov)} 28. Nxh7 $1 Nxh7 29. d5+) 26. Qe5+
Rf6 27. Nexf6 Nc4 28. Qxe1 gxh5 29. Bd7 {Sokolov won by 7/9.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Millennium"]
[Site "75"]
[Date "2000.01.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

{The opening of the Hastings' festival was postponed until 4 January 2000 due
to the Millennium celebration.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. b4
O-O 6. Be2 Nfd7 7. O-O $5 e5 $1 {Black counters in the centre.} 8. c3 Re8 9. a4
a5 10. b5 c5 11. bxc6 bxc6 12. Rb1 Ba6 $1 13. c4 e4 $1 14. Ne1 Nb6 15. c5 $2 (
15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Bb5 {guards the a-pawn.}) 15... Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Nxa4 $1 17. Rb3
Nd7 18. Ba3 $2 (18. f3 $1 Naxc5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Ra3 {fights back.}) 18... Rb8
19. Qd1 Rb5 20. Rxb5 Nc3 21. Qb3 Nxb5 22. Nc2 Qa8 23. Bb2 a4 24. Qb4 $2 (24.
Qa2 {prolongs the game (Gershon).}) 24... Rb8 $1 25. Ra1 Nxd4 26. Rxa4 Nxc2 $1
{Black has won a piece.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Millennium"]
[Site "75"]
[Date "2000.01.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Nf3
Be7 9. g3 a5 10. h4 $5 ({Known is} 10. Bh3) 10... a4 11. Bh3 Ndb8 $5 {
Speelman disregards the kingside.} 12. h5 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bd7 14. O-O Na5 15. Nc3
Nc4 16. f5 $5 {Lalic neglects the queenside.} Nxb2 17. Qe2 a3 18. f6 $5 ({
More solid is} 18. Rb1 Nc6 19. Qe3) 18... gxf6 19. exf6 Bd6 $1 (19... Bxf6 $2
20. Nxd5 $1 Bxd4+ 21. Kh2 Qd6 22. Nxd4 Qxd5 {(Speelman)} 23. Nf5 $1 {
favours White.}) 20. Bh6 $5 Nc6 {Hereafter, White collapses.} 21. Kh1 $2 ({
The exchanges by} 21. Nxd5 $1 Nxd4 $1 22. Nxb6 Nxe2+ 23. Kf2 Bc5+ 24. Be3 Bxb6
25. Bxb6 {bring a black plus (Finkel).}) 21... Nxd4 22. Qe3 $6 Bc5 23. Bg7 Nf5
24. Qg5 h6 25. Nxd5 $6 hxg5 $1 26. Nxb6 Rxh5 $1 27. Nxa8 Rxh3+ 28. Kg2 Rxg3+
29. Kh2 Bd6 0-1

[Event "Hastings Millennium"]
[Site "75"]
[Date "2000.01.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Be2 Nc6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. d5 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Ne5 12. Be2 Nec4 13. Bc1 c6 14. dxc6
bxc6 15. Qc2 Qd4 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Rb1 $5 ({Novikov played} 17. a4 {
in this position.}) 17... Na3 $1 18. bxa3 Qxc3 19. Qxc3 Bxc3 20. Ba6 c5 21. Bf4
Bd2 $1 22. Be5 $1 {The struggle intensifies.} c4 $5 23. Bb7 f6 24. Bc7 $2 (24.
Bxa8 $1 fxe5 25. Bc6 c3 26. Rb5 Rc8 27. Rc5 e6 {(Sutovsky)} 28. Rb1 Na4 29. Rc4
Nb6 {brings a perpetual.}) 24... Rd7 25. Bxa8 ({Krasenkow analyses} 25. Bxb6
Rxb7 26. Be3 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 Bxe3 28. fxe3 Rc8 {and Black wins.}) 25... Rxc7 26.
Bd5+ Nxd5 27. exd5 c3 28. g3 c2 29. Rbc1 Kf7 {Black plays cat and mouse.} 30.
Kg2 f5 31. f4 Ke8 32. Kf3 Kd7 33. Ke2 Bxc1 34. Rxc1 Kd6 35. Kd2 Kxd5 36. a4 h5
37. a5 a6 38. h4 Kd4 0-1

[Event "Hastings Millennium"]
[Site "75"]
[Date "2000.01.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 a6 7. Be3 c6 8. c5
Nbd7 9. Rc1 $5 b6 $6 ({Preferable is} 9... dxc5 10. dxc5 Qc7) 10. cxd6 exd6 11.
Nf4 c5 12. a4 cxd4 $2 (12... Bb7 $5 13. d5 $5 Qe7 14. Be2 g5 $1 15. Nh3 g4 {
brings a counteraction.}) 13. Bxd4 Bh6 $5 14. Be3 Nh5 $5 {
Black offers the weak d-pawn. White does not take it but charges instead.} 15.
Ne6 $1 (15. Qxd6 $5 Nc5 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. g3 Nxf4 18. gxf4 {
gains a pawn (Dreev).}) 15... fxe6 16. Bxh6 Qh4+ 17. g3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Qxh1 19.
Bxf8 Nxf8 20. Nd5 $1 {White has carried out the decisive blow.} exd5 (20... Bd7
21. Nf6+ Kf7 22. Nxd7 Nxd7 23. Qxd6 {
(Hazai). White has regained the pawn and assaults.}) 21. Qxd5+ Be6 22. Qxa8
Qxf3 23. Rc3 Qh1 24. Kf2 Qh2+ 25. Bg2 Bh3 26. e5 $1 dxe5 27. Rc7 h5 28. Qf3 Bf5
29. Qd5+ Ne6 30. Qa8+ Nf8 31. Qe8 {
Sutovsky won by 61/2/9. Speelman and Dreev followed at half-a-point.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 0001"]
[Site "76"]
[Date "2000.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Beshukov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. O-O Ne7 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Ne2 a6 8.
Ba4 Nc6 9. d3 g6 10. Bxc6 $5 ({Known is} 10. c3 {
(Emms - Yermolinsky, Philadelphia 1991).}) 10... dxc6 11. Bd2 Bg7 12. c3 dxc3
$5 ({The alternative is} 12... c5 13. f4 {
and the black pawn centre lies under full attack.}) 13. Bxc3 e5 $2 (13... f6 $1
14. d4 O-O {defends solidly.}) 14. f4 $1 Qe7 $5 15. fxe5 Bxe5 16. d4 Bg7 17.
Qd2 $1 Qxe4 $5 18. Rae1 O-O 19. Nf4 Qf5 20. d5 $1 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Qg5 ({Not} 
21... cxd5 $2 22. Re5 $1 Qf6 23. Nxd5) 22. dxc6 bxc6 23. Qxc6 Bf5 $6 (23... Rb8
24. Re8 $1 Bf5 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Qxa6 {
also leads to a lost position for Black but prolongs the game (Gershon).}) 24.
Nd5 Rac8 25. Qd6 Rc2 $2 26. Nf6+ Kg7 27. Qxf8+ $1 {White strikes.} Kxf8 {
White wins a rook.   The young Aronian showed his talent in a tournament for
adults.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 0001"]
[Site "76"]
[Date "2000.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4
Nc8 $6 {Bischoff has played this move before in the Bundesliga.} ({
More active is} 8... Nf5) 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Bd3 a6 11. Re1 Nb6 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. Nb3
Nb4 14. Bb1 Nc4 15. Qf3 Nc6 16. Qg3 Kf8 $5 {
The black king can be used as a guardian in the French Defence.} 17. h4 h6 18.
Ne2 Qd8 19. Nf4 $5 (19. h5 $1 {could be played as preparation.}) 19... Bxh4 20.
Qf3 Kg8 $5 21. Nh5 Be7 $6 ({More solid is} 21... Qe7) 22. Qg4 g5 $5 23. f4 {
A crucial moment has arisen.} Qb6 $2 (23... Kf8 $1 {
moves the king from the g-file, and} 24. fxg5 hxg5 25. Rf1 N6xe5 $1 26. dxe5
Qb6+ 27. Rf2 Nxe5 {counteracts.}) 24. fxg5 N6xe5 $1 25. Qg3 Ng6 26. gxh6 Kh7 $6
(26... Be8 $5 27. Bxg6 fxg6 28. Nf4 {leaves little hope for Black.}) 27. Bg5
Qd8 28. Qf2 f5 29. Bxe7 Qxe7 30. Bxf5 Raf8 31. Bxg6+ Kxg6 32. Nf4+ Kxh6 33. Nc5
e5 34. dxe5 Qg5 35. g3 Qg4 36. e6 Bc8 37. e7 Rfg8 38. Kg2 Nd6 39. Nce6 {
40. Rh1+ will decide the game.   The local hero had won.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 0001"]
[Site "76"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 a5 7. a4 b6 8. b3
Bb7 9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. e3 Re8 11. Qe2 Bf8 12. e4 dxe4 13. dxe4 Nc5 14. Rad1 Nfd7
15. e5 Qb8 16. Nc4 h6 $6 {Black creates a weakness in his position.} 17. Rd4
Bc6 18. Bc1 Qb7 19. Nh4 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 b5 21. axb5 Qxb5 22. Rg4 f5 23. exf6 Nxf6
24. Rg6 Ncd7 $2 {Bischoff blunders the vulnerable pawn.} 25. Bxh6 $1 Kh7 26.
Bf4 Qh5 ({The pointe is} 26... Kxg6 27. Ne5+ $1) 27. Qxh5+ Nxh5 28. Rg5 Nxf4
29. Nxf4 a4 30. Rh5+ Kg8 31. Ng6 Kf7 32. Nxf8 Rxf8 33. Rd1 Ke7 34. Rg5 Rg8 35.
bxa4 Rxa4 36. Ne3 Re4 37. Ng4 {
Black is going to lose another pawn.   Sasikiran took the lead on Conquest.}
1-0

[Event "Hastings 0001"]
[Site "76"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Beshukov, Sergei"]
[Black "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2000.??.??"]

{Sasikiran had scored 51/2/8 and drew in the last round. Conquest had to win
this game in order to share the first place.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. h4 b5 11.
Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bd3 h6 13. Be3 Nd7 $5 {A long game lies ahead.} 14. Qf2 Qc7 15.
Kb1 Ne5 16. Ne2 Bb7 17. Bb6 Qc6 18. Bd4 Rc8 19. Rc1 h5 20. Rhe1 b4 21. Qg3 Ng6
22. Rh1 e5 23. Be3 a5 24. Bg5 Qd7 25. Qf2 Qd8 $5 {
Conquest starts a risky counter.} 26. Ng3 $1 Nxh4 27. Bxe7 $1 Qxe7 28. Qb6 g6
29. Rxh4 Qxh4 30. Qxb7 O-O 31. Nf1 $5 Qf2 32. Qa6 Rc5 33. Qxd6 Rfc8 34. Qd7 Kg7
35. b3 R8c7 36. Qd8 Rc8 37. Qd7 (37. Qg5 $1 f6 38. Qd2 $1 Qxd2 39. Nxd2 {
shows ambition.}) 37... R8c7 38. Qd6 R7c6 39. Qd8 Qxg2 $5 40. Ne3 Qxf3 41. Qg5
$5 Qf6 42. Qg1 Qd8 43. Rf1 a4 $2 ({Black's risky play should be continued by} 
43... f6) 44. Bc4 $1 Rc7 45. Nd5 $1 Rxc4 46. bxc4 Rxc4 47. Qf2 $2 (47. Rxf7+ $1
Kxf7 48. Qf1+ {wins for White.}) 47... f5 $1 48. Qa7+ Kh6 49. Qf7 Rxe4 50. Ne7
Rg4 $2 ({Necessary is} 50... Qd6) 51. Qf6 Kh7 52. Qf7+ Kh6 53. Rh1 $2 (53. Ng8+
$1 Kg5 54. Qg7 $1 {wins again.}) 53... b3 $1 54. Nxf5+ Kg5 55. Ng7 bxc2+ 56.
Kc1 Kh6 $1 57. Nxh5 Rh4 $1 58. Qg7+ $5 Kxh5 59. Qh7+ $5 (59. Rg1 $1 Rg4 60.
Rh1+ Rh4 {draws.}) 59... Kg4 60. Rg1+ Kf3 61. Qxg6 Qe7 62. Qg2+ $5 Ke3 63. Qd2+
Ke4 64. Re1+ Kf5 65. Qxc2+ Kf6 66. Qc6+ Qe6 67. Rf1+ Rf4 68. Rxf4+ exf4 69.
Qxa4 Kg5 {White should hold on to his pawn.} 70. Qb5+ $2 ({Probably} 70. Qd4 $3
{suffices for a draw.}) 70... Kg4 71. a4 f3 72. Qb4+ Kg3 73. Qb8+ Kg2 74. Qb7
$6 (74. Qa8 {prolongs the game.}) 74... Qc4+ 75. Kd2 Qd4+ 76. Kc2 Qxa4+ 77. Kd3
Qd1+ 78. Ke3 Qe2+ 79. Kf4 Qc4+ 80. Ke3 Qc3+ 81. Kf4 Qd4+ 82. Kg5 Qe3+ 83. Kf5
Kg1 84. Qg7+ Kf1 85. Qa1+ Qe1 86. Qa8 Qg3 87. Qa1+ Kg2 88. Qa8 Kh2 89. Kf6 f2
90. Qa2 Qg2 {Stuart Conquest had been champion of the Hastings and St Leonards
Chess Club. Now he had won the Premier again. He shared the triumph with
Sasikiran (6/9).} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 0102"]
[Site "77"]
[Date "2001.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Harikrishna, Penteala"]
[Black "Wells, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Nbd7 12. Ba5 Rc8 13. Nc3 Ba8 14. a4 b4 $5 ({
Theory is} 14... bxa4 $1 15. Nxa4 Qe8 {(Smejkal - Lobron, Reggio Emilia 1985).}
) 15. Na2 Nd5 $6 (15... b3 $1 16. Nb4 Nb6 $1 17. Qc3 Qd6 18. Qxb3 c5 {
gives sufficient counter-play.}) 16. Qc4 N5b6 $6 17. Qxa6 Bc6 $2 18. Bxb6 $2 ({
White misses} 18. Nxb4 Bxa4 19. Rxa4 Nxa4 20. Nc6 Nb8 21. Qxc8 $1 {(Ribli).})
18... Nxb6 19. b3 Be4 20. a5 Ra8 21. Qb5 Nd7 22. a6 c6 23. Qa4 Qb6 24. Nc1 Ra7
25. Qa5 Qxa5 26. Rxa5 Rfa8 27. Nd2 Bxg2 28. Kxg2 Rxa6 29. Rxa6 Rxa6 {
Black has regained the pawn and swapped heavy pieces.} 30. Nd3 Ra2 31. Rd1 g6
32. Kf1 c5 $2 {Emms should defend passively.} 33. dxc5 Nxc5 ({Or} 33... Bxc5
34. Ne4 Be7 35. Nxb4 $1) 34. Nxb4 $1 Rb2 35. Nc6 Bf8 36. b4 $5 {
White returns the pawn temporarily.} Na6 37. Nc4 Rc2 38. N4e5 Nxb4 39. Nxb4
Bxb4 40. Rd8+ $1 Kg7 41. Rd7 Kf6 $2 ({Right is} 41... Rc1+ $1 42. Kg2 Rc2 43.
Kf3 {and now} Kf6) 42. Nxf7 (42. f4 $1 {wins immediately.}) 42... g5 $1 43. Nh6
Kg6 44. Ng4 Rc5 45. Kg2 h5 46. Ne3 Re5 47. Nc2 Bc5 48. e3 Rf5 49. Ne1 Bf8 50.
Nf3 Bg7 51. Rd6 Kf7 52. h4 $1 gxh4 ({Even worse is} 52... g4 53. Ng5+ {(Ribli).
}) 53. Nxh4 Rb5 54. Rd7+ Kf6 55. Nf3 Rb6 56. Nd2 Rc6 57. Ne4+ Kg6 58. Rd6 $5 {
A defender of pawns disappears.} Rxd6 59. Nxd6 Be5 60. Ne4 Kf5 61. Nd2 $6 Kg4
$6 (61... Bc3 $1 62. Nb3 e5 $1 {frustrates the advance of white pawns.}) 62.
Nf3 Bf6 63. Nd4 e5 $1 64. f3+ Kg5 65. Ne6+ Kg6 66. Nf8+ Kf7 67. Nd7 Bg7 68. e4
$1 Kg6 69. Kh3 Kg5 70. Nc5 Bf6 71. Nd3 Kg6 72. Nb4 Bd8 73. Nd5 $1 {
All preparations have been made.} Kg5 74. f4+ $1 exf4 75. gxf4+ Kg6 76. Kg3 Ba5
77. Kf3 Bd8 78. Kg3 Ba5 79. f5+ $1 Kg5 80. f6 $1 Kg6 81. e5 $1 {
The knights assists the passed pawns.} Bd8 82. Kf3 $2 (82. Kh4 $1 Kf7 83. Kxh5
Ba5 84. Kg5 Ke6 85. Ne7 $1 {wins the ending.}) 82... h4 83. Kg4 h3 $2 {
Black loses a valuable tempo.} ({Right is} 83... Kf7 $1 84. Kf5 h3 85. e6+ Kf8
$1 86. f7 h2 87. Nf6 Kg7 88. Nh5+ Kf8 89. Ng3 {
White has an extra pawn but cannot win.}) 84. Kxh3 Kf7 85. Kg4 Ke6 86. Kf4 $1
Kxd5 87. Kf5 Ba5 88. e6 Kd6 89. e7 Kd7 90. Kg6 {
The young Indian had won the game at last.} ({Harikrishna wins by is} 90. Kg6
Ke8 91. f7+ $1 Kxe7 92. Kg7 Bc3+ 93. Kg8) 1-0

[Event "Hastings 0102"]
[Site "77"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Pert, Nicholas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A96"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 a5 8. b3 Ne4
9. Bb2 Qe8 10. e3 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Nd7 12. Qe1 $5 a4 13. e4 f4 $5 (13... fxe4 14.
Qxe4 Nf6 {equalises.}) 14. e5 $1 Qg6 15. exd6 cxd6 16. Qe2 Rf7 $5 17. Rfe1 Nf8
18. Nd2 Ra7 $2 (18... axb3 $1 19. axb3 Rxa1 20. Bxa1 fxg3 21. fxg3 b6 {
simplifies.}) 19. c5 $5 dxc5 20. Nc4 $1 {White threatens 21. Ne5.} Bf6 $6 (
20... axb3 $1 21. Ne5 Qc2 22. Qxc2 bxc2 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 {gives counter-play.})
21. Nd6 $1 cxd4 ({Not} 21... Rc7 $2 22. Be4 Qh6 23. Nb5 $1 {(Tyomkin).}) 22.
Be4 Qg5 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 24. Bd2 d3 $1 25. Qxd3 Bxa1 26. Rxa1 axb3 27. Qxb3 Qf6
28. Rc1 Bd7 29. Bxf4 Bc6 30. Be3 $1 Ra5 31. Bxc6 bxc6 32. a4 Kg8 33. Bb6 Rh5
34. a5 Qf5 $1 35. Rc5 $1 Qh3 36. Rxh5 Qxh5 37. a6 Qe2 38. a7 Qe1+ 39. Kg2 Qe4+
40. f3 $1 Qe2+ 41. Bf2 (41. Bf2 Qa6 42. Qb8 {wins elementary.}) 1-0

[Event "Hastings 0102"]
[Site "77"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wells, Peter"]
[Black "Barsov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. e4 Ne7 4. Nf3 c5 $5 {
A novelty is played on the fourth move!} 5. e5 $5 Nbc6 $5 {
Black sacrifices a pawn.} 6. Ne4 O-O 7. a3 Ba5 8. Nxc5 Nxe5 $1 9. Nxe5 d6 10.
Nxf7 $6 {White accepts the gift.} (10. Ned7 $1 Re8 $5 11. Nf6+ gxf6 12. Nb3)
10... Rxf7 11. Nb3 b5 $2 12. Nxa5 Qxa5 13. b4 $2 ({Right is} 13. cxb5 Bd7 $1)
13... Qb6 14. d4 bxc4 15. Be3 Nf5 16. Bxc4 ({Or} 16. Be2 Nxe3 17. fxe3 a5 {
(Ribli).}) 16... Qc6 $1 17. Qb3 Qxg2 18. O-O-O $5 a5 19. b5 a4 20. Qb4 Rc7 21.
Kb1 Rb8 22. Bd3 Bd7 23. Ka1 Qd5 24. Rc1 Rcb7 25. Bc4 Qe4 26. Rhe1 Bxb5 27. Bd2
$2 Qxd4+ {Barsov, the 15-years-old Harikrishna and 20-years-old Sasikiran won
by a score of 61/2/9. The Indians will become stars.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 0203"]
[Site "78"]
[Date "2002.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter"]
[Black "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A57"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Nf3 g6 5. cxb5 a6 6. b6 d6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. a4 a5
9. e4 Bg7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Nxb6 12. Bf4 Bg4 $6 13. h3 $1 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nfd7
$5 ({Known is} 14... Ne8 {(Bagirov - Afshari, Dubai 2001).}) 15. Rb1 c4 $2 {
The pawn has been advanced prematurely.} 16. Be3 Qc8 17. Qc2 Rb8 18. Nb5 Rb7 $6
(18... Qb7 $1 19. Nd4 Ne5 20. b4 $1 Nxf3+ 21. Nxf3 Nd7 $5 {
offers more resistance.}) 19. Bg4 $1 {The c-pawn will fall.} h5 20. Bxd7 Nxd7
21. Rfc1 Ne5 $5 22. b3 Nd3 23. Rd1 Nb4 24. Qxc4 f5 $6 ({Stohl prefers} 24...
Qxc4 25. bxc4 Rc8 26. Na3 {
White will advance the c-pawn and jump the knight to c4.}) 25. Qxc8 Rxc8 26.
exf5 gxf5 27. Rbc1 Rbb8 28. Rxc8+ Rxc8 29. Bb6 Rc2 30. Bxa5 Na6 31. Bd8 Kf7 32.
a5 Rb2 33. Nd4 Bxd4 34. Rxd4 Rxb3 35. Rf4 e6 36. dxe6+ Kxe6 37. Rh4 Nc5 38.
Rxh5 Ra3 39. Rh6+ Kd7 40. Bb6 1-0

[Event "Hastings 0203"]
[Site "78"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15.
Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Nf1 f5 18. exf5 Rxe1 19. Qxe1 Bxd5 20. Ra3 bxa4 $5 (20...
Nf6 {is known from Lukaszewski - Jaracz, Koszalin 1999.}) 21. N1h2 Bb3 22. Rxb3
$1 axb3 23. Qe6+ Kh8 24. f6 $1 Nxf6 25. Nh4 {A 18-years-old girl assaults a
12-years-old boy. She plans 26. Ng6+ Kh7 27. Nxf8+.} g5 $1 26. Ng6+ $2 ({
Right is} 26. Ng4 $5 Nbd5 27. Be4 $1 Nxe4 28. Nxh6 $1 Bxh6 29. Qxh6+ Kg8 30.
Qe6+ {and the chances are equal (Karjakin and Borovikov).}) 26... Kg7 $1 {
The boy refutes the charge.} 27. h4 Qd7 28. Qxb3 Re8 29. Bd2 Qf7 30. Qf3 Qd5
31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Qc3 Na2 33. Qa5 Nb4 34. Qc7+ Qf7 35. Qa5 Ne4 36. Bxe4 Rxe4
37. Nxf8 Qxf8 38. Nf3 g4 39. Ng5 Re2 40. Be3 Qe7 41. Qa3 Re1+ 42. Kh2 Qe5+ 43.
g3 Kg6 0-1

[Event "Hastings 0203"]
[Site "78"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "McShane, Luke"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Nc3 Nxe5 9. Rxe5 Bf6 10. Re3 Re8 ({My preference has} 10... Bd4 $1 11. Rh3 g6 {
(Janowski - Albin, Köln 1898).}) 11. Nd5 $1 Bg5 $1 12. f4 Bh6 $1 ({Not} 12...
Rxe3 $2 13. dxe3 Bh6 14. Qh5 $1 Ne8 15. g4 $1 {
(Savic - Abramovic, Banja Koviljaca 2002).}) 13. Rh3 c6 14. Ne3 Ne4 15. Bxe4
Rxe4 16. Nf5 Qb6+ (16... Bxf4 $2 17. d3 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Re5 {(Wedberg)} 19. Bxf4
$1 Rxf5 20. Qe2 $1 {wins for White.}) 17. d4 Bxf4 $4 {Nielsen breaks down.} ({
Better is} 17... Kh8 $5 18. Rxh6 $5 d6 $1 19. Nxd6 Rxd4 20. Rxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qh5+
Kg8 22. Qxf7+ {and perpetual check.}) 18. Qh5 $1 h6 19. Bxf4 Rxf4 20. Re1 $1
1-0

[Event "Hastings 0203"]
[Site "78"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Penteala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2002.??.??"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. Qb3 Nbd7 8. Bf4
O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Nc3 Ba6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rfd1 Re8 $2 (12... Nh5 {
(Horvath-Margoline, Budapest 1994) is the theory.}) 13. Ne5 Bb7 $5 14. e4 $1
Nf8 $5 15. Nxc6 $1 {White wins a pawn.} Bxc6 16. exd5 Bb7 17. d6 $1 Bxg2 18.
dxe7 Qxe7 19. Kxg2 Ne6 20. Be3 Ng4 21. Re1 Qf6 22. d5 Nxe3+ 23. Rxe3 Nd4 24.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Qd1 Nf5 26. Qd2 Qe5 27. Rd1 Nd6 $1 {
Black blockades the extra pawn. White is going to improve his position slowly.}
28. Qd3 g6 29. Rd2 Qf6 30. Re2 Rxe2 31. Qxe2 Qd4 32. Qd1 Qb4 $5 33. Qd2 Kf8 34.
b3 Nf5 35. Qd3 Nd6 36. Ne2 Qe1 37. Nc3 Qe5 38. Qe3 Qf5 39. Qd4 Kg8 40. a4 Qd7
41. Qe5 h5 42. h3 Kf8 43. f3 Qc7 44. g4 $1 hxg4 45. fxg4 Qc5 46. Kf3 Qb4 47.
Ke2 Qa3 48. Kd3 Qb4 49. h4 $1 {
All white chessmen cooperate. Nielsen creates two distant passed pawns.} Ne8
50. Qd4 Qa3 ({Or} 50... Qxb3 51. d6 {(Ribli).}) 51. h5 $1 gxh5 52. gxh5 Kg8 53.
Qe5 Qf8 54. Ne4 f5 55. Ng5 Nf6 56. Qxf5 Qh6 57. d6 Nxh5 58. d7 Qd6+ 59. Ke3
Qe7+ {Nielsen had defeated his main rival. He won the congress by a score of 6/
9, half- a-point before Harikrishna and Arkell.} (59... Qe7+ 60. Qe6+ Kf8 61.
d8=Q+ $1 {wins quickly.}) 1-0

[Event "Hastings 0304"]
[Site "79"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter"]
[Black "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. a4 a5 14. Nd3 b6 15. Be1 Nf6
16. Nf2 h5 17. h3 Kh8 18. Nb5 Neg8 19. b4 Rf7 20. bxa5 bxa5 21. c5 Bf8 22. cxd6
cxd6 23. Rc1 Nh6 24. Rc4 $5 {
The theory of the King's Indian Defence reaches until this move.} (24. Qc2 {
stems from Bachmann - Frolov, Berlin 1994.}) 24... Rg7 $5 ({More direcy is} 
24... g4 $1) 25. Qc2 g4 $2 {Black fumbles a pawn.} (25... Ba6 $1 {is okay.})
26. Bxa5 $1 Qe8 $5 27. h4 $2 ({White misses the win} 27. fxg4 $1 Bxg4 $5 28.
hxg4 Rxa5 {(Avrukh)} 29. Nxd6 $1) 27... gxf3 28. Bxf3 Bg4 $1 29. Bxg4 Nfxg4 $1
30. Bb6 Qe7 {Black has revived the attack.} 31. Nxg4 Nxg4 32. Bf2 f3 $1 33. g3
$2 (33. Rc3 $1 fxg2 34. Ra1 Rg8 $1 {(Avrukh)} 35. Rf3 $1 Bh6 36. Qc7 {
saves the day.}) 33... Ne3 $1 34. Bxe3 Rxg3+ 35. Kf2 Rg2+ 36. Kxf3 Rxc2 37.
Rxc2 Qxh4 38. Rg1 Rxa4 39. Nc3 Rc4 40. Ke2 Bh6 $1 41. Bb6 Rxe4+ {The Greek had
defeated the last winner. Kotronias and Epishin led at the end of the
penultimate round. Rowson trailed.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 0304"]
[Site "79"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2003.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Be7 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Bf4 c6 8. e3
Nh5 9. Be5 $5 O-O 10. h3 $5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 g6 $5 12. O-O-O $5 b5 $6 (12... Qa5 {
prepares for .. b5.}) 13. cxb5 cxb5 14. Bxb5 Bb7 15. Nd4 Rc8 16. Qa4 $5 Rc5 $6
({Rowson recommends} 16... Qb6 $1) 17. g4 Ng7 18. Kb1 a6 19. Be2 Qc7 20. f4 Rb8
21. Na2 $5 Bc8 $2 (21... Qb6 22. Qb3 Qa7 23. Qd3 Qb6 {plays for a draw.}) 22.
Rc1 Qb7 $2 (22... Qb6 $1 23. Nb4 Bb7 {guards square c6 and the a-pawn.}) 23.
Nb4 $1 {Black is going to lose another pawn. Epishin looks angry.} a5 24. Rxc5
Bxc5 25. Qxa5 Bb6 26. Qa4 g5 27. Qd1 gxf4 28. exf4 Bd7 29. Qd2 Ba5 30. Rc1 h6
31. Rc5 Bxb4 32. axb4 Qxb4 33. Qc3 Qxc3 34. Rxc3 Rb4 35. Rd3 Bb5 36. Nxb5 Rxb5
37. Rd4 Rb8 38. b4 Ne8 39. Kb2 Kf8 40. b5 Ke7 41. Ra4 Nc7 42. h4 Rb7 43. g5 h5
44. Ra5 d4 45. Bc4 Ne8 46. Kb3 Ng7 47. Bd3 Nf5 48. Bxf5 exf5 49. Kc4 Rd7 50.
Kd3 Rd5 51. Ra7+ Ke6 52. Kc4 Rd8 53. Ra6+ Ke7 54. Rd6 Rc8+ 55. Kb4 Rc1 56. Rxd4
Rh1 57. b6 {
Kotronias and Rowson won by a score of 6/9. Epishin followed at half-a-point.}
1-0

[Event "Hastings 0405"]
[Site "80 Knock-out"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Belov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]

{The all-play-all tournament was replaced by a knockout system for the Premier
in 2004. A preliminary round lowered the number of participants from 84 to 64.
When five rounds were played, Belov and So ko had qualified for the final.} 1.
e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. a4 Qc7
9. Nf3 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Nbc6 11. Qc5 f6 12. Bb5 $5 ({Jakubowski played} 12. Bf4 {
against Socko in Czestochowa 1998.}) 12... Kf7 (12... fxe5 $5 {
leads to white battle chances.}) 13. O-O a6 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. Qd4 Bd7 16. Rb1
$5 b5 $5 17. Re1 $1 {Belov will keep the advanced pawn.} Qc4 18. Qd2 Rac8 (
18... Qxa4 19. Rb4 Qa2 {looks awful.}) 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rb3 Ng6 21. Bb2 Qc7 $6
({More active is} 21... Qf4 $1) 22. Rb4 Qb8 23. c4 $5 {
Pawn e5 gets overprotection.} Rxc4 24. h4 $5 Rxb4 $6 ({Solid is} 24... h5 $1)
25. Qxb4 f5 26. h5 Ne7 27. Qd6 $6 (27. Ng5+ $1 {charges the king.}) 27... h6 $1
28. Nd4 Rd8 29. Ra1 Qxd6 30. exd6 Nc8 31. Ra8 {
White has restricted the opponent at the expense of a pawn.} Ke8 $6 (31... e5
$1 32. Nb3 d4 33. Nc5 Bc6 34. Rb8 Ke8 35. f4 Nxd6 {reliefs the pressure.}) 32.
Ra6 $1 b4 33. f4 $1 Kf7 34. Kf2 g6 $2 ({The last chance gives} 34... Be8 $1 35.
Ra8 Bd7 36. Nf3 Ke8 37. Be5 Nb6 $1) 35. hxg6+ Kxg6 36. Nf3 $1 Kf7 37. Ra8 Bb5
38. Rb8 Ba4 39. Ra8 Bb5 40. Rb8 Ba4 41. Bd4 $1 Kf8 42. Ne5 Ke8 43. Bc5 Bd7 44.
Rxb4 {Black has been suffocated.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 0405"]
[Site "80 Knock-out"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Belov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]

1. g3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Qc2 e5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 h6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 d4
$5 {The players have made unusual moves before a new one is carried out.} 9.
Ne4 Nxe4 10. dxe4 a5 $5 11. c5 $1 Bc7 12. e3 Na6 $5 13. exd4 exd4 14. Rd1 {
The d-pawn has become a weakness.} Bg4 $5 15. Rxd4 Qf6 16. e5 Qf5 $5 17. Qxf5
Bxf5 18. Rc4 (18. Be3 $1 Nb4 19. Rad1 $1 Nc2 $1 20. Rf4 Nxe3 21. fxe3 {
fights for a plus.}) 18... Nb4 19. Bd2 Nd3 20. Nd4 Nxe5 21. Ra4 Bh7 22. Nb3 Nd3
23. Bc3 Rfe8 24. Bf1 b5 25. cxb6 Bxb6 26. Nd4 Nc5 27. Rc4 Be4 28. Nb3 Nxb3 29.
axb3 Bd5 30. Rg4 g5 31. Bg2 Re2 32. Rf1 Rd8 {Belov had won the final by 11/2-1/
2. So no playoff was needed.   The duds of the Premier had continued in the
Challengers. Monika Socko, wife of the runner-up in the Premier, shared the
first place among the losers.   The knockout system was not repeated in
Hastings.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 0506"]
[Site "81 Masters"]
[Date "2005.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]

{The Premier had become a Swiss event for 104 players in 2005. There was no
Challengers. The 12-years-old Parimarjan Negi from India was a revelation.} 1.
e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4 d6
9. c3 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 Qc8 12. Nbd2 c6 13. b4 Nb7 14. dxc6 Qxc6 15. Bb2
Nd7 $5 ({Usual is} 15... Nd8 {(Ponomariov-Svidler, Panormo 2001).}) 16. Bb3
Bxf3 $2 {Black makes the wrong exchange.} (16... Be6 $1 {
aims at the Ruy Lopez bishop.}) 17. Qxf3 Bg5 18. Nf1 Nb6 19. Qg4 Bf4 20. g3 Bh6
21. Bc1 Qc8 $5 22. Qf3 $5 {
Negi wants to win in the middle game. So he avoids the exchange of queens.}
Bxc1 23. Raxc1 Ra7 $2 ({The obvious move is} 23... Nc4) 24. Ne3 Nd8 25. Red1
Rd7 26. Qg4 Nc6 27. c4 $1 bxc4 28. Nxc4 Nxc4 29. Rxc4 h5 $5 (29... Qb7 30. Ba4
Rc8 $2 31. Rdc1 Rdc7 32. Bxc6 Rxc6 33. Qxc8+ $1 Qxc8 34. Rxc6 {wins for White.}
) 30. Qxh5 Qb7 31. Ba4 Rc7 32. Rxd6 Nxb4 33. Rxc7 Qxc7 34. Rd7 Qc1+ 35. Kg2 Qc4
36. Bb3 Qxe4+ 37. f3 Qh7 38. Qxf7+ $1 {
Negi had defeated an experienced grand- master. He started by 4/5.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 0506"]
[Site "81 Masters"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Neverov, Valery"]
[Black "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2352"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2005.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Qc2 Bd6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O
Re8 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. e3 e5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 {
Hulak - Rosandic, Pula 1994 ended as a draw at this point.} 14. Nf3 $5 Qh5 15.
Nd4 Bg4 16. f3 Rac8 $5 17. Qd3 (17. fxg4 $6 Nxg4 18. Qe2 Qxh2+ 19. Kf1 h5 {
leaves the initiative to Black.}) 17... Bh3 18. Bd2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qe5 20. Rac1
Bc5 21. Bc3 $5 {White makes a pawn temporary sacrifice.} Qxe3 22. Qxe3 Rxe3 23.
Nf5 Re2+ 24. Kh3 Bf8 25. Bd4 Rcc2 $5 {Black cannot gain an advantage.} 26. Rxc2
Rxc2 27. Bc3 Re2 28. g4 Re6 29. g5 Ne8 30. Rxd5 g6 31. Nd4 Rd6 32. Re5 Nc7 33.
Nb5 Nxb5 34. Rxb5 b6 35. Re5 Re6 36. Kg4 h5+ $1 37. gxh6 Rxe5 $2 (37... f5+ $1
38. Kh4 Rxe5 39. Bxe5 Bxh6 {draws immediately.}) 38. h7+ $1 Kxh7 39. Bxe5 f5+
40. Kg5 $1 Be7+ 41. Kf4 {The white pieces become active.} Bc5 $2 (41... Kh6 $1
42. Bb8 a6 43. Ke5 Kg5 44. Kd5 Kh4 {brings the last drawing chance.}) 42. Bb8
$1 Bg1 $5 43. Bxa7 Bxh2+ 44. Kg5 b5 45. Kf6 Bf4 46. b3 b4 47. Bc5 Bd2 48. a4
bxa3 49. Bxa3 Be3 50. Bf8 Bd4+ 51. Ke6 f4 52. b4 Be3 53. b5 Bb6 54. Kf6 $1 Bd4+
55. Ke6 Bb6 56. Bd6 Kh6 57. Bxf4+ g5 58. Bd2 Kg6 59. Ke5 Bc7+ 60. Ke4 Bb6 61.
Be3 Bc7 62. b6 Bb8 63. Bd4 {
Neverov had obstructed the talent. Ten rounds were played. Neverov won by 8/10.
} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 0607"]
[Site "82 Masters"]
[Date "2006.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Schuurman, Petra"]
[Black "Neverov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2239"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. b4 d6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. c4 c6 8. Nbd2
Qe8 $6 ({Her friend Herman Grooten encountered} 8... a5 $5 {
versus Wall in Davos 2003.}) 9. O-O h6 10. Re1 Qf7 11. Qc2 Na6 12. a3 Nc7 13.
a4 $1 g5 14. b5 Bd7 15. c5 Ncd5 16. Nc4 $5 {
Petra tests the slow play by Neverov.} cxb5 17. axb5 $1 Bxb5 18. cxd6 $1 Rfc8
$2 ({Right is} 18... Qe6 $1) 19. Nfe5 $1 Rxc4 $6 20. Nxc4 (20. Qxf5 $1 Qe8 21.
Bxd5+ Nxd5 22. Qe6+ {decides the game.}) 20... Rc8 21. Qb3 $2 (21. Qxf5 Rxc4
22. Ra5 $1 {wins for White.}) 21... Bxc4 22. Qxb7 Qe6 $2 ({Not} 22... Qe8 $2
23. Rxa7 Rb8 24. d7 $1) ({Correct is} 22... Qf8 23. dxe7 Qe8 $1) 23. Rxa7 Bf8
24. Ba3 $5 Re8 25. dxe7 $6 ({This time} 25. Rc1 $1 Bxe2 26. d7 {triumphs.})
25... Nxe7 26. Ra8 Rxa8 27. Qxa8 Ne4 (27... Bd5 $1 {
exchanges the bishops on the white squares.}) 28. Bb4 Bd5 29. Qd8 $1 Kf7 30. f3
$1 Nf6 31. e4 $1 Bb7 32. d5 Qe5 33. Qb6 Bc8 {
So far, Petra has played dangerously.} 34. exf5 $4 (34. Rc1 $1 Bd7 35. Bc3 $1
Nc8 36. Qb2 Qe7 37. Bxf6 Qxf6 38. e5 $1 Qb6+ 39. Qxb6 Nxb6 40. f4 $1 {
humiliates the defender.}) 34... Nexd5 $1 35. Rxe5 Nxb6 36. Bxf8 Kxf8 37. f4 $6
gxf4 $1 38. gxf4 Nc4 39. Rc5 Nd6 40. Re5 Bxf5 41. Bf3 Kf7 42. Kg2 Be6 43. Ra5
Nf5 44. Kf2 Kg6 45. Ra6 Ng7 46. Ra5 Bf5 47. Ke3 Bc2 48. Kd2 Bb1 49. Rb5 Bf5 50.
Ke3 Bd7 51. Ra5 Nf5+ 52. Kf2 Nd4 53. Ke3 Nf5+ 54. Kf2 Kf7 55. Ra6 Ke7 56. Ra5
h5 57. Re5+ Kd6 58. Ra5 h4 59. Ra6+ Ke7 60. Ra5 Nd4 61. Re5+ Kd6 62. Ra5 Bb5
63. Ra1 Nxf3 64. Kxf3 Bc6+ 65. Kf2 Ng4+ 66. Kg1 Ne3 67. Rc1 Nd5 68. f5 Bd7 69.
Rc4 h3 70. Rd4 Bxf5 71. Rxd5+ {White has reached a theoretical draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings 0607"]
[Site "82 Masters"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Black "Gofshtein, Zvulon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D96"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2509"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 c6 7. e4 O-O 8. Be2
a5 9. O-O a4 10. Qd3 $5 {White has a plus.} ({Known is} 10. Bg5 {
(Kiviaho - Fastberg, Finland 1990).}) 10... Qa5 11. h3 Rd8 12. Qc2 b5 13. Be3
Na6 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Nd3 {The positional edge has remained.} b4 $2
(16... Nd7 $1 17. Rfd1 e5 $1 {counters in the centre.}) 17. Qxa4 Qxa4 18. Nxa4
Nxe4 19. Nb6 Rc7 20. Bf3 $5 c5 $1 21. d5 f5 $6 (21... Nd6 $5 {
accept the loss of a pawn and blockades.}) 22. Bxe4 fxe4 23. Nxc5 Nxc5 24. Rxc5
Be5 25. Rfc1 Rxc5 26. Bxc5 Bxb2 27. Rd1 e6 $6 (27... Kf7 $1 28. Bxb4 Be5 {
lengthens the game.}) 28. Be7 Rb8 29. dxe6 $2 (29. d6 $1 {triumphs at once.})
29... Bc6 30. Bd8 Be5 31. Nc4 Rb5 32. Bh4 Bc7 33. e7 b3 $2 (33... Kf7 $1 {
starts a new defence.}) 34. axb3 Rxb3 35. Rd8+ Kg7 36. Bg3 e3 37. Bxc7 Rb1+ 38.
Kh2 exf2 39. Be5+ Kh6 40. Bf4+ Kg7 41. Be5+ Kh6 42. Ne3 Re1 43. Rf8 $1 {
Gagunashvili led by 6/7. He made two draws in the last rounds.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 0607"]
[Site "82 Masters"]
[Date "2006.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Jones, Gawain"]
[Black "Neverov, Valery"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "178"]
[EventDate "2006.??.??"]

{Neverov had begun with 5/7.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7
6. O-O e6 7. d3 Nge7 8. Qe1 h6 9. a3 a6 10. Kh1 b5 11. Ba2 Bb7 $5 12. f5 $6
gxf5 13. Nh4 $6 Bf6 $6 (13... Nd4 $1 14. Qf2 Bf6 $1 {
takes advantage of white's provocative play.}) 14. exf5 Bxh4 15. Qxh4 Nxf5 16.
Qh5 Qh4 17. Qxh4 Nxh4 18. Ne4 Rd8 19. Rf6 $6 Ne5 $6 (19... Nf5 $1 20. g4 Nfd4
$1 {gains an edge.}) 20. Bxh6 Nf5 21. Bf4 Bxe4 22. dxe4 Ng4 23. Rxf5 $6 ({
Better is} 23. exf5 Nxf6 24. fxe6) 23... exf5 24. exf5 Rh5 25. h3 Rxf5 26. g3
Ne5 27. Bd5 Kd7 28. h4 $6 Ng6 $6 (28... Rh8 $1 29. Kg1 Rxh4 $1 30. gxh4 Rxf4 {
brings Black close to the win.}) 29. Bf3 Rxf4 $1 30. gxf4 Rh8 31. Bg4+ Ke7 32.
Kg2 f5 $1 33. Bh3 Nxf4+ 34. Kg3 Ne2+ 35. Kg2 Nf4+ 36. Kg3 Nxh3 37. Kxh3 d5 38.
Kg3 Kf6 39. Rh1 d4 40. Kf4 Re8 $5 {Black activates his rook temporarily.} 41.
h5 Re4+ 42. Kf3 Kg5 43. h6 Re3+ 44. Kf2 Re8 45. h7 Rh8 46. Kf3 c4 47. b3 d3 48.
bxc4 bxc4 49. cxd3 cxd3 {The decisive moment has arrived.} 50. Kg3 $2 (50. Ke3
$1 Kg6 51. Rg1+ Kxh7 52. Kxd3 Rc8 53. Rb1 $1 Rc6 54. a4 $1 Kg6 55. a5 $1 {
gives sufficient counter-play.}) 50... d2 51. Rd1 Rxh7 52. Rxd2 Rc7 $1 53. Rd3
Rc4 54. Rb3 a5 55. Kf2 a4 56. Rd3 Rf4+ 57. Ke2 Kg4 58. Rd8 Kg3 59. Rd5 Re4+ 60.
Kd3 Kf4 61. Kd2 Kg4 62. Kd3 Rf4 63. Ke2 Kg3 64. Ra5 Kg2 65. Ke3 Kg3 66. Ke2 Kg4
67. Ra8 Re4+ 68. Kf2 f4 69. Rg8+ Kf5 70. Rf8+ Ke5 71. Re8+ Kd5 72. Rd8+ Kc5 73.
Rc8+ Kd4 74. Kf3 $5 (74. Rc7 Kd3 75. Kf3 Rc4 $1 76. Rb7 Kc2 {
will succeed in the rook ending.}) 74... Re3+ $1 75. Kxf4 Rxa3 76. Rd8+ Kc3 77.
Rc8+ Kb2 78. Ra8 Kc2 79. Ra7 Ra1 80. Rc7+ Kd3 81. Rd7+ Kc4 82. Rc7+ Kb4 83.
Rb7+ Kc5 84. Ke3 (84. Ra7 $1 a3 $1 85. Kf3 Kc4 86. Rc7+ Kb3 87. Rb7+ Ka2 {
also wins for Black.}) 84... a3 85. Rc7+ Kb6 86. Rc2 a2 87. Re2 Kc5 88. Ke4 Kc4
89. Ke5 Kd3 {Neverov also won in the last round. He and Gagunashvili shared
the victory by 7/9.   The Christmas Congress still lives but its glory has
passed.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 0708"]
[Site "83 Masters"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Malakhatko, Vadim"]
[Black "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]

{Ten Swiss rounds were played from 28 xii 2007 until 7 i 2008.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4
dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c5 5. d5 e6 6. e4 exd5 7. e5 Ne4 8. Nxd5 b5 9. b3 Be6 $1
(9... Qa5+ $6 10. Nd2 Be6 11. bxc4 {
favours White (Beliavsky - Borisek, Portoroz 2005).}) 10. bxc4 Nc6 11. Bd3 Qa5+
$5 {Black starts great tactical complications.} 12. Nd2 (12. Kf1 {
brings similar play.}) 12... Nc3 $5 13. Nb3 $1 Nxd1+ 14. Nxa5 Nxa5 $2 {
Lalic blunders.} (14... Nxe5 $1 {keeps the equality. The point is} 15. Nc7+ $2
Kd7 16. Nxa8 Nxd3+ 17. Kxd1 Nxf2+ {and Black wins.}) 15. Nc7+ $1 Kd7 16. Nxa8
Nc3 17. Bd2 b4 18. Bxc3 bxc3 19. Rb1 Kc8 20. O-O Be7 $5 21. Rfc1 $1 Bg5 22.
Rxc3 Bd2 23. Ra3 Rd8 24. Be2 Rd4 25. Rb5 Bxc4 26. Rxc5+ Kd8 27. Raxa5 Bxa5 28.
Bxc4 Bb4 29. Rd5+ Rxd5 30. Bxd5 Kd7 31. Bxf7 {Malakhatko had the highest
rating of the participants, but started with a loss. He joined the lead in
round seven.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 0708"]
[Site "83 Masters"]
[Date "2007.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hebden, Mark"]
[Black "Mamedov, Nidjat"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 b6 4. Bg5 Bb7 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 O-O 8. Bd3
c5 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. a3 Rc8 11. h3 cxd4 12. cxd4 d6 13. O-O Nh5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15.
Rac1 Rc7 16. Rc3 Nf6 17. e4 Rfc8 18. Rd1 Qd8 19. Qe3 Ne7 20. Nb1 a6 21. Rxc7
Qxc7 22. Nc3 b5 23. Re1 Nd7 24. Ne2 Qb6 25. Ng3 b4 26. a4 e5 27. Ra1 a5 28. Bb5
Bc6 29. Bc4 exd4 30. Nxd4 Ne5 31. Bb3 Bd7 32. Rd1 Qc5 33. Nge2 Be8 34. Qg3 N5g6
35. Nf5 Nxf5 36. exf5 Qxf5 37. Qxd6 Kh7 38. Qa6 Rc6 39. Qa8 Rc8 40. Qa7 $6 {
A repetition of moves is wiser.} Qe5 $1 {Black takes the initiative.} 41. Ng3
$2 (41. Nd4 $1 Nf4 42. Qb7 Rd8 43. Nf3 Rxd1+ 44. Bxd1 Qd6 45. Qe4+ f5 46. Qd4
Qxd4 47. Nxd4 {about equalises.}) 41... Qxb2 $1 42. Bxf7 Bxf7 43. Qxf7 Rc1 44.
Rxc1 Qxc1+ 45. Kh2 Qf4 $1 46. Qa7 b3 47. Qb7 Qc4 (47... Qb4 $1 {
wins more quickly.}) 48. Nh5 Qc3 49. f4 b2 50. Qe4 Qc5 51. Ng3 Qb4 52. Qb1 Kh8
53. f5 Nh4 54. f6 gxf6 55. Qf1 b1=Q 56. Qxf6+ Kg8 57. Qe6+ Kf8 58. Qc8+ Kf7 59.
Qc7+ Qe7 {Mamedov became the sole leader. He ended by two draws. Malakhatko
caught up in the ninth and Neverov in the tenth round. The three winners
scored 71/2/10.   Neverov won for the third time in a row.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 0809"]
[Site "84 Masters"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

{106 players carried out nine rounds in the 84th Hastings tournament from 28
xii 2008 until 5 i 2009. The decisive game of the master event occurred in
round seven.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 a6 7. h3
Be6 8. Bc2 $6 {White plays too passively.} (8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 {
drew in Kurnosov - Tkachiev, Sochi 2007.}) 8... d5 $1 {
Black takes the initiative.} 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Qe2 Qe7 11. Nf1 $5 b5 $5 12. Ng3
Rad8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 $1 {Suddenly White makes a risky move.} d4 ({
The pointe is} 14... g5 $4 15. Nxg5 hxg5 16. Bxg5) 15. O-O g6 16. Kh1 $6 ({
Preferable is} 16. Qd2 $1 Kg7 17. Rfc1) 16... Kh7 $1 17. Nxe5 $1 {
A formidable counteraction begins.} Nxe5 18. f4 Ned7 $1 19. Qf3 $1 ({Not} 19.
e5 $2 Ne4 $1 20. Nxe4 Qxh4) 19... Qe8 $1 20. e5 Bd5 $1 21. Qf2 $2 {
Hereafter, White is unable to win back the piece.} ({Right is} 21. Qe2 $1 Qe6
22. f5 $1 gxf5 23. exf6 Qxe2 24. Nxe2 {and the battle continues.}) 21... Qe6 $1
{Black threatens ..Qxh3+ and White has no proper defence.} 22. Ne4 Bxe4 23.
dxe4 d3 24. Qf3 dxc2 25. exf6 Rfe8 26. e5 Nb6 27. Rac1 Nc4 28. Rfe1 Rd2 29. Re2
Red8 30. Rxc2 R2d3 31. Qg4 Rd1+ 32. Re1 Rxe1+ 33. Bxe1 Qxg4 34. hxg4 Ne3 35.
Re2 Nxg4 36. g3 g5 37. b4 Bb6 38. f5 Re8 39. e6 Nxf6 40. c4 fxe6 41. c5 Bxc5 {
Kurnosov led by one point after seven rounds. The final standings became:
Kurnosov 71/2/9, Berg and Neverov (7).} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 0910"]
[Site "85 Masters"]
[Date "2010.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Istratescu, Andrei"]
[Black "Ansell, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2387"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

{The 85th Hastings event was carried out from 28 xii 2009 until 5 i 2010.} 1.
e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 b5 8. Nd5
Nf6 9. c4 b4 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Qd5 $5 ({Theory is} 11. Nc2) 11... Bd7 12. Nc2
Rb8 13. Be2 Qd8 $6 {Black makes a passive move.} 14. h3 $5 {
He wants to exchange the bishops on the white squares.} Qc8 $5 15. b3 Be7 16.
Bg4 $1 Be6 17. Qd1 O-O 18. O-O Bxg4 19. Qxg4 a5 $5 20. Rd1 Nd8 $6 (20... f5 $1
21. exf5 Qxf5 22. Qxf5 Rxf5 {makes useful exchanges.}) 21. Ne3 $1 {
The white knight will dominate the board.} Qxg4 22. hxg4 Nb7 23. Nd5 Bd8 24.
Be3 h6 25. g3 Re8 26. Kg2 Rc8 27. a3 $1 {He advances everywhere.} bxa3 28. Rxa3
Nc5 29. Nc3 $1 Re6 30. f3 Kf8 31. Rd5 {The blockaders have exchanged places.}
Bb6 32. Kf2 Rb8 33. Ke2 Ke8 $2 {Ansell is going to lose a pawn.} ({Better is} 
33... Ke7 $1 34. Nb5 Rc8 35. Rd2 Rg6 {and Black defends his material.}) 34. Nb5
$1 Kd7 ({Or} 34... Ke7 35. Nxd6 $1 Rxd6 36. Bxc5) 35. Bxc5 Bxc5 36. Rxa5 Rc8
37. Ra4 Ke7 38. b4 $1 Bb6 39. Ra6 Rb8 40. Rxd6 $1 {
An elegant positional game ends by fine tactics.} Rxd6 41. Nxd6 Kxd6 42. Rxb6+
{Istratescu and Howell led at the end of the penultimate round. They played a
quick draw in the last round. Howell and Eduard won and joined the lead (7/9).
Istratescu became the winner on tie-break.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 1011"]
[Site "86 Masters"]
[Date "2011.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sengupta, Deep"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

{The 86th Hastings tournament lasted from 28 xii 2010 until 5 i 2011. When the
last round began, Edouard led by half-a-point on seven players. The leader
faced an Indian grandmaster.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3
Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Be7 10. f4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12.
e5 d5 13. Be2 Bb7 14. f5 $5 {
White attacks in the Sicilian Defence. He gets fine chances.} fxe5 15. Qxe5 Bf6
16. Qg3 Qb8 {Black would like to exchange the queens.} 17. Qh3 $5 (17. fxe6
Qxg3 18. exf7+ Kf8 19. hxg3 d4 20. Nb1 Bxg2 {brings equal chances.}) 17... d4
18. fxe6 $1 {White sacrifices a piece.} (18. Nb1 Qe5 {slightly favours Black.})
18... Qf4+ $1 19. Kb1 dxc3 20. exf7+ Kf8 21. a3 $1 h5 $1 {
A proper defence is hard to find.} ({The alternative is} 21... Qg5 $5 22. Rhe1
$1 Bc8 23. Qf3 Ra7 24. Rd5 Bb7 $1 25. Rxg5 Bxf3 26. Bxf3 Bxg5 27. Re8+ Kxf7 28.
Rxh8 Kg7 {and Black might draw.}) 22. Rhf1 $1 Qe5 $1 23. Bd3 $5 Qg5 $2 {
Edouard collapses.} ({Correct is} 23... Bd5 $1 24. Rde1 Qd6 25. Bg6 Bc4 26.
Re8+ $5 Kg7 27. Bxh5 Rhxe8 $1 28. Qg4+ Kh8 29. fxe8=Q+ Rxe8 30. Bxe8 Bxf1 31.
Qh5+ {and White delivers perpetual check.}) 24. Qd7 $1 Bxg2 25. Rde1 $1 Be7 ({
The pointe is} 25... Bxf1 26. Re8+ Rxe8 {and mate.}) 26. Rf5 Qh4 27. Rfe5 $1
Rd8 28. Qc7 Rxd3 29. cxd3 {Sengupta took the lead.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 1011"]
[Site "86 Masters"]
[Date "2011.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shyam, Sundar"]
[Black "Das, Arghyadip"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2010.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
Nd2 a5 9. c4 Nb6 10. Qe4 g6 11. Bd3 Bg7 12. Nf3 f6 13. O-O O-O 14. Qh4 Ba6 $5 (
{Known is} 14... Re8) 15. Bd2 $2 {He weakens his queenside.} ({Correct is} 15.
b3 $1 Nd5 $1 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Bg5 {and White has the initiative.}) 15... Rae8
$1 16. Bxa5 $6 ({Slightly better is} 16. b3 $5 fxe5 17. Bg5 Qf7 18. Rad1) 16...
fxe5 $1 17. Qxe7 Rxe7 18. Nd2 e4 $1 19. Nxe4 Bxc4 20. Nc5 Bxb2 {
Black has gained a pawn.} 21. Rad1 Bxd3 22. Rxd3 Nd5 23. Bd2 Ra8 24. Bg5 Rf7
25. Rb1 Bg7 26. a3 Bf8 27. Rc1 Ra5 28. Ne4 Rxa3 29. Rxa3 Bxa3 {
Another pawn has fallen.} 30. Ra1 Bb2 31. Ra2 Bd4 32. h4 Kg7 33. Ra8 h6 34. Bd2
Re7 35. Ng3 Nf6 36. Ra4 c5 {Das joined the lead. The final standings became:
Sengusta and Das 7/9, Edouard, Istratescu, Howell, Neverov, Gormally and
Prasanna 61/2, etc. Two Indians produced the highest scores. Sengusta won the
Masters on tie-break.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 1112"]
[Site "87 Masters"]
[Date "2012.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Vovk, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]

{The 87th Hastings Masters happened from 28 xii 2011 until 6 i 2012. Wang led
by 6 points after 7 Swiss rounds.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5.
Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Bf2 d5 11. exd5 cxd5 12.
O-O Nc6 13. c5 Nh5 14. Qd2 Be5 15. g3 Ng7 16. Rfd1 Bf5 $5 ({Usual is} 16... Be6
) 17. Bb5 Bd7 18. Nb3 Ne7 $5 19. Bxd7 Qxd7 $6 ({Preferable is} 19... Bxc3 20.
Qxc3 Qxd7) 20. Nxd5 $1 Nxd5 21. Qxd5 Qxd5 22. Rxd5 Bxb2 23. Rb1 Bf6 24. Nd2 $1
{White attacks on the queenside.} Re7 25. Ne4 Ne8 26. Rbd1 Kf8 27. Rd7 Rc8 28.
g4 Be5 $2 ({Better is} 28... h6 29. c6 b6 30. Nxf6 Nxf6 31. Rd8+ Re8 {
and Black fights for survival.}) 29. c6 $1 b6 $5 ({The pointe is} 29... Rxc6
30. Bc5) 30. Ng5 $1 Rc7 (30... h6 31. Nh7+ {costs material.}) 31. Nxh7+ Kg7 32.
Rxe7 Rxe7 33. Rd7 $1 Bd6 34. Ng5 Bb4 35. Bd4+ f6 36. Ne6+ Kf7 37. c7 $1 Nxc7
38. Rxe7+ {Wang drew in the last round and won the tournament. The final
standings became: Yue Wang 71/2/9, Istratescu, Lalith and Shyam 7, etc.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 1213"]
[Site "88 Masters"]
[Date "2013.01.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jones, Gawain"]
[Black "Arkell, Keith"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]

{The 88th Hastings Masters happened from 28 xii 2012 until 6 i 2013. Gawain
Jones was the highest rated player.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5.
e4 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. g4 Kh8 9. Be3 Ng8 10. Bd3 Ne7 $5 {
Arkell plays passively.} 11. Rg1 Nd7 12. Qd2 Nf6 13. a4 $5 Nfg8 $5 14. g5 $5 f5
$5 {Capture of pawn h3 takes a risk.} 15. gxf6 Nxf6 16. Ng5 Nh5 17. Be2 Nf4 18.
Bg4 $6 Nf5 $6 (18... Nexd5 19. Nxd5 Qxg5 {utilises an opportunity.}) 19. exf5
Qxg5 20. Ne4 Qh6 21. fxg6 Qxg6 $2 (21... Bxg4 $1 22. hxg4 Ng2+ $1 23. Kd1 Qxg6
{creates more activity.}) 22. f3 $1 Qh6 23. O-O-O Bf5 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 25. Rg3 Rd8
26. Rdg1 Rd7 27. Kb1 Rh5 28. Ka2 $5 {White makes a number of preparatory moves.
} b6 29. Qc2 Rh4 30. a5 (30. Nxc5 $1 bxc5 31. Qf5 Rc7 32. Qf8+ $1 {
ends the game.}) 30... b5 31. cxb5 Rxh3 32. Rxh3 Qxh3 33. Ng5 Qh5 34. Qf5 Re7
35. Bxf4 exf4 36. Rh1 $1 {Jones scored well.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 1213"]
[Site "88 Masters"]
[Date "2013.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jones, Gawain"]
[Black "Alsina Leal, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. Qd2 h6 10. Nf3 Bh3 11. Rg1 Rb8 $5 (11... Bg4 {
happened in Dizdar - Vavrak, Plovdiv 2008.}) 12. Bf4 g5 13. Ne5 $5 Bxe5 14.
Bxe5 f6 15. g4 $1 fxe5 16. Rg3 Qd4 17. Rxh3 Qxg4 18. Rg3 {
White has sufficient compensation for the pawn.} Qf4 19. Qc2 Nd7 20. Ne4 Rb6
21. a4 c5 22. a5 Rb5 23. Qc4 a6 ({Not} 23... Rxb2 $2 24. Qa6) 24. Qd5 Rxa5 $1
25. Rd1 Rb5 26. Qc6 Kd8 27. Qxa6 Rxb2 28. Qa8+ Rb8 29. Qd5 Kc8 30. Ra1 {
He has the initiative at the cost of two pawns.} Rf8 31. Rf3 Qxh2 32. Nxc5 $1
Rd8 33. Kd2 Nxc5 34. Qxc5 Qh4 35. Qxe5 $5 Qb4+ 36. Kd1 Qd6 37. Qe4 Rb4 38. Ra8+
Rb8 39. Rxb8+ Kxb8 40. Rf5 Qb6 41. Qc4 e5 $6 (41... Qb1+ 42. Kd2 Qb2+ {draws.})
42. Rxe5 Qb1+ 43. Qc1 $1 Qxc1+ 44. Kxc1 {White has a better rook ending.} Kc8
45. Kd2 Kd7 46. e4 Rg8 47. Ra5 Rg6 48. Ra8 g4 49. Rh8 Kd6 $6 (49... c5 $1 50.
Rf8 h5 51. Rh8 Rf6 52. Ke2 c4 $1 53. dxc4 Rf4 54. Ke3 Rf3+ {counters.}) 50. d4
$1 c6 51. Rh7 Ke6 52. Ke2 Kd6 53. Kd3 g3 $6 54. fxg3 Rxg3+ 55. Kc4 Rg6 56. Rf7
Rg1 57. Rf6+ Kd7 58. Rxh6 {White has an extra pawn at last.} Rc1+ 59. Kd3 Re1
60. Rh4 Ke6 61. Kd2 Ra1 62. Rh6+ Kd7 63. Ke3 Rf1 64. Rg6 Rf8 65. Rg1 Rh8 66.
Rg7+ Ke6 67. Rg6+ Kd7 68. Kf4 Rh1 69. Rg7+ Ke6 70. Rg6+ Kd7 71. Kf5 Rh4 $2 {
Black commits the fatal error.} ({Correct is} 71... Rd1 $1 72. Rg7+ Kd8 73. Ke5
Kc8 74. Ra7 Rd2 {and White cannot make progress.}) 72. Rg7+ Kc8 73. Rg4 Rh5+ (
73... Rh1 74. e5 Kd7 75. Rg7+ Kd8 76. e6 $1 Re1 77. Kf6 Rf1+ 78. Ke5 Rd1 79.
Ra7 Ke8 80. d5 $1 cxd5 81. Kd6 {wins for White (Howell).}) 74. Ke6 Rh6+ 75. Ke7
Kc7 76. e5 Rh7+ 77. Ke8 Rh8+ 78. Kf7 $1 Kd7 79. e6+ Kd6 80. Rg7 Kd5 81. e7 Kxd4
82. Rg8 $1 (82. e8=Q $2 Rxe8 83. Kxe8 c5 {leads to a theoretical draw.}) 82...
Rh7+ 83. Ke6 Rxe7+ 84. Kxe7 c5 85. Rd8+ $1 {The last subtlety.} Ke3 86. Rc8 Kd4
87. Kd6 c4 88. Kc6 $1 {Gawain Jones played a quick draw against Sumets in the
last round. The final standings became: Jones 71/2/10, Sumets, Kulaots, Vovk,
Sulskis, Vocaturo, Gretarsson, Hawkins and Gao 7, etc. Jones won 2000 pounds.}
1-0

[Event "Hastings 1314"]
[Site "89 Masters"]
[Date "2013.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Black "Vakhidov, Jahongir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]

{The 89th Hastings Masters happened in Horntye Park from 28 xii 2013 until 5 i
2014. 96 peoples entered the main group.} 1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2
O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4 Bg4 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Rb1 a6 11. b3 Rb8
12. Bb2 b5 13. Ba1 Qd7 $5 ({Known is} 13... e5) 14. Re1 Bh3 15. Bh1 $5 bxc4 16.
bxc4 Ng4 17. Qc2 e5 $6 ({Preferable is} 17... h6) 18. Nce4 $1 Bh6 19. Rxb8 Rxb8
20. Bf3 Qe7 $2 21. Bc3 $6 (21. Qa4 $1 {wins material.}) 21... Nb7 22. Bxg4 Bxg4
23. f3 Bd7 24. Rb1 Be3+ 25. Kg2 f5 26. Nf2 h5 $6 (26... Qd8 $1 27. Qb3 Bg5 28.
Qb6 Qxb6 29. Rxb6 a5 30. Bxa5 Bc8 31. Rb2 Ra8 32. Bc3 Be3 {
defends the queenside.}) 27. Nf1 Bg5 28. Rb6 $1 Qd8 $5 (28... a5 29. Qb2 Be8
30. h4 Bh6 31. Bxa5 {also costs a pawn.}) 29. Rxa6 {White has gained a pawn.}
Ra8 $6 {Exchange helps White.} 30. Rxa8 Qxa8 31. f4 $1 exf4 32. Nh3 $1 Bh6 33.
Nxf4 Qe8 34. Qb2 Nd8 35. Qb8 $1 Bxf4 36. gxf4 Nf7 37. Qxe8+ Bxe8 38. Bf6 $1 Kf8
39. Nd2 Ba4 40. Nb1 $1 Bd7 41. Nc3 Ke8 42. Kf3 Bc8 43. Nb5 Kd7 44. Ke3 Ba6 45.
Kd3 Kc8 46. Kc3 Kb7 $5 47. Be7 $1 Bxb5 48. cxb5 Kb6 49. a4 Ka5 50. Kb3 Kb6 51.
Bf6 $1 Ka5 52. Bc3+ Kb6 53. Kc4 g5 54. a5+ Ka7 55. e3 g4 56. Bf6 Nh8 57. Be7
Nf7 58. Kd3 Kb7 59. e4 fxe4+ 60. Kxe4 c4 61. Bf6 Nh6 62. Bg7 Nf7 63. Kf5 Ne5 $5
{The player with the highest rating took the lead after a long fight.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 1314"]
[Site "89 Masters"]
[Date "2014.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Wegerle, Joerg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2598"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. e3 a6 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 h6 11. Bh4 b5 12. e4 Bf4 13. e5 $5 {
Khenkin changes the Exchange Variation into a Gambit.} ({
The quiet alternative is} 13. Rc2) 13... g5 $1 ({The pointe is} 13... Bxc1 $2
14. Qxc1 g5 15. Bxg5 $1 hxg5 16. Qxg5+) 14. Bg3 Bxc1 15. Qxc1 Nh5 16. h4 Nxg3
17. fxg3 f6 18. exf6 Qxf6 19. Qe3 $1 {
All white pieces are ready for the attack.} Bb7 20. Nxg5 $1 Qe7 21. Nf3 Rf6 22.
Ne2 e5 $6 ({Better is} 22... Re8) 23. dxe5 Re8 $1 24. Ned4 $1 Nxe5 25. Nf5 $1
Nxf3+ 26. Qxf3 Qc7 $6 (26... Qc5+ $1 27. Kh1 Kh8 28. g4 Re7 {defends solidly.})
27. Qh5 $2 {White wants the king.} (27. Ne7+ $1 Qxe7 28. Qxf6 Qxf6 29. Rxf6 {
leads to a won endgame.}) 27... Kf8 $1 28. Kh2 Qf7 $2 (28... Re5 $1 29. Qd1 Ke8
{offers a fine resistance.}) 29. Qg4 $1 Qc7 30. Nxh6 $5 ({Romance is avoided by
} 30. Qb4+ Kg8 31. Ne7+ Qxe7 32. Qxe7 Rxe7 33. Rxf6) 30... Rxf1 31. Bxf1 Ke7 $5
32. Bd3 $5 Qe5 $5 (32... Kd8 $5 {(Stewart Rueben)} 33. Bg6 $1 Rf8 34. Qe6 d4
35. Nf7+ {wins for White.}) 33. Qg6 Bc8 $2 (33... Rh8 $1 34. Nf5+ Kf8 35. Qb6
Bc8 36. Qc5+ Kf7 37. Nd6+ Kf6 38. Qf2+ Ke7 39. Nxc8+ Rxc8 40. Qa7+ Rc7 41. Qxa6
Qxb2 42. Bxb5 Qa1 {counters brilliantly.}) 34. Qh7+ $1 {
Khenkin got the beauty prize and 100 pounds for this game.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings 1314"]
[Site "89 Masters"]
[Date "2014.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Erzhanov, Arman"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "182"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qf6 6. d4 exd4 7. Bg5 Qd6 8.
Nxd4 Be7 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Ne2 $5 ({Usual is} 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Nb3) 10... Be6 11.
Qxd6 {The weaker player wants a quick draw.} cxd6 12. Rd1 O-O-O 13. Nbc3 Kc7
14. Nf4 Ng6 15. Nce2 Rhe8 16. Rd2 Bc8 17. f3 Ne5 18. Nh5 $6 f5 $1 {
The stronger player wants to fight.} 19. Nhg3 $6 ({Preferable is} 19. exf5 $5
Nc4 20. Rd4 Rxe2 21. Rxc4 Bxf5) 19... fxe4 $1 20. fxe4 {He has a weakness.} (
20. Nxe4 $2 d5 21. N4g3 Nc4 {costs a pawn.}) 20... Bg4 21. b3 Rf8 22. Nd4 g6
23. Rf1 Rxf1+ 24. Nxf1 Re8 25. Rf2 Re7 26. Nd2 b5 27. a3 Bc8 28. N4f3 Nf7 29.
Rf1 c5 30. Re1 Bb7 31. Kf2 Kd7 32. Re3 Re8 33. Ke2 a5 34. Kf2 b4 35. axb4 axb4
36. h3 Ke6 37. c3 bxc3 38. Rxc3 {White has two weaknesses.} Rb8 39. Ke3 Kd7 40.
Kd3 Ra8 41. Rc1 Ra2 42. Kc3 Nd8 43. Rc2 Ra6 44. Kd3 Nc6 45. Ke3 Nb4 46. Rc1 Ra2
47. h4 h6 48. g4 Ke6 49. Rc3 Ba6 50. Kf4 Ra1 51. Kg3 Nd3 52. Rc2 Bb5 53. Rc3
Ra2 54. Kh3 $2 ({Better is} 54. Nc4 $1 Bxc4 55. bxc4) 54... Nf4+ 55. Kh2 Bd3 $1
56. Kh1 Be2 $5 57. Re3 Rb2 58. g5 h5 59. Nc4 Bxc4 60. bxc4 Re2 61. Rxe2 Nxe2
62. Kg2 Nc3 $1 {The white pawns are vulnerable in the knight ending.} 63. Kg3
Nxe4+ 64. Kf4 Nc3 65. Ne1 Ne2+ $5 66. Kf3 Nd4+ $6 (66... Nc3 $1 67. Kf4 d5 $1
68. cxd5+ Kxd5 {creates a passed pawn.}) 67. Ke4 $1 Nf5 68. Ng2 Ke7 $5 69. Kd5
Kd7 70. Ke4 Kc6 $1 71. Kd3 Kb6 72. Kc3 Ka5 73. Kb3 Nd4+ 74. Ka3 Ne6 $5 75. Kb3
Kb6 $1 76. Kc3 Kc6 77. Ne3 ({Or} 77. Kd3 d5 $1) 77... Nf4 78. Kd2 Kd7 79. Ke1
Ke6 80. Kf2 Ke5 $1 {The long king manoeuvres have effect.} 81. Kf3 Ne6 82. Nd5
Nd4+ 83. Kg3 Nf5+ 84. Kh3 Kd4 85. Nb6 Kd3 $1 86. Kg2 Nxh4+ {
The second pawn falls.} 87. Kg3 Nf5+ 88. Kf4 Kd4 89. Kf3 Ne7 90. Kg3 Ke4 91.
Kh4 Kf4 $1 {Six players shared the lead after the penultimate round. There
were seven winners after nine rounds: Ma, Mchedlishvili, Khenkin, Vakhidov,
Sarkar, Hebden and Radovanovic. Each one had scored 61/2/9 and got 750 pounds.}
0-1

[Event "Hastings 1415"]
[Site "90 Masters"]
[Date "2015.01.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sengupta, Deep"]
[Black "Zhao, Jun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]

1. e4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. h4 c5 4. h5 d6 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. d3 e6 7. Bb3 $5 Nf6 8. h6
Bf8 9. Nge2 Be7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 O-O {The chances are about equal} 12. Be3
Na5 13. Qd3 Ng4 14. Bd2 Bf6 15. Nde2 $6 ({Preferable is} 15. Qe2 $5 Bxd4 16.
Qxg4) 15... Ne5 $1 {The knights jump around.} 16. Qg3 Nec4 $6 17. O-O-O $2 ({
Correct is} 17. Bf4 $1 a6 18. Rd1) 17... b5 $1 {
Suddenly Black has a strong attack.} 18. f4 $5 ({The pointe is} 18. Nxb5 $6 Ba6
$1) 18... b4 $1 19. Na4 Nxd2 20. Rxd2 Qc7 21. Rhd1 $5 Nc4 22. Rd3 Bb7 23. e5 $1
dxe5 24. Rd7 Qc8 25. Rxb7 $1 {White has to give up a rook.} Qxb7 26. Bxc4 Qc7
$1 {
Sengupta has a sufficient material compensation, but Zhao keeps the initiative.
} 27. Bb3 exf4 28. Qf2 $5 (28. Nxf4 Rad8 29. Qg4 Rxd1+ 30. Kxd1 Rd8+ 31. Nd3
Qe5 32. Qxb4 Qh5+ 33. g4 Qxh6 {favours Black.}) 28... Rad8 29. Rf1 $6 (29. Rh1
$1 {protects a useful pawn.}) 29... Bg5 30. Qf3 Qe5 31. Kb1 Bxh6 32. Nc1 Rd2
33. Rh1 Bg5 34. Qb7 Rfd8 35. Nd3 Qe2 36. a3 bxa3 37. Nac5 Qxg2 38. Qxg2 Rxg2
39. Ne4 h6 40. bxa3 Kg7 41. Rf1 Re2 42. Nc3 Re3 43. a4 h5 44. Nd1 Rg3 45. Nc3
Bh6 46. Ne2 Re3 47. Nexf4 Bxf4 48. Nxf4 h4 49. Kc1 h3 50. Rh1 g5 51. Nd3 f5 52.
Bc4 Kf6 53. Bb5 g4 {Zhao had scored 5/5!} 0-1

[Event "Hastings 1415"]
[Site "90 Masters"]
[Date "2015.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zhao, Jun"]
[Black "Vakhidov, Jahongir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[Annotator "JvR"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]

{When the penultimate round began, Zhao had scored 61/2/7.} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5
Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Nb5 Qb6 7. Na3 c6 8. Nc4 Qc7 9. Nce5 Bg7
10. Bc4 O-O 11. O-O Nd5 12. Bb3 e6 $6 (12... Nd7 $1 13. Qe2 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 a5 {
drew in Delander - Bierwisch, Halle 2000.}) 13. c4 $1 Nf6 {
Now Black cannot capture with a knight on e5 and he has to withdraw.} 14. h3 c5
$6 (14... Nbd7 {is wiser again.}) 15. Bf4 Qa5 $5 16. d5 $1 Qd8 $6 {
Black has wasted a lot of time.} 17. Rc1 b6 18. Re1 Nh5 19. Bh2 {
The sacrifice on f7 could be played already.} Bh6 20. Rc3 Bf4 21. Bxf4 Nxf4 22.
Qd2 $1 Nh5 23. Nxf7 $1 {Zhao carries out a crushing blow.} Kxf7 ({
The commentator at Hastings suggests} 23... Rxf7 {but then follows} 24. dxe6 $1
Rf8 25. e7 $1) 24. dxe6+ Ke7 25. Rd3 $1 Qc7 26. Qh6 Rh8 27. Ne5 $1 Bxe6 28.
Nxg6+ $1 hxg6 29. Qxh8 Kf7 30. Rf3+ Bf5 31. Rxf5+ $1 {Zhao had won again. He
drew in the last round and triumphed with 8/9, one point ahead of the field.}
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