1930/31 Hastings Premier, 29 December 1930 - 7 January 1931, Waverley Hotel

1930/31 Hastings Premier		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	Max Euwe	&;	½	1	1	1	½	1	0	1	1	7
2	José Raúl Capablanca	½	&;	0	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	6½
3	Mir Sultan Khan	0	1	&;	1	½	1	0	1	½	1	6
4	Reginald Pryce Michell	0	½	0	&;	1	1	½	1	0	1	5
5	Fred Dewhirst Yates	0	0	½	0	&;	1	1	½	1	½	4½
6	Sir George Alan Thomas	½	½	0	0	0	&;	1	0	1	1	4
7	William Winter	0	0	1	½	0	0	&;	1	½	½	3½
8	Vera Menchik	1	0	0	0	½	1	0	&;	½	0	3
9	Theodore Henry Tylor	0	0	½	1	0	0	½	½	&;	½	3
10	Edgar Colle	0	0	0	0	½	0	½	1	½	&;	2½

BCM, February 1931, ppn 53-65 (report by Harold Meek)

HASTINGS CHRISTMAS CONGRESS.

The eleventh annual Christmas Congress, organised by the Hastings and St. Leonards Club, was opened at the Waverley Hotel on Monday, December 29th, by the Mayor, Councillor G. H. Ormerod, who was introduced by Mr. H. E. Dobell, president of the club, supported by Messrs. A. F. Kidney, the congress secretary, and E. A. Lewcock, the director of the tournaments.

In declaring the congress open the Mayor made the interesting announcement that he was the 800th burgess to bear that office. The dignified atmosphere of the Town Hall, the venue of so many previous events, was missing, but Mr. J. A. Watt, the proprietor of the Waverley Hotel and one of the leading chess supporters in the country, made adequate arrangements for the play. The popularity of the Hastings Congress was shown by the fact that only one change had to be made in the list of entries, and the full quota of ten sections with ten players in each was obtained.

Last year the Premier Tournament proved very dull owing to the high proportion of lifeless draws. The congress committee, anxious to avoid a recurrence of easy half-points, invited a few known fighters, and the result was that the eleventh congress will go down to history as one of the most interesting and keenly-contested of the Hastings series, apart from its memorable individual results.

Naturally, the presence of Señor J. R. Capablanca, ex-champion of the world, was the great attraction, but the entry of Dr. Euwe, the Dutch champion, and that of Mir Sultan Khan, the British champion, added just that touch of uncertainty that every good sporting event should have.

It was generally felt that among these three players the spoils would be shared, but no one quite expected to see Capablanca’s colours lowered, nor that he would occupy any but the top place. However, the young genius from the East vanquished the wizard of the West, and the famous Cuban met with his first loss in England and in his first game with the reigning British champion.

This famous victory encouraged Sultan Khan’s followers to predict his ultimate success as tournament winner, but he "flattered only to deceive," and once again went down to Winter. He has only drawn one game out of six against Winter, and that was a sensational stalemate which the latter overlooked at Ramsgate in 1929. The British champion should also have lost to Yates, but he threw away a draw against Dr. Euwe, which balanced matters.

Dr. Euwe’s victory was well deserved and most popular. In spite of heavy journalistic work he played splendidly, but he, too, provided a sensation by losing to Miss Menchik. This was his only loss. The popular Dutch champion is still under thirty, so he should be a strong candidate for the world championship before long. His forthcoming match with Capablanca will receive additional importance by reason of his Hastings success.

Capablanca is reported to have admitted that he is not as good a player as he used to be, and when asked why he said that by giving up all his life to any one game a man became a crank. The ex-champion may be tiring of chess somewhat, but his prowess is still there. The old purpose is what seems lacking.

Michell was the only home-born player to get into the prize-list, and he fully deserved the honour. The other places were filled more or less according to expectation, though Colle’s poor show was chiefly due to ill-health. Sir George Thomas once again lost to Miss Menchik and is now acclaimed as president of the "Menchik club"—the membership of which is strictly limited to victims of the woman champion!

Yates and Winter had their ups and downs, particularly the latter, who rose to inspired brilliance against Sultan Khan and yet threw his Queen away against Capablanca! Miss Menchik should have done a little better, and Tylor might have done likewise, but he does not mind risking a point for a pretty bit of chess.

Round 1

Sultan Khan, the British champion, opened the scoring in promising style by a very smart win aginst Michell in 25 moves. The latter made an injudicious Pawn advance and could not cope with a brilliant King’s side attack with a mating finish.

Dr. Euwe outplayed Winter in the ending. The former had a passed pawn on the QR file and Winter had one in the middle. In the race for promotion Winter lost a piece, and resigned on the 39th move.

Thomas v Tylor, rd 1, Hastings Premier 1930/31, 29 December 1930
Photos are from The Sphere, 3 January 1931

Thomas and Tylor had an eventful game. The latter was a Pawn up for some time, but he went astray and lost in 33 moves.

Capablanca was much too good for Colle, who was far from well. The Cuban master gave up the exchange temporarily, but this led eventually to a decisive Pawn supremacy, and the end came in 39 moves.

Capablanca in play in round 1 of the 1930/31 Hastings Premier, 29 December 1930

The game between Miss Menchik and Yates proved to be a very long affair, and ended in a draw at the second sitting after 54 moves.

Vera Menchik in play, round 1, Hastings Premier, 29 December 1930.
The game score is unavailable but it would appear that the game began 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 e3 and possibly 4...b6.

Fred Yates, playing Black against Vera Menchik, rd 1, Hastings Premier, 29 December 1930

Round 2

The great event of this round was the victory of Miss Menchik over Dr. Euwe. The woman champion had to meet a strong Queen’s side attack, but she defended splendidly. At the adjournment the position—Bishop and five Pawns each—looked very level, but the Dutch champion tried to force a win and paid the penalty in 61 moves.

Sultan Khan had a hard game against Colle, who built up a very powerful attack which won a Pawn. The latter gave up two pieces for a Rook and gained two more Pawns. Towards the end he made a rash Pawn advance and lost in 45 moves.

Tylor and Winter had a sporting game—the only KP example in the first two rounds. Winter essayed a bold Pawn advance, leaving his King somewhat exposed. He gained a Pawn but could not do more than draw when the game was resumed. It lasted 57 moves.

Capablanca and Yates had a great tussle of over seven hours. The former eventually gained a Pawn, and in the kind of ending at which he excels he won in 87 moves.

Sir George Thomas was outplayed by Michell, and with the clock also giving him trouble he resigned on the 28th move.

Round 3

This round made chess history. Capablanca made a slight slip in the opening, and from that point onwards the British champion gradually but surely tightened his hold on the game. He gave up his Queen for two Rooks, and the ex-champion of the world found himself with a Bishop and Knight that could hardly move. Out of his last 40 moves about 30 were made with the Queen. Capablanca tried hard for the draw, but he was beaten after a really remarkable game in 65 moves.

Winter and Michell had an uneventful sort of game, which was drawn in 24 moves.

Dr. Euwe adopted the Caro-Kann defence against Yates, who won a Pawn. Both players got into time trouble, and this led to the resignation of Yates on the 40th move.

The game between Sir George Thomas and Colle was very interesting, the latter having two passed Pawns in the centre. Sir George broke this menace by giving up a Rook for two pieces, and he won in 57 moves.

Miss Menchik and Tylor fought hard all the morning, the former being a Pawn up at the adjournment. This game resulted in a draw.

Round 4

The game between Dr. Euwe and Capablanca proved interesting, as the latter introduced an innovation in the Cambridge Springs Defence. Dr. Euwe, however, had his full share of the play, and the game was drawn in 25 moves.

Sir George Thomas seemed to be doing well against Sultan Khan, when he fell into a trap. In going after a Pawn he lost the exchange, and Sultan Khan thus registered his fourth successive win.

Miss Menchik also lost to Michell by an oversight. She was a Pawn ahead, but overlooked the loss of a piece, and resigned on the 18th move.

Winter adopted the Sicilian Defence against Colle, and the game soon became critical. For a while Winter was a Pawn up, but Colle regained this, and the game was drawn soon after resumption.

Tylor was in his usual sporting mood against Yates. Matters became very complicated and Tylor, in trying some ingenious but unsafe combinations, lost on the 30th move.

Round 5

This round was made memorable by Winter’s brilliant victory against Sultan Khan, whose winning sequence was thus broken. The British champion initiated a King’s side attack which Winter repulsed in clever fashion. Sultan Khan then had to meet a strong counter-attack which Winter pushed home amid much excitement. He won in 45 moves.

The game between Sir George Thomas and Capablanca was soon reduced to a Queen Rook and Pawn affair. The former made good use of his Queen and secured a draw by perpetual check on the 26th move.

Michell played one of his best games in this round. Yates adopted his favourite Ruy Lopez, but eventually found himself with an isolated QP. Michell concentrated so well on this weak spot that he came out two Pawns ahead. He forced the exchange of Queens, and Yates resigned after 35 moves.

Dr. Euwe outplayed Tylor, whose Queen’s side pieces were badly out of play, and the former, threatening a mate with his Rooks, secured the verdict in 32 moves.

Colle was rather fortunate to win against Miss Menchik after being the exchange down. The woman champion, however, ran short of time, and Colle, with a neat sacrifice, won in 35 moves.

Round 6

The first game to finish was that between Sir George Thomas and Winter. The latter was evidently feeling the strain after his great struggle of the previous round and Sir George, after winning the exchange by a clever combination, had little trouble in winning. The game lasted 25 moves.

Dr. Euwe was soon on the attack against Michell. He brought off a fine sacrificial combination with a devastating double check in it, and won in 32 moves.

Colle and Yates took ten hours before the draw was reached, most of the play being a Bishop and Pawns against Knight and Pawns. Yates did well to save this half-point.

Sultan Khan and Miss Menchik had an interesting game, both attacking on opposite wings. The former gained a valuable Pawn and this decided the issue.

Tylor put up an exceedingly good fight against Capablanca, but finding himself almost certain of losing on the time-limit, he went in for a gamble and lost in 34 moves.

Round 7

Dr. Euwe went to the head of the list by a good victory over Colle, to which the latter’s gift of a piece contributed, and he resigned on the 32nd move.

The game between Winter and Capablanca provided a real sensation. The former set up a fine attack and had the famous master fighting hard for a draw. Eventually Capablanca secured an easier position and then came a tragic blunder by Winter. In a rush against time he presented Capablanca with the Queen.

Tylor played more in keeping with his known form against Michell. Both went in for spirited Knight play, but Tylor eventually won two Pawns and Michell resigned on the 35th move.

Once again Miss Menchik took a full point from Sir George Thomas. A few weak moves by him left Miss Menchik with the better position at the adjournment, and when Sir George saw her sealed move in the afternoon he resigned without further play.

Sultan Khan put up a tremendous fight against Yates, as he was at a disadvantage early on. The latter, with two Pawns up, was fully expected to win, but he missed his way and only drew. The ending was very interesting, and the game lasted 95 moves.

Round 8

Sultan Khan had the chance of drawing with Dr. Euwe, but even though the half-point was of vital importance he preferred to decline the draw. In attempting to win he paid the usual penalty, and resigned on the 39th move.

Miss Menchik put up a good fight against Winter until right at the end of the session she made an elementary blunder, and lost on the 43rd move.

Sir George Thomas had even worse luck against Yates, for he had established a superior position, when a miscalculation cost him a piece, and he resigned on the 35th move.

Michell had the satisfaction of drawing with Capablanca. The game came down to a Rook Bishop and Pawn ending and went to the 38th move. Michell’s play was most careful, and the half-point was of much use to him.

Tylor had two doubled Pawns to the good against Colle, but the draw was agreed to after 22 moves.

Round 9

Dr. Euwe needed but the half-point to secure first prize, so by careful play the draw was reached fairly early.

Capablanca made sure of sharing, if not winning, the second prize by a well-played game against Miss Menchik. His handling of a Bishop and Pawn ending was in his best vein.

Sultan Khan missed sharing the second prize with Capablanca by only drawing with Tylor. In fact, the latter had the better prospects for a time, but the end came in 23 moves. This result put the British champion third.

Michell had little difficulty in making headway against an indifferent defence by Colle. He won in 22 moves, and the point gave him fourth prize.

Yates proved too good for Winter, whose defence was below the usual standard, and the former won on the 27th move.

1930/31 Hastings Premier Reserves

1930/31 Hastings Premier Reserves		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	Salo Flohr	&;	1	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	½	8
2	Ludwig Rellstab	0	&;	1	½	0	1	½	1	1	1	6
3	George Koltanowski	½	0	&;	½	½	½	1	½	1	1d	5½
4	Daniel Noteboom	0	½	½	&;	0	½	1	1	1	1	5½
5	C Hugh O'D Alexander	0	1	½	1	&;	½	1	1	0	0	5
6	Abraham Baratz	0	0	½	½	½	&;	½	½	1	1d	4½
7	Edward Mackenzie Jackson	0	½	0	0	0	½	&;	½	½	1	3
8	Reginald Joseph Broadbent	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	&;	1	0	2½
9	Leonard Illingworth	0	0	0	0	1	0	½	0	&;	1d	2½
10	George Marshall Norman	½	0	0d	0	1	0d	0	1	0d	&;	2½

The foreign players swept the board in the Premier Reserves tournament, T. H. Tylor, who shared first prize with G. Koltanowski last year, having gone into the Premier tournament. S. Flohr, who shared third prize last year, simply romped home this time, his total of 8 points being the highest in any section of the congress. He is undoubtedly one of the most promising players in the world, and on his next visit to England he should be in the top class. G. Koltanowski, the Belgian champion, had too many draws to equal his previous year’s performance, and he had to be content with sharing the third prize with D. Noteboom, the clever young Dutch Player.

At one time it looked as though C. H. O’D. Alexander, the Cambridge University president, would finish much higher, but he lost to the two bottom players. However, he just prevented the complete segregation of the home and foreign contingents by finishing above Baratz, of Paris. G. M. Norman retired at the end of the sixth round, thus giving Koltanowski, Baratz and Illingworth wins by default. It should be mentioned, however, that Mr. Norman was brought in to fill a vacancy.

1930/31 Hastings Major A

1930/31 Hastings Major A		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	Harold Brown	&;	½	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	7½
2	Alfred Mortlock	½	&;	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	½	6
3	Harold John Francis Stephenson	0	0	&;	0	½	1	1	½	1	1	5
4	Philip Ashby Ursell	0	1	1	&;	1	0	1	1	0	0	5
5	Alan Hamilton Crothers	1	0	½	0	&;	½	½	0	1	1	4½
6	Cyril Maxwell	0	1	0	1	½	&;	0	½	½	½	4
7	Hans Otto Schmidt	0	0	0	0	½	1	&;	1	1	½	4
8	Marcel Barzin	0	0	½	0	1	½	0	&;	½	1	3½
9	Richard Edward Lean	0	0	0	1	0	½	0	½	&;	1	3
10	Siegfried Nadel1	0	½	0	1	0	½	½	0	0	&;	2½

¹ Siegried Nadel (born in Berlin, 8 August 1914 - died in Florida, 27 October 1997), having emigrated to the USA in 1939, changed his name to Fred Nedell. He gave an eight-board blindfold simul during Hastings 1930/31. See Alan McGowan's note here.

Harold Brown, of London, won the Major A section with ease, his only loss being to A. H. Crothers, the old Oxford University player. Last year H. Brown was fifth in this section and A. Mortlock, the former boy champion, was seventh, so both have shown big improvement, as the latter took second prize this time. H. J. Stephenson, a well-known Hastings and Sussex player, held the lead at one time, but he failed against the best players and shared third prize with P. Ursell, of Birmingham, who won the Major B tournament a year ago. Cyril Maxwell, the young champion of Essex, missed one or two chances, but he is evidently a player to watch. Schmidt, of Berlin, and Barzin, of Paris, were just above R. E. Lean, of Brighton, and Siegfried Nadel, of Berlin, must be mentioned, although he finished last. He is only sixteen years of age and has been playing chess only two years. To be a blindfold exponent on such short experience is really remarkable.

1930/31 Hastings Major B

1930/31 Hastings Major B		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	Richard William Barnes Clarke	&;	1	½	½	1	1	0	1	1	1	7
2	(Alfred) Rupert Neale Cross	0	&;	1	1	½	1	½	1	1	½	6½
3	John Baines Lewis	½	0	&;	½	1	½	1	1	½	½	5½
4	Mrs Edith Martha Holloway	½	0	½	&;	1	½	1	0	½	1	5
5	Raymond Hampden Blomfield	0	½	0	0	&;	1	0	1	1	1	4½
6	Alfred Dudley Barlow	0	0	½	½	0	&;	1	½	1	½	4
7	P H J Stam1	1	½	0	0	1	0	&;	0	½	1	4
8	Ferenc Safran	0	0	0	1	0	½	1	&;	1	0	3½
9	George Clifford Brown	0	0	½	½	0	0	½	0	&;	1	2½
10	George Wright	0	½	½	0	0	½	0	1	0	&;	2½

¹ P H J Stam was from Leiden in the Netherlands and played chess for SV Dordrecht into the 1980s. He was a friend of Daniel Noteboom. He finished 1st= in the 1928 BCF First-Class section at Tenby. I've not yet been able to establish his forenames. Can anyone help?

Hastings seems to agree with R. W. B. Clarke, the Cambridge University player. Last year he shared second prize in the First Class A section and, although put up to a higher class, he had no difficulty in carrying off first prize. He should not have lost the game he did. Rupert Cross, the blind player—boy no longer—scored a very popular success by taking second prize and incidentally bringing honour to Oxford University. As last year, he won against G. C. Brown, his old headmaster of Worcester College for the Blind. J. Baines-Lewis, of Harrogate, the new secretary of the Yorkshire Association, was third, with Mrs. Holloway, of Hampstead, just outside the prize list. Stam is a young Dutchman, and Safran, who hails from Hungary, looks more fitted to tackle Carnera than to push chess pieces about. He must be the "biggest" man in the chess world.

1930/31 Hastings First Class A

1930/31 Hastings First Class A		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	Mrs Edith Mary Ann Michell	&;	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	7½
2	Miss Minnie Musgrave	1	&;	½	½	1	1	1	1	1	½	7½
3	Max Demby	½	½	&;	0	1	1	½	½	1	1	6
4	W Barker	0	½	1	&;	1	0	0	½	½	1	4½
5	Albert H Hart	0	0	0	0	&;	1	1	1	0	1	4
6	Henry Edmund Tudor	0	0	0	1	0	&;	1	0	1	1	4
7	J H Wise	0	0	½	1	0	0	&;	1	½	1	4
8	Arthur John Adrian Goetzee	0	0	½	½	0	1	0	&;	½	0	2½
9	Samuel John Holloway	0	0	0	½	1	0	½	½	&;	0	2½
10	Sydney Meymott	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	&;	2½

The First Class A section provided a great triumph for two well-known and very popular lady players—Mrs. R. P. Michell, of London, and Miss Musgrave, of Hastings. The latter took third prize in this class last year. M. Demby, of London, the winner of the B section last year, took the third prize. Curiously enough W. Barker, of Birmingham, was next to M. Demby last year with a point-and-a-half between them each time. A. J. A. Goetzee and S. Meymott figured well up in the B section on the previous occasion but hardly justified their promotion. S. J. Holloway, one of the statesmen of the chess world, took his games and losses in holiday mood.

1930/31 Hastings First Class B

1930/31 Hastings First Class B		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	Charles William Roberts	&;	½	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	6½
2	Rev. Charles Fenton Bolland	½	&;	1	0	1	0	1	½	1	1	6
3	Hon. Arthur James Beresford Lowther	0	0	&;	1	1	½	½	1	½	1	5½
4	Peter Reid	1	1	0	&;	½	½	0	1	½	1	5½
5	C Lewis	0	0	0	½	&;	½	1	1	1	1	5
6	Leonard Rex Bodley Scott	1	1	½	½	½	&;	0	1	½	0	5
7	Major Edgar Montague-Jones	0	0	½	1	0	1	&;	1	½	½	4½
8	Miss Emily Eliza Abraham	0	½	0	0	0	0	0	&;	1	1	2½
9	Miss Olga Menchik	0	0	½	½	0	½	½	0	&;	½	2½
10	Charles Henry Taylor	0	0	0	0	0	1	½	0	½	&;	2

C. W. Roberts, a Yorkshireman, took the first prize in First Class B—a section which produced very close results at the top. The Rev. C. F. Bolland was bottom but one in the A section last year so he exactly reversed his place. The Hon. A. J. Lowther thoroughly enjoys these congresses, and it is very pleasing to see him in the prize-list. He shared the third with P. Reid. L. R. B. Scott¹, the Cambridge University player, and Major Montague Jones, treasurer of the Southern Counties Union, were other well-known players in the section, and of course Miss Olga Menchik gets much reflected glory, if not success, from her famous sister. She needs no reflected popularity, however.

¹ Leonard Rex Bodley Scott was a Cambridge University medical student from around 1928. He did not play in a Varsity match and I've yet to discover his college. Not to be confused with Laurence Prestwich Scott (1909-83) who played for Cambridge University around the same time (on a higher board) and took part in the 1931 Varsity Match. Leonard Rex Bodley Scott, born around 1911/12 (probably in India), committed suicide in Hampstead in 1934. JS.

1930/31 Hastings First Class C

1930/31 Hastings First Class C		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	Michael Benger	&;	1	½	1	½	½	½	1	1	1	7
2	Henry Ashwell Cadman	0	&;	1	½	½	1	0	1	1	1	6
3	W G Watson	½	0	&;	0	1	½	1	1	1	1	6
4	Ward Mayhew Parker Mitchell	0	½	1	&;	0	1	1	0	½	1	5
5	Mrs Amy Eleanor Wheelwright (née Benskin)	½	½	0	1	&;	0	½	1	½	1	5
6	Alfred Herman Reeve	½	0	½	0	1	&;	½	1	0	1	4½
7	Capt. Hugh Windsor Fiesch Heneage	½	1	0	0	½	½	&;	0	½	1	4
8	Samuel Frederick Dalladay	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	&;	1	1	4
9	G J Flynn	0	0	0	½	½	1	½	0	&;	1	3½
10	W E Brewerton	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	&;	0

A Cambridge University representative, M. Benger, took first prize in the First Class C section, the second and third being shared by H. A. Cadman, of Scarborough, and W. G. Watson. The number of autographs collected by Mr. Cadman should make the book they are in worth showing to Nimzowitsch, the author.

Mrs. Wheelwright, of Watford, the only lady in the section, did well to finish equal fourth in such strong company.

1930/31 Hastings Second Class

1930/31 Hastings Second Class		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	J S Wilson	&;	1	½	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	7
2	Douglas Andrew Breach	0	&;	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	6
3	Leonard Stanley Hanson-Powter	½	½	&;	1	½	0	½	1	1	1	6
4	Mrs (Ena Florence) Winser1	1	½	0	&;	1	0	1	1	0	1	5½
5	T Moody	½	½	½	0	&;	1	0	½	1	1	5
6	Mrs Pauline Peckar	0	½	1	1	0	&;	0	½	1	1	5
7	Herbert William Tidball	0	0	½	0	1	1	&;	1	½	1	5
8	T Lovejoy	0	0	0	0	½	½	0	&;	1	1	3
9	Cyril Herbert Breach	0	0	0	1	0	0	½	0	&;	1	2½
10	S Sidebottom	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	&;	0

¹ (William) Arthur Winser (who did not play in this event) married Ena Florence Hazelden in Hastings in 1928, so this is presumably her (BCM gives her simply as 'Mrs Winser'). Both spouses were born in 1906. They later divorced and she married Harvey Pendleton in Hastings in 1974. She died in 2000. Winser himself remarried. Ena Hazelden appears in the 1927 London Girls' Championship group photo on this page. She finished 4th behind Vera & Olga Menchik and Rita Gregory.

1930/31 Hastings Third Class A

1930/31 Hastings Third Class A		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	John E Coleman	&;	1	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	7½
2	D C Stedman	0	&;	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	7
3	Frank Miles Argrave	1	0	&;	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	6
4	J Dengate	½	0	1	&;	0	1	½	1	1	1	6
5	Mrs Florence Jane Fish	0	1	0	1	&;	0	1	1	1	1	6
6	W F Freeman	0	0	0	0	1	&;	1	1	1	1	5
7	Miss Margaret Keith-Dowding	0	0	0	½	0	0	&;	1	1	1	3½
8	W Howgrave	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	&;	1	1	3
9	L Banks	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	&;	1	1
10	Mrs Clara Margaret MacVean (née Sanders)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	&;	0

1930/31 Hastings Third Class B

1930/31 Hastings Third Class B		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	G H Wheeler	&;	1	1	½	½	1	½	1	1	1	7½
2	A A Lloyd	0	&;	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	7
3	Stanley H Hanson-Powter	0	0	&;	1	1	½	1	1	0	1	5½
4	E J Powell	½	1	0	&;	0	1	0	1	1	1	5½
5	Thomas Gasson	½	0	0	1	&;	1	0	1	0	1	4½
6	George Shoesmith	0	0	½	0	0	&;	1	1	1	1	4½
7	F G Taylor	½	0	0	1	1	0	&;	0	1	1	4½
8	Mrs Ball	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	&;	1	1	3
9	Leslie J Message	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	&;	0	2
10	J T Hardy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	&;	1

Two lightning tournaments were held, Flohr winning the first prize each time. The full results were : 1st tournament—(1) Flohr; (2) Baratz; (3) Sir G. A. Thomas; (4) Ursell. 2nd tournament—(1) Flohr; (2) Ursell; (3) Dalladay; (4) Blomfield.

S. Nadel, the 16-year-old boy from Berlin, gave a simultaneous blindfold display against eight players. Most of the games had to be adjudicated, the final figures being : 2 wins, 4 draws, and 2 losses. The players who scored wins against him were Mrs. Wheelwright and D. A. Breach.

A "movietone" was taken of the proceedings one morning, but Capablanca was not "in the picture." A good joke was provided by the wife of one of the chess correspondents, who wrote to her husband thus: "I have been reading the chess reports (not her husband’s, by the way) and I notice that the Aga Khan has beaten Capablanca." Nobody enjoyed this one more than Capablanca.

The prizes were presented by the Mayoress of Hastings, and a most successful congress ended with the usual votes of thanks and a little recognition of the valuable services rendered by Miss Kathleen Lewcock, in keeping the tournament scores and records.

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File Updated

Date	Notes
30 May 2014	Previous update
18 June 2019	Added the full score of the missing game Winter-Menchik, Premier Round 8, which was given in the Manchester Guardian for 9 January 1931.
12 January 2022	Updated the stub of Yates-Sultan Khan, rd 7, to include the final few moves of the game, found in a Dutch newspaper.
15 December 2022	Updated to include 15 games from subsidiary sections, full crosstables of all sections and the report written by Harold Meek for BCM.
16 December 2022	Added four games and one part-game from subsidiary sections: (1) G.Koltanowski 1-0 E.Jackson (Premier Reserves, rd 3, part-game); (2) A.Baratz 1-0 L.Illingworth (Premier Reserves, rd 6); (3) M.Barzin 1-0 H.Schmidt (Major A, rd 8); (4) H.Brown 1-0 M.Barzin (Major A, rd 9); (5) F.Safran 1-0 E.Holloway (Major B). Many thanks to Ulrich Tamm for submitting these games.
17 December 2022	Some photos added. Also, corrections applied to two game scores from the Premier: (1) Sultan-Menchik (rd 6): Black played 17...a6, not 17...c6; (2) Tylor-Michell (rd 7): Black played 34...Ne5, not 34...e5. My thanks to Andy Ansel for drawing my attention to these. Two other games (Capablanca-Yates and Tylor-Yates) have minor game score ambiguities which readers might like to be aware of.