[Event "Hastings Premier 1956/57 32nd"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1956.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alexander, C Hugh O'D"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 Bd6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. Ne2
c5 15. c4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Be5 17. Nc3 Rb8 18. Rac1 Rxb2 19. Na4 Rd2 20. Nxc5 Bb2
21. Rb1 Bf5 22. Bd3 Bxd3 23. Nxd3 Ba3 24. Rfd1 Rxa2 25. Ra1 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Rb8
27. Kf1 Rb3 28. Ke2 a5 29. Kd2 Bb4+ 30. Nxb4 axb4 31. Ra8+ Kg7 32. Rb8 Rb2+ 33.
Ke3 f5 34. g3 Kg6 35. Rb6+ Kg5 36. f4+ Kh5 37. h3 Rb1 38. Kf3 Rf1+ 39. Kg2 Rb1
40. Kf3 Rb3+ {Source: CHESS, Vol.22, No.284-5, January 1957, p106} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1956/57 32nd"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1956.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Black "Clarke, Peter Hugh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
O-O Re8 9. Nc2 d6 10. h3 Be6 11. Ne3 Qd7 12. Kh2 Ne7 13. Ned5 Kh8 14. Bh6 Neg8
15. Bxg7+ Kxg7 16. Qd4 c5 17. Qd3 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Rab8 19. Rad1 a6 20. Bg2 Red8
21. f4 b5 22. b3 bxc4 23. bxc4 Ne7 24. g4 h5 25. g5 Ne8 26. Rd2 Qe6 27. Bd5
Nxd5 28. Nxd5 Rb7 29. Rf3 f6 30. Qc3 Rf7 31. Rb2 Kh7 32. f5 gxf5 33. Re3 Qd7
34. gxf6 f4 35. Re7 Rxe7 36. fxe7 {Source: CHESS, Vol.22, No.284-5, January
1957, p104; The Times, 2 January 1957} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1956/57 32nd"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1956.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Black "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E41"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 d6 9. Nd2 e5 10. Nb3 Re8 11. f3 b6 12. e4 Nh5 13. g3 Bh3 14. Rf2 g6 15. d5
Nb8 16. a4 a5 17. Bh6 Nd7 18. Qd2 Ng7 19. g4 Nf8 20. Kh1 f5 21. gxf5 Ra7 22.
Rg1 gxf5 23. exf5 Kh8 24. Bg5 Qc8 25. Bf6 Bxf5 26. Qh6 Ree7 27. Rfg2 {Sources:
BCM, February 1957, p31; CHESS, Vol.22, No.284-5, January 1957, p104; The
Times, 2 January 1957} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1956/57 32nd"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1956.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Horseman, Derek Geoffrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E43"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. d4 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Na4
cxd4 9. a3 Be7 10. exd4 Qc7 11. b4 Ng4 12. g3 f5 13. Nc3 d6 14. h3 Nf6 15. Qe2
Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nc6 17. Qe3 Qd7 18. d5 exd5 19. cxd5 Ne5 20. Bb5 Qb7 21. Rd1 a6
22. Bf1 Rfe8 23. Bb2 Bf8 24. Ne2 Kh8 25. Qb3 a5 26. Nd4 a4 27. Qc2 f4 28. gxf4
Ng6 29. Ne6 Nh4 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Qe2 Bh6 32. Qh5 Rxe6 33. Qxh6 Rg8+ 34. Kh1 f5
35. Qxe6 $4 (35. Qxh4 $18 Qg7 $140 36. Qg3 Rg6 37. Qf3) 35... Qg7 36. Qxg8+
Kxg8 37. Rdc1 Qb2 38. Rc8+ Kg7 39. Rc7+ Kh6 40. Re1 Qxf2 41. Re6+ Ng6 42. Bg2
Qxf4 43. Rc6 Qf2 44. Rexd6 f4 45. Rf6 Kg5 46. Rf7 Nh4 47. Rg7+ Kf5 48. Rf7+ Kg5
{Sources: BCM, February 1957, p31; CHESS, Vol.22, No.284-5, January 1957, p105}
(48... Kg5 {... a draw was agreed on the proposal of Black. But Horseman
failed to observe that he now had a won game, since after} 49. Rg7+ Ng6 50. Rf7
({Stockfish 15:} 50. Rxh7 $1 {seems to indicate that Szabo could have rescued
a draw with best play anyway:}) 50... Ne5 {White cannot prevent an eventual f3
with an easy win for Black" (Golombek, BCM)}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1956/57 32nd"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1956.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Toran Albero, Roman"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A89"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. e4 e6 11. exf5 exf5 12. Qe2 e4 13. f3 exf3 14. Qxf3 Qe7
15. Qe2 Qxe2 16. Nxe2 Ne4 17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. Rxf8+ Kxf8 19. Rb1 Bg4 20. Kf2 Kg8
21. Be3 Rf8+ 22. Ke1 Rf3 23. Kd2 h5 24. Ng1 Rf7 25. Ne2 Rd7 26. Ke1 c6 27. dxc6
bxc6 28. Rd1 Bxb2 29. Rxd7 Bxd7 30. Bxa7 Be6 31. Bd4 Ba3 32. c5 Bxa2 33. Kf2
Kf7 34. Ke3 Bb1 35. Nc3 Bc1+ 36. Kf2 Bd3 37. Nd1 Ke6 38. Ne3 Ba3 39. Ke1 Bb4+
40. Kd1 Bb5 41. Kc2 Ba4+ 42. Kb2 Be1 43. Ka3 Bb5 44. Ng2 Ba5 45. Ne3 Bc7 46.
Kb3 h4 47. gxh4 Bxh2 48. Kc3 Bg3 49. Bg7 Bxh4 50. Kd4 Bd3 51. Be5 Bf2 52. Bc7
g5 53. Bd8 g4 54. Bg5 g3 55. Bh4 Bb1 {Source: CHESS, Vol.22, No.284-5, January
1957, p106} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1956/57 32nd"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1956.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Clarke, Peter Hugh"]
[Black "Toran Albero, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B93"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Bc4
(8. Bd3 Be7 9. a4 O-O 10. Qe2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Bg5 Re8 14. Bc4
Rf8 15. Kh1 Nh5 16. Rad1 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 Nf4 (17... Qxg5 18. Rxd7 Nf4 19. Rxf4
Qxf4 20. Rxb7 $18) (17... Nhf6 18. Nxf7 Rxf7 19. Rxf6 gxf6 20. Qh5 Qe8 21. Qg4+
Kh8 22. Bxf7 $18) 18. Nxf7 (18. Rxf4 exf4 19. Qh5 Nf6 20. Bxf7+ Kh8 21. Rxd8
Nxh5 22. Rxa8 Bxa8 23. Bxh5 $18) 18... Rxf7 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. g3 Qc7 21. gxf4
exf4 22. Qg4 Nf6 23. Qxf4 $2 (23. Rxf4 $1 $18) 23... Qxf4 24. Rxf4 $18 {
Penrose-Kottnauer, Ilford Premier 1957, but Penrose failed to win. Not sure of
the move order between 8 and 16. Source: BCM, July 1957, p178.}) 8... Be7 (8...
b5) 9. a4 O-O 10. Qe2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Bg5 Nh5 14. Rad1 Bc5+
15. Kh1 Qc7 16. Rxd7 Qxd7 17. Nxe5 Qc7 18. Nxf7 g6 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Ra7
21. Nd6+ Kg7 22. Rxf8 {Sources: BCM, March 1957, p74; CHESS, Vol.22, No.284-5,
January 1957, p107; The Times, 2 January 1957} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1956/57 32nd"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1956.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Horseman, Derek Geoffrey"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C29"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. d3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Be7 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
d4 c5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Bf5 11. Be3 Qa5 12. c4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Be4 14. Nf5 Bc5
15. Kh1 dxc4 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Nd6 Bg6 18. Nxb7 Qxe5 19. Bxc4 Rab8 20. Qd7 Qe8
21. Qxe8 Rfxe8 22. Nd6 Re7 23. Bb3 Nd4 24. Rf2 Rd8 25. Nc4 Rde8 26. h3 h5 27.
Kh2 Re2 28. Raf1 Nxb3 29. cxb3 f6 30. Kg3 Bd3 31. Rxe2 Rxe2 32. Rf2 h4+ 33. Kf3
Re6 34. Ne3 g5 {["Both players were in extreme time trouble"]} 35. Kg4 $4 ({
"Instead of} 35. Rd2 {when White, indeed, has rather the better game, Horseman
played 35 Kg4..."}) {"Gligoric, also in desperate time trouble, made as if to
move his own king. Then, noticing that White's knight was en prise, he replied.
.."} 35... Rxe3 36. Rxf6 Rg3+ 37. Kh5 Rxg2 38. Rd6 Bf5 39. Ra6 Bxh3 40. Rxa7
Bf5 {Sources: BCM, February 1957, p31; CHESS, Vol.22, No.284-5, January 1957,
p109} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1956/57 32nd"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1956.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[Annotator "Golombek, Harry"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. c4 e6 5. O-O c5 6. Nc3 Be7 7. d4 (7. d3 $5 {
/\ e4}) 7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 (8. Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qf4 O-O 10. Rd1 Qb8 11. Qxb8 Raxb8
12. Bf4 $14 {Szabo-O'Kelly, Hastings 1956/7 (1/2-1/2)}) 8... Bxg2 9. Kxg2 Qc8
10. Bf4 $5 (10. b3 Qb7+ 11. f3 d5 $10) 10... O-O 11. e4 Qxc4 $6 (11... d6 $142
{/\ Nbd7}) 12. Ncb5 (12. Rc1 $142) 12... Nxe4 (12... Na6 13. Rc1 Qxa2 14. Ra1
$18) 13. Rc1 Qd5 14. f3 Nf6 15. Nc7 Qb7 16. Nxa8 Qxa8 17. Qa4 $14 Nd5 18. Nb5
Nc6 19. Nc3 Nxf4+ 20. Qxf4 Qb7 21. Nb5 $2 (21. Rfd1 $142 $1) 21... Qa6 22. a4
$2 (22. Nc3) 22... Nb4 $1 23. Qc7 $138 Qxa4 24. Nc3 Qb3 25. Qxd7 (25. Rb1 $142
Nd3 26. Qxd7 Qc2+ 27. Kh1 Bf6 28. Ne4) 25... Qxb2+ 26. Kh1 Bg5 27. f4 Bd8 28.
f5 (28. Qxa7 $2 Nd3) 28... exf5 29. Nb5 (29. Qxf5 a5) 29... Qe2 $1 30. Ra1 Qd3
31. Qxd3 Nxd3 32. Rad1 (32. Rxa7 $5) 32... Nc5 33. Nxa7 g6 34. Nc8 Ne4 35. Nd6
Be7 36. Nxe4 $2 $138 (36. Nb5) 36... fxe4 37. Rfe1 f5 38. g4 Bc5 39. gxf5 gxf5
40. Re2 Kg7 41. Rf1 {(sealed; "Larsen telephoned his resignation a couple of
hours later" (CHESS)) Sources: BCM, March 1957, p72; CHESS, Vol.22, No.284-5,
January 1957, p107} (41. Rf1 Kg6 {/\ Re8,Kf6-e5,f4}) 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1956/57 32nd"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1956.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Black "Alexander, C Hugh O'D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Kh8 12. Bb5 Bd6 13. h3 Bh5 14. Bxc6 bxc6
15. c4 Rb8 16. Qd3 Qf6 17. c5 Bf4 18. Nb3 Bxc1 19. Raxc1 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 a5 21.
Nxa5 Rxb2 22. Re2 Qxd4 23. Nxc6 Qf6 24. Rxb2 Qxb2 25. Rd1 Qxa2 26. Ne7 d4 {
Source: CHESS, Vol.22, No.284-5, January 1957, p108} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1956/57 32nd"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1956.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
Nc6 9. Qf4 O-O 10. Rd1 Qb8 11. Qxb8 Raxb8 12. Bf4 Rbc8 13. Bd6 Bxd6 14. Rxd6
Rfd8 15. Rad1 Kf8 16. b3 Ke7 17. e4 Ne8 18. R6d2 d6 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 Bc6
21. R4d2 Bd7 22. Bf1 Bc6 23. Bh3 Nc7 24. Bg2 Be8 25. Ne2 b5 {Source: CHESS,
Vol.22, No.284-5, January 1957, p107} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1956/57 32nd"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1956.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alexander, C Hugh O'D"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B96"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 Qa5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. fxe6 Qg5+ 14. Kb1
fxe6 15. Bc4 Qe5 16. Rhd1 O-O-O 17. Ne2 f5 18. Qb3 Re8 19. Nc3 fxe4 20. Bxa6 d5
21. Bb5 Bc5 22. Ra4 Kc7 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Ra6 Rb8 25. Qa4 Rxb2+ 26. Kxb2 Rb8+
27. Kc1 Be3+ 28. Rd2 Qxc3 29. Ra7+ Bxa7 30. Qxa7+ Rb7 31. Qd4 Qxd4 32. Rxd4 Kd6
33. Rd2 c5 34. g4 e3 35. Rg2 d4 36. g5 Rf7 37. Kd1 e5 38. h4 e4 39. Ke2 Rf3 40.
h5 c4 {Sources: BCM, February 1957, p52; CHESS, Vol.22, No.284-5, January 1957,
p109} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1956/57 32nd"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1956.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. b3 Bb7
9. Bb2 Nbd7 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qd2 a6 14. Qb4 e6 15.
Rxc8 Qxc8 16. Rc1 Qb8 17. Qe7 Nc5 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qd8 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21.
b4 Na4 22. Bd4 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Bxc8 24. Bd3 Bb7 25. Kf1 Kf8 26. Ke2 Kg7 27. Kf3
h6 28. Kg4 Kf8 29. h4 Bc8 30. Kg3 Kg7 ({Not} 30... Ke7 {as previously given
here.}) 31. h5 Bb7 32. f4 Bc8 33. Kh4 Bb7 34. g4 Bc8 35. a3 b5 36. e4 Bb7 37.
exd5 Bxd5 38. hxg6 fxg6 39. f5 gxf5 40. gxf5 exf5 41. Bxf5 {Source: CHESS, Vol.
22, No.284-5, January 1957, p110} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1956/57 32nd"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1956.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Black "Horseman, Derek Geoffrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Na4
cxd4 9. exd4 d5 10. a3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Be7 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Ba2 Qc7 14. Bg5 Rfd8
15. Rc1 Rd7 16. Qe2 Qd8 17. Be3 Bf8 18. Rfd1 Ne7 19. Ne5 Rc7 20. Bg5 Nfd5 21.
Bxd5 exd5 22. Bf4 Nc6 23. Ng4 Re7 24. Qf3 Na5 25. Qg3 Nb3 26. Bg5 f6 27. Bxf6
Qe8 28. Bxe7 Nxc1 29. Nf6+ {Sources: BCM, February 1957, p32; CHESS, Vol.22,
No.284-5, January 1957, p111; The Times, 2 January 1957} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1956/57 32nd"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1956.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Black "Clarke, Peter Hugh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bc4 cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bf6 11. Ne4 h6 12. a3 Nb6 13. Bd3 Bxd4 14. Nxd4
Nxd4 15. Bf4 f5 16. Nc3 Qh4 17. Bg3 Qg5 18. Bf1 Rd8 19. f4 Qf6 20. Bf2 Nc6 21.
Qf3 Nd4 22. Qd1 Nc6 23. Qh5 Bd7 24. a4 Be8 25. Qh3 Bf7 26. a5 Nd5 27. Nxd5 exd5
28. a6 b6 29. Rac1 Re8 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Qc3 Qxc3 32. Rxc3 Rc8 33. Bb5 Be8 34.
Bxb6 axb6 35. Bxc6 Bxc6 36. a7 Ra8 37. Rxc6 Rxa7 38. Rxb6 Ra1+ 39. Kf2 Kf7 40.
Rc6 Rb1 41. Rc2 Ke6 42. Ke3 Kd6 43. Kd3 Rd1+ {Source: CHESS, Vol.22, No.284-5,
January 1957, p110} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1956/57 32nd"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1956.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Toran Albero, Roman"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 g6 7. Nd2 Nh5 8. Be3
Qd6 9. Ne2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Ng3 Nf4 12. Bc2 e5 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Nf3 Bg4 15.
h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Rad8 17. Rad1 Qf6 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. Qxf4 Bxf4 20. Bb3 {
Source: CHESS, Vol.22, No.284-5, January 1957, p110} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1956/57 32nd"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1956.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Clarke, Peter Hugh"]
[Black "Alexander, C Hugh O'D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E69"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
c6 9. h3 Re8 10. Be3 a6 11. a4 a5 12. d5 cxd5 13. cxd5 b6 14. Nd2 Ba6 15. Nb5
Qb8 16. Qb3 Rc8 17. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 18. Rxc1 Nc5 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Ra1 Bc8 21. Nc4
Ne8 22. Qc3 Bd7 23. Bf1 f5 24. f3 fxe4 25. fxe4 Bxb5 26. axb5 Nf6 27. Bd3 Qxb5
28. Rxa5 Rxa5 29. Qxa5 Qxa5 30. Nxa5 Kf8 {Source: CHESS, Vol.22, No.284-5,
January 1957, p113} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1956/57 32nd"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1956.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Horseman, Derek Geoffrey"]
[Black "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 Nge7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O
h6 9. Rb1 Bg4 10. Bd2 a5 11. h3 Be6 12. e4 Qd7 13. Kh2 f5 14. Nd5 Kh7 15. Nh4
Rae8 16. a3 Qd8 17. Nf3 Bd7 18. Ng1 b6 19. Ne2 Nxd5 20. exd5 Ne7 21. b4 axb4
22. axb4 c6 $2 (22... Bf6 {/\ g5, Ng6 Penrose}) 23. fxe5 Bxe5 24. d4 Bg7 25.
dxc6 Nxc6 26. b5 Ne7 27. Bf4 Qc7 $4 (27... Be6) 28. c5 Nc8 29. c6 Be6 30. d5
Bg8 31. Nd4 g5 32. Bc1 Re5 33. Nxf5 Rfxf5 34. Rxf5 Rxf5 35. Be4 Qf7 36. Qd3 Ne7
37. g4 Kh8 38. gxf5 Be5+ 39. Kg1 Qf6 40. Be3 g4 41. hxg4 Qh4 42. c7 Qxg4+ 43.
Kf1 Bf7 44. Rc1 Nc8 45. Rc2 Be8 46. Rg2 Qh4 47. Bf2 Qf6 48. Rg4 h5 49. Bh4 Qf8
50. Rg2 Na7 51. Bd8 Qh6 52. Rg5 h4 53. Qc4 h3 54. c8=Q Nxc8 55. Qxc8 Bxb5+ 56.
Kg1 h2+ 57. Kh1 {Source: CHESS, Vol.22, No.284-5, January 1957, p113} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1956/57 32nd"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1956.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E65"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 {[Gligoric turned up 20 minutes late because "his watch was quite
bad" (BCM)]} 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. O-O c5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
dxc5 dxc5 9. Bf4 Nd4 10. e3 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Nd7 12. Ne4 Qb6 13. Qa4 $2 Ne5 $2 ({
"Gligoric seems to have developed needless fears when Larsen allowed a piece
to be trapped. He did not close the trap!} 13... e5 $1 {could be played. If}
14. Bg5 f6 15. Rad1 Qc7 {threatening Nb6." (CHESS)}) 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. Rfd1 Bf5
16. Rd2 Rad8 17. Rad1 Rxd2 18. Rxd2 Bxb2 19. Nxc5 Bc3 20. Nd7 Qc7 21. Nxf8 Bxd2
22. g4 {Source: CHESS, Vol.22, No.284-5, January 1957, p112} (22. g4 Bc8 23.
Qe8 Kg7 24. Nxh7 Qxc4 $17) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1956/57 32nd"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1956.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Black "Toran Albero, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 22. Qe2 Qc6 23. Rb1 Rfe8 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Qd1 Rd8 26. Qe1 Nc4 27.
b3 Re8 28. Qd1 Rd8 29. Qe2 Nb6 30. Bb2 Re8 31. Qf1 Nd5 32. Bxf6 Qxf6 33. Re1
Rf8 34. a4 bxa4 35. Qc4 Qf7 36. bxa4 Nf4 37. Qxf7+ Kxf7 38. Ng5+ Kg8 39. Re7 a5
40. g3 Ng6 41. Ra7 Rf5 42. Ra8+ {Source: CHESS, Vol.22, No.284-5, January 1957,
p112; The Times, 3 January 1957} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1956/57 32nd"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1956.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C86"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 d6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8.
d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. e5 dxe5 12. Nxc6 Qe8 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Bg5
Qe6 15. c4 Ne8 16. Nc3 f6 17. Be3 Rf7 18. Bc5 f5 19. Rd5 e4 20. Re1 Nf6 21. Rd2
Re8 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. cxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1956/57 32nd"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1957.01.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alexander, C Hugh O'D"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B16"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Ne2 h5 7. Be3 Bf5 8.
Nf4 h4 9. Bd3 e6 10. Qf3 Bxd3 11. Nxd3 Nd7 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. Kb1 Qd5 14. Qh3
O-O-O 15. Nf4 Qa5 16. g4 Be7 17. Rhe1 Nb6 18. Bd2 Qb5 19. Bc1 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Qxd5
21. Rd3 Rdg8 22. Bf4 Rg6 23. b3 Bb4 24. c3 Ba3 25. Bd2 Qa5 26. Qf3 Bd6 27. h3
f5 28. d5 cxd5 29. gxf5 Rf6 30. c4 Bb4 31. Bxb4 Qxb4 32. Rc1 Rxf5 33. cxd5+ Kb8
34. Qg2 Rc8 35. Rcd1 $2 (35. Qh2+) 35... Qc5 36. R3d2 exd5 37. f4 Qc7 38. Rxd5
Rxd5 39. Qxd5 Qxf4 40. Qd3 Qg3 41. Qd7 Qg6+ 42. Ka1 f5 43. Qd4 Qg3 44. Rf1 Qxh3
45. Qf4+ Ka8 46. Rf3 Qg4 47. Kb1 Qxf4 48. Rxf4 Rh8 49. Rxf5 h3 50. Rf1 h2 51.
Rh1 Kb8 52. Kc2 Kc7 53. Kd3 Kd6 54. Ke4 Kc5 {Source: CHESS, Vol.22, No.284-5,
January 1957, p116} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1956/57 32nd"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1957.01.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Clarke, Peter Hugh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E59"]
[Annotator "Clarke, Peter"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 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 Re8 13. Nxe5 (13. e4 {
, for a long time considered White's most promising continuation, has been
dropped since the games Geller-Karaklajic and Averbakh-Ivkov from last year's
USSR-Yugoslavia match. The latter game went:} c4 14. Bxc4 exd4 15. cxd4 Na5 $1
16. Bb3 Qxc2 17. Bxc2 Nxe4 18. Re1 Bf5 {and a draw was agreed.}) 13... Nxe5 14.
dxe5 Qxe5 15. f3 b6 $6 (15... Bd7 16. Rb1 (16. Re1 $2 Ba4) 16... Bc6 17. c4
Rad8 $10 {Gligoric-Larsen, Moscow ol 1956}) 16. Re1 Bb7 17. e4 h5 18. Be3 (18.
f4 Qe7 19. e5 c4 $1 20. Bf1 (20. Bxc4 Qc5+ 21. Be3 Qxc4 22. exf6 Be4) (20. Bf5
Ng4 21. Bxg4 (21. Be3 Qh4 22. g3 Qh3 {/\ h4}) 21... Qh4 {/\ Qxg4}) 20... Ng4
21. h3 Qc5+ 22. Kh1 Nf2+ 23. Kh2 Nd3 24. Bxd3 cxd3 25. Qxd3 Rad8 $44) 18... h4
19. Bf1 (19. Rad1 $142 Bc6 {/\ Rad8/Nh5} (19... Rad8 20. Bb5)) 19... Rad8 {
(/\ Bxe4!?,Ng4~~)} 20. a4 (20. Qc1 $142) 20... Re6 21. Rad1 $2 (21. Qc1 $142)
21... Rxd1 (21... Red6 $6 22. Rxd6 Rxd6 23. Qc1 $14) 22. Rxd1 (22. Qxd1 $2 Qxc3
) 22... Bxe4 $1 23. Rd8+ Kh7 (23... Re8 $2 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. fxe4) 24. Qf2 (
24. fxe4 Ng4 25. g3 Nxe3 26. Qf2 Nxf1 $19) 24... Bxf3 25. Qxh4+ Qh5 (25... Bh5
$6 26. Bg5 $40) 26. Bg5 $1 (26. Bd3+ Be4 27. Bxe4+ Rxe4 $17) (26. Qxh5+ Bxh5
27. Bf4 (27. Bg5 Ne4) 27... Be2 $17) (26. Qf4 Qg4 $17) 26... Qxh4 27. Bxh4 Bc6
(27... Be2 28. Bxe2 Rxe2 29. Bxf6 gxf6 30. Rd7 Rc2 31. Rxf7+ Kg6 32. Rxa7 Rxc3
33. Rb7 $10) 28. a5 $1 Ne4 29. axb6 axb6 30. Bc4 Rd6 (30... Rh6 $2 31. Be7 Nxc3
32. Bxf7 $16) 31. Bxf7 Rxd8 32. Bxd8 b5 33. Ba5 g6 34. Bb3 Kg7 35. Bc2 Kf6 36.
Bb6 Nxc3 37. Bxc5 Ne4 38. Bb4 Ke5 39. Kf1 Kd4 40. Ke2 Nc3+ 41. Kf2 Ne4+ {
Sources: BCM, March 1957, p78; CHESS, Vol.22, No.284-5, January 1957, p114} (
41... Ne4+ {The sealed move. A draw agreed without further play because of} 42.
Bxe4 Bxe4 {, with bishops of opposite colours.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1956/57 32nd"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1957.01.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Black "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D73"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 d5 8. Na3
Nc6 9. Be3 Ng4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bd4 Ne5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nb5 Ba6 14. a4 Qd7
15. f4 Ng4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qxd5 Qxd5 18. Bxd5 Rab8 19. Rfc1 Bxb5 20. axb5
Rxb5 21. Bf3 Nh6 22. Rxa7 Nf5 23. Rd7 Rxb2 24. e4 Nh6 25. Rxe7 Rd8 26. Rec7
Rdd2 27. h3 Rh2 28. h4 Rhd2 29. R7c3 Ng8 30. Re1 Nh6 31. Rce3 Ng8 32. R3e2 h5
33. Rxd2 Rxd2 34. Rc1 Nh6 35. Rc5 Rb2 36. Rd5 Ra2 37. Kf1 Rb2 38. Be2 Rb4 39.
e5 Nf5 40. Kf2 Rb2 41. Kf3 Nxg3 42. Bc4 Rb4 43. Rc5 Nf5 44. Rc7 Nh6 45. e6 Rxc4
46. Rxc4 fxe6 47. Ke4 Kf6 {Source: CHESS, Vol.22, No.284-5, January 1957, p116}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1956/57 32nd"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1957.01.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. b3 Rg8 7. Bb2 Bh6
8. Qe2 Bg4 9. O-O-O Nd7 10. h3 Bh5 $2 11. g4 Bg6 12. h4 Nc5 13. Kb1 (13. b4 Na4
$5 ({Larsen intended} 13... Na6 {but Stockfish counters with} 14. a3) 14. h5
Bxc2 15. Kxc2 Rxg4 $13) 13... Qd5 14. d3 O-O-O 15. Bh3 Ne6 16. g5 $4 (16. Nh2
$16) 16... Bh5 $11 17. Bxe6+ $2 ({Stockfish 15:} 17. Qe3 $5 $11) 17... fxe6 $19
18. Rh3 fxg5 19. hxg5 Rxg5 20. Bc1 Rf5 21. Bxh6 Bxf3 {Sources: BCM, February
1957, p33; CHESS, Vol.22, No.284-5, January 1957, p114} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1956/57 32nd"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1957.01.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Toran Albero, Roman"]
[Black "Horseman, Derek Geoffrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Nh3 c6 7. O-O Be7 8. b3
O-O 9. Ba3 h6 10. e3 Qe8 11. Qe2 g5 12. f4 gxf4 13. gxf4 e4 14. Kh1 Kh8 15. Nf2
Rg8 16. Rg1 Nf8 17. d5 c5 18. Bb2 Bd7 19. Bh3 Ng6 20. Rg3 Kh7 21. Rag1 Rd8 22.
Ncxe4 fxe4 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. f5 Ne7 25. Nxe4 Be5 26. Rxg8 Nxg8 27. Qg4 Qe7 28.
Qg6+ Kh8 29. f6 Bxf6 30. Bxd7 Bg7 31. Bf5 Be5 32. Be6 Qg7 33. Qxg7+ Bxg7 34.
Bxg8 Kxg8 35. Rg4 Kf7 36. Kg2 Be5 37. h4 a6 38. h5 b5 39. Rg6 bxc4 40. bxc4 Rb8
41. Nxd6+ Bxd6 42. Rxd6 Rb2+ 43. Kf3 Rxa2 44. Rxh6 Ra4 45. Rc6 Rxc4 46. Rxa6
Rh4 47. h6 c4 48. Rc6 Rh5 49. Ke4 c3 50. Rxc3 Rxh6 51. Rc7+ Ke8 52. Kd4 Rg6 53.
e4 Rh6 54. e5 Kd8 55. Rg7 Ra6 56. e6 Ke8 57. Ke5 Kf8 58. Rb7 Ra1 59. Rb8+ {
Source: CHESS, Vol.22, No.284-5, January 1957, p115} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1956/57 32nd"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1957.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Clarke, Peter Hugh"]
[Black "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. a3 a5 10. Be3 Be6 11. Rc1 Qd7 12. Na4 Nxa4 13. Qxa4 Rfd8 14. Rfd1 Bd5
15. Ne1 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nd4 17. Qxd7 Rxd7 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. a4 Ra6 20. Nf3 Rb6
21. Ne5 Rd5 22. Nc4 Rb4 23. Ra1 Bg5 24. f4 Bd8 25. Rdc1 g6 26. Rc2 Rc5 27. Ra2
c6 28. Ne3 Rxc2 29. Nxc2 Rb6 30. Kf3 f5 31. Na3 Bc7 32. Nc2 Bd8 33. Na3 Bc7 {
Source: CHESS, Vol.22, No.284-5, January 1957, p117} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1956/57 32nd"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1957.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Horseman, Derek Geoffrey"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A68"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Bd3 Qb6 10. Kf1 {["Horseman committed a curious finger-slip. He meant
to play 10 Qb3 and was about to place a piece on that square when he
discovered he was holding the king. Since 10 0-0 would have lost a piece he
had to play 10 Kf1 instead after which Larsen gave him very short shrift." 
(Golombek, BCM)]} Na6 11. a3 Bd7 12. Qc2 Rac8 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Bg1 f5 15. exf5
Bxf5 16. Bxf5 Rxf5 17. g3 Nc7 18. Nh4 Rf7 19. Rd1 Re8 20. h3 Qa6+ 21. Qd3 Qxd3+
22. Rxd3 Ne5 23. Re3 g5 24. Ng2 Nc4 25. Rxe8+ Nxe8 26. Nd1 Nc7 27. Ke2 Nxb2 28.
fxg5 Nxd1 29. Kxd1 Nxd5 30. Ne3 Nc3+ 31. Kc2 d5 32. g4 Rf3 33. Nf5 d4 34. Bh2
d3+ 35. Kc1 Rf2 36. Ne3 Bd4 37. Bg3 Bxe3# {Sources: BCM, February 1957, p35;
CHESS, Vol.22, No.284-5, January 1957, p118} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1956/57 32nd"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1957.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Black "Alexander, C Hugh O'D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Bd2 Nge7 7. a3 Nd4 8. e3
Ne6 9. Nge2 O-O 10. b4 c6 11. e4 f5 12. exf5 Nxf5 13. O-O g5 14. b5 Bd7 15.
bxc6 bxc6 16. Rb1 Rb8 17. Ne4 h6 18. Bc3 d5 19. Nd2 Rxb1 20. Qxb1 d4 21. Bb2
Nc5 22. Ne4 Qb6 23. Nxc5 Qxc5 24. Bc1 Qb6 25. Qa2 Rb8 26. Qd2 Nd6 27. f3 Qb1
28. g4 Rb3 29. Rd1 Nb7 30. Bf1 Nc5 $138 31. Qa5 Bf8 32. Qc7 Rxd3 33. Re1 Rxf3
34. Qxe5 Qb6 35. Ng3 Bxg4 (35... Bg7 36. Qe7 Bxg4 37. Qe8+ Rf8 38. Qg6 Qc7 39.
Bg2 {Fritz2}) 36. Bxg5 $5 Nd7 $6 $138 (36... Bg7 37. Qe8+ Rf8 38. Qg6 hxg5 $6
39. Re7 Ne6 40. Bd3 $1 Rf6 41. Rxg7+ Nxg7 42. Qxf6 $13) 37. Qe4 hxg5 38. Qxg4
Rf7 39. Bd3 Qd8 $2 (39... Qa5 40. Re6 Nf6 $13) 40. Re6 c5 41. Bg6 {Sources:
BCM, February 1957, p34; CHESS, Vol.22, No.284-5, January 1957, p119; The
Times, 5 January 1957} (41. Bg6 Rg7 42. Nf5 Rxg6 (42... Qa5 43. Qh5 $18) 43.
Rxg6+ Kf7 44. Ra6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1956/57 32nd"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1957.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C97"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 Bd7 13. Nf1 Rfe8 14. Ne3 g6 15. b4
cxb4 16. cxb4 Nc4 17. Nxc4 bxc4 18. Bd2 c3 19. Bh6 Rab8 20. Bb3 Rec8 21. Rc1
Rxb4 22. Re3 exd4 23. Nxd4 Qb6 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. exf5 Bf8 26. Bxf8 Kxf8 27. fxg6
hxg6 28. Qf3 d5 29. Rexc3 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 a5 31. g3 Qe6 32. Re3 Qd6 33. Rd3 Qe5
34. Rd1 Rd4 {Source: CHESS, Vol.22, No.284-5, January 1957, p118} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1956/57 32nd"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1957.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Toran Albero, Roman"]
[Black "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. h4 h6 8.
Rb1 c6 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. c4 O-O 11. O-O e5 12. d3 Qc7 13. Bb2 Rd8 14. Qc2 Nc5 15.
Rbd1 Ne6 16. e3 f5 17. d4 e4 18. Ne5 Nf8 19. Rd2 (19. f3) 19... c5 20. Rfd1 Be6
21. Bf1 Kh7 22. Kh2 Rac8 23. Be2 h5 24. f4 exf3 25. Nxf3 cxd4 26. Bxd4 {
Source: CHESS, Vol.22, No.284-5, January 1957, p117} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1956/57 32nd"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1957.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Alexander, C Hugh O'D"]
[Black "Toran Albero, Roman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B34"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. O-O d6 8.
Nc3 Nf6 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Bb3 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. c3
Qb6 15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. c4 Be6 17. Be5 Red8 18. Qc3 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Qd4 20. Qxd4
Rxd4 21. h3 a5 22. Ba4 Rxc4 23. Bb3 Rb4 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Rxe6 Rxb2 26. Rxe7
Rf8 27. Rd1 Rbxf2 28. Ra7 {Source: CHESS, Vol.22, No.284-5, January 1957, p119}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1956/57 32nd"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1957.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C98"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 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 (26... Bg6)
27. Bb6 Re8 28. b3 Nf4 29. bxc4 Ng6 30. Qg4 Bxd5 31. exd5 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 {Sources: CHESS, Vol.22, No.284-5, January 1957,
p122; The Times, 7 January 1957} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1956/57 32nd"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1957.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Clarke, Peter Hugh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E65"]
[Annotator "Clarke, Peter"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. O-O c5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. dxc5
dxc5 9. Bf4 Nd4 (9... Nh5 10. Be3 Nd4 11. Na4 (11. Qd2 $145 Bg4 12. Rfd1 Bxf3
13. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 14. exf3 Qxd2 15. Rxd2 Bxc3 16. bxc3 b6 17. Rd7 Rfe8 18. Rad1
Ng7 $10 {Geller-Gligoric, Stockholm izt 1962}) 11... Bf5 $145 12. Nxc5 Nc2 13.
Qxd8 Raxd8 14. Rad1 Nxe3 $10 {Rogoff-Schaufelberger, Malaga 1970}) (9... Be6
10. Ne5 Na5 (10... Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Nd7 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Bxb7 Rb8 14. Bd5 Bxd5
15. Qxd5 Rxb2 16. Rfd1 $18 {Darga-Wade, 1956}) 11. Qa4 Nh5 12. Rad1 Qb6 13. Nd5
Bxd5 14. Rxd5 Nxf4 15. gxf4 Bxe5 16. Rxe5 $16 {Uhlmann-Padevsky, Alekhine Mem
1956}) 10. Na4 (10. e3 $6 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Nd7 $15 {Larsen-Gligoric, Hastings
1956/7}) (10. Be5 $5 Nc6 11. Qxd8 (11. Bf4 Nd4) 11... Rxd8 12. Bc7 $14 {Larsen}
) 10... Qa5 11. Bd2 Qc7 12. Nxd4 (12. Bc3 Ne4 13. Nxd4 (13. Bxd4 cxd4 14. Nxd4
Qxc4 15. Bxe4 Qxd4) 13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Qxc4) 12... cxd4 13. Rc1
Bg4 14. h3 Bf5 (14... Bd7 15. Bb4 Rfe8 (15... Bc6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qxd4) 16.
Nc5 Bc6 (16... Bc8 17. Qa4 $1) 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. Qxd4) 15. b4 Be4 $2 (15... e5
{/\ e4~~}) 16. f3 $1 Bf5 17. g4 Bc8 (17... Bd7 18. Nc5 Bc6 19. b5 Bxf3 20. Bxf3
Qxc5 21. Bxb7 $16) 18. f4 h5 (18... e5 $2 19. fxe5 Qxe5 20. Bf4 $16) 19. g5 Ne8
20. c5 Bf5 21. b5 e5 22. fxe5 $2 (22. Bb4 $142 exf4 23. c6 b6 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 {
/\ Nb2-d3,Qd2+/-}) 22... Bxe5 23. Qb3 (23. Bb4 Ng7 24. c6 b6 25. Bxf8 Rxf8 {
/\ Ne6~/=}) 23... Ng7 24. b6 axb6 25. cxb6 $6 (25. Nxb6 Ra7 (25... Rab8 $2 26.
Nd5 Qd8 27. Qb6) 26. Nd5 Qd8 27. c6 bxc6 28. Rxc6 $14) 25... Qe7 26. Nc5 (26.
Bb4 $2 Qxg5 27. Bxf8 Rxf8 $40) 26... Ne6 $1 27. Nxb7 $6 (27. Nxe6 Bxe6 28. Qb5
Bd6 $132) 27... Nxg5 28. Bb4 (28. Nc5 $142 Bd6 $13) 28... Nxh3+ 29. Qxh3 (29.
Kh1 Qh4 $19) (29. Bxh3 Qg5+ 30. Bg2 d3 $1 $19) 29... Qxb4 30. Rxf5 $8 gxf5 31.
Qxf5 Qd2 32. Rf1 Qe3+ $2 (32... Qxe2 $1 33. Qg5+ Bg7 34. Nc5 Rxa2 $19) 33. Kh1
Qg3 (33... Qxe2 34. Rg1 Kh8 35. Qg5 $18) 34. Qxh5 Rxa2 $4 $138 (34... Kg7 $5
35. Bd5 (35. Be4 $2 f5 (35... Rh8 $2 36. Rxf7+ Kg8 37. Bh7+) 36. Bxf5 Rxf5 $1)
35... f6 36. Nc5 $1 Rae8 37. Ne4 (37. Rg1 $145 Rh8 38. Rxg3+ Bxg3 39. Ne6+ Rxe6
40. Qxh8+ Kxh8 41. Bxe6 $16) 37... Rh8 (37... Qg6 $2 38. Rg1) 38. Nxg3 Bxg3 39.
Qxh8+ Rxh8+ $13) 35. Rg1 $2 (35. Bd5 d3 $145 $1 36. Bxa2 (36. Bxf7+ Kg7 (36...
Rxf7) 37. Nc5 Qh2+ 38. Qxh2 Bxh2 39. Ne6+ Kh8 40. exd3 (40. Nxf8 dxe2 41. Re1 (
41. Rb1 Rb2 (41... Rd2 42. Bh5 Bg3 43. Bxe2 Rxe2 44. b7 Bb8 45. Nd7 $18) 42.
Ng6+ Kg7 43. Rxb2 e1=Q+ 44. Kxh2 Qa5 $5 $13) 41... Bg3 42. Bxa2 Bxe1 43. Ng6+
Kg7 44. Nf4 Bf2 45. Nxe2 Bxb6 {is a book draw})) 36... dxe2 37. Qxe2 Qh3+ 38.
Kg1 Bd4+ 39. Rf2 Ra8 40. Nd6 Qg3+ 41. Kf1 Bxf2 42. Bxf7+ Kf8 43. Qxf2 Ra1+ 44.
Ke2 Qe5+ 45. Kd3 Rd1+ 46. Kc4 Rxd6 47. Bd5+ Qf6 48. Qxf6+ Rxf6 49. b7 Rb6 $10)
35... Qh2+ $8 (35... d3 36. Bf1 Qxg1+ 37. Kxg1 Bd4+ 38. e3 Bxe3+ 39. Kh1 d2 40.
Bd3 Rfa8 41. Qh7+ Kf8 42. Be2 $18) (35... Rxe2 36. Bf1 Rh2+ $4 37. Qxh2) (35...
Kg7 36. Bh3 $1 Ra1 37. Qxe5+) 36. Qxh2 Bxh2 37. Kxh2 Rxe2 (37... Rb2 38. Nc5
Rxb6 39. Nd7 $18) 38. Nd6 $2 (38. Nc5 $142) 38... Rb2 39. b7 (39. Nc4 Rc2 40.
Kh3 Kh8 41. Bd5 Rb8 42. Ne5 (42. Rb1 d3 $10) 42... Rf2 $10) 39... Rb8 $2 (39...
d3 $10) 40. Rc1 $2 (40. Rd1 {would have won, according to contemporary
commentators, but engines disagree.}) 40... d3 $1 41. Rd1 $6 {(sealed)} (41.
Rc8+ Kh7 42. Rxb8 (42. Rc3 Rg8 $1) 42... d2 43. Nb5 d1=Q 44. Rh8+ Kxh8 45.
b8=Q+ Kh7 46. Qe5 Qe2 $10) (41. Rc3 d2 42. Rd3 Kf8 43. Nf5 (43. Kg3 $2 Rb3 $1
$19) (43. Rd4 Ke7) 43... Rb5 44. Bd5 R8xb7 45. Bxb7 Rxf5 $10) (41. Rc4 $142 d2
42. Rd4 Kf8 43. Kg3 Ke7 44. Bf3 Ke6 45. Kf4 f5 $1 46. Nxf5 R2xb7 47. Rd6+ Kf7
48. Bd5+ Ke8 49. Bxb7 Rxb7 50. Rxd2 $10) 41... d2 42. Kg3 Kf8 43. Nf5 R8xb7 44.
Bxb7 Rxb7 45. Rxd2 Rb3+ 46. Kg4 Ke8 47. Rd6 Rb1 48. Kf4 Rf1+ 49. Ke5 Re1+ 50.
Kd5 Rd1+ 51. Nd4 Re1 52. Ra6 Kf8 53. Rh6 Kg8 54. Nf5 Rd1+ 55. Ke4 Re1+ 56. Kd3
Rd1+ 57. Ke2 Rg1 58. Ra6 Rg5 59. Nd4 Re5+ 60. Kf3 Re1 61. Kf4 Rf1+ 62. Ke5 f6+
63. Ke6 Kg7 64. Ke7 Kg6 {Sources: BCM, March 1957, p75; CHESS, Vol.22, No.
284-5, January 1957, p120} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1956/57 32nd"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1957.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Black "Horseman, Derek Geoffrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E43"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4 4. d4 O-O 5. e3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O c5 8. Bd2
cxd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. Qe2 Rc8 11. Bg5 Be7 12. a3 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Qe4 g6 15.
Bh6 Nf6 16. Qf4 Nh5 17. Qe3 Ng7 18. Rad1 Bf6 19. Bb1 Ne7 20. Ne4 Nef5 21. Qd2
Nxh6 22. Qxh6 Nf5 23. Qf4 Bg7 24. Ne5 Qe7 25. Rfe1 Rcd8 26. Nc3 Qh4 27. Qxh4
Nxh4 28. f3 Nf5 29. Bxf5 gxf5 30. Kf2 a6 31. Ke3 b5 32. Ne2 Rd6 $6 (32... Bd5)
33. Rc1 Bh6+ 34. f4 Rc8 $4 (34... f6 $11) 35. Rxc8+ Bxc8 36. Rc1 Bb7 (36... Bd7
37. Ng3 $1 $18) 37. Rc7 Bxg2 38. Nxf7 Rc6 39. Nxh6+ {Source: CHESS, Vol.22, No.
284-5, January 1957, p122} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1956/57 32nd"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1957.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 Be7 $2 6. Bc4 d6 7. Qb3 $1
Na5 8. Bxf7+ Kf8 9. Qa4 c6 10. Bxg8 Kxg8 11. O-O h6 12. Bf4 b5 13. Qc2 Bg4 14.
Nd4 Bf6 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 d5 17. Rfe1 Kf7 18. Re6 Re8 19. Rae1 Rxe6 20.
fxe6+ Kg8 21. Ne2 d4 22. Qe4 Nc4 23. b3 Nb6 24. Ng3 Nd5 25. Nf5 Qa5 26. Kf1 Kh8
27. Nxh6 $6 (27. Be5 $142 $5 $16) ({Stockfish 15:} 27. e7 $18) 27... gxh6 28.
Qg6 Qd8 29. Qxh6+ Kg8 30. Qg6+ (30. Re5 $6 Nxf4 31. Rf5 Bg7 32. Qxf4 d3 $19)
30... Bg7 31. Qf7+ (31. Be5 $5 Qe7 32. Bxd4 Rf8 $1 $132 (32... c5 33. Bxg7 Qxg7
34. Qf5 Rd8 35. e7 Nxe7 36. Qxc5 $13)) 31... Kh7 32. Qf5+ (32. Be5 Qf8 33. Qd7
Ne3+ 34. Kg1 Ng4 35. Bxd4 Rd8 36. Qxg7+ Qxg7 37. Bxg7 Kxg7 $13) 32... Kg8 {
Sources: BCM, February 1957, p35; CHESS, Vol.22, No.284-5, January 1957, p121}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1956/57 32nd"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1957.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Horseman, Derek Geoffrey"]
[Black "Clarke, Peter Hugh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bd3 Ngf6 8.
Bxg6 hxg6 9. Qd3 Qc7 10. Bd2 e6 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. Qb3 Bd6 13. Ng5 Nb6 14.
N3e4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Rh5 16. g3 Rb5 17. Qf3 Nc4 18. Bc3 Qe7 19. Rd3 Rf5 20. Qe2
Rh8 21. f4 Rb5 22. Qf3 a5 23. h4 a4 24. Re1 Bb4 25. Nd2 Bxc3 26. Rxc3 Nxd2 27.
Kxd2 Rxb2 28. d5 Rd8 29. Kc1 Qb4 30. a3 Rb1+ 31. Kd2 Qb2 32. Rxb1 Qxb1 33. Rd3
Rxd5 34. Rxd5 exd5 35. Qc3 Qg1 36. Qxg7 Qf2+ 37. Kc1 Qe3+ 38. Kb2 Qe6 39. Qf8+
Kc7 40. Qb4 Qe4 41. Qa5+ Kd7 42. Qa7 Kc7 {Source: CHESS, Vol.22, No.284-5,
January 1957, p124} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1956/57 32nd"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1957.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Black "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E59"]
[PlyCount "176"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O d5 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Be2 Rd8 12. Bb2 b6 13. Qc2 Bb7 14. dxc5 bxc5
15. c4 Ne7 16. Ng5 Nf5 17. Rfd1 h6 18. Nf3 Ng4 19. g3 Qc6 20. e4 Ne7 21. Qc3 f6
22. Nd2 Ne5 23. f3 Qc7 24. Nb3 N7c6 25. Qe3 Nd7 26. Kf2 Qb6 27. Rab1 a5 28. Bc3
Qa7 29. Nxa5 Nxa5 30. Bxa5 Qxa5 31. Rxb7 Ne5 32. Rb5 Qa4 33. Rxd8+ Rxd8 34. Qb3
Qxb3 35. Rxb3 Rd2 36. Ke1 Ra2 37. f4 Nc6 38. Bh5 g5 39. Rb5 Rxa3 40. Rxc5 Nd4
41. Rc8+ Kg7 42. Rc7+ Kg8 43. fxg5 hxg5 44. Rd7 e5 45. Bf7+ Kf8 46. Bd5 Nf3+
47. Kd1 Rc3 48. h3 Nd4 49. g4 Rxh3 50. c5 Ke8 51. Rd6 Ke7 52. Ra6 Rc3 53. Ra5
Kd7 54. Kd2 Rc2+ 55. Kd3 Rc1 56. Ra7+ Kd8 57. Rf7 Rxc5 58. Rxf6 Ke7 59. Rg6 Nf3
60. Bc4 Rc8 61. Re6+ Kd7 62. Rf6 Nd4 63. Rg6 Rh8 64. Kc3 Nf3 65. Kb4 Ke7 66.
Re6+ Kd7 67. Rf6 Nd2 68. Bd5 Rh4 69. Kc3 Nxe4+ 70. Bxe4 Ke7 71. Rf5 Rxg4 72.
Rxe5+ Kf6 73. Rf5+ Ke6 74. Kd4 Rg1 75. Ra5 Rd1+ 76. Bd3 g4 77. Rg5 g3 78. Rxg3
Kd6 79. Rg6+ Ke7 {"and ten more indecipherable but nondescript moves" Source:
CHESS, Vol.22, No.284-5, January 1957, p124} 80. Ke4 Ra1 81. Kf4 Ra5 82. Bf5
Ra1 83. Re6+ Kf7 84. Rd6 Ke7 85. Rd7+ Kf6 86. Rd6+ Ke7 87. Rc6 Ra2 88. Kg5 Rg2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1956/57 32nd"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1957.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Black "Alexander, C Hugh O'D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 Be6 8.
O-O O-O 9. a3 Bf6 10. Ne4 h6 11. b4 Bf5 12. b5 Bxe4 13. bxc6 (13. dxe4 $2 Nc3
14. Qb3 $2 Nxe2+ 15. Kh1 Ncd4 $17) 13... Bxf3 14. Bxf3 bxc6 15. Bd2 e4 $6 16.
dxe4 Bxa1 17. Qxa1 Nf6 18. Rd1 Qc8 $2 (18... Qe7 $5 19. Bc3 $13) 19. Bxh6 Qe6
20. e5 Nd5 21. Bc1 Rab8 22. Qd4 Rfe8 23. Bb2 c5 24. Qd2 Nb6 25. Qg5 Qb3 $2 (
25... Qg6 $5) 26. Rd2 Re6 $2 27. Be4 c6 $4 (27... Nc4 $2 28. Rd8+ $1 Re8 29. e6
Nxb2 (29... Qxb2 30. exf7+ Kxf7 31. Qg6+ Ke7 32. Qxe8+) 30. exf7+ Qxf7 31. Rxb8
Rxb8 32. Bd5 $18) (27... g6 28. Bf5 $16) 28. Rd8+ Re8 29. e6 Qxb2 30. exf7+
Kxf7 31. Qg6+ Kf8 32. Qxe8# {Sources: BCM, February 1957, p36; CHESS, Vol.22,
No.284-5, January 1957, p125} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1956/57 32nd"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1957.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Larsen, Bent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. e5 Nc6 6. Bb5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Qxb5 8.
Nxb5 Nxd4 9. Nfxd4 dxe5 10. Nc7+ Kd8 11. Nxa8 exd4 12. Bf4 e5 13. Bxe5 Bb4+ 14.
Kf1 Re8 15. Bxd4 b6 16. Nxb6 axb6 17. Bxb6+ Kd7 18. c4 Kc6 19. Be3 Ng4 20. Bf4
Bf5 21. h3 Nf6 22. Be3 Bd3+ 23. Kg1 Ne4 24. Rd1 Be2 25. Rc1 f5 26. c5 Ba5 27.
a3 Bc7 28. Re1 Bc4 29. Rc1 Bb3 30. h4 Be5 31. f4 Bf6 32. Kh2 Rb8 33. Rb1 Ba2
34. b4 Bxb1 35. Rxb1 Nc3 36. Rb3 Kb5 37. Rb2 Nd5 {Source: CHESS, Vol.22, No.
284-5, January 1957, p123} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1956/57 32nd"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1957.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Toran Albero, Roman"]
[Black "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C76"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Bg5 Nf6 10. Nbd2 Qe7 11. b4 O-O 12. Bb3 Rad8 13. Qc2 h6 14. Bh4 Bg4 15.
h3 Be6 16. Nc4 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Na7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. a4 Nc8 20. Rfd1 {Source:
CHESS, Vol.22, No.284-5, January 1957, p125} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1956/57 32nd"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1957.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Alexander, C Hugh O'D"]
[Black "Horseman, Derek Geoffrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 {"Alexander's adopted
child" (CHESS)} a5 7. Be2 (7. Bd3) 7... Bd7 8. O-O a4 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. c4 Na5
11. cxd5 Nb3 12. Ra2 exd5 13. Nc3 Ne7 14. Bg5 d4 15. Bxe7 Bxe7 16. Nd5 Qc5 17.
Nxe7 Kxe7 18. Bd3 Rac8 19. Re1 Be6 20. Ng5 Qc1 $1 21. Nxe6 Qxd1 22. Rxd1 Kxe6
23. Bb5 Rc1 $1 24. Rxc1 Nxc1 25. Ra1 Rc8 26. Kf1 d3 27. Bxa4 d2 28. Bd1 Kxe5
29. a4 Kd4 30. Ra3 Re8 31. Re3 Rxe3 32. fxe3+ Kxe3 33. b4 Na2 34. b5 Nc3 35.
Bc2 Kd4 36. a5 Kc5 37. a6 bxa6 38. bxa6 Kb6 {Sources: BCM, February 1957, p37;
CHESS, Vol.22, No.284-5, January 1957, p126} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1956/57 32nd"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1957.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Clarke, Peter Hugh"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C71"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c4 Bg4 6. d3 Be7 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Rb8 12. Rb1 Nd7 13. O-O Bg5 14. b4 c5 15.
b5 axb5 16. Rxb5 Rxb5 17. Nxb5 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Nb6 19. Rb1 Qd7 20. Qf5 Qe7 21.
Nc3 Ra8 22. Rb3 Qd8 23. Qf2 h6 24. Qb2 Qg5 25. Qf2 Qd8 {Source: CHESS, Vol.22,
No.284-5, January 1957, p127} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1956/57 32nd"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1957.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gligoric, Svetozar"]
[Black "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Annotator "Golombek, Harry"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Be7 (5... Bd6 $142) 6. O-O Nd7
(6... O-O $142 7. c4 Nf6 8. Nc3 c6 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Qxb6 axb6 $132) 7. c4 c6 8.
cxd5 cxd5 9. Nc3 Nxc3 (9... Ndf6 10. Qb3) (9... Nef6 10. Qb3 Nb6 11. Bb5+) 10.
bxc3 Nxe5 11. dxe5 O-O (11... Bc5 $142 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Qa4 Rc8 14. Rb1 Rc7 $14
) 12. Be3 $1 b6 13. Bd4 Bc5 14. Qh5 h6 15. f4 Qe7 16. Kh1 Bxd4 17. cxd4 f5 18.
Rac1 Be6 19. g4 Qf7 20. Qxf7+ Rxf7 21. Rc6 Re8 22. Kg2 Bd7 23. Rd6 fxg4 (23...
Be6 24. gxf5 Bxf5 25. Bxf5 Rxf5 26. Rxd5 $18) 24. Bg6 Bf5 25. Bxf7+ (25. Bxf5
Rxf5 26. Rxd5 Ref8 $132) 25... Kxf7 26. Rc1 Re7 27. Kg3 Be6 28. Rxe6 $1 Rxe6
29. f5 Re7 30. Kxg4 Rb7 31. Rc8 a5 (31... b5 32. Rc5 $18) 32. Kf4 Ke7 33. e6
Kd6 34. Rd8+ Ke7 (34... Kc6 35. Ke5 {/\ Rd6+}) 35. Rxd5 b5 36. Ke5 a4 37. Rc5
b4 38. d5 b3 39. axb3 axb3 40. d6+ Kd8 41. e7+ Kd7 42. Rc7+ {Sources: BCM,
February 1957, p51; CHESS, Vol.22, No.284-5, January 1957, p127} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1956/57 32nd"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1957.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E19"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 Qc8 10. Bf4 d6 11. Rfe1 Be4 12. Bh3 c6 13. Nd2 Bg6 14. e4 Nd7 15.
Be3 Qb7 16. f4 f5 17. Bf2 Nf6 18. Qe3 Rae8 19. exf5 exf5 20. Qe6+ Bf7 21. Qxf5
d5 22. Qc2 Bb4 23. cxd5 Bxd5 24. Re5 Bxd2 25. Qxd2 Qf7 26. b3 Qg6 27. Rae1 Qh6
28. Bf5 g6 29. Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Rxe8+ Nxe8 31. Bd3 Nf6 32. Bc4 Qh3 33. Bxd5+ cxd5
34. Qe2 Kf7 35. Qe5 Qf5 36. Qxf5 gxf5 37. Be1 h5 38. Kg2 b5 39. Kf3 a6 40. h3
Ke6 41. Ba5 Ne4 42. a4 bxa4 43. bxa4 Nf6 44. Bc7 Ne4 45. g4 hxg4+ 46. hxg4
fxg4+ 47. Kxg4 Nf2+ 48. Kg5 Ne4+ 49. Kg6 Ng3 50. Bb8 Nf5 51. Be5 Ng3 {Source:
CHESS, Vol.22, No.284-5, January 1957, p128} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1956/57 32nd"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1957.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Penrose, Jonathan"]
[Black "Toran Albero, Roman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B39"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 e5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O d6 12. Qd2 a6 13. b3 Qa5 14. Rad1 Be6
15. Ne2 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 b5 17. cxb5 Nxb5 18. Rc1 Nd4 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Bf4 Be5
21. Bxe5 dxe5 {Source: CHESS, Vol.22, No.284-5, January 1957, p125} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves Major 1956/57"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1956.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vasiljevic, Milos"]
[Black "Durao, Joaquim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E80"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f3 e5 6. d5 O-O 7. Bg5 c5 8. Qd2 Na6
9. g4 Nc7 10. Bd3 Bd7 11. h4 a6 12. Nge2 b5 13. Ng3 bxc4 14. Bxc4 Nb5 15. Bxb5
axb5 16. h5 b4 17. Nce2 Bb5 18. Bh6 Ra7 19. Nf5 $1 gxf5 20. Qg5 Nxh5 $1 21.
Qxh5 f6 $2 22. Bd2 $1 Bh8 23. gxf5 Rff7 24. Kf2 Bxe2 25. Kxe2 Qb6 26. Bh6 Qb5+
27. Kf2 Bg7 28. Rag1 Rxa2 29. Rxg7+ $1 Rxg7 30. Bxg7 Rxb2+ 31. Kg3 {Source:
Ajedrez Español. Contributed by Gerald Hartmann, 7 January 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves Major 1956/57"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1956.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Cherubim, Reinhard"]
[Black "Nilsson, Zandor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 b6 5. Nc3 Bb7 6. e3 Be7 7. Nf3 d5 8. Bxf6
Bxf6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rc1 a6 13. Qb3 c6 14. Na4 Rb8 15.
Bf5 b5 16. Nc5 Nxc5 17. Rxc5 g6 18. Bd3 Re8 19. Rfc1 Re6 20. a3 Qe8 21. R5c3
Bc8 22. Qc2 Bd7 23. b4 Ra8 24. Nd2 a5 25. Nb3 axb4 26. axb4 Be7 27. Nc5 Bxc5
28. Rxc5 Ra4 29. Qd2 Kg7 30. Be2 Qa8 31. Bg4 f5 32. Bd1 Ra2 33. R5c2 Ra3 34. g3
Re7 35. Rc3 Ra2 36. R3c2 Ra3 {Source: Schach Echo 1957, 27. Contributed by
Ulrich Tamm, 10 January 2023.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves Major 1956/57"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1956.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Koberl, Ferenc"]
[Black "Green, Arnold Yorwarth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qc8 7. Nc3 e6 8.
Ne5 Bf5 9. d3 Nc6 10. Bf4 Be7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. e4 dxe4 13. dxe4 Nxe5 14. Nd5 Qd8
(14... Nxd5 15. Rxc8 Rfxc8 16. Bxe5 Rc1+ 17. Ke2 $18) 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. exf5
exf5 (16... Qb4+ 17. Qxb4 Nd3+ 18. Kf1 Nxb4 19. Bd6 Nd3 20. Rc3 $18) 17. O-O
Ne4 18. Rce1 Rad8 $4 (18... Ng6 $1 $13) 19. Bxe4 g5 (19... fxe4 20. Rxe4 $18)
20. Bxe5 fxe4 21. Rxe4 Rfe8 22. Rfe1 Qc5 23. Qf3 Re6 24. Bc3 Rxe4 25. Qxe4 {
Source: BCM, February 1957, p38} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves Major 1956/57"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1956.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Cherubim, Reinhard"]
[Black "Catozzi, Henry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E00"]
[PlyCount "14"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Bg5 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 b6 {
... x moves. Schach Echo 1957, 27. Contributed by Ulrich Tamm, 10 January 2023.
} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves Major 1956/57"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1956.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vasiljevic, Milos"]
[Black "Fazekas, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. Nge2 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Nf6 8. Nd5
Bg7 9. c3 Nc6 10. Qd1 O-O 11. O-O Nxd5 12. exd5 Ne5 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. h3 Rac8 15.
b3 e6 $2 16. Be3 Qd6 17. f4 exd5 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. Bf4 f6 20. Qd2 b4 21. cxb4
Rfe8 22. Rad1 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 d4 24. Nxd4 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 Bxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Re2+ 27.
Rf2 Rxf2+ 28. Qxf2 Qe6 29. Rd2 g5 30. Be3 Rc3 31. Re2 d5 32. Bd4 {Source: BCM,
February 1957, p38} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves Major 1956/57"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1957.01.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Durao, Joaquim"]
[Black "Koberl, Ferenc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O d6 6. d3 Rb8 7. a4 a6 8. Ne1 h5
9. h3 h4 10. g4 e5 11. f4 exf4 12. Rxf4 Nge7 13. Nc3 Be6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5
Nb4 16. c4 Qd7 17. Re4 Kd8 18. Nf3 Kc7 19. d4 b6 20. a5 Rbe8 21. axb6+ Kxb6 22.
dxc5+ dxc5 23. Qb3 Nc8 24. Be3 a5 25. Bxc5+ Kxc5 26. Rxa5+ Kd6 27. Qxb4+ Kc7
28. Rc5+ {Source: CHESS, November 1957, p55} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves Major 1956/57"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1957.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nilsson, Zandor"]
[Black "Durao, Joaquim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E67"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Qc2
c6 9. Rd1 Nh5 10. Be3 f5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Bc5 Rf7 13. e4 Qe8 14. Bd6 Bf8 15.
b4 f4 16. c5 h6 17. Na4 g5 18. Nb2 Bxd6 19. Rxd6 g4 20. Nh4 Ndf6 21. Nc4 Re7
22. gxf4 exf4 23. e5 Rxe5 24. Nxe5 Qxe5 25. Qg6+ Ng7 26. Qxf6 {Source:
Weserkurier, 9 February 1957. Contributed by Ulrich Tamm, 9 September 2023.}
1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves Major 1956/57"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1957.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Green, Arnold Yorwarth"]
[Black "Vasiljevic, Milos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A39"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. e3
Qa5 9. O-O Ne5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 d6 12. Bd2 Qb6 13. Bc3 Bg4 14. Qc2 Rac8
15. Rac1 Nc4 16. b3 Bxd4 $4 (16... Ne5 17. f4 $5) 17. Bxd4 Nxe3 18. Qb2 Nd1 19.
Rfxd1 Qb5 20. Re1 e5 21. dxe6 fxe6 22. h3 e5 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. hxg4 Rxc1 25.
Qxc1 Qa5 26. Qc4+ Kg7 27. Qe4 Qxa2 28. Qxe5+ Kh6 29. f4 Qxb3 30. g5+ Kh5 31.
Qe2+ {Source: BCM, February 1957, p38} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves Major 1956/57"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1957.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cherubim, Reinhard"]
[Black "Horne, Dennis Morton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E00"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Bg5 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 cxd4 8.
Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qd1 a5 {... x moves. Source: Schach Echo 1957, 27. Contributed by
Ulrich Tamm, 10 January 2023.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves Major 1956/57"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1957.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fazekas, Stefan"]
[Black "Koberl, Ferenc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 d6 5. c4 Bg4 6. Bg2 Qc8 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nd5
Re8 9. Nxf6+ exf6 10. O-O Bh3 11. Re1 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Nc6 13. Qb3 Qg4 14. h3 Qd7
15. Rac1 Ne5 16. Nh2 f5 17. d4 Nc6 18. d5 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Nb8 20. e4 Na6 21. exf5
gxf5 22. Nf1 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Ne3 f6 (24... Re5 25. f4 $1 Re4 (25... Re8
26. Nxf5 $1 $18) 26. Kf3 $1 $18 {/\ Nxf5}) 25. Qxf6 Qe7 (25... Qf7 26. Qd4 Kf8
27. a3 $18) 26. Ng4 $1 {Source: BCM, February 1957, p38} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves Major 1956/57"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1957.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vasiljevic, Milos"]
[Black "Cherubim, Reinhard"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[PlyCount "12"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 Nb4 5. d4 Qxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc2+ {... 38
moves. Source of opening moves: BCM, February 1957, p38. Contributed by Ulrich
Tamm, 10 January 2023.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves Major 1956/57"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1957.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Durao, Joaquim"]
[Black "Catozzi, Henry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C97"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

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 Bd7 13. Nf1 Rac8 14. Ne3 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Nc6 $6 16. dxe5 $1 dxe5 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Nb4 19. Bb3 Bf5 20. Rxe5 Bg6
21. Bg5 Bc5 22. Re2 a5 23. a3 Nd3 24. Rd2 a4 25. Ba2 Nxf2 26. Rxf2 Qg3 27. Bh4
$1 Qf4 28. Kh1 Bxf2 29. Bxf2 Rc2 30. Qd4 Qd6 $16 {... x moves. Source: Ajedrez
Español. Contributed by Gerald Hartmann, 7 January 2023.} ({With a clear
White advantage which he misplayed in beginning time trouble and eventually
even lost, e.g.} 30... Qd6 31. Be3 $1 Qg3 32. Rg1 Z0 33. Bf4 $140) 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves Major 1956/57"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1957.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kluger, Gyula"]
[Black "Vasiljevic, Milos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r7/r2bq1nk/2p1p3/PpPpPp1P/3P1NpR/6P1/3QBK2/R7 w - - 0 52"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[#]} 52. h6 Ne8 53. Bxg4 Qd8 54. Nh3 Bc8 55. Bh5 b4 56. Ng5+ Kg8 57. Nf7 Rxf7
58. Bxf7+ Kh8 59. Bxe8 Qxe8 60. Qxb4 Ba6 61. Qd2 Rb8 62. Rhh1 Qg6 63. Rab1 Rxb1
64. Rxb1 Qh5 65. Kg1 Qf3 66. Qg5 {Source: Nemzeti Sport, 8 February 1957.
Contributed by Ulrich Tamm, 10 January 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves Major 1956/57"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1957.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nilsson, Zandor"]
[Black "Fazekas, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B29"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Bxd7+ Nxd7 9. Rb1 Qc7 10. O-O Bg7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Qxe7 Rfe8 13. Qg5 cxd4 14.
cxd4 b6 15. Rb2 Nf8 16. Be3 f5 17. Qg3 Qc3 18. Rfb1 Ne6 19. h4 Rad8 20. h5 Nf8
21. h6 Bf6 22. Bg5 Bxg5 23. Qxg5 Rd6 24. Rb5 Qxc2 25. Rc1 Qe2 26. Rxf5 Qe7 27.
Qg3 Nd7 28. Rc7 Rf8 29. Rxf8+ Qxf8 30. Ne5 Nxe5 31. Qxe5 Rf6 32. Rg7+ Kh8 33.
Re7 Kg8 34. Re8 Rf7 35. d5 Qxe8 36. Qxe8+ Rf8 37. Qe6+ Rf7 38. d6 {Source:
Tidskrift f Schack 1/1957. Contributed by Ulrich Tamm, 10 January 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves Major 1956/57"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1957.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Cherubim, Reinhard"]
[Black "Kluger, Gyula"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E00"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Bg5 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 cxd4 8.
Nf3 Nc6 9. Nxd4 Ne4 10. Bxd8 Nxd2 11. Nxc6 Nxc4 {... (12. Sa5!) ... x moves.
Source: Schach Echo 1957, 27. Contributed by Ulrich Tamm, 10 January 2023.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves Major 1956/57"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1957.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vasiljevic, Milos"]
[Black "Koberl, Ferenc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. e4 e5 4. g3 Nc6 5. h3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Nge2 Be6 8. d3
Ne8 9. O-O Qd7 10. Kh2 f5 11. Nd5 Nf6 12. Rb1 Nd8 13. f4 g6 14. b3 c6 15. Nxe7+
Qxe7 16. Ba3 c5 17. Qd2 fxe4 18. dxe4 Nc6 19. Rbd1 Rad8 20. Qe3 b6 21. f5 Bc8
22. g4 Nd4 23. Bc1 Bb7 24. Ng3 Qg7 25. g5 Ne8 26. Rf2 Rd7 27. Rdf1 Rdf7 28. h4
gxf5 29. exf5 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Rb7 31. Qe4 Qd7 32. f6 Qc6 33. Qxc6 Nxc6 34. Nf5
Kh8 35. h5 a6 36. Nh6 Nd4 37. g6 {Source: Jug Sach 1957, 7. Contributed by
Ulrich Tamm, 10 January 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves A 1956/57"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1956.12.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Heemsoth, Hermann"]
[Black "Littlewood, John Eric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Be3 Bg4 10. Rc1 Bf6 11. Ne4 Nd5 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Bd2 h6 14. Qa4 Be6
15. b4 a6 16. a3 Rad8 17. Qc2 Rd7 18. Qb2 Rfd8 19. Rxc6 bxc6 20. Nxe5 Rd6 21.
f4 Re8 22. Qc2 Bc8 23. e4 Nb6 24. Bc3 Qd8 25. f5 Re7 26. Rf3 f6 27. Ng6 Re8 28.
g4 Nd7 29. Be1 Ne5 30. Nxe5 fxe5 31. Qf2 a5 32. Qg3 axb4 33. Bxb4 c5 34. Bxc5
Rc6 35. Be3 g5 36. Qf2 Ba6 37. Bc5 Qf6 38. Bb4 Rd8 39. Qa2+ Kg7 40. Qb3 Rc1+
41. Kf2 Qb6+ 42. Ke2 c5 43. Qb2 {Source: John Littlewood collection} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves A 1956/57"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1956.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Heemsoth, Hermann"]
[Black "Duthilleul, Jean"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A96"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 d6 4. d4 e6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qc2 Qe8 8. b3 a5
9. Bb2 Nc6 10. a3 Qh5 11. Nc3 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nd5 Bd6 14. Nxf6+ Rxf6 15.
c5 Be7 16. Nxe5 Rh6 17. h3 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bf6 19. Qc4+ Kf8 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. Qf4
Qf7 22. Rad1 Be6 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 c6 25. Ra1 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Qd7 27. Qb8+ Kf7
28. Ra7 Kg6 29. Rxb7 Qd1+ 30. Kh2 f4 31. Qe5 Qe1 32. h4 Bf5 33. h5+ Kxh5 34.
Rxg7 Qxf2 35. Qxf6 {Source: Bremer Nachrichten, 9 March 1957. Contributed by
Ulrich Tamm, 10 January 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves A 1956/57"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1956.12.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Littlewood, John Eric"]
[Black "Davis, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Bd7 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. Nf1
O-O 9. Ne3 b5 10. Bc2 Re8 11. O-O Bf8 12. Re1 Ne7 13. h3 Ng6 14. Nf5 d5 15. a4
Qc8 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. g4 dxe4 19. dxe4 Bc6 20. Ng5 h6 21. Nxf7
Kxf7 22. Bb3+ Re6 23. Bxe6+ Kxe6 24. Qb3+ Kd7 25. Qf7+ Kc8 26. Qxg6 Be8 27.
Ne7+ Kb7 28. Qf5 Bxe7 29. Qxe5 Qd8 30. Be3 Bd6 31. Qd4 c5 32. Qd1 Qe7 33. b4
Bc6 34. bxc5 Bxc5 35. f3 Bxe3+ 36. Rxe3 Nd5 37. Re1 Qc5+ 38. Qd4 Qxc3 39. Rd1
Qxd4+ 40. Rxd4 Nc3 41. Kf2 Kb6 42. Ke3 Kc5 43. h4 b4 44. g5 h5 45. g6 Ba4 46.
Rd2 b3 47. Kf4 Kb4 48. Kg5 Ka3 49. Kxh5 b2 50. Rxb2 Kxb2 51. Kg4 Bd1 52. Kf5
Bxf3 53. Ke6 Nxe4 54. Kf7 Nd6+ 55. Kxg7 Nf5+ 56. Kf8 Bd5 57. g7 Nh6 58. Ke8 Kc3
59. Kf8 Kd4 60. Ke8 Ng4 61. Ke7 Ke5 62. Kf8 Nf6 63. Ke7 Kf5 64. h5 Nxh5 65.
g8=Q Bxg8 66. Kd6 Nf6 67. Kc6 Ke5 {Sources: John Littlewood collection; (move
47-end) BCM, February 1957, p39} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves A 1956/57"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1956.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Duthilleul, Jean"]
[Black "Littlewood, John Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e4 dxe4 4. f3 exf3 5. Nxf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8.
Ne5 e6 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Bc4 Bb4 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qf3 c6 13. O-O Nb6 14. Bb3 Qc7
15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. g5 Qxd4+ 18. Kg2 Qd2+ 19. Kh1 Qxg5 20. Rad1 Qf5
21. Kg2 Nbd5 22. Nxd5 Qxf3+ 23. Rxf3 cxd5 24. Ba4+ Ke7 25. Rb3 b6 26. Ra3 Rac8
27. Bb5 Rxc2+ 28. Kg1 Rxb2 29. Rxa7+ Kd6 30. Bf1 Rh5 31. a4 Rg5+ 32. Kh1 Ne4
33. Rxf7 Nf2+ 34. Rxf2 Rxf2 {Source: John Littlewood collection} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves A 1956/57"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1956.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Littlewood, John Eric"]
[Black "Sundberg, Bertil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Ng3 h5 6. h4 Bg4 7. d4 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 Qxd4 9. Bd2 Qd5 10. Qc3 Nbd7 11. O-O-O Qxa2 12. Bf4 Qa1+ 13. Kd2 Qa4 14.
Bc4 Nd5 15. Qd4 b5 16. b3 Qa5+ 17. Ke2 bxc4 18. bxc4 Nc3+ 19. Kf3 Nxd1 20. Rxd1
Rd8 21. Qe4 Qc3+ 22. Rd3 Qxc2 23. Nf5 Qxd3+ {Source: John Littlewood collection
} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves A 1956/57"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1957.01.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Raffay, Herbert"]
[Black "Littlewood, John Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 f5 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 Nf6 6. g3 Bc5 7. Bg2 Ne5 8. b3
O-O 9. Nh3 c6 10. O-O d6 11. Nf4 a6 12. Bb2 b5 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Nd3 Nxd3 15.
Qxd3 d5 16. Rac1 Ba3 17. Bxa3 Rxa3 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. Rc2 Bd7 20. Nb1 Ra7 21. a3
Kh8 22. Qd4 Rfa8 23. Rd3 h6 24. Re3 Qd6 25. b4 f4 26. Rec3 Bf5 27. Rxc6 Qd7 28.
Rxf6 Bxc2 29. Rxh6+ Bh7 30. Rh5 Qf7 31. g4 Qg6 32. Nc3 Qxg4 33. Qxd5 Re8 34. h3
Qg6 35. Kh2 Ree7 36. Qxb5 f3 37. Bxf3 Qd6+ 38. Kg2 Re5 39. Qd3 Qxd3 40. exd3
Rxh5 41. Bxh5 Ra8 42. a4 Bxd3 43. b5 Rc8 44. Nd5 Bc2 45. Bf3 Bxa4 46. Nb6 Rb8
47. Nxa4 Rxb5 48. Nc3 Rb3 49. Ne4 Kh7 50. Kg3 Kh6 51. Kg4 Rb5 52. Be2 Ra5 53.
f4 Ra2 54. Bf3 Ra5 55. Ng5 Rb5 56. Be4 g6 57. Nf7+ Kg7 58. Ne5 Kf6 59. Bxg6 {
Source: John Littlewood collection} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves A 1956/57"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1957.01.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Littlewood, John Eric"]
[Black "Hammond, Norman George"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C15"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a4 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 dxe4 6. Qg4 Nf6 7. Qxg7 Rg8 8.
Qh6 c5 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. Rb1 Rg6 11. Qe3 Qa5 12. Bd2 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nf4 Rg8
15. Bb5+ Bd7 16. Qxc5 Nc6 17. c4 Qc7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Qe5 20. Bc3 Qf5 21.
g4 Rxg4 22. Bxc6 Bxc6 23. Bb4 O-O-O 24. dxc6 Qf4 25. Qxa7 bxc6 26. Ba5 Rd5 27.
Qb7# {Source: John Littlewood collection} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves A 1956/57"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1957.01.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Whyte, Alfred Dempster"]
[Black "Littlewood, John Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E69"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. h3 e5 8. e4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. O-O Nc5 11. Re1 c6 12. b4 Ne6 13. Nde2 a5 14. bxa5 Nc5 15.
Nd4 Qxa5 16. Bb2 Qb4 17. Qe2 Nfd7 18. a3 Qb6 19. Qd2 Ne5 20. Rab1 Nxc4 21. Qe2
Bxd4 22. Qxc4 Bxf2+ 23. Kh1 Bxe1 24. Qd4 Nd7 25. Qxb6 Nxb6 26. Rxe1 Nc4 27. Bc1
Nxa3 28. Bf4 Nc4 29. Rd1 Ra3 30. Ne2 Ra2 31. Nc3 Rc2 32. Rd3 f6 33. g4 Ne5 34.
Rg3 Be6 35. Nd1 Ra8 36. Ne3 Re2 37. g5 fxg5 38. Bxg5 Raa2 39. Be7 Nc4 40. Ng4
Bxg4 {Source: John Littlewood collection} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves A 1956/57"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1957.01.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Littlewood, John Eric"]
[Black "Pritchard, Elaine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. Nbd2 Bg4 6. Qb3 Rb8 7. Be2 Bc5 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qc2 Bb6 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nc4 Re8 12. a4 f5 13. a5 Bc5 14. b4 e4 15.
dxe4 fxe4 16. bxc5 exf3 17. gxf3 Be6 18. Bd3 Qh4 19. Ra4 Qh5 20. Ne3 Ne5 21.
Be4 Nf6 22. f4 Nxe4 23. fxe5 Ng5 24. f4 Nf3+ 25. Kh1 Bd7 26. Ra2 Bc6 27. Qb3+
Kh8 28. Nd5 Nh4 29. c4 Qf5 30. Re2 Ng6 31. Kg1 Rbd8 32. Qc2 Qg4+ 33. Rg2 Qd7
34. e6 Qc8 35. f5 Ne5 36. Bb2 {Source: John Littlewood collection} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves A 1956/57"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1957.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Preckwinkel, W."]
[Black "Littlewood, John Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Annotator "Littlewood, John"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

{I played rather rashly at the end when I should have lost.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3
b6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. e3 Bb4 6. Bd2 c5 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O d5
10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qb3 Qe7 12. Rfe1 Nc6 13. Rad1 (13. Nxd5 $2 Nxd5 14. Bxb4
Ndxb4 $19) 13... Rad8 14. Na4 Bxd2 15. Rxd2 Ne4 16. Rdd1 (16. Rdd1 Rfe8 17. Rc1
d4 18. Bb5 a6 19. Bxc6 $14) (16. Rxd5 Na5 17. Rxd8 Nxb3 18. Rxf8+ Kxf8 19. axb3
Ng5 20. Nd2 $15) 16... Rfe8 17. Nc3 {Now all is on d5} Nxc3 18. Qxc3 (18. bxc3
Ba8 (18... Na5 19. Qa3 $11)) 18... d4 {Black wins space} (18... Nb8 19. Qb3 Nc6
20. Bf1 Rb8 21. Qxd5 $15) (18... Nb4 19. a3 Nc6 20. Rc1 d4 21. exd4 cxd4 22.
Qc4 a5 $11) 19. exd4 Nxd4 {Menacing.} 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Qd2 Qd6 22. Bd3 Qd5 {
The mate threat is Qxg2} 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Bf1 Rd8 25. b3 h5 26. h3 Rd6 27.
Kh1 g5 28. f3 g4 $2 {Black gets more space} (28... Rd7 $5 $11) 29. Bc4 Qe5 30.
Re1 Qf6 31. fxg4 hxg4 (31... Qh4 32. gxh5 Qxh3+ 33. Kg1 $18) 32. Rf1 Qh4 33.
Rxf7 Bd5 34. Qf4 $2 ({Throws away a nice position.} 34. Rf4) 34... Qxh3+ {
Source: John Littlewood collection} (34... Qxh3+ 35. Qh2 Qxh2+ 36. Kxh2 Bxf7
$19) 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves A 1956/57"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1957.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Pritchard, Elaine"]
[Black "Heemsoth, Hermann"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B76"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. f3
O-O 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. g4 Qa5 12. g5 Nd7 13. f4 f6 14. h4 Nb6 15. b4
Qxb4 16. Rb1 Qa5 17. Rb5 Qa3 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Ra5 Qg3+ 20. Bf2 Qg2 21. Rg1 Qxe4
22. Bxb6 Bc4 23. Be3 Bxe2 24. Kxe2 fxg5 25. Raxg5 Rac8 26. Kd1 Rc3 27. Re1 Rfc8
28. Bxa7 Qf3+ 29. Kc1 Rxc2+ 30. Qxc2 Qa3+ {Source: Chronik Bremer SG.
Contributed by Ulrich Tamm, 10 January 2023.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves A 1956/57"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1957.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sundberg, Bertil"]
[Black "Raffay, Herbert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. e3
Bf5 9. d5 Nb4 10. Ne1 Qd7 11. e4 Bh3 12. a3 Na6 13. Nd3 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Ne8 15.
Bg5 f5 16. f3 c5 17. b4 cxb4 18. axb4 Qc7 19. Qb3 Rf7 20. Be3 Rc8 21. c5 Qd8
22. c6 Nb8 23. Rxa7 f4 24. Bg1 fxg3 25. hxg3 Qg5 26. Qa2 Nf6 27. b5 Nh5 28. Ne2
Rcf8 29. Qc2 Nf4+ 30. Ndxf4 exf4 31. c7 fxg3 32. c8=Q Rxc8 33. Qxc8+ Rf8 34.
Qxb7 {Source: Tidskrift f Schack 1957, 27. Contributed by Ulrich Tamm, 10
January 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves B 1956/57"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yeeles, Walter James E"]
[Black "Damant, Charles Ambrose S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C34"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nh5 5. d4 d5 6. Be2 Bg4 7. O-O g5 8. c4 c5
9. Nc3 dxc4 10. d5 Ng7 11. Ne4 {Source: Hastings and St Leonards Observer, 5
January 1957. Contributed by Brian Denman, 4 January 2023. It is uncertain
whether the game was played in 1956 or 1957.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves C 1956/57"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1956.12.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Glyde, Lawrence Alfred J"]
[Black "Medhurst, Brian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3
e6 9. Nf3 Bb4 10. Bd3 Bg4 11. Be2 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qh4+ 13. Bf2 Qf4 14. a3 Bxc3+
15. bxc3 O-O-O 16. Qc2 Ne7 17. a4 c5 18. a5 Na8 19. a6 Rd7 20. O-O Nf5 21. Qe4
Qxe4 22. fxe4 Ne7 23. d5 b6 24. Bg4 Rdd8 25. Bh4 g5 26. Rxf7 gxh4 27. Bxe6+ {
Source: Ilford Recorder, 10 January 1957. Contributed by Brian Denman, 4
January 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves D 1956/57"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1956.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Strand, Rune"]
[Black "Sjostrom, Olle"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. cxd5 Nxg5 6. h4 Ne4 7. Nxe4 Qxd5 8.
Nc3 Qa5 9. e3 h5 10. Qb3 Be6 $4 (10... Bg7) 11. Qxb7 Bg7 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Qc8#
{Source: BCM, February 1957, p39} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves E 1956/57"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ranta, T."]
[Black "Riddle, Robert A J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 f5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bd3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 e5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qe2 Bd6 10. f4 Qe7 11. fxe5 Bxe5 12. O-O-O Bg4 13. Nf3 Bxf3 14.
Qxf3 O-O-O 15. Ba6 Qb4 16. Qf5+ Nd7 17. c3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Qxc3+ {'And draws by
perpetual check.' Source: Hastings and St Leonards Observer, 15 June 1957.
Contributed by Brian Denman, 4 January 2023. It is uncertain whether the game
was played in 1956 or 1957.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves E 1956/57"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1957.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Soesan, Joseph Maurice"]
[Black "Lightfoot, Albert Victor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1956.12.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.09.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. d4
Nxd4 9. Bxf7+ Rxf7 10. Nxe5 Nc6 11. Nxf7 Kxf7 12. e5 Nxe5 13. Rxe5 Bd6 14. Re1
Bb7 15. Bg5 Kg8 16. Nc3 Qf8 17. a3 Qf7 18. Bh4 Rf8 19. Qe2 Qg6 20. Bg3 Ng4 21.
Ne4 Bxg3 22. fxg3 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 Qb6+ {Source: Hastings and St Leonards
Observer, 12 January 1957. Contributed by Brian Denman, 4 January 2023. It is
uncertain whether the game was played in 1956 or 1957.} 0-1

