56th Hastings Premier, 29 December 1980 to 15 January 1981

1980/81 Hastings Premier		Nat'y	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Total
1	Ulf Andersson	SWE	2590g	&;	½	½	1	½	1	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	½	½	1	10½
2	Eugenio Torre	PHI	2520g	½	&;	½	½	1	1	½	1	½	½	½	0	1	1	½	1	10
3	Anatoly Lein	USA	2520g	½	½	&;	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	0	1	½	1	1	9½
4	Lev O Alburt	USA	2515g	0	½	½	&;	1	0	½	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	½	0	8½
5	Jaime Sunye Neto	BRA	2415m	½	0	½	0	&;	½	1	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	½	1	8½
6	Lubomir Ftacnik	CZE	2470g	0	0	½	1	½	&;	1	½	½	½	0	1	½	1	½	1	8½
7	Vladimir M Liberzon	ISR	2545g	½	½	½	½	0	0	&;	½	1	1	1	½	½	½	½	½	8
8	Petar Popovic	YUG	2490m	½	0	½	½	½	½	½	&;	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	7½
9	Jonathan S Speelman	ENG	2490g	½	½	0	½	½	½	0	½	&;	½	1	½	½	½	1	0	7
10	Murray G Chandler	NZL	2450m	0	½	½	0	½	½	0	½	½	&;	0	1	½	1	½	1	7
11	Paul E Littlewood	ENG	2440m	0	½	0	0	0	1	0	½	0	1	&;	½	1	1	½	1	7
12	A Jonathan Mestel	ENG	2450m	0	1	1	0	0	0	½	½	½	0	½	&;	½	½	½	1	6½
13	Jack Peters	USA	2465m	½	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	&;	0	1	½	6
14	Jozsef Pinter	HUN	2535m	½	0	½	0	½	0	½	½	½	0	0	½	1	&;	½	1	6
15	Robert Bellin	ENG	2440m	½	½	0	½	½	½	½	0	0	½	½	½	0	½	&;	0	5
16	Luismar Jorge Brito	BRA	2300	0	0	0	1	0	0	½	½	1	0	0	0	½	0	1	&;	4½

Average Rating: 2470 Category: 9 gm = 10½ m = 7½

Prizes £1,000, £700, £500, £400, £300, £200, £180, £140

Non-prizewinners received £10 per point

Brilliancy Prize: Torre for his win against Peters

Best Endgame Prize: Lein for his win against Littlewood

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1980/81 Hastings Challengers, 29 December to 8 January

1980/81 Hastings Challengers		Nat'y	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	Manuel Rivas Pastor	ESP	2375	◊ 1/25	♦ ½/7	◊ 1/4	♦ 1/2	◊ 1/26	♦ 1/17	◊ 1/16	♦ ½/14	♦ ½/3	◊ 1/8	8½
2	Julian M Hodgson	ENG	2315	♦ 1/43	◊ ½/22	♦ 1/29	◊ 0/1	♦ 1/34	◊ 1/21	♦ 1/27	◊ ½/16	♦ 1/14	◊ 1/4	8
3	Andrew D Martin	ENG	2315	◊ 1/55	♦ 1/15	◊ ½/23	♦ ½/13	◊ 1/25	♦ 0/16	◊ 1/48	♦ 1/17	◊ ½/1	◊ 1/9	7½
4	Darryl Johansen	AUS		♦ 1/40	◊ ½/17	♦ 0/1	◊ 1/35	♦ 1/32	◊ 1/12	♦ 1/7	◊ 1/13	♦ 1/16	◊ 0/2	7½
5	Nigel R Davies	ENG	2235	◊ ½/57	♦ 0/11	◊ 1/33	♦ ½/58	◊ ½/24	♦ 1/31	◊ 1/26	◊ 1/12	♦ ½/6	♦ 1/14	7
6	Ian D Wells	ENG		◊ ½/37	♦ 1/64	◊ ½/24	♦ 0/14	◊ 1/58	♦ ½/18	◊ 1/25	♦ 1/11	◊ ½/5	♦ 1/19	7
7	Jean Christophe Yoccoz	FRA		♦ 1/51	◊ ½/1	♦ 0/17	1/def	◊ 1/29	♦ 1/37	◊ 0/4	♦ ½/22	◊ 1/20	♦ 1/16	7
8	Stuart Conquest	ENG		◊ ½/42	♦ 1/19	◊ 1/56	♦ 0/16	◊ 0/37	♦ 1/44	◊ 1/30	♦ 1/27	◊ 1/17	♦ 0/1	6½
9	Martyn J Corden	ENG	2280	◊ 0/56	♦ 1/63	◊ 1/60	♦ 1/15	◊ 0/13	♦ ½/25	◊ 1/37	♦ 1/24	◊ 1/19	♦ 0/3	6½
10	Thierry Manouck	FRA		◊ 0/30	♦ 1/62	◊ 1/36	♦ 0/25	◊ 1/15	♦ 1/39	◊ 0/24	◊ ½/28	♦ 1/40	♦ 1/22	6½
11	Graham Morrison	SCO		♦ ½/32	◊ 1/5	♦ ½/22	◊ ½/12	♦ ½/49	◊ 1/28	♦ ½/41	◊ 0/6	♦ 1/25	◊ 1/26	6½
12	Erik OMC Teichmann	ENG		◊ 1/39	♦ 0/26	◊ 1/31	♦ ½/11	◊ 1/23	♦ 0/4	◊ 1/18	♦ 0/5	◊ 1/24	♦ 1/27	6½
13	Milan Bajovic	YUG		◊ 1/59	♦ 1/61	◊ ½/16	◊ ½/3	♦ 1/9	♦ ½/14	◊ ½/17	♦ 0/4	◊ ½/22	♦ ½/18	6
14	Johann Poecksteiner	AUT		◊ 1/62	◊ 0/27	♦ 1/43	◊ 1/6	♦ 1/28	◊ ½/13	♦ 1/10	◊ ½/1	♦ 0/2	◊ 0/5	6
15	Thomas Duester	FRG		♦ 1/41	◊ 0/3	♦ 1/53	◊ 0/9	♦ 0/10	◊ ½/40	♦ 1/45	◊ 1/35	♦ ½/34	◊ 1/33	6
16	Bert F Enklaar	NED	2395	♦ 1/38	◊ 1/28	♦ ½/13	◊ 1/8	♦ 1/21	◊ 1/3	♦ 0/1	♦ ½/2	◊ 0/4	◊ 0/7	6
17	Edward W Formanek	USA	2400	◊ 1/33	♦ ½/4	◊ 1/7	♦ 1/23	◊ 1/27	◊ 0/1	♦ ½/13	◊ 0/3	♦ 0/8	◊ 1/34	6
18	Gert Jan de Boer	NED		♦ 0/22	◊ ½/41	♦ 1/50	◊ 1/47	♦ ½/48	◊ ½/6	♦ 0/12	♦ ½/33	◊ 1/56	◊ ½/13	5½
19	Douglas M Bryson	SCO		♦ ½/52	◊ 0/8	♦ ½/54	◊ 1/45	♦ 1/42	◊ 1/43	◊ ½/22	♦ 1/48	♦ 0/9	◊ 0/6	5½
20	Alan M Byron	ENG		◊ 0/31	♦ 1/59	◊ ½/42	♦ 1/44	◊ ½/22	♦ 0/48	◊ 1/61	◊ 1/43	♦ 0/7	◊ ½/21	5½
21	Mark L Condie	SCO		◊ 1/63	1/def	♦ ½/27	♦ ½/26	◊ 0/16	♦ 0/2	◊ ½/29	♦ ½/56	◊ 1/48	♦ ½/20	5½
22	Neil F Dickenson	ENG		◊ 1/18	♦ ½/2	◊ ½/11	◊ ½/32	♦ ½/20	◊ 1/49	♦ ½/19	◊ ½/7	♦ ½/13	◊ 0/10	5½
23	John Hall	ENG		♦ 1/45	◊ 1/68	♦ ½/3	◊ 0/17	♦ 0/12	◊ 0/34	♦ 1/46	◊ 1/30	♦ 0/26	◊ 1/41	5½
24	Danny Kopec	USA		♦ ½/29	◊ 1/54	♦ ½/6	◊ 0/28	♦ ½/5	◊ 1/32	♦ 1/34	◊ 0/9	♦ 0/12	◊ 1/46	5½
25	Andrew P Lewis	ENG		♦ 0/1	◊ 1/67	♦ 1/52	◊ 1/10	♦ 0/3	◊ ½/9	♦ 0/6	♦ 1/61	◊ 0/11	◊ 1/43	5½
26	H James Plaskett	ENG	2405	♦ 1/46	◊ 1/12	♦ 1/48	◊ ½/21	♦ 0/1	◊ 0/27	♦ 0/5	◊ 1/41	◊ 1/23	♦ 0/11	5½
27	Antonio Carlos Resende	BRA		◊ 1/65	♦ 1/14	◊ ½/21	◊ 1/34	♦ 0/17	♦ 1/26	◊ 0/2	◊ 0/8	♦ 1/28	◊ 0/12	5½
28	P Robinson	ENG		◊ 1/36	♦ 0/16	◊ 1/39	♦ 1/24	◊ 0/14	♦ 0/11	◊ 1/49	♦ ½/10	◊ 0/27	♦ 1/47	5½
29	Guy West	AUS		◊ ½/24	♦ 1/42	◊ 0/2	1/def	♦ 0/7	◊ 0/41	♦ ½/21	◊ 1/53	♦ ½/30	♦ 1/44	5½
30	Keith C Arkell	ENG		♦ 1/10	0/def	◊ 0/37	◊ ½/52	♦ 1/50	◊ 1/46	♦ 0/8	♦ 0/23	◊ ½/29	◊ 1/55	5
31	Klaus Berg	DEN	2295	♦ 1/20	◊ 0/48	♦ 0/12	◊ 1/40	♦ ½/41	◊ 0/5	♦ ½/53	◊ ½/50	♦ ½/38	◊ 1/51	5
32	Albert Bockius	FRG		◊ ½/11	♦ 1/57	◊ ½/61	♦ ½/22	◊ 0/4	♦ 0/24	◊ 0/33	♦ ½/63	◊ 1/58	♦ 1/49	5
33	Christopher M Cooley	ENG	2205	♦ 0/17	◊ ½/40	♦ 0/5	◊ 0/46	♦ 1/55	◊ 1/52	♦ 1/32	◊ ½/18	◊ 1/37	♦ 0/15	5
34	Alon Greenfeld	ISR		◊ 1/35	♦ ½/56	◊ 1/44	♦ 0/27	◊ 0/2	♦ 1/23	◊ 0/24	♦ 1/54	◊ ½/15	♦ 0/17	5
35	Michael Kerridge	ENG		♦ 0/34	◊ ½/45	♦ 1/55	♦ 0/4	◊ ½/60	♦ 1/58	◊ ½/56	♦ 0/15	◊ 1/61	♦ ½/39	5
36	Ingo Lentze	FRG		♦ 0/28	◊ 1/51	♦ 0/10	0/def	◊ 0/54	◊ ½/55	♦ 1/47	◊ 1/62	♦ ½/53	◊ 1/48	5
37	Leontxo Garcia Olasagasti	ESP		♦ ½/6	◊ ½/49	♦ 1/30	◊ ½/48	♦ 1/8	◊ 0/7	♦ 0/9	◊ ½/40	♦ 0/33	◊ 1/50	5
38	Ivan J Myall	ENG		◊ 0/16	♦ 0/39	◊ 1/66	♦ 0/42	◊ ½/64	♦ ½/62	◊ ½/63	♦ 1/60	◊ ½/31	♦ 1/56	5
39	Diane Savereide	USA	2140	♦ 0/12	◊ 1/38	♦ 0/28	1/def	♦ 1/67	◊ 0/10	♦ 0/43	◊ 1/58	♦ ½/41	◊ ½/35	5
40	Tom Farrand	ENG		◊ 0/4	♦ ½/33	◊ ½/57	♦ 0/31	◊ 1/65	♦ ½/15	◊ 1/60	♦ ½/37	◊ 0/10	♦ ½/42	4½
41	Michael J Franklin	ENG	2345	◊ 0/15	♦ ½/18	◊ 1/64	♦ ½/56	◊ ½/31	♦ 1/29	◊ ½/11	♦ 0/26	◊ ½/39	♦ 0/23	4½
42	Ron Hoffman	NED		♦ ½/8	◊ 0/29	♦ ½/20	◊ 1/38	◊ 0/19	♦ ½/60	◊ 0/54	♦ 1/57	♦ ½/51	◊ ½/40	4½
43	J M Leer	NED		◊ 0/2	♦ 1/66	◊ 0/14	♦ 1/65	◊ 1/56	♦ 0/19	◊ 1/39	♦ 0/20	◊ ½/44	♦ 0/25	4½
44	Anthonie Pieter Luchtmeijer	NED		♦ ½/53	◊ 1/50	♦ 0/34	◊ 0/20	♦ 1/52	◊ 0/8	♦ ½/51	◊ 1/45	♦ ½/43	◊ 0/29	4½
45	Donald Macfarlane	ENG		◊ 0/23	♦ ½/35	◊ ½/65	♦ 0/19	◊ ½/63	♦ 1/59	◊ 0/15	♦ 0/44	◊ 1/64	1/def	4½
46	Dieter Villing	FRG		◊ 0/26	♦ 0/47	◊ ½/62	♦ 1/33	1/def	♦ 0/30	◊ 0/23	♦ 1/64	◊ 1/54	♦ 0/23	4½
47	Nasser M Abbasi	ENG		♦ 0/48	◊ 1/46	♦ ½/68	♦ 0/18	◊ 0/61	♦ ½/63	◊ 0/36	♦ 1/59	◊ 1/52	◊ 0/28	4
48	John C Hawksworth	ENG		◊ 1/47	♦ 1/31	◊ 0/26	♦ ½/37	◊ ½/18	◊ 1/20	♦ 0/3	◊ 0/19	♦ 0/21	♦ 0/36	4
49	Oliver A Jackson	ENG		◊ ½/64	♦ ½/37	◊ ½/58	♦ 1/61	◊ ½/11	♦ 0/22	♦ 0/28	◊ ½/51	♦ ½/50	◊ 0/32	4
50	Jana Miles [Bellin]	ENG	2220	◊ ½/58	♦ 0/44	◊ 0/18	♦ 1/59	◊ 0/30	♦ ½/64	◊ 1/57	♦ ½/31	◊ ½/49	♦ 0/37	4
51	Alan Reid	SCO		◊ 0/7	♦ 0/36	◊ ½/59	♦ ½/64	◊ 1/57	♦ ½/54	◊ ½/44	♦ ½/49	◊ ½/42	♦ 0/31	4
52	Eric Schiller	USA		◊ ½/19	♦ ½/60	◊ 0/25	♦ ½/30	◊ 0/44	♦ 0/33	◊ ½/66	1/def	♦ 0/47	♦ 1/63	4
53	Stephen J Shutler	ENG		◊ ½/44	♦ ½/58	◊ 0/15	♦ ½/60	◊ 1/62	♦ 0/61	◊ ½/31	♦ 0/29	◊ ½/36	♦ ½/54	4
54	Terence J Stuttard	ENG		◊ ½/60	♦ 0/24	◊ ½/19	0/def	♦ 1/36	◊ ½/51	♦ 1/42	◊ 0/34	♦ 0/46	◊ ½/53	4
55	D Tixier	FRA		♦ 0/3	♦ ½/65	◊ 0/35	♦ 0/62	◊ 0/33	♦ ½/36	1/bye	♦ 1/66	◊ 1/63	♦ 0/30	4
56	Dirk Visser	FRG		♦ 1/9	◊ ½/34	♦ 0/8	◊ ½/41	♦ 0/43	◊ 1/67	♦ ½/35	◊ ½/21	♦ 0/18	◊ 0/38	4
57	Adolf Denk	AUT		♦ ½/5	◊ 0/32	♦ ½/40	◊ 0/67	♦ 0/51	◊ 1/65	♦ 0/50	◊ 0/42	◊ ½/59	♦ 1/66	3½
58	Karl Enigl	AUT		♦ ½/50	◊ ½/53	♦ ½/49	◊ ½/5	♦ 0/6	◊ 0/35	1/def	♦ 0/39	♦ 0/32	◊ ½/60	3½
59	Tristano Gargiulo	ITA		♦ 0/13	◊ 0/20	♦ ½/51	◊ 0/50	♦ ½/66	◊ 0/45	♦ 1/65	◊ 0/47	♦ ½/57	◊ 1/62	3½
60	Pank A Hoogendoorn	NED		♦ ½/54	◊ ½/52	♦ 0/9	◊ ½/53	♦ ½/35	◊ ½/42	♦ 0/40	◊ 0/38	♦ ½/62	♦ ½/58	3½
61	Jacques Maclès	FRA		♦ 1/67	◊ 0/13	♦ ½/32	◊ 0/49	♦ 1/47	◊ 1/53	♦ 0/20	◊ 0/25	♦ 0/35	0/def	3½
62	Colin A Harpur	RSA		♦ 0/14	◊ 0/10	♦ ½/46	◊ 1/55	♦ 0/53	◊ ½/38	◊ ½/64	♦ 0/36	◊ ½/60	♦ 0/59	3
63	Luiz C Tavares da Silva	BRA		♦ 0/21	◊ 0/9	♦ 0/67	◊ 1/66	♦ ½/45	◊ ½/47	♦ ½/38	◊ ½/32	♦ 0/55	◊ 0/52	3
64	Anton Staindl	AUT		♦ ½/49	◊ 0/6	♦ 0/41	◊ ½/51	♦ ½/38	◊ ½/50	♦ ½/62	◊ 0/46	♦ 0/45	◊ ½/65	3
65	David W Murphy	ENG		♦ 0/27	◊ ½/55	♦ ½/45	◊ 0/43	♦ 0/40	♦ 0/57	◊ 0/59	0/def	◊ 1/66	♦ ½/64	2½
66	J Goldenberg	FRG		♦ 0/68	◊ 0/43	♦ 0/38	♦ 0/63	◊ ½/59	1/bye	♦ ½/52	◊ 0/55	♦ 0/65	◊ 0/57	2
67	J T Adey	ENG		◊ 0/61	♦ 0/25	◊ 1/63	♦ 1/57	◊ 0/39	♦ 0/56	withdrew				2 / 6
68	David E Rumens	ENG		◊ 1/66	♦ 0/23	◊ ½/47	withdrew after accident							1½ / 3

Challengers Prizes; £200; £150; £100; £60; £40; £20; £12

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MAIN A: (1) Graham E Borrowdale 6½/9; (2-7) Michael P Cook, Ronald Harris, Alan H Prizant, W Schroder, A Summerfield, U Wolf 6; (8-11) Tim Headlong, Richard H K Mann, R A Walker, H K Wegener 5½; (12-14) B Einwiller, D Einwiller, Richard C P Freeman 5; (15-19) P Gronau, Adrian Jackson, C Kull, Peter G Moore, S Weber 4½; (20-22) Percy B Cook, Robert P Ross, C Karcher (out of 8) 4; (23-25) K Beer, R J Gorman, J Opperman 3½; (26-29) R Clark, Z Cohin, K A Hoewel, M Funker (out of 8) 3; (30-31) George W Rutland, J E Slade 2½; (32) Geoffrey N Stokes (score not known - withdrew through illness after 6 rounds)

MAIN B: (1-2) Jürgen Brustkern, R Schreiber 7½/9; (3) C Hann 6½; (4) R J Woods 6; (5-8) Alan Forrest Stobo, G Wagner, B Ward, Peter Tobczewski 5½; (9-11) C Jewell, Truman Victor Parrott, K H Timpe 5; (12-20) Alan Michael Gregg, E Janus, R Quaye, S Schroeder, S C Sellick, P A Statham, Leigh A Trangmar, B Treptow, F Turner 4½; (21-22) M Bauer, R Wiktor 4; (23-30) William Bainbridge, Sydney Ross Capsey, John R Cotterell, David Terence Fairbank, Raymond J Kearsley, Eric Wilfred Knapp, Ronald Ernest Rushbrook, W A Shutler 3½; (31) Frank Thomas Comber 3.

MAIN C: (1) P Konig 8/9; (2-3) C P Kustner, C Papapostolou 7; (4-5) Mrs Morris, G Schauer 6; (6) E Chambers 5½; (7-12) D Gregg, H O Hoefer, H Huber, J Krause, M J Rice, M Turner 5; (13-21) A Breu, P A Bald, Mrs Olive Chataway, H G Crews, R V Cross, J F Dennis, M Gaebel, Robin B W Moss, B G Stevens 4½; (22-27) Mrs S Beer, E Blankett, M Hennings, E Mitchell, A C Neal, D Reynolds 4; (28) O Lange 3½; (29-30) Miss Daniel, F Mainka 2½; (31) A Bartl 1½.

Xmas A: (1-2) Martin A Lee, Leslie T Melvin 4/5; (3-5) Brian E Milner, Simon J Roe, Raymond J Gamble 3½; (6-10) David J Casiot, Paul F Habershon, Roger Hardy, G Staub, Trefor F Thynne 3; (11-16) J Bachmeyer, Arnaud Delanoy, C C Harding, Peter W Hempson, E Houghton, Ian D Thompson 2½; (17-19) Kenneth F H Inwood, (Rev) Peter R Kings, Adrian Picton Rossiter Lewis 2; (20-21) H D Nolden, Christopher R B Young 1½; (22) H Helmrich 1; (23) I Bourne ½.

Xmas B: (1-5) D Mesman, (James) Stuart Ridgway, Jack A Speigel, N Schnell, C W Byron 3½/5; (6-7) I Damen, Melvin N Sutton 3; (8-12) T Everett, David W Gostelow, B Morris, B H Richards, Colin L Ridley 2½; (13-15) Nigel W Dennis, N D Smith, M R Wilkins 2; (16) J Parker 1½; (17) William D Lowe 1; (18) P M P Rowlands ½.

Xmas C: (1) S G Kirby 4½/5; (2-3) George V Glover, Lucien Mouillaux (France) 3½; (4-7) G Dreyer, D Cleasby, S Rowson, Hugh G Tassell 3; (8-12) J Bahrfeld, I K Cross, A Osinga, W V Roon, Ronald Herbert Saunders 2½; (13-14) R A Boulton, R S Thornton 2; (15-16) R E Baker, K S Reed 1½; (17-18) E F Norris, A D Harvey 1.

Xmas D: (1-2) J Wheeler, D H Young 4/5; (3-5) D J Fowler, P Ganszcyk, J J Greenwood 3½; (6) D Stamp 3; (7-12) W Hampton, S A Napier, P Lewer, W Stook, W Uruegop, J Wheeler 2½; (13-14) C Conquest, P Jenner 2; (15-16) Edward Robert Jones Barlow, G R Stevens 1½; (17) D G Bunker 1; (18) R J Watson ½.

Xmas E: (1) D Wrobel 5/5; (2) Matthew Paul Richard Veck 4; (3-5) Miss Berberich, J S Borrill, P Martell 3½; (6-11) Richard J A Almond, R Brooks, Gregory Owen J Melitus, Miss S Scott, A J L Wade, M A Bryant 3; (12) J H Ward 2½; (13-17) N Crouch, D J Edwards, D Everitt, I A Pierson, J Saunders [not me! JS] 2; (18-19) R Rayan, Mrs I Stock 1½; (20) D Bolton 1; (21-22) M Scott, S Walker ½.

New Year A: (1) Kenneth B Harman 4½/5; (2) B Goudsward 4; (3-5) Laurie A J Glyde, Ronald G Rusha, C Hunt 3½; (6-8) Geoffrey Daw, Arnaud Delanoy, Dr. R Gauba 3; (9-18) J Bachmeyer, Bryan A Fewell, A Hitchcock, H J Kruger, N Lane, P B Sargeaunt, Jack A Speigel, Mrs Dinah M Wright [Norman], Raymond Wynarczyk, Christopher R B Young 2½; (19-21) Steve D Cunliffe, J W Versloot, Peter C Wood 2; (22-23) Marcus Philip Andrew Connolly, N D Smith 1½; (24-26) Martin A Barkwill, Anthony R Sharp, Hugh G Tassell 1.

New Year B: (1) M V Stanley 4½; (2) A R Henry 4; (3) F H Hill 3½; (4-8) D R Adams, R Brooks, D R Fewell, P W Sandiford, A J L Wade 3; (9-13) Marc A Bryant, J J Greenwood, M B Latey, R L Pugh, J Rytlewski 2; (14-15) A Elkan, G Murray 1; (16) Gregory Owen John Melitus 0.

Third Week A: (1-2) Timothy Headlong, G Mason 4½/5; (3-5) Michael P Cook (withdrew after 4 rounds), Colin A Harpur, Dr Luiz C Tavares Da Silva 4; (6) Jack A Speigel 3½; (7-12) Geoffrey Daw, David Terence Fairbank, Michael F McNaughton, Kevin J Thurlow, Mrs Dinah M Wright [Norman], B [Raymond?] Wynarczyk 3; (13-16) T J Bancroft, G S Coxhead, Bryan A Fewell, Alan Forrest Stobo 2½; (17-18) Ronald Ernest Rushbrook, Brian H Turner (withdrew after 4 rounds) 2; (19) W Hollingdale 1½; (20) John David Howard Nicholas 1.

Third Week B: (1-2) D G McLain, Geoffrey W Naldrett 4½/5; (3-6) N A Bryant, O J Fox, Victor Litvin, G Wood 4; (7-8) J F Dennis, J R Finch 3½; (9-14) P A Baldwin, E Chambers, Francis Norman Copping, J Hatton, R N Morgan, E Newham 3; (15-17) J M Bancroft, E W Knapp, L J Marshall 2½; (18-19) G Burnett, Mrs E Crowe 2; (20-21) Miss Elsie Grace Coulson, G Stevens 1; (22) Gregory Owen John Melitus ½.

The prizes in the various sections of the General Congress were as follow:-

Main Tournaments: £30; £20; £15; £10; £6 in each section.

Christmas Special Tournaments; £15; £10; £7; £4 in each section.

New Year Special Tournaments: £15; £10; £7; £4 in each section.

Third Week Special Tournaments: £15; £10; £7; £4 in each section.

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[BULLETIN] EDITOR'S NOTE

As I pointed out in my circular regarding this Bulletin, I had to work on this book in considerable time trouble.

It has been my intention to end the book at this point, but Mr Leonard Barden very kindly offered to undertake the task of selecting the best games in the Challengers Tournament and I felt that readers would perhaps excuse the necessary delay which became inevitable. I hope they will feel that the delay was both pardonable and worthwhile. [W Ritson Morry]

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THE 56th I.C.L. HASTINGS CHESS CONGRESS by W Ritson Morry [from the bulletin]

The 1980/1 Congress,which was opened in the White Rock Pavilion by Sir Jack Stewart-Clark, the European Assembly Representative for Sussex East, on December 29th [1980, promised to be an interesting event despite the several disappointments suffered by the organising committee in its effort to build a tournament worthy of the occasion.

This time the U.S.S.R. was not represented in the Grandmaster Tournament for the first time in nearly 30 years. This was not due to any international political complications. It arose simply because the Russian Chess Federation failed to reply to its invitation within the time laid down by the Committee. This necessitated invitations being sent to other countries and when the Russian nominations were received it was impossible to accept them.

Other trials were yet to come. Grandmaster Marjanovic could not come owing to a call for military service and Grandmaster Gheorghiu had to withdraw owing to fatigue following the Malta Olympiad. The Yugoslav Federation offered a good replacement for Marjanovic in the person of IM Popovic who had recently made his first GM norm, and GM Lein agreed to step into the breach caused by Gheorghiu's withdrawl with only a few days in which to make his arrangements, an act of personal kindness which the Committee will remember for many a long day.

To have emerged from all these daunting experiences with a tournament having almost exactly the same average Elo rating as last year’s was an achievement which I hope my readers will not begrudge my feeling justly proud. To be a successful tournament organiser one must have great reserves of patience and fortitude and more than one’s fair share of luck. Whatever I may have lacked of the former the goddess of fortune has certainly endowed me with an excess of the latter!

In recounting all this I have not mentioned that my original hopes of seeing GM Nunn and IM Short in the list of British players were dashed at an early stage when John was forced to say that playing in the Olympiad together with his pending match with IM Hartston for the British Championship made it impossible to find time for Hastings, and Nigel had to concentrate on important exams and postpone the happy day when he may join the growing ranks of the British grandmasters, as I am sure he soon will.

In spite of all we finally assembled with a most entertaining struggle in prospect. Last year's joint winner, G.M. Andersson, affectionately christened by me "Ulf the Woolf," in honour of his marvellous fighting ability, was looking for a Hastings "hat-trick" of three first prizes in successive years, faced doughty opposition from three former USSR GMs Alburt, Lein and Liberzon, and three of the younger GMs Ftacnik, Torre and our own Jonathan Speelman.

Ftacnik and Speelman were registered as GMs during the Malta Olympiad and are very much stars of the future. Indeed the manner of Jonathan’s apotheosis is particularly noteworthy, for his first norm was attained at the Phillips & Drew GM Tournament in London this year,an event of very high quality in which he came ahead of Gheorghiu, Ljubojevic, Timman, Sax, Browne, Larsen, Stean, Nunn and Short with 7½/13, the winners being Andersson, Korchnoi and Miles with 8½. A more difficult norm than that is not easy to imagine. His second came at Maribor in November when he was second to Kovacevic in a strong field.

On the heels of the seven GMs were as fierce a pack of IMs as one could fear to meet on a dark night. They included Jonathan Mestel and John Peters (each with 2 GM norms), the Hungarian Champion of 1978 and 79, Josef Pinter, and Murray Chandler (each with one GM norm), the Brazilian Champion, Jaime Sunye (who was 5th in the Rio de Janeiro Interzonal behind Petrosian, Portisch, Huebner and Timman and ahead of Balashov, Sax, Torre, Smejkal, Shamkovich, Vaganian and others), and Paul Littlewood, Robert Bellin (British Champion 1979) and P Popovic. The last named recently scored a GM norm.

It would thus be possible for this tournament to produce as many as five new GMs and we awaited the outcome with keen anticipation.

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File Updated

Date	Notes
Previously	Games from the Premier uploaded as part of the Hastings collection some time ago.
29 October 2021	Now complete with round numbers and dates, plus crosstable. Also, 53 games from the Challengers, some from the bulletin plus Darryl Johansen sent to me by Ian Rogers (for which many thanks) and other games which I have discovered in various places, and a further six games from a subsidiary section played by Kevin Thurlow. The full Challengers crosstable is from the bulletin, as are the results of subsidiary events.
4 July 2022	Correction to a game score: L.Brito 0-1 L.Ftacnik, rd 6 (22...Rfd8, not 22..Rd8). My thanks to Andy Ansel for drawing my attention to this.
6 July 2022	Three games added: (3) S.Conquest 1-0 D.Visser, Challengers rd 3; (2) M.Penston 0-1 R.Brookes, Xmas Special; (3) NN 0-1 L.Glyde, New Year A. Many thanks to Brian Denman.
7 December 2022	Added two Challengers games: (1) R.Hoffman 0-1 G.West (rd2); (2) A.Luchtmeijer 1-0 D.MacFarlane (rd 8). My thanks to Paul Summers for submitting the games.