[Event "18th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1937.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alexander, Conel Hughes"]
[Black "Fairhurst, William Albert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1937.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. a4 Ne7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 d5 7. Nb3 Nbc6 8. Be3 dxe4 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8 10. Nxe4 Nd5 11. Bd2 b6 12. Be2 Nc6 13. c4 Ndb4 14. O-O Nc2 15. Rac1 N2d4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Bd1 Bb7 18. Re1 a5 19. c5 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Bxc5 21. Bc3 Nf5 22. b4 axb4 23. Bxb4 Nd6 24. Rg4 h5 25. Bxc5 bxc5 26. Rxg7 Ke7 27. Rg5 Nf5 28. h3 Kd6 29. Rxh5 Rxh5 30. Bxh5 Nd4 31. Kf1 f6 32. Bd1 e5 33. g3 Kd5 34. h4 c4 35. Ke1 Rb8 36. h5 Rb2 37. h6 Rb7 38. Be2 Rh7 39. Bxc4+ Ke4 40. a5 Rxh6 41. a6 Rh8 42. Rc3 Rh1+ 43. Bf1 Nf3+ 44. Rxf3 Kxf3 45. a7 Rh8 46. Ba6 Rh1+ 47. Bf1 Rh8 48. Be2+ {Source: The Times, 31 December 1937} 1-0

[Event "18th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1937.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D81"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1937.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 c6 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Be6 7. Qd3 Nd5 8. Nxd5 cxd5 9. Qb5+ Qd7 10. e3 Qxb5 11. Bxb5+ Bd7 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Ne2 f6 14. Nc3 e5 15. dxe5 fxe5 16. Bg3 Bb4 17. O-O Bxc3 18. bxc3 e4 19. Be2 Na5 20. f3 O-O 21. Rfd1 Be6 22. fxe4 dxe4 23. Rd4 Rac8 24. Rxe4 Bf5 25. Re5 Nc4 26. Rb5 b6 27. Bf4 Rfd8 28. Rd1 Na3 29. Rb3 Rxd1+ 30. Bxd1 Nc4 31. Rb4 Na5 32. Be5 Be6 33. Bg4 Bxg4 34. Rxg4 Re8 35. Bd4 Nc4 36. Kf2 b5 37. Rg5 Rb8 38. Rc5 Rb7 39. Kf3 Kf7 40. a4 a6 41. Rc6 Nb2 42. a5 Na4 43. Rxa6 Rc7 44. Rf6+ Ke7 45. a6 1-0

[Event "18th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1937.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Thomas, Andrew Rowland"]
[Black "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D18"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1937.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. e4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nc5 13. Qb1 Ncxe4 14. Qxb7 Nxc3 15. Ba3 Qb8 16. Qa6 Rc8 17. Rfc1 Nfd5 18. Qd3 Nf4 19. Qc2 Nce2+ 20. Kh1 Nxc1 21. Rxc1 Ng6 (21... Qb7 22. Qe4 Qb6 {0-1 is the nonsensical finish given in BCM, March 1938, p135}) 22. g3 Qb7 23. Qe4 Qb3 {Source: BCM, March 1938, p135} 0-1

[Event "18th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1937.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Black "Fine, Reuben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B05"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1937.12.28"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. c4 Ne7 7. Nc3 Nf5 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nc6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Bf4 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Ne2 f6 14. Qc2 Qe8 15. exd6 cxd6 16. d5 Qd7 17. dxe6 Qxe6 18. Rfe1 Qd7 19. Rad1 Rfe8 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. Rxd4 Bf8 22. Red1 Rad8 23. Bxd6 Bxd6 24. Qd3 c5 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26. Qxd6 Rxd6 27. Rxd6 Re1+ 28. Kh2 Re2 29. Rd8+ Kf7 30. Rd7+ Kg6 31. Rxa7 Rxb2 32. Kg3 Rb4 33. Kf3 Rxc4 34. Ke3 Rc2 35. g3 h5 36. a4 Ra2 37. a5 Kf5 38. a6 Ra3+ 39. Kd2 g5 40. Ra8 g4 41. hxg4+ Kxg4 42. a7 {Source: (moves 16-28) BCM, February 1938, p54} 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1937.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tylor, Theodore"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C66"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1937.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Bd7 7. Re1 exd4 8. Nxd4 O-O 9. b3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Bxb5 11. Nxb5 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Ba3 Bf6 14. Qd3 Bxa1 15. Bxf8 a6 16. Rxa1 axb5 17. Bc5 b6 18. Bd4 Nb4 19. Qf3 Nxc2 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Rd1 Nd4 22. Qg4+ Kh8 23. Rxd4 Qf6 24. Qe4 Rg8 25. g3 c5 26. Rd5 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Qe2 b4 29. h4 Qd6 30. h5 h6 31. g4 Qe6 32. Qxe6 fxe6 33. f4 b5 34. Kf2 Kg7 35. g5 {Sources: The Times, 30 December 1937; BCM, April 1938, p185} 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1937.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fairhurst, William Albert"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1937.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Na2 e6 8. Bxc4 Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 c5 11. Rd1 Qb6 12. e4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bc5 14. Nb3 O-O 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. Be3 Rfd8 17. f3 Qc7 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Nxb4 a5 20. Nc2 Nfd7 21. Nd4 Nb6 22. Bb5 Qe5 23. Nc6 Bxc6 24. Bxc6 Qd6 25. Qb5 Nbxa4 26. Rc1 Nd3 27. Rc4 Naxb2 28. Rd4 Qb8 29. Rd7 Rc8 30. Bb7 $4 h6 $2 (30... Rc1+ {wins here and on the next move.}) 31. Qh5 $2 Rf8 $2 32. Qxa5 Nc4 33. Qa7 Nxe3 $2 (33... Nde5 $1 $19) 34. Qxe3 $2 (34. Qxb8 $1 Rxb8 35. Rxd3 $11) 34... Ne5 {Sources: BCM, February 1938, p88; (moves 25-end) BCM, February 1938, p55; Sunday Times, 6 March 1938} 0-1

[Event "18th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1937.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fine, Reuben"]
[Black "Alexander, Conel Hughes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E01"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1937.12.28"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 cxd4 6. O-O Bc5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd4 O-O 9. a3 Bb6 10. Nc2 Nc6 11. e4 Nc7 12. Nc3 e5 13. Na4 Ne6 14. Qxd8 Bxd8 15. Be3 Ncd4 16. Nb4 Ba5 17. Rfd1 Bd7 18. Nc3 Rfd8 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Nbd5 Rxc3 21. bxc3 Ne2+ 22. Kh1 Nxc1 23. Rxc1 b6 24. c4 Ba4 25. h3 Kf8 26. c5 Rc8 27. cxb6 Rxc1+ 28. Bxc1 axb6 29. h4 Nd4 30. Kh2 Bd1 31. f4 Nf3+ 32. Kh1 exf4 33. Bxf4 Ne1 34. Bc7 Bc2 35. Bxb6 Nxg2 36. Bxa5 Nxh4 37. Nc3 Nf3 38. Kg2 Nd2 39. e5 Nc4 40. Bc7 Ke8 41. a4 Kd7 42. Bb8 Kc8 43. Ba7 Nxe5 44. Bc5 Kb7 45. Bf8 g6 46. Kf2 Ka6 47. Ke3 Nd7 48. Bb4 Bxa4 49. Ne4 h6 50. Be7 Kb6 51. Nf6 Nc5 52. g4 Ne6 53. Ng8 h5 54. gxh5 gxh5 55. Nh6 Be8 56. Ke4 Kc6 57. Ke5 Kd7 58. Bh4 Nc5 59. Ng8 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1937.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Black "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1937.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c6 5. Qc2 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2 Qe7 9. b3 b6 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. e4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Qxe4 Ba3 14. Bc3 Bb4 15. Qe1 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 c5 18. Qe3 Qf6 19. Qg5 Qxg5 20. Nxg5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 cxd4 22. Rxd4 h6 23. Rad1 hxg5 24. Rxd7 Rdb8 25. Re7 a5 26. Rdd7 Rf8 27. Rb7 Ra6 28. a4 {Source: Kensington News and West London Times, 21 January 1938; CHESS, January 1938, Vol.3/29, p178} 1-0

[Event "18th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1937.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Tylor, Theodore"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1937.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Nbd2 c5 8. Nxc4 Nc6 9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 11. Nce5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 a5 13. Bf4 Ra6 14. Rac1 b6 15. Nd3 Be7 16. Rc7 Nd7 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Rxe7 Ng6 19. Rc7 e5 20. Be3 f5 21. Bd5+ Kh8 22. Rdc1 f4 23. Rxc8 fxe3 24. Rxf8+ Nxf8 25. Rc8 exf2+ 26. Kxf2 {Sources: The Times, 30 December 1937; Sunday Times, 2 January 1938; BCM, March 1938, p134} 1-0

[Event "18th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1937.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Thomas, Andrew Rowland"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E11"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1937.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Bxd2+ 6. Nfxd2 Nc6 7. e3 e5 8. d5 Nd8 9. Bg2 d6 10. O-O O-O 11. Nc3 Nd7 12. e4 g6 13. f4 exf4 14. Rxf4 Ne5 15. Qf1 b6 16. Rf2 Bg4 17. h3 Bd7 18. Nf3 Nb7 19. Rd1 a5 20. Kh2 Nc5 21. Nxe5 Qxe5 22. Re2 Rae8 23. Qf4 Qg7 24. g4 Re5 25. Qg3 h5 26. g5 Re7 27. Rf1 Qe5 28. Qxe5 Rxe5 29. h4 Re7 30. Kg3 a4 31. Bf3 Bc8 32. Re3 Rfe8 33. Rfe1 Ba6 34. Be2 Nxe4+ 0-1

[Event "18th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1937.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alexander, Conel Hughes"]
[Black "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A55"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1937.12.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 e5 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. Be2 Be7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. h3 O-O 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. O-O Re8 10. Rc1 Bf8 11. Qc2 g6 12. d5 Nh5 13. Qd2 Ng7 14. g4 c5 15. Kh2 a6 16. Rg1 Nf6 17. Bg5 Nd7 18. Bh6 Be7 19. h4 f6 20. Nd1 Bf8 21. Ne3 Nb6 22. Rg2 Bd7 23. Rcg1 Re7 24. Ne1 Kh8 25. b3 Rf7 26. Nd3 Be7 27. f4 exf4 28. Nxf4 Re8 29. h5 g5 30. Bxg7+ Rxg7 31. Ne6 Bxe6 32. dxe6 Qc8 33. Nf5 Rgg8 34. Nxd6 Qc7 35. e5 Bxd6 36. Qxd6 Qxd6 37. exd6 Rxe6 38. Rd1 Nd7 39. Rd5 Rd8 40. Bd1 Ne5 41. Rgd2 b6 42. Kg3 Nc6 43. d7 Kg7 44. Rd6 Nd4 45. Rxe6 Nxe6 46. Rd6 Nd4 47. Rxb6 Rxd7 48. Rxa6 f5 49. Kf2 f4 50. Bf3 Nxf3 51. Kxf3 Rd3+ 52. Kf2 Rd2+ 53. Kf3 Rd3+ 54. Kf2 Rd2+ {Draw agreed (moves 27-54) BCM, February 1938, p55} 55. Kf3 Rd3+ {Source: BCM, April 1938, p183 (with notes by Alexander)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1937.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D75"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1937.12.28"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Qb3 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bf4 e5 14. Be3 Be6 15. c4 f5 16. Rac1 Rab8 17. Qa4 Rb2 18. Bxc6 f4 19. Bxa7 Rf7 20. Bc5 Rxa2 21. Qxa2 Qxc6 22. Qa5 Rc7 23. Qb5 Bh3 24. Qxc6 Rxc6 25. Bb4 Bxf1 26. Kxf1 fxg3 27. hxg3 Kf7 28. e4 h5 29. Ke2 Rb6 30. Bd2 Rb2 31. Kd3 Bf8 32. c5 Rb8 33. Be3 Ke6 34. Ra1 Rd8+ 35. Kc4 Rc8 36. Ra6+ Kf7 37. Kd5 g5 38. c6 h4 39. gxh4 gxh4 40. Kxe5 h3 41. Bf4 Bc5 42. Bg3 Kg6 43. Kd5 Bf8 44. Ke6 Re8+ 45. Kd7 Re7+ 46. Kd8 Kf7 47. c7 {Sources: The Times, 1 January 1938; Sunday Times, 16 January 1938; Evening News (London), 19 January 1938; BCM, February 1938, p89; CHESS/3/29 January 1938, p178; Source: CHESS/3/30 February 1938, p199 (with notes by Keres)} 1-0

[Event "18th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1937.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Fine, Reuben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1937.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nc6 12. O-O b6 13. Rfd1 Bb7 14. Qf4 Qf6 15. Qe3 Rfd8 16. e5 Qh6 17. Rac1 Qxe3 18. fxe3 Rac8 19. Nd2 h6 20. Bb3 Na5 21. Bc2 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1937.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Black "Thomas, Andrew Rowland"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1937.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. O-O f5 8. c4 Nc6 9. Nc3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nxd4 11. fxe4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 fxe4 13. Re1 Ne6 14. Qg4 Kf7 15. Nxe4 Be7 16. Bf4 Bf6 17. Rad1 h5 18. Qf5 g6 19. Ng5+ {Sources: The Times, 31 December 1937; The Scotsman, 1 January 1938; BCM, February 1938, p90; CHESS, February 1938, Vol.3/30, p204; 500 Master Games of Chess by Tartakower & du Mont (Batsford 1991), p220 (in a note to Janowski-Marshall, Biarritz 1912)} 1-0

[Event "18th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1937.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tylor, Theodore"]
[Black "Fairhurst, William Albert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1937.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 d5 5. c3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 b6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb7 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. Nb3 Qd5 15. Qf1 Bd6 16. Rd1 Qe5 17. f4 Bc5+ 18. Nxc5 Qxc5+ 19. Qf2 Qc6 20. h3 Rfd8 21. Be3 Nd5 22. Be4 Rd7 23. Bd4 f5 24. Bf3 Re8 25. Be5 Qc8 26. Rd4 b5 27. Rad1 a6 28. b3 Nb6 29. Rxd7 Nxd7 30. Qa7 Bd5 31. Bxd5 exd5 32. Qd4 Nxe5 33. fxe5 Rd8 34. c4 bxc4 35. bxc4 f4 36. cxd5 f3 37. d6 fxg2 38. Qd5+ Kh8 39. d7 Qc3 40. Kxg2 Qc2+ 41. Rd2 Qg6+ 42. Kh2 Qf5 43. Qd4 Rxd7 44. Qxd7 Qxe5+ 45. Kg2 Qe4+ 46. Kf1 Qf3+ 47. Rf2 Qh1+ 48. Ke2 Qe4+ 49. Kd2 Qb4+ 50. Kd3 Qb1+ 51. Kc3 Qc1+ 52. Rc2 Qa3+ 53. Kc4 1-0

[Event "18th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1937.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fairhurst, William Albert"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1937.12.28"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 Ne4 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8. Nxd2 f5 9. Nxe4 fxe4 10. Qh5+ Kf8 11. Be2 d6 12. O-O Nd7 13. f3 Nf6 14. fxe4 Bxe4 15. Qh4 d5 16. Bd2 Kf7 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Rac1 Re8 19. Bh5+ Bg6 20. Bxg6+ hxg6 21. Rxf6+ Kg8 22. Rcc6 gxf6 23. Qh6 Qe7 24. Qxg6+ Qg7 25. Qf5 Qg5 26. Qf3 Rac8 27. Bc1 Kg7 28. g3 Re4 29. Kf2 Kg6 30. Ke2 Qf5 31. Qg2 Rce8 32. Kd1 Qg4+ 33. Kc2 Rxd4 34. exd4 Re2+ 35. Qxe2 Qxe2+ 36. Kc3 Qf3+ 37. Kd2 Qh1 38. Rxc7 Qxh2+ 39. Kd1 Qxg3 40. Rxa7 Qd3+ 41. Bd2 f5 {Sources: BCM, April 1938, p184; (Moves 21-34) BCM, February 1938, p56; Sunday Times, 27 February 1938; CHESS/3/29 January 1938, p160} 0-1

[Event "18th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1937.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fine, Reuben"]
[Black "Tylor, Theodore"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1937.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Na6 8. a3 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nc7 12. Qb3 a6 13. a4 b5 14. Be2 Be6 15. Qa3 Rb8 16. axb5 axb5 17. Qc5 Bd7 18. Ra7 Rc8 19. Qa3 Nfd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Qb3 Nc7 22. Bd2 Bg4 23. Ba5 Qd5 24. Qa3 Ne6 25. Bc3 Ng5 26. Qxe7 Nxf3+ 27. Bxf3 Bxf3 28. gxf3 Qxf3 29. Qe3 Qh5 30. Re1 Rce8 31. Qxe8 Qg4+ 32. Kf1 Qh3+ 33. Kg1 Qg4+ {Sources: The Times, 1 January 1938; Sunday Times, 9 January 1938; CHESS/3/30 February 1938, p206} 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1937.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E03"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1937.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Nh3 Qc7 9. Nd2 Rb8 10. O-O b5 11. Qb3 Bb7 12. Bxb7 Qxb7 13. Nf4 O-O 14. Nf3 Qe4 15. Qd3 Rfd8 16. Qxe4 Nxe4 17. Nd3 Bb6 18. Bf4 Rbc8 19. Rac1 f6 20. Rfd1 e5 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Bc1 Nf8 23. Kf1 Ne6 24. Nfe1 Kf7 25. f3 Nd6 26. Ng2 a5 27. Be3 Bd4 28. Bxd4 Nxd4 29. Ne3 Ke6 30. Rc1 Rxc1+ 31. Nxc1 e4 32. Kf2 f5 33. f4 a4 34. Ke1 b4 35. Kd2 h6 36. a3 bxa3 37. bxa3 N4b5 38. Na2 Nxa3 39. Kc3 Nab5+ 40. Kb4 Nd4 41. Nc1 g5 42. Kxa4 gxf4 43. gxf4 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1937.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Thomas, Andrew Rowland"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1937.12.28"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nd2 d5 3. e4 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2+ Qe7 7. Bxd7+ Nxd7 8. Ndf3 Ngf6 9. dxc5 Qe4 10. Be3 Bxc5 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. O-O-O Qxe2 13. Nxe2 O-O 14. Nf4 Nce4 15. Rhf1 Rad8 16. Nd4 Nd6 17. Rd3 Rfe8 18. f3 Kf8 19. b3 Re5 20. Rfd1 Rde8 21. c3 g5 22. Nh3 h6 23. Nc2 Re2 24. R1d2 Rxd2 25. Kxd2 Re5 26. c4 Ke7 27. c5 Nf5 28. b4 a6 29. Ng1 Kd7 30. Ne2 Ne7 31. Ned4 Nc6 32. Nxc6 Kxc6 33. Nd4+ Kd7 34. a4 Ne8 35. b5 axb5 36. axb5 Kc8 37. b6 Nf6 38. Ra3 Kb8 39. c6 Ne8 40. Ra7 Nd6 41. c7+ Kc8 42. Ra8+ 1-0

[Event "18th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1937.12.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Black "Alexander, Conel Hughes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1937.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Qe2+ Qe7 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. Bd2 Nb6 14. O-O-O c6 15. Ne4 Bxd2+ 16. Nxd2 Rhe8 17. Rhe1+ Kd7 18. c4 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 dxc4 20. Kc2 Re8 21. Rxe8 Kxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1938.01.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Fine, Reuben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C26"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1937.12.28"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 d6 5. Na4 Bb4+ 6. c3 d5 7. exd5 Bd6 8. Be3 O-O 9. Nc5 b6 10. Ne4 Bb7 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Qf3 Be7 13. Ng3 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Nxd5 15. h4 Nf4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. N1e2 Qe6 18. O-O Nxe2+ 19. Nxe2 Rad8 20. Rfe1 Rfe8 21. Nd4 Qf6 22. Qxf6 Nxf6 23. Nc6 Rxd3 24. Nxe5 Rd2 25. Nc4 Rdd8 26. Rad1 h5 27. Ne3 Kf8 28. g3 g6 29. Kg2 {Source: (moves 14-23) BCM, February 1938, p57} 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1938.01.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Fairhurst, William Albert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1937.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. Bd3 d5 8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. f3 cxd4 10. cxd4 e5 11. Ne2 exd4 12. e4 Qc5 13. O-O Nc6 14. a4 Rd8 15. Ba3 Qa5 16. Rc1 Qc7 17. Qe1 Nd7 18. f4 Nf8 19. e5 Qa5 20. Qg3 Qd2 21. Kh1 Ng6 22. h4 Nge7 23. Rcd1 Qa2 24. Bxe7 Nxe7 25. f5 Bxf5 26. Nf4 Bxd3 27. Rxd3 Qxa4 28. e6 f6 29. Nh5 Ng6 30. Qc7 1-0

[Event "18th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1938.01.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E16"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1937.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 d6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qc2 Qc8 10. Nc3 O-O 11. e4 a6 12. Rfe1 h6 13. b3 Nh7 14. Rad1 Rb8 15. Nh4 Qd8 16. f4 g5 17. fxg5 hxg5 18. Nf3 Qf6 19. e5 Qh6 20. exd6 cxd6 21. Ne4 d5 22. Nd6 Ba8 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. dxe5 dxc4 25. Qxc4 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 f5 27. exf6 Rxf6 28. Nf5 Rxf5 29. Rxe6 Rf2+ 30. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 31. Kf3 {Sources: The Times, 3 January 1938; Liverpool Daily Post, 4 January 1938; Newcastle Evening Chronicle, 31 January 1938; Sunday Times, 6 February 1938; BCM, February 1938, p89; CHESS, January 1938, Vol.3/29, p162; Newcastle Chronicle, 20 April 1940} 1-0

[Event "18th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1938.01.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Thomas, Andrew Rowland"]
[Black "Alexander, Conel Hughes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1937.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O cxd4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8. Qxd4 Be7 9. c4 Nc6 10. Qc3 dxc4 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Nxc4 Rac8 14. Qe3 b6 15. Nce5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bb5 17. Qe4 Bc5 18. e3 Rfd8 19. a4 Be8 20. b4 Bxb4 21. Nxf7 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Rd2 23. Rf1 Bc3 24. Qa8 Qxf7 25. Bc6 Kf8 26. Bxe8 Qxe8 27. Qxa7 Ba5 28. Qb7 Qxa4 29. Qc8+ Qe8 {Sources: The Times, 3 January 1938; Sunday Times, 30 January 1938} 0-1

[Event "18th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1938.01.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tylor, Theodore"]
[Black "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "1937.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. Bxd6 Qxd6 9. f4 O-O 10. Nf3 b6 11. a3 Bb7 12. O-O Ne7 13. Nd2 Nf5 14. Qf3 Qe7 15. g4 Nd6 16. Rf2 Nfe4 17. Qh3 f5 18. Ndxe4 fxe4 19. Be2 a6 20. Raf1 b5 21. Qg3 Rac8 22. h4 Bc6 23. h5 a5 24. Rh2 b4 25. axb4 axb4 26. Nd1 Ba4 27. h6 g6 28. Rhf2 Bd7 29. g5 Nf5 30. Qh3 Ba4 31. Bg4 Rc1 32. Rd2 Bb5 33. Be2 Bxe2 34. Rxe2 Ra8 35. Nf2 Raa1 36. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 37. Kh2 Qa7 38. Qg4 Qa1 39. Rd2 Qa6 40. Qe2 Qxe2 41. Rxe2 b3 42. Ng4 Rc2 43. Rg2 Nd6 44. Nf6+ Kf7 45. Kh3 Nc4 46. Nd7 Rxg2 47. Kxg2 Nxe3+ 48. Kf2 Nf5 49. Ne5+ Kf8 50. Nc6 Nd6 51. Na5 Nc4 52. Nxb3 Nxb2 53. Nc1 Ke7 54. Ne2 Nd1+ 55. Ke1 Ne3 56. Kd2 Nf5 57. Kc3 Kd6 58. Kb4 Kc6 59. Ka4 Ne3 60. Kb4 Nc2+ 61. Kc3 Ne1 62. Ng3 Ng2 63. Ne2 Kb5 64. Kb3 Ka5 65. Ka3 Nh4 66. Kb3 Nf3 67. Kc3 Nh4 68. Kb3 Nf5 69. Ka3 Nd6 70. Ng3 Nb5+ 71. Kb2 e3 72. Kc1 Nxd4 73. Nh5 Kb4 74. Kd1 Kc4 75. f5 gxh5 ({Corrected from} 75... gxf5 76. g6 Kd3 {0-1 which makes no sense as White would win with 77.Nf4+}) 76. g6 Kd3 {Correction applied 11 March 2022. Contributor: Andy Ansel} 0-1

[Event "18th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1938.01.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Alexander, Conel Hughes"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C73"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1937.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 Nxe4 8. Qe2 f5 9. Nbd2 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 Be7 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nc4 Qd5 13. Nxe5 O-O 14. Rd1 Qe6 15. Re1 Bd6 16. Bf4 Bb7 17. Qf3 Rae8 18. Qg3 c5 19. c4 Be4 20. Nf3 Qxc4 21. Bxd6 cxd6 22. Qxd6 Bxf3 23. gxf3 h6 24. a3 Kh7 25. Rec1 Qe2 26. Qxc5 Rf6 27. Qc3 Rg6+ 28. Kh1 Qxf2 29. Rc2 Re2 30. Rxe2 Qxe2 31. Rg1 Rxg1+ 32. Kxg1 h5 33. b4 h4 34. Qd4 Qxf3 35. Qxh4+ Kg6 {Sources: The Times, 4 January 1938; BCM, February 1938, p90; Sunday Times, 20 February 1938; CHESS/3/30 February 1938, p206} 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1938.01.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fine, Reuben"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1937.12.28"]

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

[Event "18th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1938.01.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1937.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Bd6 7. Nbd2 Be6 8. Qe2 Nd7 9. Nc4 f6 10. d4 Bg4 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Ncxe5 Bxe5 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Qe7 15. c3 O-O 16. O-O Rae8 17. Bd2 Bd6 18. Rfe1 Qe5 19. g3 Qb5 20. b3 c5 21. Bf4 Bxf4 22. Qxf4 Re5 23. Rad1 c4 24. b4 Rfe8 25. Qd2 Qc6 26. Qd7 Qxd7 27. Rxd7 Rxe4 28. Rxe4 Rxe4 29. Rxc7 Re1+ 30. Kg2 b5 {Source: BCM, March 1938, p134} 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1938.01.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Thomas, Andrew Rowland"]
[Black "Fairhurst, William Albert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1937.12.28"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O e5 7. Nc3 Nc7 8. d3 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Rc1 Ne6 11. Na4 Qa5 12. Nd2 Bd7 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. Nc3 Rad8 15. Nd5 Qb8 16. f4 exf4 17. gxf4 Ned4 18. Ne5 Bd6 19. Nxd7 Rxd7 20. Qe1 Re8 21. Qf2 Rdd8 22. Bxd4 cxd4 23. Be4 Qc8 24. Qh4 f5 25. Bf3 (25. Nf6+ gxf6 26. Bd5+ Kg7 27. Rf3 {is suggested as a win in BCM but overlooks} Bxf4 $1 {winning for Black.}) 25... Re6 26. Kh1 Rh6 27. Qf2 Qe6 28. Bg2 Bb8 29. Rc5 Kh8 30. e4 fxe4 31. Bxe4 Rf8 32. Qg2 Bd6 33. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1938.01.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Black "Tylor, Theodore"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1937.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. O-O e6 6. c4 Nde7 7. Nc3 Ng6 8. Re1 Qc7 9. d3 Be7 10. Bxc6 Qxc6 11. Ne4 b6 12. Bg5 d5 13. exd6 Bxd6 14. d4 O-O 15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Qd4 Qf5 18. Qe3 h6 19. Bh4 Bb7 20. Bg3 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Qxf3 22. gxf3 Rfd8 23. Rad1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 e5 25. h4 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1938.01.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fairhurst, William Albert"]
[Black "Fine, Reuben"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1937.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. d5 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 e6 6. Nf3 exd5 7. cxd5 c6 8. Nc3 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. Qxd5 d6 11. O-O Nc6 12. Rd1 Qb6 13. Be3 Qxb2 14. Qxd6 Bf5 15. Rac1 Rad8 16. Qc5 Qxe2 17. Rd2 Rxd2 18. Nxd2 Rc8 19. Qa3 h5 20. Bf1 Qg4 21. Rc4 Nd4 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Qxa7 Kh7 24. h3 Qd7 25. Bg2 Nf5 26. Bf4 h4 27. g4 Nd4 28. Nf3 Ne2+ {Source: CHESS/3/30 February 1938, p206} 0-1

[Event "18th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1938.01.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C71"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1937.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c4 Bd7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. d4 Nxd4 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Qxd4 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. b3 Rfe8 13. Bb2 Bf8 14. Rfe1 Re6 15. f4 Rae8 16. Re3 c6 17. Rd1 Qc7 18. Rde1 b5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Nd1 c5 21. Qd3 c4 22. bxc4 bxc4 23. Qc2 d5 24. Bxf6 Rxf6 25. Nc3 Qa7 (25... d4 $1 26. Nd5 Qd8 $1 27. Nxf6+ Qxf6 28. Rf3 Qa6 $19) 26. Nxd5 Ra6 27. Kh1 Rxa2 28. Qxc4 Bc5 29. Rc3 Ra1 30. Rcc1 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Ba3 32. Ra1 Qf2 33. Qa4 {Source: (moves 24-32) BCM, February 1938, p58} 1-0

[Event "18th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1938.01.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1937.12.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Bg4 5. Nc3 Nd7 6. Be2 Ngf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. Nd2 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Qa5 11. g4 exd4 12. Nb3 Qa6 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. g5 Ne8 15. b3 Bd8 16. f4 Ng6 17. h4 Bb6 18. Nf5 Qa5 19. Rac1 Bxe3+ 20. Qxe3 Qc7 21. Ne2 Ne7 22. Ned4 Nxf5 23. Nxf5 Qb6 24. h5 Nc7 25. Qxb6 axb6 26. Rc2 Rfd8 27. Rd1 Ne6 28. Rf2 Nc5 29. Ng3 Kf8 30. Kg2 Ne6 31. Kf3 c5 32. Kg4 Nd4 33. Nf5 Nxf5 34. Kxf5 Ke7 35. Rd5 b5 36. cxb5 c4 37. bxc4 Ra4 38. Rfd2 g6+ 39. hxg6 fxg6+ 40. Kg4 Rxc4 41. e5 Rf8 42. exd6+ Kd7 43. R5d4 Rc1 44. Re2 Rf7 45. a4 b6 46. Re3 Rg1+ 47. Kf3 Rf1+ 48. Kg3 Rg1+ 49. Kf2 Rc1 50. Ke2 Rc2+ 51. Kf3 Rc1 52. Re5 Rc3+ 53. Kg4 Rc1 54. a5 bxa5 55. b6 Rg1+ 56. Kf3 Rf1+ 57. Kg3 Rf8 58. Re7+ Kc6 59. d7 {Sources: The Times, 7 January 1938; BCM, May 1938, p233} 1-0

[Event "18th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1938.01.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Thomas, Andrew Rowland"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E07"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1937.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Bf4 a6 10. Ne5 cxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc5 12. Qd3 Nb6 13. Rfd1 Be6 14. Be3 Qe7 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Rac1 Qe7 17. Qd4 Nc4 18. Nd3 Rad8 19. b3 Na5 20. Qc5 Nc6 21. Qxe7 Nxe7 22. Nc5 Bc8 23. N3a4 b5 24. Nb2 Rfe8 25. Rd2 Ne4 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Bxe4 Rd2 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Nxd1 Be6 31. Nc3 f5 32. Bb7 b4 33. Na4 a5 34. Nc5 Kf7 35. f4 Nd5 36. Bxd5 Bxd5 37. Kf2 Ke7 38. Ke3 Kd6 39. Kd4 Kc6 40. Nb7 a4 41. Na5+ Kd6 42. Nc4+ Kc6 43. bxa4 Bg8 44. Na5+ Kd6 45. Nb3 Bd5 46. a5 Bb7 47. e3 Ba6 48. Nc5 Be2 49. a6 Bf3 50. Nd3 Kc7 51. Kc5 b3 52. axb3 Bd1 53. Nc1 {Source (amongst others): Reshevsky's Best Games of Chess} 1-0

[Event "18th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1938.01.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tylor, Theodore"]
[Black "Alexander, Conel Hughes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1937.12.28"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Bd3 c5 5. O-O Nc6 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 Qc7 8. Nc3 a6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. e4 d4 11. Ne2 e5 12. Kh1 Bg4 13. Nfg1 g5 14. Qc1 Rg8 15. c3 O-O-O 16. cxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Rxd4 19. Qe3 Kb8 20. Rac1 Qd6 21. Bc2 Nh5 22. h3 Bd7 23. Ne2 g4 24. h4 Bb5 25. Nxd4 exd4 26. Rfd1 dxe3 27. Rxd6 exf2 28. Bd3 Bxd3 29. Rxd3 g3 30. Rd5 Nf4 31. Rg5 Rxg5 32. hxg5 Ne6 {Sources: The Times, 5 January 1938; BCM, February 1938, p87; CHESS, January 1938, Vol.3/29, p161; Fifty Great Games of Modern Chess by Harry Golombek (Bell 1943), p72} 0-1

[Event "18th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1938.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alexander, Conel Hughes"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C98"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1937.12.28"]

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. d5 Na5 14. b3 Bd7 15. Nf1 Nb7 16. c4 Rfb8 17. Ne3 bxc4 18. Nxc4 Bf8 19. a4 Na5 20. Nfd2 g6 21. g4 h5 22. Nxa5 Qxa5 23. Qf3 Nh7 24. Rf1 Qd8 25. Qg3 hxg4 26. hxg4 Qg5 27. f3 Qe3+ 28. Kg2 Qc3 29. Ra2 Be7 30. Nb1 Qb4 31. Rh1 Nf8 32. Bd2 Qd4 33. Re1 c4 34. Be3 cxb3 35. Bxd4 bxa2 36. Ba1 axb1=Q 37. Rxb1 Rxb1 38. Bxb1 g5 39. Bc2 Rc8 40. Qf2 Ng6 41. Qd2 Kg7 42. Bc3 Nf4+ 43. Kf1 Bd8 44. Qe3 Kf6 45. Bb3 Rb8 46. Qa7 Rxb3 47. Qxd7 Rb1+ 48. Be1 Ba5 49. Qxd6+ Kg7 50. Qxe5+ Kf8 51. Qh8+ Ke7 52. Qe5+ Kf8 {Sources: The Times, 6 January 1938; BCM, March 1938, p135; CHESS/3/29 January 1938, p158} 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1938.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fine, Reuben"]
[Black "Thomas, Andrew Rowland"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1937.12.28"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 Qe7 6. Bg2 Qb4+ 7. Nc3 Qxc4 8. Ndb5 Nb8 9. b3 Qb4 10. Nxc7+ Kd8 11. N7b5 Qa5 12. Bf4 Ne8 13. a3 a6 14. b4 Qb6 15. Be3 Qg6 16. Nd4 Nd6 17. Qb3 Be7 18. Nd5 Bf6 19. Rd1 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 {Sources: Sunday Times, 13 February 1938; BCM, April 1938, p164} 1-0

[Event "18th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1938.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Black "Fairhurst, William Albert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E02"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1937.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 c6 7. Qxc4 e5 8. Nf3 exd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qd3 O-O 11. O-O Nb6 12. Qc2 h6 13. Nd2 Bg4 14. Nde4 Be7 15. Rd1 Qc8 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Be3 Bh3 19. Bh1 Qe6 20. Nc5 Qc8 21. Rac1 Bxc5 22. Bxc5 Re8 23. Rd2 Qe6 24. b3 Rad8 25. Rcd1 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Nd5 27. Qc4 b6 28. Ba3 Qg6 29. Bf3 b5 30. Qc1 b4 31. Bb2 Bf5 32. Bg2 Bg4 33. Bf1 Nf4 34. f3 Nh3+ 35. Kh1 h5 36. fxg4 Qe4+ 37. Bg2 Nf2+ 38. Kg1 Qe3 39. Bd4 1-0

[Event "18th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1938.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Black "Tylor, Theodore"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1937.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8. Rc1 N7f6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. a3 b6 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bb5 Bb7 13. Bc6 Bxc6 14. Rxc6 Rfc8 15. O-O Nf6 16. Ne5 Ne8 17. Qf3 Qf6 18. Qe2 a5 19. f4 Rd8 20. Qf3 Rac8 21. Rfc1 Rd6 22. R6c3 c5 23. dxc5 bxc5 24. Rxc5 Rxc5 25. Rxc5 Qd8 26. h3 f6 27. Nc4 Rd1+ 28. Kh2 Rc1 29. Qc6 g5 30. Qxe6+ Kg7 31. Rd5 Qb8 32. Rd7+ {Sources: The Times, 6 January 1938; BCM, May 1938, p233; CHESS/3/30 February 1938, p206} 1-0

[Event "18th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1938.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Black "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B49"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1937.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Be3 a6 8. O-O b5 9. f3 Bc5 10. Qd2 Qb6 11. Rad1 O-O 12. Kh1 Bb7 13. Bg1 d5 14. exd5 exd5 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Qd4 Qe7 18. Bd3 Rfe8 19. Qh4 Qc5 20. Rfe1 Re6 21. Bf5 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 d4 23. Be4 dxc3 24. Bxb7 Rb8 25. b4 Qd6 26. Be4 Qd2 27. Kg1 Rd8 28. Qf2 Nxe4 29. Rxe4 g6 30. Re1 h5 31. Kf1 Qf4 32. g3 Qxb4 33. Qb6 Qc4+ 34. Kg1 Rd2 35. Qf6 Kh7 36. Re7 Rd1+ 37. Kf2 Qf1+ 38. Ke3 Re1+ 39. Kf4 Rxe7 40. Qxe7 Qc4+ 41. Kg5 Qxa2 42. Qc7 Qd5+ 43. Kf4 g5+ 44. Ke3 Qd2+ 45. Ke4 Qxc2+ {Source: Evening News (London), 12 January 1938} 0-1

[Event "18th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1938.01.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fine, Reuben"]
[Black "Flohr, Salomon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1937.12.28"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. e3 Nc6 4. exd4 Nxd4 5. Nxd4 Qxd4 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. Be2 Bxe2 8. Qxe2 e6 9. O-O Nf6 10. d3 c6 11. Be3 Qh4 12. g3 Qh3 13. f3 Be7 14. Rad1 O-O 15. d4 Qf5 16. Bf2 Rfd8 17. Rd3 Rd7 18. Rfd1 Rad8 19. Ne4 Qa5 20. b3 h6 21. Kg2 Kh7 22. Qc2 Kg8 23. Qe2 Kh7 24. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1938.01.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Reshevsky, Samuel Herman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1937.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bg5 Bg7 7. Qd2 Nc6 8. Nb3 O-O 9. Bh6 a5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. a4 Be6 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 Qc7 14. Be2 Rac8 15. O-O-O Qc5 16. Qxc5 Rxc5 17. Rd4 Rfc8 18. Kb1 d5 19. Bd3 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1938.01.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mikenas, Vladas"]
[Black "Alexander, Conel Hughes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1937.12.28"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. Be2 Bd6 7. Nd4 e5 8. Nf5 Bf8 9. f4 exf4 10. exf4 Nc5 11. Nd4 dxc4 12. bxc4 Bd6 13. Qc2 Bxf4 14. O-O Qc7 15. Nf5 Bxh2+ 16. Kh1 Bxf5 17. Rxf5 Nce4 18. Bxf6 Ng3+ 19. Kxh2 Nxf5+ 20. Kg1 Ng3 21. Bg4 gxf6 22. Nc3 Qe5 23. Kf2 Qf4+ 24. Bf3 O-O-O 25. d3 Nf5 26. Re1 Qd4+ {Sources: The Times, 7 January 1938; Sunday Times, 23 January 1938; BCM, March 1938, p133; CHESS/3/30 February 1938, p199} 0-1

[Event "18th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1938.01.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Black "Fairhurst, William Albert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D61"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1937.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. O-O Rfe8 14. Ne4 Qb6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd6 Rf8 17. Rc1 Nb8 18. Nxb7 Qxb7 19. e4 a5 20. Qe2 g6 21. e5 Bg7 22. h4 Na6 23. h5 gxh5 24. Nh4 c5 25. dxc5 Rac8 26. Qxh5 a4 27. Bc2 Rxc5 28. Bb1 Rxe5 29. Qd1 Nc5 30. Nf3 Rd5 31. Qc2 Rfd8 32. b3 Qd7 33. bxa4 Nxa4 34. Qh7+ Kf8 {Source: Fairhurst collection (Alan McGowan)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "18th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1938.01.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tylor, Theodore"]
[Black "Thomas, Andrew Rowland"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1937.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Qxe2+ 8. Bxe2 Be7 9. Nc3 h6 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. O-O-O Nb4 12. Rhe1 O-O 13. a3 Nbd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bd2 Rd8 16. Nd4 Bf8 17. Bf3 Nf6 18. Ba5 Rd7 1/2-1/2
