[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1945.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aitken, James Macrae"]
[Black "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C82"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. c3 Bc5 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Ne7 13. Nd4 c5 14. Nxe6 fxe6
15. Nd2 Nf5 16. Qe2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Qb6 18. Bc2 Rad8 19. Rad1 d4 20. Bxf5 Rxf5
21. Rfe1 Rf7 22. Re3 Rfd7 23. Rd3 Qa5 24. cxd4 Qxa2 25. Ra3 Rxd4 26. Rxa2 Rxd2
27. Rxd2 Rxd2 28. Kf1 c4 29. Ke1 c3 30. Rxa6 cxb2 {Sources: The Times, 1
January 1946; BCM, April 1946, p123} 0-1

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1945.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Christoffel, Martin"]
[Black "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C76"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Bg5 f6
9. Be3 Nh6 10. h3 Nf7 11. c4 O-O 12. Nc3 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Bxd4 Bxa4 15.
Qxa4 Qe8 16. Qb3 c5 17. Be3 Qc6 18. Rad1 Rfe8 19. a4 Ng5 20. f3 Ne6 21. Kh1 f5
22. exf5 gxf5 23. Nd5 Kh8 24. Qc2 b5 25. Qxf5 Nf8 26. axb5 axb5 27. cxb5 Qxb5
28. Nc7 Qxb2 29. Nxe8 Rxe8 30. Bf4 Ng6 31. Bxd6 Qxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Nh4+ 33. Kf2
Nxf5 34. Bxc5 Bf6 35. Rd5 Bh4+ 36. Kg1 Ng3 37. Ra1 Ne2+ 38. Kh2 Bf6 39. Ra7 Kg8
40. Rf5 Be5+ 41. Kg2 Nf4+ 42. Kf1 Nxh3 43. Ra4 1-0

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1945.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Denker, Arnold"]
[Black "Ekstrom, Folke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. a3
Bd6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Be2 Ne4 11. O-O a5 12. Qc2 f5 13. Bc1 Rf6 14. Bb2 Qe7 15.
Bd3 Rh6 16. g3 g5 17. Rfe1 g4 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Nd2 Nf8 20. b4 Ne6 21. Ncxe4
dxe4 22. Qxe4 Ng5 23. Qc2 Qf7 24. d5 Rxh2 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. Kxh2 Bf5 27. Kg1 Qh5
28. dxc6 Ng5 29. cxb7 Rb8 30. Qc4+ Be6 31. Qc6 Nf3+ 32. Kf1 Qh1+ 33. Ke2 Nd4+
34. Bxd4 Qxc6 {Source: The Times, 1 January 1946} 0-1

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1945.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Black "Tartacover, Xavier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C27"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Bc4 d6 4. d3 c6 5. f4 b5 6. Bb3 a5 7. a4 b4 8. Nce2 Be6
9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Nf3 exf4 11. Bxf4 e5 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Ng3 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
Nh5 O-O 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. O-O Nd7 18. Qe2 Qe7 19. g3 g5 20. Nd2 Nc5 21. Rxf8+
Rxf8 22. Nc4 Ne6 23. c3 bxc3 24. bxc3 d5 25. exd5 cxd5 26. Nxe5 Qc5+ 27. Kg2
Qxc3 28. Rf1 Rxf1 29. Kxf1 Qa1+ 30. Kg2 Qxa4 31. Qf3 Qa2+ 32. Kh3 g4+ (32...
g4+ {Mieses thought he was losing but} 33. Kxg4 Ng5 34. Qf6 Qe2+ 35. Kf5 {
and the game goes on}) 0-1

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1945.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Prins, Lodewijk"]
[Black "Sergeant, Edward Guthlac"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4
Bd7 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. Qxd4 Bf6 12. Qe3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Qf6 14. Qxf6
Nxf6 15. f3 Nd7 16. Be3 O-O 17. Rfd1 f5 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. Re1 Re8 20. Bd4 Rxe1+
21. Rxe1 Kf7 22. Kf2 Ra5 23. Ra1 Nc5 24. Bc3 Ra4 25. b3 Ra3 26. Ke2 b5 27. Bb4
Nxb3 28. Bxa3 Nxa1 29. cxb5 Nc2 30. bxa6 Nd4+ 31. Kd3 Nb5 32. Bb2 g6 33. Bd4 c5
34. Bc3 Ke6 35. Ba5 Na7 36. a4 Kd5 37. Bb6 Nc8 38. a5 Kc6 39. a7 Kb7 40. Kc4
Ne7 41. g3 Nf5 42. Kd5 Nd4 43. f4 Nf3 44. Kxd6 c4 45. h3 c3 46. Be3 Nd2 47. Kd5
Nf1 48. Kd4 c2 49. Bc1 Nxg3 50. Kd3 Nh1 51. Kxc2 Nf2 52. h4 Ng4 53. Kd3 Kxa7
54. Ke4 Nh6 55. Bd2 Nf5 56. Be1 Ka6 57. Ke5 Ne3 58. Kf6 Ng2 59. Bg3 1-0

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1945.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Steiner, Herman"]
[Black "Devos, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D17"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 c6 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. Nxc4 Bb4 8. a5
O-O 9. e3 c5 10. Qb3 Na6 11. Be2 cxd4 12. exd4 Qxd4 13. O-O Ne4 14. Be3 Nxc3
15. Bf3 Rac8 16. Bxd4 {Source: The Times, 2 Jan 1946, p2} 1-0

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1945.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Christoffel, Martin"]
[Black "Prins, Lodewijk"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qb3 Nb6 8.
a4 Be6 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. O-O Nd7 11. d4 Nb4 12. Qd1 c5 13. Be3 Qa5 14. d5 Bf5 15.
Nh4 Bc2 16. Qc1 Rad8 17. d6 exd6 18. Nd5 Bb3 19. Ne7+ Kh8 20. Bh6 Be6 21. Bxg7+
Kxg7 22. f4 Rde8 23. Qc3+ f6 24. f5 Rxe7 25. fxe6 Rxe6 26. Bxb7 Rxe2 27. Bf3
Rc2 28. Qe3 Ne5 29. Be4 d5 30. Bxc2 Nxc2 31. Qb3 Nxa1 32. Rxa1 c4 33. Qc2 Qb6+
34. Kh1 Rb8 0-1

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1945.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Devos, Paul"]
[Black "Aitken, James Macrae"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. a3 d5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. c4 O-O 7. Nbd2 a5 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Nxc4 Nc6 10. O-O Qc7 11. e4 b5 12. Ncd2 Ba6 13. Qe2 Ng4 14. e5 Ncxe5
15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxb5 Ng4 17. g3 Bxb5 18. Qxb5 f5 19. Qe2 e5 20. Nc4 Nxf2 21.
Rxf2 Bxf2+ 22. Kxf2 f4 23. gxf4 exf4 24. Bd2 f3 25. Qe6+ Kh8 26. Ne5 Rae8 27.
Rc1 Qxe5 28. Qxe5 Rxe5 29. Be3 Rb5 30. Bd4 Rh5 31. Rc7 Rxh2+ 32. Kf1 Rg2 33. b4
f2 (33... axb4 34. axb4 f2 35. Rxg7 Rxg7 {was the finish given in BCM,
December 1946, p386}) 34. Bxg7+ Rxg7 0-1

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1945.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ekstrom, Folke"]
[Black "Steiner, Herman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. b3 a5 6. Bb2 Nbd7 7. d3 Qc7 8. c4
e6 9. Nc3 Bc5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Nh4 Be6 13. e4 dxe4 14. dxe4 Rad8
15. Qc2 Rfe8 16. Nf5 Qb8 17. Na4 Bf8 18. Nd4 Ne5 19. Rcd1 Bg4 20. f3 Bc8 21.
Nb6 Qa7 22. Nxc8 Rxc8 23. Kh1 c5 24. Nf5 Qa6 25. f4 Nc6 26. e5 Ng4 27. h3 Nd4
28. Bxd4 cxd4 29. Qe4 Ne3 30. Nxe3 dxe3 31. Qxe3 Rc2 32. a4 Rec8 33. f5 Re2 34.
Qf4 Rcc2 0-1

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1945.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[Black "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. d5 d6 6. Nf3 b5 7. cxb5 Qa5+ 8. Nfd2
Qxb5 9. Nc3 Qb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. b3 Nb6 12. Bb2 Qd7 13. a4 Rb8 14. a5 Na8 15.
Nce4 O-O 16. Nxf6+ exf6 17. Ra4 f5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rh4 Ba6 20. Re1 Rfe8 21.
e4 Bd3 22. Bh3 Qe7 23. Qc1 Kg8 24. Qc3 fxe4 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. Rhxe4 Qf8 27.
Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Rxe8 Qxe8 29. Qf6 Qf8 30. Bd7 Nc7 31. Bc6 h5 32. f4 Ne8 33. Qd8
Ng7 34. Qd7 Qb8 35. Bb5 {Source: BCM, February 1946, p47} 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1945.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sergeant, Edward Guthlac"]
[Black "Denker, Arnold"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B60"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Qa5 7. Bxf6 gxf6 8.
Nb3 Qd8 9. Qh5 Bg7 10. f4 Be6 11. O-O-O Qb6 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. Kb1
f5 15. c3 a5 16. cxb4 a4 17. Nc1 a3 18. Qe2 O-O 19. b3 Rfc8 20. Qd2 Rc3 21. Bc4
Rc8 22. Ne2 R8xc4 23. Nxc3 Rxc3 24. Rc1 Qxb4 25. Rxc3 Bxc3 26. Qc2 Bf6 27. Rd1
Qxf4 28. Rd3 Qf1+ 29. Qd1 Qxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Be5 31. h3 Kg7 32. Kc2 Kf6 33. Kd3 e6
34. Kc4 Bf4 35. Kb5 e5 36. Kb6 e4 37. Kxb7 e3 38. Re1 Ke5 39. Kc6 Ke4 40. b4
Bg3 41. Rc1 e2 42. b5 e1=Q 43. Rxe1+ Bxe1 44. b6 Bf2 45. b7 Ba7 46. Kxd6 Bb8+
47. Kc6 Ke5 {Source: BCM, July 1946, p226} 0-1

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1945.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Black "Tartacover, Xavier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Nxf6+ Bxf6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6
8. c3 O-O 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Nf3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 13. Qe2 Qxe2+ 14.
Bxe2 Be6 15. O-O Rfd8 16. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 17. Bxd1 Rd8 18. Bf3 Kf8 19. b3 b6 20. Rd1
Rxd1+ 21. Bxd1 Ke7 22. Bc2 a5 23. a4 Kd6 24. f3 Kc5 25. Kf2 c6 26. Ke3 b5 27.
axb5 cxb5 28. g4 h6 29. h4 Bd7 30. g5 hxg5 31. hxg5 a4 32. Kf4 a3 33. Bb1 b4 {
Source: The Times, 31 Dec 1945, p2} 0-1

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1945.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aitken, James Macrae"]
[Black "Ekstrom, Folke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Nb3 b6 10. f4 Bb7 11. Bf3 O-O 12. Be3 Nb4 13. Rf2 Qc7 14. Rd2 Rac8 15.
Qe2 d5 16. e5 Nd7 17. Qf2 Nc5 18. Ne2 Nxb3 19. cxb3 Bc5 20. Rc1 Qe7 21. Rc3 Rc7
22. a5 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 b5 24. Rd1 Na2 25. Rxc7 Qxc7 26. Ra1 Nb4 27. Qc3 Qe7 28.
Rc1 Nc6 29. f5 Qg5 30. fxe6 fxe6 31. Re1 Nxe5 32. Nd4 Nxf3+ 33. Nxf3 Qg6 34.
Ne5 Qf5 35. Qf3 Qc2 36. Qe2 Qc5+ 37. Kh1 Qd6 38. Nf3 Rf6 39. Qd2 e5 40. h3 e4
41. Nd4 Qg3 42. Qc3 e3 43. Rg1 h6 44. Qc5 Kh7 45. Qc2+ Qg6 46. Qxg6+ Kxg6 47.
Re1 Rf2 48. Rxe3 Rd2 49. Nf3 Rd1+ 50. Kh2 d4 51. Re7 Bxf3 52. gxf3 d3 53. Ra7
d2 54. Rxa6+ Kf5 55. Rd6 Kf4 56. a6 Ke3 57. Re6+ Kxf3 58. Rd6 Ke2 59. Re6+ Kd3
60. Rd6+ Kc2 0-1

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1945.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Denker, Arnold"]
[Black "Christoffel, Martin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Qc8 6. b3 e6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bxg2 9. Kxg2 Be7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Nc3 Rd8 12. e4 Nc6 13. Nc2 Qb7 14. Qf3 d6 15.
Rad1 Nd7 16. Qe2 f5 17. f3 f4 18. gxf4 Rf8 19. Qe3 Nf6 20. Ne2 Nh5 21. Ncd4 Bf6
22. e5 dxe5 23. Nxc6 Qxc6 24. fxe5 Be7 25. Rd3 Rad8 26. Rfd1 Bc5 27. Bd4 Bxd4
28. Rxd4 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Qc5 30. Kf2 Qe7 31. Ng3 Qf7 32. Nxh5 Qxh5 33. Kg2 Qg6+
34. Rg4 Qc2+ 35. Qf2 Qc3 36. Re4 Rf5 37. Qe3 Qb2+ 38. Qf2 Rg5+ 39. Rg4 Qxe5
1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1945.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Black "Devos, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nge2 Bg7 6. d3 d6 7. Nd5 O-O 8. c3
Be6 9. Nef4 Bd7 10. O-O Ne8 11. Nh3 Qc8 12. Nhf4 e6 13. Ne3 b5 14. Ne2 Rb8 15.
d4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Ne7 17. f4 Bc6 18. Bd2 b4 19. Rc1 Qb7 20. e5 Bxg2 21. Nxg2
dxe5 22. dxe5 Nd5 23. Nd4 Bh8 24. Qc2 Nec7 25. Qc6 Rfd8 26. Rc2 Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1945.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Steiner, Herman"]
[Black "Sergeant, Edward Guthlac"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D64"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. a3
Re8 9. Qc2 a6 10. h3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Ba2 c5 13. O-O Bb7 14. Ne5 cxd4 15.
exd4 Nf8 16. Rfd1 Rc8 17. Qe2 Nd5 18. Bd2 Ng6 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxc8 Qxc8 21.
Bxd5 exd5 22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. Re1 Kf8 24. Qe5 Qd7 25. Kf1 f6 26. Qe6 Qxe6 27.
Rxe6 Ra8 28. Rb6 Ra7 29. Bf4 Bd8 30. Rd6 Ke8 31. Rxd5 Bb6 32. Ke2 Rb7 33. Kd3
g5 34. Bg3 g6 35. Rd6 a5 36. d5 f5 37. Rxg6 {Source: BCM, February 1946, p48} (
{Some sources give the further moves} 37. Rxg6 f4 38. Rxg5) 1-0

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1945.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tartacover, Xavier"]
[Black "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bh4 c6 5. e3 Qb6 6. Qc1 Bf5 7. Bd3 Nd7 8. O-O
h6 9. Nc3 g5 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Bxd3 12. cxd3 Bg7 13. Qd2 O-O 14. e4 e6 15.
b3 g4 16. Na4 Qd8 17. Nh2 Bxd4 18. Rac1 f5 19. Qxh6 Qf6 20. Qxf6 Rxf6 21. exf5
exf5 22. Rfd1 Re8 23. Rc2 Rfe6 24. Nc3 Re1+ 25. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 26. Nf1 Bxc3 27.
Rxc3 Rd1 28. f3 d4 29. Rc2 Rxd3 30. fxg4 fxg4 31. Kf2 Rd1 32. Re2 Kf7 33. Rd2
Rxd2+ 34. Nxd2 Ke6 35. Ke2 Kd5 36. Kd3 Ne5+ 37. Ke2 c5 38. Nb1 b5 39. Na3 a6
40. Kd2 c4 41. Nc2 c3+ 42. Kd1 Ke4 43. Nb4 a5 44. Na6 d3 45. b4 Ke3 {Sources:
The Times, 2 Jan 1946, p2; BCM, April 1946, p121} 0-1

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1945.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Black "Prins, Lodewijk"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5
axb5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. h3 Nh5 12. Nxe5 Nf4 13. Nxc6 Nxe2+ 14. Nxe2 Qh4
15. d4 Qxe4 16. Bd5 Qxe2 17. dxc5 Bb7 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Be3 Bxc6 20. Bxc6 Qxc2
21. Rfc1 Qxb2 22. Rab1 Qe5 23. Re1 b4 24. Ba7 Qa5 25. Bxb8 Rxb8 26. Rb3 Qc5 27.
Bf3 g6 28. Rd1 Qc2 29. Rdd3 Re8 30. g3 Re1+ 31. Kg2 Rb1 0-1

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.01.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Christoffel, Martin"]
[Black "Steiner, Herman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

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
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Qd3 Bf5 16. Qf1 Qh5 17. Be3 Rae8 18. Nd2 Re6 19. a4 Bh3 20. Bd1 Qf5 21. Qe2 Nf4
22. Qf3 h5 23. Bb3 Bg2 24. Qd1 Qh3 25. Bxf4 Bxf4 26. Rxe6 Bxd2 27. f4 Bxf4 28.
Qe2 Bf3 29. Qxf3 fxe6 30. Re1 Rf6 31. Qxf4 Rxf4 32. Bxe6+ Qxe6 33. Rxe6 Rf6 34.
Rxf6 gxf6 35. axb5 axb5 36. Kf2 Kf7 37. Kf3 Ke6 38. Ke4 f5+ 39. Kf4 Kd5 40.
Kxf5 Kc4 41. g4 hxg4 42. Kxg4 Kb3 43. h4 Kxb2 44. h5 Kxc3 45. h6 {Sources: The
Times, 3 January 1946; BCM, September 1946, p292} 1-0

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.01.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Devos, Paul"]
[Black "Tartacover, Xavier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O g6 6. c3 Bg7 7. Qb3 cxd4 8. Ne5
d5 9. cxd4 O-O 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Rd1 Qd7 13. a4 e6 14. f3 Ne8 15.
Bh3 Nd6 16. Be3 Qb7 17. Qa2 Rfc8 18. b3 Bd7 19. Qd2 Rc6 20. Na2 Rac8 21. Rac1
a5 22. Rxc6 Rxc6 23. Bf4 Bf8 24. Rc1 Ne8 25. Rxc6 Qxc6 26. Qc1 Bg7 27. Qd2 b5
28. axb5 Qxb5 29. Nc1 Qb6 30. e3 Bf8 31. Bf1 Ba3 32. Nd3 Bb5 33. Qc3 Nd6 34.
Be5 Ne8 35. g4 Bd6 36. Qc8 Qc6 37. Qxc6 Bxc6 38. Bxd6 Nxd6 39. Nc5 Kf8 40. Kf2
Ke7 41. Ke1 f6 42. Kd2 e5 43. f4 exf4 44. exf4 Ne4+ 45. Nxe4 dxe4 46. Be2 Bd5
47. Bd1 g5 48. fxg5 fxg5 49. Ke3 Kd6 50. Kd2 Bc6 51. Ke3 h6 52. Bc2 Bd5 53. Bd1
Kc6 54. Kd2 Be6 55. Ke3 Bd5 56. Kd2 Kb6 57. Ke3 Bc6 58. Be2 Bd5 59. Bd1 Bc6 60.
Be2 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.01.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ekstrom, Folke"]
[Black "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D08"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. a3 a5 6. g3 Be6 7. Nbd2 Qd7 8. Bg2
Bc5 9. O-O Nge7 10. b3 Ng6 11. Bb2 Ngxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxb7 Rb8 14. Bg2 O-O
15. Ne4 Ba7 16. c5 Nc6 17. b4 f5 18. Ng5 Bd5 19. e4 Bc4 20. Re1 h6 21. Qc2 Kh8
22. Qxc4 hxg5 23. Qd5 Rfd8 24. Qxd7 Rxd7 25. exf5 Nd8 26. Bc1 Nf7 27. Bc6 Rdd8
28. Bd2 1-0

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.01.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[Black "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D53"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 c6 8. Qc2
Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxh4 10. Nd6+ Kf8 11. Nxh4 Qxh4 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Qb3 Nb6 14. Nxc8
Rxc8 15. a4 Rc7 16. a5 Nc8 17. a6 b6 18. Be2 h5 19. O-O Rh6 20. Rac1 f5 21. f3
Rf7 22. Rc3 Qd8 23. Rfc1 Ne7 24. Kh1 g5 25. e4 fxe4 26. fxe4 dxe4 27. Rh3 $2 (
27. Re3 Qxd4 28. Rd1 Qe5 29. Qb4 $1 $11) 27... h4 28. Qe3 Nf5 29. Qxe4 Qxd4 30.
Qc2 g4 31. Rd1 gxh3 32. Rxd4 hxg2+ 33. Kg1 Nxd4 34. Qd2 Nxe2+ 35. Kxg2 Rg6+ {
Sources: The Times, 3 January 1946; BCM, February 1946, p37} 0-1

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.01.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Prins, Lodewijk"]
[Black "Denker, Arnold"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B55"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 Be6 8. exd5
Qxd5 9. N1d2 Nc6 10. Bc4 Qd7 11. Qe2 Be7 12. O-O Nd5 13. Be3 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Bxc4
15. Nxc4 Qe6 16. Qe2 O-O 17. Rae1 Rac8 18. f4 Nb4 19. Na3 Nxa2 20. Qb5 Bxa3 21.
bxa3 Qc6 22. Rxe5 Qxb5 23. Rxb5 b6 24. Rf2 Rfd8 25. g3 f6 26. g4 Rc4 27. g5 Nc3
28. Rb4 Rxb4 29. axb4 Rd1+ 30. Kg2 Nd5 31. b5 Nc3 32. gxf6 gxf6 33. Kf3 Kf7 34.
Ke3 Nxb5 35. c4 Rb1 36. Nd2 Re1+ 37. Kd3 Nd6 38. Nb3 a5 39. Rb2 Re3+ 40. Kd4
Ke6 41. c5 Nf5+ 42. Kc4 b5+ 43. Kxb5 Rxb3+ 44. Rxb3 Nd4+ 45. Kb6 Nxb3 46. c6
Nd2 47. f5+ Kd5 0-1

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.01.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sergeant, Edward Guthlac"]
[Black "Aitken, James Macrae"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C79"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 Bg4 8. c3
Na5 9. Bc2 c5 10. d3 Be7 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. Nf1 Nc6 13. h3 Bh5 14. Ng3 Bg6 15.
Nh4 O-O 16. Nhf5 Rfc8 17. Qf3 Bf8 18. Bg5 Ne8 19. Bb3 Kh8 20. Nh4 Nc7 21. Nxg6+
fxg6 22. Bd5 Nxd5 23. exd5 Nb8 24. Ne4 h6 25. Bd2 Be7 26. Re3 Rf8 27. Qg3 Qe8
28. Qg4 Rf5 29. Rg3 Kh7 30. c4 Nd7 31. b3 Nf6 32. Qe2 Qd7 33. Re3 Nh5 34. Rf3
Nf4 35. Bxf4 exf4 36. Re1 Re8 37. Qd2 Ref8 38. d4 cxd4 39. Qxd4 Bd8 40. Rd1 Re8
41. cxb5 axb5 42. Rc3 Rfe5 43. f3 Rxe4 44. fxe4 Bf6 45. Qd3 Bxc3 46. Qxc3 Rxe4
47. Qf3 Qe8 48. Rc1 Qe5 49. Rd1 Re3 50. Qf2 Re2 51. Qf3 Rxa2 52. Rf1 Qd4+ 53.
Kh2 g5 54. Rd1 Qe5 55. Rc1 Re2 56. Qd3+ Qe4 57. Qxe4+ Rxe4 58. Rc6 Re2 59. Kg1
h5 60. Rxd6 g4 61. hxg4 hxg4 62. Rb6 g3 63. Kf1 Rf2+ 64. Kg1 Rd2 0-1

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.01.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aitken, James Macrae"]
[Black "Christoffel, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nge7 8. b3
Nf5 9. Bb2 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 h5 11. h4 Bd7 12. Nc3 a6 13. Na4 Qa7 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. a3
Be7 16. b4 O-O 17. Nc5 Rfd8 18. Bd3 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 a5 20. Bxf5 exf5 21. Ng5 g6
22. Qb3 axb4 23. axb4 Qb6 24. Bc3 Ne7 25. Rh3 Bb5+ 26. Kg1 Bc4 27. Qd1 Ra8 28.
Re3 Ra3 29. Qe1 Rda8 30. Ra5 R8xa5 31. bxa5 Qb5 32. Nf3 f4 33. Bb4 Ra4 34. Bxe7
fxe3 35. Qxe3 Qb2 36. Qh6 {Source: BCM, February 1946, p41} 1-0

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.01.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Denker, Arnold"]
[Black "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qb3 Nc6 7. e3 cxd4 8.
exd4 Be7 9. Bb5 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Qd1 a6 12. Bd3 b5 13. Qe2 Bb7 14. Be3 Rc8
15. Rac1 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 Rxc3 17. bxc3 Qd5 18. Qc2 g6 19. a4 Rc8 20. axb5 axb5
21. Qe2 Nc4 22. Ra1 Bd6 23. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.01.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[Black "Devos, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D28"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bd3
cxd4 9. exd4 Bb7 10. a4 b4 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nb3 Na5 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 14. Ne5 Qd5
15. f4 Be7 16. Be3 O-O 17. f5 Qd6 18. Nc4 Qd8 19. a5 exf5 20. Nb6 Ra7 21. Rxf5
Be4 22. Bxe4 Nxe4 23. Rc1 Bd6 24. Qf3 Qe8 25. Rc8 Qe7 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Nc8
Qc7 28. Nxa7 Bxh2+ 29. Kh1 Ng3+ 30. Kxh2 Nxf5+ 31. Qf4 Qd7 32. Qb8+ Ke7 33.
Nc8+ Kf6 34. Qe5+ Kg6 35. Nb6 {Source: BCM, February 1946, p45} 1-0

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.01.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Black "Sergeant, Edward Guthlac"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. Nb5 Bxe3 7. fxe3 Qh4+
8. g3 Qxe4 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 Qxh1 11. Qd6 Nf6 12. Nd2 Ne4 13. Qc7+ Ke7 14.
O-O-O Nxd2 15. Bb5 Qd5 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Rxd2 Qc5 18. Rd4 f6 19. b4 Qc3 20.
Re4+ Kf7 21. Qxa7 Re8 22. Rxe8 Qe1+ 23. Kb2 Qxb4+ 24. Kc1 Qe1+ 25. Kb2 Qb4+ 26.
Kc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.01.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Steiner, Herman"]
[Black "Prins, Lodewijk"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Be7 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Nc3 d6 8.
h3 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 c6 10. Be3 b5 11. Be2 c5 12. Qd3 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bf6
15. Rab1 Re8 16. Rfe1 g6 17. Qd2 a5 18. c3 Qd7 19. Bg4 Qa4 20. Bg5 Bxg5 21.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Qxg5 Bxg4 23. Qxg4 Qe5 24. Qc4 Rb8 25. Rd1 bxc3 26. bxc3 Rb2 27.
a4 Rc2 28. Qa6 Qf5 29. Rf1 Qxd5 30. Qxa5 Qd2 31. Qb6 Rxc3 32. a5 Ra3 33. a6 Qa5
34. Qxd6 c4 35. Rb1 Rb3 36. Rxb3 cxb3 37. Qb8+ Kg7 38. a7 Qa1+ 39. Kh2 b2 40.
Qe5+ Kg8 41. Qb8+ Kg7 42. a8=Q Qxa8 43. Qxb2+ f6 44. Qd4 Qb8+ 45. g3 Qb7 46. h4
h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.01.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tartacover, Xavier"]
[Black "Ekstrom, Folke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. O-O
Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Rfd8 12. Ncb5 Qb8 13. c4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bc6
15. Qc2 Qc7 16. h3 Rac8 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Qf2 h5 19. Rad1 Qa5 20. b3 Rc7 21. e5
Ne8 22. f5 Qxe5 23. fxe6 Qxe6 24. Bxa7 Ra8 25. Bb6 Rcc8 26. Rde1 Qf6 27. Qe2
Qe5 28. Qf3 Qf6 29. Qd3 Qb2 30. Rf2 Qa3 31. Rxe7 d5 32. Rfxf7 h4 33. Qg6 Qb2
34. Rf8+ {Sources: The Times, 4 January 1946; BCM, February 1946, p43; Kmoch/
Prins)} 1-0

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.01.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Christoffel, Martin"]
[Black "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 b6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 Bb7 8.
e4 g6 9. Bg2 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. e5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Ne8 13. Qe4 Rc8 14. Bg5 f6
15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Qe2 Rc6 17. Rad1 Qa8 18. Kg1 Re6 19. Qd3 Rd6 20. Qc2 Rxd1 21.
Rxd1 Qc6 22. b3 e6 23. Qd3 Ng4 24. Bf4 g5 25. f3 Qc5+ 26. Kg2 Qf2+ 27. Kh3
Qxh2+ 28. Kxg4 Rxf4+ {Sources: The Times, 5 January 1946; BCM, March 1946, p98.
The game was awarded a brilliancy prize.} 0-1

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.01.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Denker, Arnold"]
[Black "Steiner, Herman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Nbd7 5. b3 c6 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. d4 Ne4 8. O-O
f5 9. Nfd2 Qg5 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Nc3 O-O 12. f3 exf3 13. exf3 Nf6 14. Qe2 h5
15. Rae1 Bd7 16. Bc1 Qg6 17. Qd2 Rae8 18. Rf2 dxc4 19. bxc4 e5 20. dxe5 Rxe5
21. Rxe5 Bxe5 22. Re2 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 h4 24. g4 Nxg4 25. fxg4 Bxg4 26. Re5 Qf6
27. h3 Qf2+ 28. Kh1 Rd8 29. Qe3 Rd1+ 30. Kh2 Qg3+ 31. Qxg3 hxg3+ 32. Kxg3 Rxc1
33. hxg4 Rxc4 34. Re7 Rb4 35. Be4 Kf8 36. Re5 Ra4 37. Bg6 {Source: The Times,
7 January 1946} 1-0

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.01.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ekstrom, Folke"]
[Black "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

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 Be6 11. Qf3 Be7 12. Rae1 Rb8 13. Nd1 d4 14. b3 Qd5
15. Qxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Re5 Rfd8 18. Rc5 c6 19. Nb2 Rd6 20. Re1 Kf8 21.
Ra5 Rd7 22. Na4 Ng6 23. Nc5 Re7 24. Ra4 Rd8 25. Re4 Rd5 26. Nxe6+ fxe6 27.
Rexd4 e5 28. Rdb4 Red7 29. g3 Ke7 30. Be4 Rd1+ 31. Kg2 Kd6 32. Bxg6 hxg6 33.
Rg4 Rd2 34. Rxg6+ Kd5 35. c4+ Kc5 36. a3 e4 37. Re6 Rf7 38. Rxe4 Rfxf2+ 39. Kh3
Rxh2+ 40. Kg4 Rd7 41. Ra6 Rc7 42. b4+ Kd6 43. Re8 Rf2 44. Rd8+ Ke5 45. c5 Rf6
46. Ra8 Rff7 47. Kg5 Rf5+ 48. Kh4 Rff7 49. Kg4 Kd5 50. Kg5 Rfe7 51. Rd8+ Kc4
52. Rd6 Kb5 53. Ra5+ Kc4 54. g4 Re4 55. Kh5 Re5+ 56. Kg6 Re4 57. g5 Re5 58. Ra6
Kb5 59. Ra5+ Kc4 60. Rd8 Re6+ 61. Kh7 Re5 62. g6 Rh5+ 63. Kg8 Rh6 64. Rd6 Rh3
65. Ra6 Kb5 66. Raxc6 Rxc6 67. a4+ Kxa4 68. Rxc6 Kxb4 69. Ra6 Kxc5 70. Kxg7 Rb3
71. Rxa7 Kd6 72. Kf7 Rf3+ 73. Ke8 Re3+ 74. Kf8 Rf3+ 75. Rf7 Ra3 76. Kg8 Ke6 77.
g7 Ra1 78. Rf3 Ke7 79. Rh3 Kf6 80. Kh7 1-0

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.01.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Prins, Lodewijk"]
[Black "Aitken, James Macrae"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C71"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c4 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nf6 8. Nc3
Nd7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Ne2 g6 11. d3 Bg7 12. Be3 Rb8 13. Rb1 c5 14. O-O O-O 15.
g4 Qe7 16. Ng3 Rfe8 17. Qe2 Nf8 18. Kg2 Ne6 19. Qd2 Qf6 20. f3 Nf4+ 21. Bxf4
exf4 22. Ne2 Rxb2 23. Rxb2 Qxb2 24. Qxb2 Bxb2 25. Nxf4 Be5 26. Ne2 Rb8 27. Nc1
a5 28. Rf2 Bf4 29. Nb3 a4 30. Na5 Rb1 31. Nc6 Kf8 32. Na7 Rd1 33. Nb5 Rxd3 34.
Nxc7 a3 35. Rc2 Be5 36. Nb5 Bb2 37. Kf2 Rd1 38. Ke2 Ra1 39. Rd2 Ke7 40. Rxd6
Rxa2 41. Ra6 Bc3+ 42. Kd1 Bb4 43. f4 Rd2+ 44. Kc1 Rh2 45. f5 Rxh3 46. e5 gxf5
47. gxf5 Kd7 48. Kb1 Rh1+ 49. Ka2 Rh2+ 50. Ka1 Re2 51. Ra7+ Kc6 52. Rxf7 Rxe5
1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.01.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sergeant, Edward Guthlac"]
[Black "Tartacover, Xavier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B02"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. c5 Nd5 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nc3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 d5 8.
cxd6 cxd6 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. d4 O-O 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Qd3 Nd7 13. O-O b6 14. Bb3
Bb7 15. h3 e5 16. Ng5 Nf6 17. dxe5 Bxe5 18. Ba3 Rad8 19. Qc4 Bh2+ 20. Kh1 Qxc4
21. Bxc4 Bd6 22. Bxd6 Rxd6 23. Rad1 Rc6 24. Bb3 Rxc3 25. Rfe1 Rc7 26. Nxf7
Rcxf7 27. Re7 Bd5 28. Bxd5 Nxd5 29. Rxf7 Rxf7 30. Rxd5 Rxf2 31. Rd8+ Rf8 32.
Rd7 a5 33. Rb7 Rf6 34. Kh2 h5 35. Kg3 Kh7 36. Kh4 Kh6 37. g4 g5+ 38. Kg3 h4+
39. Kg2 Kg6 40. a4 Re6 41. Kf2 Kf6 42. Kf3 Kg6 43. Kf2 Rc6 44. Ke3 Rc3+ 45. Kd4
Rxh3 46. Rxb6+ Kf7 47. Rb5 Rf3 48. Rxa5 Rf4+ 49. Ke5 h3 50. Ra7+ Kg6 51. Ra6+
Kg7 52. Rb6 Rxg4 53. Rb1 Rxa4 0-1

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.01.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Black "Devos, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B25"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. Be3 d6 8. h3
Bd7 9. O-O Qc8 10. Kh2 Ne5 11. f3 b5 12. Qd2 b4 13. Nd1 Rd8 14. Bh6 Bh8 15. Bg5
Bc6 16. Ne3 Qb7 17. Rad1 Rac8 18. f4 Ned7 19. f5 Nb6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Ng4 Rf8
22. Nxf6+ exf6 23. Qh6 Nd7 24. Rf4 g5 25. Rg4 Kh8 26. Nf4 Rg8 27. Nh5 Qc7 28.
Nxf6 {Sources: The Times, 5 January 1946; BCM, November 1946, p360} 1-0

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.01.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Aitken, James Macrae"]
[Black "Denker, Arnold"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B74"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Be3 Nc6 9. Nb3 Be6 10. f4 Nd7 11. f5 Bxb3 12. axb3 Nc5 13. Bf3 Ne5 14. Nd5
Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Nd7 16. c3 Nf6 17. Bxa7 Nxd5 18. exd5 Qd7 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. Bf2
Qb5 21. b4 Qc4 22. Ra5 Rxa5 23. bxa5 Bf6 24. Bg3 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 Qxa5 26. Bxd6
exd6 27. Qxf6 Qxd5 28. h3 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.01.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Devos, Paul"]
[Black "Ekstrom, Folke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. c4 e5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nfd2 b6 13. Ne4 Bf5 14. Bf3 Rc8 15.
Na3 Re7 16. Qxd5 Qxd5 17. Nf6+ Bxf6 18. Bxd5 Nb4 19. e4 Nxd5 20. exf5 gxf5 21.
Nc4 Re6 22. Rfd1 b5 23. Na3 Nf4 24. Nxb5 Rc2 25. Ba3 e4 26. Rab1 e3 27. fxe3
Rxe3 28. Rf1 Rxg2+ 29. Kh1 Rh3 0-1

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.01.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Black "Prins, Lodewijk"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[PlyCount "215"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qd8 6. g3 e5 7. Bg2 Nge7 8.
Ne4 Nd5 9. Ne2 Be6 10. O-O Be7 11. f4 f5 12. N4c3 O-O 13. fxe5 Nxe5 14. Nf4
Nxf4 15. gxf4 Ng4 16. Bxb7 Qd4+ 17. Kg2 Rad8 18. h3 Qxd2+ 19. Qxd2 Rxd2+ 20.
Kg3 h5 21. hxg4 h4+ 22. Kf3 fxg4+ 23. Ke3 Rxc2 24. Nd5 Rxb2 25. Nxe7+ Kf7 26.
Nd5 Bf5 27. Nc3 Re8+ 28. Ne4 g3 29. Bd5+ Kf8 30. Kf3 Bh3 31. Rg1 Rd8 32. Bc4
Bc8 33. Nxg3 hxg3 34. Rxg3 Rdd2 35. Rg5 Bb7+ 36. Ke3 Rh2 37. Rg3 Rhc2 38. Rd1
Rxa2 39. Rd8+ Ke7 40. Rg8 Rc3+ 41. Bd3 Rxb3 42. R8xg7+ Kd8 43. Rh3 Rxd3+ 44.
Kxd3 Ra3+ 45. Kc4 Ba6+ 46. Kxc5 Rxh3 47. Rxa7 Bc8 48. Kd4 Bd7 49. Ke5 Rh5+ 50.
Kd4 Ke7 51. Ra2 Kf6 52. Rf2 Rh3 53. Rf1 Kf5 54. Rf2 Bc6 55. Rc2 Be4 56. Rc3 Bf3
57. Ke3 Bc6+ 58. Kd4 Rh6 59. Re3 Kxf4 60. Re1 Bf3 61. Re8 Rd6+ 62. Kc5 Rd5+ 63.
Kc4 Be4 64. Rh8 Rd1 65. Rh4+ Ke5 66. Rh5+ Bf5 67. Kc3 Rc1+ 68. Kd2 Rc2+ 69. Ke3
Rc3+ 70. Kd2 Ra3 71. Rh8 Be4 72. Ke2 Kd4 73. Rd8+ Bd5 74. Kf2 Rf3+ 75. Ke2 Rg3
76. Rf8 Ra3 77. Kf2 Ra2+ 78. Kg3 Rg2+ 79. Kh3 Be4 80. Rb8 Ke3 81. Rf8 Bf3 82.
Rb8 Rg7 83. Rb6 Be4 84. Rf6 Kd4 85. Kh2 Ke5 86. Rf1 Rg2+ 87. Kh3 Bd5 88. Rf8
Rg7 89. Rf2 Be4 90. Kh2 Kd4 91. Rf1 Ke3 92. Rg1 Rh7+ 93. Kg3 Bf3 94. Re1+ Be2
95. Rg1 Rh8 96. Rg2 Bf1 97. Rg1 Rf8 98. Kh4 Rh8+ 99. Kg3 Be2 100. Rg2 Rg8+ 101.
Kh2 Bg4 102. Kg1 Kf3 103. Rf2+ Kg3 104. Rg2+ Kf4 105. Kh2 Rh8+ 106. Kg1 Bf3
107. Rh2 Ra8 108. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.01.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tartacover, Xavier"]
[Black "Christoffel, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c6 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. e4 dxe4 8.
Ng5 O-O 9. Ndxe4 Be7 10. c4 Nb6 11. b3 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 f5 13. Nc3 Bf6 14. Ne2 e5
15. Ba3 Re8 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Rad1 Be6 19. Bc5 Rd7 20. Nd4 Bxd4
21. Rxd4 Rxd4 22. Bxd4 Rd8 23. Be3 Rd3 24. Re1 Kf7 25. Bf1 Rd7 26. a4 Nc8 27.
a5 a6 28. h4 Nd6 29. f3 Ne8 30. Kf2 Nf6 31. Rb1 Ne8 32. Bf4 h6 33. Be2 Kf6 34.
Rh1 Kg6 35. Ke3 Nf6 36. Rd1 Rxd1 37. Bxd1 Nd7 38. Bd6 Kf6 39. f4 Bf7 40. Kd4
Ke6 41. Ba3 Nf6 42. Bf8 Nh5 43. Kc5 Kd7 44. g4 Nxf4 45. gxf5 Ng2 46. Bg4 h5 47.
Bh3 Nf4 48. Bf1 g5 49. hxg5 h4 50. Bd6 Nh5 51. Bh3 Ng7 52. g6 Bg8 53. f6+ {
Source: BCM, August 1946, p256} 1-0

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.01.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Black "Steiner, Herman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C63"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. a3 O-O 8. Bc4+
Kh8 9. Ng5 Qe8 10. f4 Nd4 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. Nd5 Bxg5 14. fxg5 c6
15. Nc7 Qe5 16. g3 Ne3 17. Qh5 Rb8 18. Rf4 Qe7 19. Rh4 g6 20. Qh6 Nxc4 21. dxc4
Rg8 22. g4 fxg4 23. Rf1 Qxc7 {Source: The Times, 7 January 1946} 0-1

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.01.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[Black "Sergeant, Edward Guthlac"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D66"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Rc1 c6 8. Bd3
a6 9. a4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. Bf4 Nxf4 12. exf4 Nb6 13. Bd3 Nd5 14. g3 h6 15.
O-O c5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. dxc5 Bd7 18. Ne5 Bc6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. b4 Rfd8 21. Qb3
Rd4 22. b5 axb5 23. axb5 Qd5 24. Bc4 Qd7 25. f5 exf5 26. Bxf7+ Kh8 27. c6 bxc6
28. bxc6 Qc7 29. Qb7 Ra7 30. Qxa7 Qxa7 31. c7 Rd8 32. cxd8=Q+ Bxd8 33. Bg6 Qb6
34. Bxf5 g6 35. Be4 Qe6 36. Rfe1 Ba5 37. Re2 Qg4 38. Bf3 Qg5 39. Rc6 Kg7 40.
Be4 Kf8 41. Bxg6 Qd5 42. Re8+ Kg7 43. Re7+ Kf8 44. Rf7+ Kg8 45. Rc8+ Bd8 46. h4
Qd1+ 47. Kh2 Qd2 48. Bh5 Qd4 49. Kg1 Qa1+ 50. Kg2 Qd4 51. Re7 {Source: BCM,
August 1946, p259. Played on the Sunday rest day as Euwe was due to see his
sister on the scheduled day for rounds 6 and 7 (she had spent four years in a
Japanese internment camp in Java)} 1-0

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Christoffel, Martin"]
[Black "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C29"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Be7 6. d4 f5 7. exf6 Bxf6 8.
Bd3 Bf5 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Nxd5 Nc6 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. O-O Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 14.
Be3 Qxb2 15. Rab1 Qe5 16. Rb5 c5 17. Bxc5 a6 18. Ra5 Rfe8 19. Bb6 Qd6 20. Be3
Bg6 21. Rd5 Qc6 22. Bd4 Nc3 23. Qf2 Nxd5 24. Bxg6 Qxg6 0-1

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Denker, Arnold"]
[Black "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. Nf3 (1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. g3 d5 7. Bg2
Bb4 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. O-O {is the opening move order given in BCM, October 1946,
p326}) 1... c5 2. e4 Nc6 ({Move order given by other sources:} 2... e6 3. d4
cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Bb4 7. Bg2 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. O-O) 3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. g3 d5 7. Bg2 Bb4 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3
Bxc3 11. Nxc6 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bd7 13. Rb1 Bxc6 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Ba3 Be5 16. Rb7
Rd8 17. Re7+ {Sources: The Times, 7 January 1946; BCM, October 1946, p324} 1-0

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ekstrom, Folke"]
[Black "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A85"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. Bxe7 ({"Here} 
7. h4 {does not seem to have been tried in master chess as in Alekhine's
attack in the French Defence. The idea would be the same though, of course,
the position is different. In the French the WN is at e5, on the other hand
Black has not castled." (BCM)}) 7... Qxe7 8. Qc2 c6 9. Bd3 f5 10. O-O Bd7 11.
Ne5 Be8 12. f3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. e4 fxe4 16. fxe4 Bg6 17. Qe2
Rxf1+ 18. Rxf1 Rf8 19. Rxf8+ Kxf8 20. Qg4 Qf7 21. a4 dxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23.
Qxe4 Qf5 24. Qxf5+ exf5 25. Kf2 g5 ({"There was no urgency for this move;} 
25... b6 {as a preventative measure is better." (BCM)}) 26. c5 Ke7 $2 ({
"The losing move. Again,} 26... b6 {was essential and White could at best draw,
e.g.} 27. cxb6 axb6 28. c4 Ke7 29. c5 b5 30. a5 (30. axb5 cxb5 31. d5 b4 32.
Ke3 f4+ 33. Kd4 g4 {and Black wins, as one of the black pawns must queen. If}
34. Ke5 b3 35. d6+ Kd7 36. Kd5 b2 37. c6+ Kd8 38. Ke6 b1=Q 39. c7+ Kc8 40. d7+
Kxc7 41. Ke7 Qe1+ {and wins}) 30... Kd7 31. a6 Kc7 32. Ke3 h5 33. d5 cxd5 34.
Kd4 b4 35. a7 Kb7 36. Kxd5 b3 37. c6+ Kxa7 38. Kd6 b2 39. c7 b1=Q 40. c8=Q {
and Black's extra pawn is neutralised by his king's position."}) 27. a5 {
"The winning move. Black plays the remainder of the game excellently." 
(Probably should be 'White plays..., etc, etc.' - JS)} a6 28. c4 Ke6 29. Kf3 h6
30. Kg3 Kf6 31. d5 Ke5 32. d6 Ke6 33. Kf3 Kf7 34. Ke3 Ke6 35. Kd4 Kf6 36. h3 {
Source: BCM, December 1946, p388} 1-0

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Prins, Lodewijk"]
[Black "Tartacover, Xavier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3
e6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Qh4+ 12. Bf2 Qf4 13. Qc1 Qxc1+ 14. Rxc1
O-O-O 15. Rd1 Bb4 16. a3 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Na5 18. c5 Nd5 19. Kd2 f6 20. Bg3 Rhf8
21. c4 Ne7 22. Kc3 Nac6 23. exf6 Rxf6 24. Rd2 Rf5 25. f4 h5 26. Bd3 Rf7 27. Be4
h4 28. Bxh4 Rxf4 29. Bxe7 Nxe7 30. Re1 c6 31. Bg2 Nf5 32. Re4 Rxe4 33. Bxe4 Rh8
34. d5 Rh3+ 35. Kb4 {"Here Black offered a draw, but White, playing for a win,
refused the offer. The cemetery for lost games is crowded with crosses bearing
the inscription—he declined a draw!" (BCM)} Rh4 36. Bxf5 exf5 37. d6 b6 38.
cxb6 axb6 39. a4 Kd7 40. Rg2 Rh7 41. Rg6 f4 42. c5 $2 (42. Rg4 $11) 42... f3
43. Rg1 bxc5+ 44. Kxc5 f2 45. Rf1 Rxh2 46. a5 Rh5+ 47. Kb4 Rb5+ 48. Ka4 Rf5 49.
a6 Kxd6 50. a7 Rf8 51. Ka5 Kc7 {Source: BCM, February 1946, p38} 0-1

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sergeant, Edward Guthlac"]
[Black "Devos, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B83"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Qd2 a6 10. Rad1 Qc7 11. f4 d5 12. exd5 exd5 13. Bf3 Rd8 14. Nxc6
bxc6 15. Na4 Rb8 16. Bd4 Rb5 17. Be5 Qb7 18. c4 Rb4 19. b3 Qa7+ 20. Bd4 Qb8 21.
Be5 Qa7+ 22. Bd4 Qb8 23. Be5 Qa7+ 24. Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.01.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Steiner, Herman"]
[Black "Aitken, James Macrae"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D64"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 Be7 4. c4 d5 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Rc1 c6 7. e3 O-O 8. a3
a6 9. Qc2 b5 10. c5 e5 11. dxe5 Ne8 12. Bf4 Nxc5 13. b4 Ne6 14. Bd3 Nxf4 15.
exf4 g6 16. O-O c5 17. Nxd5 c4 18. Be4 Ra7 19. Rfd1 Rd7 20. Ne3 Ng7 21. Bd5 Qb6
22. Rd2 Rfd8 23. Rcd1 Ne6 24. f5 Nf4 25. Bxf7+ Kxf7 26. e6+ Kg7 27. exd7 Bb7
28. Nd4 Bf6 29. Ne6+ Nxe6 30. fxe6 Qxe6 31. Rd6 Qe5 32. a4 Be4 33. Qc1 Qg5 34.
Rxa6 c3 35. Re6 Bf3 36. h4 Qxh4 37. gxf3 Qg5+ 38. Ng4 c2 39. Qxc2 h5 40. Rdd6
hxg4 41. f4 {Source: The Times, 7 January 1946} 1-0

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.01.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aitken, James Macrae"]
[Black "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C71"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. c4 Be7 7. d5 Na5 8. Bxd7+
Qxd7 9. Qc2 b6 10. O-O Nf6 11. Be3 Nb7 12. Nbd2 a5 13. Ne1 O-O 14. h3 Nh5 15.
g4 Nf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Nd3 g5 18. e5 Nc5 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. Rae1 Rae8 21. e6
fxe6 22. dxe6 Qc6 23. Qd3 Bf6 24. Qf5 h6 25. Ne4 Bg7 26. Qg6 Re7 27. Nc3 Ree8
28. Nd5 Qa8 29. e7 Rf7 30. Nxc7 {Sources: The Times, 7 January 1946; Sunday
Times, 10 March 1946, p7} 1-0

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.01.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Devos, Paul"]
[Black "Christoffel, Martin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A04"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. e3 f5 3. c4 Nf6 4. b3 b6 5. Bb2 Bb7 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. d4
O-O 9. Nc3 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 a6 12. a3 Bd6 13. g3 Qe7 14. b4 a5 15. b5
Nd8 16. a4 Nf7 17. Qb3 g5 18. Ra1 Rae8 19. Bd3 Qe6 20. Rfe1 Ne4 21. Re2 g4 22.
Nh4 Nfg5 23. Nd1 Rf6 24. Rc2 Rh6 25. Bf1 Rxh4 26. gxh4 Nf3+ 27. Kh1 Qf6 28. Ba3
Qxh4 29. Bxd6 cxd6 30. h3 Ng3+ 31. fxg3 Qxg3 0-1

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.01.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ekstrom, Folke"]
[Black "Sergeant, Edward Guthlac"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qxc4
Na5 9. Qd3 Qb6 10. Na3 cxd4 11. Ne5 Be7 12. Bg5 Rd8 13. Rab1 Nc6 14. Nec4 Qc7
15. Rfc1 Nb4 16. Qb3 Bc6 17. Bf4 Qc8 18. Nb5 Nbd5 19. Ncd6+ Bxd6 20. Nxd6+ Rxd6
21. Bxd6 Qd7 22. Bc5 e5 23. e4 dxe3 24. fxe3 e4 25. Rf1 h5 26. h3 Rh6 27. Qa3
a6 28. Rbd1 Qc7 29. Bd6 Qb6 30. Rd4 Rg6 31. Bxe4 Nxe4 32. Rxe4+ Kd8 33. Rxf7
Nf6 34. Bc7+ Qxc7 35. Qf8+ 1-0

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.01.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[Black "Prins, Lodewijk"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d4 Bb7 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3
Na5 9. Bd2 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Bxa5 bxa5 12. Qd2 c6 13. Rac1 Qb6 14. Rfd1
Rab8 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Bf5 17. c5 Qc7 18. e4 Be6 19. f4 f5 20. exf6 Rxf6
21. Bf1 Rb4 22. e5 Rf8 23. Bc4 Bxc4 24. Rxc4 Rxc4 25. bxc4 Rd8 26. Qb2 Rb8 27.
Rxd7 Qxd7 28. Qxb8+ Kf7 29. Qb2 Qd3 30. Kf2 a4 31. Qe2 Qd4+ 32. Kf3 a3 33. e6+
Kf6 34. g4 Qc3+ 35. Qe3 Qxe3+ 36. Kxe3 Kxe6 37. Ke4 Kf6 38. g5+ Ke6 39. h3 a6
40. h4 a5 41. f5+ gxf5+ 42. Kf4 h6 43. h5 a4 44. g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.01.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Black "Steiner, Herman"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C57"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 b5 6. dxc6 bxc4 7. Qe2 Qd5 8.
f4 h6 9. Qxe5+ Qxe5+ 10. fxe5 hxg5 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Nc3 Bd6 13. Nd5 Be5 14. d4
cxd3 15. cxd3 Be6 16. Ne3 a5 17. Bd2 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Bd4 19. Ke2 O-O 20. Rb5 Rfe8
21. Kf3 Bxa2 22. Nf5 Bb6 23. Ra1 Be6 24. Bxa5 Bxf5 25. Rxf5 Bd4 26. Rb1 Re3+
27. Kg4 Be5 28. Bd2 Ra4+ 29. Rb4 Rxb4+ 30. Bxb4 Rxd3 31. Be7 Kg7 32. Rf3 Rd2
33. Kh3 Rc2 34. Ba3 Kg6 35. Re3 Bf4 36. Rd3 f5 (36... f5 {0-1, Source: BCM,
February 1946, p37}) 37. Rd8 g4+ 38. Kh4 Rxg2 {Source: The Times, 7 January
1946} 0-1

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.01.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tartacover, Xavier"]
[Black "Denker, Arnold"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. h3
O-O 9. Qd2 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Qxd5 13. Bxg7 Qxg2 14. O-O-O
Kxg7 15. Qe3 Qc6 16. Bg4 Qf6 17. Rd4 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Qxf5 19. h4 Rac8 20. c3 h5
21. Rg1 Rc6 22. Rg5 Qe6 23. Ra5 Qxe3+ 24. fxe3 a6 25. Rd7 Re6 26. Rxb7 Rd8 27.
Kc2 Rxe3 28. Rxa6 Re2+ 29. Kb3 Rdd2 30. Ka3 g5 31. hxg5 h4 32. Rh6 f6 33. Rxf6
h3 34. Rh6 h2 35. Rb4 Rg2 36. Rh3 Rxg5 37. Rbh4 Ra5+ 38. Kb4 Rxa2 39. b3 Kf7
40. c4 Rab2 41. Kc5 h1=Q 42. Rxh1 Rxb3 43. Re4 Rb7 44. Kc6 Rbb2 45. Rh7+ Kf6
46. Rhxe7 Rdc2 47. c5 Rb3 48. R4e6+ Kf5 49. Re2 Kf6 50. R7e6+ Kf7 51. Rxc2 Kxe6
52. Re2+ Kf7 53. Kc7 Rc3 54. c6 Rc1 55. Kd7 Rd1+ 56. Kc8 Rc1 57. c7 Rb1 58. Re4
Rb2 59. Kd7 Rd2+ 60. Kc6 Rc2+ 61. Kd6 Rc1 62. Re5 {Source: BCM, October 1946,
p324} 1-0

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.01.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Aitken, James Macrae"]
[Black "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. Bf4 Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6
8. Nf3 O-O-O 9. O-O g5 10. Nxg5 Qf5 11. Qe2 Qxf4 12. Nxe6 Qd6 13. Nb5 Qd7 14.
Rfd1 Ne8 15. d5 Na5 16. Nc5 Qf5 17. Nxa7+ Kb8 18. Qb5 Kxa7 19. Qxa5+ Kb8 20. d6
Nxd6 21. Rxd6 Qc8 22. Rxd8 Qxd8 23. Qb5 b6 24. Nd7+ Ka7 25. Rd1 {Note here
from Aitken (book 7) saying 25.a4 'wins much more quickly.'} e5 26. Qa4+ Kb7
27. Nc5+ Bxc5 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Qe4+ Kb8 30. h4 Rd2 31. Kh2 Rxf2 32. Qxh7 Bd6
33. Kg3 Rf4 34. Kh3 e4 35. h5 e3 36. h6 e2 37. Qg8+ Rf8 38. Qe6 Rh8 39. Qxe2
Rxh6+ 40. Kg4 Rg6+ 41. Kf5 Rg8 42. g4 Rf8+ 43. Kg6 Rg8+ 44. Kh6 Bf4+ 45. Kh7
Rf8 46. Qe7 Bd6 47. Qe6 Rf2 48. Qe8+ Ka7 49. g5 Rf8 50. Qa4+ Kb8 51. g6 Be5 52.
g7 1-0

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.01.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Christoffel, Martin"]
[Black "Ekstrom, Folke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. b3 Nf6 7. Bb2 Be7 8. e5
Nfd7 9. Qg3 O-O 10. Be2 c5 11. O-O Bh4 12. Qh2 Nc6 13. f4 Nb4 14. Bd1 f5 15.
Kh1 d4 16. Nb5 Be7 17. a4 Nb6 18. Qg3 Qd7 19. c3 dxc3 20. Bxc3 N6d5 21. Bf3
Rfd8 22. Rac1 a6 23. Nd6 Bf8 24. Rfd1 Nd3 25. Bxd5 Nxc1 26. Bc4 Na2 27. Ba5
Rab8 28. Nxf5 b5 29. Nh6+ Kh8 30. f5 bxc4 31. Rf1 gxh6 32. fxe6 Qg7 0-1

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.01.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Denker, Arnold"]
[Black "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D13"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 a6 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. a3 Na5 12. Na4 O-O 13. Nc5 Qb6 14. b4 Nc4 15.
Nd2 Nd6 16. Bxd6 Bxd6 17. Rac1 Rfc8 18. Ncb3 Qb5 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. Qxb5 axb5 {
Source: BCM, February 1946, p48} 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.01.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Prins, Lodewijk"]
[Black "Devos, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Ndb5 Qa5 10. Na3 h6 11. Bh4 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Qxd2+ 13. Rxd2 Bxh4 14.
g3 d5 15. gxh4 dxe4 16. Bg2 f5 17. Rhd1 e5 18. Nb5 Rb8 19. Bf1 Be6 20. Rd6 Bf7
21. Rd7 Be6 22. R7d6 Bf7 23. Rd7 Be6 24. R7d6 Bf7 25. Bh3 a6 26. Nc7 Rbc8 27.
Rd7 Bh5 28. R1d6 Nd4 29. Bf1 f4 30. c3 Nf5 31. Rb6 e3 32. fxe3 fxe3 33. Bc4+
Kh8 34. Rxb7 e2 35. Kd2 Rfd8 36. Rxd8+ Rxd8+ 37. Nd5 Nd6 38. Bxa6 Nxb7 39. Bxb7
Rb8 40. b4 Rxb7 41. a4 Rf7 42. Ne3 Rf1 43. Kc2 0-1

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.01.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Steiner, Herman"]
[Black "Tartacover, Xavier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C14"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Ne4 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8.
c3 O-O 9. Qc2 f5 10. O-O-O c5 11. f3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bd7 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Qb3 Nc6
15. fxe4 fxe4 16. Qe3 Nb4 17. Ne2 Ba4 18. b3 Nd5 19. Qh3 Bd7 20. Kb2 a5 21. Rc1
Qb4 22. Rc4 Qd2+ 23. Kb1 Rxc4 24. bxc4 Ne3 25. g4 Qd1+ 26. Kb2 Nxc4+ 27. Kc3
Qd2+ {Sources: The Times, 10 January 1946; BCM, July 1946, p224} 0-1

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.01.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Black "Sergeant, Edward Guthlac"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. Bd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 O-O 10. d4 Bg4 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Bf4 Ng6 13. h3 Nxf4 14. hxg4 Nxd5
15. Qxd5 Qd7 16. Ne5 Qe6 17. Nc6 Bf6 18. Qxe6 fxe6 19. c3 a5 20. e5 Ra6 21.
exf6 Rxc6 22. fxg7 Kxg7 23. Rfd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.01.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Devos, Paul"]
[Black "Denker, Arnold"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 g6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. Ng5 e6 7. d3 Nc6 8.
Nf3 h6 9. a4 e5 10. a5 Be6 11. Qd1 Nd5 12. Bd2 Bg7 13. g3 O-O 14. Bg2 b6 15.
axb6 axb6 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. O-O Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Nb5 Qd8 20. Qc1 Qd7 21.
Na3 Kh7 22. Re1 Rd8 23. Qc2 c5 24. Bf3 Rc8 25. Nc4 Qc7 26. Rc1 b5 27. Na3 Qb6
28. Qd1 Ne7 29. Nc2 Bb3 30. Qe1 b4 31. Qf1 Be6 32. Qg2 Rc7 33. Qf1 Ra7 34. Ra1
Kg8 35. Rxa7 Qxa7 36. Qc1 Qa2 37. Ne1 b3 38. Bf4 Nc8 39. Bb7 Nb6 40. Bc6 Kh7
41. Bc7 Na4 42. Bxa4 Qxa4 43. Bd6 c4 44. dxc4 Bxc4 45. Nd3 Bxd3 46. exd3 Qa6
47. Qc7 Qxd3 48. Qxf7 Qb1+ 49. Kg2 Qe4+ 50. Kf1 d3 0-1

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.01.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ekstrom, Folke"]
[Black "Prins, Lodewijk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E72"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 e5 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nge2 a6
9. a4 Bd7 10. O-O Qc8 11. f4 Nh5 12. Be3 Bg4 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. f5 gxf5 15. exf5
Ndf6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Nf6 18. Nc3 Qd7 19. Bh6 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 f6 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. Nxf6 Kxf6 23. Qh6+ Kf7 24. Qxh7+ Ke8 25. Qg6+ Qf7 26. Qxg4 Rg8 27. Qh3
Qf6 28. Qh7 Qg5 29. f6 Kd8 30. Ra3 Kc8 31. Rb3 Rb8 32. a5 Qg4 33. Qf5+ Kc7 34.
Qh7+ Qd7 35. Qxd7+ Kxd7 36. Rf5 1-0

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.01.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Euwe, Machgielis"]
[Black "Steiner, Herman"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D69"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nf3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O Nxc3 12. Rxc3 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5
Qxe5 15. f4 Qe4 16. Qe2 Bf5 17. g4 Be6 18. Bd3 Qb4 19. f5 Bd5 20. f6 g6 21. a3
Qb6 22. Qf2 Rfe8 23. Bb1 Re6 24. Qf4 Kh8 25. Bxg6 Qxb2 26. Rc2 Qb3 27. e4 fxg6
28. exd5 Qxd5 29. Rcf2 Re4 30. Qg3 Rf8 31. h3 Qe5 32. Qxe5 Rxe5 33. Rd1 Re3 34.
Rd7 Rxa3 35. Kg2 Re3 36. Rxb7 {Source: BCM, November 1946, p358} 1/2-1/2

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.01.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Black "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 d6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 e5 6. Ne2 Be7 7. c3 b5 8. d4 Qb6
9. f4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Ba6 11. d5 Ng4 12. Kd2 Qe3+ 13. Ke1 Nb4 14. Qd2 Qf2+ 15.
Kd1 Qxg2 16. Rg1 Nf2+ 17. Kc1 Nfd3+ 18. Kd1 Nxb2+ 19. Qxb2 Qxe4 20. Nbc3 Qd3+
21. Qd2 Qxd2+ 22. Kxd2 Bb7 23. Nxb5 Kd7 0-1

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.01.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sergeant, Edward Guthlac"]
[Black "Christoffel, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B02"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nf3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Nd7 9. Qe2 Nf6 10. Ne5 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Ng4
Qf4 15. Qe4 Qg5 16. Rad1 f5 17. Qe5 Be7 18. f4 Qxg4 19. Rf3 Bh4 20. Rdd3 b5 21.
Bxb5 Bb7 22. Rg3 Bxg3 23. Rxg3 Qxg3 24. hxg3 Rfd8 25. Bd3 Rd5 26. Qc7 Bc8 27.
c4 Rd7 28. Qe5 Bb7 29. g4 Be4 30. gxf5 exf5 31. Bxe4 fxe4 32. f5 Rd2 33. Qxe4
Rad8 34. f6 Kh8 35. c5 R2d4 36. Qe7 R4d7 37. Qe3 Rd2 38. Qh6 Rd1+ 39. Kh2 Rg8
40. Qf4 Rd5 41. c6 Rc5 42. Qe4 Rc8 43. Qg4 Rg8 44. Qe4 Rc8 45. Qe7 R5xc6 46.
Qxf7 R6c7 47. Qe6 Rxc2 48. f7 Kg7 49. Qe7 Rf8 50. Qg5+ {Source: BCM, September
1946, p289} 1-0

[Event "21st Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.01.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tartacover, Xavier"]
[Black "Aitken, James Macrae"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1945.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Nf3 Nbd7 4. Bg2 c5 5. c3 e6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nbd2 b6 8. e4
dxe4 9. Ng5 Bb7 10. Ndxe4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bxe4 Rc8 13. d5 exd5 14. Bxd5
Be7 15. Qa4 O-O 16. Rd1 Ne5 17. f4 Ng6 18. Bxf7+ Rxf7 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Be3
Rd3 21. Re1 Bf8 22. Qc4 Rdd7 23. Bf2 Kh8 24. h4 Rfe7 25. h5 Rxe1+ 26. Bxe1 Ne7
27. Qf7 Rd8 28. g4 b5 29. Bh4 {Source: The Times, 10 January 1946} 1-0
