[Event "29th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1953.12.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alexander, Conel Hughes"]
[Black "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1953.12.30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. g3 Na5 8. Nbd2 Bd7
9. Bg2 O-O-O 10. O-O Kb8 11. Re1 Ne7 12. Nf1 Nb3 13. Rb1 Nc6 14. Bf4 Ka8 15.
N1d2 Nca5 16. Nxb3 Nxb3 17. Nd2 Ba4 18. Nxb3 Bxb3 19. Qd2 h6 20. Re2 Be7 21.
Rf1 Qc6 22. Be3 Rh7 23. f4 g6 24. g4 h5 25. f5 hxg4 26. fxg6 fxg6 27. Bg5 Qd7
28. Qf4 Rdh8 29. Bf6 Rg8 30. Qxg4 Rh5 31. Ref2 a6 32. Bxe7 Qxe7 33. Rf6 Re8 34.
Qxg6 Rhh8 35. Qf7 Qxf7 36. Rxf7 Bc2 37. Rg7 Reg8 38. Rff7 Rxg7 39. Rxg7 Bf5 40.
Rf7 1-0

[Event "29th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1953.12.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Wade, Robert Graham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1953.12.30"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. a4 Bb7 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. f4 b4
15. Ne4 c5 16. b3 Bd5 17. O-O c4 18. bxc4 b3 19. Qb1 Bc6 20. f5 Nxe5 21. fxe6
fxe6 22. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "29th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1953.12.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Matanovic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Tartacover, Xavier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B11"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1953.12.30"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 d4 4. Ne2 c5 5. d3 Nc6 6. g3 e5 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O f5
9. Nd2 Nf6 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. f4 e4 13. dxe4 Bxe4 14. Bxe4 Nxe4 15.
Qd3 Nf6 16. f5 b5 17. Na3 a6 18. Nf4 Nd8 19. Bd2 O-O 20. Rae1 c4 21. Qf3 Rc8
22. Ba5 Qd7 23. Bxd8 Bxd8 24. Re6 Re8 25. Nb1 Rxe6 26. Nxe6 Bb6 27. Kh1 Qc6 28.
Nd2 c3 29. bxc3 Qxc3 30. Qf4 Qe3 31. Qd6 Qxd2 32. Qxb6 Ng4 0-1

[Event "29th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1953.12.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B68"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1953.12.30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 (7...
Be7 8. O-O-O O-O 9. f4 e5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 $10 {
Kotov-Geller, ct 1953}) 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 (9... h6 10. Bh4 Nxe4 11. Qe1
Nf6 12. Nf5 $16) 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bd3 (11. e5 b4 12. exf6 bxc3 13. Qxc3 gxf6 14.
Bd3 d5 15. Bh4 $16 {/\ g4,g5}) 11... Qa5 (11... h6 12. Bh4 Qc7 13. h3 b4 14.
Ne2 e5 15. Kb1 a5 16. g4 a4 17. g5 $40 {Matanovic-Tolush, Hastings 1953/4}) 12.
Kb1 b4 13. Ne2 O-O 14. Rhg1 Ng4 15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Ned4 Nc6 17. h3 Nf6 18. g4
Nxd4 (18... Rfc8 $5 19. g5 $140 Ne8 $40) 19. Nxd4 Qb6 20. Nf3 Bc6 21. Qe2 Qb7
22. Nd2 Rfd8 (22... Bb5 $142) 23. g5 Nd7 24. Nc4 Qc7 (24... Nc5 $142) 25. f5 d5
26. exd5 exd5 27. Nd2 $2 $138 (27. g6 $1 dxc4 28. gxf7+ Kh8 (28... Kxf7 29.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 30. Qe7+ Kh8 31. f6 $18) 29. Rxg7 Kxg7 30. Rg1+ Kh8 31. Qg4 Qe5 32.
Bxc4 h6 33. Qh5 $18) 27... Re8 28. Qh5 Ne5 29. f6 (29. g6 fxg6 30. fxg6 h6 $17)
29... Nxd3 30. cxd3 Bb5 31. Nf3 (31. Nb3 Qh2 32. Nc1 Rac8) 31... Re2 32. Nd4
Rf2 33. fxg7 Qh2 34. Qg4 {time} (34. Qg4 Rxb2+ 35. Kc1 Rxa2 $19) 0-1

[Event "29th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1953.12.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Teschner, Rudolf"]
[Black "Horne, Dennis Morton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1953.12.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne4 7. Nd2 f5 8.
Nxe4 fxe4 9. Bf4 O-O 10. e3 c5 11. Qd2 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nc6 13. Rc1 Kh8 14. Be2 e5
15. dxe5 d4 16. exd4 Qxd4 17. Bg3 Be6 18. Qc3 Rac8 19. O-O Qxc3 20. Rxc3 Nd4
21. Re1 Nxe2+ 22. Rxe2 Rfd8 23. h3 Rd1+ 24. Kh2 Rd3 25. Rc1 Rxa3 26. Rxe4 Ra4
27. Rd4 Raxc4 28. Rcxc4 Bxc4 29. Rd7 b5 30. Rxa7 Kg8 31. Rb7 Kf8 32. Bh4 Re8
33. f4 h6 34. g4 g5 35. Bg3 Re7 36. Rb6 Re6 37. Rxe6 Bxe6 38. f5 b4 39. Be1 b3
40. Bc3 Bd5 41. Kg3 Kf7 42. h4 Bc4 43. hxg5 hxg5 44. Kf2 Bd5 45. Ke3 Ke7 46.
Bb2 Bg2 47. Ba3+ Kf7 48. e6+ Kf6 49. Bb2+ Ke7 50. Kd4 Kf6 51. Kc4+ Ke7 52. Ba3+
Kf6 53. Kc5 Bf3 54. Bb2+ Ke7 55. Kd4 Bxg4 56. Ke5 Bh5 57. f6+ Ke8 58. Kf5 g4
59. Kf4 Kf8 60. Ba3+ Ke8 61. Kg3 1-0

[Event "29th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1953.12.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Horne, Dennis Morton"]
[Black "Matanovic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1953.12.30"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e5 Nfd7 7. Bc4 c5 8. e6
Nb6 9. exf7+ Kh8 10. Be2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc6 12. Be3 Rxf7 13. O-O Bd7 14. a4 e5
15. Ndb5 Be6 16. Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Nxd6 Rd7 18. Nde4 Nd4 19. Nc5 Nxc2 20. Nxd7 Nxd7
21. Nb5 Nxe3 22. Nc7 Nxf1 23. Rxf1 Bc4 24. Nxa8 Bxe2 25. Rc1 exf4 26. Kf2 Bg4
27. Rc8+ Nf8 28. Rd8 Kg8 29. h3 Bd7 30. b3 Bf6 31. Rb8 Be5 32. Rd8 Kf7 0-1

[Event "29th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1953.12.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tartacover, Xavier"]
[Black "Alexander, Conel Hughes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A89"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1953.12.30"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. e4 e6 11. Qb3 exd5 12. cxd5 Kh8 13. Be3 Ne8 14. exf5 gxf5
15. f4 e4 16. Rac1 b6 17. Rfd1 Bb7 18. g4 fxg4 19. Nxe4 h6 20. Nc5 bxc5 21.
Qxb7 Nd6 22. Qc6 Bxb2 23. Rxc5 Qe8 24. Qxe8 Raxe8 25. Bd4+ Bxd4+ 26. Rxd4 Nf5
27. Re4 Rxe4 28. Bxe4 Nd6 29. Bd3 Rxf4 30. Rxc7 Rd4 31. Rh7+ Kg8 32. Rxh6 Rxd5
33. Bc2 Rd4 34. Rh4 Nc4 35. Bb3 Kg7 36. Rh5 Kf6 37. Bxc4 Rxc4 38. Ra5 Rc2 39.
Rxa7 Ke5 40. a4 Ra2 41. a5 Kf4 42. Rf7+ Kg5 43. Ra7 Kf4 44. a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "29th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1953.12.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1953.12.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Nc6 7. e3 e5 8.
dxe5 d4 9. Qd3 Ng4 10. Nf3 dxe3 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. fxe3 Ke7 13. Bd2 Rd8 14. Be2
Ngxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bb4+ Ke8 17. Bc3 f6 18. O-O Be6 19. Bxe5 fxe5 20. Rfd1
Ke7 21. Kf2 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "29th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1953.12.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wade, Robert Graham"]
[Black "Teschner, Rudolf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1953.12.30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Qe2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d5 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. c3
Qc7 9. Nf1 dxe4 10. dxe4 Nc5 11. Bc2 b6 12. Ng5 Ba6 13. c4 Rad8 14. Ng3 Ne6 15.
Nxe6 Bb4+ 16. Kf1 fxe6 17. Be3 Qe7 18. Kg1 Bc5 19. Nf1 Bd4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21.
Ne3 Qb4 22. Bd3 Qd6 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. Bc2 Nxe4 25. h3 Nf6 26. Kh2 c5 27. b3 Bb7
28. Rhe1 e4+ 29. Kg1 Qf4 30. a3 Nd7 31. Qg4 Qf6 32. Qh5 Ne5 33. Ng4 Nxg4 34.
hxg4 g6 35. Qh2 e3 36. fxe3 Rxg4 37. Rxd8+ Qxd8 38. Re2 Rg5 39. Rf2 e5 40. Qh3
Kg7 41. Qe6 Kh6 42. Qf7 Qa8 43. g4 Rxg4+ 44. Kf1 Bg2+ 45. Ke2 e4 46. Ke1 Qh8
47. Rxg2 Rxg2 48. Qf4+ g5 49. Qd6+ Kh5 50. Bd1+ {time} 0-1

[Event "29th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1954.01.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alexander, Conel Hughes"]
[Black "Horne, Dennis Morton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C73"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1953.12.30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 f6 7. c4 Be6 8. Qa4
Qd7 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Be3 c5 11. dxc5 Qxa4 12. Nxa4 Nc6 13. cxd6 Bxd6 14. O-O-O
O-O 15. Nb6 Rab8 16. c5 Nd4 17. cxd6 Rxb6 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. dxc7 Bxa2 20. Nxd4
Rb7 21. b3 Bxb3 22. Nxb3 Rxb3 23. Rd7 a5 24. Rhd1 a4 25. Re7 1-0

[Event "29th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1954.01.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Black "Tartacover, Xavier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D19"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1953.12.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Bg6 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Bd2 e5 14. Rac1 exd4
15. exd4 Nb6 16. Bb3 Rad8 17. Bg5 Rd7 18. Qf3 Nh7 19. Bf4 Qd8 20. Be5 Kh8 21.
Qg4 Qg5 22. Qxg5 Nxg5 23. h4 Nh7 24. Ne4 f6 25. Bg3 Nd5 26. Nc5 Rdf7 27. Ne6
Re8 28. Nf4 g5 29. Nxd5 cxd5 30. Bxd5 Rd7 31. Bc4 Red8 32. d5 a6 33. Rd3 Rc8
34. Rdd1 gxh4 35. Bf4 g5 36. Be3 Nf8 37. Bb3 Rxc1 38. Rxc1 Ng6 39. Bb6 Bd6 40.
Rd1 Be5 41. d6 Nf4 42. Bc5 Kg7 43. a5 Ng6 44. Be6 Rd8 45. d7 Bc7 46. Bf5 Bxa5
47. Bxg6 Kxg6 48. Be7 Kf7 49. Bxd8 Bxd8 50. Kf1 Ke6 51. Ke2 f5 52. Rd3 g4 53.
Rb3 b5 54. Rd3 a5 55. Re3+ Kxd7 56. Rd3+ Ke7 57. Rd5 b4 58. Rxf5 Ke6 59. Rb5
Bc7 60. b3 Kf6 61. Rb7 Be5 62. Rb5 h3 63. gxh3 gxh3 64. Kf3 h2 65. Kg2 Kf5 66.
Rxa5 Ke4 67. Rc5 Bd6 68. Rc4+ Kd3 69. f4 Ke3 70. f5 1-0

[Event "29th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1954.01.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Teschner, Rudolf"]
[Black "Matanovic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1953.12.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 Be7 6. Nc3 d5 7. O-O O-O 8. Qe2
Nbd7 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Bd6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxe4 14. Qxe4 Qe7
15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Qc6 Nb8 17. Qb5 a6 18. Qh5 Nd7 19. d5 e5 20. Rfe1 f6 21. Qh3
Qf7 22. Re4 a5 23. Rh4 g6 24. Bd2 Rfe8 25. Rg4 Bc5 26. Nh4 f5 27. Rg3 f4 28.
Nf5 Bf8 29. Rg5 Kh8 30. Nh4 Kg8 31. Bc3 Bh6 32. Nf3 Bxg5 33. Nxg5 Qe7 34. Ne6
Rc8 35. Nxc7 Rf8 36. d6 Qf7 37. Nd5 Rcd8 38. Re1 h5 39. f3 Kh7 40. Nc7 Nc5 41.
Rxe5 Rxd6 42. Nd5 Re8 43. Qh4 Nd3 44. Re4 $2 (44. Rxe8 $1 Qxe8 45. Qf6 Qe3+ 46.
Nxe3 Rxf6 47. Bxf6 fxe3 48. Kf1 $18) 44... Rxe4 45. fxe4 Qe6 46. Qg5 Qxe4 47.
Qf6 Qe3+ 48. Nxe3 Rxf6 49. Bxf6 fxe3 50. Kf1 Nc1 51. Bg5 (51. Bd4 $1) 51... e2+
52. Ke1 Nxa2 53. Kxe2 a4 54. bxa4 Nc3+ 55. Kd3 Nxa4 56. Kd4 Kg7 57. Kd5 Kf7 58.
h4 Ke8 59. Kc6 Nb2 60. Kb5 Kd7 61. Be3 Nd3 62. Bd4 Nf4 63. g3 Ne6 64. Bxb6 g5
65. Be3 gxh4 66. gxh4 Kc7 67. Bf2 Kd6 68. Bg3+ Kd7 69. Kb6 Nf8 70. Kc5 Ne6+ 71.
Kd5 Nf8 72. Be1 Ng6 73. Bf2 Kc7 74. c5 $6 Kd7 75. c6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "29th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1954.01.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wade, Robert Graham"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E38"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1953.12.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. dxc5 Na6 6. Nf3 Nxc5 7. Bd2 b6 8.
Nb5 Bxd2+ 9. Nxd2 d5 10. b4 Na6 11. e4 O-O 12. a3 Bb7 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. O-O dxc4
15. Nxc4 Qd7 16. Ne5 Qe7 17. Qe2 Ba8 18. Nxa7 Qxa7 19. Bxa6 Rc3 20. Bd3 Qc7 21.
f4 Rd8 22. Rfd1 g5 23. fxg5 Qxe5 24. gxf6 Kh8 25. Rac1 Qd4+ 26. Kf1 Rxa3 $2 (
26... Qxf6+ $1 27. Ke1 Rdxd3 $19) 27. e5 Rg8 $4 (27... Qf4+ 28. Kg1 Qd4+ 29.
Qf2 Qxe5 $10) 28. Rc4 Qd5 29. Rg4 Rf8 30. Rg7 Rxd3 31. Rxh7+ 1-0

[Event "29th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1954.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Horne, Dennis Morton"]
[Black "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C35"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1953.12.30"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 Ng4 6. d4 d5 7. exd6 Qxd6 8.
Nc3 Be6 9. Bd3 Ne3 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Ne4 Qd7 12. Bxe3 fxe3 13. c3 O-O-O 14. Qxe3
f5 15. Nf2 Bf6 16. O-O h6 17. Rfe1 Rhe8 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Bd5 20. Qf4 Rf8
21. Rad1 g5 22. Qa4 Qe7 23. Bb5 Qc5 24. b4 Qxc3 25. Bxc6 Qxc6 26. Qxa7 b6 27.
e6 Bxe6 $2 (27... Rfe8 $1 $15) 28. Rc1 Qd6 29. Rxe6 Qf4 30. Rec6 Rf7 31. Qa8+
Kd7 32. Rd1+ 1-0

[Event "29th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1954.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Matanovic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Alexander, Conel Hughes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1953.12.30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 Bb6 6. O-O O-O 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8.
Qd5 Nc5 9. b4 Ne6 10. Nbd2 f6 11. Bd3 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 fxe5 13. Nf3 d6 14. Ng5 Qe7
15. Nxh7 c6 16. Qe4 Rf7 17. Qg6 Qh4 18. g3 Qh3 19. Bg5 d5 20. Nf6+ Kf8 21. Nh7+
Kg8 22. Nf6+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "29th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1954.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tartacover, Xavier"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1953.12.30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 dxe5 5. Nxe5 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. a4 Bd6 8. Qe2
Qc7 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. d3 b6 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. Ne4 Be7 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. c3 O-O 15.
O-O Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Ne5 17. Bb3 h6 18. f4 Ng6 19. Nh3 Nh4 20. Rf2 Rad8 21. Rd1 b5
22. axb5 axb5 23. Bc2 Qb6 24. Kf1 b4 25. g3 Ng6 26. Qe3 Ne7 27. d4 Nf5 28. Bxf5
exf5 29. Rfd2 cxd4 30. Rxd4 Ba6+ 31. Kf2 Rfe8 32. Re4 Qxe3+ 33. Rxe3 Rxd1 34.
Rxe8+ Kh7 35. Ra8 bxc3 36. bxc3 Rd2+ 37. Ke1 Re2+ 38. Kf1 Bd3 39. Rd8 Bc4 40.
Rc8 Re4+ 41. Kf2 Be6 42. Rc5 Ra4 43. Ng1 g5 44. fxg5 hxg5 45. h3 Kg6 46. Nf3
Ra2+ 47. Ke3 Rg2 48. h4 g4 49. Ne5+ Kf6 50. Kf4 Re2 51. Nxg4+ fxg4 52. h5 Rf2+
53. Ke4 Bf5+ 54. Kd4 Rh2 55. Rc6+ Kg5 56. c4 Rxh5 57. Ra6 Rh1 58. Ra3 Rf1 59.
c5 Rf3 60. Re3 Rxe3 61. Kxe3 Bd7 62. Ke4 Bc6+ 63. Ke5 Ba8 64. Kd6 Kf5 0-1

[Event "29th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1954.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Teschner, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1953.12.30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. e3 a6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. h3
c4 9. Bc2 Bb4 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. f4 b5 13. Qf3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Re8 15.
a4 Bb7 16. Rb1 Ne4 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qh6 Nxe5 19. Bxe4 Nd7 20. Bc2 Bc6 21. f5 Qd6
22. Ra1 Qf8 23. Qh4 Qe7 24. f6 Qe6 25. Rf3 bxa4 26. Ba3 Rab8 27. Raf1 Kh8 28.
Re1 Rb3 29. Be7 Rxc3 30. Qh6 Rg8 31. Rf4 {time} 1-0

[Event "29th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1954.01.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Horne, Dennis Morton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E50"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1953.12.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Qc2 b6 8. O-O
Bxc3 9. Qxc3 Bb7 10. dxc5 Ne4 11. Qc2 Nxc5 12. a3 f5 13. b4 Ne4 14. Bb2 d6 15.
Rad1 Qe7 16. Ne1 Rac8 17. Qb3 Rc7 18. Nd3 Rfc8 19. f3 Nf6 20. Nf4 Nd8 21. Bxf6
gxf6 22. e4 b5 23. cxb5 Rc3 24. Qb1 Rxa3 25. Bd3 e5 26. Ne2 Qf7 27. Ng3 f4 28.
Nf5 Qc7 29. Nxd6 Qb6+ 30. Kh1 Rcc3 31. Nc4 1-0

[Event "29th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1954.01.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Black "Matanovic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1953.12.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Nc3
d5 9. Ne5 Qe8 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Qxe8 Rxe8 12. Bf4 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. Rfc1
Rac8 15. a4 Bc4 16. e4 Nf6 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bf1 Bb7 20. a5 bxa5
21. Rxa5 Rxc1 22. Bxc1 a6 23. Bd2 Ra8 24. Bg2 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Kf8 26. d5 Bd8 27.
Rc5 Be7 28. Ra5 e5 29. Bc3 f6 30. Kf3 Ke8 31. Ke4 Kd7 32. Ra4 Bc5 33. f3 Kd6
34. Rc4 f5+ 35. Kxf5 Kxd5 36. Ra4 Bd4 37. Ra5+ Kc4 38. Ra3 Kd5 39. Ra5+ Kc4 40.
Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "29th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1954.01.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Teschner, Rudolf"]
[Black "Alexander, Conel Hughes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C64"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1953.12.30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 Bb6 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. Nxe5 O-O 8.
O-O Nxe4 9. Re1 Nd6 10. Bf4 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Qd5 Nb7 13. Nd2 Qf6 14. Nd3 c6
15. Qg5 Qxg5 16. Bxg5 d5 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Be7 Nd3 19. Bxf8 Nxe1 20. Bxg7 Nxg2
21. Bh6 Nh4 22. Kh1 Bf5 23. Bg5 Ng6 24. h4 h5 25. Kh2 Re8 26. Kg3 Re2 27. b4
Bg4 28. a4 f6 29. Be3 Ne7 30. Nf1 Nf5+ 31. Kf4 Nxe3 32. fxe3 Rc2 33. e4 Rxc3
34. Ne3 Rb3 35. Nxg4 hxg4 36. b5 Rb4 37. Kxg4 Rxe4+ 38. Kf5 c5 39. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "29th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1954.01.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wade, Robert Graham"]
[Black "Tartacover, Xavier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1953.12.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. a4 b4 7. Na2 e6 8. Bxc4
Bb7 9. Qe2 c5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. b3 Be7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. Bd3 Rac8 15.
Nc1 Ne4 16. Ne5 cxd4 17. exd4 Nxe5 18. Bxe4 Ng6 19. Nd3 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Qc2 21.
d5 exd5 22. Qd4 Bf6 23. Qxb4 Bxb2 24. Rd2 Qc3 0-1

[Event "29th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1954.01.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Alexander, Conel Hughes"]
[Black "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1953.12.30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Bd7 7. O-O g6 8.
Be3 Bg7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rad1 Qc7 11. h3 Rac8 12. Bb3 a6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bc1 e6
15. Bf4 Rfd8 16. Qe3 b5 17. a3 Qb7 18. Rfe1 d5 19. e5 Nd7 20. Ne2 Nb6 21. Nd4
Nc4 22. Qc1 a5 23. Bh6 Re8 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Rd3 Qe7 26. Rf3 Bd7 27. Rf4 Rf8
28. Nf3 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "29th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1954.01.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Horne, Dennis Morton"]
[Black "Wade, Robert Graham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B93"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1953.12.30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
O-O e5 9. Nf5 b5 10. Qf3 Bb7 11. Bd2 Nc5 12. b4 Ncd7 13. a4 bxa4 14. Kh1 g6 15.
Ne3 Bg7 16. Rxa4 exf4 17. Qxf4 O-O 18. b5 Nh5 19. Qf2 axb5 20. Nxb5 Qb6 21.
Rxa8 Bxa8 22. Bb4 Bd4 23. Bxd6 Bxe3 24. Qf3 Bd4 25. Bxf8 Ne5 26. Qh3 Kxf8 27.
Nxd4 Qxd4 28. Qc8+ Kg7 29. Qxa8 Ng4 30. Qa1 (30. g3 $1 $16) 30... Nf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "29th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1954.01.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Matanovic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B16"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1953.12.30"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Be3 Bf5 7. Ne2 Nd7
8. Qd2 Nb6 9. Ng3 Bg6 10. c4 h5 11. h4 e6 12. Be2 Bd6 13. O-O Be7 14. Rac1 f5
15. Bf3 e5 16. dxe5 Qxd2 17. Bxd2 O-O-O 18. Bf4 Na4 19. Ne2 Nxb2 20. g3 Nd3 21.
Rc3 Rhe8 22. Rd1 Nxe5 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. Nf4 Re1+ 26. Kg2 Ra1 27.
Rc2 Bc7 28. Nxh5 f4 29. Bg4+ f5 30. Bf3 fxg3 31. fxg3 f4 32. Bg4+ Kb8 33. Rf2
Be4+ 34. Bf3 fxg3 35. Nxg3 Bxf3+ 36. Kxf3 Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "29th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1954.01.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tartacover, Xavier"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E85"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1953.12.30"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8
Rxd8 9. Nd5 Ne8 10. Ne7+ Kh8 11. Nxc8 Rxc8 12. O-O-O Nc6 13. Nh3 Rd8 14. Bd3
Nd4 15. Nf2 c6 16. h4 h5 17. Bxd4 Rxd4 18. g4 Nc7 19. Be2 Ne6 20. Rxd4 Nxd4 21.
Bd1 Rd8 22. Rf1 Ne6 23. Nh3 Rd4 24. b3 f6 25. Bc2 Bh6+ 26. Kb2 Kg7 27. Rf2 Bd2
28. gxh5 gxh5 29. Rg2+ Kf7 30. Rg1 b5 31. cxb5 cxb5 32. a3 a5 33. Bd1 Be3 34.
Re1 Bd2 35. Rh1 Bf4 36. Nxf4 Nxf4 37. Kc2 b4 38. axb4 axb4 39. Rh2 Ke6 40. Be2
Rd7 41. Bc4+ Ke7 42. Rh1 Ra7 43. Kb2 Kd6 44. Rd1+ Kc5 45. Bf1 Rg7 46. Rc1+ Kd6
47. Rd1+ Ke7 48. Ra1 Rg3 49. Ra7+ Kd6 50. Ba6 Rg2+ 51. Kc1 Ra2 52. Rf7 Rxa6 53.
Rxf6+ Ne6 54. Rh6 Ra1+ 55. Kd2 Rb1 56. f4 exf4 57. Rxh5 Rxb3 58. Rb5 Nc5 59.
Kc2 Rc3+ 60. Kb1 b3 61. e5+ Kxe5 62. h5 f3 63. Rb8 Nd3 0-1

[Event "29th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1954.01.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Alexander, Conel Hughes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A82"]
[PlyCount "240"]
[EventDate "1953.12.30"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 {Readers may remember that Bronstein's first move in the
tournament was 1 P-QB4, as a gesture of recognition in playing in his first
English tournament. This move, too, is by way of a delicate compliment to
English chess since his adoption of the Staunton Gambit was purposely made for
the above reason as Bronstein himself told me during the beginning of the game.
} fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3 ({This move gives White the best attacking chances as
Euwe has pointed out. After} 4. Bg5 Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 6. Qd4 Nf7 {White regains
his pawn but Black gets full equality.}) 4... exf3 5. Nxf3 g6 ({Alexander's
favourite device in the Dutch Defence; other moves allow White a fierce attack,
e.g.} 5... d5 6. Ne5 Bf5 7. g4 {followed by g5}) ({or else} 5... e6 6. Bd3 Be7
7. Qe2 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Ne5 Nc6 11. Rf1 d5 12. Ng4 {
Szabo-Pedersen, Marianske Lazne 1951}) 6. Bf4 ({Intending to play an early Qd2
and so exchange off Black's fianchettoed Bishop; but I prefer here} 6. Bd3 {
so as to give White absolute control of e4 and also with the manoeuvre h4-h5
in mind.}) 6... Bg7 7. Qd2 O-O 8. Bh6 d5 {Though this move leaves his e-pawn
backward, it has a number of points to its credit; it gives Black some hold on
the centre - especially the important e4 square, and it opens a line for the
development of the c8 bishop.} 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. O-O-O $2 ({Obvious and bad. It
is of the utmost importance to prevent the useful development of Black's
light-squared bishop and at the same time to retain control of e4. Hence White
should play} 10. Bd3 {and if then} Nc6 11. O-O Bg4 12. Ne5) 10... Bf5 $1 11.
Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nc6 {Now that the bishop question has been disposed of, much
to Black's satisfaction, he turns his attention to eliminating the one real
weakness in his position - the hole of e6. This can be accomplished by forcing
his pawn to e5.} 13. Rde1 Qd6 14. Kb1 a6 {It is now necessary to prevent White
from playing Nb5, a move that would not have been effective before on account
of Qf4.} 15. Re2 Rae8 16. Rhe1 e6 17. Ne5 $2 ({A serious waste of time, since
the knight cannot be maintained on this post. Better was} 17. a3 {to give the
king an escape from the back rank and then an attempt at a kingside attack by
h3 and g4.}) 17... Nd7 18. Nf3 Rf5 19. Re3 e5 $1 {What a relief it must have
been to make this move. It is the culminating point of Black's fine middlegame
strategy. Numerous and welcome (to Black) exchanges circle round e5 and Black
remains in firm control of the initiative whilst retaining his extra pawn.} 20.
dxe5 Ndxe5 21. Nxe5 Rfxe5 22. Rxe5 Rxe5 23. Rxe5 Qxe5 24. Qxd5 Qxh2 25. Qd7+ ({
This check is faulty, since it leaves his important g-pawn unprotected. Again,
it would be better to give his king a loophole by} 25. a3) 25... Kh6 26. a3 Qd6
({And not} 26... Qxg2 27. Qxc7 {when Black cannot defend his queenside pawns;
for if then} Nd4 ({or if} 27... b5 28. b3 {and White threatens either Qb7 or
Qb6.} ({not} 28. Qb6 Qf1+ 29. Ka2 Qc4+ {followed by ...b4})) 28. Qf4+ {wins
the knight;}) 27. Qc8 Nd8 28. g4 $2 ({Every move of this pawn facilitates
black's task as it enables him to attack the pawn and eventually establish a
passed pawn on the kingside. Correct was} 28. Qh3+) 28... Kg7 29. b3 c6 30. g5
$2 ({Possibly overlooking Black's next move or perhaps hoping to make the
opposing king more vulnerable to attack Bronstein now commits the decisive
mistake. He should play} 30. Kb2) 30... Qe7 $1 {A strong move that forks two
pawns and means that sooner or later one of these must fall when Black will be
no less than two pawns up.} 31. Qg4 Nf7 32. Ne4 ({The best chance:} 32. Kb2
Qxg5 {would lead to a speedy win for Black.}) 32... Qxa3 33. Qe6 Qa5 34. Nd6 (
34. Qf6+ Kf8 35. Nd6 Qe1+ 36. Ka2 Qe7 {would force the exchange of queens and
after} 37. Qxe7+ Kxe7 38. Nxb7 Nxg5 39. Na5 Kd6 {Black has a comfortable win.})
34... Nxd6 35. Qf6+ Kg8 36. Qxd6 {We have now arrived at a pure Queen and pawn
ending in which, though Black is two pawns to the good, the win is attended by
consider???able technical difficulties owing to the exposed nature of his King
and the consequent necessity of being absolutely sure that a pawn advance will
not make possible a draw by perpetual check. The winning process is, however,
quite clearly defined: first to make the King safe from checks and next to
create a passed pawn on the King side.} Qe1+ 37. Ka2 Qe8 38. Qc7 b5 39. Kb1
Qe1+ 40. Kb2 Qe6 41. b4 Qe4 42. Qd8+ Kf7 43. Qf6+ Ke8 44. Qd6 ({After} 44. Qh8+
Kd7 45. Qxh7+ Kd6 46. c3 Qg2+ 47. Kb3 Qxg5 {Black has been allowed to attain
the above-mentioned objective of a passed pawn on the kingside and the end is
in sight.}) 44... Qd5 45. Qf6 Kd7 46. Qg7+ Kd6 47. Qf6+ Kc7 48. Qg7+ Qd7 49.
Qe5+ Qd6 50. Qg7+ Kb6 51. Qc3 ({If} 51. Qxh7 Qxb4+ 52. Ka2 Qe4 53. Kb1 a5 {
, and White suffers from weaknesses on both sides???he must guard his g-pawn
and is also threatened by the eventual advance of the a-pawn to a3 with a
mating attack.}) 51... Qe7 52. Qd4+ Kb7 53. c3 Qf7 54. Qh8 Kb6 55. Qd4+ Kb7 56.
Qh8 Qd7 57. Ka3 Qe7 58. Qf6 Qc7 59. Kb2 a5 {A move that serves a double
pur???pose; it makes the opposing king more vulnerable by removing the
protection of the b-pawn and gives his own king more space for manouevring.}
60. bxa5 Qxa5 61. Qe6 Qc7 62. Kb3 Qf4 63. Qd7+ Kb6 64. Qd8+ Kc5 65. Qe7+ Kb6 {
A repetition of moves presumably to gain time on the clock; but Black will
eventually have to expose his King to further checks and bring it over to the
kingside in order to reinforce the attack on White???s g-pawn.} 66. Qd8+ Kc5
67. Qe7+ Kd5 68. Qd7+ Qd6 {Now the queen is to replace the king as protection
for the c-pawn whilst the king carries on with its journey towards the g-pawn.}
69. Qg4 Qc5 {Threatening to win at once by Qc4+.} 70. Qd7+ Ke5 71. Qxh7 {
Black is now ready to make a double attack on the g-pawn by Kf5, so White
hastens to take the h-pawn himself as some compensation.} Kf5 72. Qd7+ ({
It is impossible to defend the g-pawn either by} 72. Qh4 {when} Qc4+ {leads to
a won ending}) ({or by} 72. Qh6 Qd5+ 73. Ka3 Qg2) 72... Kxg5 73. Qd2+ Kf6 74.
Qd8+ Kf7 75. Qc7+ Qe7 76. Qf4+ (76. Qxc6 Qe6+ {leads to a won pawn ending for
Black.}) 76... Kg7 77. Qd4+ Qf6 78. Qe4 Kf7 {Threatening to exchange queens by
Qe6+ and preparing to bring the King over to the queenside before advancing
his g-pawn. Alexander was afterwards of the opinion that this manoeuvre was a
mistake and that the king should have remained on the kingside with a quicker
win in prospect; and, indeed, it will be seen that eventually the king does
have to return to its original wing.} 79. Kb2 Qd6 80. Qf3+ Qf6 81. Qe4 g5 82.
Qh7+ Ke6 83. Qe4+ Kd6 84. Qd3+ Kc7 85. Qh7+ Kb6 86. Kc2 Qf4 {He wants to play .
..g4 without allowing White's queen to become centralised on e4.} 87. Qe7 Qf2+
88. Kb3 Qd2 89. Qe8 ({Showing that Black???s king is not really safe from
checks on the queenside. Naturally not now} 89. Qe4 {because of the exchange
of queens by} Qd5+) 89... Qd5+ 90. Kb2 Qd6 91. Qe3+ Qc5 92. Qe8 Qf2+ 93. Kb3
Qf6 94. Qd7 Kc5 {By now Black has realised that his king must come back to
help on the passed pawn and that he can thus avoid perpetual check threats.}
95. Kc2 Qe5 96. Qd8 Qe4+ {At last he can force forward his g-pawn and with
this advance the end really is in sight.} 97. Kb2 g4 98. Qd7 ({He has no more
checks after} 98. Qf8+ Kc4 99. Qb4+ (99. Qf7+ Kd3 {merely drives the king the
way it wants to go}) 99... Kd5) 98... Kc4 99. Qd1 Qg2+ 100. Ka1 c5 {He could
have won quicker by simply capturing the pawn; but Alexander, by now
understandably enough fatigued by the long struggle, had overlooked White???s
neat little resource on the following move which succeeds in prolonging the
game a little. However, the text also wins comfortably enough.} 101. Qc2 Qf1+ (
101... Qxc2 {stalemate would indeed be a horrid end.}) 102. Kb2 {Bronstein???s
spirit of aggression is still not subdued. He threatens Qe4 mate.} Kd5 103.
Qd2+ Ke4 $1 {Now the king is coming to the correct side of the board. The
chief point of the subsequent manoeuvres is that, once the black king has
reached the 7th rank, White will have difficulty in maintaining checks on that
rank owing to the danger of a queen interposition pinning White???s own queen
on to his king.} 104. Qg5 Qf5 105. Qh4 Kf3 106. Qh1+ Ke2 107. Qg2+ Ke1 108. c4
({Or} 108. Qg1+ Qf1 {and then if} 109. Qxg4 (109. Qxc5 Qf2+) 109... Qe2+ {
; in both cases exchanging queens with a simple won ending.}) 108... b4 109.
Qg1+ Ke2 ({With White???s pawn one square further advanced the above variation
will not work; for if} 109... Qf1 110. Qxc5 Qf2+ 111. Qxf2+ Kxf2 112. c5 {
and White???s pawn queens just after Black???s with a draw.}) 110. Qg2+ Ke3
111. Kb3 ({Or} 111. Qg3+ Kd4 {and Black's c-pawn falls.}) 111... Qd3+ 112. Ka4
Qxc4 113. Qg3+ Kd2 114. Qf2+ Kc3 115. Qe3+ Kb2 116. Qe5+ Qc3 117. Qg5 g3 118.
Qg4 g2 $1 {This pawn is not be taken because of the exchange of queens after
119 Qxg2+ Qc2+.} 119. Qg5 Qc1 120. Qxc5 {More in jest than in earnest,
Bronstein makes a last attempt at stalemate; but the joke is a brief one, for
now comes} Qc2+ {Whereupon White resigns; a memorable game for British chess.
Sources: BCM, March 1954, p93; CHESS, February 1954, Vol.19/221, p81 (without
notes)} 0-1

[Event "29th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1954.01.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Teschner, Rudolf"]
[Black "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1953.12.30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. e5 Ne4 8. Re1
Nc5 9. Bxc6 dxc6 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. Nc3 Re8 12. Be3 f6 13. Qe2 Bf8 14. Qc4+ Ne6
15. Rad1 Qe7 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. Nf3 Qf7 18. Ne5 Qh5 19. f4 Bd6 20. Bf2 Qf5 21.
Re4 Rf8 22. Ne2 Kh8 23. Ng3 Qf6 24. Be3 c5 25. c3 b6 26. Qd5 Rb8 27. Nc6 Ra8
28. Nh5 (28. Nd8 $1 $16) 28... Qf7 29. g4 Bb7 30. Rxe6 Bxc6 31. Qg5 Rae8 32.
Rxe8 Rxe8 33. f5 h6 34. Qh4 Rxe3 35. g5 Qxf5 36. gxh6 Qg6+ 0-1

[Event "29th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1954.01.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Horne, Dennis Morton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D09"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1953.12.30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 Bg4 6. Bg2 Qd7 7. O-O Nge7 8. b4
Nxb4 9. e6 Bxe6 10. Ne5 Qc8 11. Qa4+ Nbc6 12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14.
Qxc6+ Bd7 15. Qe4+ Be7 16. Ba3 O-O 17. Qxe7 Re8 18. Qh4 Rxe2 19. Qxd4 Bh3 20.
Nc3 Bxf1 21. Rd1 Re6 22. Nd5 Kh8 23. Bb2 f6 24. Qf4 Rb8 25. Bc3 c6 26. Ne3 Qe8
27. Nf5 Rd8 28. Rb1 Re4 29. Nxg7 1-0

[Event "29th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1954.01.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wade, Robert Graham"]
[Black "Matanovic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E76"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1953.12.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 Na6 8. Bd3 Nc7
9. O-O a6 10. f5 Nce8 11. Ng5 h6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nge4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Qd7 15. h3
Nd6 16. fxg6 f5 17. Qh5 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 f4 19. g4 fxg3 20. Rxf8+ Bxf8 21. g7 Bxg7
22. Bxh6 Qf5 23. Qe8+ Qf8 24. Qxf8+ Bxf8 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. Kg2 b5 27. b3 bxc4
28. bxc4 Rb8 29. Kxg3 Rb4 30. Rc1 Ra4 31. Rc3 Rxa2 32. Nxc5 Rd2 33. Nd3 e6 34.
Nxe5 exd5 35. cxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "29th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1954.01.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alexander, Conel Hughes"]
[Black "Wade, Robert Graham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1953.12.30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Bb5 7. O-O Bxe2 8. Qxe2
Qa6 9. Qd1 Nd7 10. Be3 b6 11. Nbd2 Ne7 12. Nb3 c4 13. Nc1 b5 14. Ne2 h5 15. Nh4
Qc6 16. Ng3 g6 17. Qd2 Nf5 18. Ngxf5 gxf5 19. Bg5 a5 20. Rfe1 b4 21. Qf4 Bg7
22. Re3 Nf8 23. Rg3 Qd7 24. Qd2 Qb7 25. Bf4 Ng6 26. Nxg6 fxg6 27. Rxg6 Kf7 28.
Rg3 Rab8 29. cxb4 Qxb4 30. Qxb4 Rxb4 31. Bc1 Rhb8 32. h3 h4 33. Rc3 Bf8 34. Kf1
R4b7 35. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "29th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1954.01.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Matanovic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B68"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1953.12.30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bh4 Qc7 13. h3 b4 14. Ne2 e5 15.
Kb1 a5 16. g4 a4 17. g5 hxg5 18. fxg5 Nh5 19. g6 fxg6 20. Rhg1 Rf8 21. Bxe7
Nxe7 22. Nh4 Rf6 23. Qg5 O-O-O 24. Nxg6 Nxg6 25. Qxh5 Rh8 26. Qg5 Rxh3 27. Ng3
Rh2 28. Nf1 Rhf2 29. Ne3 Be6 30. Qh5 Qf7 31. Ba6+ Kc7 32. Ng4 Bxg4 33. Qxg4 Qe6
34. Qg3 R2f3 35. Qe1 d5 36. Bd3 Qb6 37. exd5 Re3 38. Qd2 e4 39. Bb5 Qc5 40.
Bxa4 Ref3 41. d6+ Kd8 42. Qe2 b3 43. axb3 e3 44. Rxg6 Rf2 45. Rxf6 gxf6 46. Qd3
1-0

[Event "29th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1954.01.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Black "Bronstein, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B93"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1953.12.30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Bd3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe1 Nc5 11. Kh1 Be6 12. Be3 exf4 13. Bxf4 Rc8 14. Rd1 Qb6
15. Bc1 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Qc5 17. Ng5 Bg4 18. Be3 Qc6 19. Rd2 Bh5 20. Nf3 Qd7 21.
Nd4 b5 22. a3 Bg6 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. Rxf5 g6 25. Rf1 d5 26. Bd4 Rc6 27. Bxf6 Bxf6
28. Nxd5 Bd4 29. Qh4 Kg7 30. Qg3 Rfc8 31. Ne3 Kh8 32. Rdf2 $2 (32. Nd5 $16)
32... Qc7 33. Qh3 (33. Qxc7 R8xc7 34. Re2 Rc1 35. Kg1 R7c2 $19) 33... Rc1 34.
Rf3 Bxe3 0-1

[Event "29th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1954.01.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tartacover, Xavier"]
[Black "Teschner, Rudolf"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1953.12.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. h3 Nc6 8. O-O
Ne4 9. Na4 cxd4 10. exd4 Qa5 11. c3 Bd7 12. Nc5 Nxc5 13. b4 Qa3 14. bxc5 Qxc3
15. Rb1 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Qxd4 Bxd4 18. Rxb7 Bc8 19. Rxe7 Bxc5 20. Rc7 Bb6
21. Rc2 Bf5 22. Rd2 Rad8 23. Rfd1 d4 24. Bb5 Rd5 25. Bc4 Ra5 26. Re2 Ra4 27.
Bd3 Be6 28. Bh6 Rc8 29. Bb1 Ba5 30. Bd2 Bc3 31. Bxc3 dxc3 32. Rc1 Rb4 33. f3 c2
34. Rexc2 Rxc2 35. Bxc2 Rc4 36. g4 Rc3 37. Kf2 Bxa2 38. Ke2 Bb3 39. Kd2 Rxc2+
40. Rxc2 Bxc2 41. Kxc2 g5 42. Kd3 Kg7 43. Kc4 a5 44. Kd5 Kf6 0-1

[Event "29th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1954.01.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "Teschner, Rudolf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1953.12.30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qe2
Nd7 9. d4 Bf6 10. Be3 b5 11. Bc2 Nb6 12. Nbd2 Bg4 13. d5 Ne7 14. Rfd1 Ng6 15.
h3 Bd7 16. Nf1 Nh4 17. N1d2 Rb8 18. b3 Ng6 19. Qd3 Be7 20. a4 bxa4 21. bxa4 a5
22. c4 f5 23. c5 dxc5 24. Qc3 Kh8 25. Bxc5 Bd6 26. Be3 fxe4 27. Bxe4 Nxa4 28.
Qc2 Rb2 29. Qc1 Nf4 30. Re1 Rb4 31. Nc4 Bb5 32. Ncd2 Nb2 33. Qc2 Bd3 34. Bxd3
Nbxd3 35. Reb1 Rxb1+ 36. Rxb1 Nb4 37. Qc4 Nbxd5 38. Ne4 h6 39. g3 Nxe3 40. fxe3
Ng6 41. Rf1 Qd7 42. Kh2 a4 43. h4 Rb8 44. h5 Rb2+ 45. Nfd2 Nf8 46. Kg1 Ne6 47.
Nf3 Rb4 48. Qd5 Rb5 49. Qa8+ Qd8 (49... Qc8 {is given in Mega Database 2022
but must be wrong. Qd8 is the only viable alternative and is given correctly
in 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice' by David Bronstein and Tom Furstenberg, Cadogan,
1995, page 276 and CHESS, February 1954, Vol.19/221, p88. (Note by JS)}) 50.
Qxa4 Rb4 51. Qc2 Qa8 52. Nxd6 cxd6 {This position appears in BCM, February
1954, p42, with subsequent moves.} 53. Nh4 Re4 54. Ng6+ Kh7 55. Qb1 d5 56. Qb6
Ng5 57. Nf8+ Kg8 58. Ng6 Rg4 59. Qa7 Rxg3+ 60. Kh2 Rh3+ 61. Kg2 Qe8 62. Rb1 Nf7
63. Rb8 Nd8 64. Kxh3 Qe6+ 65. Kg3 Qf6 ({The text move is given in BCM and
CHESS.} 65... Qd6 {is given in 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice'.}) 66. Qe7 Qxe7 67.
Nxe7+ Kf7 (67... Kf8 {is given in Mega Database 2022 but K-B2 appears in BCM,
CHESS and The Sorcerer's Apprentice.}) 68. Rxd8 {Sources: CHESS, February 1954,
Vol.19/221, p88; (moves 52-end) BCM, February 1954, p42; 'The Sorcerer's
Apprentice' by David Bronstein and Tom Furstenberg, Cadogan, 1995, p276. Game
moves amended on BritBase, 22 November 2022.} 1-0

[Event "29th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1954.01.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tartacover, Xavier"]
[Black "Horne, Dennis Morton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1953.12.30"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. Nxe4 dxe4 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8.
Qxe4 Qd4 9. Qxd4 Nxd4 10. Bd3 Be6 11. Ne2 O-O-O 12. Nf4 g5 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14.
O-O Nf3+ 15. gxf3 Rxd3 16. Rb1 a5 17. Re1 Bc5 18. b4 axb4 19. Rb3 Rhd8 20. Rxd3
Rxd3 21. Kg2 b5 22. Re4 Rd4 23. d3 Rxe4 24. fxe4 Bd4 25. Bxg5 Kd7 26. Bd2 c5
27. f4 Bc3 28. Bc1 c4 29. dxc4 bxc4 30. Kf3 Kc6 31. Ke2 Kc5 32. Be3+ Bd4 $4 (
32... Kb5 $10) 33. f5 b3 34. axb3 cxb3 35. f6 Kc4 36. Bxd4 1-0

[Event "29th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1954.01.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "Alexander, Conel Hughes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1953.12.30"]

1. d4 f5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 d6 4. Ne2 {A milk-and-water method. The knight takes
two moves to get to g3 where it is only a target for attack.} e5 5. dxe5 dxe5
6. O-O Bc5 7. Ng3 g6 (7... e4 {may be even better.}) 8. Bc4 Qe7 9. Qd3 Nc6 10.
a3 e4 {Black's repeated pawn moves and "moves with the same piece twice" are
justified by the fact that White is never allowed to get ahead in development,
owing to the direct threats they create.} 11. Qe2 Ne5 12. Ba2 h5 13. b4 Bd6 14.
f4 exf3 15. gxf3 h4 16. Nh1 g5 17. Nd2 Qg7 18. Bb2 g4 19. f4 ({Morry and
Wade's bulletins gave here: if} 19. Qg2 h3 20. Qf2 gxf3+ 21. Ng3 Nfg4 {and
wins.}) 19... Nf3+ 20. Kg2 h3+ 21. Kf2 Nxd2 22. Qxd2 Ne4+ 23. Kg1 Qxb2 24. Qd5
Qf6 25. Bb3 c6 26. Qd3 Be6 27. Bxe6 Qxe6 28. Qd4 {Source: CHESS, February 1954,
Vol.19/221, p81} 0-1

[Event "29th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1954.01.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wade, Robert Graham"]
[Black "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E71"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1953.12.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be3 d6 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Bd3
Nh5 9. g3 Nc5 10. Bc2 a5 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. O-O-O a4 13. Nf3 Qc8 14. Rdg1 a3 15.
b3 Na6 16. Qd2 Re8 17. Nh4 Nb4 18. Bd1 Nf6 19. g4 c6 20. g5 Nfxd5 $1 21. Nxd5 (
{A brilliant and unexpected sacrifice. If now} 21. exd5 {Black has} cxd5 {
(threatening ...d4) and White cannot capture the d-pawn without loss.}) 21...
Nxd5 22. exd5 cxd5 23. Qxd5 b5 24. Bf3 e4 25. Bxe4 Ra6 26. Qb7 Rxe4 $3 {
Black shows the most delightful disregard of material considerations
throughout. On move 23, for instance, he could have picked up the exchange by
23...Bc6; but why give up a good bishop for a bad rook? Now he is a rook down,
but White's king is bared to the action of his four remaining pieces.} 27. Qxe4
bxc4 28. b4 Bb2+ 29. Kb1 d5 30. Qxd5 ({Wade suggested later that} 30. Qf4 {
might have held the game (Stockfish disagrees - JS).}) 30... Rd6 31. Qe4 ({
The point of the latest sacrifice is that if} 31. Qxd6 {then} Bf5+ {forces
mate.}) 31... c3 32. Rc1 ({Dr. List felt that} 32. Rd1 {might have saved the
game here. It would have completely ruled out the procedure Black now adopts
but seems to fail against} Ba4) 32... Bc6 33. Qc4 Qb7 34. f3 Bb5 35. Qf4 Bd3+
36. Rc2 Qd5 37. Rhh2 Bc4 38. Rxb2 axb2 39. Rxb2 Qd1+ 40. Bc1 Bd3+ {Source:
CHESS, February 1954, Vol.19/221, p87} 0-1

[Event "29th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1953.12.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Black "Olafsson, Fridrik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E69"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1953.12.30"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
c6 9. h3 Qe7 10. Be3 Ne8 11. Qd2 f5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Rad1 e4 15.
Ne1 Ne5 16. b3 Be6 17. Ne2 Bf7 18. Nf4 Nf6 19. Qd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Rfd8 21. Rxd8+
Rxd8 22. Nc2 Nh5 23. Nd4 Nxc4 24. Nxf5 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Nf6 26. g4 h6 27. Nxg7
Kxg7 28. Rf2 Rd1+ 29. Bf1 a5 30. Kg2 Nd7 31. Kg3 Ne5 32. Bg2 Re1 33. Re2 Rxe2
34. Nxe2 a4 35. bxa4 Bxa2 36. Bxe4 Bb3 37. Nd4 Bxa4 38. Nf5+ Kf8 39. Nxh6 c5
40. Kf4 Nc6 41. Nf5 c4 42. g5 c3 43. g6 Bb3 44. Kg5 c2 45. g7+ Kf7 46. Bxc2
Bxc2 47. Nd6+ Kxg7 48. Nxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "29th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1954.01.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bronstein, David"]
[Black "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1953.12.30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 Bb6 6. O-O O-O 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8.
Qd5 Nc5 9. Bg5 Ne7 10. Qd1 Ne4 11. Bh4 d5 12. Nbd2 c6 13. Bd3 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6
15. Qc2 g6 16. Rae1 Bf5 17. Nd4 Bxd4 18. cxd4 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Nf5 20. Bg5 Qd6 21.
g3 Rae8 22. a3 Ne4 23. Bf4 Qd8 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Rxe4 Rxe4 26. Qxe4 Qxd4 27.
Qe6+ Rf7 28. Qb3 Qd5 29. Qxd5 cxd5 30. Rd1 Rd7 31. Kf1 Ng7 32. Ke2 Kf7 33. Kd3
Ne6 34. Be5 Nd8 35. Bf4 Ne6 36. Bb8 a6 37. Rc1 Kf6 38. b4 h5 39. f4 g5 40.
fxg5+ Nxg5 41. Rc2 Ne6 42. Rf2+ Kg6 43. Re2 Nd8 44. Bf4 Nc6 45. Re6+ Kf5 46.
Rh6 Kg4 47. Rg6+ Kf3 48. h4 d4 49. Rg5 Rh7 50. Bd6 Rd7 51. Rf5+ Kg4 52. Rg5+
Kf3 53. Bf4 Rh7 54. Rd5 Kg4 55. Ke2 Rg7 56. Kf2 Ne7 57. Rxd4 Nf5 58. Rc4 Kh3
59. Rc3 Kg4 60. Rc4 Kh3 61. Rc8 Rf7 62. Rg8 Nxh4 63. Rg5 Rf5 64. Rg7 Ng2 65.
Kf3 Rb5 66. Rd7 a5 $4 (66... Nxf4 $1 67. Rd1 Kh2 68. gxf4 $10) 67. Rd1 Kh2 68.
Rd2 axb4 69. Rxg2+ Kh3 70. Rg1 1-0

[Event "29th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1954.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Black "Wade, Robert Graham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1953.12.30"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Rc1 Nbd7 8. Nf3
a6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 c6 11. O-O Re8 12. Bg3 c5 13. Bb1 b5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15.
Nd4 Qb6 16. b4 Ne6 17. Be5 Rd8 18. Nf5 Qa7 19. a3 Kf8 20. Qb3 Ng5 21. Bd4 Qd7
22. Nxe7 Kxe7 23. Rfd1 Qg4 24. Bxf6+ gxf6 25. Nxd5+ Kf8 26. Nxf6 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1
Nh3+ 28. Kf1 Qe6 29. Qd8+ Kg7 30. Nh5# 1-0

[Event "29th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1954.01.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tolush, Alexander"]
[Black "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E59"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "1953.12.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bd3 e5 12. Qc2 Rd8 13. h3 b6 14. e4 Bb7 15.
d5 Ne7 16. c4 Ng6 17. g3 Bc8 18. Kg2 Ne8 19. h4 Qd7 20. Rh1 f6 21. h5 Nh8 22.
Nh4 Nd6 23. f4 Nhf7 24. Bb2 Qe7 25. Nf3 Bg4 26. Nd2 Bd7 27. a4 Re8 28. Rae1
Rec8 29. Nf3 Bg4 30. Rh4 Bd7 31. g4 h6 32. Bc1 a6 33. Kg3 b5 34. axb5 axb5 35.
cxb5 c4 36. Bf1 Bxb5 37. Rh2 Ba4 38. Qe2 c3 39. fxe5 fxe5 40. Qe3 Bb5 41. Bxb5
Nxb5 42. Qd3 Nbd6 43. Rc2 Ra4 44. Kh2 Rac4 (44... Rd4 {would have been better:}
45. Nxd4 Qh4+ {and 46...Qxe1 (CHESS)}) ({Stockfish 16:} 44... Qd7 $19 {/\ ...
Rcc4.}) 45. Kg3 Qa7 46. Rce2 c2 47. Re3 Qa4 48. Qe2 Nb5 49. Qf2 Nbd6 50. Qe2
Qb4 51. Kg2 Nb5 52. Qf2 Nd4 53. Nh4 Nb3 54. Rxb3 Qxb3 55. Ng6 Qb4 56. Rf1 R8c7
57. Qf5 Rxe4 58. d6 Rxg4+ 59. Kh2 Rh4+ 60. Nxh4 Qxh4+ 61. Kg2 Nxd6 62. Qf8+ Kh7
63. Qxd6 Qg4+ 64. Kh2 Qxh5+ 65. Kg3 Rc3+ 66. Kf2 Rf3+ (66... Qf3+ {is mate in
6.}) 67. Ke1 Rxf1+ 68. Kxf1 Qd1+ {Source: CHESS, February 1954, Vol.19/221, p87
} 0-1

[Event "29th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1954.01.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Black "Teschner, Rudolf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1953.12.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 b6 7. Qa4+ c6 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. O-O c5 14. dxc5
bxc5 15. Rfc1 Nc6 16. Ba6 Bxa6 17. Qxa6 Nb4 18. Qa5 c4 19. Rc3 Rab8 20. a3 Nd3
21. b4 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "29th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1954.01.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Black "Tartacover, Xavier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "1953.12.30"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d5 Ne5 8. Nxe5
dxe5 9. O-O Bd7 10. b3 Qc8 11. Bb2 e6 12. d6 Rd8 13. dxc7 Qxc7 14. Qc2 Bc6 15.
Rad1 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qc6+ 17. e4 a6 18. f3 b5 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rd1 Rd4 21. Nb1
Rxd1 22. Qxd1 bxc4 23. Qc2 Nd7 24. Qxc4 Qxc4 25. bxc4 f5 26. Nd2 Bf8 27. Nb1
Nb6 28. c5 Na4 29. Ba3 Kf7 30. Bb4 Ke8 31. Kf1 Kd8 32. Ke2 Kc7 33. Kd3 Kc6 34.
Kc4 Nb2+ 35. Kc3 Kb5 36. Kxb2 Kxb4 37. c6 Bd6 38. g4 a5 39. Kc2 a4 40. Nd2 Bc7
41. Nb1 fxg4 42. fxg4 Kc4 43. Nc3 a3 44. Nb1 Kb4 45. Kd3 Bd6 46. Nd2 g5 47. Nc4
Bc7 48. Ne3 Ba5 49. Nc2+ Kc5 50. Nxa3 Kxc6 51. Kc4 Bd8 52. Nc2 Be7 53. Nb4+ Kb6
54. Nd3 Bd6 55. a4 h6 56. h3 Ka5 57. Nc5 Be7 58. Nxe6 Kxa4 59. Kd5 Bf6 60. Nc5+
Kb4 61. Nd7 Bg7 62. Nxe5 Kc3 63. Ng6 Kd3 64. e5 Ke3 65. e6 Bf6 66. e7 Bxe7 67.
Nxe7 Kf4 68. Ke6 Kg3 69. Nf5+ Kxh3 70. Nxh6 1-0

[Event "29th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1954.01.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Horne, Dennis Morton"]
[Black "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1953.12.30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. Be2
Bd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Kh1 Qc7 11. f4 h6 12. Bh4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxh4 14. f5 O-O-O
15. fxe6 Bxe6 16. Rf3 Bd5 $2 17. Nb5 axb5 18. Qxd5 Rhf8 19. Bxb5 Kb8 20. Raf1
Ne7 21. Qb3 f5 22. Qa4 Qb6 23. Nd2 Bf6 24. Rb3 Qd4 25. Nc4 Nc8 26. Bc6 Rf7 27.
Qb5 Na7 28. Qd5 Qxd5 29. Bxd5 Re7 30. a4 Bd4 31. Rd3 Bc5 32. c3 f4 33. b4 Be3
34. Rfd1 Nc8 35. h3 Ba7 36. g3 fxg3 37. Rxg3 Rf8 38. Rf3 Rxf3 39. Bxf3 Kc7 40.
Kg2 Be3 41. Rd3 Bf4 42. a5 g5 43. Na3 Re3 44. Nb5+ Kb8 45. Rxe3 Bxe3 46. Kf1
Bf4 47. Ke2 Ne7 48. Kd3 Kc8 49. Nd4 Be5 50. Kc4 Bxd4 51. Kxd4 Kc7 52. b5 Kb8
53. Bg4 Ng8 54. Kd5 h5 55. Bf3 g4 56. hxg4 hxg4 57. Be2 g3 58. Bf3 Ne7+ 59.
Kxd6 Nf5+ 60. Kc5 Nh4 61. Bd5 g2 62. Bxg2 Nxg2 63. a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "29th Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1954.01.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "O'Kelly de Galway, Alberic"]
[Black "Matanovic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E59"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1953.12.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bd3 e5 12. Qc2 Rd8 13. h3 h6 14. Bb2 b6 15.
Rad1 Bb7 16. e4 Nd7 17. d5 Ne7 18. c4 Ng6 19. g3 Bc8 20. Kg2 Nf6 21. Ng1 h5 22.
Bc1 h4 23. Bg5 hxg3 24. fxg3 Rd6 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. Rxf6 gxf6 27. Rf1 Kg7 28.
Qf2 Qd6 29. h4 Bd7 30. h5 Nf8 31. Nf3 Nh7 32. Nh4 Rh8 33. Nf5+ Bxf5 34. Qxf5
Rd8 35. Be2 Ng5 36. a4 Nh7 37. Bg4 Ng5 38. Kf2 a5 39. Ke3 Nh7 40. Qf2 Qb8 41.
Bf5 Ng5 42. h6+ Kh8 43. Be6 Nh7 44. Bxf7 Rf8 45. Bg6 Ng5 46. Qf5 Qd8 47. Bh5
Nh7 48. Bg6 Ng5 49. Kf2 Nf7 50. Bxf7 Rxf7 51. Qg6 Qg8 52. Qxg8+ Kxg8 53. Rh1
Kh7 54. Kf3 f5 55. exf5 Rxf5+ 56. Ke4 Rg5 57. d6 1-0
