[Event "22nd Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.12.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Abrahams, Gerald"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1946.12.30"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Re1 O-O 8. e4 d6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc8 11. Nd5 Re8 12. Nb5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Na6 14. Qe2 Nc7 15. Nxc7 Qxc7 16. Be3 Qd7 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. b3 Rc7 19. h4 e5 20. h5 f5 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Bg5 Kf7 23. g4 Rh8 24. Qf3 Bc8 25. Bh3 Bf6 26. Bxf6 Kxf6 27. g5+ Kxg5 28. Qg3+ Kf6 29. f4 Qe7 30. Rc2 Kf7 31. fxe5 dxe5 32. Rxe5 Qc5+ 33. Rf2 Re7 34. Bg2 Rxe5 35. Qxe5 Re8 36. Qg3 Re3 37. Bf3 Bd7 38. Kg2 Qe7 39. Qc7 Re1 40. Qg3 Qe3 1/2-1/2


[Event "22nd Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.12.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Raizman, Maurice"]
[Black "Gudmundsson, Gudmundur S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D01"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1946.12.30"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Ne5 Nxe5 8. dxe5 Nd7 9. Bf4 c5 10. Qh5 g6 11. Qg4 f5 12. Qg3 Kh8 13. h4 Rg8 14. O-O-O a6 15. Bg5 Bxg5 16. hxg5 b5 17. Ne2 Qc7 18. f4 Rg7 19. c3 Bb7 20. Rh6 Nf8 21. Qh4 Rd8 22. Kb1 Qa5 23. g4 fxg4 24. Qxg4 b4 25. cxb4 Qxb4 26. Rh2 Bc6 27. a3 Qb6 28. Rc1 Rb8 29. Nc3 c4 30. Bf1 Qxe3 31. Qh4 Qc5 32. Ka2 d4 33. Qf2 Qb6 34. Nb1 Bd5 35. Ka1 Rc7 36. Rd1 c3 37. bxc3 Qb3 38. Qxd4 Be4 39. Bd3 Qxd1 40. Bxe4 Qxd4 41. cxd4 Rc4 42. Rd2 Rd8 43. Kb2 Rdxd4 44. Rxd4 Rxd4 45. Nc3 Nd7 46. Bc2 Rxf4 47. Ne4 Kg7 48. Kb3 Rxe4 49. Bxe4 Nc5+ 50. Kb4 Nxe4 51. Ka5 h5 52. gxh6+ Kxh6 53. Kxa6 g5 0-1


[Event "22nd Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.12.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yanofsky, Daniel Abraham"]
[Black "Tartacover, Xavier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1946.12.30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nde2 Be7 7. g3 Be6 8. Bg2 Qd7 9. h3 O-O 10. g4 Nc6 11. Ng3 Rfd8 12. O-O d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Qxd5 16. Bxd5 Rxd5 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Be3 g6 19. Ng3 Nb4 20. Rfc1 f6 21. Kf1 Kf7 22. a3 Nc6 23. Rd1 Rad8 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. c3 Ke6 26. f4 a5 27. a4 Bd6 28. f5+ gxf5 29. gxf5+ Kf7 30. Ke2 b5 31. Ne4 Bf8 32. axb5 Rxb5 33. Ra2 Rd5 34. Ra4 Ne7 35. Ng3 Rb5 36. Ra2 e4 37. Nxe4 Nxf5 38. Bf4 Ng7 39. Bc7 a4 40. Nd6+ Bxd6 41. Bxd6 Ne6 42. Bb4 Nf4+ 43. Kd2 Rd5+ 44. Kc2 f5 45. Rxa4 Nxh3 46. c4 Rd7 47. Ra6 Ng5 48. Bc3 Ne6 49. b4 f4 50. Ra1 Kg6 51. Re1 Re7 52. c5 f3 53. Rf1 Rf7 54. Kd3 f2 55. Bd2 Rd7+ 56. Kc3 h5 57. Rxf2 h4 58. Rh2 Nd4 59. Rxh4 Ne2+ 60. Kc2 Nd4+ 61. Rxd4 Rxd4 62. Kc3 Rg4 63. b5 Kf6 64. b6 Ke6 65. b7 Rg8 66. Bf4 Kd5 67. Kb4 Rg1 1/2-1/2


[Event "22nd Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.12.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Abrahams, Gerald"]
[Black "Tartacover, Xavier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D12"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1946.12.30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qf5 Re8 11. Ng5 h6 12. f4 g6 13. Qh3 hxg5 14. f5 Kg7 15. e4 Rh8 16. e5 Rxh3 17. gxh3 Qb6 18. exf6+ Kxf6 19. Ne2 gxf5 20. Kh1 Qb5 21. Rf2 Qd3 22. Ng1 Nd7 23. Bd2 Rh8 24. Nf3 Rxh3 25. Bxg5+ Kg6 26. Rg2 Qxf3 27. Bf4+ Kh7 28. Bxd6 Nf6 29. Re1 Ne4 30. Bb4 Rh6 0-1


[Event "22nd Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.12.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Golombek, Harry"]
[Black "Raizman, Maurice"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1946.12.30"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nc7 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. d3 Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Re1 Be6 11. Nd2 Qd7 12. Rc1 f5 13. Nc4 Nd5 14. Bd2 Rad8 15. Qa4 f4 16. Ne4 Bh3 17. Bh1 Qf5 18. Na5 Nd4 19. f3 Qg6 20. Nxb7 Nf5 21. Kf2 c4 22. Qxc4 Qb6+ 23. Nbc5 Kh8 24. b4 Nf6 25. Nxf6 Rxf6 26. Rg1 Rd4 27. Qc2 Ne3 28. Qa4 e4 29. Qe8+ Bf8 30. gxf4 Nd5 31. e3 Rxb4 32. Bxb4 Qxb4 33. Rc2 Nxe3 34. Kxe3 exd3 35. Kxd3 Bf5+ 36. Ne4 Re6 37. Qa8 Qb5+ 38. Kd2 Qb4+ 39. Ke2 Qb5+ 40. Kd2 Qb4+ {... 70 moves according to BCM, February 1947, p38 (which does not give the score - the tournament book, Hastings Congress 1946-1947, Ed. Kmoch & Prins, gives 40 moves and doesn't mention any further play) Corrected, 22 August 2024, to show 10 Re1 & 12 Rc1 (instead of 10 Rc1 & 12 Re1) as in the tournament book - JS} 1/2-1/2


[Event "22nd Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1946.12.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gudmundsson, Gudmundur S"]
[Black "Prins, Lodewijk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1946.12.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. c4 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. Be3 c5 10. Nh4 Bxg2 11. Nxg2 Nc6 12. d5 Na5 13. Qc2 d6 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. e4 Rfb8 16. Rab1 b5 17. cxb5 Rxb5 18. b4 Nb7 19. a4 Rb6 20. a5 Rb5 21. a6 Nd8 22. Qa4 Rab8 23. Rbc1 Kf8 24. bxc5 dxc5 25. Bf4 Be5 26. Bh6+ Bg7 27. Qa1 e5 28. Bxg7+ Kxg7 29. Ne3 f6 30. Nc4 Nf7 31. Rb1 Nd6 32. Nxd6 Qxd6 33. Rxb5 Rxb5 34. Rc1 Qb6 35. Rd1 Rb4 36. Qa3 Rxe4 37. d6 Rd4 38. Rxd4 exd4 39. d7 Kf7 40. Qf3 Ke7 41. Qb7 Qd6 42. Qxa7 d3 43. d8=Q+ Kxd8 44. Qa8+ Ke7 45. Qe4+ Kd7 $4 (45... Kf7 $11) 46. a7 d2 47. a8=Q d1=Q+ 48. Kg2 c4 49. Qee8+ Kc7 50. Qab8# 1-0


[Event "22nd Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1947.01.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alexander, Conel Hugh"]
[Black "Gudmundsson, Gudmundur S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1946.12.30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 a6 7. Qg4 f5 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. Qe2 O-O 10. O-O-O c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Nh3 Bd6 13. g3 Nc6 14. Bg2 Bd7 15. Rhe1 Qa5 16. Kb1 Rae8 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. Ne4 dxe4 19. Rxd6 Nb4 20. a3 Nxc2 21. Qxc2 Qxe1+ 22. Rd1 Qxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Bc6 24. Qc2 e3 25. fxe3 Bb5 26. Ng5 Rh6 27. Be4 1-0


[Event "22nd Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1947.01.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Prins, Lodewijk"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1946.12.30"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. d5 Ne5 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Bxc4 Nxc4 10. Qa4+ Qd7 11. Qxc4 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Rc8 13. Qd3 e5 14. O-O Bd6 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Ne4 Rg8+ 17. Kh1 Rg6 18. Rg1 Ke7 19. Ng3 Rcg8 20. Rac1 a6 21. Qe4 Rc8 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Nf5+ Kd7 24. Qh4 Rxg1+ 25. Kxg1 Qc1+ 26. Kg2 Qg5+ 27. Qxg5 fxg5 28. h3 Bc5 29. Kf1 f6 30. Ke2 Ba7 31. Ng3 h6 32. Nf5 h5 33. Ng3 h4 34. Ne4 f5 35. Nxg5 Kd6 36. Ne6 Kxd5 37. Ng7 f4 38. Nf5 Ke6 39. Nxh4 Kf6 40. Ng2 Kg5 41. b3 Bb6 42. Kd3 Kf5 43. h4 Bxf2 44. h5 e4+ 45. fxe4+ Kg4 46. h6 f3 47. Ne3+ Bxe3 48. Kxe3 Kg3 49. h7 f2 50. h8=Q f1=Q 51. Qe5+ Kg4 52. Qe6+ Kg5 53. a4 Qg1+ 54. Kd3 Qf1+ 55. Kd4 Qf2+ 56. Kd5 Qd2+ 57. Kc4 Qc2+ 58. Kd4 Qf2+ 59. Kd5 Qd2+ 60. Kc5 Qa5+ 61. Kd6 Qd8+ 62. Ke5 Qh8+ 63. Kd5 Qd8+ 64. Kc4 Kf4 65. Qf5+ Ke3 66. Qd5 Qb8 67. e5 Ke2 68. e6 Qc7+ 69. Kd4 Qb6+ 70. Ke5 Qc7+ 71. Kf6 Qf4+ 72. Ke7 Qc7+ 73. Ke8 ({The finish} 73. Kf8 Qc8+ 74. Kf7 Qc7+ 75. e7 {1-0 is given in some databases.}) 73... Qc8+ 74. Kf7 Qc7+ 75. e7 {Source: Kmoch/Prins tournament book} 1-0


[Event "22nd Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1947.01.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Raizman, Maurice"]
[Black "Abrahams, Gerald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E55"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1946.12.30"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. a3 cxd4 8. exd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Qd3 Nbd7 12. O-O e5 13. Ng5 e4 14. Qe2 Nb6 15. Ba2 Qxc3 16. Bb2 Qd3 17. Qe1 Bf5 18. Qa5 Bg6 19. Rad1 Qe2 20. Rd2 Qh5 21. Qe5 Rae8 22. Qg3 Nbd5 23. Re1 h6 24. Bxd5 Nxd5 25. Nh3 Qf5 26. a4 Re6 27. Bc1 Bh7 28. Kh1 Rfe8 29. Rde2 g5 30. Be3 Bg6 31. Rc2 Ra6 32. Rc5 Qd7 33. a5 b6 34. axb6 axb6 35. Rcc1 Ra3 36. Ng1 f5 37. Qh3 Qg7 38. g3 f4 39. Bd2 e3 40. Rc8 Rxc8 41. Qxc8+ Kh7 42. Nf3 Be4 43. fxe3 Bxf3+ 44. Kg1 Ne7 45. Qc2+ Ng6 46. Bc1 Ra7 47. Rf1 Bd5 48. gxf4 Ra2 49. Bb2 gxf4 50. e4 Nh4+ 51. Kh1 Rxb2 0-1


[Event "22nd Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1947.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Golombek, Harry"]
[Black "Alexander, Conel Hugh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1946.12.30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 a6 7. Bd2 Bd6 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 c5 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Rb8 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. Bxb7 Rxb7 15. Qe4 Qb6 16. Qg4 O-O 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Bc3 f6 19. O-O b4 20. Bd4 Rc8 21. Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Rc4 a5 23. Rfc1 Rbc7 24. Nd4 f5 25. Qg3 Na6 26. Rxc7 Rxc7 27. Rxc7 Nxc7 28. Qe5 Kf7 29. h4 Nd5 30. Nxf5 exf5 31. Qxd5+ Kg6 32. h5+ Kf6 33. Kf1 Qc7 34. Qd4+ Kg5 1/2-1/2


[Event "22nd Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1947.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gudmundsson, Gudmundur S"]
[Black "Yanofsky, Daniel Abraham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D18"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1946.12.30"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nbd7 11. e4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nc5 13. Qb1 Ncxe4 14. Qxb7 Qb6 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Ra3 Ra6 17. Ne5 Rc8 18. c4 Rca8 19. Rb3 c5 20. f3 Nd6 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. Rd1 Nfe8 23. Be3 Rxa4 24. Rc3 f6 25. Nd7 Nxc4 26. Nxc5 Nxe3 27. Rxe3 Ra1 28. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 29. Kf2 e5 30. f4 Ra5 31. Nd3 Nd6 32. fxe5 Nc4 33. Re4 Nxe5 34. Nxe5 fxe5 35. Rb4 Kf7 36. Rb7+ Kf6 37. Rb6+ Kf5 38. Rb7 Ra2+ 39. Kg3 {Source: tournament book by Kmoch & Prins} 1/2-1/2


[Event "22nd Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1947.01.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Raizman, Maurice"]
[Black "Prins, Lodewijk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1946.12.30"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nf3 a5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qc1 a4 11. bxa4 Nc4 12. Rb1 Bh6 13. Ba1 Ra5 14. Ne4 Nd6 15. Qc3 f6 16. Nc5 Qe8 17. Nh4 Ra7 18. Bd5+ e6 19. Bg2 b6 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. Bxc6 Qf7 22. Rb3 Ra5 23. d4 Bxb3 24. axb3 Qe7 25. e4 Bg7 26. Re1 Nf7 27. f4 Nd8 28. Bd5+ Nf7 29. f5 g5 30. Nf3 c5 31. Qe3 Rd8 32. Be6 Kf8 33. d5 Rd6 34. Nd2 Rd8 35. Nc4 Ra6 36. Qe2 Rda8 37. Bc3 h6 38. Qh5 Nd8 39. e5 Nf7 40. d6 1-0


[Event "22nd Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1947.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Abrahams, Gerald"]
[Black "Prins, Lodewijk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1946.12.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. Be5 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nc6 9. O-O Bg4 10. Be2 Qa5 11. Qa4 Qxa4 12. Nxa4 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Rfd1 b6 15. h3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nxe5 17. f4 Nc6 18. Rd7 Rfd8 19. Rad1 Rxd7 20. Rxd7 e6 21. Bf3 Rc8 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. Rxa7 b5 24. Ra8+ Bf8 25. Nc3 b4 26. Ne2 c4 27. Nd4 Rc7 28. Kf1 Kg7 29. Ke2 c3 30. bxc3 Rxc3 31. Kd2 Rc7 32. Ra6 Rc5 33. Rc6 Rh5 34. Rc7 Kg8 35. Nf3 Rxh3 36. Ng5 Rh1 37. Nxf7 Ra1 38. Ng5 Rxa2+ 39. Kd3 Ra3+ 40. Ke4 b3 41. Kd3 Bb4 42. Rc8+ Kg7 43. Rc7+ Kg8 44. Rb7 b2+ 45. Kc2 Bc3 46. Ne4 Bg7 47. Rb8+ Kf7 48. Ng5+ Kf6 49. Rb7 Kf5 50. Rxg7 Rb3 51. Kb1 h6 52. f3 1-0


[Event "22nd Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1947.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alexander, Conel Hugh"]
[Black "Raizman, Maurice"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1946.12.30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. g3 Bd7 7. Ndb5 Qb8 8. Bg2 Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. a4 O-O 11. Bf4 Ne5 12. b3 Rd8 13. h3 a6 14. Nd4 Qc7 15. Bd2 Rac8 16. Kh2 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Qe2 d5 19. e5 Nd7 20. f4 d4 21. Ne4 Bd5 22. Ra2 Qc6 23. Re1 Nc5 24. Nxc5 Bxc5 25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. Qg2 Kf8 27. Qxd5 Rxd5 28. Kg2 Ke8 29. Kf3 Kd7 30. Ke4 d3 31. c4 Rd4+ 32. Kf3 Kd8 33. Be3 Rd7 34. Bxc5 Rxc5 35. Rd2 b5 36. axb5 axb5 37. Ke3 f6 38. exf6 gxf6 39. Rxd3 e5 40. Red1 exf4+ 41. gxf4 Rxd3+ 42. Rxd3+ Kc7 43. Rd5 Rxd5 44. cxd5 f5 45. Kd4 Kd6 46. h4 1-0


[Event "22nd Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1947.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tartacover, Xavier"]
[Black "Gudmundsson, Gudmundur S"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1946.12.30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 cxd4 6. dxe6 Bxe6 7. Nb3 Bxb3 8. axb3 Nc6 9. Bb5 Bc5 10. O-O O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Ra4 Qb6 13. Nxd4 Rad8 14. Be3 Rd5 15. h3 Rfd8 16. c3 Bxd4 17. cxd4 Rb5 18. Qc2 Nd5 19. Rfa1 Rxb3 20. Rxa7 Rxb2 21. Qf5 Rf8 22. Bc1 Re2 23. Rxf7 Re1+ 24. Kh2 Qb8+ 25. Bf4 Rxf7 26. Bxb8 Rxf5 27. Rxe1 Rxf2 28. Be5 Ra2 29. Rb1 Ra7 30. Rb8+ Kf7 31. Rd8 Ne7 32. Rd6 Ra5 33. Rd7 Rd5 34. Rc7 g6 35. Kg3 Ke6 36. Kf4 Rxd4+ 37. Bxd4 Nd5+ 38. Kg5 Nxc7 39. Kh6 1/2-1/2


[Event "22nd Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1947.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yanofsky, Daniel Abraham"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B14"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1946.12.30"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Rc1 O-O 9. c5 Ne4 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Be2 Rd8 12. O-O Qf6 13. Bb5 Ng5 14. Nxg5 Qxg5 15. f4 Qf6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qd2 Rb8 18. Rf2 Rd7 19. a3 Rdb7 20. b4 Ra8 21. Na4 Bd7 22. Rd1 Be8 23. Qd3 Rab8 24. Rdd2 Rb5 25. Rb2 R5b7 26. Rbe2 (26. Rbd2 {is given by some databases but Kmoch/Prins has 26 Rbe2.}) 26... Bd7 27. h3 Rb5 28. Rb2 R5b7 29. Nc3 Be8 30. Na2 a5 31. Qc3 axb4 32. Nxb4 g6 33. a4 Qd8 34. Nd3 Ra7 35. Qa3 Rba8 36. Rb4 Qc7 37. Qb3 Bd7 38. Nb2 Bc8 39. Rb6 Kg7 40. Rf3 f6 41. Qb4 Bd7 42. Qd2 h6 43. Qf2 Be8 44. Qg3 Bf7 45. Re3 Re8 46. Nd3 Rxa4 47. Nb4 Qd7 48. Nxc6 Rc8 49. Nb4 Ra1+ 50. Kh2 Qa4 51. Re1 Ra3 52. Re3 Ra1 53. Rb3 Rd1 54. Ra3 Qe8 55. Nc2 Rc1 56. Ne3 Ra8 57. Ng4 h5 58. Nxf6 Kxf6 59. Rxa8 Qxa8 60. Qe3 {Source: Kmoch/Prins tournament book} 1-0


[Event "22nd Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1947.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Golombek, Harry"]
[Black "Tartacover, Xavier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1946.12.30"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. Nd5 Kh8 9. a3 Be6 10. Nxe7 Qxe7 11. b4 Nd8 12. Bb2 Nf7 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. e3 c6 15. Rac1 Rae8 16. Rfe1 Qd8 17. Nd2 f4 18. exf4 exf4 19. Qc3 fxg3 20. hxg3 Ne5 21. c5 Bf5 22. Ne4 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 d5 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Qd4 dxe4 26. Qxd8 Rxd8 27. Bxe4 Bxe4 28. Rxe4 Rf7 29. Rce1 Rd5 30. R1e3 Kg7 31. Rg4+ Kf8 32. Rf4 h5 33. Kg2 Kg7 {Source: Kmoch/Prins tournament book} (33... Kg7 {The extra half-move} 34. Kh3 {given in some databases}) 1/2-1/2


[Event "22nd Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1947.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Prins, Lodewijk"]
[Black "Alexander, Conel Hugh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1946.12.30"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Bg4 6. c3 Nh5 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nxf4 9. Qxf4 e6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. Qg4 O-O 12. f4 Qe7 13. O-O-O c4 14. Bc2 f5 15. Qf3 b5 16. g4 b4 17. Rdg1 bxc3 18. bxc3 Ba3+ 19. Kd1 Bb2 20. gxf5 Bxc3 21. fxe6 Nb4 22. Nb1 Bb2 23. Qh5 Nxc2 24. Kxc2 Qb7 25. Nd2 Rab8 26. Rb1 Qb5 27. Kd1 c3 28. Qe2 c2+ 0-1


[Event "22nd Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1947.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Raizman, Maurice"]
[Black "Yanofsky, Daniel Abraham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D19"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1946.12.30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 ({Against} 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. a4 {I suggest} Qa5 $1 {with the following plausible continuation:} 8. Bd2 b4 9. Ne4 c3 10. bxc3 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 bxc3 12. Qc2 Bf5 13. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 14. Nxc3 e6 {with a slight edge to Black (Yanofsky)}) 5... Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. e4 Nbd7 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 h6 14. h3 Bh5 {We now reached a well-known position of the Slav, still a fruitful field for analysis.} 15. g4 ({Najdorf-O'Kelly, Barcelona 1946, went} 15. Ng3 Bg6 16. Nh2 ({Still another idea for White is} 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Rxd3 c5 18. dxc5 {, as in G.Wood-Yanofsky, Hastings 1946-7 and now} Bxc5 {gives equality}) 16... f6 17. exf6 N7xf6 ({but I suggest} 17... Rxf6 {and if} 18. Ng4 Rf7 {as an improvement}) 18. Nf3 Nd7) 15... Bg6 16. g5 hxg5 17. Bxg5 ({For the refutation of} 17. Nexg5 {I quote the game Flohr-Yanofsky, Groningen 1946, which continued} Bh5 18. Qe4 g6 19. Rf1 f6 20. exf6 N7xf6 21. Qh4 Nh7 22. Qg3 Bd6 23. Ne5 Rf5 24. Ne4 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Rf3 26. Qg2 Qh4 {with a winning position.}) 17... f6 $1 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Bh6 Rfe8 ({Inferior for me would be} 19... Rf7 20. Nh4 Bh7 21. Kh1 $1) 20. Nh4 {White's opening up of Black's position has proved to be premature as White now has trouble meeting the threat of ...Qh7, attacking the bishop, knight, and, indirectly, the h3-pawn.} Qh7 21. Qg4 ({Forced as after} 21. Nxg6 Qxg6+ 22. Qg4 Kf7 $1 {White can resign.}) 21... Qxh6 22. Qxg6+ Qxg6+ 23. Nxg6 Kg7 $1 24. Nh4 Rh8 25. Nf3 Rxh3 {If I had played 23...Kf7 (instead of to g7), White would now be able to win the exchange by Nfg5+!} 26. Ng3 Bd6 27. Bf1 (27. Kg2 {loses to} Rxg3+ 28. fxg3 Ne3+) 27... Rh6 28. Re1 Kf7 29. Nd2 Rg8 30. Kg2 Rhg6 ({JS note: Kmoch & Prins' tournament book gives the less plausible} 30... Rgg6 {but Yanofsky's own book 'Chess The Hard Way!' gives the text.}) 31. Nde4 Bb4 {If the rook moves 32...f5 followed by ...f4 wins the knight.} 32. Kf3 f5 $1 33. Nc5 Nxc5 34. dxc5 Bxe1 35. Rxe1 Rg4 36. b3 Rf4+ 37. Kg2 (37. Ke2 {loses the b-pawn by force.}) 37... Rb4 38. Bc4 f4 39. Re4 a5 {Sources: 'Chess The Hard Way!' by DA Yanofsky (Pitman, 1953); tournament book by Kmoch & Prins} 0-1


[Event "22nd Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1947.01.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Alexander, Conel Hugh"]
[Black "Abrahams, Gerald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1946.12.30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Qe7 8. Re1 d6 9. d4 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Bh7 14. d5 Nd8 15. g5 hxg5 16. Bxg5 a6 17. Bd3 Qd7 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Kh2 f5 20. Rg1+ Kh8 21. exf5 f6 22. Nh4 Nf7 23. Qh5 Ng5 24. Ng6+ Kg8 25. Nxf8 Kxf8 26. f4 e4 27. fxg5 Qxf5 28. Raf1 Qe5+ 29. Kh1 Qxd5 30. c4 1-0


[Event "22nd Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1947.01.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tartacover, Xavier"]
[Black "Raizman, Maurice"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1946.12.30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Kh1 a6 9. f4 Qc7 10. f5 O-O 11. Bg5 Ne5 12. Qe1 b5 13. a3 Nc4 14. b3 Ne5 15. Rd1 Bd7 16. Nf3 Rac8 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Rf3 Rfd8 19. Qh4 exf5 20. Rh3 h6 21. Bxh6 Nxe4 22. Qxe7 Nf2+ 23. Kg1 Nxh3+ 24. gxh3 Qb6+ 25. Kg2 Qxh6 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Qxd7 Qg6+ 28. Kf1 Rxc3 29. Qe8+ Kh7 30. Qxe5 Rxc2 31. Qf4 Rb2 32. Qf3 Rb1+ 33. Bd1 Qf6 34. Qd3 Rc1 35. a4 g6 36. axb5 axb5 37. Ke2 Qe5+ 38. Kd2 Qf4+ 39. Ke1 Qxh2 40. Qd5 Qc7 41. Qxb5 Qc3+ 42. Ke2 Qd4 43. Qd3 Qxd3+ 44. Kxd3 Rxd1+ 0-1


[Event "22nd Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1947.01.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yanofsky, Daniel Abraham"]
[Black "Prins, Lodewijk"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1946.12.30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. d4 Nxe4 8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. Qd4 Qe7 10. Bf4 f6 11. Nc3 Nxa4 12. Qxa4 c6 13. Rae1 O-O 14. Bg3 Qc5 15. Qb3+ d5 16. Bxe5 fxe5 17. Rxe5 Bf5 18. Re2 b5 19. Nd1 Rae8 20. Rd2 a5 21. a3 a4 22. Qc3 Qxc3 23. Nxc3 Bc8 24. f3 Re7 25. Kf2 Rfe8 26. Rfd1 Kf7 27. Ne2 Ke6 28. Nd4+ Kd6 29. c3 Bd7 30. Re2 Kc5 31. Rxe7 Rxe7 32. Ne2 Kc4 33. Rd2 c5 34. Nf4 Bc6 35. Nd3 d4 36. cxd4 cxd4 37. Nc1 Bd7 38. Rc2+ Kd5 39. Nd3 Kd6 40. Nb4 Be8 41. Rc8 Bd7 42. Rc2 Be8 43. h3 Bf7 44. Rc6+ Kd7 45. Rb6 Bc4 46. Rb7+ Ke8 47. Rxe7+ Kxe7 48. Nc6+ Kd6 49. Nxd4 Kd5 50. Ne2 Bd3 51. Ke3 Kc4 52. Nc1 Bf1 53. Kf2 Bd3 54. g4 Kd4 55. Ne2+ Kc4 1/2-1/2


[Event "22nd Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1947.01.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alexander, Conel Hugh"]
[Black "Yanofsky, Daniel Abraham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1946.12.30"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 a6 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3 c5 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nge2 Qb6 11. O-O-O Rf7 12. Nf4 Nf8 13. Be2 Nc6 14. Bh5 g6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Bxg6 Nxg6 17. h5 f4 18. Bxf4 cxd4 19. hxg6 dxc3 20. gxf7+ Kxf7 21. Qxc3 Ke8 22. Rh8+ Kd7 23. Rxd5+ Kc7 24. Rd1 Qxf2 25. Be3 Qf5 26. g4 Qg6 27. Bc5 Qg5+ 28. Qe3 b5 29. Bb6+ Kb8 30. Kb1 Qg7 31. Rd7 Bc5 32. Bc7+ Kb7 33. Qxc5 {Source: Manchester Guardian, 2 February 1947} 1-0


[Event "22nd Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1947.01.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gudmundsson, Gudmundur S"]
[Black "Abrahams, Gerald"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E53"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1946.12.30"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. a3 cxd4 8. exd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Qd3 Nbd7 12. Bg5 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 15. Qe3 Qc7 16. Bxf6 Qxc4 17. Bxg7 Bg4 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. Qh6+ Kg8 20. Qg5+ Kf8 1/2-1/2


[Event "22nd Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1947.01.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Prins, Lodewijk"]
[Black "Tartacover, Xavier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1946.12.30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. c4 c6 6. Qb3 Qc8 7. d3 Nbd7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Nd4 Nc5 11. Qc2 Bh3 12. e4 Qd7 13. e5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Ng4 15. Qe2 h5 16. h3 Nh6 17. Bxh6 Rxh6 18. f4 O-O-O 19. f5 f6 20. e6 Qc7 21. Qf3 Qe5 22. Nce2 h4 23. Nxc6 bxc6 24. d4 Qc7 25. dxc5 hxg3 26. b4 Rdh8 27. Qxg3 Qb7 28. a3 Rh5 29. Qd3 Rxh3 30. Qxh3 Rxh3 31. Kxh3 Qb5 32. Rf2 a5 33. Rg1 axb4 34. axb4 Qxb4 35. Rxg7 Qxc5 36. Rf3 Bf8 37. Rf7 Bd6 38. Rc3 Qb5 39. Ng3 d4 40. Rf3 Qd5 41. Rf2 (41. Rf1 d3 {is the conclusion on most databases}) 41... d3 {("and Black won", tournament book by Kmoch & Prins)} 42. Rd2 Bxg3 43. Kxg3 Qe5+ 44. Kg2 Qe4+ 45. Kf1 Qxf5+ 46. Kg1 Qc5+ 47. Kh2 Qe5+ {Source: CHESS, May 1947, Vol.12/140, p242} 0-1


[Event "22nd Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1947.01.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gudmundsson, Gudmundur S"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1946.12.30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. e3 g6 6. dxc5 bxc5 7. b3 Bg7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. O-O d6 10. c4 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Qc8 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Rad1 Ng4 14. Nd5 Bxb2 15. Qxb2 Nde5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. f4 Nc6 18. f5 Ne5 19. f6 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Rb8 21. fxe7 Rxe7 22. Qd2 Qc7 23. Rxd6 Ng4 24. Rd3 Rbe8 25. Bd5 Qe5 26. e4 Qh5 27. Rdf3 Ne5 28. Rf4 g5 29. Rf5 h6 30. Kg2 Qg6 31. Qf2 Rc7 32. Qe3 Ree7 33. Rf6 Qg7 34. h3 Ng6 35. Qd3 Ne5 36. Qd2 Kh7 37. R1f5 Kg8 38. Kh1 Kh7 39. a3 Kg8 40. h4 Kf8 41. Bxf7 1-0


[Event "22nd Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1947.01.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tartacover, Xavier"]
[Black "Alexander, Conel Hugh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1946.12.30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Nc2 d6 8. Nd2 Be6 9. Be2 O-O-O 10. O-O Bxe3 11. fxe3 Qh6 12. Bg4 Ne5 13. Bxe6+ fxe6 14. Nf3 N7c6 15. Nfd4 d5 16. Nxc6 Nxc6 17. Qg4 Ne5 18. Qg3 Nc4 19. Rf7 Rd7 20. Rxd7 Kxd7 21. exd5 exd5 22. Qg4+ Kd8 23. Qd4 c6 24. Qxa7 Kc7 25. Rf1 Qg6 26. Nb4 Ra8 27. Qxa8 Nxe3 28. Nxd5+ cxd5 29. Qa5+ b6 30. Rf7+ 1-0


[Event "22nd Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1947.01.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yanofsky, Daniel Abraham"]
[Black "Abrahams, Gerald"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1946.12.30"]

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 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qe2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Na5 13. Bc2 c5 14. Qd3 g6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Qd2 Nc4 17. Qc1 f5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Bg5 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxg5 21. f4 Bh6 22. Qe1 Qf6 23. Qg3 Bf5 24. Ng4 Bxg4 25. Qxg4 d4 26. f5 Be3+ 27. Kh1 g5 28. cxd4 Bxd4 29. Rad1 b4 30. b3 Re3 31. Rde1 Rae8 32. Rxe3 Rxe3 33. Be4 Kg7 34. Bd5 Re5 35. Bc4 a5 (35... h5 {is given in some databases but the move is given as 35...P-QR4 in Kmoch & Prins' tournament book.}) 36. Qf3 Re3 37. Qa8 h5 38. Qxa5 g4 39. Qc7+ Re7 40. Qc8 Kh6 41. Qg8 Rg7 42. Qe6 h4 43. Qe4 h3 44. Rf4 Re7 45. Be6 Bf2 46. Qb1 g3 47. hxg3 Bxg3 48. Rg4 Rg7 49. Rxg7 Kxg7 50. gxh3 Qh4 51. Kg2 Be5 52. Qd3 Qg5+ 53. Kf2 Bd4+ 54. Kf3 Qh4 55. Qf1 Kf6 56. Qg2 Qh6 57. Ke4 Qh7 58. Qg3 Qb7+ 59. Kd3 Qa6+ 60. Bc4 Qxa2 61. Qg6+ Ke5 62. Qe6+ Kf4 63. Qe4+ Kg3 64. Qg4+ Kh2 65. Ke4 Qa8+ 66. Bd5 Qe8+ 67. Kd3 Qe3+ 68. Kc4 Qc3+ 69. Kb5 Qxh3 70. Qe2+ Kg3 71. f6 Qd7+ 72. Bc6 Qf5 73. Qg2+ Kh4 {Source: tournament book by Kmoch & Prins} 1/2-1/2
