[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1947.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alexander, C Hugh O'D"]
[Black "Fairhurst, William Albert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1947.12.29"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bd3 c5
8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bf4 Nd5 12. Bg3 Bd6 13. Qe2 Bxg3 14.
hxg3 Qf6 15. f4 Bd7 16. Rae1 Rad8 17. Nf3 Bc6 18. Ne5 Rd6 19. Bb1 Qd8 20. Rd1
Ne7 21. Qc2 g6 22. Rxd6 Qxd6 23. Rd1 Qc7 24. Qd2 Qb6+ 25. Kh2 Nd5 26. c4 Nf6
27. Qe2 Rd8 28. Nxc6 bxc6 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. Be4 c5 {Source: Fairhurst
scorebook, Chess Scotland} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1947.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Golombek, Harry"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1947.12.29"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Nb6 11. Bd3 Nbd5 12. Ne4 b6 13. Rd1 Bb7 14. a3 Nh5
15. g3 Rc8 16. Ne5 Nhf6 17. f3 Rc7 18. Bd2 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 f5 20. Bd3 Bf6 21. Qf2
Ne7 22. Bc3 Qd5 23. Be2 Rd8 24. Rac1 g5 25. Rf1 Ng6 26. Rcd1 Rdc8 27. Rfe1 g4
28. Qe3 Kg7 29. Nxg6 hxg6 30. Bf1 gxf3 31. Qf2 Rh8 32. h3 g5 33. Rd2 g4 34. h4
f4 {Source: BCM, Feb 1948, p60} 0-1

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1947.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Muhring, Willem Jan"]
[Black "Grob, Henry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1947.12.29"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 Qe7 4. a3 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 f5 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qc2 O-O 8.
Nf3 b6 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 d6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. d5 exd5 13. Nd4 Qe5 14. Nxf5 Ne4
15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Ndf6 17. Ne3 Rae8 18. Rad1 Rf7 19. Nc4 Qh5 20. f3 Nc5
21. e4 g6 22. b4 Ncd7 23. Rd3 Ne5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Rc3 Ree7 26. Rc1 Qe5 27.
Qd3 g5 28. Rc4 h5 29. Rf1 b5 30. Rd4 h4 31. f4 gxf4 32. Rxf4 hxg3 33. Rf5 gxh2+
34. Kh1 Ng4 35. Rxe5 Rxe5 36. Qg3 Rg5 37. Rd2 Rfg7 38. Bh3 Ne5 39. Qf4 R7g6 40.
Rf2 Rg1+ 41. Kxh2 R1g5 42. Rg2 Rxg2+ 43. Bxg2 Rf6 44. Qg5+ Kf7 45. Qh5+ Kg7 46.
Bh3 Rh6 47. Qg5+ Rg6 48. Qe7+ Kh6 49. Qh4+ Kg7 50. Qe7+ Kh6 51. Qf8+ Kh5 52.
Qh8+ Rh6 53. Qe8+ Kg5 54. Qe7+ Kf4 55. Qf8+ Kg5 56. Qf5+ Kh4 57. Qf4+ Kh5 58.
Bf5 Rh8 59. Kh3 {Source: Willem Jan Muhring een tijdsbeeld Leven en werken van
een international schaakmeester by FWJ Henneberke 78-81.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1947.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fairhurst, William Albert"]
[Black "Muhring, Willem Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1947.12.29"]

1. d4 f5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 e6 4. Ne2 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Nbc3 d5 7. Qc2 c6 8. O-O
a6 9. b3 b5 10. Bb2 Qe8 11. Rae1 Qh5 12. f3 Bd6 13. g3 g5 14. e4 dxe4 15. fxe4
Ng4 16. Nc1 f4 17. e5 f3 18. Bxh7+ Kg7 19. Rf2 Nxf2 20. Qxf2 Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Kxh7
22. Ne4 Qg6 23. Nxg5+ Kg8 24. Ne4 Rf5 25. Rxf5 exf5 26. Nd2 f4 27. Nxf3 fxg3
28. hxg3 Ra7 29. Ne5 Qe4 30. Ncd3 Rh7 31. Qf3 Bf5 32. Qxe4 Bxe4 {Sources:
Hastings and St Leonards Observer, 3 Jan 1948; CHESS, Feb 1948 (Vol 13), page
122} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1947.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grob, Henry"]
[Black "Abrahams, Gerald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C27"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1947.12.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Bc5 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Nc6 8. h4
Bg4 9. f3 Bh5 10. hxg5 hxg5 11. Qd2 Rg8 12. O-O-O Ne7 13. Nh3 g4 14. Ng5 Bg6
15. Bh4 d5 16. exd5 Nfxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Bxe7 Kxe7 20. Bxd5 Qxd5
21. Qg5+ Ke6 22. Qf6+ Kd7 23. fxg4 Rgd8 24. Nc3 Qe6 25. Qf3 c6 26. Rhe1 Kc7 27.
d4 e4 28. Qf4+ Kb6 29. Re3 a6 30. Na4+ Ka7 31. Qc7 Rab8 32. Qb6+ Ka8 33. Ra3
Qc4 34. Qxd8 {Source: Schweizerische Schachzeitung 1948, p. 40. Added to
chessgames.com (and here), 10 March 2022} 1-0

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1947.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Abrahams, Gerald"]
[Black "Fairhurst, William Albert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1947.12.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. g3 dxc4 4. Bg2 e5 5. dxe5 Qxd1+ 6. Kxd1 Be6 7. Bd2 Nd7 8.
Bc3 O-O-O 9. Nd2 Ne7 10. Ngf3 Nd5 11. Kc2 Nb4+ 12. Bxb4 Bxb4 13. Rad1 Bxd2 14.
Rxd2 Bf5+ 15. Kc1 Be4 16. Bh3 Bxf3 17. exf3 Kc7 18. Bxd7 Rxd7 19. Rxd7+ Kxd7
20. Rd1+ Kc7 21. Rd4 Re8 22. Rg4 Rxe5 23. Rxg7 Rf5 24. f4 h6 25. Kd2 Kd6 26.
Rh7 Rf6 27. Rh8 Kc5 28. Rb8 b6 29. Rb7 a5 30. Kc2 b5 31. Re7 Rf5 32. a3 Kd4 33.
Kd2 b4 34. axb4 axb4 35. f3 Kc5 36. Re5+ Rxe5 37. fxe5 Kd5 38. f4 Ke4 39. h3 h5
(39... Kf3 $2 40. f5 $1 $18) 40. h4 c5 41. Kc2 Kf5 42. Kc1 Ke4 43. Kd2 Kf5 44.
Ke3 c3 {Source: Hastings and St Leonards Observer, 3 January 1948} (44... Ke6
45. Kd2 Kd5 46. Kc2 Kd4 47. Kc1 b3 48. Kd2 c3+ 49. bxc3+ Kc4 50. f5 Kd5 51. e6
fxe6 52. c4+ Ke5 53. fxe6 Kxe6 54. Kc3 Ke5 $19 {Stockfish 10}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1947.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alexander, C Hugh O'D"]
[Black "Spanjaard, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1947.12.29"]

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 h6 10. Bh4 Be7 11. Be2 Qc7 12. Bf2 b5 13. Bf3 b4 14. Nce2 e5
15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Qxb4 d5 17. Qc3 dxe4 18. fxe5 exf3 19. gxf3 Nd7 20. e6 fxe6
21. Nd4 Rc8 22. Nxe6 Qb7 23. Qxg7 Bf6 24. Qg6+ Ke7 25. Nd4 Bd5 26. Rhe1+ Kf8
27. Bg3 Qb6 28. Qf5 Bf7 29. Qxd7 Rxc2+ 30. Kxc2 Bg6+ 31. Re4 Qc5+ 32. Kb1 Qh5
33. Ne6+ Kg8 34. Nf4 Qe5 35. Qc8+ Kh7 36. Qb7+ {Source: CHESS, Vol.13, no.149,
February 1948, p120} 1-0

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1948.01.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Alexander, C Hugh O'D"]
[Black "Muhring, Willem Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1947.12.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 d6 7. c3 Bg4 8. h3
Bh5 9. d3 Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nh4 Na5 13. Bc2 d5 14. exd5 Qxd5 15.
Nxg6 hxg6 16. d4 Nc6 17. g5 Nd7 18. Be4 Qd6 19. Qf3 exd4 20. Bxc6 Ne5 21. Bxa8
Nxf3+ 22. Bxf3 d3 23. Nd2 Qf4 24. Bg2 Rd8 25. Rd1 Qxg5 26. Nf3 Qh5 27. Bf4 c5
28. a4 c4 29. axb5 Qxb5 30. Ra2 Bf6 31. Rda1 Re8 32. Be3 a5 33. Nd2 Bh4 34. Nf3
Bf6 35. Nd2 Bd8 {Source: Hastings and St Leonards Observer, 3 Jan 1948} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1948.01.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fairhurst, William Albert"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1947.12.29"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 e6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 c5 8. dxc5
bxc5 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. e4 Qc7 11. b3 d6 12. Bb2 Nd7 13. Rfe1 Bf6 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15.
Nh4 Nd4 16. Qd3 e5 17. Ndf3 Rfe8 18. h3 a5 19. a4 Nd7 20. Rab1 Rab8 21. Nd2 Bc6
22. Nhf3 Rb4 23. Nh2 Reb8 24. Nhf1 Qb7 25. Ne3 Nf8 26. Nc2 Nxc2 27. Qxc2 Ne6
28. Qd3 Nd4 29. Red1 f5 30. f3 Rf8 31. Rf1 f4 32. g4 Rb8 33. Rfd1 Qe7 34. Rdc1
R8b6 35. Rd1 Kf8 36. Ra1 Be8 37. Ra3 h5 38. Rc1 Bd7 39. Rc3 Qh4 40. Qf1 hxg4
41. hxg4 Ke7 42. Qf2 Qh6 43. Kf1 Kd8 44. Qg1 Kc7 45. Qh1 Qf6 46. Kf2 Rb8 47.
Ke1 g6 48. Qg1 Rh8 49. Qf2 Rhb8 50. Kd1 Qg7 51. Ke1 Qh8 {Source: Fairhurst
scorebook, Chess Scotland} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1948.01.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grob, Henry"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1947.12.29"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Nc3 c6 6. h3 Ne7 7. Qh5 Qb6 8.
Nge2 Be6 9. f4 Nd7 10. Qf3 Bf5 11. Bd2 h5 12. g3 Nf6 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Kb1
Rde8 15. Na4 Qc7 16. Nc5 b6 17. Ba6+ Kb8 18. Qb3 Bc8 19. Bxc8 Kxc8 20. Nd3 Nf5
21. Ne5 Ne4 22. Be1 f6 23. Nf3 g5 24. fxg5 fxg5 25. Rf1 g4 26. hxg4 hxg4 27.
Ne5 Nxd4 28. Nxd4 Bxe5 29. c4 Rh2 30. cxd5 Qh7 31. Ka1 c5 32. Qa4 Nd6 33. Rc1
Qd7 34. Qd1 Kb7 35. Nc2 Qb5 36. Bc3 Bxc3 37. bxc3 Ree2 38. Rf4 Nc4 39. Rb1 Qa4
40. Rf7+ Ka6 41. Rb2 Nxb2 42. Qf1 Qxc2 43. d6 Qd1+ 44. Qxd1 Nxd1 {Sources:
Hastings and St Leonards Observer, 3 Jan 1948; CHESS, Feb 1948, p122; BCM,
March 1948, p92} 0-1

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1948.01.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Golombek, Harry"]
[Black "Raizman, Maurice"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A24"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1947.12.29"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. d3 e5 8. h3
Nc5 9. Be3 Ne6 10. Qd2 Re8 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Bg5 c6 14. Rad1 Qb6 15.
Be3 Qa6 16. b3 Nfe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Qd3 f5 19. a4 Qa5 20. Nf3 Nc5 21. Bxc5
dxc5 22. Qc2 f4 23. g4 Qc3 24. Qxc3 Bxc3 25. Ng5 Bd4 26. Ne4 Be6 27. Rxd4 cxd4
28. Nf6+ Kg7 29. Nxe8+ Rxe8 30. Rd1 Rd8 31. e3 fxe3 32. fxe3 c5 33. exd4 cxd4
34. Bd5 Bxd5 35. Rxd4 Kf6 36. cxd5 Ke5 37. Rb4 b6 38. Kf2 Rf8+ 39. Kg3 Kxd5 40.
Rc4 Rf7 41. Rc8 a5 42. Rc3 h6 43. h4 g5 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Rc8 Re7 46. Kf3 Re5
47. Rc4 Re1 48. Rc3 Rf1+ 49. Kg3 Rb1 50. Rf3 Ke4 51. Rc3 Kd4 52. Rf3 Rb2 53.
Kh3 Re2 54. Rf5 Re5 55. Rf6 Re3+ 56. Kg2 Rxb3 57. Rf5 Rb4 58. Rxg5 Rxa4 59. Rf5
Ke4 60. Rf6 Rb4 61. Kg3 Rb1 62. g5 Ke5 {Source: Bulletin Ouvrier des Echecs
1948, p. 40. Via Chessgames.com, 10 March 2022.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1948.01.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Spanjaard, Eduard"]
[Black "Muhring, Willem Jan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D56"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1947.12.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Qc2 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Nd7 12. O-O dxc4 13. Bxc4 b6 14. Rfe1 Bb7
15. Rad1 c5 16. e4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Rad8 18. Qe3 Qb4 19. Bb3 Nc5 20. Nd4 Nxe4 21.
f3 Nf6 22. Kh1 Bd5 23. a3 Qd6 24. Bc2 Rc8 25. Rd2 a6 26. Red1 Rc7 27. f4 Rfc8
28. Bb1 Rc1 29. h3 b5 30. Bc2 R8xc2 31. Nxc2 Rxd1+ 32. Rxd1 Bxg2+ 33. Kxg2 Qxd1
34. Nd4 Nd5 35. Qe4 {Source: Willem Jan Muhring een tijdsbeeld Leven en werken
van een international schaakmeester by FWJ Henneberke 81-82.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1948.01.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Fairhurst, William Albert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1947.12.29"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Nd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Nb6 12. Be2 Nd5 13. Qc2 Qb4+ 14.
Nd2 Qe7 15. Qc5 Qxc5 16. dxc5 Ke7 17. Nc4 Nb4 18. Rc1 Nxa2 19. Ra1 Nb4 20. O-O
Na6 21. Ra5 Nc7 22. Rfa1 a6 23. R5a3 Nb5 24. Rd3 Rd8 25. Rxd8 Kxd8 26. f4 Ke7
27. Nb6 Rb8 28. Bxb5 axb5 29. e4 Bd7 30. e5 Be8 31. Kf2 f6 32. Rd1 Rd8 33. Rd6
Bg6 34. g4 fxe5 35. fxe5 Bc2 36. Ke3 g5 {Source: Fairhurst scorebook, Chess
Scotland} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1948.01.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fairhurst, William Albert"]
[Black "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D53"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1947.12.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Qxc5 Nxc5 12. Rc1 b6 13. b4 Ne6 14.
Bb5+ Bd7 15. Bxd7+ Kxd7 16. Nf3 Rac8 17. Kd2 f6 18. Kd3 g6 19. Nd2 Rhe8 20. Nb3
Ng5 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rc1 Rxc1 23. Nxc1 Kd6 24. Ke2 Ne6 25. h4 h5 {Source:
"Fairhurst SCA" via 'The Chess Games of Sir George Alan Thomas' by Roger Paige
(2005)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1948.01.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Muhring, Willem Jan"]
[Black "Abrahams, Gerald"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "?"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1947.12.29"]

42... Rxh2 43. Kg1 Rd2 44. Rxh7 Kf3 45. Rh3+ Ke2 46. a4 e3 47. a5 Rd8 48. Rh2+
Kd1 49. Ra2 e2 50. Ra1+ Kd2 51. Ra2+ Ke3 52. Ra3+ Rd3 53. Rxd3+ Kxd3 54. Kf2
Kd2 {Source: Magazine of the Dutch Chess Federation, jrg 56, 1948, no 2,
01-02-1948, p43} 0-1

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1948.01.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Spanjaard, Eduard"]
[Black "Grob, Henry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A55"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1947.12.29"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Nbd7 4. Nc3 e5 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. e4 Qc7 8. O-O
Nf8 9. d5 c5 10. h3 Ng6 11. Be3 Bd7 12. Qd2 Qc8 13. Kh2 h5 14. Bg5 Qd8 15. Kg1
a6 16. Nh4 Nxh4 17. Bxh4 Qc8 18. Kh2 Qd8 19. f4 exf4 20. Qxf4 Qc7 21. Bg5 O-O-O
22. Rae1 Ng4+ 23. hxg4 f6 24. Qd2 fxg5 25. e5 dxe5 26. Ne4 hxg4+ 27. Kg1 Be8
28. Rd1 Rh6 29. Nxg5 Qb6 30. Ne4 Qg6 31. Qa5 Bd6 32. b4 Qh5 33. bxc5 Bc7 34.
Qd2 Bg6 35. Rf2 Be8 36. Rf8 Bg6 37. Rxd8+ Bxd8 38. Nd6+ Kb8 39. Qb2 b6 40. Rf1
Qh2+ 41. Kf2 Bd3 42. Qxe5 Rf6+ 43. Ke1 Bxf1 44. Ne4+ Ka7 45. Bxf1 bxc5 46. Be2
Ba5+ 47. Kd1 Qh1+ 48. Kc2 Rb6 49. Qc7+ Rb7 50. Qxa5 Qxe4+ 51. Bd3 Qg2+ {
... 76 moves. Source: Welt am Abend, 17 July 1948, p. 6. Contributed by
'Tabanus', 9 March 2022} 0-1

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1948.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grob, Henry"]
[Black "Fairhurst, William Albert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1947.12.29"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. d3 Ne7 4. Bf4 d5 5. Qd2 a6 6. Nf3 Nbc6 7. Be2 d4 8. Nd1
Ng6 9. Bg3 e5 10. h4 Bd6 11. h5 Nf4 12. Nxe5 Nxg2+ 13. Kf1 Bxe5 14. Kxg2 Bxg3
15. fxg3 h6 16. Rh4 Ne5 17. Nf2 O-O 18. Rf1 Qe7 19. Rf4 Bd7 20. Bg4 Bc6 21. Bf5
g6 22. hxg6 fxg6 23. Ng4 Nxg4 24. Bxg4 Kg7 25. Qf2 h5 26. Bd1 Rxf4 27. gxf4 Rf8
28. Qg3 Kh6 29. Rh1 Be8 30. a3 Qf6 31. Rf1 Bc6 32. Rf2 c4 33. Kf1 b5 34. Be2
cxd3 35. Bxd3 Bd7 36. e5 Qc6 37. Qg5+ Kg7 38. f5 Bxf5 39. Rxf5 Rxf5+ 40. Bxf5
Qf3+ 41. Ke1 Qxf5 42. Qe7+ Kh6 43. e6 Qe4+ 44. Kd1 Qf3+ 45. Kc1 Qf1+ 46. Kd2
Qf4+ 47. Kd1 h4 48. Qe8 Qf1+ 49. Kd2 Qf2+ 50. Kd1 Qg1+ 51. Ke2 Qe3+ 52. Kd1 {
Source: Fairhurst scorebook, Chess Scotland} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1948.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Black "Raizman, Maurice"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C73"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1947.12.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. Qf3 c5 10. Nf5 Bf6 11. Nc3 Bxf5 12. exf5 Ne7 13. Ne4 Be5 14. f6 gxf6
15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Qxf6 Rg8 17. Re1 Rg6 18. Qh4 Kd7 19. Bg5 Rxg5 20. Qxg5 Qf8
21. Rad1 f5 22. Qe3 f4 23. Qh3+ Kd8 24. Qxh7 Rb8 25. b3 f3 26. Rd3 fxg2 27.
Rde3 Nc6 28. Qh4+ Kd7 29. Qg4+ Kd8 30. Qe6 Nd4 31. Qe8+ Qxe8 32. Rxe8+ Kd7 33.
R1e7+ {Sources: BCM, Feb 1948, p61; CHESS, Vol.13, no.149, February 1948, p120}
1-0

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1948.01.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Abrahams, Gerald"]
[Black "Golombek, Harry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1947.12.29"]

{"Half an hour late, Abe. strides to the board and plays..."} 1. b4 {
"Variously called 'The Polish,' 'The Spike' and 'Orang-Outang' now, by
universal consent, 'The Orange-Outang'." (CHESS)} d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. Nf3
Bg7 5. c4 c6 6. Qb3 O-O 7. Nc3 h6 8. d4 Be6 9. c5 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. h3 b6
12. O-O bxc5 13. bxc5 Nxc5 14. dxc5 d4 15. Qc2 dxc3 16. Bxc3 Nd5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7
18. Qb2+ Nf6 19. Rfb1 Rfd8 20. Nd4 Bd5 21. e4 e5 22. exd5 Rxd5 23. Nxc6 Qxc6
24. Be2 Rxc5 25. Qb7 $4 Rc1+ {"Bang goes 45 quid!" Source: CHESS, Vol.13, no.
149, February 1948, p120} 0-1

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1948.01.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alexander, C Hugh O'D"]
[Black "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1947.12.29"]

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 a6 9. Ba4 d6 10. d4 Bg4 11. Ba3 b5 12. Bb3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nh5 14. Bd5 Nf4
15. Kh1 Qd7 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. dxe5 Qxc3 18. Re3 Qxe5 19. Rb1 Qg5 20. Qf1 Rfe8
21. Bc1 Re6 22. Ra3 c6 23. Bxf4 Qxf4 24. c4 Rh6 25. h3 Re8 26. Rxa6 Qxf3+ 27.
Qg2 Qd3 28. Rb3 Qxc4 29. Raa3 Rg6 30. Rc3 Qd4 31. Rg3 Rxg3 32. Rxg3 g6 33. Re3
d5 34. exd5 Rxe3 35. fxe3 Qxd5 36. e4 Qd4 37. Qe2 Qc4 38. Qg2 c5 39. Kh2 Qd4 {
Sources: Hastings and St Leonards Observer, 10 Jan 1948; BCM, Feb 1948, p64}
0-1

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1948.01.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fairhurst, William Albert"]
[Black "Spanjaard, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D61"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1947.12.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6 6. a3 Be7 7. Qc2 O-O 8. Nf3
a6 9. Rd1 Re8 10. h3 b6 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Ne5 Rc8 15.
f3 g6 16. O-O Bd6 17. Qe2 Nh5 18. Qf2 f6 19. Ng4 f5 20. Ne5 f4 21. e4 Ng3 22.
Rfe1 Rf8 23. exd5 exd5 24. Ne2 Qg5 25. Nxg3 fxg3 26. Qe2 Rfe8 27. Bxa6 Bxa6 28.
Qxa6 Rc2 29. Qb5 Rec8 30. Qxd5+ Kg7 31. Qxd6 Qh4 32. Qd7+ Kg8 33. Qf7+ Kh8 34.
Qxg6 Qxd4+ 35. Rxd4 hxg6 36. Nxg6+ Kh7 37. Nh4 Rxb2 38. Rd7+ Kg8 39. Nf5 {
Source: Fairhurst scorebook, Chess Scotland} 1-0

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1948.01.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fairhurst, William Albert"]
[Black "Raizman, Maurice"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1947.12.29"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 Bf5 6. Bxc4 e6 7. O-O Bb4 8. Qb3
Qe7 9. Bd2 Bd6 10. a4 O-O 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. f4 Nbd7 13. Rae1 Bxe5 14. fxe5 Ne4
15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Rf4 Bg6 17. Rc1 Rfc8 18. a5 Rab8 19. Qa3 b5 20. axb6 axb6 21.
Bb5 Qd8 22. Rxc6 Rxc6 23. Bxc6 Nxe5 24. Bb5 Ra8 25. Qb3 h5 26. Be1 Ra1 27. Rf1
Ng4 28. h3 Nh6 29. Bf2 Rxf1+ 30. Bxf1 Be4 31. Qb5 Nf5 32. Qe5 Qa8 33. g4 hxg4
34. hxg4 Nh6 35. Qf4 Bf3 36. g5 Ng4 37. Be1 Qe4 38. Qxe4 Bxe4 39. Bd2 f5 40.
Bc4 Kf7 41. b4 Bf3 42. b5 Ke7 43. Kf1 Bb7 44. Bb4+ Kf7 45. Ke2 Nh2 46. Bd6 Nf3
47. Bf4 Ke7 48. g6 Kd7 49. Bg3 Ng5 50. Be5 Bf3+ 51. Kd3 Bh5 52. Bxg7 Bxg6 53.
Ke2 Ne4 54. d5 Nd6 55. dxe6+ Ke7 56. Bd3 Kxe6 57. Bd4 Be8 58. Bxb6 {Source:
Fairhurst scorebook, Chess Scotland} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings it"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "1948.01.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grob, Henry"]
[Black "Alexander, C Hugh O'D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1947.12.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Bd3 dxe4 7. Bxe4 Bc5
8. O-O f6 9. c3 O-O 10. Qa4 Bb6 11. Qc2 Kh8 12. d4 exd4 13. Bxh7 Ne5 14. Nxe5
fxe5 15. Be4 c6 16. cxd4 exd4 17. Bd2 Bg4 18. Qd3 Qf6 19. a4 Rae8 20. a5 Bc7
21. Rae1 g5 22. Bb4 Qe5 23. g3 c5 24. Bg6 Be2 25. Qd2 cxb4 26. Bd3 Qxa5 27.
Bxe2 Bb6 28. Bd3 b3 29. Qd1 Kg7 30. Qh5 {Source: BCM, Feb 1948, p62} 1-0
