"The thirteenth annual Christmas and New Year Congress under the auspices of the Hastings and St. Leonards Chess Club was played for the second time in the Lower Hall of the White Rock Pavilion. The count of thirteen comes only in the series of Christmas meetings since 1920, for various single contests and series of contests have taken place annually for nearly forty years at the famous Sussex chess resort. But the meetings seem to have crystallised of recent years into the form of a Christmas Congress, and when 120 players can be attracted to it, as was the case with the one under review, anything better would be hard to devise. With a wide stretch of sea just across the road from the tournament, as well as club, headquarters and the delightful winter climate of Hastings, chess can rarely be played under pleasanter conditions.

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