30th Hastings chess tournament :: Hastings 1954/1955

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Crosstable

pos. name flag 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 pts + = -
1.-2. Smyslov, Vassily URS ● ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 7 5 4 0
1.-2. Keres, Paul URS ½ ● 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 6 2 1
3.-5. Fuderer, Andrija YUG 0 1 ● 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 5½ 4 3 2
3.-5. Pachman, Luděk CZE ½ ½ 0 ● ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 5½ 3 5 1
3.-5. Szábo, László HUN 0 0 1 ½ ● ½ ½ 1 1 1 5½ 4 3 2
6. Unzicker, Wolfgang GER 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ● ½ 1 1 1 5 3 4 2
7. Alexander, Conel Hughes ENG ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ● ½ 1 1 4½ 2 5 2
8. Donner, Jan NED ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ● 1 ½ 2½ 1 3 5
9. Fairhurst, William Albert SCO 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ● 1 1½ 1 1 7
10. Phillips, Alan ENG 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ● 1 0 2 7




Round by round results

1st round — 29th December 1954 - 2nd January 1955
Donner, Jan NED 0 - 1 HUN Szábo, László
Fuderer, Andrija YUG ½ - ½ SCO Fairhurst, William Albert
Pachman, Luděk CZE 1 - 0 ENG Alexander, Conel Hughes
Phillips, Alan ENG 0 - 1 GER Unzicker, Wolfgang
Keres, Paul URS ½ - ½ URS Smyslov, Vassily
1.-3. Pachman, Szábo, Unzicker — 1; 4.-7. Smyslov, Keres, Fuderer, Fairhurst — ½; 8.-10. Alexander, Donner, Phillips — 0;



2nd round — 30th December 1954 - 2nd January 1955
Alexander, Conel Hughes ENG 1 - 0 ENG Phillips, Alan
Fairhurst, William Albert SCO 0 - 1 NED Donner, Jan
Smyslov, Vassily URS 1 - 0 YUG Fuderer, Andrija
Szábo, László HUN ½ - ½ CZE Pachman, Luděk
Unzicker, Wolfgang GER 0 - 1 URS Keres, Paul
1.-4. Smyslov, Keres, Pachman, Szábo — 1½; 5.-7. Unzicker, Alexander, Donner — 1; 8.-9. Fuderer, Fairhurst — ½; 10. Phillips — 0;



3rd round — 31st December 1954
Donner, Jan NED ½ - ½ URS Smyslov, Vassily
Fuderer, Andrija YUG ½ - ½ GER Unzicker, Wolfgang
Keres, Paul URS 1 - 0 ENG Alexander, Conel Hughes
Pachman, Luděk CZE ½ - ½ ENG Phillips, Alan
Szábo, László HUN 1 - 0 SCO Fairhurst, William Albert
1.-2. Keres, Szábo — 2½; 3.-4. Smyslov, Pachman — 2; 5.-6. Unzicker, Donner — 1½; 7.-8. Fuderer, Alexander — 1; 9.-10. Fairhurst, Phillips — ½;



4th round — 1st January 1955
Alexander, Conel Hughes ENG ½ - ½ YUG Fuderer, Andrija
Fairhurst, William Albert SCO 0 - 1 CZE Pachman, Luděk
Phillips, Alan ENG 0 - 1 URS Keres, Paul
Smyslov, Vassily URS 1 - 0 HUN Szábo, László
Unzicker, Wolfgang GER 1 - 0 NED Donner, Jan
1. Keres — 3½; 2.-3. Smyslov, Pachman — 3; 4.-5. Szábo, Unzicker — 2½; 6.-8. Fuderer, Alexander, Donner — 1½; 9.-10. Fairhurst, Phillips — ½;



5th round — 3rd January 1955
Donner, Jan NED ½ - ½ ENG Alexander, Conel Hughes
Fairhurst, William Albert SCO 0 - 1 URS Smyslov, Vassily
Fuderer, Andrija YUG 1 - 0 ENG Phillips, Alan
Pachman, Luděk CZE ½ - ½ URS Keres, Paul
Szábo, László HUN ½ - ½ GER Unzicker, Wolfgang
1.-2. Smyslov, Keres — 4; 3. Pachman — 3½; 4.-5. Szábo, Unzicker — 3; 6. Fuderer — 2½; 7.-8. Alexander, Donner — 2; 9.-10. Fairhurst, Phillips — ½;



6th round — 4th January 1955
Alexander, Conel Hughes ENG ½ - ½ HUN Szábo, László
Keres, Paul URS 0 - 1 YUG Fuderer, Andrija
Phillips, Alan ENG ½ - ½ NED Donner, Jan
Smyslov, Vassily URS ½ - ½ CZE Pachman, Luděk
Unzicker, Wolfgang GER 1 - 0 SCO Fairhurst, William Albert
1. Smyslov — 4½; 2.-4. Keres, Pachman, Unzicker — 4; 5.-6. Fuderer, Szábo — 3½; 7.-8. Alexander, Donner — 2½; 9. Phillips — 1; 10. Fairhurst — ½;



7th round — 5th January 1955
Donner, Jan NED 0 - 1 URS Keres, Paul
Fairhurst, William Albert SCO 0 - 1 ENG Alexander, Conel Hughes
Pachman, Luděk CZE 0 - 1 YUG Fuderer, Andrija
Smyslov, Vassily URS 1 - 0 GER Unzicker, Wolfgang
Szábo, László HUN 1 - 0 ENG Phillips, Alan
1. Smyslov — 5½; 2. Keres — 5; 3.-4. Fuderer, Szábo — 4½; 5.-6. Pachman, Unzicker — 4; 7. Alexander — 3½; 8. Donner — 2½; 9. Phillips — 1; 10. Fairhurst — ½;



8th round — 6th January 1955
Alexander, Conel Hughes ENG ½ - ½ URS Smyslov, Vassily
Fuderer, Andrija YUG 1 - 0 NED Donner, Jan
Keres, Paul URS 1 - 0 HUN Szábo, László
Phillips, Alan ENG 0 - 1 SCO Fairhurst, William Albert
Unzicker, Wolfgang GER ½ - ½ CZE Pachman, Luděk
1.-2. Smyslov, Keres — 6; 3. Fuderer — 5½; 4.-6. Pachman, Szábo, Unzicker — 4½; 7. Alexander — 4; 8. Donner — 2½; 9. Fairhurst — 1½; 10. Phillips — 1;



9th round — 7th January 1955
Donner, Jan NED 0 - 1 CZE Pachman, Luděk
Fairhurst, William Albert SCO 0 - 1 URS Keres, Paul
Smyslov, Vassily URS 1 - 0 ENG Phillips, Alan
Szábo, László HUN 1 - 0 YUG Fuderer, Andrija
Unzicker, Wolfgang GER ½ - ½ ENG Alexander, Conel Hughes
1.-2. Smyslov, Keres — 7; 3.-5. Fuderer, Pachman, Szábo — 5½; 6. Unzicker — 5; 7. Alexander — 4½; 8. Donner — 2½; 9. Fairhurst — 1½; 10. Phillips — 1;







Information

30th Hastings chess tournament
Dates: 29th December 1954 - 7th January 1955
City: Hastings (England)
Venue: Sun Lounge, St Leonards
Organizers: Hastings Chess Club
Chief Arbiter:
Players participating: 10
Games played: 45
Competition format: RR
Tie-breaks: none
Time control:
Website: BritBase
PGN game file: hastings-1954.pgn





Tournament Review

n.b. there are discrepancies between the crosstable given in CHESS (Vol.20 No.238, p185) and the scores for this tournament in BCM (February 1955, p69). CHESS shows Lloyd as drawing with Gray but we have a game score of Lloyd losing that game and the comment in BCM that Gray was the only unbeaten player, making seven draws. There is the result of the game Gray-Sales marked 'x' in the CHESS crosstable in one place and '½' in the other, which makes no sense. I have done my best to make sense of these discrepancies as shown above. EDIT: I've just found the correction (CHESS, Vol.20 No.239, p203) which confirms that Ken Lloyd lost to Gray who drew with Tidmarsh. This corroborates my interpretation of the crosstable.

Source: BritBase viewer page.