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The 38th Hastings Christmas Congress was held from December 27, 1962 to January 5, 1963. Chief among the competitors were grandmasters Alexander Kotov, Svetozar Gligoric, and former World Champion Vasily Smyslov, a last moment replacement for ... [more]
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Player: Drazen Marovic
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Feb-09-14
 | | Phony Benoni: As stated in the introduction, the reason Spassky as replaced by Smyslov is unclear. Illness or fatigue are perfectly plausible, but it would be naïve to dismiss the possibility of disciplinary action by Soviet authorities. The fact that Spassky did not play abroad again until the Amsterdam Interzonal in May, 1964, could be signficant. Can somebody shed more light on this situation? |
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Jan-05-18
 | | offramp: Just after this tournament started Britain was hit by a famous cold spell.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winte.... It was the start of the coldest winter since 1814. n January 1963 the sea froze for a mile out from shore at Herne Bay, Kent, which is only 50 miles from Hastings. It is no wonder that Tan Hoan Liong, staring out the window at the 20 feet deep snowdrifts, the sleet pouring down from low, angry clouds, his feet and hands like four blocks of ice, suffered a mental breakdown and never played chess again. |
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| Jan-05-18 | | WorstPlayerEver: <offramp>
Never heard of this guy. I am Dutch and a quick read made clear he was probably one of the best talents the Dutch ever had. But he was Indonesian, so they burnt his scoresheets of the Dutch Championship '61 and succeeded in breaking every nerve in his system. The traditional Dutch approach regarded to guys who are less average than them (which counts for most people on this planet btw). Useless to say the Dutch were pretty irritated they just lost their colony Indonesia. |
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Mar-08-19
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The snow is billowing down on Hastings beaches.
Tan Liong is cracking splinters of ice from his pieces,
The half-grown icicles looking down like accusers,
The players in thick coats, shivering at the table,
Salo Flohr freezing, shockeling in his echt sable,
A pair of knights stuck to their home squares like frozen horses,
And everyone, everyone coughing and sneezing! |
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Mar-08-19
 | | Sally Simpson: Hi. Phony Benoni,
Your question about Smyslov replacing Spassky.
"Andrew Soltis also mentions this game in his book "Soviet Chess: 1917-1991" (p251 hbk): "After Spassky lost a highly publicised game to the American William Lombardy on first board in the 1960 Student Olympiad he was left of the 1961 team and was eventually suspended from foreign travel three times. He was replaced at the last minute as a Soviet invitee to Hastings 1962-1963 -- a typical Sports Committee humiliation." Spassky vs Lombardy, 1960 (kibitz #12) ---
Hi Offramp,
I remember that 1963 Winter. It produced a trivial pursuit football question about the most postponements. Airdrie v Stranraer was postponed 33 times. |
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