From 1920/21 through 2003/04, it was run in several sections. The highest (usually called the Premier) was an all-play-all (round robin) event in which several non-British masters mixed it up with the home contingent. The most important of the subsidiary events was the Premier Reserves, whose winner generally qualified for the next year's Premier.

In 2004/05, the top section was run on a knock-out basis; since then, it has been a large Swiss known as the Hastings Masters.

Generally, this index will link to game collections or tournament pages from the Premier Section of the Christmas Congress. Thanks to those collectors who have already started the good work of building the history of this event, particulary <suenteus po 147>,

Here are the Hastings collections built so far. As others come into existence, they will be added to this index.

1st (1920/21): Game Collection: Hastings 1920/21 (suenteus po 147)

2nd (1921/22): Game Collection: Hastings 1921/22 (suenteus po 147)

3rd (1922/23): Game Collection: Hastings 1922/23 (suenteus po 147)

4th (1923/24): Game Collection: Hastings 1923/24 (suenteus po 147)

5th (1924/25): Game Collection: Hastings 1924/25 (suenteus po 147)

6th (1925/26): Game Collection: Hastings 1925/26 (suenteus po 147) = Hastings 1925/26 (1925)

7th (1926/27): Game Collection: Hastings 1926/27 (suenteus po 147) = Hastings 1926/27 (1926)

8th (1927/28): Game Collection: Hastings 1927/28 (suenteus po 147) = Hastings 1927/28 (1927)

9th (1928/29): Game Collection: Hastings 1928/29 (suenteus po 147) = Hastings 1928/29 (1928)

10th (1929/30): Game Collection: Hastings 1929/30 (suenteus po 147) = Hastings 1929/30 (1929)

11th (1930/31): Game Collection: Hastings 1930/31 (suenteus po 147) = Hastings 1930/31 (1930)

12th (1931/32): Game Collection: Hastings 1931/32 (Phony Benoni)

13th (1932/33): Game Collection: Hastings 1932/33 (Phony Benoni)

14th (1933/34): Game Collection: Hastings 1933/34 (Phony Benoni) = Hastings 1933/34 (1933)

15th (1934/35): Game Collection: Hastings 1934/35 (Phony Benoni) = Hastings 1934/35 (1934)

16th (1935/36): Game Collection: Hastings 1935/36 (Phony Benoni)

17th (1936/37): Game Collection: Hastings 1936/37 (Phony Benoni) = Hastings 1936/37 (1936)

18th (1937/38): Game Collection: Hastings 1937/38 (sneaky pete) = Hastings 1937/38 (1937)

19th (1938/39): Game Collection: Hastings 1938/39 (sneaky pete) = Hastings 1938/39 (1938)

20th (1939/40): Game Collection: Hastings 1939/40 (Phony Benoni) = Hastings 1939/40 (1939)

21st (1945/46): Game Collection: Hastings 1945/46 (suenteus po 147)

22nd (1946/47): Game Collection: Hastings 1946/47 (Phony Benoni) = Hastings 1946/47 (1946)

23rd (1947/48): Game Collection: Hastings 1947/48 (Phony Benoni)

24th (1948/49): Game Collection: Hastings 1948/49 (suenteus po 147)

25th (1949/50): Game Collection: Hastings 1949/50 (suenteus po 147)

26th (1950/51): Game Collection: Hastings 1950/51 (suenteus po 147)

27th (1951/52): Game Collection: Hastings 1951/52 (suenteus po 147)

28th (1952/53): Game Collection: Hastings 1952/53 (Phony Benoni) = Hastings 1952/53 (1952)

29th (1953/54): Game Collection: Hastings 1953/54 (suenteus po 147)

30th (1954/55): Game Collection: Hastings 1954/55 (suenteus po 147) = Hastings 1954/55 (1954)

31st (1955/56): Game Collection: Hastings 1955/56 (suenteus po 147)

32nd (1956/57): Game Collection: Hastings 1956/57 (suenteus po 147) = Hastings 1956/57 (1956)

33rd (1957/58): Game Collection: Hastings 1957/58 (suenteus po 147) = Hastings 1957/58 (1957)

34th (1958/59): Game Collection: Hastings 1958/59 (Phony Benoni) = Hastings 1958/59 (1958)

35th (1959/60): Game Collection: Hastings 1959/60 (suenteus po 147)

36th (1960/61): Game Collection: Hastings 1960/61 (Phony Benoni)

37th (1961/62): Game Collection: Hastings 1961/62 (suenteus po 147)

38th (1962/63): Game Collection: Hastings 1962/63 (suenteus po 147)

39th (1963/64): Game Collection: Hastings 1963/64 (suenteus po 147)

40th (1964/65):

41st (1965/66):

42nd (1966/67): Game Collection: Hastings 1966/67 (suenteus po 147)

43rd (1967/68): Game Collection: Hastings 1967/68 (suenteus po 147)

44th (1968/69): Game Collection: Hastings 1968/69 (suenteus po 147)

45th (1969/70):

46th (1970/71): Game Collection: Hastings 1970/71 (suenteus po 147)

47th (1971/72): Game Collection: Hastings 1971/72 (suenteus po 147) = Hastings 1971/72 (1971)

48th (1972/73):

49th (1973/74): Game Collection: Hastings 1973/74 (suenteus po 147)

50th (1974/75):

51st (1975/76):

52nd (1976/77):

53rd (1977/78): Game Collection: Hastings 1977/78 (suenteus po 147)

54th (1978/79):

55th (1979/80):

56th (1980/81):

57th (1981/82):

58th (1982/83):

59th (1983/84):

60th (1984/85):

61st (1985/86):

62nd (1986/87):

63rd (1987/88):

64th (1988/89):

65th (1989/90):

66th (1990/91):

67th (1991/92):

68th (1992/93): Game Collection: Hastings 1992/93 (suenteus po 147)

69th (1993/94):

70th (1994/95):

71st (1995/96):

72nd (1996/97):

73rd (1997/98): Game Collection: Hastings Premier 1997/8 (protean) = Hastings 1997/98 (1997)

74th (1998/99): Game Collection: Hastings Premier 1998/9 (protean) = Hastings 1998/99 (1998)

75th (1999/2000):

76th (2000/01): Game Collection: Hastings 2000/01 (Phony Benoni) = Hastings 2000/01 (2000)

77th (2001/02): Game Collection: Hastings Premier 2001/2 (protean)

78th (2002/03): Hastings 2002 (2002)

79th (2003/04): Hastings (2003))

80th (2004/05):

81st (2005/06): Hastings Chess Congress (2006)

82nd (2006/07): Hastings Chess Congress (2007)

83rd (2007/08): 83rd Hastings Chess Congress (2008)

84th (2008/09): Hastings Chess Congress (2009)

85th (2009/10): Hastings Chess Congress (2010)

86th (2010/11):

87th (2011/12): Hastings Congress 2011-2012 (2011)

88th (2012/13): Hastings Chess Congress (2012)

Finally, here are several major events held in Hastings which are generally known as "Summer Congresses":

1895: Game Collection: Hastings 1895 (Benzol) = Hastings (1895)

1919: Game Collection: Hastings 1919 (Phony Benoni) = Hastings (1919)

1922: Game Collection: Hastings 1922 (suenteus po 147) = Hastings (1922)