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Hastings 1936/37 Tournament

Alexander Alekhine8/9(+7 -0 =2)[games]
Reuben Fine7.5/9(+7 -1 =1)[games]
Erich Eliskases5.5/9(+3 -1 =5)[games]
Milan Vidmar4.5/9(+2 -2 =5)[games]
Movsa Feigin4.5/9(+3 -3 =3)[games]
Theodore Tylor3.5/9(+2 -4 =3)[games]
William Winter3.5/9(+2 -4 =3)[games]
Georges Koltanowski3/9(+1 -4 =4)[games]
Vera Menchik2.5/9(+0 -4 =5)[games]
George Thomas2.5/9(+1 -5 =3)[games]
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Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Hastings 1936/37

For the 17th renewal of hostilities at Hastings, from December 28, 1936 to January 6, 1937, the organizers brought in a former world champion and a top contender for the crown to lead the group of contestants. Alekhine was set on proving he was not a spent force, and got off to a great start. After seven rounds, he had 6.5 points and was three points clear of the field--except for Fine, who had won all seven. Their eighth round game was a nerve-wracker, and the more experienced Alekhine was the survivor. He then hung on to his lead when both players drew in the last round despite having good losing chances.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Pts 1 Alekhine * 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 8.0 2 Fine 0 * 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 3 Eliskases ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 5.5 4 Vidmar 0 ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 4.5 5 Feigin 0 0 ½ 1 * 0 1 1 ½ ½ 4.5 6 Tylor 0 0 0 ½ 1 * ½ 0 ½ 1 3.5 7 Winter 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ * 1 1 ½ 3.5 8 Koltanowski ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 * ½ ½ 3.0 9 Menchik 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ * 0 2.5 10 Thomas 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 * 2.5

Original collection: Game Collection: Hastings 1936/37, by User: Phony Benoni.

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 page 2 of 2; games 26-45 of 45  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
26. Alekhine vs G Thomas 1-0481937Hastings 1936/37D35 Queen's Gambit Declined
27. M Feigin vs Fine 0-1271937Hastings 1936/37E37 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
28. Koltanowski vs T Tylor  1-0301937Hastings 1936/37A47 Queen's Indian
29. Vidmar vs Menchik  ½-½361937Hastings 1936/37A70 Benoni, Classical with 7.Nf3
30. Eliskases vs W Winter 1-0511937Hastings 1936/37D51 Queen's Gambit Declined
31. Fine vs Koltanowski  1-0431937Hastings 1936/37E72 King's Indian
32. Menchik vs Eliskases ½-½421937Hastings 1936/37D52 Queen's Gambit Declined
33. G Thomas vs Vidmar  0-1591937Hastings 1936/37D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
34. T Tylor vs Alekhine 0-1301937Hastings 1936/37D47 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
35. W Winter vs M Feigin 0-1331937Hastings 1936/37D18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch
36. Alekhine vs Fine 1-0371937Hastings 1936/37C90 Ruy Lopez, Closed
37. W Winter vs Menchik  1-0271937Hastings 1936/37A32 English, Symmetrical Variation
38. Vidmar vs T Tylor  ½-½261937Hastings 1936/37E16 Queen's Indian
39. Koltanowski vs M Feigin  0-1441937Hastings 1936/37D05 Queen's Pawn Game
40. Eliskases vs G Thomas 1-0371937Hastings 1936/37C71 Ruy Lopez
41. Fine vs Vidmar  ½-½541937Hastings 1936/37D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
42. Koltanowski vs Alekhine ½-½441937Hastings 1936/37A47 Queen's Indian
43. Menchik vs M Feigin  ½-½431937Hastings 1936/37D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6
44. T Tylor vs Eliskases 0-1631937Hastings 1936/37B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen
45. G Thomas vs W Winter  ½-½351937Hastings 1936/37B57 Sicilian
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Kibitzer's Corner
Apr-10-13  JimNorCal: I believe that Sir G A Thomas won the previous year (3 way tie for first) but came in last this year.
Apr-10-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  Phony Benoni: <JimNorCal> That was two years previously: Hastings 1934/35 (1934). Of course, the field wasn't all that strong.
Apr-10-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <JimNorCal>: Thomas actually finished first equal two years before:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Ge...

Apr-10-13  JimNorCal: <Phony Benoni> and <perfidious>: Thanks for the correction. However...in terms of the strength of the field in the 34/35 Hastings, the wikipedia link says this: "[Thomas] shared first prize at the 1934/5 Hastings International Chess Congress with the next world chess champion Max Euwe and leading Czechoslovak player Salo Flohr, ahead of past and future world champions José Raúl Capablanca and Mikhail Botvinnik, whom he defeated in their individual games."

Yike! Euwe, Botvinnik, Capablanca...sounds strong to me!

Apr-10-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  perfidious: <JimNorCal> Glad you read the Wiki entry after I edited it, as Flohr had been listed as a Soviet national-which he did not become till after the German invasion, several years on.
Apr-10-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  Phony Benoni: <JimNorCal> I probably should have warned you that my sense of humor often tends toward understatement.
Apr-10-13
Premium Chessgames Member
  WannaBe: Boy, that's an understatement.

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