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Hastings (1919) The 12th BCF "Special Victory" Congress, held at Hastings from August 11-23, 1919, was not part of the the series of Hastings Christmas Congresses which began in 1920/21. However, it did provide the opportunity for some international action following the Great War with the usual British suspects being joined by several representatives from foreign lands: Jose Raul Capablanca; Harold Godfrey Cole; Adrian Garcia Conde; Borislav Kostic; Max Marchand; Reginald Pryce Michell; Adolf Georg Olland; Roland Henry Vaughan Scott; George Alan Thomas; Victor Lionel Wahltuch; William Winter; Fred Dewhirst Yates. The big attraction was Capablanca in his first European tourament in five years. Any thoughts that the supposed lack of first-class practice might have left the Cuban rusty were emphatically destroyed, as he conceded a draw to Kostic while sweeping the rest of the tournament with consummate ease. OK, it wasn't that easy; he had to keep winning since Kostic was nipping at his heels the whole way. And there was that incredible blip in round 4 against Thomas, who resigned in a drawn position after Capablanca missed a simple win (well, simple later!). See Capablanca vs G A Thomas, 1919 for the details. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 1 Capablanca * ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10.5 2 Kostic ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.5 3 Thomas 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 7.0 4 Yates 0 0 ½ * ½ 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 7.0 5 Wahltuch 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 5.5 6 Michell 0 0 ½ 0 0 * 0 1 1 1 1 1 5.5 7 Scott 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 1 1 0 ½ 4.5 8 Olland 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 * 0 1 1 1 4.5 9 Marchand 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 * 0 1 1 4.0 10 Conde 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 0 1 * 0 1 3.5 11 Winter 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 * 0 3.0 12 Cole 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 * 1.5 The following games were not available: Round 2, Game #8: Kostic 1 Michell Round 4, Game #24: Marchand 1 Winter Round 6, Game #36: Cole 0 Olland Round 8, Game #46: Thomas 1/2 Michell Round 8, Game #48: Winter 1 Scott Round 9, Game #53: Conde 1/2 Thomas Round 9, Game #54: Scott 1/2 Cole Round 10, Game #60: Winter 1 Conde Round 11, Game #66: Conde 0 Scott This collection made use of a PGN file of games from PGN Mentor, http://www.pgnmentor.com/. Thanks to <TheFocus> for supplying round dates. Original collection: Game Collection: Hastings 1919, by User: Phony Benoni.  page 2 of 3; games 26-50 of 57  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 26. R P Michell vs Yates 0-1 58 1919 Hastings C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 27. B Kostic vs Olland   1-0 28 1919 Hastings D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 28. A G Conde vs V L Wahltuch 1-0 23 1919 Hastings C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 29. Yates vs A G Conde 1-0 28 1919 Hastings C66 Ruy Lopez 30. V L Wahltuch vs B Kostic   ½-½ 35 1919 Hastings D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 31. G A Thomas vs W Winter 1-0 47 1919 Hastings B16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation 32. M Marchand vs R P Michell 0-1 38 1919 Hastings C49 Four Knights 33. Capablanca vs R Scott 1-0 27 1919 Hastings D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 34. R Scott vs G A Thomas 0-1 56 1919 Hastings D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 35. Olland vs V L Wahltuch   1-0 41 1919 Hastings C87 Ruy Lopez 36. R P Michell vs Capablanca 0-1 54 1919 Hastings C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O 37. B Kostic vs Yates   1-0 59 1919 Hastings D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 38. A G Conde vs M Marchand   1-0 50 1919 Hastings B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 39. H G Cole vs W Winter 1-0 33 1919 Hastings B16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation 40. Capablanca vs A G Conde 1-0 46 1919 Hastings C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 41. M Marchand vs B Kostic 0-1 68 1919 Hastings C48 Four Knights 42. V L Wahltuch vs H G Cole 1-0 46 1919 Hastings D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 43. Yates vs Olland   1-0 27 1919 Hastings C42 Petrov Defense 44. V L Wahltuch vs Yates   ½-½ 28 1919 Hastings D60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 45. Olland vs M Marchand   0-1 63 1919 Hastings C66 Ruy Lopez 46. R P Michell vs W Winter   1-0 22 1919 Hastings A52 Budapest Gambit 47. B Kostic vs Capablanca ½-½ 54 1919 Hastings D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 48. G A Thomas vs B Kostic   ½-½ 40 1919 Hastings C42 Petrov Defense 49. R Scott vs R P Michell 1-0 38 1919 Hastings D02 Queen's Pawn Game 50. M Marchand vs V L Wahltuch   1-0 64 1919 Hastings C48 Four Knights  page 2 of 3; games 26-50 of 57    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Oct-26-14    MissScarlett: <Antique Chess Medal - Fob Engraved For Capablanca 1919. 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