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Hastings Tournament

Jose Raul Capablanca10.5/11(+10 -0 =1)[games]
Borislav Kostic9.5/11(+8 -0 =3)[games]
Fred Dewhirst Yates7/11(+6 -3 =2)[games]
George Thomas6/9(+4 -1 =4)[games]
Victor Wahltuch5.5/11(+4 -4 =3)[games]
Reginald Michell5/10(+5 -5 =0)[games]
Adolf Georg Olland3.5/10(+3 -6 =1)[games]
Roland Scott3/8(+3 -5 =0)[games]
Adrian Garcia Conde3/8(+3 -5 =0)[games]
Max Marchand3/10(+3 -7 =0)[games]
William Winter1/8(+1 -7 =0)[games]
Harold Cole1/9(+1 -8 =0)[games]

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
Hastings (1919)

The 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 Scott George Alan Thomas Victor Wahltuch William Winter Fred Dewhirst Yates.

The big attraction was Capablanca in his first European tournament 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 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

Original collection: Game Collection: Hastings 1919, by User: Phony Benoni.

 page 2 of 3; games 26-50 of 58  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
26. G Thomas vs H G Cole  1-0721919HastingsC42 Petrov Defense
27. R Michell vs Yates 0-1581919HastingsC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
28. A G Conde vs V Wahltuch 1-0231919HastingsC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
29. R Scott vs M Marchand 1-0401919HastingsB32 Sicilian
30. M Marchand vs R Michell 0-1381919HastingsC49 Four Knights
31. Yates vs A G Conde 1-0281919HastingsC66 Ruy Lopez
32. G Thomas vs W Winter 1-0471919HastingsB16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation
33. Capablanca vs R Scott 1-0271919HastingsD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
34. V Wahltuch vs Kostic  ½-½351919HastingsD37 Queen's Gambit Declined
35. A G Conde vs M Marchand  1-0501919HastingsB74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical
36. R Michell vs Capablanca 0-1541919HastingsC72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O
37. Olland vs V Wahltuch  1-0411919HastingsC87 Ruy Lopez
38. R Scott vs G Thomas 0-1561919HastingsD30 Queen's Gambit Declined
39. Kostic vs Yates  1-0591919HastingsD63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
40. H G Cole vs W Winter 1-0331919HastingsB16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation
41. M Marchand vs Kostic 0-1681919HastingsC48 Four Knights
42. V Wahltuch vs H G Cole 1-0461919HastingsD10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
43. Yates vs Olland  1-0271919HastingsC42 Petrov Defense
44. Capablanca vs A G Conde 1-0461919HastingsC79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred
45. Kostic vs Capablanca ½-½541919HastingsD63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
46. R Michell vs W Winter  1-0221919HastingsA52 Budapest Gambit
47. Olland vs M Marchand  0-1631919HastingsC66 Ruy Lopez
48. V Wahltuch vs Yates  ½-½281919HastingsD60 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
49. H G Cole vs Yates  0-1401919HastingsC84 Ruy Lopez, Closed
50. M Marchand vs V Wahltuch  1-0641919HastingsC48 Four Knights
 page 2 of 3; games 26-50 of 58  PGN Download
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