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Hastings 1979/80 The Premier tournament of the 55th Hastings Chess Congress was held in the White Rock Pavilion, Hastings, England from 28 December 1979 to 14 January 1980. Rest days: 1, 7 and 13 January. Ulf Andersson and John Nunn shared the victory with 10/15, and the 14-year-old Nigel Short took his 3rd IM norm. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 —————————————————————————————————————————————————————— =1 Andersson • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 10 =1 Nunn ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 10 3 Makarichev ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 9 =4 Giorgadze ½ ½ ½ • ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 8½ =4 Lein ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ 0 0 0 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 8½ =4 Speelman ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ • 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 8½ =7 Christiansen 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 • 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 8 =7 Liberzon ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 • 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 8 =7 Short 1 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 1 • ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 8 =7 Stean ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 8 11 Seirawan 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ • 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 7½ 12 Raicevic 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 • 1 1 0 1 7 13 Biyiasas 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 • 1 0 1 6½ =14 Mestel 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 0 0 • 1 1 5 =14 Zilber 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 • ½ 5 16 Bellin ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ • 2½ —————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Luismar Jorge de Brito won the Challengers tournament with 8/10. Game dates Round 01: Friday 28 December Round 02: Saturday 29 December Round 03: Sunday 30 December Round 04: Monday 31 December ----------- Round 05: Wednesday 2 January Round 06: Thursday 3 January Round 07: Friday 4 January Round 08: Saturday 5 January Round 09: Sunday 6 January ----------- Round 10: Tuesday 8 January Round 11: Wednesday 9 January Round 12: Thursday 10 January Round 13: Friday 11 January Round 14: Saturday 12 January ----------- Round 15: Monday 14 January Sources BritBase: http://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/has... Gino Di Felice, Chess Results, 1978-1980, page 233. Dutch newspapers at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten. British newspapers at https://www.britishnewspaperarchive... Jaque 99, March 1980, pp. 5-9: https://www.olimpbase.org/leagueES/... Kenneth Whyld in El Ajedrez, March 1980, pp. 117-121: http://www.historiadelajedrezespano... Previous: Hastings (1978/79). Next: Hastings (1980/81)  page 4 of 5; games 76-100 of 120  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 76. Seirawan vs J Mestel 1-0 28 1980 Hastings 1979/80 A10 English 77. A Lein vs V Raicevic   1-0 25 1980 Hastings 1979/80 A13 English 78. R Bellin vs M Stean   0-1 63 1980 Hastings 1979/80 B20 Sicilian 79. T Georgadze vs Andersson   ½-½ 11 1980 Hastings 1979/80 E00 Queen's Pawn Game 80. S Makarichev vs V Liberzon   ½-½ 14 1980 Hastings 1979/80 A15 English 81. Andersson vs R Bellin   ½-½ 49 1980 Hastings 1979/80 A04 Reti Opening 82. L Christiansen vs Seirawan   ½-½ 13 1980 Hastings 1979/80 A30 English, Symmetrical 83. Nunn vs I Zilber 1-0 41 1980 Hastings 1979/80 B10 Caro-Kann 84. M Stean vs Short   ½-½ 33 1980 Hastings 1979/80 A34 English, Symmetrical 85. V Liberzon vs Speelman   1-0 41 1980 Hastings 1979/80 B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 86. J Mestel vs A Lein   ½-½ 20 1980 Hastings 1979/80 C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD) 87. P Biyiasas vs S Makarichev   ½-½ 42 1980 Hastings 1979/80 A05 Reti Opening 88. V Raicevic vs T Georgadze   ½-½ 86 1980 Hastings 1979/80 C41 Philidor Defense 89. Short vs Andersson 1-0 73 1980 Hastings 1979/80 B50 Sicilian 90. A Lein vs L Christiansen   0-1 56 1980 Hastings 1979/80 A17 English 91. Seirawan vs Nunn   ½-½ 27 1980 Hastings 1979/80 A28 English 92. Speelman vs P Biyiasas   0-1 37 1980 Hastings 1979/80 E61 King's Indian 93. T Georgadze vs R Bellin   1-0 44 1980 Hastings 1979/80 C77 Ruy Lopez 94. S Makarichev vs M Stean   ½-½ 34 1980 Hastings 1979/80 B50 Sicilian 95. V Raicevic vs J Mestel   1-0 37 1980 Hastings 1979/80 E70 King's Indian 96. I Zilber vs V Liberzon   ½-½ 49 1980 Hastings 1979/80 E96 King's Indian, Orthodox, 7...Nbd7, Main line 97. L Christiansen vs V Raicevic   0-1 84 1980 Hastings 1979/80 D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 98. Nunn vs A Lein   ½-½ 18 1980 Hastings 1979/80 C55 Two Knights Defense 99. R Bellin vs Short   ½-½ 11 1980 Hastings 1979/80 A05 Reti Opening 100. M Stean vs Speelman   ½-½ 24 1980 Hastings 1979/80 A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto  page 4 of 5; games 76-100 of 120    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)     There is no kibitzing for this page, yet.   NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. 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