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
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=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
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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
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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
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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...
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