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Hastings 1972/73 The Premier tournament of the 48th Hastings Chess Congress was held in Falaise Hall, White Rock Gardens, Hastings, England from 27 December 1972 to 13 January 1973. Rest days: 1, 8 & 12 January. At the opening ceremony, James D Slater offered £5000 to the next British player to become a Grandmaster. Hartston fell half a point short of a GM norm after losing in the last two rounds to Wolfgang Uhlmann and Bent Larsen. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 ———————————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 Larsen • 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11½ 2 Uhlmann 1 • 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 11 3 Hartston 0 0 • ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 9½ 4 Hort ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 9 =5 Tukmakov ½ ½ 0 ½ • ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 8½ =5 Radulov 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ • 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 8½ =5 Browne 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 • ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 8½ 8 Westerinen ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ • 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 8 9 Smyslov 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 • ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 7½ 10 Barcza 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ • 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 7 =11 Andersson 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 • ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 6½ =11 Rajkovic 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ • 1 ½ ½ 1 6½ 13 Stean 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 • 1 ½ ½ 5½ =14 Wade 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 • ½ 1 4½ =14 Eley 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ • 1 4½ 16 Mestel 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 • 3½ ———————————————————————————————————————————————————— Ludwig Rellstab and Edward Formanek shared victory in the Challengers tournament. Game dates Round 01: Wednesday 27 December Round 02: Thursday 28 December (Browne vs Rajkovic: 8 January) Round 03: Friday 29 December Round 04: Saturday 30 December Round 05: Sunday 31 December ----------- Round 06: Tuesday 2 January 1973 Round 07: Wednesday 3 January (Radulov vs Hort: 8 January) Round 08: Thursday 4 January Round 09: Friday 5 January Round 10: Saturday 6 January Round 11: Sunday 7 January ----------- Round 12: Tuesday 9 January Round 13: Wednesday 10 January Round 14: Thursday 11 January ----------- Round 15: Saturday 13 January Sources BritBase: http://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/has... Gino Di Felice, Chess Results, 1971-1974, page 202. Birmingham Daily Post at https://www.britishnewspaperarchive... Previous: Hastings (1971/72). Next: Hastings (1973/74)  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 56  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. D Rajkovic vs Smyslov ½-½ 49 1972 Hastings 1972/73 B06 Robatsch 2. Andersson vs Hort   ½-½ 24 1972 Hastings 1972/73 A10 English 3. Westerinen vs Barcza   ½-½ 33 1972 Hastings 1972/73 B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 4. I Radulov vs R G Wade   ½-½ 35 1972 Hastings 1972/73 B15 Caro-Kann 5. J Mestel vs Browne   ½-½ 42 1972 Hastings 1972/73 B87 Sicilian, Fischer-Sozin with ...a6 and ...b5 6. Barcza vs R G Wade   ½-½ 41 1972 Hastings 1972/73 A41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6) 7. Smyslov vs W Hartston ½-½ 18 1972 Hastings 1972/73 A36 English 8. Uhlmann vs I Radulov   ½-½ 27 1972 Hastings 1972/73 D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 9. J Mestel vs Westerinen   ½-½ 30 1972 Hastings 1972/73 C50 Giuoco Piano 10. W Hartston vs Browne   ½-½ 24 1972 Hastings 1972/73 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 11. M Stean vs Smyslov   ½-½ 18 1972 Hastings 1972/73 C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation 12. Barcza vs Uhlmann   ½-½ 42 1972 Hastings 1972/73 D79 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O, Main line 13. Browne vs M Stean ½-½ 70 1972 Hastings 1972/73 B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 14. Tukmakov vs I Radulov   ½-½ 28 1972 Hastings 1972/73 B61 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Larsen Variation, 7.Qd2 15. Hort vs W Hartston   ½-½ 33 1972 Hastings 1972/73 A45 Queen's Pawn Game 16. Andersson vs J Mestel   ½-½ 38 1972 Hastings 1972/73 A04 Reti Opening 17. Smyslov vs B Eley   ½-½ 59 1972 Hastings 1972/73 A27 English, Three Knights System 18. Westerinen vs D Rajkovic   ½-½ 30 1972 Hastings 1972/73 B58 Sicilian 19. I Radulov vs Smyslov   ½-½ 18 1972 Hastings 1972/73 C45 Scotch Game 20. D Rajkovic vs Andersson   ½-½ 43 1972 Hastings 1972/73 E00 Queen's Pawn Game 21. J Mestel vs Barcza   ½-½ 41 1972 Hastings 1972/73 B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 22. M Stean vs Hort ½-½ 65 1972 Hastings 1972/73 B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack 23. Tukmakov vs Uhlmann   ½-½ 25 1973 Hastings 1972/73 C09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line 24. B Larsen vs Tukmakov   ½-½ 41 1973 Hastings 1972/73 E63 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Panno Variation 25. B Eley vs Westerinen   ½-½ 50 1973 Hastings 1972/73 C02 French, Advance  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 56    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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