| Hastings 1945/46 |
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In the wake of the World War, the chess club at Hastings reorganized their year-end 21st Congress to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Hastings (1895). The master section was also intended as a warm-up for London A (1946) and London-B (1946). The Russians had been invited but did not turn up. The World Champion Alexander Alekhine was not invited due to alleged Nazi sympathies. The Czechoslovak champion Karel Opocensky arrived two days late. There was no play scheduled on Sundays, and no double rounds. Euwe vs Sergeant was played on Sunday, January 6, as Euwe during rounds 6 and 7 went to see his sister who was coming home after four years as a prisoner in a Japanese internment camp in Java. Controller of play was Arthur John Mackenzie. The unknown Swede Ekström made an outstanding run with 9/11, but the loss to Tartakower in round 5 proved decisive. Some reporters thought that Tartakower now had captured the world crown, but this picture soon changed.
Hastings, 28 December 1945 - 9 January 1946
Age 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2
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1 Tartakower 58 • 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 9½
2 Ekström 39 0 • 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9
=3 Euwe 44 1 0 • ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 7
=3 Denker 31 0 0 ½ • 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 7
=3 Steiner 40 0 1 ½ 0 • 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 7
6 Aitken 37 0 0 0 ½ 0 • ½ 1 1 1 1 1 6
7 Prins 32 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ • 1 1 ½ 1 0 5
8 Thomas 64 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 • 0 1 ½ 1 4
9 Christoffel 23 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 1 • 0 0 1 3½
10 Mieses 80 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 • ½ ½ 3
=11 Sergeant 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ • ½ 2½
=11 Devos 34 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ • 2½
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Tournament book: Weerzien der schaakmeesters. De wedstrijd te Hastings 1945-46 by Hans Kmoch & Lodewijk Prins (Amsterdam 1946. 95 pp.). Photo of Mieses vs Tartakower (Round 1): http://www.chesshistory.com/winter/...
Original collections: Game Collection: Hastings 1945/46 by User: suenteus po 147 and Game Collection: Hastings 1945/46 by User: Tabanus.
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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. M Christoffel vs G Thomas |
| 1-0 | 43 | 1945 | Hastings 1945/46 | C72 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O |
| 2. H Steiner vs P Devos |
 | 1-0 | 16 | 1945 | Hastings 1945/46 | D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav |
| 3. L Prins vs E G Sergeant |
| 1-0 | 59 | 1945 | Hastings 1945/46 | C71 Ruy Lopez |
| 4. H Steiner vs E G Sergeant |
| 1-0 | 38 | 1945 | Hastings 1945/46 | D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense |
| 5. M Christoffel vs H Steiner |
 | 1-0 | 45 | 1946 | Hastings 1945/46 | C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall |
| 6. F Ekstrom vs J Mieses |
| 1-0 | 28 | 1946 | Hastings 1945/46 | D08 Queen's Gambit Declined, Albin Counter Gambit |
| 7. Euwe vs P Devos |
| 1-0 | 35 | 1946 | Hastings 1945/46 | D28 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical |
| 8. J M Aitken vs M Christoffel |
| 1-0 | 36 | 1946 | Hastings 1945/46 | C02 French, Advance |
| 9. Tartakower vs F Ekstrom |
| 1-0 | 35 | 1946 | Hastings 1945/46 | B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen |
| 10. G Thomas vs P Devos |
| 1-0 | 28 | 1946 | Hastings 1945/46 | A07 King's Indian Attack |
| 11. Denker vs H Steiner |
| 1-0 | 37 | 1946 | Hastings 1945/46 | A13 English |
| 12. Tartakower vs M Christoffel |
| 1-0 | 53 | 1946 | Hastings 1945/46 | A40 Queen's Pawn Game |
| 13. F Ekstrom vs Euwe |
| 1-0 | 80 | 1946 | Hastings 1945/46 | C47 Four Knights |
| 14. H Steiner vs J M Aitken |
| 1-0 | 41 | 1946 | Hastings 1945/46 | D64 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox, Rubinstein Attack |
| 15. F Ekstrom vs G Thomas |
| 1-0 | 36 | 1946 | Hastings 1945/46 | D55 Queen's Gambit Declined |
| 16. Denker vs J Mieses |
| 1-0 | 17 | 1946 | Hastings 1945/46 | B45 Sicilian, Taimanov |
| 17. Euwe vs E G Sergeant |
| 1-0 | 51 | 1946 | Hastings 1945/46 | D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense |
| 18. F Ekstrom vs E G Sergeant |
| 1-0 | 35 | 1946 | Hastings 1945/46 | A08 King's Indian Attack |
| 19. J M Aitken vs G Thomas |
| 1-0 | 30 | 1946 | Hastings 1945/46 | C71 Ruy Lopez |
| 20. Tartakower vs Denker |
| 1-0 | 62 | 1946 | Hastings 1945/46 | B58 Sicilian |
| 21. J M Aitken vs J Mieses |
| 1-0 | 52 | 1946 | Hastings 1945/46 | B01 Scandinavian |
| 22. E G Sergeant vs M Christoffel |
| 1-0 | 50 | 1946 | Hastings 1945/46 | B02 Alekhine's Defense |
| 23. F Ekstrom vs L Prins |
| 1-0 | 36 | 1946 | Hastings 1945/46 | E60 King's Indian Defense |
| 24. Tartakower vs J M Aitken |
| 1-0 | 29 | 1946 | Hastings 1945/46 | D02 Queen's Pawn Game |
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| Jun-03-14 | | Wyatt Gwyon: Not bad at all for a guy pushing 60. |
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Dec-24-14
 | | FSR: <the Czechoslovak champion Karel Opocensky arrived two days late> Damn it! If only he had played in the Hastings Christmas Congress, one of his games could have been captioned <A Christmas Karel>. |
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May-31-25
 | | keypusher: <Wyatt Gwyon: Not bad at all for a guy pushing 60.> Also a terrific result for Folke Ekstrom, whoever he was. |
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