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Hastings 1930/31 The 11th Hastings Christmas Chess Festival was held from December 29, 1930 to January 7, 1931. Once again ten chess masters from England, the European continent, and the Americas were invited to participate in the round robin event. The notable participants of this edition included former world champion Jose Capablanca, Max Euwe, and Mir Sultan Khan. The Dutch master won in surprising fashion, finishing with 6 wins and 2 draws, dropping only one game. He edged out multiple Hastings winner and former world champion Capablanca by half a point. There are 13 incomplete or lost games missing from this collection and the database. The results of each encounter do survive, however, and thus allow for the final standings and crosstable to be reconstructed below: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Pts ———————————————————————————————————————— 1 Euwe • ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 7.0 2 Capablanca ½ • 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 6.5 3 Sultan Khan 0 1 • 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 6.0 4 Michell 0 ½ 0 • 1 1 ½ 0 1 1 5.0 5 Yates 0 0 ½ 0 • 1 1 1 ½ ½ 4.5 6 Thomas ½ ½ 0 0 0 • 1 1 0 1 4.0 7 Winter 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 • ½ 1 ½ 3.5 8 Tylor 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ • ½ ½ 3.0 9 Menchik 1 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ • 0 3.0 10 Colle 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 • 2.5 ———————————————————————————————————————— 13 games are unavailable: Round 1: Menchik 1/2 Yates Round 2: Michell 1 Thomas, Tylor 1/2 Winter Round 3: Menchik 1/2 Tylor, Thomas 1 Colle, Winter 1/2 Michell Round 4: Colle 1/2 Winter, Michell 1 Menchik Round 5: Menchik 0 Colle Round 6: Colle 1/2 Yates Round 7: Yates 1/2 Sultan Khan Round 8: Colle 1/2 Tylor, Winter 1 Menchik Original collection: Game Collection: Hastings 1930/31, by User: suenteus po 147. 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Next: Hastings (1931/32)  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 32  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. G A Thomas vs T H Tylor   1-0 33 1930 Hastings 1930/31 E61 King's Indian 2. Sultan Khan vs R P Michell 1-0 25 1930 Hastings 1930/31 E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 3. Capablanca vs Colle 1-0 39 1930 Hastings 1930/31 E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation 4. W Winter vs Euwe 0-1 38 1930 Hastings 1930/31 D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 5. Euwe vs Menchik 0-1 61 1930 Hastings 1930/31 D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 6. Capablanca vs Yates 1-0 87 1930 Hastings 1930/31 D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 7. Colle vs Sultan Khan 0-1 45 1930 Hastings 1930/31 A46 Queen's Pawn Game 8. Sultan Khan vs Capablanca 1-0 65 1930 Hastings 1930/31 E12 Queen's Indian 9. Yates vs Euwe 0-1 40 1930 Hastings 1930/31 B10 Caro-Kann 10. T H Tylor vs Yates   0-1 30 1931 Hastings 1930/31 D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 11. Euwe vs Capablanca ½-½ 25 1931 Hastings 1930/31 D52 Queen's Gambit Declined 12. Sultan Khan vs G A Thomas 1-0 35 1931 Hastings 1930/31 E10 Queen's Pawn Game 13. Yates vs R P Michell   0-1 35 1931 Hastings 1930/31 C77 Ruy Lopez 14. Capablanca vs G A Thomas ½-½ 26 1931 Hastings 1930/31 D69 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Classical, 13.de 15. Euwe vs T H Tylor 1-0 32 1931 Hastings 1930/31 D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 16. W Winter vs Sultan Khan 1-0 45 1931 Hastings 1930/31 E23 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann 17. Sultan Khan vs Menchik 1-0 41 1931 Hastings 1930/31 E91 King's Indian 18. G A Thomas vs W Winter   1-0 18 1931 Hastings 1930/31 D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 19. Capablanca vs T H Tylor 1-0 34 1931 Hastings 1930/31 D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 20. R P Michell vs Euwe 0-1 29 1931 Hastings 1930/31 D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 21. T H Tylor vs R P Michell 1-0 35 1931 Hastings 1930/31 D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 22. Euwe vs Colle 1-0 32 1931 Hastings 1930/31 D06 Queen's Gambit Declined 23. W Winter vs Capablanca 0-1 34 1931 Hastings 1930/31 D51 Queen's Gambit Declined 24. Menchik vs G A Thomas 1-0 35 1931 Hastings 1930/31 A14 English 25. R P Michell vs Capablanca ½-½ 38 1931 Hastings 1930/31 B18 Caro-Kann, Classical  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 32    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   May-20-13    Absentee: "Dutch master Euwe won in surprising combative fashion, finishing undefeated with 6 wins and 2 draws, dropping only one game." I guess "undefeated" should be removed. Mar-31-14    Phony Benoni: Here is a list of the 13 missing games. Exact colors are uncertain: Round 1: Yates 1/2 Menchik Round 2: Michell 1 Thomas, Winter 1/2 Tylor Round 3: Thomas 1 Colle, Tylor 1/2 Menchik, Michell 12 Winter Round 4: Michell 1 Menchik, Winter 1/2 Colle Round 5: Menchik 0 Colle Round 6: Yates 1/2 Colle Round 7: Sultan Khan 1 Yates Round 8: Winter 1 Menchik, Tylor 1/2 Colle Dec-02-16    Retireborn: So, Capablanca started with two whites, then two blacks, then two more whites, and finally three blacks. Obviously not standard Berger pairings, but does anybody know what pairing method was used? Was it used in other tournaments? Jun-19-19    Stonehenge: Britbase has Winter-Menchik: [Event "Hastings 1930/31"] [Site "Hastings ENG"] [Date "1931.01.06"] [Round "8"] [White "Winter, William"] [Black "Menchik, Vera"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e3 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Bd3 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Nbd7 7. e4 e5 8. Nbd2 c6 9. Re1 Qc7 10. Nf1 Re8 11. Ng3 a6 12. a4 Nf8 13. h3 Bd7 14. a5 c5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Be3 Ne6 17. Nd2 Nf4 18. Bf1 h5 19. Qc2 Be6 20. Bc4 Nd7 21. Bxe6 Rxe6 22. Nc4 Qc6 23. Qd2 h4 24. Nf1 Nf6 25. Bxf4 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 Qxe4 27. Nb6 Rxb6 28. axb6 exf4 29. Qd6 Rc8 30. Nd2 Qc6 31. Qxc6 Rxc6 32. Nc4 Kf8 33. Rxa6 Bf6 34. Ra7 Re6 35. Rxb7 Bd8 36. Rb8 Ke7 37. b7 Bc7 38. Rc8 Kd7 39. b8=Q Re1+ 40. Kh2 Bxb8 41. Rxb8 Re7 42. Rf8 1-0 Source: Manchester Guardian, 9 January 1931 Nov-13-20    Nosnibor: I can not believe how badly Colle performed here having won the Bournemouth Tournament a few months before which was also had a strong entry. Maybe it was the commencement of his illness that prevented him from doing justice with regard to his score. NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! 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