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Hastings 1946/47 The 22nd Hastings Christmas Congress, held December 30, 1946 through January 8, 1947 marked a return to the traditional 10-player tournament of about half British players and half foreign masters. What wasn't traditional was that a British player won, as Alexander blew away the opposition and clinched first place before a last round loss to Tartakower. Admittedly this was hardly a powerful contingent, but Alexander proved capable of more than holding his own in several stronger Hastings Congresses. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Pts 1 Alexander * 0 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.5 2 Tartakower 1 * = = 1 = 0 1 1 1 6.5 3 Gudmundsson 0 = * = = 1 1 1 = 1 6.0 4 Yanofsky 0 = = * = 1 1 1 = = 5.5 5 Abrahams 0 0 = = * = 1 1 0 1 4.5 6 Golombek = = 0 0 = * = 1 1 0 4.0 7 Raizman 0 1 0 0 0 = * 0 = 1 3.0 8 Aitken 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 1 3.0 9 Wood 0 0 = = 1 0 = 0 * 0 2.5 10 Prins 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 0 1 * 2.5 Original collection: Game Collection: Hastings 1946/47, by User: Phony Benoni. 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Next: Hastings (1947/48)  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. G Abrahams vs Golombek   ½-½ 40 1946 Hastings 1946/47 A15 English 2. C H Alexander vs G J Wood   1-0 30 1946 Hastings 1946/47 A07 King's Indian Attack 3. L Prins vs J M Aitken   0-1 34 1946 Hastings 1946/47 B54 Sicilian 4. M Raizman vs G S Gudmundsson   0-1 53 1946 Hastings 1946/47 D01 Richter-Veresov Attack 5. Yanofsky vs Tartakower ½-½ 67 1946 Hastings 1946/47 B56 Sicilian 6. G J Wood vs Yanofsky ½-½ 29 1946 Hastings 1946/47 D19 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch 7. G S Gudmundsson vs L Prins 1-0 50 1946 Hastings 1946/47 A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 8. Golombek vs M Raizman   ½-½ 40 1946 Hastings 1946/47 A34 English, Symmetrical 9. G Abrahams vs Tartakower 0-1 30 1946 Hastings 1946/47 D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 10. J M Aitken vs C H Alexander   0-1 63 1946 Hastings 1946/47 C53 Giuoco Piano 11. M Raizman vs G Abrahams   0-1 51 1947 Hastings 1946/47 E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 12. L Prins vs Golombek   1-0 75 1947 Hastings 1946/47 B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 13. C H Alexander vs G S Gudmundsson 1-0 27 1947 Hastings 1946/47 C13 French 14. Yanofsky vs J M Aitken 1-0 30 1947 Hastings 1946/47 B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical 15. Tartakower vs G J Wood 1-0 31 1947 Hastings 1946/47 C45 Scotch Game 16. Golombek vs C H Alexander   ½-½ 34 1947 Hastings 1946/47 D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 17. G S Gudmundsson vs Yanofsky   ½-½ 38 1947 Hastings 1946/47 D18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch 18. M Raizman vs L Prins   1-0 40 1947 Hastings 1946/47 A16 English 19. G J Wood vs G Abrahams   1-0 40 1947 Hastings 1946/47 D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 20. J M Aitken vs Tartakower   0-1 35 1947 Hastings 1946/47 B50 Sicilian 21. C H Alexander vs M Raizman   1-0 46 1947 Hastings 1946/47 B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 22. Tartakower vs G S Gudmundsson   ½-½ 39 1947 Hastings 1946/47 C07 French, Tarrasch 23. G J Wood vs J M Aitken   0-1 28 1947 Hastings 1946/47 D55 Queen's Gambit Declined 24. Yanofsky vs Golombek   1-0 60 1947 Hastings 1946/47 B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 25. G Abrahams vs L Prins   1-0 52 1947 Hastings 1946/47 D93 Grunfeld, with Bf4 & e3  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   May-21-16    sachistu: The player listed as G H Gudmundsson is actually Gudmunder S. Gudmundsson. See BCM 1947, p.37. I will submit a correction slip. Mar-09-19    MissScarlett: Birmingham Gazette, December 30th 1947, p.3: <He made a wrong move A chess player who asked for a fee of £50 to enter the Hastings international congress not only did not get the money, but did not have his invitation to compete renewed this year. This was disclosed to a reporter by an official at the opening of the 23rd congress yesterday. "We shall take the same course with any other players who want to turn chess into a money-making racket," he said, and declared that steps had also been taken to discourage mere prize-hunters.> Which suggests one of the above players, from the previous year's event, was the offending party. Alexander, Abrahams, Golombek and Raizman played in 47/48, and as I doubt any other British player would have the sheer brass neck to request appearance money, I suspect it comes down to Gudmundsson, Yanofsky or Prins. I'm leaning toward the latter. 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