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Hastings 1956/57 The 32nd Hastings Christmas Chess Festival was held at the end of the year 1956. Ten grandmasters and masters from England, and Western and Eastern Europe were invited to compete in the premier event. The notable participants of this edition included previous Hastings winners Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander, Svetozar Gligoric, Fridrik Olafsson, Dr. Jonathan Penrose, and Laszlo Szabo. Additionally, 21 year old grandmaster Bent Larsen from Denmark made his Hastings debut, going on to share first place with Gligoric at the final. It was Gligoric's second Hastings title, and he finished here undefeated with +4. The final standings and crosstable: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 =1 Gligoric * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 6½ =1 Larsen ½ * 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 6½ =3 Olafsson 0 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 6 =3 O'Kelly 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 6 =5 Clarke ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 4½ =5 Szabo ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 4½ 7 Toran Albero ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ * 1 ½ ½ 3½ 8 Horseman 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 * 1 1 3 9 Penrose 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ 2½ 10 Alexander ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * 2 Original collection: Game Collection: Hastings 1956/57, by User: suenteus po 147. Previous: Hastings (1955/56). Next: Hastings (1957/58)  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. F Olafsson vs J Penrose 1-0 27 1956 Hastings 1956/57 E50 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3, without ...d5 2. Szabo vs D Horseman   ½-½ 48 1956 Hastings 1956/57 E43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation 3. R Toran Albero vs Larsen 0-1 55 1956 Hastings 1956/57 A89 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6 4. O'Kelly vs P H Clarke   1-0 36 1956 Hastings 1956/57 A24 English, Bremen System with ...g6 5. C H Alexander vs Gligoric ½-½ 40 1956 Hastings 1956/57 C47 Four Knights 6. Larsen vs F Olafsson   0-1 41 1956 Hastings 1956/57 A30 English, Symmetrical 7. D Horseman vs Gligoric   0-1 40 1956 Hastings 1956/57 C29 Vienna Gambit 8. Szabo vs O'Kelly   ½-½ 25 1956 Hastings 1956/57 A30 English, Symmetrical 9. P H Clarke vs R Toran Albero 1-0 22 1956 Hastings 1956/57 B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 10. J Penrose vs C H Alexander   ½-½ 26 1956 Hastings 1956/57 C42 Petrov Defense 11. O'Kelly vs D Horseman   1-0 29 1956 Hastings 1956/57 E43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation 12. Gligoric vs J Penrose   1-0 41 1956 Hastings 1956/57 D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 13. C H Alexander vs Larsen 0-1 40 1956 Hastings 1956/57 B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 14. F Olafsson vs P H Clarke   ½-½ 43 1956 Hastings 1956/57 D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 15. R Toran Albero vs Szabo   ½-½ 20 1956 Hastings 1956/57 B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 16. P H Clarke vs C H Alexander   ½-½ 30 1956 Hastings 1956/57 E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line 17. O'Kelly vs R Toran Albero   1-0 42 1956 Hastings 1956/57 C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd 18. D Horseman vs J Penrose 1-0 57 1956 Hastings 1956/57 A26 English 19. Larsen vs Gligoric   ½-½ 22 1956 Hastings 1956/57 E66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno 20. Szabo vs F Olafsson   ½-½ 23 1956 Hastings 1956/57 C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack 21. J Penrose vs Larsen 0-1 21 1957 Hastings 1956/57 B10 Caro-Kann 22. C H Alexander vs Szabo   0-1 54 1957 Hastings 1956/57 B16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation 23. F Olafsson vs O'Kelly   ½-½ 47 1957 Hastings 1956/57 A15 English 24. Gligoric vs P H Clarke   ½-½ 41 1957 Hastings 1956/57 E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line 25. R Toran Albero vs D Horseman   1-0 59 1957 Hastings 1956/57 A21 English  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45    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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