The 46th Hastings Christmas Chess Festival was held at the end of the year 1970. Ten grandmasters and masters were invited to compete in a round robin format at the premier event. The notable participants of this edition included returning Hastings champion, Lajos Portish, former Hastings winners Svetozar Gligoric, Vlastimil Hort, and Wolfgang Uhlmann, American grandmaster Robert Byrne, and Soviet grandmaster Nikolai Krogius. Portisch made it two in a row by finishing undefeated with +3 at the final. An unu ... [more]
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Player: Robert Byrne
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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
1. Keene vs R Byrne |
| ½-½ | 30 | 1970 | Hastings 1970/71 | E07 Catalan, Closed |
2. R Byrne vs Z Mestrovic |
| 0-1 | 36 | 1970 | Hastings 1970/71 | B61 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Larsen Variation, 7.Qd2 |
3. Wade vs R Byrne |
 | 1-0 | 43 | 1970 | Hastings 1970/71 | B25 Sicilian, Closed |
4. Gligoric vs R Byrne |
| ½-½ | 20 | 1971 | Hastings 1970/71 | D80 Grunfeld |
5. R Byrne vs Krogius |
| ½-½ | 36 | 1971 | Hastings 1970/71 | B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack |
6. P Markland vs R Byrne |
| ½-½ | 60 | 1971 | Hastings 1970/71 | B22 Sicilian, Alapin |
7. R Byrne vs Hort |
| ½-½ | 27 | 1971 | Hastings 1970/71 | B61 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Larsen Variation, 7.Qd2 |
8. Uhlmann vs R Byrne |
| ½-½ | 55 | 1971 | Hastings 1970/71 | E73 King's Indian |
9. R Byrne vs Portisch |
| ½-½ | 28 | 1971 | Hastings 1970/71 | B07 Pirc |
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