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Hastings 1976/77 The Premier tournament of the 52nd Hastings Chess Congress was held in the White Rock Pavilion, Hastings, England from 29 December 1976 to 15 January 1977. Rest days: 1, 7 & 14 January. Oleg M Romanishin dominated, scoring 11.5/14 to win the tournament by two points. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 —————————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 Romanishin • 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 11½ 2 Kagan 1 • 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 9½ 3 Tarjan 0 1 • ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 9 =4 Adorjan ½ ½ ½ • ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 8 =4 Smyslov 0 ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 8 6 Miles 0 0 ½ 0 ½ • ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 7½ =7 Damjanovic 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ • 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 6½ =7 Farago ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 1 • 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 6½ =7 Vukcevich ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 • 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 6½ =7 Zwaig 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 • 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 6½ =11 Kaplan 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 • ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½ =11 Whiteley 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ • 1 ½ ½ 5½ =13 Rumens 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 • 0 ½ 5 =13 Kraidman 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 • ½ 5 15 Webb 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ • 4½ —————————————————————————————————————————————————— Jonathan D Tisdall won the Challengers tournament with 8/10. Game dates Round 01: Wednesday 29 December (Webb bye) Round 02: Thursday 30 December (Adorjan bye) Round 03: Friday 31 December (Kagan bye) ----------- Round 04: Sunday 2 January 1977 (Romanishin bye) Round 05: Monday 3 January (Kaplan bye. Adorjan vs Vukcevich: 7 January) Round 06: Tuesday 4 January (Whiteley bye) Round 07: Wednesday 5 January (Kraidman bye) Round 08: Thursday 6 January (Vukcevich bye) ----------- Round 09: Saturday 8 January (Rumens bye) Round 10: Sunday 9 January (Smyslov bye) Round 11: Monday 10 January (Damjanovic bye) Round 12: Tuesday 11 January (Farago bye) Round 13: Wednesday 12 January (Zwaig bye) Round 14: Thursday 13 January (Tarjan bye) ----------- Round 15: Saturday 15 January (Miles bye) Sources BritBase: http://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/pgn... Birmingham Daily Post at https://www.britishnewspaperarchive... Norsk Sjakkblad, 2/1977, pp. 33-34: https://dnkjuhc6if10z.cloudfront.ne... Previous: Hastings (1975/76). Next: Hastings (1977/78)  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 105  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Miles vs Adorjan 0-1 30 1976 Hastings 1976/77 A10 English 2. A Zwaig vs Romanishin   0-1 41 1976 Hastings 1976/77 A16 English 3. Kraidman vs Smyslov 0-1 35 1976 Hastings 1976/77 E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 4. D E Rumens vs Vukcevich   0-1 37 1976 Hastings 1976/77 C91 Ruy Lopez, Closed 5. Damjanovic vs A Whiteley   ½-½ 25 1976 Hastings 1976/77 C18 French, Winawer 6. S Kagan vs Tarjan   0-1 62 1976 Hastings 1976/77 B58 Sicilian 7. J Kaplan vs I Farago   ½-½ 36 1976 Hastings 1976/77 C19 French, Winawer, Advance 8. Romanishin vs Miles 1-0 47 1976 Hastings 1976/77 A14 English 9. Vukcevich vs Damjanovic   ½-½ 23 1976 Hastings 1976/77 B47 Sicilian, Taimanov (Bastrikov) Variation 10. Smyslov vs D E Rumens 1-0 57 1976 Hastings 1976/77 A04 Reti Opening 11. A Whiteley vs A Zwaig   0-1 37 1976 Hastings 1976/77 A80 Dutch 12. S Webb vs S Kagan 0-1 39 1976 Hastings 1976/77 A04 Reti Opening 13. Tarjan vs J Kaplan   ½-½ 49 1976 Hastings 1976/77 B82 Sicilian, Scheveningen 14. I Farago vs Kraidman   ½-½ 35 1976 Hastings 1976/77 A57 Benko Gambit 15. Adorjan vs Romanishin   ½-½ 25 1976 Hastings 1976/77 C03 French, Tarrasch 16. Damjanovic vs Smyslov   ½-½ 16 1976 Hastings 1976/77 E17 Queen's Indian 17. A Zwaig vs Vukcevich   1-0 34 1976 Hastings 1976/77 A00 Uncommon Opening 18. D E Rumens vs I Farago   ½-½ 43 1976 Hastings 1976/77 C02 French, Advance 19. Miles vs A Whiteley   1-0 70 1976 Hastings 1976/77 D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation 20. Kraidman vs Tarjan   ½-½ 37 1976 Hastings 1976/77 D92 Grunfeld, 5.Bf4 21. J Kaplan vs S Webb   ½-½ 104 1976 Hastings 1976/77 E55 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, Bronstein Variation 22. Vukcevich vs Miles   0-1 42 1977 Hastings 1976/77 A07 King's Indian Attack 23. A Whiteley vs Adorjan   ½-½ 15 1977 Hastings 1976/77 E19 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 9.Qxc3 24. S Kagan vs J Kaplan   1-0 41 1977 Hastings 1976/77 B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 25. Tarjan vs D E Rumens   ½-½ 60 1977 Hastings 1976/77 E41 Nimzo-Indian  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 105    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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