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Hastings 1979/80 The Premier tournament of the 55th Hastings Chess Congress was held in the White Rock Pavilion, Hastings, England from 28 December 1979 to 14 January 1980. Rest days: 1, 7 and 13 January. Ulf Andersson and John Nunn shared the victory with 10/15, and the 14-year-old Nigel Short took his 3rd IM norm. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 —————————————————————————————————————————————————————— =1 Andersson • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 10 =1 Nunn ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 10 3 Makarichev ½ ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 9 =4 Giorgadze ½ ½ ½ • ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 8½ =4 Lein ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ 0 0 0 1 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 8½ =4 Speelman ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ • 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 8½ =7 Christiansen 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 • 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 8 =7 Liberzon ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 • 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 8 =7 Short 1 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 1 • ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 8 =7 Stean ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 8 11 Seirawan 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ • 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 7½ 12 Raicevic 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 • 1 1 0 1 7 13 Biyiasas 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 • 1 0 1 6½ =14 Mestel 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 0 0 • 1 1 5 =14 Zilber 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 • ½ 5 16 Bellin ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ • 2½ —————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Luismar Jorge de Brito won the Challengers tournament with 8/10. Game dates Round 01: Friday 28 December Round 02: Saturday 29 December Round 03: Sunday 30 December Round 04: Monday 31 December ----------- Round 05: Wednesday 2 January Round 06: Thursday 3 January Round 07: Friday 4 January Round 08: Saturday 5 January Round 09: Sunday 6 January ----------- Round 10: Tuesday 8 January Round 11: Wednesday 9 January Round 12: Thursday 10 January Round 13: Friday 11 January Round 14: Saturday 12 January ----------- Round 15: Monday 14 January Sources BritBase: http://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/has... Gino Di Felice, Chess Results, 1978-1980, page 233. Dutch newspapers at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten. British newspapers at https://www.britishnewspaperarchive... Jaque 99, March 1980, pp. 5-9: https://www.olimpbase.org/leagueES/... Kenneth Whyld in El Ajedrez, March 1980, pp. 117-121: http://www.historiadelajedrezespano... Previous: Hastings (1978/79). Next: Hastings (1980/81)  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 120  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Seirawan vs Andersson   0-1 77 1979 Hastings 1979/80 A13 English 2. L Christiansen vs Nunn   ½-½ 62 1979 Hastings 1979/80 A62 Benoni, Fianchetto Variation 3. Speelman vs Short 1-0 22 1979 Hastings 1979/80 E40 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 4. A Lein vs M Stean   1-0 59 1979 Hastings 1979/80 D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 5. S Makarichev vs T Georgadze   ½-½ 24 1979 Hastings 1979/80 B33 Sicilian 6. J Mestel vs V Liberzon   1-0 60 1979 Hastings 1979/80 B46 Sicilian, Taimanov Variation 7. V Raicevic vs P Biyiasas   1-0 47 1979 Hastings 1979/80 E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line 8. I Zilber vs R Bellin   ½-½ 43 1979 Hastings 1979/80 A46 Queen's Pawn Game 9. Andersson vs A Lein   ½-½ 15 1979 Hastings 1979/80 A04 Reti Opening 10. V Liberzon vs L Christiansen 1-0 29 1979 Hastings 1979/80 B16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation 11. T Georgadze vs Nunn   ½-½ 16 1979 Hastings 1979/80 A77 Benoni, Classical, 9...Re8, 10.Nd2 12. Short vs I Zilber 1-0 49 1979 Hastings 1979/80 B12 Caro-Kann Defense 13. S Makarichev vs Speelman   ½-½ 22 1979 Hastings 1979/80 A13 English 14. R Bellin vs Seirawan   0-1 24 1979 Hastings 1979/80 B12 Caro-Kann Defense 15. P Biyiasas vs J Mestel   1-0 40 1979 Hastings 1979/80 A07 King's Indian Attack 16. M Stean vs V Raicevic   ½-½ 18 1979 Hastings 1979/80 A13 English 17. L Christiansen vs P Biyiasas 1-0 41 1979 Hastings 1979/80 D01 Richter-Veresov Attack 18. Nunn vs V Liberzon   ½-½ 26 1979 Hastings 1979/80 B89 Sicilian 19. Seirawan vs Short 0-1 40 1979 Hastings 1979/80 A36 English 20. Speelman vs T Georgadze   1-0 41 1979 Hastings 1979/80 C41 Philidor Defense 21. A Lein vs R Bellin   1-0 56 1979 Hastings 1979/80 A46 Queen's Pawn Game 22. V Raicevic vs Andersson 0-1 40 1979 Hastings 1979/80 A07 King's Indian Attack 23. J Mestel vs M Stean   0-1 35 1979 Hastings 1979/80 B56 Sicilian 24. I Zilber vs S Makarichev   ½-½ 20 1979 Hastings 1979/80 A30 English, Symmetrical 25. Andersson vs J Mestel 1-0 38 1979 Hastings 1979/80 E08 Catalan, Closed  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 120    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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