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Hastings 1978/79 The Premier tournament of the 54th Hastings Chess Congress was held in the White Rock Pavilion, Hastings, England from 28 December 1978 to 14 January 1979. Rest days: 1, 7 & 13 January. Ulf Andersson won with 9.5/14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 ——————————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 Andersson • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 9½ =2 Kochyev ½ • ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 8½ =2 Vasiukov ½ ½ • ½ 1 ½ 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 8½ =2 Csom ½ ½ ½ • ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 8½ =2 Speelman ½ ½ 0 ½ • ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 8½ =6 Lein ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ • ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 8 =6 Christiansen 0 ½ 1 0 1 ½ • 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 8 =6 Mestel ½ 0 0 1 0 0 1 • 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 8 =9 Biyiasas 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 • 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 7½ =9 Hartston ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 • ½ 0 ½ 1 1 7½ 11 Taulbut 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ • ½ ½ 1 ½ 5½ =12 Suba ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ • 0 1 0 5 =12 Botterill 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 • 0 1 5 14 Peters ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 • 1 4 15 Balshan 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 0 0 • 3 ——————————————————————————————————————————————————— Israel Zilber won the Challengers tournament with 8/10. Game dates Round 01: Thursday 28 December (Biyiasas bye) Round 02: Friday 29 December (Lein bye) Round 03: Saturday 30 December (Mestel bye) Round 04: Sunday 31 December (Suba bye) ----------- Round 05: Tuesday 2 January 1979 (Hartston bye) Round 06: Wednesday 3 January (Botterill bye) Round 07: Thursday 4 January (Vasiukov bye) Round 08: Friday 5 January (Andersson bye) Round 09: Saturday 6 January (Taulbut bye) ----------- Round 10: Monday 8 January (Balshan bye) Round 11: Tuesday 9 Janauary (Kochyev bye) Round 12: Wednesday 10 January (Csom bye) Round 13: Thursday 11 January (Speelman bye) Round 14: Friday 12 January (Christiansen bye) ----------- Round 15: Sunday 14 January (Peters bye) Sources BritBase: http://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/has... Gino Di Felice, Chess Results, 1978-1980, page 115. Dutch newspapers at https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten. Birmingham Daily Post at https://www.britishnewspaperarchive... Larry Christiansen in Jaque 87, March 1979, pp. 6-7: http://www.bartelski.pl/olimpbase/l... Previous: Hastings (1977/78). Next: Hastings (1979/80)  page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 105  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. S Taulbut vs Andersson 0-1 44 1978 Hastings 1978/79 B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 2. A J Mestel vs L Christiansen 1-0 36 1978 Hastings 1978/79 B58 Sicilian 3. Speelman vs Suba ½-½ 46 1978 Hastings 1978/79 B02 Alekhine's Defense 4. Vasiukov vs A Balshan 1-0 52 1978 Hastings 1978/79 C67 Ruy Lopez 5. J Peters vs A Lein   0-1 40 1978 Hastings 1978/79 B18 Caro-Kann, Classical 6. W Hartston vs Csom   ½-½ 31 1978 Hastings 1978/79 B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 7. A Kochyev vs G Botterill   ½-½ 21 1978 Hastings 1978/79 D74 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O 8. Andersson vs A Kochyev ½-½ 13 1978 Hastings 1978/79 A05 Reti Opening 9. L Christiansen vs W Hartston   ½-½ 34 1978 Hastings 1978/79 A14 English 10. G Botterill vs Speelman 0-1 23 1978 Hastings 1978/79 A07 King's Indian Attack 11. Suba vs J Peters   1-0 31 1978 Hastings 1978/79 A34 English, Symmetrical 12. Csom vs Vasiukov   ½-½ 23 1978 Hastings 1978/79 A13 English 13. A Balshan vs S Taulbut   ½-½ 47 1978 Hastings 1978/79 B06 Robatsch 14. P Biyiasas vs A J Mestel   1-0 32 1978 Hastings 1978/79 A42 Modern Defense, Averbakh System 15. Speelman vs Andersson   ½-½ 24 1978 Hastings 1978/79 A16 English 16. Vasiukov vs L Christiansen   0-1 56 1978 Hastings 1978/79 B08 Pirc, Classical 17. A Lein vs Suba   ½-½ 15 1978 Hastings 1978/79 A07 King's Indian Attack 18. W Hartston vs P Biyiasas   1-0 60 1978 Hastings 1978/79 E61 King's Indian 19. S Taulbut vs Csom   0-1 41 1978 Hastings 1978/79 B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 20. A Kochyev vs A Balshan   ½-½ 21 1978 Hastings 1978/79 A35 English, Symmetrical 21. J Peters vs G Botterill   1-0 36 1978 Hastings 1978/79 B09 Pirc, Austrian Attack 22. Andersson vs J Peters   ½-½ 39 1978 Hastings 1978/79 D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 23. L Christiansen vs S Taulbut ½-½ 28 1978 Hastings 1978/79 B08 Pirc, Classical 24. A Balshan vs Speelman   0-1 34 1978 Hastings 1978/79 B40 Sicilian 25. P Biyiasas vs Vasiukov   1-0 41 1978 Hastings 1978/79 A07 King's Indian Attack  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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