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Hastings 1965/66 The Premier tournament of the 41st Hastings Chess Congress was held in the Sun Lounge, St Leonards-on-Sea, Hastings, England, from 29 December 1965 to 7 January 1966. Rest day: Monday 3 January. Chief arbiter: William Ritson-Morry. The two winners were Boris Spassky and Wolfgang Uhlmann, both with 7.5/9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 —————————————————————————————————————— =1 Spassky • ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 7½ =1 Uhlmann ½ • ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 7½ 3 Vasiukov ½ ½ • 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 6 =4 Pfleger 0 ½ 0 • ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 5½ =4 Gligoric ½ 0 ½ ½ • 1 0 1 1 1 5½ 6 Gheorghiu 0 0 1 0 0 • 1 ½ 1 ½ 4 7 Hartston 0 0 0 0 1 0 • ½ 1 1 3½ 8 Lee 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ • 0 1 3 9 Littlewood 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 • 1 2 10 Nicolai 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 • ½ —————————————————————————————————————— Yuri Balashov and Raymond Keene shared victory in the Challengers tournament. Game dates Round 1: Wednesday 29 December Round 2: Thursday 30 December Round 3: Friday 31 December Round 4: Saturday 1 January 1966 Round 5: Sunday 2 January --------- Round 6: Tuesday 4 January Round 7: Wednesday 5 January Round 8: Thursday 6 January Round 9: Friday 7 January Sources BritBase: https://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/pg... British newspapers at https://www.britishnewspaperarchive... Previous: Hastings (1964/65). Next: Hastings (1966/67)  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. P N Lee vs Gheorghiu   ½-½ 45 1965 Hastings 1965/66 C94 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Breyer Defense 2. W Nicolai vs Vasiukov   0-1 40 1965 Hastings 1965/66 B41 Sicilian, Kan 3. Uhlmann vs W Hartston   1-0 41 1965 Hastings 1965/66 E12 Queen's Indian 4. Gligoric vs H Pfleger   ½-½ 28 1965 Hastings 1965/66 D68 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Classical 5. N Littlewood vs Spassky   0-1 29 1965 Hastings 1965/66 E29 Nimzo-Indian, Samisch 6. H Pfleger vs W Nicolai   1-0 43 1965 Hastings 1965/66 A04 Reti Opening 7. Vasiukov vs N Littlewood 1-0 40 1965 Hastings 1965/66 B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation 8. P N Lee vs Gligoric   0-1 44 1965 Hastings 1965/66 C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation 9. Spassky vs Uhlmann   ½-½ 30 1965 Hastings 1965/66 D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 10. Gheorghiu vs W Hartston   1-0 36 1965 Hastings 1965/66 A71 Benoni, Classical, 8.Bg5 11. W Hartston vs Spassky 0-1 28 1965 Hastings 1965/66 C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense 12. Gligoric vs Gheorghiu 1-0 30 1965 Hastings 1965/66 D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 13. N Littlewood vs H Pfleger   0-1 62 1965 Hastings 1965/66 D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 14. Uhlmann vs Vasiukov ½-½ 25 1965 Hastings 1965/66 A56 Benoni Defense 15. W Nicolai vs P N Lee   0-1 41 1965 Hastings 1965/66 E18 Queen's Indian, Old Main line, 7.Nc3 16. H Pfleger vs Uhlmann   ½-½ 41 1966 Hastings 1965/66 A04 Reti Opening 17. Vasiukov vs W Hartston 1-0 24 1966 Hastings 1965/66 B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 18. P N Lee vs N Littlewood   0-1 47 1966 Hastings 1965/66 B99 Sicilian, Najdorf, 7...Be7 Main line 19. Gligoric vs W Nicolai   1-0 54 1966 Hastings 1965/66 A92 Dutch 20. Gheorghiu vs Spassky 0-1 54 1966 Hastings 1965/66 E20 Nimzo-Indian 21. Spassky vs Vasiukov   ½-½ 24 1966 Hastings 1965/66 E12 Queen's Indian 22. W Hartston vs H Pfleger   0-1 63 1966 Hastings 1965/66 B17 Caro-Kann, Steinitz Variation 23. N Littlewood vs Gligoric   0-1 32 1966 Hastings 1965/66 E97 King's Indian 24. Uhlmann vs P N Lee   1-0 37 1966 Hastings 1965/66 D97 Grunfeld, Russian 25. W Nicolai vs Gheorghiu   ½-½ 36 1966 Hastings 1965/66 E80 King's Indian, Samisch Variation  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Apr-07-24    John Saunders: I've just posted a collection of 1965/66 Hastings games at BritBase - https://www.saund.org.uk/britbase/p... After finding some significant score errors, which I have reported here individually, I decided I would have to review all 45 games I had on file and compare with the January 1966 issue of CHESS which is the main primary source for this event, and found quite a few more score differences - too many to report individually. Perhaps someone here could take a look through the BritBase file and apply amendments. Apr-07-24    Stonehenge: Thanks, I'll have a look. NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! If you already have a username, then simply login login under your username now to join the discussion. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language. No spamming, advertising, duplicate, or gibberish posts. No vitriolic or systematic personal attacks against other members. 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