[Event "Hastings Premier 1948/49 24th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1948.12.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fairhurst, William Albert"]
[Black "Rossolimo, Nicolas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 Re8 6. a3 Bf8 7. e4 d6 8. g3 c5
9. Bg2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Ncb5 Qd8 12. O-O a6 13. Nc3 Qc7 14. Bg5 Nbd7 15.
Rc1 Rb8 16. h3 b6 17. f4 Bb7 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. e5 dxe5 21. fxe5
Bc5 22. Rf4 Qd7 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qg4+ Kh8 25. Qh4 Qd8 26. exf6 e5 27. Bxb7
exf4 {White lost on time. Sources: Hastings bulletin, p8; Source: CHESS, April
1949, Vol.14/163, p182} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1948/49 24th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1948.12.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Schmidt, Paul"]
[Black "Tylor, Theodore Henry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nc3
d6 9. Nd5 Be6 10. c3 Na5 11. d4 Nxb3 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. axb3 Bg4 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bh4 g5 16. Bg3 Nd7 17. h3 Bh5 18. Qd3 f6 19. Nh2 Qf7 20. b4 Nb6 21. Nf1 Bg6 22.
dxe5 dxe5 23. Ne3 Rfd8 24. Qc2 Nc4 25. Nxc4 bxc4 26. Red1 Qe6 27. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1948/49 24th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1948.12.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wade, Robert Graham"]
[Black "Koenig, Imre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C86"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bg4 9. c3 O-O 10. h3 Bd7 11. d4 Qc8 12. Nbd2 Rb8 13. a5 Nh5 14. dxe5 Nf4 15.
Qe3 dxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxh3+ 17. gxh3 Nxe5 18. Kh2 Be6 19. Rg1 Qd7 20. Bc2 f5 21. f4
Ng6 22. e5 Qc6 23. Nb3 Rbd8 24. Nd4 Rxd4 25. Qxd4 Bc5 26. Qd3 Bxg1+ 27. Kxg1
Bc4 28. Qg3 Qe6 29. Be3 Bb3 30. Bd1 Rd8 31. Be2 Rd7 32. Qf2 Ne7 33. Re1 Nd5 34.
Bd4 Qh6 35. Be3 Qxh3 36. Bf3 Nxe3 37. Rxe3 Qh6 38. Bg2 Qe6 39. Re1 h6 40. Bh3
Rd3 41. Kh2 Qd7 42. Re2 Bc4 43. Bg2 Rd1 44. Re3 Rd2 45. Qh4 Bd5 46. Rg3 Rxb2
47. e6 Qxe6 48. Qd8+ Kh7 49. Qxc7 Rxg2+ 50. Rxg2 Bxg2 51. Kxg2 Qe2+ 52. Kg3 h5
53. Kh3 h4 54. Qf7 Qg4+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1948/49 24th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1948.12.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Winser, William Arthur"]
[Black "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D60"]
[Annotator "Updated Oct 2003"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 c6 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Qc2 Nh5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Rab1 Nhf6 14. b4 Ne4
15. b5 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Rfc1 b6 19. Nd4 Qg5 20. Qd2 Bd7 21.
Rb2 Re7 22. Rbc2 Rae8 23. Rc3 g6 24. Bb1 h5 25. Ra3 Ra8 26. Nf3 Qf6 27. Qxd5
Rae8 28. Qd4 Qe6 29. Rxa7 Bxb5 30. Ng5 Qc6 31. Rxe7 Rxe7 32. h4 Rd7 33. Qf4 Qd5
34. Qb8+ Kg7 35. Qxb6 Nd3 36. Bxd3 Qxd3 37. Qc5 Rd5 38. Qc3+ Qxc3 39. Rxc3 Rd1+
40. Kh2 Rd2 41. Kg3 Rxa2 42. Rc7 Be8 43. e4 Rd2 44. e5 Rd7 45. Rxd7 Bxd7 46.
Ne4 Bc6 47. Kf4 Kf8 48. f3 Ba4 49. g4 hxg4 50. fxg4 Bd1 51. Nf6 Bb3 52. h5 gxh5
53. gxh5 Kg7 54. Kg5 Ba2 55. Ne4 Bb3 56. Nd6 Ba2 57. Ne8+ Kh7 58. Kf6 Bb3 59.
Ke7 Ba2 60. Nd6 Kh6 61. Nxf7+ Kxh5 62. Nd8 Kg5 63. Kd6 Kf4 64. Ne6+ Ke4 65.
Nc5+ Kd4 66. Na4 Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1948/49 24th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1948.12.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wood, Baruch Harold"]
[Black "Muhring, Willem Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b6 12. Rc1 Bb7 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. O-O Nd7
15. Bb1 c5 16. Qd3 Nf6 17. Qa3 Be4 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Rc2 Qb7 20. Rfc1 cxd4 21.
Nxd4 Rxc2 22. Rxc2 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1948/49 24th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1948.12.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Koenig, Imre"]
[Black "Schmidt, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. d3 a4
9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. bxa4 Nd7 12. e4 N5b6 13. d4 Nxa4 14. Qc2 e5 15.
Nc3 Nxc3 16. Qxc3 Qa5 17. Qb2 Re8 18. Rfd1 Qa3 19. Qd2 f6 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21.
Nxe5 fxe5 22. h3 Ra4 23. Qg5 h6 24. Qh4 Qe7 25. Qxe7+ Rxe7 26. Rd8 Be6 27. a3
Rd4 28. Rb8 Bc4 29. a4 Rd2 30. Bf1 Bxf1 31. Rxf1 Rb2 32. a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1948/49 24th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1948.12.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Muhring, Willem Jan"]
[Black "Fairhurst, William Albert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D13"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Ne4 6. Qb3 e6 7. Bf4 Nc6 8. e3
g5 9. Nxe4 gxf4 10. Nc3 fxe3 11. fxe3 Bh6 12. Kf2 O-O 13. Bd3 f5 14. Ne2 Bd7
15. Nf4 Qe7 16. Rhc1 Rac8 17. g3 Kh8 18. Rc3 Rce8 19. Re1 Qg7 20. Qxb7 Rb8 21.
Qa6 Rxb2+ 22. Re2 Rb6 23. Qa3 Bxf4 24. gxf4 Rg8 25. Ke1 Be8 26. Rf2 Bh5 27. Bf1
Rb1+ 28. Rc1 Qb7 29. Nd2 Qb4 30. Rxb1 Qxa3 31. Nb3 Qb4+ 32. Rd2 Na5 33. Rbb2
Qc3 34. Kf2 Nxb3 {Source: CHESS, February 1949, Vol.14/161, p115} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1948/49 24th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1948.12.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rossolimo, Nicolas"]
[Black "Winser, William Arthur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Annotator "Updated Oct 2003"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d4 dxe4 7. Qxe4 Nf6 8.
Qd3 Na6 9. a3 Nc7 10. Be2 Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nd5 14. Bd3 Nf6
15. Qh4 Be7 16. Re1 g6 17. Bh6 Nh5 18. Qg4 Ng7 19. Re3 Qd7 20. Rae1 Rad8 21. c3
Rfe8 22. h4 c5 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Rh3 Nf5 25. Bg5 h5 26. Qe2 Rc8 27. Bb5 Qc7 28.
Bxe8 Rxe8 29. Rd3 Kg7 30. Red1 Qc6 31. Qe5+ Kg8 32. Rd8 Be7 33. Bxe7 Nxe7 34.
R1d6 Qa4 35. b3 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1948/49 24th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1948.12.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Black "Wade, Robert Graham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C81"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 g5 10. c4 g4 11. cxd5 Bxd5 12. Rd1 gxf3 13. Qxf3 Nxe5 14. Qf5 Qf6
15. Qxf6 Nxf6 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Bd6 18. Nc3 f6 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Bf4 c6 21.
Rd2 Rg8 22. Nxf6+ Bxf6 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Re1 Rg5 25. f4 Rf5 26. Rxe5+ Rxe5 27.
fxe5 a5 28. Kf2 c5 29. Ke3 a4 30. Ke4 Ke7 31. Rd6 a3 32. b3 Rc8 33. Rd3 c4 34.
bxc4 Rxc4+ 35. Kd5 Rc2 36. Rxa3 Rd2+ 37. Ke4 Rxg2 38. Ra7+ Ke6 39. Ra6+ Ke7 40.
h3 Rh2 41. Ra7+ Ke6 42. Rxh7 Rxa2 43. Rh6+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1948/49 24th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1948.12.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tylor, Theodore Henry"]
[Black "Wood, Baruch Harold"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 Bg4 5. Ne5 Nxe5 6. dxe5 e6 7. c4 Ne7 8. O-O
Qd7 9. h3 Bf5 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. Na3 Nd4 12. Qd1 Rd8 13. b4 Nc6 14. g4 Bg6 15. b5
Nb4 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Qb3 Qc7 18. Nc4 Be7 19. f4 O-O 20. e4 Nb4 21. f5 Rd3 22.
Qb2 Rd4 23. Qb3 Rd3 24. Qb1 Rc3 25. Nd6 Bxd6 26. exd6 Qxd6 27. a3 Qd4+ 28. Kh2
Nd3 29. fxg6 Nxc1 30. gxh7+ Kxh7 31. Rxc1 Rd3 32. Rd1 c4 33. Qc1 Rd8 34. Rxd3
cxd3 35. a4 $4 ({"A disastrous oversight.} 35. Qd1 {followed by 36 Rb1 won
easily." (BCM)... but Stockfish thinks Black is still winning after} d2 36. Rb1
Kg8 37. Kh1 Qf2 38. Bf1 Rd4 39. Qe2 Qxe2 40. Bxe2 Rxe4 41. Bd1 Re1+ 42. Kg2 g5
{, etc.}) (35. Qe1 $1 {is a distinct improvement on BCM's suggestion of 35 Qd1
as, after} d2 {, White has} 36. Qh4+ Kg8 37. Rd1 {and White is better but it
is still not easy to win.}) 35... d2 36. Qd1 {and White resigned (bulletin).}
0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1948/49 24th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1949.01.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fairhurst, William Albert"]
[Black "Tylor, Theodore Henry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E72"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Ne2 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. d5 Ne7
9. Nbc3 c5 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qd2 Kg7 14. Rfd1 Be6 15.
Qxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Bxc4 17. Rad1 a5 18. Nc1 a4 19. Bf1 Be6 20. Nd3 Rfb8 21. a3
Bb3 22. Rd2 Rb6 23. Nc5 Bg5 24. Nxb3 Rxb3 25. Rc2 Ra7 26. h4 Bf6 27. Bc4 Rbb7
28. Rcd2 Rc7 29. Rd1 Nc8 30. R6d2 Be7 31. Rc1 Bc5 32. Rdc2 Nd6 33. Bd3 f5 34.
exf5 gxf5 35. Nxa4 Bd4 36. Nc5 Re7 37. Nb3 c5 38. Nxc5 e4 39. Be2 e3 40. f3 f4
41. g4 h5 42. Kg2 hxg4 43. fxg4 Bxc5 44. Rxc5 Ne4 45. R5c4 Rad7 46. R1c2 Kf6
47. Rc6+ Ke5 48. Kf3 Rd2 49. R2c4 Kd5 50. Rc2 Rf7 51. Rc8 Rxc2 52. Rxc2 Nd2+
53. Rxd2+ exd2 54. h5 Ke5 55. Bd1 Rd7 56. a4 Rd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1948/49 24th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1949.01.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Black "Rossolimo, Nicolas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Ngf6 10. Bd2 e6 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Qe2 O-O-O 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5
Nd5 15. f4 Kb8 16. Rhf1 Be7 17. Ne4 c5 18. c4 Nb4 19. a3 Nc6 20. Be3 b6 21. g3
Na5 22. Kb1 Qc6 23. Qc2 Kc7 24. Rfe1 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1948/49 24th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1949.01.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wade, Robert Graham"]
[Black "Schmidt, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Na5 5. Qf3 Nxc4 6. dxc4 d6 7. Nge2 c6 8.
Bg5 Bg4 9. Qd3 h6 10. Be3 Be7 11. f4 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 exf4 13. Bxf4 Qd7 14. O-O-O
Qe6 15. Qf3 O-O-O 16. Rhe1 Nd7 17. Qg3 Ne5 18. c5 Ng6 19. Bxd6 Bh4 20. Qd3 Bxe1
21. Rxe1 Ne5 22. Qg3 Rhe8 23. Rf1 g6 24. h3 Rxd6 25. cxd6 Qxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1948/49 24th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1949.01.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Winser, William Arthur"]
[Black "Muhring, Willem Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D54"]
[Annotator "Updated Oct 2003"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. Rxc3 exd5 11. Qc2 c6 12. Nf3 Rd8 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. O-O Nf8
15. Rb1 Rd6 16. b4 a6 17. a4 Bd7 18. Ne5 Be8 19. b5 axb5 20. axb5 cxb5 21. Bxb5
Bxb5 22. Rxb5 Ra1+ 23. Rb1 Rda6 24. Rcb3 R6a2 25. R3b2 Qa3 26. Rxa2 Rxa2 27.
Qc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1948/49 24th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1949.01.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wood, Baruch Harold"]
[Black "Koenig, Imre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E32"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 Nbd7 8.
b4 a5 9. e3 axb4 10. axb4 Ne4 11. Qb2 Rxa1 12. Qxa1 f5 13. Bd3 Ndf6 14. O-O Qe8
15. Nd2 Qg6 16. f3 Ng5 17. Kh1 h5 18. Rg1 h4 19. g4 hxg3 20. Rxg3 Qh5 21. Bb2
f4 22. exf4 Nh3 23. d5 e5 24. fxe5 Nf2+ 25. Kg2 Nxd3 26. exf6 Bh3+ 27. Kg1 Re8
28. Ne4 Nxb2 29. Qxb2 Rxe4 30. fxe4 Qd1+ 31. Kf2 Qf1+ 32. Ke3 Qe1+ 33. Kf4 Qf1+
34. Kg5 Bd7 35. fxg7 {Source: CHESS, February 1949, Vol.14/161, p114} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1948/49 24th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1949.01.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Koenig, Imre"]
[Black "Fairhurst, William Albert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C74"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Nf6 6. d4 Nd7 7. O-O Be7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. d5 Ncb8 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Nc4 Nf8 12. Ne3 g6 13. Kh1 Nbd7 14. g4 Bf6 15.
Rg1 Bg7 16. g5 Nb6 17. b3 c6 18. Ba3 cxd5 19. Nxd5 Be6 20. c4 Nxd5 21. cxd5 Bc8
22. Qd2 a5 23. Bd3 Qb6 24. Qe3 Qd8 25. Nd2 f5 26. Nc4 Ra6 27. Nd2 Ra8 28. f3 f4
29. Qf2 a4 30. Nc4 axb3 31. axb3 b5 32. Nb6 Rb8 33. Nxc8 b4 34. Nxd6 Qxd6 35.
Bc1 Ne6 36. Bc4 Nd4 37. Ra6 Rb6 38. Ra4 ({Correction to} 38. Ra5 {as pointed
out by 'Sachistu' on chessgames.com, quoting the tournament book from the
London and Midlands Chess Bulletins, edited by Golombek and Ritson Morry.})
38... Rbb8 39. Bb2 Ra8 40. Rga1 Rxa4 41. Rxa4 Kh8 42. Qg2 Qd7 43. Qg4 Qxg4 44.
fxg4 Bf8 45. Kg2 Bc5 46. Bxd4 exd4 47. Kf3 Bd6 48. Ra6 Be5 49. Rb6 Ra8 50. Re6
Bg7 51. d6 {Black lost on time. Source: Hastings bulletin, p17} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1948/49 24th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1949.01.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Muhring, Willem Jan"]
[Black "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D53"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Ne4 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8.
Qc2 c6 9. Bd3 f5 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Bd7 13. a3 g5 14. b4 Nxc3
15. Qxc3 f4 16. e4 f3 17. g3 Qg7 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. Rad1 Be8 20. exd5 cxd5 21.
cxd5 Ba4 22. Rc1 exd5 23. b5 a6 24. bxa6 bxa6 25. Bxa6 Qe7 26. Qa5 Qe6 27. Qxa4
Ra8 28. Qc6 Rxa6 29. Qxe6+ Rxe6 30. Rcd1 Rd8 31. Rd3 d4 32. Rxf3 d3 33. Rd1 d2
34. Re3 Rc6 35. Kf1 Kf7 36. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1948/49 24th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1949.01.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rossolimo, Nicolas"]
[Black "Wade, Robert Graham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Bd6 5. c4 Nbd7 6. b3 c6 7. Nc3 Qe7 8. d4
O-O 9. Nd2 Bb4 10. Qc2 dxc4 11. Nxc4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. a3 Nxc4 14. axb4 Nd6
15. e4 Nb5 16. Nxb5 cxb5 17. Be3 Be6 18. Bxa7 Nd7 19. Bc5 Nxc5 20. bxc5 Qf6 21.
Rxa8 Rxa8 22. c6 bxc6 23. Qxc6 Qd8 24. e5 Rc8 25. Qxb5 Rb8 26. Qxb8 Qxb8 27.
Ra1 Bc8 28. Ra8 Qc7 29. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1948/49 24th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1949.01.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Schmidt, Paul"]
[Black "Wood, Baruch Harold"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B71"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
e5 dxe5 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. fxe5 Nd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3
Bg4 15. Bd3 Bg7 16. O-O Bh5 17. c4 dxc4 18. Bxc4 e6 19. Ba6 Rb8 20. b3 Rb6 21.
Bc4 Rc6 22. Rac1 Ke7 23. Bb5 Rcc8 24. a4 Rhd8 25. b4 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rd1+ 27.
Rxd1 Bxd1 28. a5 Bb3 29. a6 Bd5 30. Be2 Kd7 31. Bf2 Bxe5 32. Bxa7 Bd6 33. b5 e5
34. Bg4+ Kd8 35. Bb6+ Ke7 36. Be3 h5 37. Bf5 f6 38. b6 Kd8 39. b7 Kc7 40. Bc8
g4 41. Ba7 Kc6 42. Be3 Kc7 43. g3 Be4 44. Kf2 h4 45. gxh4 f5 46. Ba7 Kc6 47.
b8=Q Bxb8 48. Bxb8 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1948/49 24th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1949.01.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tylor, Theodore Henry"]
[Black "Winser, William Arthur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[Annotator "Updated Oct 2003"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 Nbd7 7. Bg2 e6 8.
O-O Be7 9. a4 h6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. a5 Rc8 12. Qb3 b6 13. axb6 axb6 14. Rd1 Qc7
15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Ra7 Rc7 18. Rda1 Ne4 19. Rxc7 Qxc7 20. Nh4 Nd6
21. Nxf5 Nxf5 22. Qc4 Rc8 23. e4 Nd6 24. Qd3 e5 25. d5 Nc5 26. Qc2 Nd7 27. Qd1
c5 28. f4 c4 29. Bh3 Re8 30. Bxd7 Qxd7 31. fxe5 Rxe5 32. Qd4 Qe7 33. Qxb6 Nxe4
34. Nxe4 Rxe4 35. d6 Re1+ 36. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1948/49 24th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1949.01.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fairhurst, William Albert"]
[Black "Schmidt, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Nd2 c6 10. Nb3 Ne8 11. Bc5 Nc7 12. Bxf8 Qxf8 13. O-O Ne6 14. g3 a5 15.
a4 f5 16. Qd3 Nd4 17. Bd1 Bh6 18. c5 Nxc5 19. Qc4+ Nde6 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Nxc5
Qxc5 22. Bb3 Qxc4 23. Bxc4 Kf8 24. Rad1 Bg7 25. Kg2 Ke7 26. Rfe1 Nc5 27. Rd2
Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1948/49 24th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1949.01.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rossolimo, Nicolas"]
[Black "Muhring, Willem Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C53"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Qe7 5. d4 Bb6 6. O-O d6 7. h3 Nf6 8. Re1
O-O 9. Na3 Nd8 10. Bd3 c6 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. b3 b5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Ba3 c5 15.
Ne3 Ba5 16. Qc2 Bb7 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Bc7 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. f4 b4 21. Rxe5
Qd6 22. Bb2 bxc3 23. Bxc3 h6 24. Rf1 Nb7 25. Bc4 Rad8 26. Rf3 Qb6 27. Rg3 Nd6
28. Qd3 a6 29. Rxg7+ Kxg7 30. Qg3+ Kh7 31. Bd3+ Nde4 32. Rxe4 c4+ 33. Bd4 cxd3
34. Bxb6 Rxd5 35. Rd4 {Best game prize} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1948/49 24th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1949.01.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Black "Tylor, Theodore Henry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C86"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. d3 d4 10. cxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Be3 Qd6 13. Nd2 Ng4 14. Rac1 Nxe3
15. Qxe3 Be6 16. Rc3 h6 17. Rfc1 Bxb3 18. axb3 Bg5 19. Qe2 Rfe8 20. h4 Bxh4 21.
Nf3 Bf6 22. Ne1 Bg5 23. R1c2 Qe6 24. Rxc7 Qxb3 25. Qg4 Qb4 26. Kf1 a5 27. Qf5
Bf6 28. g4 Rf8 29. R7c5 a4 30. f4 a3 31. bxa3 Rxa3 32. Rc8 Ra8 33. Rxa8 Rxa8
34. g5 hxg5 35. Rh2 Bd8 36. Qh7+ Kf8 37. Qh8+ Ke7 38. Qxg7 Ba5 39. Qxe5+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1948/49 24th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1949.01.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wade, Robert Graham"]
[Black "Wood, Baruch Harold"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Bd3
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 c5 10. f4 Nc6 11. Nf3 Qa5 12. O-O cxd4 13. c4 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Qxd2
15. Nxd2 Ke7 16. Rab1 Rd8 17. Ne4 Na5 18. Bd3 Rd5 19. Nd6 f5 20. Rf3 b6 21. Rg3
Kf8 22. Rg6 Bd7 23. Rf1 Rxd6 24. exd6 Kf7 25. Rg3 Rc8 26. Re1 g6 27. h4 Kf6 28.
Rd1 Rc6 29. Bb5 Rxd6 30. Bxd7 Rxd7 31. c3 Nc6 32. cxd4 Nxd4 33. Kf2 Rd6 34.
Rgd3 e5 35. a4 a6 36. g3 b5 37. R1d2 g5 38. axb5 axb5 39. Ke3 gxf4+ 40. gxf4
exf4+ 41. Kxf4 Ne6+ 42. Kf3 Rc6 43. Rd6 Rxd6 44. Rxd6 Ke5 45. Rb6 Nd4+ 46. Kf2
h5 47. Rh6 b4 48. Rxh5 b3 49. Rh7 f4 50. Rb7 Kf5 51. Rb4 b2 52. Rxb2 Kg4 53.
Rb4 Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1948/49 24th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1949.01.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Winser, William Arthur"]
[Black "Koenig, Imre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E26"]
[Annotator "Updated Oct 2003"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Bd3 d6 8. Ne2
b6 9. O-O Na5 10. Ng3 Ba6 11. e4 Qc7 12. d5 O-O-O 13. Qe2 Rde8 14. Be3 h5 15.
f3 h4 16. Nh1 exd5 17. cxd5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nd7 19. Nf2 Ne5 20. Qc2 Qd7 21. Rae1
Qb5 22. a4 Qb3 23. Qxb3 Nxb3 24. Nh3 Na5 25. Bc1 Nd3 26. Rd1 c4 27. Nf4 Nxf4
28. Bxf4 Kd7 29. Rfe1 f6 30. Be3 Nb3 31. Bd4 Re7 32. h3 Rhe8 33. Bf2 Rh8 34.
Kf1 Ree8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1948/49 24th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1949.01.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Koenig, Imre"]
[Black "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D60"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 c6 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4
O-O 9. O-O Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rb1 Nhf6 13. Qc2 Re8 14. b4 Ne4
15. Rfc1 Ndf6 16. Ne5 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qc5 Qg5 20. Nc4 Qg6
21. Qd6 Qg5 22. Qg3 Qd5 23. a3 Re6 24. Ne5 b6 25. Rc3 Ba6 26. Rbc1 Bb5 27. f3
f6 28. Ng6 Qg5 29. Nf4 Re7 30. d5 cxd5 31. Qxg5 hxg5 32. Nxd5 Re5 33. Nc7 Rd8
34. f4 gxf4 35. exf4 Rh5 36. g4 Rh4 37. Nxb5 Rxg4+ 38. Kf2 Rxf4+ 39. Ke3 Rh4
40. Rc8 Rxc8 41. Rxc8+ Kh7 42. Nxa7 f5 43. Nb5 Rxh2 44. Nd4 g6 45. a4 Ra2 46.
Kf4 Kh6 47. Rh8+ Kg7 48. Rb8 Rxa4 49. Rb7+ Kf6 50. Rxb6+ Ke7 51. Ke5 e3 52. Kf4
Kd7 53. Kxe3 Kc7 54. Rc6+ Kb7 55. b5 Ra3+ 56. Kf4 Rd3 57. Ke5 Rg3 58. Rf6 Rg1
59. Kd5 Rg3 60. Kc5 Rc3+ 61. Kb4 Rg3 62. Nb3 Rg1 63. Kc5 {Source: CHESS,
February 1949, Vol.14/161, p114} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1948/49 24th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1949.01.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Muhring, Willem Jan"]
[Black "Wade, Robert Graham"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D14"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Qb3
Bb4 9. Bb5 O-O 10. O-O Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Rc8 12. Qa3 a6 13. Be2 Ne4 14. h3 g5 15.
Bh2 f6 16. Rfd1 Qe8 17. Ne1 g4 18. hxg4 Bg6 19. Nd3 Kg7 20. Rac1 Qf7 21. Nf4 e5
22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. f3 Ng5 24. dxe5 fxe5 25. Qd6 Rfd8 26. Bxe5+ Kg8 27. Qf6 Nxe5
28. Qxe5 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Ne6 30. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1948/49 24th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1949.01.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Schmidt, Paul"]
[Black "Winser, William Arthur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Annotator "Updated Oct 2003"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. d4 dxe4 7. Qxe4 Nf6 8.
Qd3 Na6 9. a3 Nc7 10. Be2 Ncd5 11. Bf3 Be7 12. O-O Nxc3 13. Qxc3 O-O 14. Qc4
Qb6 15. c3 Rfd8 16. a4 a5 17. Qe2 c5 18. Be3 Rac8 19. Qb5 Qxb5 20. axb5 b6 21.
Rfd1 Nd5 22. Bxd5 exd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1948/49 24th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1949.01.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tylor, Theodore Henry"]
[Black "Rossolimo, Nicolas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A53"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 Nbd7 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 exd4 6. Nxd4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. a4
a5 9. Nb5 O-O 10. N1c3 Nc5 11. Be3 Qe7 12. Bd4 c6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nxd6 Be6
15. Nce4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Ba3 18. c5 Rad8 19. Qc2 Bb4 20. Rfd1 Bf5
21. Qc4 Rfe8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rc1 Rd5 24. Bf3 Re5 25. Nd6 Rxc5 26. Nxf5 Qg5
27. Qxc5 Bxc5 28. Rxc5 gxf5 29. Rxa5 Qc1+ 30. Kg2 Qc4 31. Ra7 Qb4 32. a5 Qb5
33. h4 Kg7 34. e3 Kg6 35. Kg1 Kg7 36. Bg2 h6 37. a6 bxa6 38. Bf1 Qb4 39. Rxa6
c5 40. Ra1 c4 41. Bxc4 Qxc4 42. Rd1 f4 43. exf4 Qe2 44. Rd6 f6 45. Rd8 Kg6 46.
Rg8+ Kf5 47. Rg7 Qe8 48. Kg2 Qa8+ 49. Kg1 Qc6 50. Kh2 Ke4 51. Kg2 Kd3+ 52. Kg1
Qd6 53. Rb7 Qa3 54. Rb6 Qa2 55. Kg2 Ke2 56. Rd6 Qa8+ 57. Kg1 Qa1+ 58. Kh2 Kxf2
59. Rd2+ Kf3 60. Rd3+ Kg4 61. Rd2 Qe1 62. Rg2 Qf1 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1948/49 24th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1949.01.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wood, Baruch Harold"]
[Black "Fairhurst, William Albert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D96"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Qb3 Bg7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bg5 e6 8. e4
dxe4 9. Bb5+ Nc6 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. O-O O-O 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Qc4 Bb7 14. Rfe1 Nd5
15. Ng4 f5 16. Ne3 Qf7 17. Qc5 h6 18. Nexd5 cxd5 19. Bf4 Rfc8 20. Qa3 Bc6 21.
Rad1 g5 22. Bd6 f4 23. b4 a6 24. Qb3 Bb5 25. a4 Bc4 26. Qb2 Qd7 27. Bc5 Qb7 28.
Qc1 Bd3 29. Rxd3 exd3 30. Qd2 e5 31. dxe5 d4 32. Ne4 Bxe5 33. Qxd3 Qg7 34. f3
Rd8 35. Nd2 Re8 36. Nc4 Bf6 37. Rxe8+ Rxe8 38. Nd6 Ra8 39. Qe4 Rd8 40. Qe6+ Kh7
41. Ne8 d3 42. Nxf6+ Kh8 43. Bd4 d2 44. Qe2 Qa7 45. Bxa7 d1=Q+ 46. Qxd1 Rxd1+
47. Kf2 Ra1 48. a5 Ra2+ 49. Kf1 Ra1+ 50. Ke2 Ra2+ 51. Kd3 Rxg2 52. Bd4 Kg7 53.
b5 axb5 54. a6 Ra2 55. a7 b4 {Resigned during adjournment. Source: Hastings
bulletin, p23} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1948/49 24th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1949.01.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Muhring, Willem Jan"]
[Black "Tylor, Theodore Henry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E72"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. Nge2 e5 8. d5
Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Ne2 Re8 11. f3 c5 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. Nxd4 Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Qc5
15. Nb3 Qxc4 16. Rc1 Qa6 17. Bf1 Qb6 18. Qe2 d5 19. Ba5 Qb8 20. Bg2 dxe4 21.
O-O Bf5 22. fxe4 Nxe4 23. Qc4 Qe5 24. Rce1 Qd5 25. Qa4 Bf8 26. g4 Bc5+ 27. Kh1
Nf2+ 28. Rxf2 Rxe1+ 29. Bxe1 Qd1 30. Nxc5 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1948/49 24th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1949.01.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rossolimo, Nicolas"]
[Black "Koenig, Imre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+
8. Nbxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Qb3 Nce7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfe1 c6 13. a4 Qb6 14. a5
Qxb3 15. Nxb3 Bf5 16. Ne5 Rfc8 17. Rac1 Kf8 18. h3 f6 19. Nf3 b6 20. Nfd2 Nb4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1948/49 24th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1949.01.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Black "Schmidt, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C86"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Bd7 13. Nh2 Ne8 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4
Nc4 16. Nd2 Ne5 17. Ndf3 g6 18. Bh6 Ng7 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. Ng4 Bxg4 21. hxg4 c4
22. Rf3 f6 23. Raf1 Bc5+ 24. Kh1 Qd6 25. g5 fxg5 26. Bxg5 Nh5 27. g3 Kg7 28.
Kg2 h6 29. Be3 Rxf3 30. Qxf3 Bxe3 31. Qxe3 Nf6 32. Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1948/49 24th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1949.01.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wade, Robert Graham"]
[Black "Fairhurst, William Albert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C28"]
[PlyCount "188"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d3 Na5 5. Bg5 Nxc4 6. dxc4 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Nd5 Qd8 9. Ne2 c6 10. Ne3 Bc5 11. Qd3 d6 12. Nc1 Be6 13. Nb3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Qh4+
15. g3 Qg4 16. Rd1 O-O-O 17. Rf1 f5 18. Nd2 Rhf8 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. e4 Bg6 21.
Rxf8 Rxf8 22. Qe3 Bh5 23. Rb1 Kb8 24. b4 Qh3 25. Qg1 Rf6 26. a4 Qe6 27. b5 cxb5
28. axb5 b6 29. Ra1 Kb7 30. Qe3 Qg4 31. Qd3 Kb8 32. Qe3 Rf7 33. Rb1 Kb7 34. Ra1
Rf6 35. Rb1 Qh3 36. Qg1 Rf7 37. Ra1 Kc8 38. Rb1 Kd8 39. Ra1 Ke8 40. Rb1 Kf8 41.
Ra1 Kg8 42. Rb1 Kh7 43. Ra1 Rf8 44. Rb1 Rf6 45. Ra1 Rf7 46. Rb1 Rc7 47. Qf2 Rf7
48. Qg1 Bg4 49. Ra1 Be6 50. Rb1 Rc7 51. Rb4 Bf7 52. Qf2 Bg6 53. Ra4 Rf7 54. Qg1
h5 55. Ra3 h4 56. Rb3 Qg4 57. Qe3 Bh5 58. Rb1 hxg3 59. hxg3 Rf8 60. Rc1 Rf6 61.
Ra1 Qh3 62. Qg1 Rg6 63. Kf2 Qg4 64. Re1 Qg5 65. Re3 Rf6+ 66. Kg2 Bg4 67. Rd3
Rh6 68. Re3 Qh5 69. Kf2 Qf7+ 70. Ke1 Rh3 71. Qg2 Kg8 72. Rd3 Qh5 73. Nf1 Kh7
74. Kd2 Qh6+ 75. Re3 Rh1 76. Qf2 Bh3 77. Nh2 Be6 78. Nf3 Bxc4 79. Kc3 Bxb5 80.
Nh4 Rf1 81. Qd2 d5 82. exd5 Qf6 83. Re4 Rf2 84. Qe1 Rf1 85. Qe3 g5 86. Kb2 gxh4
87. Rxh4+ Kg8 88. Qe4 Qf5 89. Qb4 Rf2 90. Qb3 Bd3 91. d6+ Kg7 92. Qd5 Bxc2 93.
Kc3 Ba4 94. Re4 Qc8+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1948/49 24th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1949.01.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Winser, William Arthur"]
[Black "Wood, Baruch Harold"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D64"]
[Annotator "Updated Oct 2003"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 c6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Qc2
Re8 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O Nxc3 13. Qxc3 e5 14. dxe5
Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Qxe5 Rxe5 17. Rfd1 Bf5 18. h3 Rae8 19. Bd3 Bc8 20. e4 g5
21. f3 Kf8 22. Kf2 Rd8 23. Bc4 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Ke7 25. Ke3 a5 26. Kd4 f6 27. a4
Bd7 28. b3 b6 29. Rh1 h5 30. h4 Be8 31. g3 Bg6 32. Bd3 Bf7 33. Bc4 Bg6 34. Bd3
Bf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1948/49 24th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1949.01.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fairhurst, William Albert"]
[Black "Winser, William Arthur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Annotator "Updated Oct 2003"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bg5 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 h6
8. Bh4 Ne5 9. Nb5 d6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. e4 Be6 12. f4 Nc6 13. Bd3 Qe7 14. Rb1
Kf8 15. O-O b6 16. e5 dxe5 17. Qf3 Rd8 18. Qxc6 Rxd3 19. fxe5 fxe5 20. Nxc7 Rd6
21. Nxe6+ Rxe6 22. Qe4 Rg8 23. Rb2 Qc5+ 24. Kh1 Qc6 25. Qf5 f6 26. Qh7 Qxc4 27.
Rbf2 Qh4 28. Qd7 Rxg2 29. Rxg2 Qc4 30. Qd8+ Kf7 31. Qg8+ Ke7 32. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1948/49 24th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1949.01.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Koenig, Imre"]
[Black "Muhring, Willem Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. e4 e5 8. Nh4
fxe4 9. dxe4 O-O 10. Nf5 Kh8 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Ne5 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Ne2 Ng8
15. Nxe7 Nxe7 16. Nd4 Bg4 17. Rxf8+ Qxf8 18. Qd2 N7c6 19. Rf1 Qe8 20. Nb5 Qd7
21. b3 Kg8 22. Be3 a6 23. Nc3 Rf8 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1948/49 24th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1949.01.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Schmidt, Paul"]
[Black "Rossolimo, Nicolas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. Nc3 d6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Nb4 13. Bb3 c5 14. d3 Bg4 15.
Bd2 Nc6 16. c3 Kh8 17. h3 Bd7 18. Bd5 f5 19. b4 fxe4 20. dxe4 c4 21. Be3 h6 22.
Nd2 Qe8 23. Nf1 Bh4 24. Ng3 Ne7 25. Ra6 {(Previously given incorrectly as 25
Ra7)} Nxd5 26. Qxd5 Be7 {Score corrected 23 April 2022. Source: Hastings
bulletin, p26} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1948/49 24th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1949.01.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tylor, Theodore Henry"]
[Black "Wade, Robert Graham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. c4 c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 Qxb3 8.
axb3 Nc6 9. Nb5 Rc8 10. Nbd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. O-O e6 13. d3 Bc5 14. Nf3
Ke7 15. Ne5 Bb5 16. Bd2 Bd6 17. Nf3 a6 18. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 19. Rxc1 Bd7 20. Bc3 Rc8
21. Re1 b5 22. b4 Bc6 23. Nd4 Bb7 24. e4 Bb8 25. Kf1 dxe4 26. dxe4 Nd7 27. Nf5+
Kf8 28. Rd1 exf5 29. Rxd7 Bc6 30. Rd1 fxe4 31. Ke2 f6 32. Bh3 Re8 33. Bd7 Bxd7
34. Rxd7 Be5 35. Bxe5 Rxe5 36. Rd6 f5 37. Ke3 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1948/49 24th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1949.01.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wood, Baruch Harold"]
[Black "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D61"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. Qc2
c5 9. Rd1 Qa5 10. Bd3 cxd4 11. exd4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Rfe1 Rac8
15. Ne5 Bd6 16. Nxf7 Rxf7 17. Bxe6 Bd5 18. Bxf7+ Bxf7 19. d5 Qb4 20. Bg3 Bxg3
21. hxg3 Qg4 22. Qe2 Qg5 23. Qa6 Rf8 24. Qxa7 Ne5 25. Qxb6 Nfg4 26. f4 Qh5 27.
Ne4 Nc4 28. Qd4 Nce3 29. Rxe3 Nxe3 30. Rd3 Nxd5 31. g4 Qh4 32. Nd6 Qe1+ 33. Kh2
Nf6 34. Rg3 Rd8 35. Qb6 Rxd6 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1948/49 24th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1949.01.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Muhring, Willem Jan"]
[Black "Schmidt, Paul"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Nxf6+ Qxf6 7. Nf3 Bb4+ 8.
Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Nd7 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe3 Bb7 13. Ne5 Rfd8 14. Bf3
Rac8 15. b4 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qh4 17. Be4 Rc7 18. Rfd1 Rcd7 19. Rxd7 Rxd7 20. c5
Qd8 21. h3 g6 22. b5 cxb5 23. c6 Rd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 25. Kh2 Bc8 26. Qg5 b4 27.
c7 Qe1 28. Qd8+ Kg7 29. Qf6+ Kh6 30. Qf4+ Kg7 31. Qf6+ Kh6 32. Ba8 Ba6 33. f4
Qb1 34. Qh8 {played in advance on Sunday 2 Jan 1949, so that the players could
get away for the Wijk aan Zee tournament} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1948/49 24th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1949.01.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rossolimo, Nicolas"]
[Black "Wood, Baruch Harold"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 e6 6. c3 {(Draw offer by White)
} Nge7 7. Bf1 d5 8. d3 O-O 9. Na3 e5 10. Bd2 h6 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nc4 Qc7 13.
a4 Bf5 14. Qb3 Rad8 15. Qa3 b6 16. a5 Rfe8 17. axb6 axb6 18. Qb3 Bc8 19. g3 Kh7
20. Bg2 Bf5 21. Bf1 Be6 22. Bg2 f5 23. Qc2 b5 24. Na3 Qb6 25. Re2 Nc7 26. Be3
b4 27. cxb4 Nxb4 28. Qxc5 Qxc5 29. Bxc5 Nxd3 30. Bb6 Rc8 31. Ne1 Nxe1 32. Raxe1
e4 33. Rd2 Nd5 34. Bd4 Bxd4 35. Rxd4 Rb8 36. f3 Nf6 37. fxe4 Rxb2 38. exf5 Bxf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1948/49 24th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1949.01.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Thomas, George Alan"]
[Black "Fairhurst, William Albert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C73"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Bxc6+ bxc6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Nf3 Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. c4 Bf6 11. O-O Ne7 12. Nc3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 f6 14. Nh4 O-O
15. f4 Nc6 16. f5 Bf7 17. Rf3 Bh5 18. Kh1 Qe8 19. Bd2 Rb8 20. Rg1 Ne5 21. Qf2
Rb2 22. g4 Rxd2 23. Qxd2 Nxf3 24. Nxf3 Qxe4 25. Qd5+ Qxd5 26. cxd5 Bf7 27. c4
Rb8 28. Rc1 Rb2 29. Rc3 Rxa2 30. Rb3 Kf8 31. Rb8+ Be8 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1948/49 24th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1949.01.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tylor, Theodore Henry"]
[Black "Koenig, Imre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E07"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Be7 4. c4 d5 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. b3 Ne4 8. Bb2
f5 9. Nbd2 c6 10. Qc2 Qe8 11. Nxe4 fxe4 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Bd7 14. f3 exf3
15. Bxf3 Rd8 16. cxd5 exd5 17. e4 Qg6 18. Qe2 Bh3 19. Rfd1 Rxf3 20. Qxf3 Bg4
21. Qe3 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 Qxe4 23. Qxe4 dxe4 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Bd4 Kf7 26. e6+
Kxe6 27. Bxg7 Bf6 28. Bh6 Bd4+ 29. Kf1 b5 30. g4 c5 31. Ke2 c4 32. bxc4 bxc4
33. h4 c3 34. h5 a6 35. a4 Kd5 36. Bf8 Ke6 37. g5 Kf5 38. g6 hxg6 39. h6 g5 40.
Bg7 Bf6 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1948/49 24th"]
[Site "Hastings, White Rock Pavilion"]
[Date "1949.01.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Winser, William Arthur"]
[Black "Wade, Robert Graham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[Annotator "Updated Oct 2003"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bb3
b4 9. Ne2 c5 10. O-O Ba6 11. Re1 Be7 12. Ng3 Qc7 13. e4 Bb7 14. d5 c4 15. Ba4
O-O 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Ng5 Nc5 18. e5 Nd5 19. Bc2 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Nf4 21. Bxf4
Rxf4 22. Qe2 Raf8 23. f3 b3 24. axb3 cxb3 25. Bd3 Qb6 26. Kh1 Rxf3 27. Be4 Rf2
28. Qc4 Nxe4 29. Nxe4 Rxb2 30. h4 Rf4 31. g3 Rff2 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves Major 1948/49"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1948.12.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rhodes, Herbert Gibson"]
[Black "Horne, Dennis Morton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "5r2/2p2bkp/p2p1pp1/3P4/q1P2N2/P4P2/1rPQ2PP/3RR1K1 w - - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Re7 Kg8 2. Ne6 Bxe6 3. dxe6 Qxc2 4. Qxc2 Rxc2 5. Rxc7 Rb8 6. e7 Kf7 7. Re1
Ke8 8. h4 d5 9. c5 Rc4 10. Re6 g5 11. Rxf6 Rb1+ 12. Kf2 Rf4 13. Rc8+ Kxe7 14.
Rxa6 Rb2+ 15. Kg3 Rxh4 16. Rc7+ {Source: BCM, March 1949, p78} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves Major 1948/49"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1948.12.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sergeant, Edward Guthlac"]
[Black "Schenk, Hans Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C60"]
[Annotator "Schenk, Hans Georg"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g5 {Brentano's Defence.} 4. d4 {The best move.} Nxd4
5. Nxd4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qf6 7. e5 Qb6 $1 ({Much better than} 7... Qg6 8. Nc3 Be7
9. Nd5 Bd8 10. O-O c6 11. Bd3 {Odam-Herzog, corr 1937.}) 8. Qxb6 axb6 9. Bxg5
Ra5 10. Nc3 ({To} 10. a4 {Black replies, of course,} c6 11. Bd2 cxb5 12. Bxa5
bxa5 13. axb5 b6) 10... c6 11. Bd3 Rxe5+ 12. Be3 Bc5 13. Nd1 d5 {"and the game
was drawn after another 12 moves". Source: CHESS, March 1949, Vol.14/162, p152}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves Major 1948/49"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1948.12.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Horne, Dennis Morton"]
[Black "Scott, David Bernard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B15"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Qc2 Re8+ 9. Ne2 h6 10. O-O Qc7 11. f4 c5 12. d5 c4 13. Qa4 Qc5+ 14. Nd4 b5 15.
Qxb5 Qxb5 16. Nxb5 Bc5+ 17. Kh1 cxd3 18. Nc7 Bd7 19. b4 Bd6 20. Nxa8 Na6 21. a4
Rxa8 22. b5 Nc5 23. c4 Re8 24. Ba3 Bg4 25. a5 d2 26. b6 axb6 27. axb6 Rb8 28.
Rab1 d1=Q 29. Rfxd1 Bxd1 30. Rxd1 Rxb6 31. g3 Kf8 32. Kg2 Ke7 33. f5 Rb3 34.
Re1+ Kd7 35. Ra1 Rc3 36. Bb4 Rxc4 37. Ra7+ Bc7 {Source: Professor D B Scott.
Contributed by Brian Denman, 22 May 2022} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves Major 1948/49"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1949.01.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bolland, Percivale David"]
[Black "Rhodes, Herbert Gibson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B67"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nf3 Qd8 12. Kb1 Be7 13. g4 Qc7 14. Qe3 b5
15. Rd2 b4 16. Nd1 a5 17. Bb5 a4 18. Nd4 Na5 19. Bxd7+ Qxd7 20. Qd3 O-O 21. Ne3
Rfb8 22. Kc1 b3 23. a3 bxc2 24. Rxc2 Nb3+ 25. Nxb3 Rxb3 26. Qd4 Qb7 27. Kd2 Bf6
28. Qc4 Bxb2 29. Rd1 Qb6 30. Re1 Qa5+ 31. Kd1 Bxa3 {Sources: Manchester
Guardian, 8 January 1949; BCM, March 1949, p79; CHESS, February 1949, Vol.14/
161, p111; 'A History of Lancashire Chess 1871-2009' by Mike Conroy. Note:
both players won the Military Cross!} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves Major 1948/49"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1949.01.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sergeant, Edward Guthlac"]
[Black "Horne, Dennis Morton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d4 Nxd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. Qxd4 Qf6 7. e5 Qb6 8.
Qd3 c6 9. Bc4 Qa5+ 10. Nc3 Qxe5+ 11. Be3 d5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bb5+ Kd8 14.
O-O-O Bg7 15. Qxd5+ Qxd5 16. Rxd5+ Ke7 17. Re1 Be6 18. Bc5+ Kf6 19. Bd4+ Ke7
20. Rd7+ Kf8 21. Bc5+ Ne7 22. Rxe7 {Sources: BCM, March 1949, p78; CHESS,
February 1949, Vol.14/161, p121} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves Major 1948/49"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1949.01.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Horne, Dennis Morton"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C35"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 Ng4 6. d4 d5 7. exd6 Bxd6 8.
Qe2+ Qe7 9. Qxe7+ Kxe7 10. Nc3 {... x moves. Source: "Chess for the Love of
It" by A. R. B. Thomas (Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1973), p30} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves Major 1948/49"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1949.01.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sergeant, Edward Guthlac"]
[Black "Rhodes, Herbert Gibson"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B62"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Be2 a6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qd2 h6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Rad1 Ne5 12. f3 Bd7 13. Nb3 Rc8 14. Bf4 O-O 15.
g4 Rfd8 16. a4 Be8 17. a5 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Be3 Nd7 20. Qf2 Bf6 21. Rxd6
Bxc3 22. bxc3 Qxc3 23. Rfd1 Qf6 24. Bd4 Qe7 25. e5 f6 26. Qd2 Rc6 27. Bb6 Rdc8
28. Rxd7 Bxd7 29. Qxd7 Qxd7 30. Rxd7 Rxc2 31. Nd4 Rd2 32. Bc7 fxe5 {Source:
CHESS, February 1949, Vol.14/161, p111. Contributed by Brian Denman, 22 May
2022} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves Major 1948/49"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1949.01.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Horne, Dennis Morton"]
[Black "Schenk, Hans Georg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[Annotator "Schenk, Hans Georg"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g5 {The Brentano Defence.} 4. d4 Nxd4 5. Nxd4 exd4
6. Qxd4 Qf6 7. Be3 ({A new move. Dr. Euwe in his Theorie der Schaakopeningen,
no.10, The Hague, 1948, p.109, suggests either Trebitsch's move} 7. Qe3 {
to which Brentano used to reply with the paradoxical key-move of the defence,
namely} Bd6 $1) ({or, alternatively, Dr. Euwe recommends} 7. Qxf6 Nxf6 8. e5
Ng4 ({but this line too is not entirely convincing, partly because Black seems
to be able to play instead} 8... Nd5 9. Bxg5 Bg7 10. O-O O-O) 9. Bxg5 {, etc,
a variation in which White is supposed to win a pawn on move 23}) {Horne is
developing all his pieces in the normal way. Black must be on his guard.} 7...
Bg7 8. Qxf6 Bxf6 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. O-O-O a6 11. Bc4 d6 12. e5 Bxe5 13. Bxg5 Be6
14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. f4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Rf8 17. Rd3 Kd7 18. g4 Rf7 19. Re1 Ng6 20.
Rde3 Nxf4 21. Bxf4 Rxf4 22. Rxe6 Rf7 23. g5 Rg8 24. h4 Rgg7 {In my opinion
Black has equalised. Later on in this game (move 40) White overplayed his hand
and lost an exciting rook ending, as follows:} 25. Kd2 Kc6 26. Kd3 Rf4 27. R1e4
Rf3+ 28. Re3 Rf4 29. R6e4 Rff7 30. Kd4 b5 31. Re6 Rf5 32. R3e4 Rgf7 33. Re7 Rf4
34. Rxf7 Rxf7 35. Rg4 Kd7 36. h5 c5+ 37. Ke3 Ke6 38. Re4+ Kd5 39. Rf4 Rg7 40.
Rf5+ Kc4 41. Kf4 Kxc3 42. Rf6 d5 43. Rxa6 b4 44. Ra5 c4 45. Rxd5 Kxc2 46. Kf5
Rf7+ 47. Ke6 Ra7 48. Rb5 Kc3 49. g6 hxg6 50. hxg6 Rxa2 51. Rg5 Ra6+ 52. Ke5
Ra5+ 53. Kf4 Ra8 {Source: CHESS, March 1949, Vol.14/162, p152} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves Major 1948/49"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1949.01.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "O'Sullivan, Donal J"]
[Black "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "3r2k1/ppp3pp/2nb1rn1/5p2/1PPp1P2/P2B1NPP/5P1B/2RKR3 w - - 0 21"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Position after 20 moves of an Albin Counter Gambit.} 21. c5 Bf8 22. Ng5 Nce7
23. Bc4+ Nd5 24. Ne6 Rd7 25. Nxc7 Rxc7 26. Bxd5+ Kh8 27. Rc2 Ne7 28. Bb3 h6 29.
g4 Rd7 30. g5 Ra6 31. a4 Nd5 32. Re8 Nxb4 33. Rxf8+ Kh7 34. Re2 Kg6 35. Re6+
Kh5 36. Rh8 Rxe6 37. Bxe6 Rc7 38. Bxf5 Rxc5 39. Be4 Nd5 40. gxh6 gxh6 41. Bf3+
Kg6 42. f5+ Kxf5 43. Rxh6 Nc3+ 44. Ke1 Rc8 45. Bg4+ Kg5 46. Bf4+ {Source(s):
Evening Herald, February 5, 1949, p. 4. via irlchess.com} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves Major 1948/49"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1949.01.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Thomas, Andrew Rowland B"]
[Black "Horne, Dennis Morton"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C38"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. O-O h6 7. c3 Be6 8. Bxe6
fxe6 9. e5 Nc6 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. d5 Nxe5 12. Qxb7 Qc8 13. Qb5+ c6 14. dxc6 Qxc6
15. Nd4 Nf3+ {Source: BCM, March 1949, p79} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves Major 1948/49"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1949.01.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rhodes, Herbert Gibson"]
[Black "Schenk, Hans Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Qd2 Qe7 9. O-O-O c6 10. Bd3 b6 11. g4 g6 12. Qf4 O-O 13. h4 Bg7 14. h5 f5 15.
gxf5 Rxf5 16. Qg4 Nf8 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Ng3 Ra5 19. Kb1 Qb4 20. Bxg6 Qa4 21. a3
Rb5 22. Ka1 e5 23. Bf5 Rxb2 24. Kxb2 exd4 25. Rd3 {Sources: CHESS, February
1949, Vol.14/161, p111; 'A History of Lancashire Chess From 1871 to 2009' by
Mike Conroy.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves Major 1948/49"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1949.01.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sergeant, Edward Guthlac"]
[Black "Barden, Leonard William"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/8/2r5/B3p1P1/8/3k2K1/8/8 b - - 0 56"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

56... Rc4 57. Be1 Ke2 58. Ba5 Ra4 59. Bc7 e4 60. g6 e3 61. g7 Ra8 62. Kf4 Rg8
63. Be5 Kd2 {Source: BCM, March 1949, p78} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves Major 1948/49"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1949.01.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Horne, Dennis Morton"]
[Black "O'Sullivan, Donal J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Nf3 Qa5+ 4. Bd2 Qb6 5. Na3 Nc6 6. Bd3 e5 7. Nc4 Qc7 8.
a4 Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. c3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Re1 dxc3 13. bxc3 Bg4 14. Rb1 Bf6
15. Rxb7 Qd8 16. Ncxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxd1 18. Ng6+ Ne7 19. Bb5+ Qd7 20. Bxd7+
Kd8 21. Nxh8 Bc2 22. Nxf7# {Sources: BCM, April 1949, p129; Midland Chess
Bulletin, Vol.1, No.5, 21 January 1949. One source suggested this was played
in round 1 but this cannot be right: the Midland Bulletin said that Horne lost
his first three games. The draw number indicates that it was played in round 9.
Best game prize for the Premier Reserves sections.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves Major 1948/49"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1949.01.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mieses, Jacques"]
[Black "Sergeant, Edward Guthlac"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 {"When imitating an opponent's
developing moves in the opening one must never be careless. Here rather often
a well-known Latin adage might be in point which means that "if two men do the
same thing it is not always the same" (si duo faciunt idem non est idem)." 
(Mieses)} 5. Nc3 c6 6. Nge2 Ne7 7. Ng3 Nd7 8. Be3 Nf6 9. Bg5 Nd7 10. Nh5 O-O
11. Nxg7 Kxg7 12. Qh5 f5 13. Qh6+ Kg8 14. Qxd6 Qe8 15. O-O Ng6 16. Rfe1 Qf7 17.
Bh6 Re8 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. Bxf5 Ndf8 20. Bd3 Bd7 21. Qf6 Qf7 22. Qxf7+ Kxf7 23.
Re1 Ne6 24. Ne2 Rg8 25. c3 Nh4 26. Ng3 Ng5 27. Bxg5 Rxg5 28. Bxh7 Bh3 29. gxh3
{Source: BCM, March 1949, p79} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves A 1948/49"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1949.01.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Swinnerton-Dyer, H Peter F"]
[Black "Duignan, Patrick Alphonsus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C91"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 {(opening moves to here not known but very likely to
be as suggested)} 11. h3 Nxb3 12. axb3 Bh5 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Nf1 Nd7 15. g4 Bg6
16. Ng3 Kh7 17. Kg2 Rh8 18. Be3 Kg8 19. Qe2 h5 20. gxh5 Bxh5 21. Nxh5 Rxh5 22.
c4 bxc4 23. bxc4 Qc8 24. Rh1 g6 25. Nd2 Kg7 26. Ra3 Nf6 27. b4 c5 28. bxc5 dxc5
29. Qf3 a5 30. Nb3 a4 31. Nc1 Qa6 32. Rc3 Rah8 33. Nd3 Qc8 34. Ra3 Nxe4 35.
Qxe4 Rxh3 36. Rxh3 Qxh3+ 37. Kg1 Rh4 38. Nf4 Rg4+ {Source(s): Evening Herald,
February 5, 1949, p. 4 via irlchess.com} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves C 1948/49"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1949.01.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Brown, George Spencer"]
[Black "Woodthorpe, Ralph Carter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C27"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nc3 O-O 5. f4 d6 6. f5 c6 7. Qf3 b5 8. Bb3 Qb6
9. Nge2 a5 10. a3 Bb7 11. g4 a4 12. Ba2 b4 13. axb4 Qxb4 14. g5 Nxe4 15. dxe4
d5 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Na6 19. Rxa4 Qb6 20. Ne4 Bb4+ 21. c3
Rad8 22. Qb3 Qc6 23. Rxb4 Nc5 24. Qc4 Nd3+ 25. Kf1 Qd7 26. Nf6+ (26. Kg2 $18)
26... gxf6 27. Qg4 Kh8 28. gxf6 $2 Rg8 29. Bg5 $2 Qa7 30. Qg3 Rxg5 31. Qf3 Qa1+
{Source: Hastings and St Leonards Observer - Saturday 08 January 1949} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves B 1948/49"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1949.01.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cole, Henry Holwell"]
[Black "Mitchell, Graham Russell"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A83"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 {('Kt-QR3')} Nf6 4. Bg5 b6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. Nxe4 Bb7
7. f3 g6 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. c3 Bg7 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. O-O-O O-O-O 12. Ne2 f5 13. Nd2
Qf7 14. Kb1 Rhe8 15. Nc1 {('Kt-Q2')} Re3 16. Nc4 Re7 17. b4 Rde8 18. a4 Kb8 19.
h4 Nd8 20. h5 Ne6 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Ne2 Bd5 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. dxe5 {('BPxB')}
Nf8 25. c4 Bb7 26. f4 Bxg2 27. Rh2 Bf3 28. c5 Ne6 29. cxb6 cxb6 {('RPxP' but
this doesn't tally with what happens subsequently)} 30. Rc1 Qf8 31. Ba6 Be4 32.
Bd3 Bb7 33. Qd2 Rc8 34. Bc4 Rd8 35. Kb2 Ree8 36. Rh7 d5 37. Rxb7+ Kxb7 38.
Bxd5+ Kb8 {and the rest of the score doesn't make sense: 39 RxR RxR 40 BxKt
R-Q1 41 Kt-Q4 K-B2 42 Q-B3 resigns. Source: Hastings and St Leonards Observer
- Saturday 08 January 1949} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Major A 1948/49"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1948.12.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ballard, A"]
[Black "Moodie, Thomas Lindsay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C71"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. d4 b5 6. Bb3 exd4 7. Bd5 Bb7 8. Ng5
Nh6 9. c4 Be7 10. Ne6 $2 fxe6 11. Bxh6 O-O $1 12. Qg4 Bf6 13. Bxe6+ Kh8 14. Bf4
Nb4 15. Na3 Bxe4 16. O-O d3 17. Rfe1 Bxb2 18. Rab1 Bxa3 19. Rxe4 Qf6 20. Be3
Nc2 21. Rf4 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Qc3 23. Rbf1 Rxf4 24. Qxf4 d5 25. cxb5 Bd6 26. Qf5 d2
27. Bc8 Qxe3+ 28. Kh1 Qe1 29. Qb1 Qxb1 30. Rxb1 Rxc8 {Source: Belfast
News-Letter - Wednesday 19 January 1949} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Major A 1948/49"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1949.01.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tormey, Thomas"]
[Black "Ballard, A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E01"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. g3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nxd5 7. Bg2 Nc6 8.
Qd1 Bb4+ 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. O-O Qe7 11. a3 Bxd2 12. Bxd2 Rd8 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. Rac1
Rac8 15. Qc5 Qf6 16. Bg5 Qxb2 17. Bxd8 Nxd8 18. Qxc8 Bxc8 19. Rxc8 Qf6 20. Rd1
Qe7 21. e4 Qd7 22. Ra8 b5 23. exd5 exd5 24. Ne5 Qc7 25. Rxd5 Qc1+ 26. Bf1 g6
27. Rdxd8+ Kg7 28. Ng4 h5 29. Rg8+ Kh7 30. Rh8+ Kg7 31. Rag8# {Source(s):
Evening Herald, February 5, 1949, p. 4. via irlchess.com} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Major B 1948/49"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1948.12.31"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Barlow, Alfred Dudley"]
[Black "Partington, Wilfred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D13"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 b6 7. Bf4 e6 8. e3
a6 9. Ne5 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. g4 Bg6 12. h4 h5 13. Nxg6 fxg6 14. g5 Ne4 15.
Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe6+ Kh7 17. Qxe4 Ra7 18. O-O Qd7 19. Bxh5 Qh3 20. Bxg6+ Kh8 21.
Bxb8 Rxb8 22. Bf5 {Source: Hastings and St Leonards Observer - Saturday 08
January 1949} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Major C 1948/49"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1948.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Egginton, J"]
[Black "Cooke, Percival Arthur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 d5 2. cxd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. Nf3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
O-O c6 9. Qb3 Nbd7 10. Be3 Nb6 11. Rfd1 Nbd5 12. Ne5 e6 13. Ne4 Nxe3 14. Qxe3
Nd5 15. Qa3 Qc7 16. Nd6 f6 17. Nd3 Rd8 18. Nc4 Bf8 19. Qa5 b6 20. Qd2 Bb7 21.
Rac1 Qe7 22. e4 Nc7 23. Qe3 Rd7 24. e5 Nd5 25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. exf6 Qxf6 27. Nce5
Rg7 28. Ng4 Qe7 29. Nh6+ Kh8 30. Ne5 Re8 31. Rc3 Qf6 32. Rdc1 Bd6 33. f4 Rge7
34. g4 Rg7 35. g5 Qf8 36. h4 Ba6 37. Rc6 Bb8 38. a4 Bb7 39. R6c2 Bd6 40. b4
Bxb4 41. Rc7 Ree7 42. Rxe7 Rxe7 43. Nc6 Bxc6 44. Rxc6 Qe8 45. Qe5+ Rg7 46. Rxe6
Be7 47. Rxe7 Qxe7 48. Qb8+ Qf8 49. Qxf8+ Rg8 50. Qxg8# {Source: Hastings
bulletin, p32. Best game prize for Major sections.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Major C 1948/49"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1948.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Moore, Noel Ernest Ackroyd"]
[Black "James, Rodney E"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 cxd4 6. axb4 dxc3 7. Qg4 g6 8. Bd3
Qc7 9. f4 cxb2 10. Bxb2 Ne7 11. Ne2 Nf5 12. Qh3 Qb6 13. g4 Ne7 14. b5 Nbc6 15.
Ra3 d4 16. Ba1 Nd5 17. Kf1 Bd7 18. Qg3 Ne3+ 19. Kf2 Nxc2 20. Bxc2 d3+ 21. Ke1
dxc2 22. Rb3 Rc8 23. bxc6 Qxc6 24. Rg1 c1=Q+ 25. Nxc1 Qxc1+ 26. Kf2 Qd2+ {
Source: London Chess Bulletin, 28 Jan 1949} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Major D 1948/49"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1948.12.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Foster, PM"]
[Black "Wright, Ralph Frederick G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Be3 a6 9. a4 Nbd7 10. Qd2 Qc7 11. Bh6 Nc5 12. f3 Ne6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Bxg7
Qc5+ 15. Kh1 Kxg7 16. f4 e5 17. f5 Bd7 18. Qg5 Be8 19. h4 h5 20. Rad1 Bf7 21.
Rd3 Rh8 22. fxg6 Bc4 23. Rdf3 Raf8 24. Bxc4 Qxc4 25. b3 Qc5 26. Nd5 Nxe4 27.
Rf7+ Rxf7 28. Rxf7+ Kg8 29. Nxe7# {Source: Hastings and St Leonards Observer -
Saturday 08 January 1949. There were two players named PM Foster - Paul and
Patrick - and I cannot be sure which one this is.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Second Class 1948/49"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1948.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Cohen, RJ"]
[Black "Gothard, Sydney"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. e3 e5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. Qe2 d6 7. d4 exd4 8. exd4+
Be7 9. Bxc6+ Bxc6 10. d5 Bd7 11. Bf4 O-O 12. O-O-O c6 13. Nf3 cxd5 14. cxd5 Rc8
15. Kb1 Re8 16. Rd2 Ng4 17. Qd1 Qc7 18. h3 Nf6 19. Re1 Bf8 20. Bg5 Bf5+ 21. Ka1
Ne4 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Nd4 Bxd5 24. Rxe8 Qc1+ 25. Qxc1 Rxc1# {Source: Hastings
bulletin, p32. Best game prize for the Second Class sections.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Third Class 1948/49"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1948.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jones, LLM"]
[Black "Selway, Rupert Aleck"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D06"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Bg5 c5 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. dxc5 d4 6. Nd2 Bf5 7. Ngf3 e5 8.
Nb3 Na6 9. Nh4 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bg2 Nxc5 14. Nxc5
Bxc5 15. Qa4+ Kf8 16. b4 Be7 17. c5 a5 18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. c6 Bxb4+ 20. Kf1 Qd5
21. f3 d3 22. e4 Qc4 23. Qb3 Qd4 24. Kg2 Bc5 25. Rhf1 Bb6 26. Rad1 Rd8 27. Rd2
f5 28. c7 Bxc7 29. gxf5 gxf5 30. exf5 Rg8+ 31. Kh1 Bb6 32. Qd1 Rg3 33. Be4 Ke7
34. Rxd3 Qb2 35. f6+ Kxf6 36. Rd6+ Rxd6 37. Qxd6+ Kg7 38. Rf2 Qc1+ 39. Kh2 Qg1#
{Source: Hastings bulletin, p32. Best game for Third Class section} 0-1

[Event "Hastings First Class A.M. B 1948/49"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1948.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Manfield, Reginald John"]
[Black "Biggs, M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1948.12.30"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.12.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. c3 Nf6 7. Bf4 Bd6 8. Ne5
Bxe2 9. Qxe2 O-O 10. Nd2 Qc7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Bg3 Rfd8 13. f4 Rac8 14. Bh4 Rf8
15. Rf3 a6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Raf1 b5 18. b4 Qb7 19. a3 Rc7 20. Rh3 Rfc8 21.
Rff3 a5 22. g4 axb4 23. axb4 g6 24. f5 exf5 25. gxf5 Ne8 26. f6 Qa6 27. Qe3 h5
28. Rxh5 Rxc3 29. Rfh3 gxh5 30. Qg5+ Kf8 31. Nd7# {Sources: Hastings and St
Leonards Observer, 27 December 1958, p9; Hastings Congress bulletin, p32,
without the names of the players. It won the brilliancy prize for the First
Class sections at the 1948-49 congress.} 1-0

