[Event "Hastings Premier 1954/55 30th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1954.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E00"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. dxc5 Bxc5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Nf3 Qa5+ 7. Nbd2 O-O 8.
O-O Qc7 9. Nb3 Be7 10. Bf4 d6 11. Rc1 e5 12. Bg5 Rd8 13. Nfd2 Be6 14. e3 Rac8
15. Qe2 Qb6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Nc3 Qa6 19. Nd2 d5 20. cxd5 Qxe2 21.
Nxe2 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Nf3 Rb5 24. b3 Ba3 25. Rc4 Rd8 26. Nc3 Rb4 27. Rxb4
Bxb4 28. Rc1 f5 29. Ne2 Kf7 30. Rc4 Kf6 31. g4 fxg4 32. Rxg4 Rd1+ 33. Kg2 Ra1
34. Ng3 g6 35. Rc4 Rxa2 36. Ne4+ Kf5 37. Nh4+ Ke6 38. Ng5+ Kd6 39. Nhf3 a5 40.
Nxh7 Rb2 41. Rg4 Rxb3 42. Rxg6+ Kc7 43. Nf6 a4 44. Nd5+ Kb8 45. h4 e4 46. Nd4
Nxd4 47. exd4 Bd2 48. Rg8+ Ka7 49. Nc7 Kb6 50. Ne6 a3 51. Ra8 e3 52. fxe3 Ba5
53. Nc5 Rb2+ 54. Kf3 a2 55. Na4+ Kb5 56. Nxb2 a1=Q 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1954/55 30th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1954.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Fuderer, Andrija"]
[Black "Fairhurst, William A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C66"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d6 5. Re1 Bd7 6. c3 Be7 7. Na3 O-O 8. Nc2
Re8 9. d4 Nxd4 10. Ncxd4 exd4 11. Bxd7 Qxd7 12. Nxd4 Bf8 13. f3 g6 14. Qb3 c6
15. Bg5 Bg7 16. Red1 Qc7 17. Rd2 Rad8 18. Nc2 d5 19. exd5 Rxd5 20. Rxd5 Nxd5
21. Re1 Rxe1+ 22. Nxe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1954/55 30th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1955.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5 8.
Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qd1 e6 10. e3 Be7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Qb6 13. Qe2 Rfc8 14. Ne5 Be8
15. Rac1 Qd8 16. Rc2 Nc6 17. a3 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Nd7 19. Bg3 Nb6 20. Rfc1 g6 21.
h3 Bd6 22. Bxd6 Qxd6 23. Nb1 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Rc8 25. Rxc8 Nxc8 {Keres' first two
games were postponed and played on 2 January} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1954/55 30th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1954.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Black "Alexander, C Hugh O'D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A81"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nh3 Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. e4 d6 8. Nf4 c6
9. O-O O-O 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. Nce2 cxd5 12. Nd4 Qd7 13. Nxf5 gxf5 14. Nxd5 e6
15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Be3 d5 17. Bd4 Qg7 18. Qe2 Rfe8 19. c3 Nc4 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21.
Rad1 Rad8 22. Rfe1 Nd6 23. Rd4 Rd7 24. Red1 Rg7 25. b3 b5 26. c4 bxc4 27. bxc4
Nxc4 28. Bxd5 Nb6 29. Bb3 Rge7 30. Rd6 Kg7 31. Re1 Kf7 32. Qb5 Kg7 33. Qc6 Kf7
34. a4 Nc8 35. Rdxe6 Rxe6 36. Qd7+ Kf8 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1954/55 30th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1954.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Phillips, Alan"]
[Black "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. c3 e5 8. Qc2
h6 9. e4 Be6 10. Nb3 Qe7 11. Be3 b6 12. Rad1 a5 13. a4 Rad8 14. Nh4 Rd7 15. Bc1
Rfd8 16. Rfe1 Rd6 17. Bf3 R8d7 18. Ng2 Qd8 19. Nd2 d4 20. c4 Qe8 21. Nb1 Rd8
22. Qe2 Nd7 23. b3 Nc5 24. Ba3 Nb4 25. Bxb4 axb4 26. Nd2 h5 27. Rb1 Bh6 28. Nf1
c6 29. Qc2 (29. Qd1 {is the move previously given here, and on CB Mega
Database 2022, while 29 Qc2 is the move that Andy Ansel has on file. The
bulletin gives "29 Q-" and the target square is missing! So it's anyone's
guess as to what was actually played, until such time as an original
scoresheet or player annotation is found. For the time being, my view is that
29 Qc2 looks slightly more likely than 29 Qd1 - JS}) 29... b5 30. axb5 cxb5 31.
Re2 Ra8 32. Ne1 bxc4 33. bxc4 Na4 34. Rxb4 Nc3 35. Qb3 Nxe2+ 36. Bxe2 Rda6 37.
Nc2 Bf8 38. Rb5 Bd7 {Source: bulletin} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1954/55 30th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1954.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Alexander, C Hugh O'D"]
[Black "Phillips, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C73"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 Nd7 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9. Be3 Rb8 10. Nbd2 Qf6 11. Nc4 Qe6 12. Qd3 Be7 13. a3 O-O 14. Qc3
Rb5 15. a4 Rb4 16. b3 c5 17. Rad1 Bb7 18. Ncxe5 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. Nxe5
Bxe4 21. Rd2 Re8 22. Re1 Bd6 23. Nc4 Bf8 24. Bf4 Rbb8 25. Bxc7 Rbc8 26. Rde2
Bc6 27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Rxe8 Bxe8 29. Bd6 f6 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. f3 Bg6 32. Ne3 Ke7
33. Kf2 Ke6 34. f4 Be4 35. Ke2 h5 36. h4 Kd6 37. Kd2 Kc6 38. Kc3 Kb6 39. Kc4
Kc6 40. b4 cxb4 41. Kxb4 Kb6 42. a5+ Kc6 43. c4 Kd6 44. g3 Kc6 45. Kc3 Kc5 46.
Nf1 Bf3 47. Nd2 Bd1 48. Ne4+ Kc6 49. Kd4 Bg4 {"and Black resigned after a few
more moves" (CHESS, Jan 1955, no.237)} 50. Nc5 Bc8 51. Nd3 Kd6 52. Nb4 Bb7 53.
c5+ Kd7 54. f5 Kc7 55. Nd5+ Kd7 56. Nf4 Bf3 57. Ne6 Kc6 58. Nxg7 Bg4 59. Ne8
Bxf5 60. Nxf6 {Source: bulletin. Extra moves contributed by Andy Ansel, 4
January 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1954/55 30th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1954.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fairhurst, William A"]
[Black "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 c6 5. e4 e5 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. h3
O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. d5 c5 11. Qd2 Nf8 12. Ne1 N6d7 13. g4 f5 14. gxf5 gxf5 15.
exf5 Nf6 16. Bg5 Bxf5 17. Kh2 Qd7 18. Rg1 Ng6 19. Qe3 e4 20. Ng2 Kh8 21. Nh4
Nxh4 22. Bxh4 Rg8 23. Rg3 Rae8 ({Not} 23... Qe8 {as given in CB Mega Database})
24. Rag1 Bg6 25. R3g2 a6 26. a4 Qf7 27. Bg3 Rd8 28. Qg5 Qd7 29. Qh4 Rdf8 30.
Bf4 Nh5 31. Be3 Bf6 32. Qg4 Be5+ 33. Kh1 Qxg4 34. Bxg4 Nf4 35. Bxf4 Rxf4 36.
Ne2 Rf6 37. Bh5 Rgf8 38. Bxg6 hxg6 39. Ng3 e3 40. fxe3 Rf3 41. e4 R8f4 42. Re2
Rh4 43. Nf1 Rfxh3+ 44. Kg2 Rb3 45. Rh1 Rxh1 46. Kxh1 Bf4 47. Kg2 Kg7 48. Nh2
Bxh2 49. Kxh2 Kf6 50. Rf2+ Ke5 51. Rg2 Kxe4 52. Rxg6 Kd3 53. Rxd6 Kxc4 54. a5
Rxb2+ 55. Kg3 Rb5 56. Rd7 Rxa5 57. Rxb7 Kxd5 58. Kf3 Kd4 59. Rd7+ Kc3 60. Rd5
Ra3 61. Ke2 c4 62. Rc5 a5 63. Rc8 a4 64. Rc7 Ra1 65. Rh7 a3 66. Rh3+ Kb2 67.
Rh2 a2 {Source: bulletin} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1954/55 30th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1954.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Fuderer, Andrija"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 c6 4. d4 Qc7 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. e4 a5
9. h3 Na6 10. Be3 Re8 11. Rc1 Nd7 12. Qe2 Bf8 13. Rfd1 exd4 14. Nxd4 Ndc5 15.
Kh2 Bd7 16. Qf3 a4 17. Nf5 Re6 18. Qf4 Rf6 19. g4 Re8 20. Qg3 h6 21. Rd2 Bc8
22. Rcd1 Qa5 23. Bf4 Bxf5 24. gxf5 Qb4 25. Bxd6 Rxd6 26. Rxd6 Bxd6 27. Rxd6 Kh7
28. e5 Qxc4 29. Rg6 Rg8 30. Rg4 Qd3 31. Be4 Qd2 32. e6 fxe6 33. fxe6+ Nxe4 34.
Nxe4 Qxb2 35. Qf4 Nb4 36. e7 Nd3 37. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1954/55 30th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1954.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E66"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d5 Na5 8. Nd2
c5 9. Qc2 a6 10. b3 Rb8 11. Bb2 b5 12. O-O Bd7 13. Rab1 Qc7 14. Nd1 bxc4 15.
bxc4 Rb4 16. Ne3 Rfb8 17. Bc3 Rxb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1954/55 30th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1955.01.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C71"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c4 Bd7 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4
Bg7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. O-O Nf6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 O-O 13. h3 Re8 14. Qf3 Rb8 15.
Rab1 Rb4 16. b3 Re6 17. a3 Rb8 18. b4 Qe8 19. Bc2 Nh5 20. Rfd1 a5 21. b5 g5 22.
Qxh5 Bxc3 23. bxc6 Bxc6 24. Bg3 Rxb1 25. Rxb1 Kg7 26. h4 gxh4 27. Qg4+ Rg6 28.
Qxh4 Bf6 29. Qh5 Bd4 30. Kh2 Qe6 31. Qe2 Rg4 32. Rd1 Be5 33. Bxe5+ Qxe5+ 34.
Kg1 Qg5 35. Qf3 f5 36. g3 fxe4 37. Qc3+ Qe5 38. Qe3 h5 39. Qa7 Qe7 40. Qxa5 h4
41. Qc3+ Qf6 42. Rd4 hxg3 43. fxg3 Qe5 44. Kh2 Rh4+ {Keres' first two games
were postponed and played on 2 January. Sources: bulletin; The Times, 5
January 1955} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1954/55 30th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1954.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E19"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 f5 10. b3 Bf6 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Qd2 d6 13. Ne1 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 Nd7 15.
Qc2 Rae8 16. Rae1 Qf7 17. e4 fxe4 18. Rxe4 e5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Nxe5 21.
f4 Qf5 22. Re2 Qxc2 23. Rxc2 Ng4 24. h3 Ne3 25. Nxe3 Rxe3 26. Kf2 Rfe8 27. Rd1
h5 28. h4 Kf7 29. Rd5 g6 30. Rg5 Kf6 31. Rd2 Rc3 32. Kg2 Rce3 33. Rf2 Re2 34.
f5 Rxf2+ 35. Kxf2 gxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1954/55 30th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1954.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fuderer, Andrija"]
[Black "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 d6 3. d4 Nbd7 4. Bb2 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8.
Nbd2 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nc4 e4 11. Nd4 Nb6 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Nb5 Qe7 14. a4
Rd8 15. Qe1 c6 16. Na3 Be6 17. Rd1 Nd5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1954/55 30th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1954.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Alexander, C Hugh O'D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c3 Nf6 10. Bg5 Qd7 11. Nbd2 O-O-O 12. Qa4 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Bxf3
15. Nxf3 g4 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bf5 Qxf5 18. Rxe5 Qd3 19. Rxe7 Rd7 20. Re3 Qa6 21.
Qxa6 bxa6 22. Be5 {Source: The Times, 3 January 1955} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1954/55 30th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1954.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Black "Phillips, Alan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E87"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 c5 8. Qd2 Ne8
9. Bd3 f5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Nge2 Na6 12. Bg5 Bf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. O-O-O Bd7
15. g4 f4 16. h4 Qe7 17. h5 Nac7 18. h6 b5 19. cxb5 Rb8 20. Rdg1 Qf7 21. a4 a6
22. bxa6 Rb4 23. a7 Na8 24. Rg2 Kh8 25. Rhg1 Rg8 26. Qc2 c4 27. Be4 Rg5 28. Qd2
Bc8 29. Bxh7 Qxh7 30. Ne4 Rxa4 31. Qc2 Qxa7 32. Qxa4 Qxa4 33. Nxg5 Qa1+ 34. Kc2
Qa4+ 35. Kb1 Qa7 36. Nc3 Qe7 37. Nge4 Qh7 38. g5 Qg6 39. Kc1 Bf5 40. Nf6 Nac7
41. Nxe8 Nxe8 42. Nb5 Kh7 43. Rh2 Bd3 44. Kd2 Bb1 45. Kc1 Bd3 46. Kd2 Bb1 47.
Kc1 Bd3 {Pachman claimed 3-fold repetition (after 48 Kd2)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1954/55 30th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1954.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Fairhurst, William A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A53"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 e5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. d4 d6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. b3 a6
9. Bb2 Bg4 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. h3 Bh5 12. Re1 Rfe8 13. a3 Bf8 14. b4 Rad8 15. Qd2
h6 16. g4 Bg6 17. Bf1 exd4 18. Qxd4 Qb6 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. Nd2 d5 21. exd5 cxd5
22. c5 Nbd7 23. Nf3 Be4 24. Nd4 Ne5 25. Re3 Nc4 26. Bxc4 dxc4 27. Nxe4 Rxe4 28.
Rxc4 Ree8 29. Rxe8 Nxe8 30. c6 b5 31. Rc2 Nd6 32. Nb3 Nc4 33. Na5 Nxa5 34. bxa5
Rc8 35. c7 Bd6 36. Rc6 Bf4 37. Rxa6 Bxc7 38. Bd4 Kf8 39. Ra7 Bd6 40. a6 Bxa3
41. Rb7 Bd6 42. a7 Kg8 43. Rxb5 f6 44. Rb7 Kh8 45. Rd7 Bf4 46. Bb6 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1954/55 30th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1955.01.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Alexander, C Hugh O'D"]
[Black "Fuderer, Andrija"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Nde2 O-O 9. h3 b5 10. a3 Nbd7 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Qd2 Rc8 13. Bh6 Ne5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. Rae1 Nc4 16. Qc1 Qb6 17. b3 Ne5 18. Qb2 Kg8 19. Kh2 Rc7 20. f4 Nxd3 21.
cxd3 Rfc8 22. Rc1 b4 23. axb4 Qxb4 24. Na2 Qb5 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Rc1 {"The
news that Alexander had been awarded the C.B.E. in the New Year Honours List
was received with great pleasure at the Congress and he was given a great
reception at the opening of the round by the assembled competitors." (bulletin)
} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1954/55 30th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1955.01.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fairhurst, William A"]
[Black "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D93"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qb3 Qa5 8. Be2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Be6 11. Qc2 Nd5 12. Qd2 Nxf4 13. exf4 Rd8 14. O-O Na6
15. f5 Bxf5 16. Bxf5 gxf5 17. Qg5 e6 18. a4 Qb6 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Ne2 Nc7 21.
Ra3 b4 22. Rb3 Nd5 23. Qh5 Rd7 24. Ne5 Rc7 25. Rh3 Nf6 26. Qh4 Rac8 27. Qf4 Rc2
28. Ng3 Qc7 29. Qg5 Rc1 30. Nd3 Rxf1+ 31. Nxf1 h6 32. Qh4 Nd5 33. Ne5 Qc1 34.
Rg3 Nf4 35. Re3 Qxf1+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1954/55 30th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1955.01.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Phillips, Alan"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D40"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 d5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bd3 a6 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
b5 9. Bb3 Bb7 10. Qe2 cxd4 11. Rd1 d3 12. Rxd3 Qc7 13. e4 Be7 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bh4 Nh5 16. Bg3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 O-O 18. Re1 Rfd8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Nd5 exd5 21.
exd5 Bf6 22. dxc6 Qxc6 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Qxd1 (24. Bxd1 {originally given in
bulletin but corrected some pages later}) 24... a5 25. Qd2 a4 26. Bc2 g5 27. g4
Qc4 28. Bf5 Kg7 (28... Bg7 {incorrectly given in some databases}) 29. a3 Qb3
30. Qd7 Bd5 {White lost on time (limit was 34 moves in 2 hours) - score
corrected JS, 11Jul2003} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1954/55 30th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1955.01.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D74"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O c5 8. e4
Nf6 9. e5 Nd5 10. dxc5 Nb4 11. Nc3 N8c6 12. Qe2 Qd3 13. Rd1 Qxe2 14. Nxe2 Nxe5
15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Rd2 Nc6 18. Nf4 Bf5 19. Re1 Bg7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21.
a3 g5 22. Nd5 Red8 23. Red1 Bg4 24. f3 Be6 25. b4 h6 26. Kf2 Rd7 27. Nc3 Rxd2+
28. Rxd2 Rd8 29. Rxd8 Nxd8 30. f4 gxf4 31. gxf4 Bb3 32. Ke3 Kf6 33. b5 e5 34.
Ne4+ Ke6 35. c6 exf4+ 36. Kxf4 bxc6 37. Nc5+ Kd6 38. Nxb3 cxb5 39. h4 Nc6 40.
Bxc6 Kxc6 41. Kg4 b4 42. axb4 Kb5 43. Nd4+ {Source: The Times, 4 January 1955}
1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1954/55 30th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1955.01.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C97"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

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. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Nf1 Nc4 14. a4 Bb7 15. b3
Nb6 16. a5 Nbd7 17. d5 g6 18. Ng3 Kg7 19. Be3 Ng8 20. Qd2 Bc8 21. Nh2 Nf8 22.
Rf1 Bd7 23. f4 exf4 24. Rxf4 Bg5 25. Rxf7+ Kxf7 26. Bxg5 Kg7 27. c4 h6 28. Qc3+
Kh7 29. Rf1 Bxh3 30. Bf4 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1954/55 30th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1955.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Black "Alexander, C Hugh O'D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A81"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 Ne4 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. Nbd2
d5 9. e3 e6 10. Ne1 b6 11. Nd3 Ba6 12. Nf3 Rc8 13. Re1 Ng5 14. Nf4 Nxf3+ 15.
Qxf3 Re8 16. Nxd5 Kh8 17. Nf4 Nb4 18. Qd1 c5 19. c3 e5 20. a3 Nc6 21. dxe5 Nxe5
22. c4 b5 23. cxb5 Bxb5 24. Qc2 c4 25. Red1 Qe7 26. Bd4 cxb3 27. Qxb3 Bc6 28.
Bxc6 Rxc6 29. Qd5 Rd6 30. Qg2 Red8 31. Rdc1 Qf7 32. Rc3 g5 33. Nd3 Nxd3 34.
Rxd3 Bxd4 35. exd4 Rxd4 36. Rxd4 Rxd4 37. Qa8+ Kg7 38. Rb1 Rd7 39. Rb5 Qe6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1954/55 30th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1955.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fairhurst, William A"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Ng3 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Be2 Bb7 10. Nf5 Re8 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. O-O Nbd7 13. b4 c6 14. Bd2 a6
15. Qb3 b5 16. Rae1 Nb6 17. Bc1 a5 18. f3 axb4 19. axb4 Bc8 20. Bd3 Be6 21. Qb1
Nc4 22. e4 Qa7 23. Ne2 dxe4 24. fxe4 Bg4 25. Bxc4 bxc4 26. Ng3 Qxd4+ 27. Be3
Qd3 28. Qb2 Nxe4 29. Nxe4 Rxe4 30. Qf2 f6 31. Bc5 Be2 32. Ra1 Rae8 33. Rfe1 c3
34. Qf5 c2 35. h4 Qd5 36. Qf2 h5 37. Rac1 Bd1 38. Rxe4 Rxe4 39. Ra1 Qe5 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1954/55 30th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1955.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fuderer, Andrija"]
[Black "Phillips, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A54"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 c6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
Ne8 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. b4 e4 11. Nd2 Nef6 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Rae1 Nf8 14. f3 exf3
15. Bxf3 Ne6 16. Nde4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Nf8 18. Bd3 Bd7 19. c5 b6 20. Ne4 dxc5 21.
bxc5 Be6 22. Nd6 Red8 23. Be4 bxc5 24. dxc5 Qc7 25. Rf2 Rd7 26. Qa4 Bd5 27.
Ref1 f6 28. Rd2 Bxe4 29. Qxe4 Re7 30. Qc4+ Kh8 31. Rb2 Re6 32. Rb7 Qa5 33. Nf7+
Kg8 34. Re7 (34. Re7 {"Phillips resigned because he only had a few seconds
left. The game could have been held by} Qb5 {(Bulletin by Wade and Morry)}) 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1954/55 30th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1955.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 c5 6. O-O Be7 7. b3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3
Nc6 9. Bb2 Nb4 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. Bxd4 O-O 12. e4 d6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxe5 Nd7 15.
Bb2 Bf6 16. Nc3 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Nc5 18. Qe2 Qe7 19. b4 Nb7 20. Nb5 Bxb2 21. Qxb2
a5 22. bxa5 Nxa5 23. Nd6 Qc7 24. Rab1 Rfd8 25. Qxb6 Qxb6 26. Rxb6 Nxc4 27. Rc6
Nxd6 28. Rcxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1954/55 30th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1955.01.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E53"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qe2
a6 9. a3 Ba5 10. Rd1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15.
dxc5 Qc6 16. f3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qxc5 18. c4 bxc4 19. Bxc4 Rfc8 20. Bd3 Nd5 21.
Qf2 Nc3 22. Re1 Bc6 23. Bb2 Bb5 24. Rac1 Bxd3 25. Rxc3 Qd6 26. Rd1 Rxc3 27.
Bxc3 Rd8 28. Qb2 f6 29. Ba5 Rd7 30. Qc3 Qb8 31. a4 Qb7 32. Rd2 Qb1+ 33. Kf2
Qf1+ 34. Kg3 Qe1+ 35. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1954/55 30th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1955.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Alexander, C Hugh O'D"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 b5 8. Bg2
Bb7 9. a3 Nbd7 10. O-O Be7 11. Bg5 Rc8 12. h3 O-O 13. g4 Nb6 14. Qd3 ({Not} 14.
Qd2 {as given in CB Mega Database 2022.}) 14... Nfd7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Rfd1 Nc5
17. Qe3 Nc4 18. Qc1 Nb6 19. Qe3 Nca4 20. Nxa4 Nxa4 21. b3 Nc5 22. Rd2 Ne6 23.
Rad1 Qc7 24. Kh2 Rfd8 25. h4 a5 26. g5 Ba6 27. Bh3 b4 28. axb4 axb4 29. Rg1
Bxe2 30. Rxe2 g6 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. Ra1 Rd7 33. Ra4 Qb8 34. Qd2 Rc3 35. Re3 Rf7
36. Rxb4 Qxb4 37. Qxc3 Qxc3 38. Rxc3 Rxf2+ 39. Kg3 Rf7 40. Rc8+ Kg7 41. Rd8 Rc7
42. Rxd6 Rxc2 43. Rxe6 Rc3+ 44. Kg4 Rxb3 45. Rxe5 h5+ 46. Kf4 Rh3 47. Re7+ Kf8
48. Ra7 Rxh4+ 49. Ke5 Rg4 50. Kf6 Rxe4 51. Kxg6 h4 52. Ra8+ Re8 53. Ra4 h3 54.
Rh4 Kg8 55. Rxh3 Re6+ {Source: bulletin} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1954/55 30th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1955.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Fuderer, Andrija"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E76"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Bd3 Qxc5 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. Be3 Qh5 11. O-O Bxf3 12. Rxf3 Ng4 13. Rh3 Nd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4+
15. Kf1 Nxh2+ 16. Ke1 Qg4 17. Qd2 Qxh3 18. gxh3 Nf3+ 19. Ke2 Nxd2 20. Kxd2
Bxc3+ 21. Kxc3 e5 22. Rf1 Ke7 23. f5 f6 24. Be2 Rac8 25. b4 b5 26. Kb3 gxf5 27.
Rxf5 Rhg8 28. cxb5 Rg3+ 29. Rf3 Rxf3+ 30. Bxf3 d5 31. Bg4 Rf8 32. Bf5 dxe4 33.
Kc3 Rg8 34. a4 Rg3+ 35. Kc2 e3 36. Kd3 e2+ 37. Kxe2 Rb3 38. Bxh7 Rxb4 39. Bc2
Rh4 40. Kd3 Rxh3+ 41. Kc4 Kd6 42. Kb4 e4 43. Kc4 f5 44. a5 Ke5 45. b6 axb6 46.
axb6 f4 47. Ba4 f3 48. Bb5 Rh8 49. Kc3 Rb8 {Source: The Times, 6 January 1955}
0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1954/55 30th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1955.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Phillips, Alan"]
[Black "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C53"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Bb6 5. d4 exd4 6. O-O d6 7. cxd4 Bg4 8.
Bb5 Kf8 9. Be3 Qf6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nbd2 Ne7 12. a4 Ba5 13. Qb3 Bxd2 14. Nxd2
Qe6 15. Qc3 Qc8 16. f3 Be6 17. b4 f6 18. Rfc1 a6 19. Nb3 Bxb3 20. Qxb3 Rb8 21.
Qc4 d5 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Bd2 Kf7 24. Qxc6 Rd8 25. Qc4 Rb6 26. Re1 Qd7 27. Re4
Kf8 28. Ree1 h6 29. h3 Rdb8 30. Reb1 Re6 31. b5 axb5 32. axb5 Reb6 33. Bb4+ Kf7
34. Bc5 Rxb5 35. Rxb5 Rxb5 36. Re1 Qc6 37. Re7+ Kg8 38. Rxg7+ Kh8 39. Rg6 Qe8
40. Qd3 Qe3+ 41. Qxe3 Nxe3 42. Rxf6 Rb2 43. Rxh6+ Kg7 44. Re6 Nxg2 45. Re4 Kf6
46. d5 Kf5 47. Be3 Nxe3 48. Rxe3 Rd2 49. Rc3 Rxd5 50. Rxc7 Kf4 51. Rf7+ Kg3 52.
Kf1 Rd2 53. Ke1 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1954/55 30th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1955.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O e5 6. d3 Ne7 7. b4 O-O 8. Nbd2 c6
9. Nb3 Qc7 10. Qc2 Nd7 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. e3 dxe3 13. Bxe3 b6 14. c5 Bb7 15. Ng5
Nf6 16. a4 Nfd5 17. Bd2 Rfd8 18. Rfc1 Qd7 19. cxb6 axb6 20. a5 h6 21. Nf3 Ba6
22. Ne1 Bb5 23. axb6 Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1954/55 30th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1955.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Fairhurst, William A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O d6 5. d4 Bd7 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8.
Qd3 Nd7 9. Be3 exd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. f4 Bf6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Rad1 Nb6 14. e5
dxe5 15. Qe4 Qe7 16. Qxc6 Qe6 17. Qxe6 fxe6 18. Ne4 exf4 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20.
Rxf4 Rf7 21. Rf3 Re8 22. Bf2 e5 23. Ra3 Nc4 24. Rg3+ Kh8 25. b3 Nd6 26. Rgd3 e4
27. Rc3 a6 28. Be3 Nf5 29. Kf2 Nd6 30. Rc6 f5 31. Bf4 e3+ 32. Bxe3 Rfe7 33. Bf4
Ne4+ 34. Kf1 Kg8 35. Rxc7 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1954/55 30th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1955.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A63"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nd2 a6 11. a4 Rb8 12. Nc4 Ne8 13. a5 Ne5 14. Nb6 Nc7 15. f4
Ng4 16. Nc4 Re8 17. Ne4 Nb5 18. h3 Bf5 19. hxg4 Bxe4 20. e3 f5 21. Bxe4 Rxe4
22. Qd3 Qd7 23. Bd2 h6 24. Rad1 Rbe8 25. gxf5 Qxf5 26. Bc1 Qh3 27. Rf2 g5 28.
Ne5 R8xe5 29. fxe5 Qxg3+ 30. Rg2 Qxe5 31. b3 Nc3 32. Re1 Nxd5 33. Rd1 Nc3 34.
Bb2 Rxe3 {Source: The Times, 7 January 1955} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1954/55 30th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1955.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fairhurst, William A"]
[Black "Alexander, C Hugh O'D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A81"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nh3 Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Ng5
h6 9. Ne6 Bxe6 10. dxe6 c6 11. e4 fxe4 12. Nxe4 O-O 13. Qe2 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 d5
15. Bg2 Nc4 16. Rb1 Qd6 17. f4 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Nd6 19. Be3 Qc4 20. Qxc4 Nxc4 21.
Bc1 Nd6 22. c3 b6 23. Bd2 Nc4 24. Rfd1 Rad8 25. Bc1 Rd6 26. Bh3 c5 27. b3 Na5
28. Bb2 Rfd8 29. Rd2 d4 30. c4 Nc6 31. Rbd1 Rf8 32. Bc1 Kh7 33. Re2 Nd8 34. Kg2
Rf6 35. Bd2 Nc6 36. Re4 Rf8 37. Bg4 Nb4 {"During this stage of the game each
player offered the draw twice." (bulletin)} 38. a3 Nc2 39. a4 a5 40. h4 h5 41.
Bh3 d3 42. Rb1 Nd4 43. Ree1 Nf5 44. Kf3 Bd4 45. Bf1 Rc8 46. Red1 Bf6 47. Be3
Rcd8 48. Bf2 d2 49. Kg2 Rxe6 50. Kf3 Bc3 51. Kg2 Ne3+ 52. Bxe3 Rxe3 53. Kf2 Re1
54. Be2 Rd6 55. Bf1 e5 56. fxe5 Rxe5 57. Kg2 Re1 58. Kh2 Rf6 59. Bg2 Rf2 60.
Kh3 Kg7 61. Kh2 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1954/55 30th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1955.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Black "Fuderer, Andrija"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A35"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. e3 d6 5. d4 Bg4 6. Be2 Bg7 7. d5 Bxf3 8. Bxf3
Ne5 9. Be2 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. b3 Ned7 12. Rb1 Ne8 13. Qc2 a6 14. a3 Rb8 15.
Bd2 e5 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Rbd1 Qe7 18. Bc1 Rd8 19. Bb2 Nef6 20. Rd2 Ne5 21. Rfd1
Nf7 22. h3 Rd7 23. Bf1 Rb8 24. Kh1 e5 25. a4 e4 26. Ne2 Ne8 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28.
b4 Nf6 29. Qb2 Qe5 30. Qxe5 Nxe5 31. bxc5 dxc5 32. Rxd7+ Nexd7 33. Nc3 Ne5 34.
Rd6 Kf7 35. g4 Ke7 36. Rd1 Nf7 37. Bg2 Nd6 38. Nd5+ Nxd5 39. Rxd5 b5 40. axb5 (
{Not} 40. cxb5 {as given in CB Mega Database}) 40... axb5 41. cxb5 Rxb5 42.
Bxe4 Nxe4 43. Re5+ Kd6 44. Rxe4 Kd5 45. Re8 c4 46. Rd8+ Kc5 47. Kg2 c3 48. Rc8+
Kb4 49. Kf3 Kb3 50. Ke4 Kb2 51. f4 c2 52. f5 c1=Q 53. Rxc1 Kxc1 54. Kf4 Kd2 55.
e4 Kd3 56. e5 Kd4 57. e6 gxf5 58. gxf5 Re5 59. h4 Kd5 60. h5 h6 61. e7 Re4+ {
Source: bulletin} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1954/55 30th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1955.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A49"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. b3 Nbd7 7. Bb2 e5 8. dxe5
Nh5 9. Na3 dxe5 10. e4 Re8 11. Qe2 Nb6 12. Rfd1 Bd7 13. c4 Qe7 14. Nc2 Bc6 15.
Ba3 Qe6 16. Ne3 Rad8 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Qd7 19. Bb2 Nc8 20. Rac1 Nd6 21. Rc2
h6 22. Rdc1 Rc8 23. a4 Re7 24. Ba3 Nf6 25. Bh3 Qxh3 26. Bxd6 {Source: The
Times, 7 January 1955} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1954/55 30th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1955.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Phillips, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E67"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qc2 e5 8. Rd1
Re8 9. Nc3 a6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. c5 Qe7 12. c6 bxc6 13. Nd2 Bb7 14. Nc4 a5 15.
b3 Qe6 16. Na4 Nd5 17. e4 N5b6 18. Ncb2 Qe7 19. Be3 Rad8 20. Bh3 Nxa4 21. Nxa4
Nf8 22. Bd2 Ra8 23. Rac1 Red8 24. Qc5 Qd6 25. Qc2 Qf6 26. Bc3 Qe7 27. Rxd8 Qxd8
28. Rd1 Qg5 29. Nc5 Bc8 30. Bxc8 Rxc8 31. Bxa5 h5 32. Qd2 Qe7 33. Bb4 Qe8 34.
a4 Ra8 35. a5 Qc8 36. Bc3 Qh3 37. Qe2 Ne6 38. Nxe6 Qxe6 39. Qc4 Qxc4 40. bxc4
Bf8 41. Bxe5 Rxa5 42. Bxc7 Ra7 43. Bf4 Be7 44. Bd6 Rd7 45. c5 f6 46. f4 Kf7 47.
f5 ({Not} 47. e5 {as given in CB Mega Database 2022.}) 47... gxf5 48. exf5 Bxd6
49. cxd6 Kg7 50. Kf2 Kf7 51. Rd4 Kg7 52. Ke3 Kf8 53. Kd3 h4 54. Kc4 {Source:
bulletin} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1954/55 30th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1955.01.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Alexander, C Hugh O'D"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O
8. O-O d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Ne2 Bg4 12. c3 Be7 13. Qc2 h6 14. Be3
Bd6 15. Nd4 c5 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Bxf5 Re8 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. g3 Re7 20. Bh3 Rd8
21. Bg2 Be5 22. Rd3 d4 23. cxd4 cxd4 24. Qxc7 Rxc7 25. Rfd1 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1954/55 30th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1955.01.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fuderer, Andrija"]
[Black "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 b5
9. Bc2 O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. a4 Bb7 12. b4 Nd7 13. Nf1 Nb6 14. a5 Nd7 15. Ne3
Nf6 16. Bb3 Qd7 17. Qc2 Nd8 18. Bb2 Rc8 19. c4 bxc4 20. Nxc4 Rb8 21. Rac1 Bc6
22. Bxe5 Rxb4 23. Bc3 Rb8 24. Ne3 Bb5 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Nd5 Bg7 27. Qxc7 Nb7
28. Bc4 Nc5 29. Qxd7 Nxd7 30. Bxb5 axb5 31. Nc7 Rec8 32. a6 Nc5 33. a7 Ra8 34.
Nxb5 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1954/55 30th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1955.01.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Keres, Paul"]
[Black "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. d4 c5 7. Bg2 Ne4 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Nbd2 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 Bg4 11. d5 Bxb2 12. Qxb2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Na5 14. h4 b5
15. cxb5 Qb6 16. a4 a6 17. h5 axb5 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Kg2 f6 20. Rh1 Kg7 21.
axb5 Qxb5 22. Qd2 g5 23. Qe3 Qd7 24. Bg4 Qc7 25. Bf5 Kf7 26. Rh7+ Ke8 27. Rah1
Qb7 28. Rh8 {Sources: The Times, 8 January 1955; Manchester Guardian, 27
January 1955} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1954/55 30th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1955.01.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Phillips, Alan"]
[Black "Fairhurst, William A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nbd2 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Bd7 7. O-O Qc8 8. Re1
Bh3 9. Nf1 Nf6 10. Ne3 O-O 11. c3 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 b6 13. h3 Qb7 14. Qc2 b5 15.
Qe2 Kh8 16. Nh4 b4 17. Bd2 Ng8 18. f4 bxc3 19. bxc3 Qa6 20. Nc4 Rad8 21. Ne3
Rb8 22. Nc4 Na5 23. Ne3 Rb2 24. Rec1 Nc6 25. Nf3 Rxa2 26. Rxa2 Qxa2 27. g4 Rb8
28. Nc4 Na5 29. Ng5 Nh6 30. Nxa5 Qxa5 31. Qe1 Rb2 32. Kg1 Qb5 33. Qe3 Qb3 34.
e5 dxe5 35. fxe5 Qd5 36. Re1 a5 37. c4 Qa8 38. Ne4 a4 39. Qxc5 a3 40. Bc3 Rc2
41. Qxe7 Rxc3 42. Nxc3 Qa5 43. Qe8+ Ng8 44. Rb1 Bxe5 45. Nd5 Bd4+ 46. Kh1 a2
47. Ra1 Bxa1 48. Ne7 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1954/55 30th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1955.01.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C99"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 d6 7. c3 Be7 8. Re1
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Rd8 13. Nf1 cxd4 14. cxd4 d5 15.
Nxe5 dxe4 16. Ng3 Bb7 17. Nf5 Bd6 18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. Qxg4 g6 20. Bxe4 Re8 21. Bh6
Bb4 22. Bxb7 Nxb7 23. Qh4 f6 24. Rec1 Qf7 25. Qg3 Rac8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Rc1
Rxc1+ 28. Bxc1 Qd5 29. Qb8+ Nd8 30. Bd2 Bf8 31. Nh6+ Bxh6 32. Bxh6 g5 33. Qc7
Nf7 34. Qc8+ Nd8 35. Qxa6 Qxd4 36. Qxb5 Kf7 37. h4 Ne6 38. hxg5 Qd1+ 39. Kh2
Qh5+ 40. Kg1 fxg5 41. Qf5+ Ke7 42. Qxh7+ Ke8 43. Qg8+ Ke7 44. Bxg5+ Nxg5 45.
Qg7+ Nf7 46. Qd4 Ne5 47. b4 Qe2 48. a4 Ng4 49. g3 Ne5 50. Qe3 Qd1+ 51. Kg2 Kd6
52. a5 Nd3 53. Qb6+ Ke7 54. Qc7+ Kf6 55. Qd6+ Kf7 56. Qd5+ Ke7 57. Qe4+ Kd6 58.
a6 Ne1+ 59. Kh3 Nf3 60. Qf4+ Ke6 61. g4 Qh1+ 62. Kg3 Ne5 63. Qf5+ Kd6 64. a7
Qg1+ 65. Kh4 Qh1+ 66. Kg5 Qa8 67. Qf6+ Kd5 68. Kf4 Nc6 69. b5 Nxa7 70. Qe5+ Kc4
71. b6 Nc6 72. Qc7 Qf8+ 73. Kg3 Kd5 74. b7 Qa3+ 75. Kg2 Qb4 76. Qf7+ Kd6 77. f4
Qb2+ 78. Kh3 Nd8 79. Qf8+ Kd7 80. Qf5+ Ke7 81. Qc5+ Ke8 82. Qh5+ Kf8 83. Qc5+
Ke8 84. g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier 1954/55 30th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1955.01.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Donner, Jan Hein"]
[Black "Pachman, Ludek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A64"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nd2 Re8 11. Re1 a6 12. a4 Rb8 13. Nc4 Ne5 14. Na3 Re7 15.
h3 Ne8 16. f4 Nd7 17. Kh2 f5 18. e4 fxe4 19. Nc4 Ndf6 20. g4 b5 21. axb5 axb5
22. Na5 Bd7 23. g5 Nh5 24. Rxe4 b4 25. Ne2 Rxe4 26. Bxe4 Ra8 27. Nb3 Rxa1 28.
Nxa1 Qc8 29. Qd3 c4 30. Qf3 b3 31. Nxb3 cxb3 32. Qxb3 Qc5 33. Be3 Qb5 34. Qxb5
Bxb5 35. Nc3 Bxc3 36. bxc3 Nhg7 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1954/55 30th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1955.01.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fairhurst, William A"]
[Black "Keres, Paul"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E45"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 Ba6 6. a3 Be7 7. Ng3 d5 8. cxd5
Bxf1 9. Nxf1 exd5 10. Ng3 O-O 11. Nf5 Re8 12. Nxe7+ Rxe7 13. O-O a5 14. Rb1 c6
15. Na4 Nbd7 16. Qc2 Qc7 17. f3 b5 18. Nc3 Qa7 19. a4 b4 20. Ne2 Rc8 21. b3 Qa6
22. Qd2 Rce8 23. Qc2 g6 24. Nf4 Rc8 25. Nd3 Qb6 26. Bd2 c5 27. dxc5 Nxc5 28.
Rfc1 Rec7 29. Nxc5 Rxc5 30. Qd3 Nh5 31. Qd4 Ng7 32. Rxc5 Rxc5 33. Rc1 Rxc1+ 34.
Bxc1 Qxd4 35. exd4 Nf5 36. Bb2 Ne3 37. Bc1 Nc2 38. Bb2 f5 39. Kf2 f4 40. g4
fxg3+ 41. hxg3 h5 42. Ke2 g5 43. Kd2 h4 44. gxh4 gxh4 45. Ke2 Kf7 46. Kf2 Kg6
47. Kf1 Kg5 48. Kg1 Ne1 49. Bc1+ Kf5 50. Be3 Nxf3+ 51. Kf2 Ke4 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier 1954/55 30th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1955.01.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Smyslov, Vassily"]
[Black "Phillips, Alan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A47"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. Bg5 Bb7 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Be7 6. Nbd2 d6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. e4
e5 9. h3 O-O 10. Re1 Ne8 11. Be3 Bf6 12. c3 c6 13. a4 Qe7 14. a5 b5 15. a6 Bc8
16. d5 Nb8 17. dxc6 Nc7 18. c4 bxc4 19. Bxc4 Nxc6 20. Qe2 Bd7 21. Rec1 Rac8 22.
Nb3 Ne6 23. Qd2 Rfd8 24. Rc2 Rb8 25. Bd5 Qe8 26. Rc3 Nf4 27. Na5 Nd4 28. Bxf4
Nxf3+ 29. Rxf3 exf4 30. Nb7 Qe5 31. Nxd8 Rxd8 32. Qxf4 Qxb2 33. Re1 Be6 34.
Bxe6 fxe6 35. Rd1 h6 36. Qe3 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1954/55 30th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1955.01.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Szabo, Laszlo"]
[Black "Fuderer, Andrija"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Bd7 7. Bg5 e6 8.
Ndb5 Qb8 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. f4 a6 11. Nd4 Qa7 12. Nce2 Rg8 13. g3 Qc5 14. Bb3
Nxd4 15. Nxd4 O-O-O 16. Qd3 Qh5 17. f5 e5 18. Ne2 Bb5 19. c4 Bc6 20. O-O-O Kb8
21. Nc3 Rc8 22. Kb1 Be7 23. Ba4 Bxa4 24. Nxa4 Rc6 25. Nc3 Rgc8 26. Nd5 Bd8 27.
Rc1 Qh6 28. Rc3 Bb6 29. Ne7 Bd4 30. Rc2 Rd8 31. Nxc6+ bxc6 32. c5 Ka7 33. cxd6
c5 34. Qa3 Qf8 35. Rxc5 Qxd6 36. Rc4 Qxa3 37. bxa3 a5 38. Kc2 h5 39. Rb1 h4 40.
Rc7+ Ka8 41. gxh4 Rh8 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier 1954/55 30th"]
[Site "Hastings, Sun Lounge"]
[Date "1955.01.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Unzicker, Wolfgang"]
[Black "Alexander, C Hugh O'D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "Britbase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.01.03"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 Nxd6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Qf4 g6 9. O-O Bg7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be3 Be6 12. Rad1 Qf6 13. Qa4 Ne5 14. Nxe5
Qxe5 15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. Bf4 Qc5 17. Be3 Qe5 18. Be2 Nf5 19. Bf3 c6 20. Bd2 Qd4
21. Qxd4 Nxd4 22. Be4 Bc4 23. Bd3 Bxd3 24. cxd3 Nc2 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Kf1 b6
27. a3 Re6 28. Rc1 Nd4 29. Re1 Kf8 30. Rxe6 Nxe6 31. Ke2 Ke7 32. Kd1 f5 33. Kc2
Nd4+ 34. Kd1 Ne6 35. Kc2 Be5 36. h3 Nd4+ 37. Kd1 b5 38. Bc1 Ke6 39. Ne2 a5 40.
Nxd4+ Bxd4 41. f3 a4 42. Kc2 Ke5 43. b3 f4 44. bxa4 bxa4 45. Kd1 g5 46. Kc2 Ba1
47. Kd1 Kd4 48. Kd2 Bc3+ 49. Kc2 Be1 50. Kd1 Ba5 51. Kc2 Bc3 52. h4 h6 53. h5
c5 54. Bd2 Ba1 55. Bc1 Ke5 56. Bd2 Bd4 57. Ba5 Kf5 58. Bd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves Major 1954/55"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1955.01.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fazekas, Stefan"]
[Black "Wood, Baruch Harold"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E73"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qd2 Re8 8. f4
e5 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. d5 c5 11. Nf3 Nb6 12. O-O a6 13. Rf2 Qd6 14. h3 Nh5 15. Kh2
f6 16. Be3 f5 17. Bh6 f4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. b3 Ng3 20. Bd3 h5 21. Ne2 h4 22.
Nxh4 Rh8 23. Nf3 Qd7 24. Neg1 Qe7 25. Qc3 Nd7 26. Ne2 Qf6 27. Nfg1 Qg5 28. Nxf4
Nf6 29. Nf3 Ng4+ 30. Kg1 Qxf4 31. Raf1 Nxf2 32. Rxf2 Rh5 33. h4 Nxe4 34. Bxe4
Qxe4 35. Ng5 Rxg5 36. hxg5 Bf5 37. Qa5 b6 38. Qxb6 Qe1+ 39. Rf1 Qe3+ 40. Rf2
Rf8 41. b4 Bd7 42. Qxc5 Qe1+ 43. Kh2 Rxf2 44. d6 Rf1 {Source: Birmingham Daily
Post, 4 January 1955 (BH Wood)} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves Major 1954/55"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1955.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wood, Baruch Harold"]
[Black "Thomas, Andrew Rowland B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E76"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Bd3 Qxc5 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Qe2 Be6 10. Be3 Qc8 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. Nd5 {"with a clear advantage" ... x
moves. Source: CHESS, Vol.20, No.243, April 1955, p287} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves Major 1954/55"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1955.01.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bilek, Istvan"]
[Black "Wood, Baruch Harold"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nc6 6. c3 Nf6 7. Re1 e6 8.
d4 d5 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Qa4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bc5 12. Be3 Bxd4 13. Bxd4 b5 14. Qa6
O-O 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. c4 Qxc4 17. Na3 Nb8 18. Qd6 Qc6 19. Qe7 e5 20. Re3 Nd7
21. Rd3 Nb6 22. Rd6 Nc8 23. Qxf8+ {Source: Glasgow Herald, 25 February 1955;
BCM, February 1955, p69} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves Major 1954/55"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1954.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bilek, Istvan"]
[Black "Soultanbeieff, Victor Ivanovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "8/r4pk1/pR4p1/P1pN3p/q1PbPQ2/6P1/6KP/8 w - - 0 39"]
[PlyCount "7"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

39. Ne3 Ra8 40. Nf5+ gxf5 41. e5 Qd1 42. Qg5+ {Source: Magyar Sakkelet 1955,
30. Contributed by Ulrich Tamm, 4 January 2023.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves Major 1954/55"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1954.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bilek, Istvan"]
[Black "Green, Arnold Yorwarth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Qg6 7. Nf5 Bb6 8.
Na3 d6 9. Nb5 Kd8 10. Qa4 Bxe3 11. Nxe3 Nf6 12. O-O-O Qxe4 13. Bc4 a6 14. Rxd6+
cxd6 15. Nxd6 b5 16. Qd1 Qe7 17. Ndf5+ Qd7 18. Qf3 Ne5 19. Qxa8 bxc4 20. Rd1
Nd3+ 21. Kc2 Re8 22. Nxc4 Qa4+ 23. b3 Qxa2+ 24. Kxd3 Qe2+ 25. Kd4 Qxd1+ 26. Kc5
Nd7+ 27. Kb4 Re6 28. Nd4 Qg4 29. Qd5 Qe4 30. Qg5+ Rf6 31. Nd6 Qa8 32. Qa5+ Ke7
{Contributed by Ulrich Tamm, 4 January 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves Major 1954/55"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1955.01.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fazekas, Stefan"]
[Black "Bilek, Istvan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E74"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qd2 c5 8. d5
a6 9. Bh6 Bxh6 10. Qxh6 Qa5 11. f3 Qb4 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. b3 Nh5 14. Rc1 f5 15.
exf5 gxf5 16. Nh3 f4 17. Nf2 Bf5 18. g4 fxg3 19. hxg3 Bg6 20. f4 Nxg3 21. fxe5
Nxh1 22. Nxh1 Rf5 23. e6 Raf8 24. Ne4 Qa3 25. Nhg3 Re5 26. Rc3 Rxe4 27. Nxe4
Bxe4 28. Rg3+ Bg6 29. Bd3 Rf6 30. Bxg6 hxg6 31. Qh6 Qa5+ 32. Kd1 Rf1+ 33. Kc2
Qxa2+ {Source: Magyar Sakkelet 1955, 29. Contributed by Ulrich Tamm, 4 January
2023.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves Major 1954/55"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1954.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hudson, John"]
[Black "Bilek, Istvan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Ng3 g6 6. Bc4 Bg7 7. d4 O-O 8.
O-O Bg4 9. c3 Nbd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 e5 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Rad1 Rae8 14. Rfe1
Qa5 15. Bb3 e4 16. Qe2 Nd5 17. c4 Nxe3 18. fxe3 c5 19. Bc2 f5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21.
b3 Be5 22. Qf2 Rd8 23. Bb1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Nf1 Bc3 27. Qc2
Be1 28. Qe2 Bb4 29. Bc2 a5 30. Qd1 Qxd1 31. Bxd1 Be1 32. g3 Kf7 33. Kg2 Kf6 34.
Bc2 h5 35. Nh2 g5 36. g4 fxg4 37. hxg4 h4 38. a3 Ke5 39. b4 axb4 40. axb4 Na6
41. b5 Nc5 42. Bb1 Kd6 43. Kh3 Kc7 44. Kg2 Kb6 45. Nf1 Ka5 46. Kh3 Kb4 47. Ba2
Kc3 48. Bb1 b6 49. Kg2 Kxc4 {Source: Magyar Sakkelet 1955, 30. Contributed by
Ulrich Tamm, 4 January 2023.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves Major 1954/55"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1954.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Soultanbeieff, Victor Ivanovich"]
[Black "Thomas, Andrew Rowland B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D41"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Qa5 10. Rb1 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 Ke7 13. Bb5 a6 14.
Bd3 Rd8 15. Rhc1 Nc6 16. Ke3 f6 17. g4 h6 18. h4 g5 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Rh1 Rf8
21. e5 fxe5 22. dxe5 b5 23. Be4 Bd7 24. Rh7+ Ke8 25. Rd1 Ra7 26. Bxc6 Bxc6 27.
Rxa7 Rxf3+ 28. Ke2 Ra3 29. Rd6 Rxa2+ 30. Ke3 Ra3+ 31. Kd2 Ra2+ 32. Kc1 Be4 33.
Rxe6+ Kf8 34. f3 Bd5 35. Rd6 {Source: De Volksgazet, 25.1.1955;
belgianchesshistory.be Contributed by Ulrich Tamm, 4 January 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves Major 1954/55"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1954.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Soultanbeieff, Victor Ivanovich"]
[Black "Persitz, Raaphi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r3k1/p2r1pbp/3P2p1/4p3/1p2P3/4B3/PP4PP/1K1R3R w - - 0 21"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

21. Rc1 Rcd8 22. Bc5 a5 23. Rhd1 Bf8 24. Rd5 f6 25. Bb6 Rb8 26. Bc7 Rb7 27. b3
Kf7 28. Rcc5 Ke6 29. Rxa5 Bxd6 30. Bxd6 Rxd6 31. Rxd6+ Kxd6 32. Ra6+ Kc5 33.
Rxf6 Kd4 34. Kb2 Kxe4 {... etc. Source: Schach Echo 1955, 59. Contributed by
Ulrich Tamm, 4 January 2023.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves Major 1954/55"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1954.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Soultanbeieff, Victor Ivanovich"]
[Black "Green, Arnold Yorwarth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. Bg5 Qe7 11. Re1 Re8 12. d5 Nb6 13. Bb3 cxd5 14. exd5 Bg4
15. Ne4 h6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. h3 Bh5 18. g4 Bg6 19. Nh4 Nd7 20. Bc2 Rac8 21.
Nxg6 fxg6 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. Bxg6 Red8 24. Bf5 Rc5 25. Be6+ Kg7 26. Qf3 Nb6 27.
Rac1 Rb5 28. Red1 Rxb2 29. Qc3 Rxa2 30. Qc7+ Qxc7 31. Rxc7+ Kh8 32. Rxb7 Ra5
33. d6 Ra6 {Contributed by Ulrich Tamm, 4 January 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves A 1954/55"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1954.12.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vasiljevic, Milos"]
[Black "McLeod, John W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E49"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 d5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Ne2
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. f3 cxd4 11. exd4 h6 12. Ng3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Ne7 14. Bd3 Bc6
15. Ne4 Nfd5 16. Bd2 b5 17. Qe2 a6 18. Nc5 Nb6 19. Rfe1 Bd5 20. Bc2 Nc4 21. Bf4
Nf5 22. Bxf5 exf5 23. a4 Bc6 24. Qd3 Qd5 25. a5 g5 26. Be5 f6 27. Qxf5 Be8 28.
Ne6 Nd6 29. Qh3 fxe5 30. Qxh6 Rf7 31. Rxe5 {Source: Jug Sach. 1955, 37.
Contributed by Ulrich Tamm, 9 January 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves A 1954/55"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1954.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mardle, Denis Victor"]
[Black "Firmenich, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. e5 Ne4 8. Re1
Nc5 9. Bxc6 dxc6 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. Be3 f5 12. f4 Ne6 13. Nxe6 Bxe6 14. Nd2 Qe8
15. Qe2 Rd8 16. a3 c5 17. c4 Qc6 18. Rac1 Rd7 19. Rc3 Rfd8 20. Nf1 b5 21. cxb5
axb5 22. Qc2 c4 23. b4 Rd3 24. Ng3 Bc8 25. Rxd3 Rxd3 26. Bc1 Qd5 27. Nf1 Bb7
28. Ne3 Qe4 29. Qf2 c5 30. Nc2 Qd5 31. Ne3 Qe4 32. Kf1 cxb4 33. axb4 Bxb4 34.
Re2 Bc5 35. Qh4 h6 36. Nc2 Rd1+ 37. Ne1 Qd3 38. Qh5 Rxc1 39. e6 Rxe1+ 40. Kxe1
Qb1+ 41. Kd2 b4 42. Qf7+ Kh7 43. Re5 c3+ {Source: Caissa 1955, 86. Contributed
by Ulrich Tamm, 4 January 2023.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves B 1954/55"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1954.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Matchett, Harry Gethin Thorp"]
[Black "Griffiths, Derek Francis K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E69"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. e4 c6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. h3 Nh5 10. Be3 Qe8 11. Re1 Kh8 12. g4 Nf4 13. Bxf4 exf4 14. Qd2 Nb6 15.
b3 Qd8 16. Qxf4 f5 17. exf5 gxf5 18. g5 c5 19. Rad1 cxd4 20. Nb5 Bd7 21. Nbxd4
Qc7 22. Ne6 Bxe6 23. Rxe6 Rad8 24. h4 Kg8 25. Rde1 Qb8 26. Re7 d5 27. Qe3 dxc4
28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. Rxg7 Kxg7 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. Re7 Rf7 32. Qe6 Rdf8 33. g6 hxg6
34. Qxg6+ Kh8 35. Rxf7 Rxf7 36. Qxf7 Qd6 37. Ng5 {Source: Birmingham Daily
Post, 4 January 1955 (BH Wood)} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves B 1954/55"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1954.12.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lloyd, David Edward"]
[Black "Flear, Eric Howard"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C86"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Rd1
d6 9. a4 Rb8 10. axb5 axb5 11. Nc3 b4 12. Nd5 Bg4 13. Qc4 Nxd5 14. Qxc6 Nf4 15.
Ra7 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Bh4 {Source: Hastings and St Leonards Observer, 1 January
1955. Contributed by Brian Denman, 3 January 2023.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves B 1954/55"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1955.01.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Keller-Hermann, Edith"]
[Black "Lloyd, David Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A92"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 d5 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 c6 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. Nd3 Qe8 10. Qc2 Bd6 11. Nf3 Qh5 12. Nf4 Bxf4 13. Bxf4 Ne4 14. b4 g5 15.
Bc1 Rf6 16. b5 Nf8 17. Ne5 Rh6 18. h4 Rf6 19. Bxe4 fxe4 20. hxg5 {Source:
Glasgow Herald, 4 February 1955; CHESS, March 19, p258} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves B 1954/55"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1954.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bourdillon, Dorothea Denise Alm"]
[Black "Bruce, Rowena Mary"]
[Result "0-1"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r3k1/1p1rppbp/1B1pqnp1/1N6/4PP2/5B1P/PnP1Q1P1/R3K2R b KQ - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1... Rc4 2. Nd4 Nxe4 3. Nxe6 Bc3+ 4. Kf1 Ng3+ 5. Kf2 Nxe2 6. Bxe2 fxe6 7. Bxc4
Nxc4 8. Rab1 Nxb6 9. Rb3 Bd4+ {Source: Schach 1955, 35. Contributed by Ulrich
Tamm, 4 January 2023.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves B 1954/55"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1954.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Griffiths, Derek Francis K"]
[Black "Keller-Hermann, Edith"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 {... etc.
Contributed by Ulrich Tamm, 4 January 2023.} 0-1

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves B 1954/55"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1954.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Keller-Hermann, Edith"]
[Black "Flear, Eric Howard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D57"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bh4 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. cxd5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 exd5 11. Qb3 Rd8 12. c4 Be6 13. Qxb7 dxc4 14. Qxa8
Qa3 15. Rb1 Bd5 16. Qxd5 Rxd5 17. Rxb8+ Kh7 18. Rb1 Qxa2 19. Nd2 c3 20. Bd3+ g6
21. Ne4 c2 22. Rc1 Ra5 23. O-O Qa3 24. Bxc2 Qe7 25. Bb1 Rb5 26. Nc5 h5 27. Bd3
Rb2 28. Ra1 c6 29. Be4 Qc7 30. Ra6 Rb6 31. Rfa1 Rxa6 32. Rxa6 f5 33. Bxc6 h4
34. Be8 {Source: Schach 1955, 35. Contributed by Ulrich Tamm, 4 January 2023.}
1-0

[Event "Hastings Premier Reserves D 1954/55"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Glyde, Lawrence Alfred J"]
[Black "Wilkinson, Bernard Landon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B21"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Nxc3 Nf6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
e5 Ng4 9. Bf4 a6 10. h3 Nh6 11. Ne4 b5 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14. exd6 Ng8
15. Rc1 h6 16. Ne5 Nf6 17. Re1 Rc8 18. Nd3 O-O 19. Nc5 Rb8 20. Re3 Qb6 21. Rg3
Kh8 22. Qd2 Qa5 23. Rgc3 Qd8 24. Bxh6 gxh6 25. Qxh6+ Nh7 26. Rg3 Rg8 27. Rcc3
Rxg3 28. Rxg3 Qf6 29. Qh5 Ne5 30. Bc2 Ng6 31. Nxd7 Qxb2 32. Bxg6 fxg6 33. Qxg6
Rc8 34. Qxe6 Qa1+ 35. Kh2 {Source: Ilford Recorder, 13 January 1955. It is
uncertain whether this game was played at the end of 1954 or the beginning of
1955. Contributed by Brian Denman, 3 January 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Major C 1954/55"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1955.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Hyde, John David Beardsmo"]
[Black "Fletcher, Jean Lesley Mary"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Bd3 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Nf3 a6 8.
O-O O-O 9. exd5 exd5 10. Nxd5 Qd8 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nc6 13. Qh5 h6 14. Rfd1
Bd7 15. Be4 Ne7 16. Nf6+ gxf6 17. Qxh6 Ng6 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Qxg6+ Kh8 20. Rd3
Qe7 21. Qh5+ Qh7 22. Qxh7+ Kxh7 23. Rxd7+ {Source: Hastings and St Leonards
Observer, 8 January 1955. It is uncertain whether the game was played in 1954
or 1955. Contributed by Brian Denman, 3 January 2023.} 1-0

[Event "Hastings Major C 1954/55"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1954.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smith, P."]
[Black "Wall, Charles Terence C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "r3nrk1/1p1b1ppp/p2p4/4qP2/3Q4/2N5/PPP1B1PP/R4RK1 w - - 0 16"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

16. Rad1 Qxd4+ 17. Rxd4 Bc6 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 f6 20. Ne4 Rd8 21. Rfd3 Rf7
22. Kf2 Kf8 23. Nc5 Rc8 24. Ne6+ Kg8 25. c3 Re7 26. Kf3 Kf7 27. g4 Nc7 28. Nxc7
Rcxc7 29. Rxd6 Rc5 30. Rd7 Rce5 31. Rxe7+ Kxe7 32. Re3 Kd6 33. Rxe5 Kxe5 34.
Ke3 g5 35. c4 a5 36. b3 h6 37. a3 {"and Black is lost". Source: Beds and Herts
Pictorial, 18 January 1955} 1-0

[Event "Hastings World Junior Qualifier"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1954.12.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gray, Denis John Pereira"]
[Black "Lloyd, Kenneth W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Na4 exf4 7. Nxc5 dxc5 8.
d3 g5 9. h4 g4 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. Ne5 h5 12. Nxc6 Qd6 13. Na5 f3 14. Kf2 O-O-O
15. Nc4 Qe6 16. gxf3 f5 17. Bg5 Rf8 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. f4 Nf6 20. Ne3 g3+ 21.
Kf3 Nd5 22. Nxf5 Qxf5 23. Kxg3 Re8 24. Re1 Ne3 25. Qxh5 Qe6 {Source: Bristol
Evening Post, 22 January 1955} 1-0

[Event "Hastings World Junior Qualifier"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1955.01.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Macdonald-Ross, Michael"]
[Black "Lloyd, Kenneth W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A44"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. c4 d6 4. e4 f5 5. exf5 Bxf5 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Nf3 g6 8. Be2
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd2 a6 11. a4 e4 12. a5 Qe7 13. Nb3 h5 14. h3 Nbd7 $1 15. g4
hxg4 16. hxg4 Nxg4 17. Bxg4 Qh4 18. Be2 Be5 19. f4 Qg3+ 20. Kh1 Rf7 21. fxe5
Rh7+ 22. Bh5 Bg4 {Source: Birmingham Daily Post, 11 January 1955} 0-1

[Event "Hastings World Junior Qualifier"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1954.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Moore, Brian J"]
[Black "Tidmarsh, David A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E18"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Rd1 Re8 10. e4 Nf8 11. h3 Qc8 12. Be3 a5 13. Rd2 N6d7 14. Rad1 e5 15.
Nd5 c6 16. Nxe7+ Rxe7 17. Nh4 Qc7 18. Nf5 Ree8 19. f4 Bc8 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. d5
c5 22. Rf2 Nf6 23. Rdf1 Bxf5 24. exf5 Qd6 25. g4 h6 26. Qd2 Kh7 27. Qe2 N8d7
28. h4 Rh8 29. g5 hxg5 30. hxg5 Ne8 31. Be4 Kg8 32. Rh2 Rxh2 33. Qxh2 Kf8 34.
f6 gxf6 35. gxf6 Ndxf6 36. Qh8+ Ke7 37. Bg5 Rb8 38. Bh6 Nd7 39. Rxf7+ Kxf7 40.
Qh7+ Kf6 41. Bg6 Qe7 42. Bg5+ Kxg5 43. Qxe7+ Nef6 44. Bf7 Rh8 45. Be6 Nf8 46.
Qg7+ Ng6 47. Bf7 Rh6 48. d6 {Source: Birmingham Daily Post, 4 January 1955} 1-0

[Event "Hastings World Junior Qualifier"]
[Site "Hastings"]
[Date "1954.12.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sales, Keith Donald"]
[Black "Collins, Malcolm Frank"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E16"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1954.12.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "BritBase"]
[Source "John Saunders"]
[SourceDate "2022.08.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.08.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 c5 6. d5 b5 7. dxe6 fxe6 8. cxb5
d5 9. O-O Bd6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. e4 Nbd7 12. Ng5 Re8 13. f4 h6 14. Nh3 e5 15.
exd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5+ Nxd5 17. Ne4 N7f6 18. Nxf6+ Nxf6 19. Qf3 c4 20. Be3 Qd7 21.
Nf2 Qxb5 22. Rfd1 Qxb2 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 exf4 25. Qxc4+ Kh7 26. Rab1 Qa3
27. Bxf4 Bxf4 28. Qxf4 Re2 29. Rb7 Qxa2 30. Rxg7+ Kxg7 31. Rd7+ Kg8 32. Qg4+
Kf8 33. Qg7+ Ke8 34. Rf7 Rg2+ {Source: Manchester Guardian, 18 February 1955}
0-1

