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Tournament: 44th Hastings Premier 1968/69 • go to Previous Year • Next Year • updated
March 27, 2025 10:51 AM
Venue: Falaise Hall • Dates: 28 December 1968 - 8 January 1969 • Download PGN (all 66 Premier games, 43+2 games/part-games from other sections)
1968/69 "The Times" Hastings Premier, 28 December 1968 - 8 January 1969, Falaise Hall
| 1968/69 Hastings Premier |
Title | Fed | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Total | ||
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| 1 | Vassily Smyslov | g | USSR |
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½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8½ | |
| 2 | Svetozar Gligoric | g | YUG | ½ |
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½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| 3 | Vladimir Tukmakov | USSR | ½ | ½ |
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½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 7½ | ||
| 4 | Raymond D Keene | ENG | 0 | ½ | ½ |
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1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7½ | ||
| 5 | Jan Smejkal | CZE | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6½ | ||
| 6 | Robert Hübner | FRG | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ |
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1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5½ | ||
| 7 | Daniel Wright | ENG | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 4½ | ||
| 8 | Peter H Clarke | ENG | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ |
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0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4 | ||
| 9 | Raaphi JA Persitz | SUI | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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½ | ½ | ½ | 4 | ||
| 10 | Robert G Hartoch | NED | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ |
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1 | ½ | 4 | ||
| 11 | Čeněk Kottnauer | m | ENG | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 |
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1 | 3½ | |
| 12 | Max L Fuller | AUS | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 |
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2½ | ||
Mark Taimanov (USSR) and Eleazar Jiménez (Cuba) had originally been slated to play but dropped out to be replaced by Tukmakov and Fuller. Smejkal arrived late and his round one game against Peter H Clarke was postponed until the rest day (3 January).
1968/69 Hastings Challengers, 30 December 1968 - 8 January 1969
| 1968/69 Hastings Challengers |
Fed | Residence | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | S/B | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Martyn J Corden | ENG | Bolton | w32+ | w10- | b31+ | w15+ | b21+ | w5+ | b2- | w7+ | w3+ | 28.00 | 7 |
| 2 | Michael J Franklin | ENG | London | w12= | b16+ | w7= | b6= | w17+ | b11+ | w1+ | b3= | w4= | 25.25 | 6½ |
| 3 | Mark H Horton | ENG | Nottingham | w6+ | w25+ | b15= | w4= | b5= | b13+ | w11+ | w2= | b1- | 31.00 | 6 |
| 4 | Denis Allan | CAN | Canada | w23+ | b7= | w14+ | b3= | w11- | b20= | w8+ | w5+ | b2= | 31.00 | 6 |
| 5 | Piet van der Weide | NED | Netherlands | w17+ | b14= | w22+ | b11+ | w3= | b1- | w12+ | b4- | w10+ | 28.75 | 6 |
| 6 | Peter W Hempson | ENG | London | b3- | b24+ | w8= | w2= | b22= | b26+ | w17= | b20+ | w12+ | 28.25 | 6 |
| 7 | Ludwig Rellstab | FRG | W Germany | w18+ | w4= | b2= | w10= | b15= | b8= | w21+ | b1- | w11+ | 27.25 | 5½ |
| 8 | Dr Walid E Poutrus | ENG | London | b22- | w19+ | b6= | b16= | w14+ | w7= | b4- | w27+ | b13+ | 25.00 | 5½ |
| 9 | Zahiruddin Farooqui | PAK | Pakistan | b14- | b29= | w16- | w24= | b31+ | b23= | w25+ | w22+ | b21+ | 18.75 | 5½ |
| 10 | David Parr | ENG | Wokingham | w30+ | b1+ | w11- | b7= | w12= | b15+ | w13- | b17+ | b5- | 24.25 | 5 |
| 11 | Gerard Gorse | FRA | France | w24+ | w28+ | b10+ | w5- | b4+ | w2- | b3- | w19+ | b7- | 23.00 | 5 |
| 12 | Barry Noel Green | ENG | Altrincham | b2= | w27= | b23= | w28+ | b10= | w19+ | b5- | w13+ | b6- | 22.00 | 5 |
| 13 | Franz Hölzl | AUT | Austria | b19+ | w15- | b28= | w18+ | b20+ | w3- | b10+ | b12- | w8- | 19.75 | 4½ |
| 14 | Werner Nicolai | FRG | W Germany | w9+ | w5= | b4- | b22= | b8- | w27- | w30+ | b26+ | b19= | 19.75 | 4½ |
| 15 | Terry C Fox | ENG | Worcester Park | w29+ | b13+ | w3= | b1- | w7= | w10- | b19- | b18= | w28+ | 19.50 | 4½ |
| 16 | Richard G Eales | ENG | Chester | b27= | w2- | b9+ | w8= | w19- | b30+ | w20= | b21= | w17= | 19.25 | 4½ |
| 17 | (Arthur) Howard Williams | WLS | Pontyclun | b5- | w21+ | b20= | w27+ | b2- | w22+ | b6= | w10- | b16= | 18.75 | 4½ |
| 18 | Alan Phillips | ENG | Blackheath | b7- | b26= | w29+ | b13- | w25+ | w21- | b24= | w15= | b27+ | 17.25 | 4½ |
| 19 | Gudmundur Sigurjonsson1 | ISL | Iceland | w13- | b8- | w30+ | w31+ | b16+ | b12- | w15+ | b11- | w14= | 15.25 | 4½ |
| 20 | John N Sugden | ENG | Beckenham | b28- | b30+ | w17= | b23+ | w13- | w4= | b16= | w6- | b24= | 16.50 | 4 |
| 21 | Jana Malypetrova | CZE | Czechoslovakia | w31= | b17- | w26+ | b25+ | w1- | b18+ | b7- | w16= | w9- | 15.25 | 4 |
| 22 | Andrew P Sombor | ENG | Sutton Coldfield | w8+ | b31= | b5- | w14= | w6= | b17- | w23= | b9- | w32+ | 14.25 | 4 |
| 23 | Peter C Griffiths | ENG | Solihull | b4- | b32+ | w12= | w20- | b27= | w9= | b22= | w24= | b25= | 14.00 | 4 |
| 24 | David Lees | ENG | London | b11- | w6- | w32+ | b9= | b30- | w29+ | w18= | b23= | w20= | 13.50 | 4 |
| 25 | Pank A Hoogendoorn | NED | Netherlands | w26+ | b3- | b27= | w21- | b18- | w28+ | b9- | b32+ | w23= | 12.25 | 4 |
| 26 | Jeff Horner | ENG | Bolton | b25- | w18= | w21- | w29+ | b28+ | w6- | b27= | w14- | b31+ | 12.00 | 4 |
| 27 | Michael Macdonald-Ross | ENG | London | w16= | b12= | w25= | b17- | w23= | b14+ | w26= | b8- | w18- | 15.25 | 3½ |
| 28 | Jürg Hertli | SUI | Switzerland | w20+ | b11- | w13= | b12- | w26- | b25- | w32+ | b29+ | b15- | 10.75 | 3½ |
| 29 | Ronald H Watson | ENG | Oxford Univ. | b15- | w9= | b18- | b26- | w32+ | b24- | w31+ | w28- | b30+ | 7.75 | 3½ |
| 30 | Louis de Veauce | ENG | Pirbright | b10- | w20- | b19- | b32+ | w24+ | w16- | b14- | b31+ | w29- | 6.00 | 3 |
| 31 | Ghulam Dastgir Butt | PAK | Pakistan | b21= | w22= | w1- | b19- | w9- | b32- | b29- | w30- | w26- | 4.00 | 1 |
| 32 | H D Varadarajan | IND | Winchester | b1- | w23- | b24- | w30- | b29- | w31+ | b28- | w25- | b22- | 1.00 | 1 |
1 BCM (February 1969, p50) gives H Sigurjonsson and CHESS (February 1969, p169) gives B Sigurjonsson, but I have plumped for Gudmundur Sigurjonsson who was starting to be active at this time.
Other Sections
Challengers’ Reserves: (1) R Walter L Moberly (Winchester) 7/9; (2) Peter R Markland (Bolton) 6½; (3-5) Robert Bellin, Ronald F A Harman (London), Peter G Moore 6; (6-7) Ivor Adrian Friedlander, Paul A Hutchinson (Brigg) 5½; (8-10) Graham E Clements, David E Lloyd, Keith M Oliff 5; (11-13) Paul Hershman, B Hessbruegge, Richard Hughes-Hallett 4½; (14-16) Harry Lamb, Robert P Ross, Victor J A Russ, Sean Thrower 4½; (17-23) Dr. Reinhard Cherubim, John A Feavyour, Arthur Hall, Stephen Macdonald-Ross, Douglas G A Shallcross, Jeffrey R L Webb, W Arthur Winser 4; (24-25) Gerald H Bennett, Heinrich Jühe 3½; (26-28) Percy B Cook, Miss Dinah Dobson [Norman], H G Shafer 3.
Main A: (1) Alan G Trangmar 7½/9; (2) Keith Maudsley 6½; (3-4) John B Goodman, Martin H Hawley (London) 6; (5-6) Anthony Beckett Bamford, P McDermott 5½; (7-14) R Busch (W Germany), Ian P Eustis, Michael J Meakin, Richard W O'Brien (Ilford), Miss Olive Richards [Chataway], P J Smith, Hector Andrew H Steen (Bedford), Hans-Peter Urankar (W Germany) 5; (15-17) J Gordon Lloyd, W Paul Taylor (Halesowen), R Williams 4½; (18-23) William Bainbridge, Harry T Ennis, J Gerber, Johannes Cornelius Kuiken (Chipstead), Miss Eileen B Tranmer, J Watson 4; (24) J Bruce 3½; (25-26) F Brian Ings, I Strachan 2½; (27) Bryan Allen Fewell 2.
Main B: (1-4) Dieter Buchenthal (W Germany), Ian Fraser (Cookham), Alfred Milner, Leslie E Vine (Eastleigh) 6/9; (5-6) Raymond M Ellison (Christchurch), Philip K Trussler (Bristol) 5½; (7-8) John Johnson (Liverpool), J Weston (Swindon) 5; (9-11) Kevin R M Claudius (London), J S Coote (Great Yarmouth), H [Ernest?] G Exell 4½; (12-13) D T Fairbank (Birmingham), Roger L Baker (Bakewell) 4; (14) Thomas E L Chataway (Stourbridge) 3; (15) A Niedra (St Leonards) 1½; (16) Arthur T Watson 1.
Open, Morning: (1-3) M Brown, A N Chapman, D H Young 7/9; (4-5) G Koloska, D J Towers 5½; (6-7) Sydney Ross Capsey, Walter R Rayner 5; (8-9) William Edward Busbridge, Geoffrey George Homan 4; (10-12) Robin J A Bavin, P A Bond, C E Henstock 3½; Mrs. Evaline Emily Feavyour 2½; Miss D J Milner 0.
Open, Afternoon: (1-2) E Chambers, Leon H J Fincham 7½/9; (3) Ronald E Rushbrook 7; (4) E Adams (Hastings) 5½; (5) Reginald J Manfield 5; (6) Miss E Whyte 4½; (7-8) Lt.Col. I Fernie (St Leonards), William Latey, Q.C. 4; (9-11) G Burnett (Worcester), E Peck, G Varty 3½; (12-13) I Bozic, Mrs. Jane Sadler Rees 3; (14) R C Winter (Hastings – withdrew ill after two rounds) 1½.
Christmas Special A: (1-2) Geoffrey Alan Hollis, A Torn 4/5; (3-4) Nigel W Dennis (Henley), Christopher W Johns 3½; (5-8) John G Collins (West Bridgford), Charles Ambrose Scott Damant (Hastings), Rev. Peter R Kings, Leigh A Trangmar 3; (9-10) Anthony James Booth, Walter James E Yeeles 2½; (11-12) D A Hutchinson, Robin A E Shaw 2; (13) Truman Victor Parrott (Harrow) 1½; (14-15) Steadman Louis Russell (Romsey), E J Smith 1; (16) Lucien Mouillaux ½.
Christmas Special B: (1) Stewart Reuben (London) 4½/5; (2) Gilbert Leslie Pritchard 4; (3) David A R Vallat 3½; (4-7) R Berry, C W Bryan, Ed H (or Ian?) Goodwin (Hull), C M Read (Lincoln) 3; (8-9) James W Prosser (Newcastle-upon-Tyne), F I Whitehouse 2½; (10-13) J A D Adams, R A Earland, Richard Glew, Eric Houghton (Hastings) 2; (14) A Towner 1½; (15) Maurice David Speigel (Mablethorpe) 1; (16) Miss Jean Pickles (Preston) ½.
Christmas Special C: (1) C H Cordwell 4/5; (2-5) D Gulliver, P R Rooke, R Quaye, J G Wright 3½; (6) H Rawcliffe 3; (7-11) I Baker, I Collins, C Conboy, C Hann, J T Hodgkinson 2½; (12-13) P W Mack, B Morris 2; (14) E Mitchell 1½; (15) A Hills 1; (16) Miss G Milner 0.
Christmas Special, Afternoon: (1) John B Sellens 4½/5; (2-3) Mike J Conroy, Maj. Eric Howard Flear 4; (4-8) John A Felton, D W Foster, O N Harrison, E Barry Sandercock, Melvin N Sutton 3; (10-13) J Brooke, David John Frederick Bull, C Fearn, Leopold Winter 2½; (14-17) E Hagman, A Larsson (Sweden), Brian G Sammes, Kenneth Henry Staines 2; (18-19) Derek Coope (Cleckheaton), E Newham 1½; (20) Miss Elsie Grace Coulson 1; (21) Miss A Enstone1 (Cheltenham) ½. 1 May have been Amy Elizabeth Enstone (1895-1985) but I'm not certain.
New Year Special, Morning: (1) Andrew Rowland Benedick Thomas (Tiverton) 5/6; (2) Graham Russell Mitchell 4½; (3-5) Christopher D Carr, Charles Ambrose Scott Damant (Hastings), Lawrence Alfred J Glyde 4; (6-7) K Wareing, James Rushton 3½; (8-9) P Grant, Victor Norman Rains (Cambridge) 3; (10-12) E L Hughes, Robert Littler (Chester), Maurice David Speigel (Mablethorpe) 2½; (13-15) F Grumbley, Stanley Hugh Holdcroft (Chester), James W Prosser (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) 2; (16) Miss I Josling 0.
New Year Special, Afternoon: (1) Paul Ian Wyndham 5/6; (2) John A Felton 4½; (3-4) John B Sellens, Roy A Wagstaff 4; (5) J Murrell 3½; (6-7) J Brooke, V Musgrave 3; (8-9) Mrs. Millicent Louise Battrum, Vladimir Litvin 2½; Miss Elsie Grace Coulson, J Hatton 2; Miss D Milner 0.
(Christmas Specials five-round and New Year Specials six-round Swiss events.)
File Updated
| Date | Notes |
|---|---|
| 1997 | 66 Premier games previously uploaded as part of a collection of Hastings games in zipped PGN format. |
| 22 November 2023 | Uploaded in current format, with crosstables and 34+2 games from the Challengers. |
| 23 November 2023 | Added a game from the Challengers Reserves: R.Harman 1-0 A.Hall, rd 5, 04.01.1969. Many thanks to Brian Denman for contributing the game. |
| 27 March 2025 | Added 8 games played by Victor J A Russ in the Challengers Reserves section. |