57th Hastings Premier, 28 December 1981 to 12 January 1982, White Rock Pavilion, Hastings

1981/82 Hastings Premier		Fed	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Total
1	Viktor Kupreichik	USSR	2580g	&;	½	½	½	½	0	1	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	9
2	Vassily Smyslov	USSR	2580g	½	&;	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	1	8
3	Jonathan S Speelman	ENG	2520g	½	0	&;	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	8
4	Ulf Andersson	SWE	2600g	½	½	½	&;	½	½	1	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	7½
5	A Jonathan Mestel	ENG	2475m	½	½	0	½	&;	1	0	½	½	1	1	½	½	1	7½
6	Nigel D Short	ENG	2440m	1	½	½	½	0	&;	1	½	0	½	1	½	1	0	7
7	Manuel Rivas Pastor	ESP	2470m	0	½	½	0	1	0	&;	1	½	1	½	1	½	½	7
8	Anatoly Lein	USA	2510g	0	½	½	½	½	½	0	&;	½	1	1	½	1	½	7
9	Shaun M Taulbut	ENG	2420m	½	½	½	0	½	1	½	½	&;	0	½	½	½	1	6½
10	Paul E Littlewood	ENG	2435m	0	0	½	½	0	½	0	0	1	&;	1	½	1	1	6
11	Murray G Chandler	NZL	2530m	½	½	½	½	0	0	½	0	½	0	&;	1	0	1	5
12	Larry Christiansen	USA	2575g	0	½	0	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	0	&;	1	0	4½
13	Hans Ree	NED	2510g	0	½	0	½	½	0	½	0	½	0	1	0	&;	½	4
14	Laszlo Szabo	HUN	2510g	0	0	0	½	0	1	½	½	0	0	0	1	½	&;	4

Average Elo: 2511, Category: 11, GM norm = 8½, IM norm = 6

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1981/82 HASTINGS CHALLENGERS - 28th December 1981 to 12th January 1982

(1) H James Plaskett 8/10; (2-3) Michael J Franklin, Andrew D Martin 7½; (4-5) Oliver A Jackson, Gary W Lane 7; (6-11) M. Böhm (FRG), Stuart C Conquest, Peter Korning (SWE), Lincoln Lucena (BRA), Marcio M C Miranda (POR), Andrew P Lewis 6½; (12-15) Bruce W Leverett (USA), Daniel Pergericht (BEL), P Winants (BEL), Mark Orr 6. 62 players. (Michael Franklin withdrew after 9 rounds due to the death of his father-in-law)

(From the 1982/83 BCF Yearbook, Hastings Challengers...) The best result among the 14 juniors was GARY LANE, 17, of Paignton, who tied for fourth prize with 7/10, a point behind the winner. STUART CONQUEST, the world boy champion, and ANDREW LEWIS, of London University, both scored 6½ and also finished as prizewinners.

No further results discoverable in BCM, CHESS or the 1982/83 BCF Yearbook.

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File Updated

Date	Notes
Previously	Games from the Premier uploaded as part of the Hastings collection some time ago.
24 December 2022	91 games from the Premier, 4 from the Challengers, plus crosstable.
18 February 2024	Added six games played by Kevin Thurlow in a New Year section.
9 December 2024	Added the game A Kinsman 1-0 A L Cortes, Hastings Challengers. Many thanks to Brian Denman for submitting the score.