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Hastings Premier PGN Game Downloads

Last Updated: Monday August 10, 2020 12:59 PM

The following is a collection of all games played in the Hastings Premier tournament (during the Hastings Xmas Congress) from its beginning in 1920/1 to the final all-play-all Premier in 2003/4 (games from subsequent knock-out/swiss events appear in the main body of Britbase). Because of the large number of games, they have been divided up into separate files for downloading purposes, corresponding to a decade. 

Hastings 1: 1920/31 to 1929/30 -  414 games - download zip
Hastings 2: 1930/31 to 1939/40 -  433 games - download zip
Hastings 3: 1945/46 to 1949/50 -  246 games - download zip
Hastings 4: 1950/51 to 1959/60 -  450 games - download zip
Hastings 5: 1960/61 to 1969/70 -  471 games - download zip
Hastings 6: 1970/71 to 1979/80 - 1080 games - download zip
Hastings 7: 1980/81 to 1989/90 -  834 games - download zip
Hastings 8: 1990/91 to 1999/00 -  483 games - download zip
Hastings 9: 2000/01 to 2003/04 -  180 games - download zip
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No.
Year Viewer
 Winner
Extant / Total Games
Venue
Link to PGN
1
 F Yates
10/12
Hastings CC
2
 B Kostich
16/28
Hastings Town Hall
3
 A Rubinstein
29/45
Hastings Town Hall
4
 M Euwe
45/45
Hastings Town Hall
5
 G Maroczy, S Tartakower
59/59?
Hastings Town Hall
***
6
 A Alekhine, M Vidmar
27/45
Hastings Town Hall
7
 S Tartakower
45/45
Hastings Town Hall
8
 S Tartakower
20/45
Hastings Town Hall
9
 E Colle, F Marshall, A Takacs
45/45
Hastings Town Hall
10
 J Capablanca
25/45
Hastings Town Hall
11
 M Euwe
33/45
Waverley Hotel
12
 S Flohr
27/45
White Rock Pavilion
13
 S Flohr
45/45
White Rock Pavilion
14
 S Flohr
44/45
White Rock Pavilion
15
 G Thomas, M Euwe, S Flohr
45/45
White Rock Pavilion
16
 R Fine
45/45
White Rock Pavilion
17
1936/37
 A Alekhine
45/45
White Rock Pavilion
PGN
18
1937/38
 S Reshevsky
45/45
White Rock Pavilion
PGN
19
1938/39
 L Szabo
45/45
White Rock Pavilion
PGN
20
1939/40
 F Parr
9/28
White Rock Pavilion
PGN
21
1945/46
 S Tartakower
66/66
White Rock Pavilion
PGN
22
1946/47
 CHO'D Alexander
45/45
White Rock Pavilion
PGN
23
1947/48
 L Szabo
12/45
White Rock Pavilion
PGN
24
1948/49
 N Rossolimo
45/45
White Rock Pavilion
PGN
25
 L Szabo
45/45
White Rock Pavilion
26
 W Unzicker
45/45
White Rock Pavilion
27
1951/52
 S Gligoric
45/45
White Rock Pavilion
PGN
28
1952/53
 H Golombek, A Medina, J Penrose, DA Yanofsky
45/45
White Rock Pavilion
PGN
29
1953/54
 CHO'D Alexander, D Bronstein
45/45
White Rock Pavilion
PGN
30
1954/55
 P Keres, V Smyslov
45/45
Sun Lounge, St Leonards
PGN
31
1955/56
 V Korchnoi, F Olafsson
45/45
Sun Lounge, St Leonards
PGN
32
1956/57
 S Gligoric, B Larsen
45/45
Sun Lounge, St Leonards
PGN
33
1957/58
 P Keres
45/45
Sun Lounge, St Leonards
PGN
34
1958/59
 W Uhlmann
13/45
Sun Lounge, St Leonards
PGN
35
1959/60
 S Gligoric
45/45
Sun Lounge, St Leonards
PGN
36
1960/61
 S Gligoric
45/45
Sun Lounge, St Leonards
PGN
37
1961/62
 M Botvinnik
45/45
Sun Lounge, St Leonards
PGN
38
1962/63
 S Gligoric, A Kotov
45/45
Sun Lounge, St Leonards
PGN
39
1963/64
 M Tal
45/45
Sun Lounge, St Leonards
PGN
40
1964/65
 P Keres
45/45
Sun Lounge, St Leonards
PGN
41
1965/66
 B Spassky, W Uhlmann
45/45
Sun Lounge, St Leonards
PGN
42
1966/67
 M Botvinnik
45/45
Falaise Hall
PGN
43
1967/68
 F Gheorghiu, V Hort, L Stein, A Suetin
45/45
Falaise Hall
PGN
44
1968/69
 V Smyslov
66/66
Falaise Hall
PGN
45
1969/70
 L Portisch
45/45
Falaise Hall
PGN
46
1970/71
 L Portisch
45/45
Falaise Hall
PGN
47
1971/72
 A Karpov, V Korchnoi
120/120
Falaise Hall
PGN
48
1972/73
 B Larsen
120/120
Falaise Hall
PGN
49
1973/74
 G Kuzmin, L Szabo, M Tal, J Timman
120/120
Falaise Hall
PGN
50
1974/75
 V Hort
120/120
Falaise Hall
PGN
51
1975/76
 D Bronstein, V Hort, W Uhlmann
120/120
White Rock Pavilion
PGN
52
1976/77
 O Romanischin
105/105
White Rock Pavilion
PGN
53
1977/78
 R Dzindzhihasvili
105/105
White Rock Pavilion
PGN
54
1978/79
 U Andersson
105/105
White Rock Pavilion
PGN
55
1979/80
 U Andersson, J Nunn
120/120
White Rock Pavilion
PGN
56
1980/81
 U Andersson
120/120
White Rock Pavilion
PGN
57
1981/82
 V Kupreychik
91/91
White Rock Pavilion
PGN
58
1982/83
 R Vaganian
91/91
White Rock Pavilion
PGN
59
1983/84
 L Karlsson, J Speelman
91/91
White Rock Pavilion
PGN
60
1984/85
 E Sveshnikov
91/91
White Rock Pavilion
PGN
61
1985/86
 M Petursson
91/91
White Rock Pavilion
PGN
62
1986/87
 M Chandler, B Larsen, S Lputian, J Speelman
91/91
White Rock Pavilion
PGN
63
1987/88
 N Short
56/56
White Rock Pavilion
PGN
64
1988/89
 N Short
56/56
White Rock Pavilion
PGN
65
1989/90
 S Dolmatov
56/56
Cinque Ports Hotel
PGN
66
1990/91
 E Bareev
56/56
Cinque Ports Hotel
PGN
67
1991/92
 E Bareev
56/56
Cinque Ports Hotel
PGN
68
1992/93
 J Polgar, E Bareev
56/56
Cinque Ports Hotel
PGN
69
1993/94
 J Nunn
45/45
Cinque Ports Hotel
PGN
70
1994/95
 T Luther
45/45
Cinque Ports Hotel
PGN
71
1995/96
 S Conquest, A Khalifman, B Lalic
45/45
Cinque Ports Hotel
PGN
72
1996/97
 M Hebden, J Nunn, E Rozentalis
45/45
Cinque Ports Hotel
PGN
73
1997/98
 M Sadler
45/45
Cinque Ports Hotel
PGN
74
1998/99
 I Sokolov
45/45
Cinque Ports Hotel
PGN
75
1999/00
 E Sutovsky
45/45
Cinque Ports Hotel
PGN
76
2000/01
 S Conquest, K Sasikiran
45/45
Horntye Park
PGN
77
2001/02
 A Barsov, P Harikrishna, K Sasikiran
45/45
Horntye Park
PGN
78
2002/03
 P H Nielsen
45/45
Horntye Park
PGN
79
2003/04
 V Kotronias, J Rowson
45/45
Horntye Park
PGN
80
2004/05
 V Belov
open
Horntye Park
PGN
81
2005/06
 Y Neverov
Horntye Park
PGN
82
2006/07
 M Gagunashvili, Y Neverov
Horntye Park
PGN
83
2007/08
 V Malakhatko, N Mamedov, V Neverov
Horntye Park
PGN
84
2008/09
 I Kurnosov
Horntye Park
PGN
85
2009/10
 A Istratescu, D Howell, R Edouard, M Hebden
Horntye Park
PGN
86
2010/11
 A Das, D Sengupta
Horntye Park
PGN
87
2011/12
 Wang Yue
Horntye Park
PGN
88
2012/13
 G Jones
Horntye Park
PGN
89
2013/14
 Qun Ma, M Mchedlishvili, I Khenkin, J Vakhidov, J Sarkar, M Hebden, J Radovanovic
Horntye Park
PGN
90
2014/15
 Zhao Jun
Horntye Park
PGN
91
 Jahongir Vakhidov, Aleksander Mista  
Horntye Park

Note that this does not include the famous Hastings tournament of 1895 which is not considered to be part of this series, nor one or two other competitions which have been played in Hastings from time to time. Note also that there were no tournaments played between 1940/1 and 1944/5 inclusively. There were 20 pre-war Hastings Congresses from 1920/1 to 1939/40 inclusive, and 59 congresses between 1945/6 and 2003/04, making 79 premier tournaments in all. The congress still continues, but without an all-play-all Premier, and not all games are recorded. Official Hastings Congress website: www.hastingschess.com and prior to that www.hastingschess.org.uk

Unfortunately, though the files contain a game entry and result for every game played in the competition, there are still many missing and incomplete game scores. Player names and game results have been thoroughly cross-checked against printed sources and a great many corrections and additions made to results and scores as published in ChessBase's Mega Database. This will enable you to compile accurate crosstables and statistics via standard ChessBase functions. Any chess writers or historians making use of this source are asked to show the courtesy of acknowledging Britbase as the source of their information and should if possible quote the web address.

2003/04 was the last all-play-all Hastings Premier for which all games were recorded. For subsequent knock-out/swiss events, see the main body of Britbase.

Venues of Hastings Congresses*

1920 - Hastings Chess Club
1921-29 -  Hastings Town Hall
1930 - Waverley Hotel
1931-53 - White Rock Pavilion
1954-65 - Sun Lounge, St Leonards-on-Sea
1966-74 - Falaise Hall, White Rock Gardens
1975-89 - White Rock Pavilion
1989-2000 - Cinque Ports Hotel
2000-present - Horntye Park

Update (26 Oct 2013): java viewers have been removed as these are incompatible with modern browsers. These will be eventually be replaced with more modern game viewers.
Update (4 Dec 2007): DGT viewer added, files divided into decades. The game Smejkal-Clarke (1968/69) corrected to show Smejkal winning with White (some sources have him winning with Black). My thanks to John Blackstone for pointing this out.
Update (23 July 2006): Updated to show round numbers for the 1988/89 tournament.

Update (11 May 2004): many thanks to Andy Ansel who has found four of the missing 1947/8 games. I've added another from the same tournament which appeared in BCM in 1948.

Update (19 April 2004): many thanks to Bernard Cafferty who has loaned me the published bulletin of Hastings 1952/3 which had all the games of the Premier. This was one of three missing post-war Hastings Premiers, so that only leaves 1947/48 and 1958/59 still to find (can anyone help?). As well as the 29 missing games from 1952/3, I discovered a number of discrepancies in the other 26 games, so you would be well advised to overwrite your database with the new file.

Amendments (16 Nov 03): Winser-Horne Hastings Premier 1949/50 Black's 14...Rb8 amended to 14..Re8 as suggested by Brian Denman. Also, Winser-Barda, Hastings Premier 1949/50 - Black lost on time. My thanks to Brian Denman.

Game added (19 Sept 2003): Mackenzie-Morry (1939/40): many thanks to Brian Denman for suppyling the score;

Amendments (10/10/2003) to 1948/9 games to show W Arthur Winser rather than William Winter / name change passim to Victor Buerger / also notes added to Norman/Tartakower from the 1924-25 Hastings, and Michell/Menchik from Hastings 1931-32.

Missing and Incomplete Game Scores

Tournaments from 1959/60 onwards are complete. However there are significant gaps before this time. Numbers of missing/incomplete games scores are shown in brackets: 1920/1 (2), 1922/3 (16), 1924/5 (some unidentified play-off games?), 1925/6 (18), 1927/8 (15), 1929/30 (20), 1930/1 (12), 1931/2 (18), 1933/4 (1), 1939/40 (19), 1947/8 (33), 1958/9 (32). Anyone who can help with finding these missing scores, or who identify any inaccuracies in the downloads, should contact John Saunders via email.

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