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TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
Hastings 1930/31 Tournament
Max Euwe7/9(+6 -1 =2)[view games]
Jose Raul Capablanca6.5/9(+5 -1 =3)[view games]
Mir Sultan Khan5.5/8(+5 -2 =1)[view games]
George Alan Thomas3/7(+2 -3 =2)[view games]
Frederick D Yates3/6(+3 -3 =0)[view games]
Reginald Price Michell2.5/6(+2 -3 =1)[view games]
Vera Menchik2/4(+2 -2 =0)[view games]
Theodore Tylor1.5/6(+1 -4 =1)[view games]
William Winter1/5(+1 -4 =0)[view games]
Edgar Colle0/4(+0 -4 =0)[view games]

Chessgames.com Historical Chess Event
Hastings 1930/31
The 11th Hastings Christmas Chess Festival was held at the end of the year 1930. Once again ten chess masters from England, the European continent, and the Americas were invited to participate in the round robin event. The notable participants of this edition included former world ehampion Jose Capablanca, Max Euwe, and Mir Sultan Khan. The Dutch master won in surprising fashion, finishing with 6 wins and 2 draws, dropping only one game. He edged out multiple Hastings winner and former world champion Capablanca by half a point. There are 13 incomplete or lost games missing from this collection and the database. The results of each encounter do survive, however, and thus allow for the final standings and crosstable to be reconstructed below:

1st  Euwe        7 /9  * ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 0 1
2nd  Capablanca  6½/9  ½ * 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1
3rd  Sultan Khan 6 /9  0 1 * 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1
4th  Michell     5 /9  0 ½ 0 * 1 1 ½ 0 1 1
5th  Yates       4½/9  0 0 ½ 0 * 1 1 1 ½ ½
6th  Thomas      4 /9  ½ ½ 0 0 0 * 1 1 0 1
7th  Winter      3½/9  0 0 1 ½ 0 0 * ½ 1 ½
=8th Tylor       3 /9  0 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ * ½ ½
=8th Menchik     3 /9  1 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ * 0
10th Colle       2½/9  0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 *
Original collection: Game Collection: Hastings 1930/31, by User: suenteus po 147

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Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. Capablanca vs Colle 1-039 1930 Hastings 1930/31E34 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation
2. Sultan Khan vs R P Michell 1-025 1930 Hastings 1930/31E47 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3
3. G A Thomas vs Tylor  1-033 1930 Hastings 1930/31E61 King's Indian
4. W Winter vs Euwe  0-138 1930 Hastings 1930/31D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
5. Euwe vs Menchik 0-161 1930 Hastings 1930/31D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
6. Capablanca vs Yates 1-087 1930 Hastings 1930/31D66 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line
7. Colle vs Sultan Khan 0-145 1930 Hastings 1930/31A46 Queen's Pawn Game
8. Sultan Khan vs Capablanca 1-065 1930 Hastings 1930/31E12 Queen's Indian
9. Yates vs Euwe 0-140 1930 Hastings 1930/31B10 Caro-Kann
10. Tylor vs Yates  0-130 1931 Hastings 1930/31D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
11. Sultan Khan vs G A Thomas 1-035 1931 Hastings 1930/31E10 Queen's Pawn Game
12. Euwe vs Capablanca  ½-½25 1931 Hastings 1930/31D52 Queen's Gambit Declined
13. W Winter vs Sultan Khan 1-045 1931 Hastings 1930/31E23 Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann
14. Capablanca vs G A Thomas  ½-½26 1931 Hastings 1930/31D69 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Classical, 13.de
15. Euwe vs Tylor  1-032 1931 Hastings 1930/31D90 Grunfeld
16. Yates vs R P Michell  0-135 1931 Hastings 1930/31C77 Ruy Lopez
17. Capablanca vs Tylor 1-034 1931 Hastings 1930/31D30 Queen's Gambit Declined
18. Sultan Khan vs Menchik 1-041 1931 Hastings 1930/31E91 King's Indian
19. G A Thomas vs W Winter  1-018 1931 Hastings 1930/31D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
20. R P Michell vs Euwe  0-129 1931 Hastings 1930/31D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense
21. Tylor vs R P Michell 1-035 1931 Hastings 1930/31D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
22. Menchik vs G A Thomas 1-035 1931 Hastings 1930/31A14 English
23. Euwe vs Colle  1-032 1931 Hastings 1930/31D07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense
24. W Winter vs Capablanca 0-134 1931 Hastings 1930/31D51 Queen's Gambit Declined
25. R P Michell vs Capablanca  ½-½38 1931 Hastings 1930/31B18 Caro-Kann, Classical
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Kibitzer's Corner
May-20-13
Premium Chessgames Member		  Absentee: "Dutch master Euwe won in surprising combative fashion, finishing undefeated with 6 wins and 2 draws, dropping only one game."

I guess "undefeated" should be removed.
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