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Hastings 1946/47 Tournament
Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander7.5/9(+7 -1 =1)[view games]
Savielly Tartakower6.5/9(+5 -1 =3)[view games]
Gudbjartur H Gudmundsson6/9(+4 -1 =4)[view games]
Daniel Abraham Yanofsky5.5/9(+3 -1 =5)[view games]
Gerald Abrahams4.5/9(+3 -3 =3)[view games]
Harry Golombek4/9(+2 -3 =4)[view games]
James Macrae Aitken3/9(+3 -6 =0)[view games]
Maurice Raizman3/9(+2 -5 =2)[view games]
Gabriel Wood2.5/9(+1 -5 =3)[view games]
Lodewijk Prins2.5/9(+2 -6 =1)[view games]

Chessgames.com Historical Chess Event
Hastings 1946/47
The 22nd Hastings Christmas Congress, held December 30, 1946 through January 8, 1947 marked a return to the traditional 10-player tournament of about half British players and half foreign masters. This year's contingent included:

Gerald Abrahams, James Macrae Aitken, Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander, Harry Golombek, Gudbjartur H Gudmundsson, Lodewijk Prins, Maurice Raizman, Savielly Tartakower, Gabriel Wood, Daniel Abraham Yanofsky.

What wasn't traditional was that a British player won, as Alexander blew away the opposition and clinched first place before a last round loss to Tartakower. Admittedly this was hardly a powerful contingent, but Alexander proved capable of more than holding his own in several stronger Hastings Congresses. 

               1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1  Alexander   * 0 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 1 7.5
2  Tartakower  1 * = = 1 = 0 1 1 1 6.5
3  Gudmundsson 0 = * = = 1 1 1 = 1 6.0
4  Yanofsky    0 = = * = 1 1 1 = = 5.5
5  Abrahams    0 0 = = * = 1 1 0 1 4.5
6  Golombek    = = 0 0 = * = 1 1 0 4.0
7  Raizman     0 1 0 0 0 = * 0 = 1 3.0
8  Aitken      0 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 1 3.0
9  Wood        0 0 = = 1 0 = 0 * 0 2.5
10 Prins       0 0 0 = 0 1 0 0 1 * 2.5
Original collection: Game Collection: Hastings 1946/47, by User: Phony Benoni

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Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. Yanofsky vs Tartakower  ½-½67 1946 Hastings 1946/47B56 Sicilian
2. M Raizman vs G H Gudmundsson  0-153 1946 Hastings 1946/47D01 Richter-Veresov Attack
3. Prins vs Aitken  0-134 1946 Hastings 1946/47B54 Sicilian
4. C H Alexander vs G Wood  1-030 1946 Hastings 1946/47A07 King's Indian Attack
5. G Abrahams vs Golombek  ½-½40 1946 Hastings 1946/47A15 English
6. Aitken vs C H Alexander  0-163 1946 Hastings 1946/47C53 Giuoco Piano
7. G Wood vs Yanofsky ½-½29 1946 Hastings 1946/47D19 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch
8. G H Gudmundsson vs Prins 1-050 1946 Hastings 1946/47A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4
9. Golombek vs M Raizman  ½-½40 1946 Hastings 1946/47A34 English, Symmetrical
10. G Abrahams vs Tartakower 0-130 1946 Hastings 1946/47D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
11. Prins vs Golombek  1-075 1947 Hastings 1946/47B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
12. C H Alexander vs G H Gudmundsson  1-027 1947 Hastings 1946/47C13 French
13. M Raizman vs G Abrahams  0-151 1947 Hastings 1946/47E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3
14. Yanofsky vs Aitken 1-030 1947 Hastings 1946/47B74 Sicilian, Dragon, Classical
15. Tartakower vs G Wood  1-031 1947 Hastings 1946/47C45 Scotch Game
16. G Wood vs G Abrahams  1-040 1947 Hastings 1946/47D31 Queen's Gambit Declined
17. M Raizman vs Prins  1-040 1947 Hastings 1946/47A16 English
18. G H Gudmundsson vs Yanofsky  ½-½38 1947 Hastings 1946/47D18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch
19. Golombek vs C H Alexander  ½-½34 1947 Hastings 1946/47D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
20. Aitken vs Tartakower  0-135 1947 Hastings 1946/47B50 Sicilian
21. Yanofsky vs Golombek  1-060 1947 Hastings 1946/47B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange
22. G Wood vs Aitken  0-128 1947 Hastings 1946/47D55 Queen's Gambit Declined
23. Tartakower vs G H Gudmundsson  ½-½39 1947 Hastings 1946/47C07 French, Tarrasch
24. C H Alexander vs M Raizman  1-046 1947 Hastings 1946/47B45 Sicilian, Taimanov
25. G Abrahams vs Prins  1-052 1947 Hastings 1946/47D93 Grunfeld, with Bf4 & e3
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