Hastings 1956/57 The 32nd Hastings Christmas Chess Festival was held at the end of the year 1956. Ten grandmasters and masters from England, and Western and Eastern Europe were invited to compete in the premier event. The notable participants of this edition included previous Hastings winners Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander, Svetozar Gligoric, Fridrik Olafsson, Dr. Jonathan Penrose, and Laszlo Szabo. Additionally, 21 year old grandmaster Bent Larsen from Denmark made his Hastings debut, going on to share first place with Gligoric at the final. It was Gligoric's second Hastings title, and he finished here undefeated with +4. The final standings and crosstable: =1st Gligoric 6½/9 * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ =1st Larsen 6½/9 ½ * 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 =3rd Olafsson 6 /9 0 1 * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 =3rd O'Kelly de Galway 6 /9 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 =5th Clarke 4½/9 ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ =5th Szabo 4½/9 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 7th Toran Albero 3½/9 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ * 1 ½ ½ 8th Horseman 3 /9 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 * 1 1 9th Penrose 2½/9 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * ½ 10th Alexander 2 /9 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * Hastings 1957/58 (1957) was the 33rd Christmas festival. Original collection: Game Collection: Hastings 1956/57, by User: suenteus po 147  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. C H Alexander vs Gligoric   ½-½ 40 1956 Hastings 1956/57 C47 Four Knights 2. F Olafsson vs J Penrose 1-0 27 1956 Hastings 1956/57 E50 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Nf3, without ...d5 3. O'Kelly vs P Clarke   1-0 36 1956 Hastings 1956/57 A24 English, Bremen System with ...g6 4. R Toran Albero vs Larsen 0-1 55 1956 Hastings 1956/57 A89 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with Nc6 5. Szabo vs D Horseman   ½-½ 48 1956 Hastings 1956/57 A17 English 6. J Penrose vs C H Alexander   ½-½ 26 1956 Hastings 1956/57 C42 Petrov Defense 7. P Clarke vs R Toran Albero 1-0 22 1956 Hastings 1956/57 B93 Sicilian, Najdorf, 6.f4 8. D Horseman vs Gligoric   0-1 40 1956 Hastings 1956/57 C29 Vienna Gambit 9. Larsen vs F Olafsson   0-1 41 1956 Hastings 1956/57 A30 English, Symmetrical 10. Szabo vs O'Kelly   ½-½ 25 1956 Hastings 1956/57 A30 English, Symmetrical 11. F Olafsson vs P Clarke   ½-½ 43 1956 Hastings 1956/57 D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 12. C H Alexander vs Larsen 0-1 40 1956 Hastings 1956/57 B96 Sicilian, Najdorf 13. Gligoric vs J Penrose   1-0 41 1956 Hastings 1956/57 D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 14. R Toran Albero vs Szabo   ½-½ 20 1956 Hastings 1956/57 B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange 15. O'Kelly vs D Horseman   1-0 29 1956 Hastings 1956/57 E43 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation 16. O'Kelly vs R Toran Albero   1-0 42 1956 Hastings 1956/57 C99 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin, 12...cd 17. D Horseman vs J Penrose 1-0 57 1956 Hastings 1956/57 A26 English 18. P Clarke vs C H Alexander   ½-½ 30 1956 Hastings 1956/57 E69 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Classical Main line 19. Larsen vs Gligoric   ½-½ 22 1956 Hastings 1956/57 E66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno 20. Szabo vs F Olafsson   ½-½ 23 1956 Hastings 1956/57 C86 Ruy Lopez, Worrall Attack 21. Gligoric vs P Clarke   ½-½ 41 1957 Hastings 1956/57 E59 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line 22. R Toran Albero vs D Horseman   1-0 59 1957 Hastings 1956/57 A21 English 23. F Olafsson vs O'Kelly   ½-½ 47 1957 Hastings 1956/57 A15 English 24. J Penrose vs Larsen 0-1 21 1957 Hastings 1956/57 B10 Caro-Kann 25. C H Alexander vs Szabo   0-1 54 1957 Hastings 1956/57 B16 Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)       There is no kibitzing for this page, yet.   NOTE: You need to pick a username and password to post a reply. 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