The 23rd Hastings Christmas Chess Congress was held from December 29, 1946 to January 7, 1947, with these players:

Gerald Abrahams, Conel Hugh O'Donel Alexander, William Albert Fairhurst, Harry Golombek, Henri Grob, Willem Jan Muhring, Maurice Raizman, Eduard Spanjaard, Laszlo Szabo, George Thomas.

Szabo, by far the strongest player, left his mark with an easy two-point margin of victory over a spirited battle for second place. Unfortunately, this was another of the tournaments for which few game scores have survived. Here is a full listing of games and standings after each round. Games in this collection are indicated by an asterisk (*).

Round 1
1 Abrahams 0 Thomas
2 Alexander 1/2 Fairhurst
3 Golombek 0 Szabo*
4 Muhring 1 Grob*
5 Spanjaard 0 Raizman

1.0: Muhring, Raizman, Szabo, Thomas; <0.5>: Alexander, Fairhurst; <0.0>: Abrahams, Golombek, Grob, Spanjaard

Round 2
6 Fairhurst 1/2 Muhring*
7 Grob 1 Abraham
8 Raizman 1/2 Alexander
9 Spanjaard 0 Szabo
10 Thomas 1/2 Golombek

2.0: Szabo; <1.5>: Muhring, Raizman, Thomas; <1.0>: Alexander, Fairhurst, Grob; <0.5>: Golombek; <0.0>: Abrahams, Spanjaard

Round 3
11 Abrahams 1/2 Fairhurst
12 Alexander 1 Spanjaard*
13 Golombek 1/2 Grob
14 Muhring 1 Raizman
15 Szabo 1 Thomas

3.0: Szabo; <2.5>: Muhring; <2.0>: Alexander; <1.5>: Fairhurst, Grob, Raizman, Thomas; <1.0>: Golombek; <0.5>: Abrahams; <0.0>: Spanjaard

Round 4
16 Alexander 1/2 Muhring
17 Fairhurst 1/2 Golombek
18 Grob 0 Szabo
19 Raizman 0 Abrahams
20 Thomas 1/2 Spanjaard

4.0: Szabo; <3.0>: Muhring; <2.5>: Alexander; <2.0>: Fairhurst, Thomas; <1.5>: Abrahams, Golombek, Grob, Raizman; <0.5>: Spanjaard

Round 5
21 Abrahams 1 Alexander
22 Golomber 0 Raizman
23 Spanjaard 0 Muhring*
24 Szabo 1/2 Fairhurst
25 Thomas 1/2 Grob

4.5: Szabo; <4.0>: Muhring; <2.5>: Abrahams, Alexander, Fairhurst, Raizman, Thomas; <2.0>: Grob; <1.5>: Golombek; <0.5>: Spanjaard

Round 6
26 Alexander 1/2 Golombek
27 Fairhurst 1/2 Thomas
28 Muhring 0 Abrahams
29 Raizman 0 Szabo
30 Spanjaard 0 Grob

5.5: Szabo; <4.0>: Muhring; <3.5>: Abrahams; <3.0>: Alexander, Fairhurst, Grob, Thomas; <2.5>: Raizman; <2.0>: Golombek; <0.5>: Spanjaard

Round 7
31 Abrahams 1 Spanjaard
32 Golombek 1/2 Muhring
33 Grob 1/2 Fairhurst
34 Szabo 1/2 Alexander
35 Thomas 1 Muhring*

6.0: Szabo; <4.5>: Abrahams, Muhring; <4.0>: Thomas; <3.5>: Alexander, Fairhurst, Grob; <2.5>: Golombek, Raizman; <0.5>: Spanjaard

Round 8
36 Abrahams 0 Golombek
37 Alexander 0 Thomas*
38 Fairhurst 1 Spanjaard
39 Muhring 1/2 Szabo
40 Raizman 0 Grob

6.5: Szabo; <5.0>: Muhring, Thomas; <4.5>: Abrahams, Fairhurst, Grob; <3.5>: Alexander, Golombek; <2.5>: Raizman; <0.5>: Spanjaard

Round 9
41 Fairhurst 1/2 Raizman
42 Golombek 1/2 Spanjaard
43 Grob 1 Alexander*
44 Szabo 1 Abrahams
45 Thomas 1/2 Muhring

             1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
1  Szabo     * = 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 7.5
2  Muhring   = * = 1 = 0 = = 1 1 5.5
3  Thomas    0 = * = = 1 = 1 1 = 5.5
4  Grob      0 0 = * = 1 = 1 1 1 5.5
5  Fairhurst = = = = * = = = = 1 5.0
6  Abrahams  0 1 0 0 = * 0 1 1 1 4.5
7  Golombek  0 = = = = 1 * = 0 = 4.0
8  Alexander = = 0 0 = 0 = * = 1 3.5
9  Raizman   0 0 0 0 = 0 1 = * 1 3.0
10 Spanjaard 0 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 * 2.0