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Hastings 1926/27 The seventh annual Hastings Chess Congress met at the end of the year of 1926 to conduct a round robin tournament. Ten players were invited to compete, including Savielly Tartakower, Richard Réti, Edgar Colle, George Alan Thomas, Frederick D Yates, George Marshall Norman, Edward G Sergeant, Reginald Pryce Michell, Victor Berger, and Alfred Teller. Hastings, England, 28 December 1926 - 6 January 19271 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Pts 1 Tartakower * = 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 1 7.0 2 Colle = * 1 1 0 = = 1 = 1 6.0 3 Yates 1 0 * 0 1 = 1 1 0 1 5.5 4 Norman = 0 1 * = 0 0 1 1 1 5.0 5 Réti 0 1 0 = * = 0 1 1 1 5.0 6 Sergeant 0 = = 1 = * 1 0 0 1 4.5 7 Teller 0 = 0 1 1 0 * 0 = 1 4.0 8 Berger 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 * 1 1 4.0 9 Thomas 0 = 1 0 0 1 = 0 * 0 3.0 10 Michell 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1.0 This collection would not have been possible without <refutor>, who has my eternal gratitude. Hastings (1925/26) and Hastings (1927/28) were the previous and next annual tournaments in this city. 1 Battles of Hastings (R. Cload, 1991), p. 124; Rounds and game dates from Saunders, <Britbase> download link: http://www.saund.co.uk/britbase/pgn.... Original collection: Game Collection: Hastings 1926/27, by User: suenteus po 147.  page 2 of 2; games 26-45 of 45  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 26. Reti vs Colle   1-0 25 1927 Hastings 1926/27 A14 English 27. Yates vs E G Sergeant   ½-½ 41 1927 Hastings 1926/27 C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 28. G A Thomas vs A Teller   ½-½ 28 1927 Hastings 1926/27 C79 Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred 29. G Norman vs R P Michell   1-0 48 1927 Hastings 1926/27 D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 30. V Berger vs Tartakower   0-1 56 1927 Hastings 1926/27 D59 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower 31. Colle vs Yates   1-0 70 1927 Hastings 1926/27 D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 32. R P Michell vs Reti 0-1 33 1927 Hastings 1926/27 E61 King's Indian 33. E G Sergeant vs V Berger   0-1 32 1927 Hastings 1926/27 B07 Pirc 34. Tartakower vs G A Thomas 1-0 53 1927 Hastings 1926/27 D01 Richter-Veresov Attack 35. A Teller vs G Norman 1-0 37 1927 Hastings 1926/27 E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 36. A Teller vs Tartakower 0-1 24 1927 Hastings 1926/27 A33 English, Symmetrical 37. Yates vs R P Michell   1-0 53 1927 Hastings 1926/27 C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 38. G A Thomas vs E G Sergeant 1-0 22 1927 Hastings 1926/27 D63 Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense 39. Reti vs G Norman   ½-½ 31 1927 Hastings 1926/27 A32 English, Symmetrical Variation 40. V Berger vs Colle   0-1 52 1927 Hastings 1926/27 D07 Queen's Gambit Declined, Chigorin Defense 41. Colle vs G A Thomas   ½-½ 24 1927 Hastings 1926/27 A46 Queen's Pawn Game 42. R P Michell vs V Berger   0-1 30 1927 Hastings 1926/27 D52 Queen's Gambit Declined 43. Reti vs Yates   0-1 39 1927 Hastings 1926/27 E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto 44. E G Sergeant vs A Teller   1-0 53 1927 Hastings 1926/27 B45 Sicilian, Taimanov 45. Tartakower vs G Norman   ½-½ 23 1927 Hastings 1926/27 D01 Richter-Veresov Attack  page 2 of 2; games 26-45 of 45    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Jul-07-14    julillo: Aparently the crosstable is wrong, it seems that Tartakower won Reti Jul-08-14    WCC Editing Project: <julillo> Thanks very much for pointing out that error. <Paint My Dragon> has provided the proper information on the crosstable, which should be correct now? If you find future errors in the database, this is a good place to let us know about it, because you might get prompt service with corrections: Biographer Bistro May-21-15    Howard: Hmmm...this seems to be one of the relatively few tournaments where Yates finished in the top three ! NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! If you already have a username, then simply login login under your username now to join the discussion. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language. No spamming, advertising, duplicate, or gibberish posts. No vitriolic or systematic personal attacks against other members. Nothing in violation of United States law. No cyberstalking or malicious posting of negative or private information (doxing/doxxing) of members. No trolling. 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