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Hastings 1968/69 The 44th Hastings Christmas Chess Festival was held December 28th - January 8th. The field expanded this year and twelve grandmasters and masters were invited to compete in a round robin format at the premier event. The notable participants of this edition included former world champion and previous Hastings winner Vasily Smyslov, five time Hastings winner Svetozar Gligoric, and an assortment of promising junior masters including Robert Hübner, Raymond Keene, Jan Smejkal, and Vladimir Tukmakov. As it stood, experience beat out youth as Smyslov won his second Hastings tournament, this time as clear first with +6 at the final. He edged out Gligoric, who finished with +5 undefeated, by half a point. The final standings and crosstable: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 Pts 1 Smyslov * = = 1 0 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 8.5 2 Gligoric = * = = 1 = = = 1 1 1 1 8.0 3 Tukmakov = = * = 1 = = = 1 1 1 = 7.5 4 Keene 0 = = * 1 = 1 = = 1 1 1 7.5 5 Smejkal 1 0 0 0 * = 1 1 1 1 0 1 6.5 6 Hübner 0 = = = = * 1 = 0 = 1 = 5.5 7 Wright = = = 0 0 0 * = 1 0 = 1 4.5 8 Clarke 0 = = = 0 = = * 0 = = = 4.0 9 Persitz 0 0 0 = 0 1 0 1 * = = = 4.0 10 Hartoch 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 = = * 1 = 4.0 11 Kottnauer 0 0 0 0 1 0 = = = 0 * 1 3.5 12 Fuller 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 = = = 0 * 2.5 Original collection: Game Collection: Hastings 1968/69, by User: suenteus po 147. Previous: Hastings (1967/68). Next: Hastings (1969/70)  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 29  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Tukmakov vs D Wright   ½-½ 38 1968 Hastings 1968/69 A25 English 2. C Kottnauer vs R Persitz   ½-½ 33 1968 Hastings 1968/69 D94 Grunfeld 3. Gligoric vs Huebner   ½-½ 22 1968 Hastings 1968/69 E41 Nimzo-Indian 4. R Hartoch vs M Fuller   ½-½ 20 1968 Hastings 1968/69 B07 Pirc 5. Smyslov vs Gligoric   ½-½ 58 1968 Hastings 1968/69 D32 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch 6. P H Clarke vs R Hartoch   ½-½ 41 1968 Hastings 1968/69 B36 Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto 7. Keene vs P H Clarke   ½-½ 20 1968 Hastings 1968/69 A13 English 8. C Kottnauer vs D Wright   ½-½ 41 1968 Hastings 1968/69 B08 Pirc, Classical 9. R Hartoch vs R Persitz   ½-½ 35 1968 Hastings 1968/69 A00 Uncommon Opening 10. P H Clarke vs Gligoric ½-½ 31 1968 Hastings 1968/69 C93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense 11. R Persitz vs Keene ½-½ 49 1968 Hastings 1968/69 E44 Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2 12. D Wright vs Smyslov   ½-½ 52 1968 Hastings 1968/69 A22 English 13. M Fuller vs Huebner   ½-½ 25 1968 Hastings 1968/69 A25 English 14. Huebner vs P H Clarke   ½-½ 48 1969 Hastings 1968/69 C85 Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD) 15. Keene vs Tukmakov   ½-½ 25 1969 Hastings 1968/69 A04 Reti Opening 16. Tukmakov vs Gligoric   ½-½ 22 1969 Hastings 1968/69 C93 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense 17. Huebner vs Tukmakov   ½-½ 69 1969 Hastings 1968/69 A10 English 18. M Fuller vs P H Clarke ½-½ 73 1969 Hastings 1968/69 C33 King's Gambit Accepted 19. D Wright vs P H Clarke   ½-½ 41 1969 Hastings 1968/69 A00 Uncommon Opening 20. R Persitz vs M Fuller   ½-½ 37 1969 Hastings 1968/69 C10 French 21. Tukmakov vs Smyslov ½-½ 14 1969 Hastings 1968/69 C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation 22. Huebner vs Smejkal   ½-½ 40 1969 Hastings 1968/69 A04 Reti Opening 23. M Fuller vs Tukmakov   ½-½ 69 1969 Hastings 1968/69 B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 24. R Hartoch vs Huebner   ½-½ 23 1969 Hastings 1968/69 A10 English 25. Tukmakov vs P H Clarke   ½-½ 57 1969 Hastings 1968/69 A13 English  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 29    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Oct-20-23    FSR: I'd never heard of Daniel Wright, but he must have been a pretty solid player, drawing Smyslov, Gligoric, and Tukmakov. 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