Hastings 1919

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Hastings 1919
Compiled by Phony Benoni

The 12th BCF "Special Victory" Congress, held at Hastings from August 11-23, 1919, was not part of the the series of Hastings Christmas Congresses which began in 1920/21. However, it did provide the opportunity for some international action following the Great War with the ususl British suspects being joined by several representatives from foreign lands:

Jose Raul Capablanca Harold Godfrey Cole Adrian Garcia Conde Borislav Kostic Max Marchand Reginald Pryce Michell Adolf Georg Olland Roland Henry Vaughan Scott George Alan Thomas Victor Leonard Wahltuch William Winter Fred Dewhirst Yates

The big attraction was Capablanca in his first European tourament in five years. Any thoughts that the supposed lack of first-class practice might have left the Cuban rusty were emphatically destroyed, as he conceded a draw to Kostic while sweeping the rest of the tournament with consummate ease.

OK, it wasn't <THAT> easy; he had to keep winning since Kostic was nipping at his heels the whole way. And there was that incredible blip in round 4 against Thomas, who resigned in a drawn position after Capablanca missed a simple win (well, simple later!). See Capablanca vs G A Thomas, 1919 for the details.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 1 Capablanca * ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10.5 2 Kostic ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9.5 3 Thomas 0 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 7.0 4 Yates 0 0 ½ * ½ 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 7.0 5 Wahltuch 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 5.5 6 Michell 0 0 ½ 0 0 * 0 1 1 1 1 1 5.5 7 Scott 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1 1 1 0 ½ 4.5 8 Olland 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 * 0 1 1 1 4.5 9 Marchand 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 * 0 1 1 4.0 10 Conde 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 0 1 * 0 1 3.5 11 Winter 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 * 0 3.0 12 Cole 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 * 1.5

The following games were not available.

Round 2, Game #8: Kostic 1 Michell
Round 4, Game #24: Marchand 1 Winter
Round 6, Game #36: Cole 0 Olland
Round 8, Game #46: Thomas 1/2 Michell
Round 8, Game #48: Winter 1 Scott
Round 9, Game #53: Conde 1/2 Thomas
Round 9, Game #54: Scott 1/2 Cole
Round 10, Game #60: Winter 1 Conde
Round 11, Game #66: Conde 0 Scott

This collection made use of a PGN file of games from PGN Mentor, http://www.pgnmentor.com/. Thanks to <TheFocus> for supplying round dates.

Round 1 (Monday, August 11)
Capablanca vs Yates, 1919
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 61 moves, 1-0
Round 1 (Monday, August 11)
R H Scott vs Kostic, 1919
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 59 moves, 0-1
Round 1 (Monday, August 11)
G A Thomas vs V L Wahltuch, 1919
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 61 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 1 (Monday, August 11)
M Marchand vs H G Cole, 1919
(C48) Four Knights, 52 moves, 1-0
Round 1 (Monday, August 11)
R P Michell vs A G Conde, 1919
(C83) Ruy Lopez, Open, 42 moves, 1-0
Round 1 (Monday, August 11)
W Winter vs Olland, 1919
(D33) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 45 moves, 0-1
Round 2 (Tuesday, August 12)
M Marchand vs Capablanca, 1919
(C48) Four Knights, 19 moves, 0-1
Round 2 (Tuesday, August 12)
Yates vs G A Thomas, 1919
(C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 68 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 2 (Tuesday, August 12)
Olland vs R H Scott, 1919
(B15) Caro-Kann, 35 moves, 0-1
Round 2 (Tuesday, August 12)
H G Cole vs A G Conde, 1919
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 57 moves, 0-1
Round 2 (Tuesday, August 12)
V L Wahltuch vs W Winter, 1919
(D60) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 21 moves, 1-0
Round 3 (Wednesday, August 13)
H G Cole vs Capablanca, 1919
(C66) Ruy Lopez, 32 moves, 0-1
Round 3 (Wednesday, August 13)
A G Conde vs Kostic, 1919
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 47 moves, 0-1
Round 3 (Wednesday, August 13)
G A Thomas vs M Marchand, 1919
(B32) Sicilian, 68 moves, 1-0
Round 3 (Wednesday, August 13)
R P Michell vs Olland, 1919
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 29 moves, 1-0
Round 3 (Wednesday, August 13)
R H Scott vs V L Wahltuch, 1919
(D00) Queen's Pawn Game, 50 moves, 0-1
Round 3 (Wednesday, August 13)
W Winter vs Yates, 1919
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 37 moves, 1-0
Round 4 (Thursday, August 14)
Capablanca vs G A Thomas, 1919
(C66) Ruy Lopez, 29 moves, 1-0
Round 4 (Thursday, August 14)
Kostic vs H G Cole, 1919
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 35 moves, 1-0
Round 4 (Thursday, August 14)
Olland vs A G Conde, 1919
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 38 moves, 1-0
Round 4 (Thursday, August 14)
Yates vs R H Scott, 1919
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 37 moves, 1-0
Round 4 (Thursday, August 14)
V L Wahltuch vs R P Michell, 1919
(D60) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 39 moves, 1-0
Round 5 (Friday, August 15)
W Winter vs Capablanca, 1919
(C49) Four Knights, 29 moves, 0-1
Round 5 (Friday, August 15)
Kostic vs Olland, 1919
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 28 moves, 1-0
Round 5 (Friday, August 15)
G A Thomas vs H G Cole, 1919
(C42) Petrov Defense, 72 moves, 1-0
Round 5 (Friday, August 15)
A G Conde vs V L Wahltuch, 1919
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 23 moves, 1-0
Round 5 (Friday, August 15)
R P Michell vs Yates, 1919
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 58 moves, 0-1
Round 5 (Friday, August 15)
R H Scott vs M Marchand, 1919
(B32) Sicilian, 40 moves, 1-0
Round 6 (Saturday, August 16)
Capablanca vs R H Scott, 1919
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 27 moves, 1-0
Round 6 (Saturday, August 16)
V L Wahltuch vs Kostic, 1919
(D37) Queen's Gambit Declined, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 6 (Saturday, August 16)
G A Thomas vs W Winter, 1919
(B16) Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation, 47 moves, 1-0
Round 6 (Saturday, August 16)
Yates vs A G Conde, 1919
(C66) Ruy Lopez, 28 moves, 1-0
Round 6 (Saturday, August 16)
M Marchand vs R P Michell, 1919
(C49) Four Knights, 38 moves, 0-1
Round 7 (Monday, August 18)
R P Michell vs Capablanca, 1919
(C72) Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defense, 5.O-O, 54 moves, 0-1
Round 7 (Monday, August 18)
Kostic vs Yates, 1919
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 59 moves, 1-0
Round 7 (Monday, August 18)
R H Scott vs G A Thomas, 1919
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 56 moves, 0-1
Round 7 (Monday, August 18)
Olland vs V L Wahltuch, 1919
(C87) Ruy Lopez, 41 moves, 1-0
Round 7 (Monday, August 18)
A G Conde vs M Marchand, 1919
(B74) Sicilian, Dragon, Classical, 50 moves, 1-0
Round 7 (Monday, August 18)
H G Cole vs W Winter, 1919
(B16) Caro-Kann, Bronstein-Larsen Variation, 33 moves, 1-0
Round 8 (Tuesday, August 19)
Capablanca vs A G Conde, 1919
(C79) Ruy Lopez, Steinitz Defense Deferred, 46 moves, 1-0
Round 8 (Tuesday, August 19)
M Marchand vs Kostic, 1919
(C48) Four Knights, 68 moves, 0-1
Round 8 (Tuesday, August 19)
Yates vs Olland, 1919
(C42) Petrov Defense, 27 moves, 1-0
Round 8 (Tuesday, August 19)
V L Wahltuch vs H G Cole, 1919
(D10) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 46 moves, 1-0
Round 9 (Wednesday, August 20)
Kostic vs Capablanca, 1919
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 54 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 9 (Wednesday, August 20)
Olland vs M Marchand, 1919
(C66) Ruy Lopez, 63 moves, 0-1
Round 9 (Wednesday, August 20)
R P Michell vs W Winter, 1919
(A52) Budapest Gambit, 22 moves, 1-0
Round 9 (Wednesday, August 20)
V L Wahltuch vs Yates, 1919
(D60) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 10 (Thursday, August 21)
Capablanca vs Olland, 1919
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 30 moves, 1-0
Round 10 (Thursday, August 21)
G A Thomas vs Kostic, 1919
(C42) Petrov Defense, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 10 (Thursday, August 21)
H G Cole vs Yates, 1919
(C84) Ruy Lopez, Closed, 40 moves, 0-1
Round 10 (Thursday, August 21)
M Marchand vs V L Wahltuch, 1919
(C48) Four Knights, 64 moves, 1-0
Round 10 (Thursday, August 21)
R H Scott vs R P Michell, 1919
(D02) Queen's Pawn Game, 38 moves, 1-0
Round 11 (Friday, August 22)
V L Wahltuch vs Capablanca, 1919
(D05) Queen's Pawn Game, 51 moves, 0-1
Round 11 (Friday, August 22)
Kostic vs W Winter, 1919
(D33) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 28 moves, 1-0
Round 11 (Friday, August 22)
Olland vs G A Thomas, 1919
(C62) Ruy Lopez, Old Steinitz Defense, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round 11 (Friday, August 22)
Yates vs M Marchand, 1919
(C66) Ruy Lopez, 37 moves, 1-0
Round 11 (Friday, August 22)
R P Michell vs H G Cole, 1919
(C42) Petrov Defense, 33 moves, 1-0
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