Hastings 1930/31

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Hastings 1930/31
Compiled by suenteus po 147

The 11th Hastings Christmas Chess Festival was held at the end of the year 1930. Once again ten chess masters from England, the European continent, and the Americas were invited to participate in the round robin event. The notable participants of this edition included Jose Capablanca, Max Euwe, and Mir Sultan Khan. Dutch master Euwe won in surprising combative fashion, finishing undefeated with 6 wins and 2 draws, dropping only one game. He edged out multiple Hastings winner and former world champion Capablanca by half a point. 13 incomplete or lost games are missing from this collection and the database. The results of each encounter do survive, however, and thus allow for the final standings and crosstable to be reconstructed below:

1st Euwe 7/9 * ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 0 1

2nd Capablanca 6½/9 ½ * 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1

3rd Sultan Khan 6/9 0 1 * 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1

4th Michell 5/9 0 ½ 0 * 1 1 ½ 0 1 1

5th Yates 4½/9 0 0 ½ 0 * 1 1 1 ½ ½

6th Thomas 4/9 ½ ½ 0 0 0 * 1 1 0 1

7th Winter 3½/9 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 * ½ 1 ½

=8th Tylor 3/9 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ * ½ ½

=8th Menchik 3/9 1 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 ½ * 0

10th Colle 2½/9 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 *

Round One
Capablanca vs Colle, 1930
(E34) Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa Variation, 39 moves, 1-0
Sultan Khan vs R P Michell, 1930
(E47) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3, 25 moves, 1-0
G A Thomas vs T H Tylor, 1930
(E61) King's Indian, 33 moves, 1-0
W Winter vs Euwe, 1930
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 38 moves, 0-1
Round Two
Capablanca vs Yates, 1930
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 87 moves, 1-0
Colle vs Sultan Khan, 1930
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 45 moves, 0-1
Euwe vs Menchik, 1930
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 61 moves, 0-1
Round Three
Sultan Khan vs Capablanca, 1930
(E12) Queen's Indian, 65 moves, 1-0
Yates vs Euwe, 1930
(B10) Caro-Kann, 40 moves, 0-1
Round Four
Euwe vs Capablanca, 1931
(D52) Queen's Gambit Declined, 25 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sultan Khan vs G A Thomas, 1931
(E10) Queen's Pawn Game, 35 moves, 1-0
T H Tylor vs Yates, 1931
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 30 moves, 0-1
Round Five
Capablanca vs G A Thomas, 1931
(D69) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Classical, 13.de, 26 moves, 1/2-1/2
Euwe vs T H Tylor, 1931
(D15) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 32 moves, 1-0
W Winter vs Sultan Khan, 1931
(E23) Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann, 45 moves, 1-0
Yates vs R P Michell, 1931
(C77) Ruy Lopez, 35 moves, 0-1
Round Six
Capablanca vs T H Tylor, 1931
(D30) Queen's Gambit Declined, 34 moves, 1-0
R P Michell vs Euwe, 1931
(D63) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 29 moves, 0-1
Sultan Khan vs Menchik, 1931
(E91) King's Indian, 41 moves, 1-0
G A Thomas vs W Winter, 1931
(D12) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 18 moves, 1-0
Round Seven
Euwe vs Colle, 1931
(D06) Queen's Gambit Declined, 32 moves, 1-0
Menchik vs G A Thomas, 1931
(A14) English, 35 moves, 1-0
T H Tylor vs R P Michell, 1931
(D17) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, 35 moves, 1-0
W Winter vs Capablanca, 1931
(D51) Queen's Gambit Declined, 34 moves, 0-1
Rouns Eight
R P Michell vs Capablanca, 1931
(B18) Caro-Kann, Classical, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2
Sultan Khan vs Euwe, 1931
(D13) Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation, 38 moves, 0-1
G A Thomas vs Yates, 1931
(D60) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, 34 moves, 0-1
Round Nine
Euwe vs G A Thomas, 1931
(D67) Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Defense, Bd3 line, 17 moves, 1/2-1/2
Menchik vs Capablanca, 1931
(A47) Queen's Indian, 42 moves, 0-1
R P Michell vs Colle, 1931
(E23) Nimzo-Indian, Spielmann, 22 moves, 1-0
T H Tylor vs Sultan Khan, 1931
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2
Yates vs W Winter, 1931
(B74) Sicilian, Dragon, Classical, 27 moves, 1-0
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