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Hastings 1968/69
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The 44th Hastings Christmas Chess Festival was held at the end of the year 1968. 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 Huebner, 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:

1st Smyslov 8½/11 * ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1

2nd Gligoric 8/11 ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1

=3rd Tukmakov 7½/11 ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½

=3rd Keene 7½/11 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1

5th Smejkal 6½/11 1 0 0 0 * ½ 1 1 1 1 0 1

6th Huebner 5½/11 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½

7th Wright 4½/11 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 * ½ 1 0 ½ 1

=8th Clarke 4/11 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * 0 ½ ½ ½

=8th Persitz 4/11 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 * ½ ½ ½

=8th Hartoch 4/11 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ * 1 ½

11th Kottnauer 3½/11 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * 1

12th Fuller 2½/11 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 *

Round One
Smejkal vs P H Clarke, 1968
(A14) English, 25 moves, 1-0
Gligoric vs Huebner, 1968
(E41) Nimzo-Indian, 22 moves, 1/2-1/2
R Hartoch vs M Fuller, 1968
(B07) Pirc, 20 moves, 1/2-1/2
Keene vs Smyslov, 1968
(A15) English, 41 moves, 0-1
C Kottnauer vs R Persitz, 1968
(D94) Grunfeld, 33 moves, 1/2-1/2
Tukmakov vs D Wright, 1968
(A25) English, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Two
P H Clarke vs R Hartoch, 1968
(B36) Sicilian, Accelerated Fianchetto, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
M Fuller vs Keene, 1968
(B07) Pirc, 40 moves, 0-1
R Persitz vs Smejkal, 1968
(D01) Richter-Veresov Attack, 30 moves, 0-1
Smyslov vs Gligoric, 1968
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 58 moves, 1/2-1/2
Tukmakov vs C Kottnauer, 1968
(B89) Sicilian, 41 moves, 1-0
D Wright vs Huebner, 1968
(A13) English, 58 moves, 0-1
Round Three
Gligoric vs M Fuller, 1968
(E00) Queen's Pawn Game, 66 moves, 1-0
R Hartoch vs R Persitz, 1968
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 35 moves, 1/2-1/2
Huebner vs Smyslov, 1968
(B13) Caro-Kann, Exchange, 53 moves, 0-1
Keene vs P H Clarke, 1968
(A13) English, 20 moves, 1/2-1/2
C Kottnauer vs D Wright, 1968
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
Smejkal vs Tukmakov, 1968
(B83) Sicilian, 51 moves, 0-1
Round Four
P H Clarke vs Gligoric, 1968
(C93) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2
M Fuller vs Huebner, 1968
(A25) English, 25 moves, 1/2-1/2
C Kottnauer vs Smejkal, 1968
(B54) Sicilian, 57 moves, 1-0
R Persitz vs Keene, 1968
(E44) Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 5.Ne2, 49 moves, 1/2-1/2
Tukmakov vs R Hartoch, 1968
(A25) English, 41 moves, 1-0
D Wright vs Smyslov, 1968
(A22) English, 52 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Five
Gligoric vs R Persitz, 1969
(E58) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 8...Bxc3, 41 moves, 1-0
R Hartoch vs C Kottnauer, 1969
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 47 moves, 1-0
Huebner vs P H Clarke, 1969
(C85) Ruy Lopez, Exchange Variation Doubly Deferred (DERLD), 48 moves, 1/2-1/2
Keene vs Tukmakov, 1969
(A04) Reti Opening, 25 moves, 1/2-1/2
Smejkal vs D Wright, 1969
(E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 27 moves, 1-0
Smyslov vs M Fuller, 1969
(E60) King's Indian Defense, 29 moves, 1-0
Round Six
P H Clarke vs Smyslov, 1969
(B06) Robatsch, 40 moves, 0-1
C Kottnauer vs Keene, 1969
(B08) Pirc, Classical, 41 moves, 0-1
R Persitz vs Huebner, 1969
(E82) King's Indian, Samisch, double Fianchetto Variation, 28 moves, 1-0
Smejkal vs R Hartoch, 1969
(A04) Reti Opening, 44 moves, 1-0
Tukmakov vs Gligoric, 1969
(C93) Ruy Lopez, Closed, Smyslov Defense, 22 moves, 1/2-1/2
D Wright vs M Fuller, 1969
(A04) Reti Opening, 55 moves, 1-0
Round Seven
M Fuller vs P H Clarke, 1969
(C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 73 moves, 1/2-1/2
Gligoric vs C Kottnauer, 1969
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 25 moves, 1-0
R Hartoch vs D Wright, 1969
(A25) English, 40 moves, 1-0
Huebner vs Tukmakov, 1969
(A10) English, 69 moves, 1/2-1/2
Keene vs Smejkal, 1969
(A36) English, 36 moves, 1-0
Smyslov vs R Persitz, 1969
(A23) English, Bremen System, Keres Variation, 53 moves, 1-0
Round Eight
R Hartoch vs Keene, 1969
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 45 moves, 0-1
C Kottnauer vs Huebner, 1969
(B15) Caro-Kann, 45 moves, 0-1
R Persitz vs M Fuller, 1969
(C10) French, 37 moves, 1/2-1/2
Smejkal vs Gligoric, 1969
(E66) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno, 43 moves, 0-1
Tukmakov vs Smyslov, 1969
(C69) Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation, 14 moves, 1/2-1/2
D Wright vs P H Clarke, 1969
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 41 moves, 1/2-1/2
Round Nine
P H Clarke vs R Persitz, 1969
(C67) Ruy Lopez, 34 moves, 0-1
M Fuller vs Tukmakov, 1969
(B52) Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack, 69 moves, 1/2-1/2
Gligoric vs R Hartoch, 1969
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 51 moves, 1-0
Huebner vs Smejkal, 1969
(A04) Reti Opening, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2
Keene vs D Wright, 1969
(A09) Reti Opening, 44 moves, 1-0
Smyslov vs C Kottnauer, 1969
(A15) English, 24 moves, 1-0
Round Ten
R Hartoch vs Huebner, 1969
(A10) English, 23 moves, 1/2-1/2
Keene vs Gligoric, 1969
(E64) King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav System, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2
C Kottnauer vs M Fuller, 1969
(A00) Uncommon Opening, 28 moves, 1-0
Smejkal vs Smyslov, 1969
(B06) Robatsch, 32 moves, 1-0
Tukmakov vs P H Clarke, 1969
(A13) English, 57 moves, 1/2-1/2
D Wright vs R Persitz, 1969
(E91) King's Indian, 76 moves, 1-0
Round Eleven
P H Clarke vs C Kottnauer, 1969
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 13 moves, 1/2-1/2
M Fuller vs Smejkal, 1969
(A10) English, 55 moves, 0-1
Gligoric vs D Wright, 1969
(E56) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2
Huebner vs Keene, 1969
(A46) Queen's Pawn Game, 19 moves, 1/2-1/2
R Persitz vs Tukmakov, 1969
(D86) Grunfeld, Exchange, 46 moves, 0-1
Smyslov vs R Hartoch, 1969
(A22) English, 20 moves, 1-0
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