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Hastings 1970/71
Compiled by suenteus po 147
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The 46th Hastings Christmas Chess Festival was held at the end of the year 1970. Ten grandmasters and masters were invited to compete in a round robin format at the premier event. The notable participants of this edition included returning Hastings champion, Lajos Portish, former Hastings winners Svetozar Gligoric, Vlastimil Hort, and Wolfgang Uhlmann, American grandmaster Robert Byrne, and Soviet grandmaster Nikolai Krogius. Portisch made it two in a row by finishing undefeated with +3 at the final.

The final standings and crosstable:

1st Portisch 6/9 * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1

=2nd Uhlmann 5/9 ½ * 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1

=2nd Markland 5/9 ½ 0 * 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½

=2nd Hort 5/9 ½ 1 0 * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½

=2nd Krogius 5/9 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 ½ 1 1

=2nd Gligoric 5/9 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ 1 ½

7th Mestrovic 4/9 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 * 1 1 ½

=8th Byrne 3½/9 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * 0 ½

=8th Wade 3½/9 0 1 ½ ½ 0 0 0 1 * ½

10th Keene 3/9 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ *

Round One
Hort vs Gligoric, 1970 
(E88) King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.d5 c6, 39 moves, 1/2-1/2

Keene vs R Byrne, 1970
(E07) Catalan, Closed, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2

Z Mestrovic vs R G Wade, 1970 
(C50) Giuoco Piano, 34 moves, 1-0

Portisch vs N Krogius, 1970
(D35) Queen's Gambit Declined, 44 moves, 1/2-1/2

Uhlmann vs P Markland, 1970 
(E11) Bogo-Indian Defense, 28 moves, 1-0

Round Two
R Byrne vs Z Mestrovic, 1970
(B61) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Larsen Variation, 7.Qd2, 36 moves, 0-1

Gligoric vs R G Wade, 1970 
(E54) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Gligoric System, 24 moves, 1-0

Hort vs Uhlmann, 1970 
(C18) French, Winawer, 59 moves, 1-0

N Krogius vs Keene, 1970  
(E67) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 46 moves, 1-0

P Markland vs Portisch, 1970
(B09) Pirc, Austrian Attack, 39 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Three
Keene vs P Markland, 1970
(E16) Queen's Indian, 38 moves, 1/2-1/2

Z Mestrovic vs N Krogius, 1970 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 44 moves, 1-0

Portisch vs Hort, 1970
(A56) Benoni Defense, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2

Uhlmann vs Gligoric, 1970 
(E75) King's Indian, Averbakh, Main line, 58 moves, 1-0

R G Wade vs R Byrne, 1970 
(B25) Sicilian, Closed, 43 moves, 1-0

Round Four
Gligoric vs R Byrne, 1971
(D80) Grunfeld, 20 moves, 1/2-1/2

Hort vs Keene, 1971
(E43) Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2

N Krogius vs R G Wade, 1971
(E17) Queen's Indian, 28 moves, 1-0

P Markland vs Z Mestrovic, 1971 
(B00) Uncommon King's Pawn Opening, 18 moves, 1-0

Uhlmann vs Portisch, 1971
(A60) Benoni Defense, 46 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Five
R Byrne vs N Krogius, 1971
(B81) Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack, 36 moves, 1/2-1/2

Keene vs Uhlmann, 1971  
(D74) Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O, 52 moves, 0-1

Z Mestrovic vs Hort, 1971
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 35 moves, 0-1

Portisch vs Gligoric, 1971
(E92) King's Indian, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2

R G Wade vs P Markland, 1971
(A30) English, Symmetrical, 30 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Six
Gligoric vs N Krogius, 1971
(D90) Grunfeld, 15 moves, 1/2-1/2

Hort vs R G Wade, 1971
(D32) Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch, 40 moves, 1/2-1/2

P Markland vs R Byrne, 1971
(B22) Sicilian, Alapin, 60 moves, 1/2-1/2

Portisch vs Keene, 1971 
(E45) Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Bronstein (Byrne) Variation, 71 moves, 1-0

Uhlmann vs Z Mestrovic, 1971
(A52) Budapest Gambit, 42 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Seven
R Byrne vs Hort, 1971
(B61) Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer, Larsen Variation, 7.Qd2, 27 moves, 1/2-1/2

Keene vs Gligoric, 1971
(E73) King's Indian, 24 moves, 1/2-1/2

N Krogius vs P Markland, 1971
(A07) King's Indian Attack, 83 moves, 1/2-1/2

Z Mestrovic vs Portisch, 1971 
(C01) French, Exchange, 39 moves, 0-1

R G Wade vs Uhlmann, 1971 
(D90) Grunfeld, 42 moves, 1-0

Round Eight
Gligoric vs P Markland, 1971
(E43) Nimzo-Indian, Fischer Variation, 54 moves, 1/2-1/2

Hort vs N Krogius, 1971
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 20 moves, 1/2-1/2

Keene vs Z Mestrovic, 1971
(E62) King's Indian, Fianchetto, 31 moves, 1/2-1/2

Portisch vs R G Wade, 1971 
(D38) Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation, 102 moves, 1-0

Uhlmann vs R Byrne, 1971
(E73) King's Indian, 55 moves, 1/2-1/2

Round Nine
R Byrne vs Portisch, 1971
(B07) Pirc, 28 moves, 1/2-1/2

N Krogius vs Uhlmann, 1971
(C07) French, Tarrasch, 21 moves, 1/2-1/2

P Markland vs Hort, 1971 
(B10) Caro-Kann, 30 moves, 1-0

Z Mestrovic vs Gligoric, 1971 
(A45) Queen's Pawn Game, 29 moves, 0-1

R G Wade vs Keene, 1971 
(B06) Robatsch, 27 moves, 1/2-1/2

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