49th Hastings Premier, 27 December 1973 to 13 January 1974

1973/74 Hastings Premier		Fed	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Total
1	Gennadi P Kuzmin	USSR	2575g	&;	½	½	½	0	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	0	1	1	1	10
2	Laszlo Szabo	HUN	2565g	½	&;	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	½	½	1	10
3	Mikhail Tal	USSR	2660g	½	½	&;	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	½	1	1	10
4	Jan H Timman	NED	2470m	½	½	½	&;	1	0	0	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	½	1	10
5	Svetozar Gligoric	YUG	2595g	1	½	½	0	&;	1	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	0	1	1	9½
6	Raymond D Keene	ENG	2445m	½	½	½	1	0	&;	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	9
7	Andras Adorjan	HUN	2515g	½	½	½	1	½	½	&;	½	½	0	1	½	½	½	½	1	8½
8	Pal Benko	USA	2530g	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	&;	½	1	0	1	½	1	½	½	7½
9	William R Hartston	ENG	2470m	0	½	0	0	½	½	½	½	&;	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	7½
10	Michael J Basman	ENG	2385	0	0	½	0	0	½	1	0	½	&;	½	0	1	1	1	1	7
11	Duncan Suttles	CAN	2485g	½	0	0	0	½	½	0	1	½	½	&;	½	½	1	½	½	6½
12	Krzysztof Pytel	POL	2390	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	0	½	1	½	&;	0	½	½	½	6
13	Anthony J Miles	ENG	2375	1	0	½	0	0	0	½	½	½	0	½	1	&;	1	0	0	5½
14	Silvino García Martínez	CUB	2450m	0	½	½	0	1	½	½	0	0	0	0	½	0	&;	½	1	5
15	Michael F Stean	ENG	2320	0	½	0	½	0	0	½	½	0	0	½	½	1	½	&;	½	5
16	Ludwig Rellstab	FRG	2200m	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	0	0	½	½	1	0	½	&;	3

Average Elo: 2464 Cat: 9 GM norm = 10½, IM norm = 7½

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BCM, February 1974, ppn 52-54

THE CHALLENGERS’ TOURNAMENT by Peter C Griffiths

The arrangements for the Challengers’ were a little different this year; it was increased to a 64-player event at the expense of the Challengers’ Reserves, which was scrapped altogether. It had even more of an international flavour this time than in previous years, with 27 of the 64 competitors coming from abroad. These, together with a good selection of some of the best English players, provided a very interesting tournament with a first prize of £200 in addition to a place in next year’s Premier.

The eventual winner, undefeated with a score of 8/10, was the hitherto unknown 16-year old American player, Mark Diesen, whose style has a nice mixture of soundness and aggression, and who, one feels, is likely to develop into a very strong master before long.

No less than seven players tied for second place, and scooped up all the remaining prize money between them. Among these were the British players Bellin, Nunn, Pritchett and de Veauce. De Veauce was actually level with Diesen before the last round commenced, but was unable to maintain his challenge, losing to Pritchett, while Diesen beat the Dutch player Rol.

Of the other players, the American Formanek was not quite able to produce his best form, which last year gave him a share of first place with Rellstab, while the British players Cafferty and Mabbs both started off well and then faded towards the end.

1973/74 Hastings Challengers, 27 December 1973 - 5 January 1974

Rank	1973/74 Hastings Challengers (10 round Swiss)	Total
1	Mark C Diesen (USA)	8
2-8	Arovah Bachtiar (INA), Robert Bellin, Ralph Mallee (FRG), John D M Nunn, Craig W Pritchett (SCO), Herman Suradiradja (INA), Louis de Veauce	7
9-17	Hans Bohm (NED), Jaan Eslon (SWE), Edward Formanek (USA), Nigel J Holloway, Jeff Horner, David J Mabbs, Ulrich Nehmert (FRG), G Rol (NED), Jacobus S Sampouw (INA)	6
18-25	Milan Bajovic (YUG), Richard A Beach, Robert Behling (FRG), Bernard Cafferty, David S C Goodman, Geoffrey H James, C Müller (FRG), Nicholas J Patterson (IRL)	5½
26-37	Gerald H Bennett, Leslie S F Blackstock (SCO), Georg Danner (AUT), Michael J Franklin, Ronald F A Harman, Alan Phillips, Miroslav Radojcic (YUG), John N Sugden, David J Sully (WLS), Sameer Sursock (LEB), Dr. Wolfgang Weise (FRG), Wim J Westerveld (NED)	5
38-42	Paul D Gait, Paul E Littlewood, Dusan Savic (YUG), Sean Thrower, Alan G Trangmar	4½
43-49	Peter W Hempson, Paul Janicki (CAN), Krum Krstev (YUG), Harry Lamb, Glenn E J Lambert, John M Ripley, John K Robinson	4
50-58	Bernard de Bruycker (BEL), Peter M Collins (Abingdon), Zahiruddin Farooqui (PAK), Ulrich Gäss, Alan Goldsmith (AUS), A S Moghadam, D W Okker, Arthur H Pope (AUS), Peter John Waters	3½
59	P Jongepier	3

Main A: (1-2) David M Adams, Graham J P Burton 6½/9; (3-5) David Lees, Alan H Prizant, Dimo Werner 5½; (6-8) G Binder, B Landwehr, Hans-Peter Urankar 5; (9-14) R Bruning, L Nikolaiczuk, Rev. I K Pugh, C Seyfried, Terence J Stuttard, R Wyss 4½; (15) W Steffelaar 4; (16-17) Peter G Moore, Kevin J O'Connell 3½; (18) A Noorlandt 3; (19-20) Andrew J D Baruch, H Peier 2½.

Main B: (1) Paul F Habershon 7/9; (2) Malcolm J Lightfoot 6½; (3-9) M Gielow, Adrian P R Lewis, Robert C Lynn, Stephen Macdonald-Ross, K Neumann, Stephen J Taylor, Miss A L van der Giessen 5½; (10-11) Friedhelm R Bachmann, M H Haag 5; (12-14) P Backwinkel, R E Evans, H van der Veen 4½; (15-22) Miss Ruth V Cardoso, A Ercan, Nicholas R Keene, Lucien Mouillaux, Richard W O’Brien, K P Anthes, Dr I Prochaska, R A Walker 4; (23-24) H Gerards, G Scherrer 3½; (25) P L Zwetsloot 2½.

Main C: (1) Thomas Pioch (FRG) 7½/9; (2) G Haag, 6½; (3) U Bretschneider, 6; (4-7) G Andrews, Dr Gerald Simon Katz, E Ramp, Robert P Ross (Hull) 5½; (8-11) John A Gorman, Roland A Gronau, James Roderick Nicolson, Wilfred Henry Pratten 5; (12-15) Christopher D Carr, Dr. Reinhard Cherubim, R Forthaus, Leigh Alan Trangmar 4½; (16-18) E de Graaf, Heinz Mattes (FRG), G Meinhardt 4; (19-22) Percy Baldwin Cook, J Grothey, P Koenig, David Pardoe 3½; (23) E Sutter 1.

Main D: (1-3) M Harringer, K A Howel, R/K Wentzell [Klaus Wenzel?] 6½/9; (4) Michael J Meakin 6; (5) Robin A E Shaw 5½; (6-13) (Richard) Nevil Coles, Geoffrey Daw, J Drescher, David H Gleave, John Bertram Goodman, A Gray, Martin A Lee (Upton, Cheshire), Ewart J Smith (Basingstoke) 4½; (14-15) Colin L Ridley (Boughton Heath, Cheshire), Mrs Dinah M Wright (Norman) 4; (16-18) Sydney Ross Capsey, Miss Mieke van Elst (NED), G Wagner 3½; (19) William Bainbridge 2½; (20) E Hofstetter 2.

Main E: (1) John A Felton (Hastings) 8/9; (2) Martin Lichte (Belper; FRG) 7; (3) John Philip Scragg (Stockport) 6; (4-6) Roger L Baker (Bakewell), Alan Kerry (West Bridgford), Geoffrey W Naldrett 5½; (7) B Naujoks [Joseph Naujokas?] 5; (8-14) David Terence Fairbank (Warley), Fridolin Jaeck, O Lange, Truman Victor Parrott, Walter R Rayner (Sutton), Ronald Ernest Rushbrook, I P Strachen 4½; (15) Kevin R M Claudius 4; (16-17) P Griffiths, R Kupfer 4½; (18-19) A L K Smith, M H Wheeler (Yeovil) 3; (20-21) Mrs Olive Chataway, Miss B Torres 1½.

Main F: (1) Richard Britton (Hull) 8½/9; (2) K Ashman 8; (3-5) J Hatton, James Hawksley (Hull), P J R Oliver 5½; (6-9) P A Baldwin, E Chambers, H G Crews, R Quaye 5; (10-11) William Edward Busbridge, E Mitchell 4½; (12-14) R E Goodman, Mrs I L F Morris, Robert C Shilling 4; (15-16) Miss E Coulson, J Woods 3½; (17) Leslie E Vine 3; (17-18) Lady Gwendolyn Harriet Herbert, R Parks 2.

New Year A: (1) John Watson (USA) 5½/6; (2) Wolfgang Hübner (FRG) 5; (3-4) Rev. David J Casiot (Manchester), Geoffrey Ernest Wolfarth 4; (5-9) B R Johnson, Heinrich Jühe, Graham Russell Mitchell, (Robert) Walter L Moberly, M D Osmond (London) 3½; (10-13) Ronald Blow, Richard Hughes-Hallett, E Peters (FRG, Cologne), Dr. Luiz C Tavares da Silva 3; (14-16) H A Killick, John B Sellens, Michael J Sheehan 2½; (17-18) Raymond J Gamble (Derby), H Trevor Jones 2; (19) M Azzouni 1.

New Year B: (1) Dr. Tesar 5½; (2) James E Pattle 4½; (3) Charles Ambrose Scott Damant 4; (4-5) B J Little, A G Walker 3½; (6-7) B W Glass, D J Towers 3; (8) G Bruce 2½; (9) P Stoneham 2; (10) Miss Eileen B Tranmer 1½; (11-12) P A Hann, Malcolm I Stewart-Mackenzie 1.

New Year C: (1) J West 5/6; (2) E Houghton 4½; (3) Richard J Nash (Boston) 4; (4-5) R J Dixon, M Schubert 3½; (6-8) Nigel W Dennis (Henley), Miss Gillian Moore, Jack A Speigel 3; (9) M Duinmayer (NED) 2½; (10) S Quay 2; (11) K J Norbury (Sheffield) 1½; (12) Miss M Walters (FRG) ½.

New Year D: (1) (Hugh) Dugald Macpherson (Grantchester) 5; (2-4) C W Bryan, James J Essinger (Leicester), Raymond J Pomeroy 4; (5-6) T Borland, R H Saunders 3½; (7-9) G Bishop, A D Harvey, W D Johnson 3; (10-11) Shaun Finlayson (Lutterworth), T W White 2½; (12) I Houghton 2; (13) M Latey 1½; (14) R D Pearce ½

New Year E: (1-3) F H Hill, Alfred Milner, S Wavell 4½/6; (4-6) L L M Jones, H Rawcliffe, W E J Sharp 4; (7-9) Mrs F Enns, G Murray, J H Ward 3; (10-12) R Baker, R M Morgan, David J Stevenson 2½; (13-14) R G Hewitt, A Norbury 2; (15) E R Yates 1.

New Year F: (1) D W Harper 5/6; (2) G Burnett 4; (3-6) Paul Carey, Sir John Latey, W G Oliver, Rev. J G Whitehead 3½; (7-8) Mrs P Jackson, E Newham 3; (9-10) N V Gray, W Latey 2; (11-12) John C Hamer, Mrs M Krol 1½.

Third Week A: (1) Charles Ambrose Scott Damant 4½; (2) Kenneth P Neat 4; (3-8) Paul Janicki, Heinrich Juehe, J Kallenbach, Joseph M Soesan, Peter C Wood, Mrs Dinah M Wright [Norman] 3½; (9-10) Miss Ruth V Cardoso (Brazil), M H Haag 3; (11-12) Dr. J A Fidler, Ronald G Rusha 2½; (13) E D Gibson 1½; (14) Miss Eileen B Tranmer (withdrew ill after one round) 0.

Third Week B: (1) John A Felton (Hastings) 5½/6; (2) J F Lobley 4½; (3-4) S Blewitt, Ronald Ernest Rushbrook 4; (5-8) D Hess, J D Jenkins, G McInnes, John David Howard Nicholas 3½; (9-11) David Terence Fairbank, H G Rheinbold, Jack A Speigel 3; (12-14) C M Chamberlain, Miss A Julian, Charles Gerald Thoroton Stonehill 2½; (15-16) E Chambers, B H Turner 2; (17) D Read 1½.

Third Week C: (1) Victor Litvin 5½/6; (2) Alfred Milner 4½; (3-5) C Hann, E Mitchell, B Morris 4; (6-7) Gerald Charles Stonehill, J Strachen 3½; (8) D J Gulliver 3; (9-12) D F Albert, Francis Norman Copping, David A Phillips, Geoffrey H Phillips 2½; (13) G Burnett 2; (14-15) William Edward Busbridge, Wilfred G Oliver 1½; (16) Rev. J G Whitehead 1.

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File Updated

Date	Notes
Previously	Uploaded as part of the Hastings collection some time ago.
7 July 2024	Uploaded the 120 Premier games plus 51 games from other events, crosstables, results, etc. The games now have dates.
9 July 2024	Added one game from Challengers - G.Danner 0-1 J.Nunn - and amended the scores of two Premier games - M.Basman 0-1 K.Pytel (rd 7) and P.Benko 1-0 K.Pytel (rd 14). My thanks to Andy Ansel for the addition and amendments, and to Ian Thompson for help with forenames of players in the subsidiary sections.