6th Hastings Premier, 28 December 1925 - 5 January 1926, Hastings Town Hall

1925/26 Hastings Premier		Nat'y	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	Alexander Alekhine	FRA	&;	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8½
2	Milan Vidmar Sr	YUG	½	&;	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	8½
3	Reginald Pryce Michell	ENG	0	0	&;	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	5
4	(Jakob) Adolf Seitz	SUI	0	0	0	&;	1	1	½	1	1	½	5
5	Edgar Colle	BEL	0	0	0	0	&;	0	1	1	1	1	4
6	Fred Dewhirst Yates	ENG	0	0	1	0	1	&;	½	0	1	½	4
7	Dawid Janowski	FRA	0	0	0	½	0	½	&;	½	½	1	3
8	George Marshall Norman	ENG	0	0	0	0	0	1	½	&;	0	1	2½
9	Victor Leonard Wahltuch	ENG	0	0	1	0	0	0	½	1	&;	0	2½
10	Edward Guthlac Sergeant	ENG	0	0	0	½	0	½	0	0	1	&;	2

1925/26 Hastings Major

1925/26 Hastings Major		Nat'y	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	Alfred Teller	Czechoslovakia	&;	1	½	1	½	1	1	1	1	½	7½
2	Harold John Francis Stephenson	Hastings	0	&;	1	1	1	0	½	½	1	1	6
3	Capt Percivale David Bolland		½	0	&;	0	1	1	1	½	½	1	5½
4	Maurice Edward Goldstein		0	0	1	&;	0	½	1	½	1	1	5
5	Victor Buerger		½	0	0	1	&;	0	½	½	1	1	4½
6	Edmund Tom Jesty		0	1	0	½	1	&;	0	1	1	0	4½
7	Norman Boles Holmes		0	½	0	0	½	1	&;	0	0	1	3
8	Vera Menchik	Hastings	0	½	½	½	½	0	1	&;	0	0	3
9	John Harold Morrison		0	0	½	0	0	0	1	1	&;	½	3
10	George Frederick Harold Packer		½	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	½	&;	3

1925/26 Hastings Major Reserves

1925/26 Hastings Major Reserves		Nat'y	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	Richard Edward Lean		&;	½	1	0	1	1	1	1	1	½	7
2	Patrick Charles Littlejohn		½	&;	½	1	½	1	1	1	½	1	7
3	Hans Cohn	Breslau	0	½	&;	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	5½
4	Wallace Henry King		1	0	0	&;	1	½	½	1	½	0	4½
5	John MacAlister		0	½	1	0	&;	1	0	1	1	0	4½
6	Edith Charlotte Price		0	0	0	½	0	&;	½	1	1	1	4
7	Alfred Dudley Barlow		0	0	0	½	1	½	&;	0	1	½	3½
8	John James O'Hanlon	Ireland	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	&;	1	1	3
9	Sydney Gerard Howell-Smith		0	½	1	½	0	0	0	0	&;	1	3
10	Philip Ashby Ursell		½	0	0	1	1	0	½	0	0	&;	3

1925/26 Hastings First Class A

1925/26 Hastings First Class A		Nat'y	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	Capt Arthur Edward Dickinson		&;	1	½	1	1	1	0	½	1	1	7
2	Edward Buddel Puckridge		0	&;	½	1	0	1	1	1	½	1	6
3	Henry Wickham Hore		½	½	&;	½	½	0	1	1	1	½	5½
4	Miss Minnie Musgrave		0	0	½	&;	1	0	½	1	1	1	5
5	Sydney Meymott		0	1	½	0	&;	0	0	1	1	1	4½
6	J H Wise		0	0	1	1	1	&;	1	0	0	½	4½
7	Stephen Poulson Lees		1	0	0	½	1	0	&;	½	½	½	4
8	Frederick Wilkinson		½	0	0	0	0	1	½	&;	1	1	4
9	George W Powell		0	½	0	0	0	1	½	0	&;	1	3
10	Hon Frederick Gustavus Hamilton-Russell		0	0	½	0	0	½	½	0	0	&;	1½

1925/26 Hastings First Class B

1925/26 Hastings First Class B		Nat'y	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	Isidore Haym Wechsler		&;	½	½	1	1	1	½	1	1	1	7½
2	W Arthur Winser		½	&;	1	½	1	1	1	1	½	1	7½
3	Leonard Illingworth		½	0	&;	1	1	1	1	1	1	½	7
4	Raymond Hampden Blomfield		0	½	0	&;	½	½	1	1	1	1	5½
5	Geoffrey Kendall Nuttall		0	0	0	½	&;	1	½	1	1	1	5
6	Mrs Edith Mary Ann Michell (née Tapsell)		0	0	0	½	0	&;	1	1	1	1	4½
7	Prof Robert William Genese		½	0	0	0	½	0	&;	0	1	1	3
8	Major Edgar Montague-Jones		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	&;	1	0	2
9	Gerard Cardew Bryan Gipps		0	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	&;	1	1½
10	Willington Lucette Wakefield		0	0	½	0	0	0	0	1	0	&;	1½

1925/26 Hastings First Class Reserves

1925/26 Hastings First Class Reserves		Nat'y	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	Charles Henry Taylor		&;	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	6
2	William Gordon Watson		1	&;	0	½	0	½	1	1	1	1	6
3	Miss Emily Eliza Abraham		0	1	&;	0	½	0	1	1	1	1	5½
4	E Atkinson		0	½	1	&;	½	0	0	1	1	1	5
5	Mrs Amabel Nevill Gwyn Sollas (née Jeffreys)		1	1	½	½	&;	½	0	0	1	½	5
6	F A Riley		0	½	1	1	½	&;	0	0	½	½	4
7	Samuel Frederick Dalladay		0	0	0	1	1	1	&;	1	0	0	4
8	Henry Stanley Shelton		0	0	0	0	1	1	0	&;	1	1	4
9	W Stevens		1	0	0	0	0	½	1	0	&;	½	3
10	Alfred Herman Reeve		0	0	0	0	½	½	1	0	½	&;	2½

Second Class A: (1) Albert Henry Hart 8½/9; (2) Edward Henry Church 7; (3) C W Stokes 6; (4-5) Hon. Arthur James Beresford Lowther, (Philip) Leslie Jones 5; (6-7) Miss Bedell, Allan Ferguson Kidney 4½; (8) John E Coleman 2½; (9) Rev. W. Harvey 2; (10) Rev. H P Dawson retired.

Second Class B: (1-2) H. H. Elliott, Alfred Mortlock 7½/9; (3-4) W Barker, Miss Home 6½; (5-6) Capt. Hubert George McMullon, Z Rosenthal 4; (7) T Moore 3½; (8) Walter Ernest Leffler 3; (9) Mrs. Chase 2; (10) J W Thurnham ½.

Third Class A: (1) H J Salter 7; (2-3) Arthur John Adrian Goetzee, Keith Reginald Bruce Macleod 6½; (4) Simeon Deitz 6; (5-6) Miss Olga Menchik, L J Seh 5; (7) W Harvey 4½; (8) Claude Norman Popper 2½; (9) A E Gray 2; (10) J. H. Johnson 0.

Third Class B: (1) B N Collins 7½; (2-3) Allan James Kidney, L G. Norman 5½; (4-5) Ernst Hermann Albert Behrndt, Miss Ida French Lucas 5; (6) (Leonard) Stanley Hanson-Powter 4½; (7) George Shoesmith 4; (8-9) Mrs. Ayris, W P Freeman 3; (10) H W Weston 2.

"The experiment of extending the duration of the congress to eight playing days was very favourably commented upon by the competitors, who felt that in a 9-round tournament they had a much better chance of recovery after an indifferent start than in a 7-round tournament." (BCM, March 1926, p 139)

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File Updated

Date	Notes
2018	Originally part of the bulk Hastings download, then hived off into a separate file, circa 2018
2 March 2022	Added crosstables, results. Also added two games from subsidiary sections: (1) V.Buerger ½-½ A.Teller (Rd 6, Major); (2) R.Lean 1-0 J.O'Hanlon (Rd 7, Major Reserves).
2 June 2022	The complete game score of R.Michell 1-0 E.Colle (Premier, rd 2) now available, from the Belgian Chess History website.
7 February 2023	Added the game H.Cohn 1-0 W.H.King (Major Reserves, rd 6). Many thanks to Ulrich Tamm.
12 February 2023	Added the game V.Menchik 0-1 A.Teller (rd 8, Major). Many thanks to Brian Denman.
12 February 2023	Added two more games and a stub, all from the Major competition: (1) M.Goldstein 0-1 A.Teller (rd 1); (2) G.Packer ½-½ A.Teller (rd 2, stub); (3) A.Teller 1-0 E.Jesty (rd 5). Many thanks to Ulrich Tamm.
13 February 2023	Andy Ansel has identified move order discrepancies to the following games: (1) Colle 0-1 Alekhine (Premier rd 3); (2) Vidmar-Yates (Premier rd 5); (3) Alekhine-Yates (Premier rd 6). Whilst fixing these, I identified another one: (4) Alekhine-Seitz (Premier rd 5).
22 November 2024	Added two games from lower sections: (1) G Gipps 0-1 R Genese (First Class B); (2) LS Hanson-Powter 0-1 AJ Kidney (Third Class B). Ten other games have been amended to show different move orders and new/additional sources. My thanks to Michael Kühl for providing the information.