Hastings Premier 1926/27

Tartakower takes the 7th Premier with six wins
28 December 1926 – 6 January 1927 · Hastings, England
Tartakower won with 7/9

The 7th Hastings Premier brought ten players to Hastings Town Hall across the turn of the year. Saviely Tartakower scored six wins and took clear first place with 7/9, one point ahead of Edgar Colle. All 45 games of the round robin are here, and the standings and crosstable are worked out from them.

The 7th Premier

Tartakower finished on 7/9 with six wins, two draws, and one loss. Colle was second on 6, with Frederick Yates next on 5½.

The one-point margin gave Tartakower clear first place in the ten-player field.

A complete round robin

The field completed a single round robin. Each player met every other player once, producing all 45 possible pairings.

BritBase's edition page supplies the dates, venue, crosstable, and Premier scores, allowing the archive's standings to be derived directly from the preserved games.

Final standings

7/9
Tartakower won with 7/9
# Player Score Record Games
1 Tartakower, Saviely 7/9 +6 -1 =2
2 Colle, Edgard 6/9 +4 -1 =4
3 Yates, Frederick Dewhurst 5½/9 +5 -3 =1
=4 Norman, George Marshall 5/9 +4 -3 =2
=4 Reti, Richard 5/9 +4 -3 =2
6 Sergeant, Edward Guthlac 4½/9 +3 -3 =3
=7 Buerger, Victor 4/9 +4 -5 =0
=7 Teller, Alfred 4/9 +3 -4 =2
9 Thomas, George Alan 3/9 +2 -5 =2
10 Michell, Reginald Pryce 1/9 +1 -8 =0

Cross Table

Rank Player 12345678910
1 Tartakower, Saviely ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 1
2 Colle, Edgard ½ 1 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1
3 Yates, Frederick Dewhurst 1 0 0 1 ½ 1 1 0 1
4 Norman, George Marshall ½ 0 1 ½ 0 1 0 1 1
5 Reti, Richard 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 1
6 Sergeant, Edward Guthlac 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 0 1
7 Buerger, Victor 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
8 Teller, Alfred 0 ½ 0 1 1 0 0 ½ 1
9 Thomas, George Alan 0 ½ 1 0 0 1 0 ½ 0
10 Michell, Reginald Pryce 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.