Hastings Premier 1928/29

Colle, Marshall, and Takacs share the 9th Premier
27 December 1928 – 5 January 1929 · Hastings, England
Edgar Colle, Frank Marshall and Sándor Takács shared first on 6/9

The 9th Hastings Premier ended in a three-way tie at Hastings Town Hall. Edgar Colle, Frank Marshall, and Sandor Takacs each scored 6/9, half a point ahead of George Koltanowski. All 45 games of the round robin are here, and the standings and crosstable are worked out from them.

Three share first

Colle and Takacs each made five wins and two draws; Marshall reached the same 6/9 total with four wins and four draws. Koltanowski followed on 5½.

BritBase's crosstable records all three leaders level, so the archive presents shared first place rather than imposing a tie-break winner.

A complete round robin

The 10-player 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 every standing to be derived from the preserved games.

Final standings

6/9
Edgar Colle, Frank Marshall and Sándor Takács shared first on 6/9
# Player Score Record Games
=1 Colle, Edgard 6/9 +5 -2 =2
=1 Takacs, Sandor 6/9 +5 -2 =2
=1 Marshall, Frank James 6/9 +4 -1 =4
4 Koltanowski, George 5½/9 +3 -1 =5
5 Yates, Frederick Dewhurst 5/9 +4 -3 =2
=6 Michell, Reginald Pryce 4/9 +3 -4 =2
=6 Sergeant, Edward Guthlac 4/9 +3 -4 =2
8 Thomas, George Alan 3½/9 +1 -3 =5
9 Buerger, Victor 3/9 +1 -4 =4
10 Norman, George Marshall 2/9 +1 -6 =2

Cross Table

Rank Player 12345678910
1 Colle, Edgard 1 1 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 1
2 Takacs, Sandor 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 1
3 Marshall, Frank James 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1
4 Koltanowski, George ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1
5 Yates, Frederick Dewhurst 1 0 0 1 1 1 ½ ½ 0
6 Michell, Reginald Pryce 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1
7 Sergeant, Edward Guthlac 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 1 ½
8 Thomas, George Alan ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1
9 Buerger, Victor 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 ½
10 Norman, George Marshall 0 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½

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