Hastings Premier 1934/35

Three players share the 15th Premier on 6½/9
27 December 1934 – 5 January 1935 · Hastings, England
Max Euwe, Salo Flohr and George Thomas shared first on 6½/9

The 15th Hastings Premier assembled ten players at White Rock Pavilion. Max Euwe, Salo Flohr, and George Thomas shared first place on 6½/9, one point ahead of Jose Raul Capablanca. The complete 45-game round robin is preserved for the archive's standings and crosstable.

Three routes to first place

Euwe and Flohr each scored four wins and five draws, completing the tournament undefeated. Thomas reached the same 6½ total with six wins, one draw, and two losses.

Capablanca followed on 5½, with Mikhail Botvinnik next on 5.

A complete round robin

The 10-player field completed a single round robin. Every participant played nine games and every possible pairing appears once, producing 45 games.

BritBase's edition page supplies the dates, venue, crosstable, and Premier scores, allowing the archive to preserve the three-way tie exactly.

Final standings

6½/9
Max Euwe, Salo Flohr and George Thomas shared first on 6½/9
# Player Score Record Games
=1 Thomas, George Alan 6½/9 +6 -2 =1
=1 Euwe, Max 6½/9 +4 -0 =5
=1 Flohr, Salo 6½/9 +4 -0 =5
4 Capablanca, Jose Raul 5½/9 +4 -2 =3
=5 Botvinnik, Mikhail 5/9 +3 -2 =4
=5 Lilienthal, Andor 5/9 +2 -1 =6
7 Michell, Reginald Pryce 4/9 +3 -4 =2
8 Menchik, Vera 3/9 +1 -4 =4
=9 Milner Barry, Philip Stuart 1½/9 +1 -7 =1
=9 Norman, George Marshall 1½/9 +0 -6 =3

Cross Table

Rank Player 12345678910
1 Thomas, George Alan 0 ½ 1 1 1 0 1 1 1
2 Euwe, Max 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½
3 Flohr, Salo ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1
4 Capablanca, Jose Raul 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1
5 Botvinnik, Mikhail 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1
6 Lilienthal, Andor 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½
7 Michell, Reginald Pryce 1 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 1
8 Menchik, Vera 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½
9 Milner Barry, Philip Stuart 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1
10 Norman, George Marshall 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0

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