Hastings Premier 1938/39

Szabo goes undefeated to win the 19th Premier
28 December 1938 – 6 January 1939 · Hastings, England
Szabo won with 7½/9

The 19th Hastings Premier brought ten players to White Rock Pavilion. Laszlo Szabo won six games and drew three for an undefeated 7½/9, one point ahead of Max Euwe. All 45 games of the round robin are here, and the standings and crosstable are worked out from them.

The 19th Premier

Szabo's six wins and three draws gave him clear first place on 7½/9. Euwe was second on 6½, followed by Salo Landau and Vasja Pirc on 6.

Szabo was the only player to reach seven points.

A complete round robin

Ten players met once apiece, producing all 45 possible pairings and nine games for every participant.

BritBase's dated crosstable and Premier scores match the preserved result matrix, supporting a complete game-derived table.

Final standings

7½/9
Szabo won with 7½/9
# Player Score Record Games
1 Szabo, Laszlo 7½/9 +6 -0 =3
2 Euwe, Max 6½/9 +5 -1 =3
=3 Pirc, Vasja 6/9 +5 -2 =2
=3 Landau, Salo 6/9 +4 -1 =4
=5 Klein, Ernst Ludwig 4½/9 +3 -3 =3
=5 Milner Barry, Philip Stuart 4½/9 +3 -3 =3
7 Golombek, Harry 4/9 +2 -3 =4
8 Thomas, George Alan 2½/9 +1 -5 =3
9 Tylor, Theodore Henry 2/9 +1 -6 =2
10 Sergeant, Edward Guthlac 1½/9 +0 -6 =3

Cross Table

Rank Player 12345678910
1 Szabo, Laszlo ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1
2 Euwe, Max ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1 ½
3 Pirc, Vasja 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 1
4 Landau, Salo ½ 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1
5 Klein, Ernst Ludwig 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1
6 Milner Barry, Philip Stuart 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½
7 Golombek, Harry ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1
8 Thomas, George Alan 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½
9 Tylor, Theodore Henry 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 1
10 Sergeant, Edward Guthlac 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0

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