Hastings Premier 1951/52

Gligoric goes undefeated to win the 27th Premier
27 December 1951 – 5 January 1952 · Hastings, England
Gligoric won with 7½/9

The 27th Hastings Premier brought ten players to White Rock Pavilion. Svetozar Gligoric won six games and drew three for an undefeated 7½/9, a point and a half ahead of Daniel Yanofsky. The complete round robin is preserved here.

The 27th Premier

Gligoric's six wins and three draws gave him clear first place on 7½/9. Yanofsky was second on 6, followed by Lothar Schmid on 5½.

Gligoric was the only player to reach seven points and completed the event without a loss.

A complete round robin

The ten participants each played nine games, completing all 45 pairings of the single round robin.

BritBase's edition page supplies the dated crosstable and Premier scores, so the archive's standings are computed directly from the complete event.

Final standings

7½/9
Gligoric won with 7½/9
# Player Score Record Games
1 Gligoric, Svetozar 7½/9 +6 -0 =3
2 Yanofsky, Daniel Abraham 6/9 +3 -0 =6
3 Schmid, Lothar 5½/9 +2 -0 =7
=4 Donner, Jan Hein 4½/9 +3 -3 =3
=4 Popel, Stephan A 4½/9 +3 -3 =3
=4 Barden, Leonard William 4½/9 +1 -1 =7
7 Thomas, Andrew Rowland B 3½/9 +2 -4 =3
=8 Hooper, David Vincent 3/9 +2 -5 =2
=8 Abrahams, Gerald 3/9 +1 -4 =4
=8 Golombek, Harry 3/9 +1 -4 =4

Cross Table

Rank Player 12345678910
1 Gligoric, Svetozar ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1
2 Yanofsky, Daniel Abraham ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1
3 Schmid, Lothar ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½
4 Donner, Jan Hein 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 0 1 1
5 Popel, Stephan A 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 ½ 1
6 Barden, Leonard William ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½
7 Thomas, Andrew Rowland B 0 0 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½
8 Hooper, David Vincent 0 ½ 0 1 1 0 ½ 0 0
9 Abrahams, Gerald 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½
10 Golombek, Harry 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½

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