The event and its record
Four players shared first place in the twenty-eighth Hastings Premier: Harry Golombek, Antonio Medina García, Jonathan Penrose and Daniel Yanofsky, each with 5½ points from nine games. The tournament ran from 30 December 1952 to 8 January 1953 at the White Rock Pavilion.
All forty-five games of the ten-player round robin are available. Ten were played in December and thirty-five in January; both calendar-year source groups form this one tournament. Their results reproduce the complete published table. The Premier Reserves and lower congress sections were separate events.
All five final-round games were drawn, leaving the four leaders together. Contemporary reports specifically describe the short Penrose–Tylor and Golombek–Yanofsky draws; their brief scores are retained as complete games.
Final standings
| # | Player | Score | Record | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| =1 | Golombek, Harry | 5½/9 | +4 -2 =3 | games |
| =1 | Medina Garcia, Antonio Angel | 5½/9 | +4 -2 =3 | games |
| =1 | Penrose, Jonathan | 5½/9 | +4 -2 =3 | games |
| =1 | Yanofsky, Daniel Abraham | 5½/9 | +3 -1 =5 | games |
| 5 | Fairhurst, William Albert | 5/9 | +2 -1 =6 | games |
| 6 | Blau, Max | 4½/9 | +3 -3 =3 | games |
| 7 | Tylor, Theodore Henry | 4/9 | +1 -2 =6 | games |
| =8 | Lasker, Edward | 3½/9 | +2 -4 =3 | games |
| =8 | Wade, Robert Graham | 3½/9 | +0 -2 =7 | games |
| 10 | Seitz, Jakob Adolf | 2½/9 | +0 -4 =5 | games |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Golombek, Harry | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | Medina Garcia, Antonio Angel | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 3 | Penrose, Jonathan | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | |
| 4 | Yanofsky, Daniel Abraham | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 5 | Fairhurst, William Albert | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | |
| 6 | Blau, Max | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | |
| 7 | Tylor, Theodore Henry | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | |
| 8 | Lasker, Edward | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | |
| 9 | Wade, Robert Graham | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | |
| 10 | Seitz, Jakob Adolf | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ |
Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.