The 39th Hastings Premier brought its international field to Sun Lounge, Hastings Pier across the turn of the year. Mikhail Tal won five games and drew four to take clear first place with 7/9. All 45 games of the round robin are here, and the standings and crosstable are worked out from them.
The 39th Premier
Mikhail Tal won five games and drew four to take clear first place with 7/9.
Svetozar Gligoric was second on 6½, with Levente Lengyel and Abram Khasin another half-point back.
A complete round robin
The 10-player field completed a single round robin. Each player met every other player once, 45 games in all.
BritBase's edition page supplies the dated crosstable and all 45 Premier game scores. So the standings here come straight from the games.
Final standings
| # | Player | Score | Record | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tal, Mikhail | 7/9 | +5 -0 =4 | games |
| 2 | Gligoric, Svetozar | 6½/9 | +4 -0 =5 | games |
| =3 | Lengyel, Levente | 6/9 | +5 -2 =2 | games |
| =3 | Khasin, Abram Iosifovich | 6/9 | +4 -1 =4 | games |
| 5 | Littlewood, Norman | 5½/9 | +5 -3 =1 | games |
| 6 | Brinck Claussen, Bjorn | 4½/9 | +3 -3 =3 | games |
| 7 | Littlewood, John Eric | 3½/9 | +3 -5 =1 | games |
| 8 | Hindle, Owen M | 2½/9 | +1 -5 =3 | games |
| 9 | Bely, Miklos | 2/9 | +0 -5 =4 | games |
| 10 | Franklin, Michael J | 1½/9 | +1 -7 =1 | games |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tal, Mikhail | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | |
| 2 | Gligoric, Svetozar | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 3 | Lengyel, Levente | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 4 | Khasin, Abram Iosifovich | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 5 | Littlewood, Norman | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 6 | Brinck Claussen, Bjorn | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | |
| 7 | Littlewood, John Eric | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 8 | Hindle, Owen M | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | |
| 9 | Bely, Miklos | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | |
| 10 | Franklin, Michael J | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ |
Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.