The 40th Hastings Premier brought its international field to Sun Lounge, Hastings Pier across the turn of the year. Paul Keres scored seven wins and two draws, finishing undefeated on 8/9. All 45 games of the round robin are here, and the standings and crosstable are worked out from them.
The 40th Premier
Paul Keres scored seven wins and two draws, finishing undefeated on 8/9.
Florin Gheorghiu and Svetozar Gligoric shared the next score line on 6½.
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 | Keres, Paul | 8/9 | +7 -0 =2 | games |
| =2 | Gligoric, Svetozar | 6½/9 | +6 -2 =1 | games |
| =2 | Gheorghiu, Florin | 6½/9 | +5 -1 =3 | games |
| 4 | Pfleger, Helmut | 6/9 | +5 -2 =2 | games |
| 5 | Gaprindashvili, Nona | 5/9 | +4 -3 =2 | games |
| 6 | Hindle, Owen M | 4½/9 | +2 -2 =5 | games |
| 7 | Rocha, Antonio Cavilhas | 3½/9 | +2 -4 =3 | games |
| =8 | Littlewood, Norman | 2/9 | +1 -6 =2 | games |
| =8 | Lee, Peter N | 2/9 | +0 -5 =4 | games |
| 10 | Mardle, Denis Victor | 1/9 | +0 -7 =2 | games |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keres, Paul | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 2 | Gligoric, Svetozar | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 3 | Gheorghiu, Florin | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | |
| 4 | Pfleger, Helmut | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 5 | Gaprindashvili, Nona | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 6 | Hindle, Owen M | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | |
| 7 | Rocha, Antonio Cavilhas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | |
| 8 | Littlewood, Norman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | |
| 9 | Lee, Peter N | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | |
| 10 | Mardle, Denis Victor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ |
Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.