Hastings Premier 1966/67
The 42nd Hastings Premier brought its international field to Falaise Hall across the turn of the year. Mikhail Botvinnik won the tournament with 6½/9, scoring five wins, three draws, and one loss. All 45 games of the round robin are here, and the standings and crosstable are worked out from them.
The 42nd Premier
Mikhail Botvinnik won the tournament with 6½/9, scoring five wins, three draws, and one loss.
Wolfgang Uhlmann was second on 5½; Michael Basman, Bojan Kurajica, and Yuri Balashov followed on 5.
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 | Botvinnik, Mikhail | 6½/9 | +5 -1 =3 | games |
| 2 | Uhlmann, Wolfgang | 5½/9 | +3 -1 =5 | games |
| =3 | Balashov, Yuri S | 5/9 | +4 -3 =2 | games |
| =3 | Basman, Michael J | 5/9 | +3 -2 =4 | games |
| =3 | Kurajica, Bojan | 5/9 | +3 -2 =4 | games |
| 6 | Penrose, Jonathan | 4½/9 | +2 -2 =5 | games |
| 7 | Mecking, Henrique | 4/9 | +3 -4 =2 | games |
| 8 | Keene, Raymond | 3½/9 | +1 -3 =5 | games |
| =9 | Czerniak, Moshe | 3/9 | +2 -5 =2 | games |
| =9 | Hartston, William R | 3/9 | +0 -3 =6 | games |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Botvinnik, Mikhail | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | |
| 2 | Uhlmann, Wolfgang | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | |
| 3 | Balashov, Yuri S | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | |
| 4 | Basman, Michael J | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | |
| 5 | Kurajica, Bojan | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | |
| 6 | Penrose, Jonathan | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | |
| 7 | Mecking, Henrique | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | |
| 8 | Keene, Raymond | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | |
| 9 | Czerniak, Moshe | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 10 | Hartston, William R | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 |
Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.