Hastings Premier 1970/71

Portisch repeats as Hastings champion with an undefeated 6/9
29 December 1970 – 7 January 1971 · Hastings, England
Portisch won with 6/9
Event Index 45 GAMES

The 46th Hastings Premier brought its international field to Falaise Hall across the turn of the year. Lajos Portisch retained first place with three wins and six draws, scoring 6/9 without a loss. All 45 games of the round robin are here, and the standings and crosstable are worked out from them.

The 46th Premier

Lajos Portisch retained first place with three wins and six draws, scoring 6/9 without a loss.

Five players—Wolfgang Uhlmann, Peter Markland, Vlastimil Hort, Nikolai Krogius, and Svetozar Gligoric—finished one point behind 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

6/9
Portisch won with 6/9
# Player Score Record
1 Portisch, Lajos 6/9 +3 -0 =6 games
=2 Uhlmann, Wolfgang 5/9 +3 -2 =4 games
=2 Gligoric, Svetozar 5/9 +2 -1 =6 games
=2 Hort, Vlastimil 5/9 +2 -1 =6 games
=2 Krogius, Nikolai V 5/9 +2 -1 =6 games
=2 Markland, Peter Richard 5/9 +2 -1 =6 games
7 Mestrovic, Zvonimir 4/9 +3 -4 =2 games
=8 Wade, Robert Graham 3½/9 +2 -4 =3 games
=8 Byrne, Robert Eugene 3½/9 +0 -2 =7 games
10 Keene, Raymond 3/9 +0 -3 =6 games

Cross Table

Player 12345678910
1 Portisch, Lajos ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1
2 Uhlmann, Wolfgang ½ 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1
3 Gligoric, Svetozar ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½
4 Hort, Vlastimil ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½
5 Krogius, Nikolai V ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1
6 Markland, Peter Richard ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½
7 Mestrovic, Zvonimir 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 1 1 ½
8 Wade, Robert Graham 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½
9 Byrne, Robert Eugene ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½
10 Keene, Raymond 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½

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

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