The 50th Hastings Premier brought its international field to Falaise Hall across the turn of the year. Vlastimil Hort took clear first with 10½/15, combining seven wins with seven draws and one loss. All 120 games of the round robin are here, and the standings and crosstable are worked out from them.
The 50th Premier
Vlastimil Hort took clear first with 10½/15, combining seven wins with seven draws and one loss.
Gudmundur Sigurjonsson and Rafael Vaganian shared the next score line on 10.
A complete round robin
The 16-player field completed a single round robin. Each player met every other player once, 120 games in all.
BritBase's edition page supplies the dated crosstable and all 120 Premier game scores. So the standings here come straight from the games.
Final standings
| # | Player | Score | Record | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hort, Vlastimil | 10½/15 | +7 -1 =7 | games |
| =2 | Vaganian, Rafael A | 10/15 | +7 -2 =6 | games |
| =2 | Sigurjonsson, Gudmundur | 10/15 | +6 -1 =8 | games |
| =4 | Beliavsky, Alexander G | 9½/15 | +6 -2 =7 | games |
| =4 | Andersson, Ulf | 9½/15 | +5 -1 =9 | games |
| 6 | Planinc, Albin | 9/15 | +6 -3 =6 | games |
| 7 | Miles, Anthony John | 8½/15 | +5 -3 =7 | games |
| 8 | Hartston, William R | 7½/15 | +3 -3 =9 | games |
| =9 | Botterill, George Steven | 7/15 | +5 -6 =4 | games |
| =9 | Benko, Pal C | 7/15 | +3 -4 =8 | games |
| 11 | Stean, Michael F | 6½/15 | +0 -2 =13 | games |
| =12 | Garcia Gonzales, Guillermo | 6/15 | +4 -7 =4 | games |
| =12 | Csom, Istvan | 6/15 | +2 -5 =8 | games |
| 14 | Basman, Michael J | 5½/15 | +5 -9 =1 | games |
| 15 | Diesen, Mark C | 4/15 | +1 -8 =6 | games |
| 16 | Mestel, A Jonathan | 3½/15 | +0 -8 =7 | games |
Cross Table
| Rank | Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hort, Vlastimil | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | |
| 2 | Vaganian, Rafael A | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 3 | Sigurjonsson, Gudmundur | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 4 | Beliavsky, Alexander G | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 5 | Andersson, Ulf | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 6 | Planinc, Albin | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | |
| 7 | Miles, Anthony John | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | |
| 8 | Hartston, William R | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | |
| 9 | Botterill, George Steven | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 | Benko, Pal C | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | |
| 11 | Stean, Michael F | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | |
| 12 | Garcia Gonzales, Guillermo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | |
| 13 | Csom, Istvan | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | |
| 14 | Basman, Michael J | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | |
| 15 | Diesen, Mark C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | |
| 16 | Mestel, A Jonathan | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ |
Each cell shows the row player's recorded results against the column player. ● = same player.