26th christmas congress, Hastings

28-12-1950 > 06-01-1951

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Tot
1 IM Unzicker, Wolfgang GER ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 7
2 IM Rossolimo, Nicolas FRA ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 1
3 IM O’Kelly de Galway, Albéric BEL ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1
4 IM Golombek, Harry ENG ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½
5 Penrose, Jonathan ENG 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1
6 IM Castaldi, Vincenzo ITA 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½
7 Thomas, Andrew R. B. ENG ½ 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1
8 Barden, Leonard William ENG 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 3
9 Adams, Weaver Warren USA 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 1
10 Philips, Alan ENG 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0

[2] gives the crosstable. The games are widely available. I took them from [1]. O’Kelly scored the most points ever by a Belgian in the main section in Hastings. Colle won it in 1928-9, but he only scored 6/9.

Wanted

  • I’m wondering whether black might have lost on time in O’Kelly – Adams. The final position is certainly worse for him, but it seems quite early to resign.

Sources

  1. chessbase.com
  2. G. Di Felice, Chess results, 1951-1955, McFarland 2010
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