All change at Hastings

January 3, 2016 Webblie 0

— from Mark Jordan Where there was one, now there are three! GM Vakhidov 2546, who had usurped the previous leader GM Mista 2567 on the previous day, was only able to hold his sole first place for a single night before facing tournament favourite, […]

Vakhidov seizes the lead going into Round 6!

January 2, 2016 Webblie 0

— from Mark Jordan New Year’s Day dawned on a dry but rather colder Hastings as the Congress moved in to the fifth day with some exciting chess in prospect. A few travel problems meant that one or two players had to withdraw which was very […]

Decisive results in Round 4

January 2, 2016 Webblie 0

— from Mark Jordan (games annotated by IM Jack Rudd) Round four saw decisive results on the top 18 boards with wins for Black on the top four boards! This is rather unusual at this level, even in a Swiss system event where, unlike in […]

Pictures

January 1, 2016 Webblie 0

Happy New Year to everyone … here are some pictures from ‘last year’ …

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