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TOURNAMENT STANDINGS
Hastings Congress 2011-2012 Tournament

Wang Yue7.5/9(+6 -0 =3)[view games]
Babu M R Lalith7/9(+6 -1 =2)[view games]
Sundar M Shyam7/9(+6 -1 =2)[view games]
Andrei Istratescu7/9(+6 -1 =2)[view games]
Arghyadip Das6.5/9(+5 -1 =3)[view games]
Deep Sengupta6.5/9(+5 -1 =3)[view games]
Yuri Vovk6.5/9(+6 -2 =1)[view games]
Gudmundur Kjartansson6/9(+6 -3 =0)[view games]
Saptarshi Roy Chowdhury6/9(+3 -0 =6)[view games]
Upadhyaya Anwesh6/9(+4 -1 =4)[view games]
Nicholas Pert6/9(+4 -1 =4)[view games]
Mark Hebden6/9(+5 -2 =2)[view games]
Glenn Flear6/9(+5 -2 =2)[view games]
Romain Edouard6/9(+4 -1 =4)[view games]
Simon Kim Williams6/9(+4 -1 =4)[view games]
Nikil P Shyam6/9(+4 -1 =4)[view games]
Frank Holzke6/9(+4 -1 =4)[view games]
David Howell6/9(+5 -2 =2)[view games]
Pavel Simacek6/9(+5 -2 =2)[view games]
Karolina Olsarova5.5/9(+4 -2 =3)[view games]
Calum MacQueen5.5/9(+5 -3 =1)[view games]
Murali Karthikeyan5.5/9(+3 -1 =5)[view games]
Padmini Rout5.5/8(+4 -1 =3)[view games]
Adrien Demuth5.5/8(+4 -1 =3)[view games]
Andrey Vovk5.5/9(+5 -3 =1)[view games]
Alexandre Vuilleumier5.5/9(+5 -3 =1)[view games]
Simon J B Knott5.5/9(+4 -2 =3)[view games]
Maxence Godard5.5/9(+4 -2 =3)[view games]
David Leslie Haydon5.5/9(+4 -2 =3)[view games]
(118 players total; 90 players not shown. Click here for longer list.)

 page 2 of 20; games 26-50 of 499  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
26. Sahiti P Lakshmi vs Hendrick Obsieger  1-028 2011 Hastings Congress 2011-2012C07 French, Tarrasch
27. M Young vs A Luaces Rubio  0-123 2011 Hastings Congress 2011-2012C32 King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit
28. S Knott vs R Maciol  ½-½22 2011 Hastings Congress 2011-2012A15 English
29. T Olsarova vs A Das  0-147 2011 Hastings Congress 2011-2012C00 French Defense
30. R Eames vs N P Shyam  ½-½76 2011 Hastings Congress 2011-2012B90 Sicilian, Najdorf
31. B Lalith vs P Talsma  1-024 2011 Hastings Congress 2011-2012A07 King's Indian Attack
32. C Sreeves vs Holzke  0-136 2011 Hastings Congress 2011-2012B81 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Keres Attack
33. S Williams vs V Prosviriakov  1-042 2011 Hastings Congress 2011-2012D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
34. B Furman vs Hebden  0-127 2011 Hastings Congress 2011-2012E61 King's Indian
35. A Vovk vs A Longson  1-055 2011 Hastings Congress 2011-2012C97 Ruy Lopez, Closed, Chigorin
36. J Rudd vs D Sengupta  0-134 2011 Hastings Congress 2011-2012C05 French, Tarrasch
37. N Pert vs D Haydon  ½-½32 2011 Hastings Congress 2011-2012E64 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav System
38. M Massoni vs Y Vovk  1-052 2011 Hastings Congress 2011-2012B28 Sicilian, O'Kelly Variation
39. R Edouard vs N Stewart  1-058 2011 Hastings Congress 2011-2012B12 Caro-Kann Defense
40. Krishna vs A Istratescu  0-132 2011 Hastings Congress 2011-2012E20 Nimzo-Indian
41. D Howell vs R Griffiths  1-025 2011 Hastings Congress 2011-2012A16 English
42. Flear vs Marc Repplinger  ½-½52 2011 Hastings Congress 2011-2012A90 Dutch
43. K Olsarova vs M Armstrong  1-048 2011 Hastings Congress 2011-2012B01 Scandinavian
44. S M Shyam vs I Snape  0-135 2011 Hastings Congress 2011-2012A43 Old Benoni
45. A G Grant vs M Godard  0-131 2011 Hastings Congress 2011-2012A13 English
46. A Vuilleumier vs G O'Toole  1-074 2011 Hastings Congress 2011-2012A46 Queen's Pawn Game
47. A Bremner vs D Eggleston  ½-½53 2011 Hastings Congress 2011-2012A07 King's Indian Attack
48. T Rendle vs M Waddington  1-043 2011 Hastings Congress 2011-2012B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation
49. S R Chowdhury vs M Rolvag  ½-½37 2011 Hastings Congress 2011-2012B10 Caro-Kann
50. J Anderson vs U Anwesh 0-156 2011 Hastings Congress 2011-2012C34 King's Gambit Accepted
 page 2 of 20; games 26-50 of 499  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jan-04-12  14DogKnight: Wow Hastings today is nothing like the old tournament I saw back in 1895...
Jan-04-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  wordfunph: Hastings lost its glitter :(
Jan-04-12  Penguincw: Looks like the tournament already started (maybe even finished).
Jan-04-12  Everett: <14DogKnight: Wow Hastings today is nothing like the old tournament I saw back in 1895...>

Remarkable longevity! How do you do it?

Jan-04-12  solskytz: a lot of orange juice - but not before time controls...
Jan-04-12  Rook e2: <14DogKnight: Wow Hastings today is nothing like the old tournament I saw back in 1895...> Looking at the openings played you might think it's the romantic period again.
Jan-04-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  HeMateMe: Have no Flear, Glen is here!
Jan-04-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  kingscrusher: I video annotated Shyam's Round 8 win:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f4p...

Jan-05-12  keithbc: why is the s williams game stopped?? Nothing happened for over 20 mins? what is going on?
Jan-05-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  waustad: You've got to love Gudmundur Kjartansson's line: 6-3-0. Go for it!
Jan-06-12  King Death: <waustad> Jack Rudd's impressed me. He needed to play Black in every game.
Jan-06-12  Ezzy: Wang Yue receiving his prize for first place -

http://www.europe-echecs.com/actual...

Jan-09-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  virginmind: pretty good result by istratescu.
Jan-10-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  Albertan: Here is an article about the tournament:

"Wang Yue takes first prize at Hastings with show of subtle superiority::

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/201...

Jan-10-12
Premium Chessgames Member
  kingscrusher: Kingscrusher Radio Show - 10th January 2012 - Wang Yue's wins - Hastings Congress

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G8T...

Jan-27-12  WTHarvey: Here is a little book of 45 critical positions from the tounament: http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/79...
Feb-26-12  WTHarvey: Here's a new link: http://www.scribd.com/WTHarvey/d/81...
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