Hastings Chess Congress (2009)

PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games) Igor Kurnosov, Gawain Jones, David Howell, Emanuel Berg, Stuart Conquest, Milos Pavlovic, Mark Hebden, Daniel Gormally, Valery Neverov, Stewart Haslinger, Stephen Gordon, Simon Kim Williams, Gudmundur Kjartansson, Sahaj Grover, Aaron Summerscale, Alexander Cherniaev, John Anderson, David J Eggleston, Adam Hunt, Luis Javier Bernal Moro, Andrew Greet, Willy Hendriks, Andrew D Green, Yang-Fan Zhou, Julian Antonio Rojas Alarcon, Jovanka Houska, Luc Bergez, Simon Ansell, Karl McPhillips, Thomas E Rendle, Raymond S Kaufman, Richard A Bates, Simon J B Knott, Vladimir Prosviriakov, Jack Rudd, Didier Leroy, Ryan Rhys Griffiths, Petr Marusenko, Konstantinos Nikolaidis, Uriel Capo Vidal, Michael J R White, Peter Poobalasingam, Robert Eames, David Ledger, Odion Aikhoje, Bernard Cafferty, James Adair, Ian Snape, David Spence, Sohel Chowdhury, Martin Mitchell, M Mohammed Abdul, Jacques Bernard, Gavin R Lock, Francis Rayner, Alan Grant Kerr, Matthew Anderton, Felix J Kwiatkowski, John N Sugden, Christopher Briscoe, Oliver Jackson, Christine Flear, Nikoloz Chkhaidze, Mikael Rolvag, Ihab Salem, Jens Nebel, David Cilia Vincenti, Arne Hagesaether, Martyn Goodger, Richard J Webster, George E O'Toole, Richard Almond, George Dickson, Chino Atako, Juan Carlos Fernandez Fernandez, R Alan Barton, George P Salimbeni, Simon Knight, Ray C Cannon, Nigel P Donovan, Evangelos Kakkanas, Daniel Rocks, Jude A Lenier, Norman Hutchinson, Rasa Norinkeviciute, Alexandra Wilson, Dominic Foord, Paul Hopper, Adrian O Pickersgill, Adrian Conde, Timothy Spanton, David Ian Calvert, James J McDonnell, Craig A Young, Uwe Nebel, Elliott Auckland, Matthew Lunn, Birk Anders Rolvaag, E Juciute, Manuel Jesus Conde Chijeb, James S Macrae, Joseph Quinn, Tom O'Neill, Hannah Dale, Michael Ngulube

page 1 of 18; games 1-25 of 444  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. C Flear vs M Ngulube   1-0 30 2008 Hastings Chess Congress A53 Old Indian 2. E Auckland vs M Goodger 0-1 114 2008 Hastings Chess Congress A10 English 3. J McDonnell vs M Mitchell   1-0 73 2008 Hastings Chess Congress B06 Robatsch 4. I Salem vs R C Cannon 1-0 19 2008 Hastings Chess Congress B07 Pirc 5. A Pickersgill vs J N Sugden   0-1 27 2008 Hastings Chess Congress C11 French 6. P Hopper vs D Foord   ½-½ 44 2008 Hastings Chess Congress C41 Philidor Defense 7. D I Calvert vs B Cafferty   ½-½ 21 2008 Hastings Chess Congress A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack 8. A Hagesaether vs G O'Toole   ½-½ 31 2008 Hastings Chess Congress C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed 9. J C Fernandez Fernandez vs O Jackson   ½-½ 35 2008 Hastings Chess Congress A58 Benko Gambit 10. A Grant Kerr vs C A Young   1-0 29 2008 Hastings Chess Congress C03 French, Tarrasch 11. J Adair vs M Rolvag   1-0 28 2008 Hastings Chess Congress B30 Sicilian 12. F Rayner vs E Kakkanas   1-0 51 2008 Hastings Chess Congress A13 English 13. R Norinkeviciute vs S Knight   ½-½ 40 2008 Hastings Chess Congress A20 English 14. T O'Neill vs N Donovan   0-1 20 2008 Hastings Chess Congress B80 Sicilian, Scheveningen 15. C Atako vs J S Macrae 1-0 24 2008 Hastings Chess Congress B00 Uncommon King's Pawn Opening 16. A Conde vs A D Green   0-1 37 2008 Hastings Chess Congress A10 English 17. G Salimbeni vs E Juciute   1-0 31 2008 Hastings Chess Congress C09 French, Tarrasch, Open Variation, Main line 18. J Quinn vs R Griffiths   0-1 29 2008 Hastings Chess Congress B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 19. D Cilia Vincenti vs B Rolvaag 1-0 42 2008 Hastings Chess Congress D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 20. M Lunn vs D Rocks   ½-½ 14 2008 Hastings Chess Congress E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 21. R A Barton vs R Webster   0-1 51 2008 Hastings Chess Congress D13 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Exchange Variation 22. T Spanton vs G Dickson   0-1 27 2008 Hastings Chess Congress C68 Ruy Lopez, Exchange 23. R Almond vs U Nebel   ½-½ 64 2008 Hastings Chess Congress E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 24. J Rojas Alarcon vs N Hutchinson   1-0 28 2008 Hastings Chess Congress A17 English 25. U Capo Vidal vs J Nebel   1-0 58 2008 Hastings Chess Congress A65 Benoni, 6.e4  page 1 of 18; games 1-25 of 444    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

Jan-03-09    plimko: First for the first time :-) Jan-03-09    AliMatok: who are these guys? Jan-03-09    ketchuplover: chess players Jan-03-09    ILikeFruits: why do you... love... ketchups... Jan-03-09    mikedressner: Main Site: http://www.hastingschess.org.uk/ Jan-03-09    Bishoprick: This is definitely not a tournament of the same strength as the one won by Pillsbury Jan-04-09    kellmano: Wow. Kurnosov is having a belter! Jan-04-09    Knight to f6: <Bishoprick> No, it's stronger. :-) Jan-05-09    ellenliisbet: 55. h5! gxh5 56. Kf5! is rather pretty in Berg v Greet Jan-07-09    Andrijadj: Well it is actually stronger...Quality of chess is better...:) Jan-17-09    WTHarvey: Here's a little collection of critical positions from tournament games: http://www.wtharvey.com/h0809.html

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