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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 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 142  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. A Taylor vs R Haria  ½-½54 2011 Hastings Congress 2011-2012A57 Benko Gambit
2. A Jaunooby vs D Haydon  ½-½45 2011 Hastings Congress 2011-2012E60 King's Indian Defense
3. R Almond vs A Demuth  ½-½44 2011 Hastings Congress 2011-2012E94 King's Indian, Orthodox
4. A Bremner vs R Pert  ½-½17 2011 Hastings Congress 2011-2012B06 Robatsch
5. R Eames vs Holzke  ½-½51 2011 Hastings Congress 2011-2012C48 Four Knights
6. N Pert vs U Anwesh  ½-½45 2011 Hastings Congress 2011-2012D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
7. R Edouard vs A Das  ½-½65 2011 Hastings Congress 2011-2012D30 Queen's Gambit Declined
8. D Sengupta vs Wang Yue  ½-½48 2011 Hastings Congress 2011-2012C42 Petrov Defense
9. G O'Grady vs S Reuben  ½-½22 2011 Hastings Congress 2011-2012B27 Sicilian
10. A Taylor vs Michael Fletcher  ½-½50 2011 Hastings Congress 2011-2012A16 English
11. G O'Toole vs T Clayton  ½-½32 2011 Hastings Congress 2011-2012B10 Caro-Kann
12. A B Hoare vs A G Grant  ½-½32 2011 Hastings Congress 2011-2012B10 Caro-Kann
13. Wout Van Veen vs C MacQueen  ½-½74 2011 Hastings Congress 2011-2012A02 Bird's Opening
14. N Surendran vs D I Calvert  ½-½42 2011 Hastings Congress 2011-2012D10 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
15. F De Andres Gonalons vs Marc Repplinger  ½-½40 2011 Hastings Congress 2011-2012A97 Dutch, Ilyin-Genevsky
16. T Olsarova vs M Armstrong  ½-½98 2011 Hastings Congress 2011-2012B12 Caro-Kann Defense
17. H Olson vs R Britton  ½-½47 2011 Hastings Congress 2011-2012B52 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack
18. G O'Grady vs B Cafferty  ½-½30 2011 Hastings Congress 2011-2012B03 Alekhine's Defense
19. M Waddington vs A Bourached  ½-½34 2011 Hastings Congress 2011-2012B23 Sicilian, Closed
20. J Burnett vs Wout Van Veen  ½-½28 2011 Hastings Congress 2011-2012D33 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
21. S Martinsen vs R A Barton  ½-½43 2011 Hastings Congress 2011-2012A00 Uncommon Opening
22. Gerd Kewes vs A Pickersgill  ½-½18 2011 Hastings Congress 2011-2012B07 Pirc
23. R A Barton vs T Olsarova  ½-½36 2011 Hastings Congress 2011-2012D02 Queen's Pawn Game
24. A Luaces Rubio vs J Radovanovic  ½-½37 2011 Hastings Congress 2011-2012A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack
25. A Hagesaether vs T Rendle  ½-½40 2011 Hastings Congress 2011-2012C03 French, Tarrasch
 page 1 of 6; games 1-25 of 142  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  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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