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Hastings Premier 1997/8 Hastings Premier 1997/8 was won impressively by top seed Matthew Sadler. Despite only having four whites, Sadler still managed to finish two points clear of a quality field, beating his four nearest rivals along the way. <------------------1---2---3---4---5---6---7---8---9---10----Pts> 1 Sadler (2665)-----*---1---1---1---1---½--1---½--½---Â- ½---7½/9 2 Relange (2505)----0---*---½--½--1---1--½---½---1---½- ---5½/9 3 Rozentalis (2645)-0---½--*---1---0---½--1---1---½--1----5- ½/9 4 Tkachiev (2615)---0---½--0---*--½--½---1---1---1---½--- --5/9 5 Plaskett (2450)----0---0---1---½--*--½---1---½--0---1--- --4½/9 6 Nunn (2620)------½---0---½--½--½--*---0---½--½--- -1----4/9 7 Hebden (2575)----0---½--0---0---0---1---*---1---1---½-- ---4/9 8 Rausis (2490)-----½---½--0---0---½--½--0---*---1---Â- ½---3½/9 9 McShane (2455)--½---0---½--0---1---½--0---0---*---½--- --3/9 10 Ward (2505)-----½--½---0---½--0---0---½--½--½---- *----3/9 45 games, 1997-1998 Hastings Premier 1998/9 <Under Construction (1 game missing)> 44 games, 1998-1999 Hastings Premier 2001/2 Uzbekistan grandmaster Alexei Barsov won his last three games to tie Indian players Pentala Harikrishna and Krishnan Sasikiran for first place. The three finished with 6½/9 - a point and a half ahead of England's Mark Hebden. <------------------1---2---3---4---5---6---7---8---9---10----Pts> 1 Barsov (2525)-----*---½--½---½--½--1---1---½--1---1- ---6½/9 2 Harikrishna (2502)-½--*---½--½--½--1---1---½--1---1---6Â- ½/9 3 Sasikiran (2569)--½---½--*---½--½--½--1---1---1---1---- 6½/9 4 Hebden (2567)----½---½--½--*---1---½--½--1---0---½- ---5/9 5 Kiriakov (2547)---½---½--½--0---*---½--½---½--½--1-- --4½/9 6 Zhang Zhong (2657)-0-0---½--½--½--*---½--½--1---1---4½/- 9 7 Gallagher (2511)---0---0--0---½--½--½--*---½---1---1---- 4/9 8 Pert, N (2451)-----½---½--0---0--½--½--½--*---0---1-- --3/9 9 Wells (2517)-------0---0--0---1---½--0---0--1---*---½- ---3/9 10 Krush (2411)-----0---0---0--½---0---0---0---0---½---*- --1/9 45 games, 2001-2002 Sverdlovsk 1943 One of the 50 greatest ever chess tournaments according to Chessbase (1). It was one of several tournament victories for Mikhail Botvinnik in the lead up to his triumph in the FIDE World Championship Tournament (1948). _______________________________________________ (1) The Greatest Tournaments in the History of Chess 1851-1986 http://www.chessbase.com/shop/produ... <Round ------1---2----3---4----5---6----7---8----Pts> 1 Botvinnik---**-1½--½1--½1--1½-1½--1½--1½-- 10½/14 2 Makogonov-0½-**--1½--11--½1-½½--½0--11---9- ½/14 3 Smyslov----½0-0½--**--01--½½-1½--1½--11---- 8½/14 4 Kan--------½0-00--10--**--01--½1---11--11--8½- /14 5 Boleslavsky-0½-½0-½½--10--**-1½--½½--½1-- --7½/14 6 Konst'lsky--0½-½½-0½--½0--0½--**--11--1½-- --6½/14 7 Zagor'sky--0½-½1--0½--00--½½--00--**--0½--- -4½/14 8 Ragozin----0½-00--00--00--½0--0½--1½--**---3- ½/14 56 games, 1943