1996/97 (72nd) Hastings Congress, 28 December 1996 – 5 January 1997

1996/97 Hastings Premier, 28 December - 5 January, Cinque Ports Hotel

1996/97 Hastings Premier		Fed	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total
1	Eduardas Rozentalis	LTU	2610g	&;	1	½	0	½	1	½	½	1	1	6
2	Mark L Hebden	ENG	2530g	0	&;	1	½	½	1	½	1	½	1	6
3	John D M Nunn	ENG	2605g	½	0	&;	½	½	1	1	1	1	½	6
4	Sergei Movsesian	ARM	2635m	1	½	½	&;	½	0	0	½	1	1	5
5	Bogdan Lalic	CRO	2565g	½	½	½	½	&;	½	½	½	1	½	5
6	Michael Adams	ENG	2685g	0	0	0	1	½	&;	1	½	1	½	4½
7	Xie Jun	CHN	2510g	½	½	0	1	½	0	&;	½	0	1	4
8	Paul Motwani	SCO	2490g	½	0	0	½	½	½	½	&;	0	½	3
9	Stuart C Conquest	ENG	2585g	0	½	0	0	0	0	1	1	&;	½	3
10	Glenn C Flear	ENG	2435g	0	0	½	0	½	½	0	½	½	&;	2½

Average Elo: 2565, Category 13, GM norm = 5 (achieved by Movsesian - his final norm)

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1996/97 Hastings Challengers, 28 December 1996 - 5 January 1997

1996/97 Hastings Challengers		Fed	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Total	Elo +/-
1	Igors Rausis	LAT	2495g	w104=	b53+	w83+	b9+	w16=	w30=	b8+	w3+	b15+	7½	+1.16
2	Colin A McNab	SCO	2465g	b49+	w55+	b13+	w3-	b56+	w14+	b6=	w15=	b12+	7	+1.35
3	H James Plaskett	ENG	2455g	b65+	w51+	w57+	b2+	w11=	b62+	w16=	b1-	w17+	7	+2.23
4	Graeme N Buckley	ENG	2370m	w102+	b57-	w99+	b114+	w62-	b31+	w26=	b64+	w60+	6½	+1.10
5	John M Emms	ENG	2500g	b58+	w18+	b20=	w16-	b28+	w55=	b56+	w41+	b6=	6½	+0.11
6	Bjarke [Kristiansen] Sahl	DEN	2420m	w97+	b46=	w60-	b91+	w24+	b44+	w2=	b11+	w5=	6½	+0.83
7	Yannick Pelletier	SUI	2440m	b29=	w101+	b26+	w30=	b55=	w52+	b17=	w43+	b19=	6½	+0.38
8	Wolfram Schoen	GER	2420m	w100=	b89+	w104+	b11-	w74+	b107+	w1-	b71+	w23+	6½	+0.29
9	Jacob Aagaard	DEN	2370	b27=	w34+	b48+	w1-	b87=	w25-	b81+	w72+	b51+	6	-0.12
10	Gernod Beckhuis	GER	2300	b72=	w119+	b21-	w85+	b124+	w19-	w27=	b99+	b48+	6	+0.44
11	Michael Bezold	GER	2495m	b33+	w14+	b30=	w8+	b3=	w21=	b41=	w6-	b43+	6	+0.06
12	Alexander Cherniaev	RUS	2420m	b28=	w85+	b46+	w15=	b52=	w18+	b19=	w33+	w2-	6	+0.42
13	Colin S Crouch	ENG	2375m	w31+	b45+	w2-	b44-	w73=	b74=	w94+	b70+	w42+	6	-0.30
14	Richard Forster	SUI	2320f	w126+	b11-	w118+	b77+	w57+	b2-	w71=	b59+	w16=	6	+1.68
15	Joseph G Gallagher	SUI	2530g	w38+	b69=	w39+	b12=	w54+	b16=	w30+	b2=	w1-	6	-0.39
16	Jonathan P Levitt	ENG	2435g	w37+	b32+	w62=	b5+	b1=	w15=	b3=	w22=	b14=	6	+1.32
17	John Pigott	ENG	2360f	w70+	b62-	w81+	b74=	w67+	b60+	w7=	w21+	b3-	6	+1.05
18	John K Shaw	SCO	2335f	w50+	b5-	w108+	b34=	w110+	b12-	w24+	b42=	w35+	6	+0.20
19	Miron N Sher	RUS	2475g	w42+	b54=	w128+	b60=	w71=	b10+	w12=	b23=	w7=	6	-0.36
20	Matthew J Turner	ENG	2425m	b47+	w87+	w5=	b62=	w60=	b71=	b25=	w46+	b22=	6	+0.33
21	Chris G Ward	ENG	2460g	w35+	b60=	w10+	b54=	w31+	b11=	w23=	b17-	w38+	6	-0.03
22	Simon K Williams	ENG	2350f	w44=	b77+	w24=	b67=	w34=	b70+	w38+	b16=	w20=	6	+0.24
23	Nicolas Eliet	FRA	2380f	b87-	w98+	b110=	w72+	b120+	w29+	b21=	w19=	b8-	5½	-0.26
24	Alla Grinfeld	RUS	2235wg	bye=	w78+	b22=	w124=	b6-	w128+	b18-	w107+	b67+	5½	+0.62
25	Adam Hunt	ENG	2200	w54-	b129+	w122+	w41-	b131+	b9+	w20=	b32-	w71+	5½	+0.76
26	Harriet V Hunt	ENG	2315wm	b61=	w112+	w7-	b50+	b36=	w34+	b4=	w52=	b29=	5½	+0.01
27	Adrian Jackson	ENG	2215	w9=	b123+	w54-	b133+	w32+	w41-	b10=	b50=	w68+	5½	+0.98
28	Mark Lyell	ENG	2235	w12=	b83-	w141+	b123+	w5-	b110+	w40-	b96+	w73+	5½	+1.07
29	Karl C C Mah	ENG	2245f	w7=	b80+	w69=	b112=	w59+	b23-	w54+	b60=	w26=	5½	+1.63
30	Luke J McShane	ENG	2385f	b120+	w74+	w11=	b7=	w42+	b1=	b15-	w51=	b33=	5½	+0.64
31	Alan A Smith	ENG	2225	b13-	w127+	b116+	w131+	b21-	w4-	b95+	w87=	w64+	5½	+0.42
32	Timo Straeter	GER	2330	b67+	w16-	b85=	w101+	b27-	w61+	b87+	w25+	w/d	5½	+0.30
33	Jonathan G Wilson	ENG	2285	w11-	b100+	w90+	b107=	w112=	b83+	w62+	b12-	w30=	5½	+0.66
34	Marcel Becker	GER	2150	w137+	b9-	w53+	w18=	b22=	b26-	w100+	b38-	w104+	5	+1.20
35	Allan Beveridge	SCO	2250	b21-	w111=	b95=	w116+	b113=	w124+	b36=	w93+	b18-	5	-0.49
36	Juergen Brustkern	GER	2205	w69-	b115+	w109+	b102=	w26=	b54=	w35=	b62=	w70=	5	+0.96
37	Bernard Cafferty	ENG	2240f	b16-	w124=	b127=	w95-	b132=	w117+	b113=	w81+	b98+	5	-0.70
38	David J Coleman	ENG	2280	b15-	w113+	b124-	w105+	b95+	w93+	b22-	w34+	b21-	5	+0.52
39	Joseph P Conlon	ENG	2125	b130+	w59+	b15-	w55-	b58=	w75=	b47=	w49=	b87+	5	+1.68
40	Lawrence Cooper	ENG	2335f	b114=	w110=	b92-	w103+	bye=	w67+	b28+	w48=	w/d	5	+0.05
41	Mark Ferguson	ENG	2385m	w45-	b63+	w73+	b25+	w44=	b27+	w11=	b5-	w/d	5	-0.28
42	Michael J Franklin	ENG	2255f	b19-	w105+	b111=	w84+	b30-	w113+	b112+	w18=	b13-	5	+0.42
43	Daniel Gormally	ENG	2300	w73-	b99-	w137+	b121+	w63+	b53+	w57+	b7-	w11-	5	-0.32
44	Carsten Gottschlich	GER	2195	b22=	w72+	b66=	w13+	b41=	w6-	b46-	w119+	b56=	5	+1.94
45	Stephane Guedon	FRA	2225	b41+	w13-	b119-	b122+	w83-	w81-	b127+	w116+	b93+	5	-0.13
46	Dirk Hachmeister	GER	2295	b79+	w6=	w12-	b73=	w99=	b88+	w44+	b20-	w53=	5	+0.18
47	Stefan Hirsch	GER	2240	w20-	b133=	w143+	b115=	w81+	b57-	w39=	b78=	w83+	5	-0.28
48	Feliks J Kwiatkowski	ENG	2250	b66=	w96+	w9-	b81=	w77+	b104=	w69+	b40=	w10-	5	+0.48
49	Harry Lamb, snr	ENG	2255	w2-	b81-	w130+	b80=	w133+	b89-	w121+	b39=	w94+	5	-0.96
50	Robert S McFarland	ENG	2195	b18-	w131=	b142+	w26-	b117+	w66=	b84+	w27=	w59=	5	+0.42
51	Ivan Nogueira	BRA	2295	w118+	b3-	w63+	b110=	w107-	b73+	w89+	b30=	w9-	5	-0.22
52	Nicholas Pert	ENG	2195	w60-	b138+	w125+	b69+	w12=	b7-	w104+	b26=	w/d	5	+1.26
53	Frank Prescha	GER		b84+	w1-	b34-	b78+	w115+	w43-	b119=	w112+	b46=	5	2201
54	Antonio Resende	BRA	2360f	b25+	w19=	b27+	w21=	b15-	w36=	b29-	w61=	b79+	5	-0.31
55	John R Richardson	ENG	2310	w88+	b2-	w89+	b39+	w7=	b5=	w60-	b57-	w90+	5	+0.68
56	Hans Gerd Schmedders	GER	2275	w62-	b94+	w121+	b83+	w2-	b92+	w5-	b68=	w44=	5	-0.02
57	Evgeny Solozhenkin	RUS	2565g	b76+	w4+	b3-	w92+	b14-	w47+	b43-	w55+	w/d	5	-1.60
58	Ivo Timmermans	NED	2275	w5-	b86+	w77-	b94+	w39=	b99=	w90=	b83=	w88+	5	-0.46
59	Doriano Tocchioni	ITA	2260	bye=	b39-	w64+	w111+	b29-	w98+	b107+	w14-	b50=	5	-0.77
60	Gozewijn Van Laatum	NED	2330f	b52+	w21=	b6+	w19=	b20=	w17-	b55+	w29=	b4-	5	+0.86
61	Matthew N Anderton	ENG	2175	w26=	b128-	w115-	b138+	w143+	b32-	w133+	b54=	w76=	4½	+1.04
62	Keith C Arkell	ENG	2545g	b56+	w17+	b16=	w20=	b4+	w3-	b33-	w36=	w/d	4½	-1.50
63	Kenneth Beaton	SCO	2150	b132+	w41-	b51-	w106+	b43-	w84-	b140+	w82=	b119+	4½	-0.58
64	Chris Beckett	ENG	2115	b131=	w75-	b59-	w136+	b111+	w120+	bye+	w4-	b31-	4½	-0.50
65	Simon Bibby	ENG	2250	w3-	b95+	w112-	b96-	w122=	b143+	w77=	b86=	w107+	4½	-0.34
66	David I Bronstein	RUS	2440g	w48=	b73=	w44=	b70=	w88=	b50=	w83=	b89=	b74=	4½	-2.48
67	Lee A Grinsell	ENG	2180	w32-	b106+	w78+	w22=	b17-	b40-	w110+	b69+	w24-	4½	+0.54
68	Lutz Konietzka	GER		b110-	w79+	b74-	b118=	w90=	w105+	b114+	w56=	b27-	4½	2180
69	Susan Lalic	ENG	2365m	b36+	w15=	b29=	w52-	b79+	w87=	b48-	w67-	b110+	4½	-1.53
70	Dr. Ingo Lentze	GER	2205	b17-	w135+	b84=	w66=	b96+	w22-	b128+	w13-	b36=	4½	-0.72
71	Petr Marusenko	UKR	2280	bye=	bye=	b103+	w119+	b19=	w20=	b14=	w8-	b25-	4½	-0.14
72	Kenneth B McEwan	SCO	2195	w10=	b44-	w117+	b23-	w109+	b86=	w92+	b9-	w78=	4½	-0.42
73	Klaus Nickl	AUT	2170	b43+	w66=	b41-	w46=	b13=	w51-	b131+	w113+	b28-	4½	+1.02
74	Francis Rayner	WLS	2185	w109+	b30-	w68+	w17=	b8-	w13=	b93-	b108+	w66=	4½	+0.12
75	Markus Rupp	GER	2255	w123-	b64+	w107-	b109=	w80+	b39=	w78=	b90=	w77=	4½	-1.80
76	Pierre Wilde	GER	2290	w57-	b90=	w86+	b99=	w100+	b112=		w79=	b61=	4½	-0.46
77	Leighton Williams	WLS	2135	b91+	w22-	b58+	w14-	b48-	w131=	b65=	w120+	b75=	4½	+1.44
78	Axel Wunsch	GER	2085	w107+	b24-	b67-	w53-	b134+	w91+	b75=	w47=	b72=	4½	+1.12
79	R Alan Barton	ENG	2170	w46-	b68-	w140+	b125+	w69-	b123=	q115+	b76=	w54-	4	-0.80
80	Peter Cafolla	IRL	2095	b142+	w29-	b120-	w49=	b75-	w108-	b137+	w140+	b101=	4	-0.16
81	Nigel P Donovan	ENG	2120	w106=	w49+	b17-	w48=	b47-	b45+	w9-	b37-	w135+	4	+0.47
82	Thomas J S Dougherty	ENG		b112-	b109-	bye+	w98=	b85+	w114=	w99-	b63=	w102=	4	2065
83	Berend Eikelboom	NED		b139+	w28+	b1-	w56-	b45+	w33-	b66=	w58=	b47-	4	2222
84	David G Flower	WLS	2065	w53-	b134+	w70=	b42-	w91=	b63+	w50-	b102=	w125=	4	+0.64
85	David S Gibeon	ENG	2160	w117+	b12-	w32=	b10-	w82-	b122+	w123=	b92=	w96=	4	+0.00
86	William T P Giblin	ENG	2130	b135=	w58-	b76-	w132=	b140+	w72=	b120=	w65=	bye=	4	-0.28
87	Andrew J C Hammond	ENG	2225	w23+	b20-	w133=	b108+	w9=	b69=	w32-	b31=	w39-	4	-0.28
88	Alexis M Harakis	ENG	2175	b55-	w136+	b131-	w127+	b66=	w46-	b108=	w124+	b58-	4	-0.40
89	Christopher I Howell	ENG	2160	b93+	w8-	b55-	w135=	b139+	w49+	b51-	w66=	w/d	4	+0.58
90	Sheila Jackson	ENG	2150wm	b122=	w76=	b33-	w139=	b68=	w116+	b58=	w75=	b55-	4	+0.34
91	Brian Johnson	ENG	2200f	w77-	b140+	w123=	w6-	b84=	b78-	w125=	b115=	w128+	4	-1.85
92	Alvin N Kissoon	ENG		w95=	b126+	w40+	b57-	bye=	w56-	b72-	w85=	b103=	4	2209
93	Andrew Horton-Kitchlew	ENG	2050	w89-	b121-	w134+	b97+	w102+	b38-	w74+	b35-	w45-	4	+0.68
94	Nicholas S Lee	ENG	2135	b125=	w56-	b101=	w58-	b129+	w135+	b13-	w128+	b49-	4	-1.10
95	Aiden M Leech	ENG	2105	b92=	w65-	w35=	b37+	w38-	b102+	w31-	b97-	b131+	4	+0.28
96	James C Mansson	ENG		w121+	b48-	b114-	w65+	w70-	b100=	b101+	w28-	b85=	4	2152
97	Stephen Mulligan	ENG	2230	b6-	w122=	b135=	w93-	b127=	w132+	b124=	w95+	w/d	4	-0.70
98	Frank Parr	ENG	2140	w143=	b23-	w129=	b82=	w108+	b59-	w111+	b104=	w37-	4	-0.80
99	Richard Pert	ENG	2165	b124=	w43+	b4-	w76=	b46=	w58=	b82+	w10-	w/d	4	+0.64
100	Alan Phillips	ENG	2150	b8=	w33-	b139=	w129+	b76-	w96=	b34-	w106=	b132+	4	-0.40
101	Mark C Rich	ENG	2170	w141+	b7-	w94=	b32-	w123=	b115=	w96-	b133+	w80=	4	+0.00
102	Paul E Roberts	SCO	2210	b4-	w125=	b136+	w36=	b93-	w95-	b135+	w84=	b82=	4	-1.85
103	Anthony Sheehan	WLS		w108-	b137+	w71-	b40-	w125=	b121-	w122+	b123+	w92=	4	2093
104	Rafael Torres-Kuckel	GER	2270	b1=	w116+	b8-	w113=	b119+	w48=	b52-	w98=	b34-	4	-1.13
105	(David) Ian Calvert	ENG	2130	w129=	b42-	w106=	b38-	w130+	b68-	w138=	b125=	w115=	3½	-0.62
106	Matthew D F Cave	ENG		b81=	w67-	b105=	b63-	w121=	bye=	w118=	b100=	w108=	3½	2047
107	Rohan M Churm	ENG	2120	b78-	w132+	b75+	w33=	b51+	w8-	w59-	b24-	b65-	3½	+0.44
108	Stephen D Cunliffe	ENG		b103+	w114=	b18-	w87-	b98-	b80+	w88=	w74-	b106=	3½	2035
109	Roger D de Coverly	ENG	2085	b74-	w82+	b36-	w75=	b72-	b136-	w130=	b142+	w120=	3½
110	John A Dodgson	ENG	2125	w68+	b40=	w23=	w51=	b18-	w28-	b67-	b138+	w69-	3½
111	Stephen Fairbairn	CAN		w138=	b35=	w42=	b59-	w64-	b125=	b98-	w117+	b116=	3½
112	Cathy Forbes	ENG	2110wm	w82+	b26-	b65+	w29=	b33=	w76=	w42-	b53-	w/d	3½
113	Anthony Fox	IRL	2135	w115=	b38-	w138+	b104=	w35=	b42-	w37=	b73-	w123=	3½
114	Stewart G Haslinger	ENG	2195	w40=	b108=	w96+	w4-	b128=	b82=	w68-	bye=	w/d	3½
115	Ben Hirsch	ENG		b113=	w36-	b61+	w47=	b53-	w101=	b79-	w91=	b105=	3½
116	Jonathan B Mutton	ENG	2095	w134+	b104-	w31-	b35-	w136+	b90-	w142+	b45-	w111=	3½
117	Iozeph Okosieme	ENG	2055	b85-	w139=	b72-	b126+	w50-	b37-	w136+	b111-	w138+	3½
118	David Parr	ENG	2175	b51-	w130+	b14-	w68=	b135=	w119-	b106=	w132=	b124=	3½
119	Edmund C Player	ENG	2105	w140+	b10-	w45+	b71-	w104-	b118+	w53=	b44-	w63-	3½
120	Stefan Prange	GER	2230	w30-	b143+	w80+	b128=	w23-	b64-	w86=	b77-	b109=	3½
121	Christopher B Rice	ENG	2140	b96-	w93+	b56-	w43-	b106=	w103+	b49-	w131=	b127=	3½
122	Roland Schreck	GER		w90=	b97=	b25-	w45-	b65=	w85-	b103-	bye+	w136+	3½
123	Timothy R Spanton	ENG	2050	b75+	w27-	b91=	w28-	b101=	w79=	b85=	w103-	b113=	3½
124	Jan Sprenger	GER		w99=	b37=	w38+	b24=	w10-	b35-	w97=	b88-	w118=	3½
125	Desmond T N Tan	ENG		w94=	b102=	b52-	w79-	b103=	w111=	b91=	w105=	b84=	3½
126	Paul Watts	SCO	2180	b14-	w92-	b132=	w117-	b142=	w140-	b141+	w139=	b134+	3½
127	Mark A Whitehead	ENG	2010	bye=	b31-	w37=	b88-	w97=	b138=	w45-	b130+	w121=	3½
128	Paul Brown	SCO		b144+	w61+	b19-	w120=	w114=	b24-	w70-	b94-	b91-	3
129	Manfred Kuhle	GER		b105=	w25-	b98=	b100-	w94-	w141=	b132-	w137+	bye=	3
130	John Roe	ENG		w39-	b118-	b49-	w141+	b105-	w137=	b109=	w127-	b140+	3
131	Stuart A White	ENG		w64=	b50=	w88+	b31-	w25-	b77=	w73-	b121=	w95-	3
132	Emine Yanik	TUR	2050wf	w63-	b107-	w126=	b86=	w37=	b97-	w129+	b118=	w100-	3
133	Jon Burgess	ENG	2085	b136=	w47=	b87=	w27-	b49-	w139+	b61-	w101-	w/d	2½
134	Bent Corneliussen	DEN		b116-	w84-	b93-	b137+	w78-	w142-	bye+	b135=	w126-	2½
135	Ian A Debbage	ENG		w86=	b70-	w97=	b89=	w118=	b94-	w102-	w134=	b81-	2½
136	Michael P Ford	SCO		w133=	b88-	w102-	b64-	b116-	w109+	b117-	w141+	b122-	2½
137	Tim Hebbes	ENG	2020	b34-	w103-	b43-	w134-	bye+	b130=	w80-	b129-	w142+	2½
138	Philip R Pugh	ENG		b111=	w52-	b113-	w61-	b141+	w127=	b105=	w110-	b117-	2½
139	Nicholas D Timms	ENG		w83-	b117=	w100=	b90=	w89-	b133-	w143=	b126=	w/d	2½
140	Paul Chadwick	ENG		b119-	w91-	b79-	bye+	w86-	b126+	w63-	b80-	w130-	2
141	Juergen Goeldenboog	GER	2070	b101-	w142=	b28-	b130-	w138-	b129=	w126-	b136-	bye+	2
142	Matthew Lewsey	ENG		w80-	b141=	w50-	b143-	w126=	b134+	b116-	w109-	b137-	2
143	Adrian O Pickersgill	ENG	2075	b98=	w120-	b47-	w142+	b61-	w65-	b139=	withdrawn		2
144	Richard J A Almond	ENG	2125	w128-									0

Tournament director: Con Power. Arbiters: Richard Furness, Gerry Walsh.
n.b. Figures in the last column on the final page of the scans were illegible - will be filled in when I have access to a paper copy.

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World Amateur Championship: (1) Olev Schults (EST) 8½/9; (2) Merab Tkelidze (GEO) 8; (3) Nikoloz Khechikashvili (GEO) 7; (4-6) Michael P Cook (ENG), Martin C Page (ENG), Vanik Zakarian (ARM) 6½; (7-11) Burak Akguc (TUR), Han Haas (AUT), Jerry G Humphreys (ENG), Paul Lesniowski (ENG), Melvyn J Young (ENG)... (84 players from 20 federations)

Women's World Amateur Championship: (1) Catherine Dewitte (FRA) 5/9; (2) O Oberlander (GER) 4½; (3) Cornelia Klein (GER) 3½

Xmas A: (1) Ross Walker (Woodford Green) 4/5; (2-4) R Clark, M Reddie, U Wolf 3½... 19 played.

Xmas B: (1) Arran Gundry (Hastings) 4½/5; (2) T Brandt 4; (3) Brian W Atkinson 3½... 17 played.

Xmas C: (1) Marc Bryant (Hastings) 4½/5; (2) F Mitchell 4; (3) Caro Hunt 3½... 18 played.

Xmas D: (1) David Everitt 4½/5; (2-4) Ian Lamb, J Ogilvie, R Webb 4... 18 played.

New Year A: (1) Andrew Fleming (Bexhill) 4½/5; (2) I Henderson 4; (3-5) Brian W Atkinson, David R Sedgwick, C Todd 3½... 18 played.

New Year B: (1) Arran Gundry (Hastings) 4½/5; (2-3) Mo Morrison, R Schmerwitz 4... 16 played.

New Year C: (1-2) Dennis Lanner (Hastings), John Wood (Stanwick) 4/5; (3-4) Paul Buswell, T Haslinger 3½... 17 played.

Third Week A (A.M.): (1) Alexander Cherniaev (RUS) 4½/5; (2) Petr Marusenko (UKR) 4; (3-4) David Cooper, D Ratcliffe 3½

Third Week B (A.M.): (1) Thomas Rendle (Hastings) 4½/5; (2-3) Paul Buswell (Hastings), Ian J Philipson (Brighton) 4

Third Week A (P.M.): (1) Alexander Cherniaev (RUS) 3½/4; (2-4) David R Sedgwick (Croydon), Viraf Avari (IND), David Cooper (Birmingham) 3

Third Week B (P.M.): (1) Thomas Rendle (Hastings); (2-4) Marc Bryant (Hastings), Ian J Philipson (Brighton), Chris Rogal (Hendon)

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Hastings Weekend Congress, 10-12 January 1997

Open: (1) Alexander Cherniaev (RUS) 5/6; (2-3) David Graham (Worthing), H James Plaskett (Hastings) 4½... Stephen W Giddins 3½/4... Bernard Cafferty (Hastings) 2½... Richard Almond (Hastings) 1½, etc.

Major: (1) Adrian P R Lewis 5½/9; (2-3) David Cooper, Rosalind Kieran 5

Minor: (1) James Dyke 5½/6; (2-3) K Carter, C Lund-Yates 5

Novice: (1) Roy Webb 5/6; (2-5) Peter Ackley, M Garrod, A Habibi, M Poulson 4½

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'Carlisle' Pub Blitz: (1-2) J Plaskett, E Solozhenkin 6/7; (3-4) Alexander Cherniaev, D Gormally 6 (after a play-off); (5-6) R Almond, S Hirsch 5½... best female... Yanik 5

'Palace Bars' Blitz: (1) A Kitchlew (Elo 2050) 6½/7; (2-5) A Cherniaev, J Plaskett, I Rausis, A Resende 6... 72 played. (Described in the bulletin as 'the most astonishing result in 102 years of Hastings chess'.

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Hastings Under-11 Championship, 5 January 1997: (1) François Flament (FRA) 6/6; (2) Philip Cable 5; (3) Alexander Smith 4½... David Howell scored 4/6 to record the best score by a 5-year-old.

Best Game Prize...

Brilliant Finish...

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File Updated

Date	Notes
Previously	Uploaded as part of the Hastings collection some time ago. All Premier games, undated, minus round numbers.
4 March 2026	Uploaded 45 Premier games (now with round numbers and dates), 122 Challengers games plus 8 other games from minor sections. My thanks to Steve Giddins for inputting 112 of the Challengers games, and to Roger de Coverly for sending me his own games from the event. Also, the full tournament bulletin is available.
29 March 2026	Added the game S Giddins 1-0 H J Plaskett, Weekend Open, rd 4.