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ill be shown a

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uch ateam

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points deducted from its score.

This event is often oversubscribed – please enter early.

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It gives me great pleasure to w

elcome you all again to H

astings for the 91stH

astings International Chess C

ongress. As I m

entioned last year, it is goodto see both old and new

players once again in Hastings. W

e are very proudof our long history in supporting and prom

oting the game of chess and

have, in the past, welcom

ed some very fam

ous players and others who w

enton to becom

e so. I rem

ember w

hen I was at school a teacher of m

ine, Mr Frank R

hoden. He

was then an international chess referee. Together w

ith my father, m

yteacher taught m

e to play chess, as he did many other boys at our school.

He w

as a mem

ber of the Hastings C

hess Club and helped a lot of people to

appreciate chess, building on the interest shown in the gam

e in Hastings

over the years. W

ith the high standard of players that attend the Congress annually I believe

this year will be another resounding success. I congratulate the organisers

on the work they have done to organise this event and look forw

ard to some

challenging and exciting games.

I wish all of the organisers and com

petitors a very enjoyable time w

hile inH

astings. May I also take this opportunity to w

ish you a Happy N

ew Y

earfor 2016.

With all best w

ishes

Cllr. B

ruce Dow

ling.M

ayor of Hastings.

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Ferenc Berkes

HU

N G

M 2650. W

e are being invaded by Hungarian players this year -

well there are 5 of them

. He has been a G

M since 2002. H

e scored 6/7 in Southend this

year. Perhaps he, and many of the G

Ms here, finds it difficult to m

ake progress as a playeras m

ost of his activity is in open Sw

isses. Igor K

henkinG

ER

GM

2605. Tied for first place in the M

asters in 2013-4. A

leksander (Alex) M

istaP

OL

GM

2567 had a good result in May, scoring 6½

/8 against afield of sim

ilar rating to his own.

Gyula P

ap2551 G

M is here w

ith two of his IM

friends, Mate

(What an appropriate

name!) B

agi2440 and Gabor N

agy2403 all H

UN

. Jahongir V

akhidovU

ZB

GM

2546 was also in the big pile-up in 2013. H

e is a frequentvisitor to E

ngland and unsurprisingly, being 20 years old, is continuing to make progress.

He scored 6½

/9 here last year. Sarunas Sulskis

LTU

GM

2535 is a popular visitor and last played in 2012-2013. He m

aybe staying w

ith R

asa Norinkevicuite

WF

M LT

U 2036 w

ho played the ChessA

rchery game against

Francis R

aynerW

LS

2106. Both are m

embers of H

astings Chess C

lub. D

aniel Gorm

allyE

NG

GM

2506 heads the English cast. H

e performed exceptionally w

ellin the B

ritish Cham

pionship, unbeaten with 8/11.

Keith A

rkellEN

G G

M 2490 still plays a great deal of chess. H

e scored 7½/9in the V

iennaO

pen. He is the m

ost recent of our 13 GM

s to enter. The lure of H

astings was sim

ply toogreat. T

amas Fodor

HU

N G

M 2492 lives in L

ondon. He is a professional chess coach. H

e won

the Major O

pen at the British C

hampionships. T

hat is hardly surprising, several of his opponents w

ere at least 400 points lower rated.

Oleg R

omanishin

UK

R G

M 2462 w

on the Prem

ier in 1976. He w

as one of the giants ofchess in that period. M

ark Hebden

EN

G G

M 2469. H

e and Keith rem

ain very active. Recently his results have

slipped disappointingly. But in June he score 7/9 in O

slo and came 2=

3 in the British

Rapidplay w

ith 9/11. He is another player w

ho featured in the tie in 2013. G

lenn Flear

EN

G G

M 2459 scored 6/9 in both the last H

astings Masters and w

hen playingfor E

ngland in the World 50+

Team C

hampionship. H

e is also active as a chess coach andis bringing som

e students here. Sim

on William

sE

NG

GM

2439 scored 7½/11 in the B

ritish Cham

pionship. He is a w

ell-know

n comm

entator on chess, having starred in several DV

Ds. H

e is one of the comm

en-tators on the new

TV

series ‘Checkm

ate’, which should be on B

ritish TV

next year. Justin Sarkar

US

A IM

2407 was also in the 2013 m

onster tie. D

avid Egglestone

EN

G IM

2396 is quite active all over the place. He scored 5/9 in the

Poker/Stars IO

M O

pen. C

handraparti Krishna

IND

IM 2367 did very w

ell in the Delhi O

pen in January scoring6½

/10 against a very strong field. R

obert Bellin

EN

G IM

2350 isn’t very active these days. He scored 5½

/8 against ratedopponents here last year. Few

of you will be old enough to rem

ember that he w

as King of

the Weekend S

wisses in the early 1970s.

Richard B

atesE

NG

IM 2331 is another hom

e-grown player.

Vladim

ir Prosviriakov

US

A IM

2232 is quite active. He has played in H

astings severaltim

es and scored 4½/9 last year, fading in the second half of the event.

David G

luckman

RS

A IM

2219 is here with his son P

aul1742. When D

avid last playedin H

astings, he had to play as EN

G as S

outh Africa w

ere barred from F

IDE

at the time.

Bernard C

affertyE

NG

FM

2096 has now lived in H

astings for many years. H

e used toedit B

CM

and has written several chess books.

Stewart R

euben5

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astings Chess C

ongress Com

mittee includes a Players’ R

epresentative. Nom

inations are invitedfor this post for the forthcom

ing year. Nom

inees must have played in at least tw

o of the last four Hastings

Congresses including this one. N

ominations m

ay be made before the C

ongress in writing or by e-m

ail.T

hese will be show

n on the Congress w

ebsite. Nom

inations may also be m

ade at the Congress before

31st Decem

ber, 2015. Voting w

ill take place during the Congress after that date. See the C

ongress w

ebsite for further details. Anyone w

ishing to find the Players’ representative, please ask an arbiter w

how

ill point him out.C

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ew Y

ear Round 1: 09.30 – finish

New

Year R

ound 2: 14.15 – finish

Tues 5 Jan14.15 – finish

New

Year R

ound 3: 09.30 – finishN

ew Y

ear Round 4: 14.15 – finish

6

RA

TES

OF P

LAY

Masters:

40 moves in 100 m

inutes, followed by 20 m

oves in 50 minutes, follow

ed by all rem

aining moves in 15 m

inutes, with the addition of 30 seconds for each m

ove from the start.

Christm

as Morning and A

fternoon and New

Year T

ournaments and W

eekend Congress:

all moves in 110 m

inutes, with an extra 10 seconds for each m

ove. Each player m

ust keepscore until the tim

e remaining on his clock has dropped below

5 minutes. O

nce a playerhas stopped scoring under this rule, he does not need to resum

e scoring if his time then

increases to above 5 minutes.

Default tim

e:P

layers arriving 30 minutes or m

ore after the start of a session in any tour-nam

ent shall lose by forfeit, unless the arbiter decides otherwise.

PR

IZE FU

ND

Masters

The w

inner(s) of the Masters w

ill hold the Golom

bek Trophy for one year.

Prizes:

£2000, £1,200, £750, £500, £350, £250, £200, Horntye “W

inner of Best G

ame”

Prize +

trophy.

Plus £200 each for:

- the highest placed female player

- the highest placed player who is neither a G

M nor IM

- best relative FID

E rating perform

ance by a player rated under 2200.- best relative F

IDE

rating performance by a player aged under 18.

No player m

ay win both rating prizes

The three highest placed eligible players not already qualified w

ill be entitled to play inthe B

ritish Cham

pionship in 2016 in Bournem

outh.

Alan H

ustwayte w

ill present a prize for best performance against rating.

GM

Chris W

ardw

ill provide comm

entaries on the games in progress, starting at 14.45

each afternoon.

Christm

as Morning, C

hristmas A

fternoon (for each section)£130, £80, £50 plus a grading prize of £30

New

Year (for each section)

£120, £75, £50 plus a grading prize of £30

Weekend M

ajor – FID

E rated

£300, £200, £100, plus a Rating P

rize of £50 for those with a published F

IDE

rating below1900

Weekend M

inor£300, £200, £100 plus a grading prize of £50 for players below

EC

F 135

Weekend U

nder-120£100, £75, £50, £25 plus grading prizes of £25 for players graded below

EC

F99-80 and EC

F 80

Note:

Only players w

ith published current EC

F grades m

ay win grading prizes. N

o playerm

ay win m

ore than one prize in any single tournament (this does not apply to the special

£200 prizes in the Masters)

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E R

AT

ED

BL

ITZ

TO

UR

NA

ME

NT

Monday 4th January 2016T

he White R

ock Hotel

20.30hrs

Entry Fee:

£2 if FIDE

rated£5 if not FID

E rated

Prizes:

All entry fees w

ill be returned as prizesR

ate of Play: A

ll the moves in 3 m

inutes, add on two seconds per m

ove from

the first.

Once again w

e are running an event where players can have a good tim

e, unratedplayers can get a blitz rating in one evening and players can im

prove their rating.

The Standard Play ratings w

ill not be affected by the blitz or rapid play results.W

here players are already FIDE

rated but do not have a blitz rating, their StandardPlay rating w

ill be used initially.

The tournam

ent will be a Sw

iss. Unrated players w

ill be able to secure at least apartial FID

E blitz rating.

The K

factor for all players will be 20. If a rated player plays m

ore than 35 games

in a monthly period, then his new

rating will be his Tournam

ent Rating Perform

ancefor that period.

KC

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astings International Chess C

ongressCO

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A.M

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elly (St.Leonards-on-Sea) 4,

D.H

eath (Maidstone) 3.5, M

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ore (Ashford), H

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eonards-on-Sea), C.H

owell

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sey (Folkestone) 3

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right (London) 4.5, A

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ewport),

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cAleenan (L

ondon) 4, B.R

ouane 3.5

CH

RIST

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C:(5 rounds 17 players) D

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lasgow) 4.5, L

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RIST

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D:(5 rounds 18 players) I. B

rooke (Oxford), D

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exhill-on-Sea) 4 T.Allen, A

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astings), C.Fraser 3

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attle) 4.5, T.Crouch

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ainham), E

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unn (Guildford), J.H

udson (B

exhill), H.Tassell (T.W

ells) 3

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astbourne), R.W

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DRINKS

Tea£1.00

Coffee£1.00

Cappuucino/Latte/Hot Chocolate

£1.60Fruit Juice

£1.30Bottled W

ater£1.00

Canned drinks£1.00

BREAKFAST 8.30HRS – 11.00H

RSDanish Pastries

£1.50Croissant/Painau Chocolat

£1.50Toast/Butter/Jam

£2.00Egg on Toast

£2.50Beans on Toast

£2.50EN

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£5.50SN

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£2.00Sausage Rolls

£1.20Vegetable Pasty

£1.40Cheese &

Onion Pasty£1.40

Cornish Pasty£1.60

HOT SN

ACKS 11.00HRS – LATE

Chips£1.80

Cheesy Chips£2.10

Beef Burger£3.00

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Mash

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arlicbreadCottage Pie &

vegetablesM

eat pie, Mashed potato &

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A SELECTION OF DESSERTS, CAKES

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GE

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RA

L RU

LES

AN

D N

OTIC

ES

Law

s: Gam

es are to be played according to the FIDE

Law

s of Chess except that “descriptive”

notation is allowed in tournam

ents other than the Masters and W

eekend Major. T

he English

Chess Federation tournam

ent rules may be used as a guide in cases not provided for in the

FIDE

Law

s.

Default T

ime:

Players arriving 30 minutes or m

ore after the start of a session in any eventshall lose by forfeit, unless the arbiter decides otherw

ise.

Swiss System

tournaments: A

ll matters related to the running and draw

ing of rounds inthese tournam

ents will be conducted in accordance w

ith the rules formulated by the E

nglishC

hess Federation and applied in its own tournam

ents.

Tim

es of Play:T

hese may be varied only w

ith the express permission of or by direction of

the arbiters.

Score Sheets:In all tournam

ents each player must hand in the top copy to the arbiter

imm

ediately the game is finished.

English C

hess Federation Grand P

rix: All eligible results w

ill count for the Grand Prix

and other appropriate competitions.

International Rating: R

esults in the Masters and W

eekend Major tournam

ents will be

submitted to FID

E, w

ith whom

these tournaments have been registered. T

he FIDE

Rating

List of D

ecember 2015 applies.

Tie-break, M

asters Tournament: If needed to decide the places in the B

ritish Cham

pionship,tie-break w

ill be (a) Sum of Progressive Scores and, if still necessary, (b) Sum

of Opponents

Scores, (c) the results between players involved in the tie, provided that they have all played

each other.

Mobile P

hones and Electronic D

evices:D

uring play, any electronic device should be leftoutside the playing venue or be com

pletely switched off and placed in a bag in the playing

area. The bag m

ust then not be moved until a player's gam

e is over. The playing area for a

player is the large hall. The playing venue extends to adjoining corridors, toilets, refreshm

entareas and sm

oking areas adjacent to the nearest exits of the building. During play, a player

may not leave the playing venue at any tim

e without the perm

ission of an arbiter.

Smoking:

Smoking, including the use of e-cigarettes, is not allow

ed in the playing venue.Sm

oking is only permitted outside the H

orntye building.

Aw

ard of Prizes: W

here players finish equal, cash prizes will be shared. H

owever, if a

player wins m

ore than one cash prize they will receive the larger of the prizes. T

he smaller

prize will be distributed to other players (in the case of level scores or re-aw

arded to the nextplaced eligible player(s).T

he application and any interpretation of this rule will be decided by the D

irector, whose

decision shall be final. This rule does not apply to the special £200 prizes in the M

asters.

Sale of Chess M

aterial:The sole right to sell chess books and equipm

ent at the Congress is

reserved by the organizers and, by contract to Chess and B

ridge Ltd. C

hess material m

ay nototherw

ise be sold on the Congress prem

ises.

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UA

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OR

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NIT

IES

The H

astings Chess C

ongress operates an Equal O

pportunities Policy. It is open to all chessplayers regardless of gender, age, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, disability, m

aritalstatus, sexual orientation, H

IV status, religious or political beliefs. T

he playing venue is accessible to w

heelchair users.