99th Hastings International Chess Congress - Con Power Under 1750
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38 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 28 Dec 2025 to 30 Dec 2025 in Hastings, England. 6 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1712, and top seed was Richard L Bowman (🇬🇧 ENG, 1745).
Juwon Son (🇰🇷 KOR, 1574) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Paul G Jackson (4.0) and Guy Wagner (4.0).
The biggest upset came in round 3: Juwon A Lee (1415) beat Peter J Horlock (1658), a +243-point gap.
Location
🇬🇧Hastings, England
Dates
28 Dec 2025 → 30 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: 110 minutes for game with 10 sec increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Federations · 6 represented
🇬🇧England×23
🇰🇷South Korea×10
🇬🇧Wales×1
🇩🇰Denmark×1
🇳🇱Netherlands×1
🇩🇪Germany×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 5 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 5 at the finish.
Co-leaders
17
6
1
3
5
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER
5 players finish on 4.0/5. Son takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (14.5).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Marc A Bryant 3 wins (R3–R5)Paul G Jackson 3 wins (R1–R3)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Marc A Bryant | * | — | — | — |
| 2Juwon Son | — | * | ½ | ½ |
| 3Paul G Jackson | — | ½ | * | — |
| 4Guy Wagner | — | ½ | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Son, Juwon | 1574 | KOR | +10B | =3B | +11N | +8B | =2N | 4.0 | 14.5 | 17.5 | 13.50 | 1971 | +94.0 |
| 2 | Jackson, Paul G | 1734 | ENG | +22B | +18N | +7B | =6N | =1B | 4.0 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 11.75 | 1866 | +15.6 |
| 3 | Wagner, Guy | 1727 | WLS | +31B | =1N | +9B | =20N | +17B | 4.0 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 10.25 | 1848 | +13.8 |
| 4 | Eagle, Joe | 1663 | ENG | +21N | +15B | =6B | +10N | =16B | 4.0 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 10.50 | 1827 | +17.4 |
| 5 | Bryant, Marc A | 1664 | ENG | +12B | −17N | +24B | +25N | +20B | 4.0 | 10.0 | 12.0 | 9.50 | 1803 | +17.0 |
| 6 | Bowman, Richard L | 1745 | ENG | +25N | +34B | =4N | =2B | =7N | 3.5 | 13.5 | 14.5 | 8.75 | 1807 | +8.2 |
| 7 | Kota, Ashwath Kumar | 1640 | ENG | +38B | +11B | −2N | +21N | =6B | 3.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 6.75 | 1760 | +26.0 |
| 8 | Rhodes, Lawrence | 1717 | ENG | +23N | +24B | =16B | −1N | +19B | 3.5 | 11.0 | 13.0 | 7.75 | 1635 | -8.2 |
| 9 | Konig, Jon | 1597 | ENG | =36N | +30B | −3N | +15B | +18N | 3.5 | 10.5 | 11.0 | 6.75 | 1666 | +3.8 |
| 10 | Luxton, William H | 1732 | ENG | −1N | +23B | +32N | −4B | +24N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 5.00 | 1612 | -28.8 |
| 11 | Wall, Robert | 1744 | ENG | +27B | −7N | −1B | +32N | +22B | 3.0 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 5.00 | 1644 | -12.4 |
| 12 | Kyeong, Soohyun | 1431 | KOR | −5N | −13N | +31B | +29N | +25B | 3.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 5.00 | 1690 | +69.2 |
| 13 | Van Dorsten, Joy | 1629 | NED | −15N | +12B | −19N | +37B | +23N | 3.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 5.00 | 2247 | +15.8 |
| 14 | Cload, Adrian | 1580 | ENG | −35B | =22N | =15N | +26B | +21N | 3.0 | 8.5 | 9.5 | 6.25 | 1583 | +0.4 |
| 15 | Choi, Hyunseo B | 0 | KOR | +13B | −4N | =14B | −9N | +30B | 2.5 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 6.00 | 1530 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Mantaev, Nikolai | 1620 | ENG | +19B | F | =8N | =17B | =4N | 2.5 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 7.50 | 1677 | +9.2 |
| 17 | Watts, Alex | 0 | ENG | +29B | +5B | F | =16N | −3N | 2.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 7.25 | 1760 | +23.6 |
| 18 | Hunt, Jon | 1605 | ENG | +33B | −2B | +26N | =19N | −9B | 2.5 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 4.25 | 866 | -33.2 |
| 19 | Kim, Hangyeol | 0 | KOR | −16N | +31N | +13B | =18B | −8N | 2.5 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 5.25 | 1625 | +30.8 |
| 20 | Wood, Peter C | 0 | ENG | F | +36B | +28N | =3B | −5N | 2.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 4.50 | 1665 | -1.0 |
| 21 | Lee, Juwon A | 1415 | KOR | −4B | +27N | +34N | −7B | −14B | 2.0 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 3.00 | 1553 | +28.4 |
| 22 | Huang, Weidan | 1575 | ENG | −2N | =14B | +36N | =28B | −11N | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.5 | 3.00 | 1473 | -10.4 |
| 23 | Gartside, Jenny | 1512 | ENG | −8B | −10N | +27B | +33N | −13B | 2.0 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 3.00 | 1473 | -4.0 |
| 24 | Jung, Sian | 1463 | KOR | +32B | −8N | −5N | +34B | −10B | 2.0 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 2.00 | 1581 | +28.0 |
| 25 | Chadwick, Susan E | 1597 | ENG | −6B | +37N | +33B | −5B | −12N | 2.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 1.00 | 1367 | -23.6 |
| 26 | Yun, Juhyeon | 0 | KOR | +?B | −28N | −18B | −14N | +32B | 2.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.00 | 1503 | 0.0 |
| 27 | Collins, Nigel | 1585 | ENG | −11N | −21B | −23N | +31B | +33N | 2.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 2.00 | 1369 | -22.6 |
| 28 | Kilmartin, David | 1605 | ENG | =30N | +26B | −20B | =22N | F | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.75 | 1433 | -17.6 |
| 29 | Kota, Pavan Kumar | 1650 | ENG | −17N | −32B | +30N | −12B | +37N | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.50 | 1301 | -71.6 |
| 30 | Lee, Doyeob | 0 | KOR | =28B | −9N | −29B | +36B | −15N | 1.5 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 1.50 | 1344 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Vijay, Kayal | 1553 | ENG | −3N | −19B | −12N | −27N | +36B | 1.0 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 0.50 | 780 | -56.0 |
| 32 | Kim, Siwon | 1492 | KOR | −24N | +29N | −10B | −11B | −26N | 1.0 | 10.0 | 12.0 | 2.00 | 1455 | -10.0 |
| 33 | Park, Siwon | 0 | KOR | −18N | +?B | −25N | −23B | −27B | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 1337 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Horlock, Peter J | 1658 | ENG | +37B | −6N | −21B | −24N | F | 1.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 1320 | -34.4 |
| 35 | Schmerwitz, Reinhard | 1736 | GER | +14N | F | F | F | F | 1.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 3.00 | 2380 | +5.8 |
| 36 | FIDE 343487882 | 0 | — | =9B | −20N | −22B | −30N | −31N | 0.5 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 1.75 | 1278 | 0.0 |
| 37 | Skytte, Amanda | 1403 | DEN | −34N | −25B | F | −13N | −29B | 0.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 833 | 0.0 |
| 38 | Oakman, Steve | 0 | ENG | −7N | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 840 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Son, JuwonKOR+94.04.0 pts · #2
- 2Kyeong, SoohyunKOR+69.23.0 pts · #6
- 3Kim, HangyeolKOR+30.82.5 pts · #14
Top rating losers
- 1Kota, Pavan KumarENG-71.62.0 pts · #24
- 2Vijay, KayalENG-56.01.0 pts · #37
- 3Horlock, Peter JENG-34.41.0 pts · #29
Biggest upsets
- R3+243 Elo gap
- R4+219 Elo gap
- R4+195 Elo gap