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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
Top seed
🇬🇧Richard L Bowman1745
Avg top 10
1,712
Participants
38
Federations · 6 represented
🇬🇧England×23
🇰🇷South Korea×10
🇬🇧Wales×1
🇩🇰Denmark×1
🇳🇱Netherlands×1
🇩🇪Germany×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight 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
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
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
Player1234
1Marc A Bryant*
2Juwon Son*
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½
3Paul G Jackson
½
*
4Guy Wagner
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*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Son, Juwon1574KOR+10B=3B+11N+8B=2N4.014.517.513.501971+94.0
2Jackson, Paul G1734ENG+22B+18N+7B=6N=1B4.013.515.511.751866+15.6
3Wagner, Guy1727WLS+31B=1N+9B=20N+17B4.012.513.510.251848+13.8
4Eagle, Joe1663ENG+21N+15B=6B+10N=16B4.011.513.510.501827+17.4
5Bryant, Marc A1664ENG+12B17N+24B+25N+20B4.010.012.09.501803+17.0
6Bowman, Richard L1745ENG+25N+34B=4N=2B=7N3.513.514.58.751807+8.2
7Kota, Ashwath Kumar1640ENG+38B+11B2N+21N=6B3.512.512.56.751760+26.0
8Rhodes, Lawrence1717ENG+23N+24B=16B1N+19B3.511.013.07.751635-8.2
9Konig, Jon1597ENG=36N+30B3N+15B+18N3.510.511.06.751666+3.8
10Luxton, William H1732ENG1N+23B+32N4B+24N3.012.013.05.001612-28.8
11Wall, Robert1744ENG+27B7N1B+32N+22B3.011.512.55.001644-12.4
12Kyeong, Soohyun1431KOR5N13N+31B+29N+25B3.011.012.05.001690+69.2
13Van Dorsten, Joy1629NED15N+12B19N+37B+23N3.010.010.05.002247+15.8
14Cload, Adrian1580ENG35B=22N=15N+26B+21N3.08.59.56.251583+0.4
15Choi, Hyunseo B0KOR+13B4N=14B9N+30B2.513.515.06.0015300.0
16Mantaev, Nikolai1620ENG+19BF=8N=17B=4N2.512.513.57.501677+9.2
17Watts, Alex0ENG+29B+5BF=16N3N2.512.512.57.251760+23.6
18Hunt, Jon1605ENG+33B2B+26N=19N9B2.512.013.04.25866-33.2
19Kim, Hangyeol0KOR16N+31N+13B=18B8N2.511.512.55.251625+30.8
20Wood, Peter C0ENGF+36B+28N=3B5N2.510.510.54.501665-1.0
21Lee, Juwon A1415KOR4B+27N+34N7B14B2.012.513.53.001553+28.4
22Huang, Weidan1575ENG2N=14B+36N=28B11N2.012.012.53.001473-10.4
23Gartside, Jenny1512ENG8B10N+27B+33N13B2.011.512.53.001473-4.0
24Jung, Sian1463KOR+32B8N5N+34B10B2.011.512.52.001581+28.0
25Chadwick, Susan E1597ENG6B+37N+33B5B12N2.011.511.51.001367-23.6
26Yun, Juhyeon0KOR+?B28N18B14N+32B2.08.58.51.0015030.0
27Collins, Nigel1585ENG11N21B23N+31B+33N2.08.09.02.001369-22.6
28Kilmartin, David1605ENG=30N+26B20B=22NF2.08.08.03.751433-17.6
29Kota, Pavan Kumar1650ENG17N32B+30N12B+37N2.08.08.01.501301-71.6
30Lee, Doyeob0KOR=28B9N29B+36B15N1.510.010.51.5013440.0
31Vijay, Kayal1553ENG3N19B12N27N+36B1.011.512.00.50780-56.0
32Kim, Siwon1492KOR24N+29N10B11B26N1.010.012.02.001455-10.0
33Park, Siwon0KOR18N+?B25N23B27B1.08.58.50.0013370.0
34Horlock, Peter J1658ENG+37B6N21B24NF1.07.57.50.001320-34.4
35Schmerwitz, Reinhard1736GER+14NFFFF1.05.55.53.002380+5.8
36FIDE 3434878820=9B20N22B30N31N0.59.510.51.7512780.0
37Skytte, Amanda1403DEN34N25BF13N29B0.08.08.00.008330.0
38Oakman, Steve0ENG7NFFFF0.03.53.50.008400.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets