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99th Hastings International Chess Congress - New Year Under 1750

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36 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 31 Dec 2025 to 02 Jan 2026 in Hastings, England. 6 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1687, and top seed was Richard L Bowman (🇬🇧 ENG, 1745).

Naveen Daniel George (🇲🇾 MAS, 1624) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Chris D Brown (4.0) and Scarlett Sanderson (4.0). George clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Siwon Kim (1452) beat Jeff H Fleischer (1711), a +259-point gap.

Location
🇬🇧Hastings, England
Dates
31 Dec 2025 → 02 Jan 2026
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
1,687
Participants
36
Federations · 6 represented
🇬🇧England×20
🇰🇷South Korea×11
🇲🇾Malaysia×1
🇳🇱Netherlands×1
🇳🇴Norway×1
🇩🇰Denmark×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Naveen Daniel George led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
13
4
1
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5George takes lead
R5 · LEADER CHANGE02 Jan

Naveen Daniel George takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R3–R5 · WIN STREAK

Naveen Daniel George won 3 in a row (R3–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1George, Naveen Daniel1624MAS+34B=2N+27B+14N+3N4.512.012.510.501958+29.6
2Brown, Chris D1607ENG+9N=1B+21N=4B+15N4.014.016.011.751918+80.0
3Sanderson, Scarlett1511ENG+31B+24N+8B+7N1B4.013.514.510.001900+95.2
4Baek, Seunghan1678KOR+20B=5N+28B=2N+10B4.012.514.010.251785+24.8
5Son, Juwon1596KOR+25N=4B=15N+9B=6N3.513.015.010.001756+37.1
6Collins, Nigel1585ENG+29N+11B=14B=8N=5B3.512.514.09.251633+4.0
7Bowman, Richard L1745ENG=12N+16B+19N3B+24N3.512.014.08.501707-4.0
8Eagle, Joe1664ENG+35N+23B3N=6B+16N3.512.012.06.251660+0.6
9Horlock, Peter J1656ENG2B+35N+20B5N+18N3.012.012.04.501596-7.2
10Konig, Jon1652ENG11N+29B+23N+22B4N3.011.012.55.501693+7.8
11Choi, Hyunseo B0KOR+10B6N+?N15B+22N3.011.011.05.0016290.0
12Gartside, Jenny1512ENG=7B27N=32B+23N+25B3.09.010.06.251622+8.2
13Van Dorsten, Joy1629NEDF28N+34B+17N+14B3.07.07.05.501583-2.4
14Constable, John1671ENG+30N+18B=6N1B13N2.513.515.05.751569-13.2
15Gordon, Tim1722ENGF+17N=5B+11N2B2.513.013.07.251393-34.8
16Hunt, Jon1605ENG=26B7N+30B+27N8B2.510.512.04.001629+6.0
17Kim, Hangyeol1510KOR+22N15B=18N13B+27B2.510.011.54.751640+34.8
18Cload, Adrian1580ENG+32B14N=17B+33N9B2.59.010.03.251542-6.0
19Kim, Siwon1452KOR=27B+36N7BF+21N2.57.07.02.751795+61.6
20Jung, Sian1488KOR4N+25B9N21B+35B2.011.011.02.001419-10.4
21Fleischer, Jeff H1711ENG=28B=26N2B+20N19B2.010.512.03.751429-59.2
22Fletcher, Martin G1587ENG17B+34N+26B10N11B2.010.511.02.50797-19.6
23Lee, Juwon A1415KOR+36N8N10B12B+31N2.010.510.51.001538+24.0
24Watts, Alex1650ENG+33N3BF+28N7B2.010.010.02.501610-8.8
25Yun, Juhyeon0KOR5B20N+35B+31N12N2.09.59.51.0014400.0
26Dean, Matt0ENG=16N=21B22N+30N?B2.08.08.03.7515040.0
27Opedal, Jan Petter1682NOR=19N+12B1N16B17N1.512.515.04.251473-23.0
28Blin, Eliza1496ENG=21N+13B4N24BF1.511.012.04.001580+16.0
29Lee, Doyeob0KOR6B10N31B=34N+32B1.58.59.01.257990.0
30Kyeong, Soohyun1430KOR14B=32N16N26B+34B1.58.08.51.00838-18.8
31Constable, Christine F1615ENG3N33B+29N25B23B1.09.510.51.50747-35.4
32Park, Siwon0KOR18N=30B=12N?B29N1.08.58.52.2513250.0
33Wood, Peter C1675ENG24B+31NF18BF1.07.07.01.001490-14.8
34FIDE 34348788201N22B13N=29B30N0.511.012.50.757670.0
35Skytte, Amanda0DEN8B9B25NF20N0.010.510.50.007940.0
36Bryant, Marc A1664ENG23B19BFFF0.04.54.50.00668-30.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets