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99th Hastings International Chess Congress - New Year Under 2050

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24 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 1879, and top seed was Gerben Van Pel (🇳🇱 NED, 1994).

Yongsu Han (🇰🇷 KOR, 1691) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Onbin Lee (4.0) and Gerben Van Pel (3.5). Han won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Yongsu Han (1691) beat John N Sugden (1919), a +228-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
🇳🇱Gerben Van Pel1994
Avg top 10
1,879
Participants
24
Federations · 6 represented
🇬🇧England×15
🇰🇷South Korea×3
🇳🇱Netherlands×2
🇬🇧Wales×2
🇮🇹Italy×1
🇩🇰Denmark×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    Yongsu Han
    🇰🇷KOR·1691
    4.5pts·2108perf+43.4
  • 🥈
    Onbin Lee
    🇰🇷KOR·1708
    4.0pts·2124perf+52.4
  • 🥉
    Gerben Van Pel
    🇳🇱NED·1994
    3.5pts·2160perf+13.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Yongsu Han led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
9
1
3
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5Han takes lead
Han4.5Lee4Evans-White3.5Van Pel3.5Plotnikov3Shah3
R4 · LEADER CHANGE01 Jan

Yongsu Han takes the sole lead (3.5/4).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Yongsu Han 3 wins (R3–R5)Daniel Evans-White 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Yongsu Han*———
2Onbin Lee—*
1
½
3Daniel Evans-White—
0
*—
4Gerben Van Pel—
½
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Han, Yongsu1691KOR+13B=16N+21B+7B+5N4.59.010.09.252108+43.4
2Lee, Onbin1708KOR+4B=8B+9N=3N+6B4.012.515.012.002124+52.4
3Van Pel, Gerben1994NEDF+20B+14N=2B+8N3.510.010.08.002160+13.8
4Evans-White, Daniel1890ENG−2N=18B+23N+16B+7N3.59.510.55.751857-4.4
5Shah, Samuel1710ENG+17B=7B=8N+12N−1B3.012.013.56.501899+54.4
6Plotnikov, Dmytro1787ITA−10B+19N+13B+9B−2N3.011.012.56.001855+13.2
7Skytte, Torill1899DEN+11B=5N+16B−1N−4B2.513.515.05.501707-24.0
8Batchelor, Paul A1938ENG+18B=2N=5B=10N−3B2.513.014.56.251742-23.6
9Preuter, Carlos1853NED+22B+10N−2B−6N=11B2.512.013.04.751694-20.6
10Horwood, Alexander1590ENG+6N−9B+22N=8B−15N2.510.011.05.251798+51.2
11Taylor, Zebadiah1710ENG−7N=17N+19B=14B=9N2.58.510.04.501851+37.6
12Heath, David R1771ENG=23N−14B+20N−5B+21N2.57.58.53.001734-5.2
13Sugden, John N1919ENG−1N+15B−6N=22B=14N2.011.512.53.501680-31.8
14Howell, Chris I1849ENGF+12N−3B=11N=13B2.010.510.54.751846-0.4
15Gartside, Carl1738ENG−16N−13NF+17B+10B2.07.57.54.001712-2.8
16V, Krish1521ENG+15B=1B−7N−4N−20B1.512.514.04.251660+22.8
17Anstead, Jerry1806ENG−5N=11B=18N−15N=19B1.59.010.52.751595-28.4
18Rubin, Ilan Murray1742ENG−8N=4N=17B−19N=22B1.59.010.03.001686-12.8
19Kelly, Paul J1842WLS−24N−6B−11N+18B=17N1.58.59.52.251598-33.0
20Dennis, Nigel W1801ENG=21B−3N−12BF+16N1.58.58.52.001650-16.2
21Lee, Ain1630KOR=20N=23B−1NF−12B1.09.59.51.251545-24.0
22Bhaduri, Aviraj1580ENG−9NF−10B=13N=18N1.08.58.51.751581-22.1
23Hayward, Michael1664ENG=12B=21N−4BFF1.07.07.01.751649-1.4
24Wagner, Guy1723WLS+19BFFFF1.01.51.51.502642+13.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
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