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99th Hastings International Chess Congress - Weekend Major

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26 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 02 Jan 2026 to 04 Jan 2026 in Hastings, England. 5 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1832, and top seed was Mark Brougham (🇬🇧 ENG, 1890).

Yiyi Liu (🇨🇳 CHN, 1809) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Thomas Minter (4.0) and Martin J Faulkner (3.5). Liu clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Aviraj Bhaduri (1580) beat Omar Jebari (1844), a +264-point gap.

Location
🇬🇧Hastings, England
Dates
02 Jan 2026 → 04 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 110 minutes for game with 10 sec increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇧Mark Brougham1890
Avg top 10
1,832
Participants
26
Federations · 5 represented
🇬🇧England×19
🇰🇷South Korea×4
🇮🇹Italy×1
🇨🇳China×1
🇬🇧Wales×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    Yiyi Liu
    🇨🇳CHN·1809
    4.5pts·2066perf+43.2
  • 🥈
    Thomas Minter
    🇬🇧ENG
    4.0pts·1879perf0.0
  • 🥉
    Martin J Faulkner
    🇬🇧ENG·1811
    3.5pts·2104perf+25.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Yiyi Liu led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
9
5
2
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5Liu takes lead
Liu4.5Minter4Fleming3.5Lee3.5Lee3.5Faulkner3.5
R5 · LEADER CHANGE04 Jan

Yiyi Liu takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Yiyi Liu beat Thomas Minter (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Thomas Minter 4 wins (R1–R4)Andrew S J Fleming 3 wins (R2–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Yiyi Liu*
1
—
1
2Thomas Minter
0
*——
3Andrew S J Fleming——*—
4Ain Lee
0
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Liu,Yiyi1809CHN+4B+21B=6N+12N+2B4.513.514.512.752066+43.2
2Minter, Thomas0ENG+11B+16N+13B+3N−1N4.012.514.510.0018790.0
3Faulkner, Martin J1811ENG+15N+9B+10N−2B=5B3.513.015.09.252104+25.6
4Lee, Ain1630KOR−1N+11N+7B=10B+14N3.512.514.58.751947+86.0
5Fleming, Andrew S J1867ENG−7N+26B+15N+14B=3N3.510.510.55.751905+5.2
6Lee, Onbin1708KORF+20B=1B+13N+10N3.510.010.07.752163+43.0
7Sciaudone, Francesco1757ITA+5B−10B−4N+25N+13B3.011.512.06.001844+12.2
8Bhaduri, Aviraj1580ENG−14N+18N=17B+16B=12N3.08.510.56.251843+59.9
9Yu, Robin1628ENG+19B−3N+24N+20BF3.06.56.53.001994+76.4
10Orsborne, Sarah1839ENG+17B+7N−3B=4N−6B2.513.515.56.751729-29.2
11Waldock, Adrian D P1792ENG−2N−4B=19B+23N+20N2.510.010.52.251749-3.2
12Burgess, Rose1698ENGF+22B+21N−1B=8B2.59.59.53.501858+33.6
13Kelly, Paul J1842WLS+23N+14B−2N−6B−7N2.012.513.02.501628-17.4
14Goodfellow, Russell Robert1794ENG+8B−13N+25B−5N−4B2.012.012.53.501648-19.4
15Gartside, Carl1738ENG−3B+19N−5B+24N−18N2.010.511.02.001732-1.2
16Jebari, Omar1844ENGF−2B+22N−8N+19B2.09.59.52.501844+1.2
17Pay, Adrian1749ENG−10N=23B=8N−18B+24B2.08.08.52.251652-21.6
18Redford, Matthew1769ENG−21N−8BF+17N+15B2.08.08.04.001739-5.6
19Findley, Keith C1805ENG−9N−15B=11N+22B−16N1.59.510.52.251606-53.6
20Marshall, Chris1819ENGF−6N+23B−9N−11B1.09.59.50.50909-38.8
21Brougham, Mark1890ENG+18B−1N−12BFF1.09.09.02.001633-20.6
22Wilson, Matthew R1772ENGF−12N−16B−19N+25B1.06.56.50.501567-21.2
23Hosannah, Aaron0ENG−13B=17N−20N−11B−?B0.57.57.51.0014340.0
24Lettington, David1768ENGF=25N−9B−15B−17N0.57.57.50.251380-37.4
25Han, Yongsu1691KORF=24B−14N−7B−22N0.56.56.50.251451-21.0
26Baek, Seunghan1678KORF−5NFFF0.03.53.50.001067-10.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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