99th Hastings International Chess Congress - Weekend Intermediate

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40 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 02 Jan 2026 to 04 Jan 2026 in Hastings, England. 8 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1735, and top seed was Harry M Carter (🇬🇧 ENG, 1828).

Alex Yeo (🇬🇧 ENG, 0) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Harry M Carter (4.0) and Joe Wright (4.0). Yeo shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Kayal Vijay (1516) beat Joseph M Williams (1696), a +180-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

🇬🇧Harry M Carter1828

Avg top 10

1,735

Participants

Federations · 8 represented

🇬🇧England×29

🇰🇷South Korea×5

🇮🇪Ireland×1

🇲🇰North Macedonia×1

🇳🇴Norway×1

🇲🇾Malaysia×1

🇩🇪Germany×1

FIDE (no federation)×1

Top 3

🥇
Alex Yeo
🇬🇧ENG
4.5pts·1757perf0.0
🥈
Harry M Carter
🇬🇧ENG·1828
4.0pts·1852perf+5.2
🥉
Joe Wright
🇬🇧ENG
4.0pts·1776perf0.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Alex Yeo led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Yeo4.5Bowman4Wright4Carter4Wall4Misquita Rodrigues3.5

R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

Alex Yeo held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Alex Yeo 3 wins (R3–R5)Richard L Bowman 3 wins (R3–R5)Joe Wright 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Alex Yeo	*	—	—	—
2Richard L Bowman	—	*	—	—
3Joe Wright	—	—	*	0
4Harry M Carter	—	—	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Yeo, Alex	0	ENG	+22N	=19B	+35N	+18B	+6N	4.5	10.5	11.5	10.25	1757	0.0
2	Carter, Harry M	1828	ENG	+26N	+3B	=9N	+21B	=7N	4.0	13.0	15.0	11.75	1852	+5.2
3	Wright, Joe	0	ENG	+28B	−2N	+24B	+10N	+17B	4.0	11.5	13.5	9.50	1776	0.0
4	Wall, Robert	1744	ENG	−23B	+32N	+25B	+8N	+13B	4.0	10.0	11.5	9.50	1688	-4.0
5	Bowman, Richard L	1745	ENG	=38N	=8B	+33N	+22B	+9N	4.0	9.0	9.5	7.75	1882	+16.0
6	Schmerwitz, Reinhard	1736	GER	=8N	+38B	+10B	+16N	−1B	3.5	13.5	14.0	8.00	1990	+21.0
7	Misquita Rodrigues, Raul	1583	ENG	F	+12B	+11N	+17N	=2B	3.5	12.5	12.5	10.50	2069	+91.2
8	Son, Juwon	1596	KOR	=6B	=5N	+27B	−4B	+22N	3.0	13.5	15.5	7.75	1780	+47.2
9	Jackson, Paul G	1732	ENG	+36B	+23N	=2B	=13N	−5B	3.0	13.0	14.0	6.50	1788	+5.8
10	Tracey, William F	1732	ENG	+33N	+15B	−6N	−3B	+31B	3.0	12.0	13.0	5.50	1679	-5.6
11	Kuzmanoski, Oliver	1672	MKD	+29B	=13N	−7B	=14B	+26N	3.0	11.5	13.5	7.00	1633	-4.0
12	Gomez, James	1724	ENG	=14B	−7N	=15N	+23B	+24B	3.0	11.5	13.5	7.00	1684	-8.8
13	Jones, Humphrey C N	0	ENG	+35N	=11B	+?N	=9B	−4N	3.0	11.0	11.0	4.00	1710	0.0
14	Vijay, Kayal	1516	ENG	=12N	+30B	−18B	=11N	+27B	3.0	10.5	12.5	7.00	1763	+66.0
15	Evans, Garry	0	ENG	+27B	−10N	=12B	+?B	=21N	3.0	10.5	10.5	4.75	1710	0.0
16	Opedal, Jan Petter	1682	NOR	+34N	=31B	+20N	−6B	=18N	3.0	10.0	11.0	5.50	1631	-3.4
17	Fleischer, Jeff H	1711	ENG	+40N	=20B	+19N	−7B	−3N	2.5	12.5	12.5	3.75	1690	-2.4
18	Holmes, Thomas	1700	ENG	F	+37B	+14N	−1N	=16B	2.5	11.5	11.5	5.50	1849	+20.4
19	Lamb, Stephen	1636	ENG	+25B	=1N	−17B	−31N	+33B	2.5	10.5	11.5	5.25	1665	+3.2
20	McLean, Nicholas	0	ENG	+24B	=17N	−16B	−30N	+?N	2.5	9.5	9.5	3.25	1673	0.0
21	Osborne, Hugh	1694	ENG	F	+39B	+31N	−2N	=15B	2.5	9.0	9.0	3.50	1670	-2.4
22	Konig, Jon	1652	ENG	−1B	+29N	+23B	−5N	−8B	2.0	13.5	15.5	4.00	1594	-5.8
23	Constable, Christine F	1615	ENG	+4N	−9B	−22N	−12N	+40B	2.0	12.0	12.0	4.00	1594	-3.2
24	Coles, Rob	1642	ENG	−20N	+34B	−3N	+29B	−12N	2.0	11.5	12.5	3.00	1661	+2.0
25	Schiefler, Lars	0	ENG	−19N	+26B	−4N	+33B	−28N	2.0	10.5	11.5	3.00	1587	0.0
26	George, Naveen Daniel	1624	MAS	−2B	−25N	+38N	+34B	−11B	2.0	10.0	10.5	1.50	1644	+2.0
27	Taylor, Stephen A	1661	ENG	−15N	+40B	−8N	+39B	−14N	2.0	9.5	9.5	0.50	1523	-29.2
28	Constable, John	1671	ENG	−3N	−33B	F	+32N	+25B	2.0	8.5	8.5	3.50	1554	-6.2
29	Kyeong, Soohyun	1430	KOR	−11N	−22B	+40N	−24N	+36B	2.0	8.0	8.0	1.00	1534	+25.2
30	Williams, Joseph M	1696	ENG	=32B	−14N	=39N	+20B	F	2.0	7.5	7.5	3.50	1379	-50.0
31	Choi, Hyunseo B	0	KOR	F	=16N	−21B	+19B	−10N	1.5	11.0	11.0	4.00	1599	0.0
32	Jung, Sian	1488	KOR	=30N	−4B	−37N	−28B	+34N	1.5	9.0	10.0	2.00	1471	-6.0
33	Punjabi, Spriha	1619	ENG	−10B	+28N	−5B	−25N	−19N	1.0	11.5	13.5	2.00	1503	-23.6
34	Kim, Siwon	1452	KOR	−16B	−24N	+36B	−26N	−32B	1.0	8.5	9.5	1.00	1364	-22.0
35	Bryant, Marc A	1664	ENG	−13B	+36N	−1B	F	F	1.0	8.5	8.5	1.00	2385	+7.8
36	Collins, Nigel	1585	ENG	−9N	−35B	−34N	+38B	−29N	1.0	7.0	7.5	0.50	1339	-30.6
37	Razhnova, Aryna	1530	FID	F	−18N	+32B	F	F	1.0	4.0	4.0	1.50	1593	+6.4
38	Sloan, Cecil	1615	IRL	=5B	−6N	−26B	−36N	F	0.5	10.5	10.5	2.00	1351	-24.0
39	Sanderson, Scarlett	1511	ENG	F	−21N	=30B	−27N	F	0.5	6.5	6.5	1.00	1411	-12.8
40	Sohal, Aneeksha	1495	ENG	−17B	−27N	−29B	F	−23N	0.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	803	-54.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Misquita Rodrigues, RaulENG
+91.2
3.5 pts · #4
2Vijay, KayalENG
+66.0
3.0 pts · #6
3Son, JuwonKOR
+47.2
3.0 pts · #8

Top rating losers

1Sohal, AneekshaENG
-54.0
0.0 pts · #40
2Williams, Joseph MENG
-50.0
2.0 pts · #28
3Collins, NigelENG
-30.6
1.0 pts · #34

Biggest upsets

R2+180 Elo gap
Vijay, Kayal1516 beat Williams, Joseph M1696
R5+155 Elo gap
Kyeong, Soohyun1430 beat Collins, Nigel1585
R5+145 Elo gap
Vijay, Kayal1516 beat Taylor, Stephen A1661