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99th Hastings International Chess Congress - Weekend Minor

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31 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 02 Jan 2026 to 04 Jan 2026 in Hastings, England. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1609, and top seed was Rory Lynas (🇬🇧 ENG, 1664).

Michael Sargent (🇬🇧 ENG, 1590) won with 4.5/5. Sargent shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Talea Martirossian (1328) beat Robert Smart (1636), a +308-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
🇬🇧Rory Lynas1664
Avg top 10
1,609
Participants
31
Federations · 3 represented
🇬🇧England×15
🇰🇷South Korea×2
FIDE (no federation)×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Title race narrowed from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
19
8
3
4
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Michael Sargent 3 wins (R3–R5)Juhyeon Yun 3 wins (R3–R5)FIDE 343488080 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Michael Sargent*
2Juhyeon Yun*
0
3FIDE 343488080
1
*
4FIDE 343461867*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Sargent, Michael1590ENG+22N=20B+?B+13N+12N4.59.59.58.5016390.0
2FIDE 3434880801628+?N+6B+7N=?B=5N4.011.511.59.5016090.0
3Gartside, Jenny1512ENG+25B21N+16B+20B+10N4.09.511.59.502450+13.8
4FIDE 343461867153723B+15N+?B+22N+21B4.08.58.56.5015280.0
5FIDE 3434880301595+?B=?N+24B+21N=2B4.08.08.06.0015870.0
6Yun, Juhyeon0KOR+?B2N+28B+?N+?B4.05.05.01.0016180.0
7Gomez, Magnus1597ENG+8B+9N2B=14N+24B3.513.015.09.751446-8.0
8Prasanna, Arjun1454ENG7N+?B=?N+17B+13N3.58.58.55.0014240.0
9Hall, Conrad1585ENG+?N7B+?N+11B?N3.06.56.53.007890.0
10Twigg, Robert1585ENG+?B?N+?B+23N3B3.06.06.02.007400.0
11Pay, Jasper1405ENG+?B+?N?B9N+14B3.05.55.52.5015300.0
12FIDE 3434618241611F+?N+?B+?N1B3.04.54.50.0015880.0
13Lee, Doyeob0KOR+18N+14B=20N1B8B2.513.015.06.0015680.0
14Lightfoot, David1446ENG+15B13N+25B=7B11N2.511.513.56.251597+8.0
15FIDE 343488072142314N4B+26N+29N=16B2.511.012.04.256460.0
16FIDE 3434545501430?N+31B3N+?B=15N2.57.07.01.757460.0
17Lynas, Rory1664ENG=?B23N+?B8N+?B2.55.55.50.0014580.0
18FIDE 456330158413B?N=30B+?N+?B2.53.03.00.2516070.0
19jackson, William A1427ENG?B?N+?B=?N+28B2.51.01.01.0013100.0
20Watts, Alex1650ENG+29B=1N=13B3NF2.013.014.04.50712-27.6
21FIDE 3434618081535+31N+3BF5B4N2.012.512.54.5015320.0
22FIDE 34311102413121B+29N+?B4BF2.011.511.51.0014580.0
23Golubnichaya, Anastasiya0FID+4N+17B?N10B?N2.09.59.56.508080.0
24Martirossian, Talea1328ENGF+27B5N+?B7N2.09.09.01.5016170.0
25FIDE 34348804814263N+?B14N+28N?B2.07.57.51.006890.0
26Harrison, Paul1431ENG?B?N15B+30N+?B2.03.03.00.507870.0
27Plowden-Roberts, Michael1457ENG=?B24NF+?NF1.52.02.00.0016360.0
28FIDE 3434878821574+?N?B6N25B19N1.08.58.50.007800.0
29Dean, Matt1558ENG20N22B+?N15BF1.06.56.50.008500.0
30FIDE 3434618831424?B?N=18N26B?N0.54.54.51.256730.0
31FIDE 343488110021B16NF?N=?B0.54.54.50.007080.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets