99th Hastings International Chess Congress - Weekend Open
Open SwissStandard
35 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 02 Jan 2026 to 04 Jan 2026 in Hastings, England. 2 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1979, and top seed was Cliff R Chandler (π¬π§ ENG, 2149).
Wilfred Wheatley (π¬π§ ENG, 1920) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Changhoon Kim (4.5) and Daniel Evans-White (4.0). Wheatley shared the lead from round 2, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Oliver Harrison (1780) beat Obioma ONUOHA (2056), a +276-point gap.
Location
π¬π§Hastings, England
Dates
02 Jan 2026 β 04 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 110 minutes for game with 10 sec increment from move 1
System
Swiss Β· 5 rounds
Titled players Β· 2
CMΓ2
Federations Β· 6 represented
π¬π§EnglandΓ28
π°π·South KoreaΓ3
π³π¬NigeriaΓ1
π¬π§ScotlandΓ1
FIDE (no federation)Γ1
πΈπ³SenegalΓ1
Top 3
- π₯
- π₯
- π₯
How it unfolded
Top 6 Β· 5 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz.
Co-leaders
14
6
2
1
2
R5 Β· TIEBREAK CLUSTER
2 players finish on 4.5/5. Wheatley takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.0).
WIN STREAKS Β· 2 top finishers
CM Changhoon Kim 3 wins (R1βR3)Wilfred Wheatley 4 wins (R1βR4)
Key matchups Β· top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1CMChanghoon Kim | * | β | β | β |
| 2Wilfred Wheatley | β | * | Β½ | β |
| 3Daniel Evans-White | β | Β½ | * | β |
| 4Cliff R Chandler | β | β | β | * |
Grille amΓ©ricaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Ξ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wheatley, Wilfred | 1920 | ENG | +14B | +11N | +8N | +9B | =3N | 4.5 | 13.0 | 15.5 | 13.50 | 2213 | +60.4 |
| 2 | Kim, ChanghoonCM | 1874 | KOR | +31B | +27N | +5N | =4B | +10B | 4.5 | 11.5 | 12.0 | 10.25 | 2251 | +41.8 |
| 3 | Evans-White, Daniel | 1890 | ENG | +17B | =9N | +19B | +13N | =1B | 4.0 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 10.75 | 2128 | +60.4 |
| 4 | Lee, Younggyu | 1905 | KOR | +15N | +6N | =13B | =2N | =8B | 3.5 | 13.5 | 16.0 | 11.00 | 2050 | +29.5 |
| 5 | Wallace, Adrian D | 1968 | ENG | +25B | +7N | β2B | =8N | +13B | 3.5 | 13.5 | 15.5 | 9.50 | 2012 | +11.2 |
| 6 | Chandler, Cliff R | 2149 | ENG | +32N | β4B | +29N | =7B | +15N | 3.5 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 6.25 | 1996 | -14.8 |
| 7 | Faulkner, Adam | 1882 | ENG | +30N | β5B | +33B | =6N | +19B | 3.5 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 5.25 | 2056 | +45.6 |
| 8 | Freeman, Luke | 1855 | ENG | +20N | +10N | β1B | =5B | =4N | 3.0 | 14.5 | 16.5 | 8.50 | 2028 | +47.2 |
| 9 | Yu, RockCM | 1951 | ENG | +21N | =3B | +24N | β1N | =22B | 3.0 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 7.00 | 1870 | -18.0 |
| 10 | Smyth, Kevin | 1932 | ENG | +16N | β8B | +30N | +20B | β2N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 5.50 | 1924 | -0.8 |
| 11 | Harrison, Oliver | 1780 | ENG | +28N | β1B | =12N | =21B | +20N | 3.0 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 6.00 | 2011 | +30.4 |
| 12 | Akeya-Price, Robert | 1947 | ENG | +34B | β13N | =11B | =14N | +29B | 3.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 4.25 | 1827 | -13.2 |
| 13 | Waterfield, Mark | 1868 | ENG | +22N | +12B | =4N | β3B | β5N | 2.5 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 6.75 | 1869 | +0.8 |
| 14 | McGill, Peter | 1761 | SCO | β1N | =28B | +23N | =12B | =18N | 2.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 5.50 | 1886 | +32.8 |
| 15 | Sarkar, Aidan Krishna Benoit | 1761 | SEN | β4B | =32B | +28N | +27N | β6B | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 3.25 | 1961 | +48.8 |
| 16 | Pearson, Charlie | 1765 | ENG | β10B | +34N | =27B | =19N | =23B | 2.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.75 | 1842 | +20.8 |
| 17 | Oh, Sejun | 1727 | KOR | β3N | β21B | =31N | +32B | +34N | 2.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.75 | 1756 | +8.0 |
| 18 | Gomez, Hal | 1786 | ENG | β27B | +31N | β20B | +33N | =14B | 2.5 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 2.25 | 1833 | +11.2 |
| 19 | Chapman, Luke | 1976 | ENG | =23N | +26B | β3N | =16B | β7N | 2.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 4.25 | 1760 | -58.0 |
| 20 | ONUOHA, Obioma | 2056 | NGR | β8B | +23B | +18N | β10N | β11B | 2.0 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 4.50 | 1766 | -37.4 |
| 21 | Simms, Jake | 1832 | ENG | β9B | +17N | =22B | =11N | F | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 5.00 | 1774 | -12.0 |
| 22 | Saxena, Reyansh | 1638 | ENG | β13B | F | =21N | +26B | =9N | 2.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 4.50 | 1860 | +41.8 |
| 23 | Saxena, Advik | 1835 | ENG | =19B | β20N | β14B | +28B | =16N | 2.0 | 9.0 | 10.5 | 3.75 | 1828 | -3.6 |
| 24 | Shah, Samuel | 1710 | ENG | F | +35N | β9B | β29N | +27B | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.50 | 1881 | +35.2 |
| 25 | Moss, Thomas D | 1834 | ENG | β5N | β30B | +32N | +34B | F | 2.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.50 | 1766 | -6.2 |
| 26 | Butt, Laurence | 1790 | ENG | F | β19N | +35B | β22N | +31B | 2.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.50 | 1775 | -1.8 |
| 27 | Pellatt, Zoe | 1944 | ENG | +18N | β2B | =16N | β15B | β24N | 1.5 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 3.75 | 1630 | -82.8 |
| 28 | Hubbard, Michael | 1942 | ENG | β11B | =14N | β15B | β23N | +33B | 1.5 | 10.0 | 10.5 | 1.75 | 1625 | -42.0 |
| 29 | Brown, John | 1821 | ENG | F | =33N | β6B | +24B | β12N | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.25 | 1797 | -9.2 |
| 30 | Taylor, Zebadiah | 1710 | ENG | β7B | +25N | β10B | F | F | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.00 | 1758 | +7.2 |
| 31 | Megias, Eva | 1676 | ENG | β2N | β18B | =17B | F | β26N | 0.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 1.25 | 1472 | -17.2 |
| 32 | Napolitano, Domenico | 1863 | ENG | β6B | =15N | β25B | β17N | F | 0.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 1.25 | 1546 | -30.4 |
| 33 | Blin, Henri | 1730 | ENG | F | =29B | β7N | β18B | β28N | 0.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.75 | 1536 | -33.2 |
| 34 | V, Krish | 1521 | ENG | β12N | β16B | F | β25N | β17B | 0.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.00 | 1012 | -23.1 |
| 35 | Razhnou, Lev | 1810 | FID | F | β24B | β26N | F | F | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 950 | -46.8 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets β the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Evans-White, DanielENG+60.44.0 pts Β· #3
- 2Wheatley, WilfredENG+60.44.5 pts Β· #2
- 3Sarkar, Aidan Krishna BenoitSEN+48.82.5 pts Β· #16
Top rating losers
- 1Pellatt, ZoeENG-82.81.5 pts Β· #28
- 2Chapman, LukeENG-58.02.0 pts Β· #25
- 3Razhnou, LevFID-46.80.0 pts Β· #34
Biggest upsets
- R5+276 Elo gap
- R2+244 Elo gap
- R5+234 Elo gap