Hastings Masters 2015-16

[Barry Sandercock]

Danny Gormally won,so finishes on 5.5/9

[John McKenna]

I hope that Chris Rice's patient play is rewarded by a full point in what seems to be the final game of the Masters.

Edit: Looks like Willson-Goater could be the last to finish.

[Mick Norris]

Final

Rank Name Score Fed. M/F Rating TPR W-We 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 GM Mista, Aleksander 7.0 POL M 2567 2705 +1.54 1 1 1 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1
2 GM Vakhidov, Jahongir 7.0 UZB M 2546 2670 +1.41 1 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 1 ½
3 GM Berkes, Ferenc 6.5 HUN M 2650 2604 -0.28 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½
4 GM Khenkin, Igor 6.5 GER M 2605 2544 -0.45 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½
5 GM Sulskis, Sarunas 6.5 LTU M 2535 2590 +0.74 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½
6 GM Fodor, Tamas Jr. 6.5 HUN M 2492 2586 +1.19 1 1 0 1 1 1 ½ 0 1
7 IM Sarkar, Justin 6.5 USA M 2407 2558 +1.87 1 ½ 1 0 1 0 1 1 1
8 GM Flear, Glenn C 6.0 ENG M 2459 2432 -0.05 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 0
9 IM Bagi, Mate 6.0 HUN M 2440 2513 +0.92 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 1 ½
10 IM Eggleston, David J 6.0 ENG M 2396 2367 -0.10 ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 0 1 1
11 IM Krishna C R G 6.0 IND M 2367 2459 +1.23 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 0 1
12 FM Batchelor, Peter J 6.0 ENG M 2307 2442 +1.66 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 ½ ½
13 GM Pap, Gyula 5.5 HUN M 2551 2418 -1.32 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1
14 GM Gormally, Daniel W 5.5 ENG M 2506 2370 -1.26 1 ½ 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
15 GM Arkell, Keith C 5.5 ENG M 2490 2372 -1.01 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 1
16 GM Hebden, Mark L 5.5 ENG M 2469 2350 -1.20 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 ½ 0
17 GM Romanishin, Oleg M 5.5 UKR M 2462 2483 +0.36 1 0 1 1 1 ½ ½ 0 ½
18 GM Williams, Simon K 5.5 ENG M 2439 2404 -0.17 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 0
19 IM Nagy, Gabor 5.5 HUN M 2403 2425 +0.47 1 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½
20 IM Bates, Richard A 5.5 ENG M 2331 2330 +0.12 1 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½
21 FM Radovanovic, Jovica 5.5 SRB M 2321 2278 -0.23 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 ½
22 Wadsworth, Matthew J 5.5 ENG M 2273 2215 -0.31 0 1 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 =
23 IM Prosviriakov, Vladimir 5.5 USA M 2232 2214 +0.03 0 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 0 1

[Mike Truran]

A bit disappointing to see an Eastern European clean-up and no Brit within shouting distance.

[David Shepherd]

Great result for Peter, good also to see Mathew in there amongst the IM's and GM's

[Keith Arkell]

Does anyone know which game won the best game prize at Hastings? One moment Chris Ward ( the commentator) was full of enthusiasm about the competition, and next I didn't ever see anything announced. I would like to see a correctly played game win the prize, my favourite being Khenkin's R+P v Romanishin. There is both elegance and beauty in such games, but usually it's the crash bang wallop stuff which wins.

Was the winner picked by the commentator or by the audience at home?

[Alex McFarlane]

Keith,

The winner of the best game was Marcus ter Steeg. I cannot remember who the opponent was.

I believe the prize was decided by Chris Ward.

[Chris Rice]

By a process of elimination I'm guessing it must be this round 7 effort which was indeed a tactical melee:

John Anderson - ter Steeg

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cd4 5. Nd4 Qc7 6. g3 b5 7. a3 Bb7 8. Bg2 d6 9. O-O Nf6 10. f4 Be7 11. g4 h6 12. Kh1 Nbd7 13. h3 g5 14. fg5 hg5 15. Bg5 O-O-O 16. Ndb5 ab5 17. Nb5 Qc5 18. Bf6 Nf6 19. Qe2 Rh3 20. Bh3 Be4 21. Kh2 Qe5 22. Kg1 Qg3 23. Bg2 Ng4 24. Rf7 Qh2 25. Kf1 Bg2 26. Ke1 Qg1 27. Kd2 Bg5 28. Kc3 Qc5 29. Kb3 Bd5 30. c4 Qb5 31. Kc3 Qc4 32. Qc4 Bc4 33. Kc4 Ne5

As opposed to Keith's Rd 8 suggestion of this delicately and brilliantly played R+P ending by Khenkin. I'm also guessing that Chris Ward probably didn't look at it much in the commentary room as it wouldn't have been of great interest to the bulk of the people in that room and online who generally looked for chaos, sacrifices and pieces strewn all over the board etc. I suspect its always been that way:

Khenkin-Romanishin

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 g6 6. Qc2 Bf3 7. ef3 Bg7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Be3 c6 10. d5 cd5 11. cd5 Nd5 12. Nd5 ed5 13. Rd1 O-O 14. Rd5 Nc6 15. Bb5 Qf6 16. Rd7 Rac8 17. O-O Nd4 18. Qd3 Nb5 19. Qb5 Qb2 20. Qb2 Bb2 21. Bh6 Rfe8 22. Ra7 Bd4 23. Rd7 Rc4 24. g4 Bc5 25. Rd3 Re2 26. Be3 Rcc2 27. h4 Kg7 28. a4 Kf6 29. Bc5 bc5 30. Kg2 Ke6 31. Kg3 Ra2 32. Rc3 Kd6 33. Rd1 Kc6 34. Rdc1 Re5 35. Rc4 Rd5 36. R1c3 Kd6 37. Rf4 f5 38. Rfc4 Rd4 39. Rc5 f4 40. Kh3 Rf2 41. Rc6 Kd7 42. g5 Rf1 43. Rc7 Kd8 44. Rc8 Kd7 45. R3c7 Ke6 46. Re8

[John Saunders]

A short video I made of the last round at this year's Hastings Congress...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3645JWL1X4

[Carl Hibbard]

A short video I made of the last round at this year's Hastings Congress...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3645JWL1X4

Nice quality that John what equipment was that done on?

[John Saunders]

Thanks, Carl. It's a Sony FDR-AX33 camcorder and takes 4K quality video (which is a step up from HD). It also takes decent hi-res still shots, completely silently, so I was able to carry on shooting unobtrusively throughout the round, without upsetting players or arbiters. Now all I have to do is to learn how to use it properly!

[Barry Sandercock]

Excellent quality !