Hastings Grand Prix, 2nd January 2023

Special thanks to Pam Thomas of the Hastings International Chess Congress and the Horntye Sports Centre for finding space for us at very short notice when our usual venue fell through.

Everyone you see at our events is a volunteer so thanks to:

  • Tournament Control: Peter & Catherine Finn, Sharon Merchant, Janis, Cam Nguyen and Leo
  • Entries & Registration: Steve Merchant
  • Trophies: Trish Freeman
  • Photos: Mark Currah

Headline Results

Under 11 Minor

PosNameScore
1Kai Subramanian6
2Krish Gandhi4.5
3=Layth Ahmad, Josh Tollhurst (on tie-break)4

Under 11 Major

PosNameScore
1James Wang6
2Preesh Gandhi (on tie-break)5
3John Brown5

Age Group Prizes

Age GroupNameScore
Under 7Spriha Punjabi3
Under 8Magnus Gomez4
Under 9Maria Bhattacharyya3
Under 10Hal Gomez3.5
Top GirlMarcy Page4

Under 18 Minor

PosNameScore
1Sherwin Wang (on tie-break)5
2Freya Pinna-Chapman5
3=Luke Chapman & Tia Rudwick4.5

Under 18 Major

PosNameScore
1Bodhana Sivanadan6
2Daniel Longley4.5
3=KillianTeschke-Panah & Henry Adams4

Grading Prizes:

PrizeNameScore
U1000Marcus Mommsen3
U1270Hiroto Motokawa, Matthias Keiller, Tegen Baker, & Liam Finlay4
U1500Igor Aleksandrov, Ryan Martin3.5
U1675Yijun Wang3.5

Arbiters Awards:

Donovan Barton, Samuel Devine, James Fisher, Eliza Hochstetler, Eileen Mommsen, Brenda Mow, Arjun Prasanna, Henry Scott, Sammy Scott, William Wilkinson


Crosstables

Under 11 Minor

PosNameRating123456ABCDEFT1
1Subramanian, Kai870Ab16+w10+b4+w2+b6+w7+6557493.231.7721.0
                
2Gandhi, Krish993Aw12+b9+w7+b1-w5+b3=57903.73-0.2317.5
                
3Ahmad, Layth777Aw17+b8+w5-b7=w4+w2=4537562.630.3715.0
4Tolhurst, Joshua660Pw14+b5+w1-w11+b3-b8+4537102.180.8215.0
5Gomez, Magnus948Ab15+w4-b3+w10+b2-w11+4427552.91-0.9114.0
6Page, Marcy902Kw11+b7-w12+b8+w1-b9+4427012.96-0.9614.0
                
7Morter, Harry600Pb19+w6+b2-w3=b10+b1-67462.001.5014.5
                
8Punjabi, Spriha580Kbye+w3-b17+w6-b13+w4-3417031.41-0.4112.0
9Marshall, Jake755Kb13+w2-b11-w16+b18+w6-3426512.26-0.2611.0
10Bhattacharyya, Maria589Pw18+b1-w14+b5-w7-b16+3526052.40-0.4011.0
11Prasanna, Arjun500b6-w19+w9+b4-w12+b5-352722 65011.0
12Devine, Samuel500b2-w13+b6-w14+b11-w15+342686 6869.0
13Burnside, Euan474Aw9-b12-w18+b19+w8-bye+3424781.990.018.0
14Brown, George375Kb4-w15+b10-b12-bye+w18+3314941.08-0.088.0
                
15Mommsen, Eileen500w5-b14-b16=w17+w19+b12-31556 4317.0
                
16Scott, Sammy500w1-b18=w15=b9-b17+w10-24½612 2906.5
17Wilkinson, William500b3-bye+w8-b15-w16-b19+231567 4426.0
                
18Walsh, Clark234Kb10-w16=b13-bye+w9-b14-405480.70-0.705.5
                
19Page, Rhiannon345Pw7-b11-bye+w13-b15-w17-120   4.0

Under 11 Major

PosNameRating123456ABCDEFT1
1Wang, James Yiming1361Kb5+w6+b3+w2+b4+w10+66611914.231.7721.0
                
2Gandhi, Preesh1343Aw11+b7+w6+b1-w5+b9+56511794.240.7618.0
3Brown, John1265Aw13+b9+w1-b11+w6+b5+56511543.861.1417.0
                
4Gomez, Hal1232Ab10=w5-bye+b7+w1-b8+510993.26-0.7611.0
                
5Burgess, Rose1157Aw1-b4+w9+b8+b2-w3-36311842.760.2412.0
6Gupta, Aditya1197Aw8+b1-b2-w12+b3-w13+36311113.51-0.5110.0
7Shah, Samuel1168Ab12+w2-b8-w4-bye+b11+35210802.96-0.969.0
                
8Yang, Jinzhe859Kb6-bye+w7+w5-b10=w4-511410.890.6110.0
9Bhattacharyya, Nicholas1043Kbye+w3-b5-w10=b12+w2-511072.12-0.629.5
10Waller, Nathanael950Kw4=b11-w13+b9=w8=b1-611101.880.629.5
                
11Kruger, Derik1146Ab2-w10+b12+w3-b13-w7-26210943.35-1.359.0
12Walsh, Isabella820Aw7-b13+w11-b6-w9-bye+25111150.790.216.0
13Redway, Aidan1019Kb3-w12-b10-bye+w11+b6-25110762.15-1.155.0

Under 18 Minor

PosNameRating123456ABCDEFT1
1Wang, Sherwin1410Pw10+b9+w7+b11+w5=b4=56512843.941.0619.5
2Pinna-Chapman, Freya1261Aw28+b3=w15+b6=w7+b5+55413501.932.0717.0
                
3Chapman, Luke1405Ab17+w2=b14+w5-b13+w8+612674.010.4915.5
4Rudwick, Tia1345Kw22+b7-w10+b16+w6+w1=610664.420.0815.5
                
5Diniz Afonso, Davi1463Aw18+b12+w6=b3+b1=w2-46412994.24-0.2417.0
6Motokawa, Hiroto1249Kb27+w14+b5=w2=b4-w19+45313271.991.0115.5
7Keiller, Mathias1182Ab23+w4+b1-w13+b2-b11+45313311.521.4815.0
8Baker, Tegen1156Kw15-b24+w22+b12+w11+b3-46411622.741.2614.0
9Taylor, Zebediah1274Ab25+w1-b16-w19+b21+w14+45311003.13-0.1312.0
10Finlay, Liam1087Kb1-w25+b4-b20+w15+w12+45313051.231.7711.0
                
11Nagy, Cillian1350Ab21+w19+b13+w1-b8-w7-36311744.10-1.1015.0
12Nachiappan, Annamalai1296Kb16+w5-b21+w8-b17+b10-36310504.37-1.3712.0
13Lebedev, Alexander1287Aw24+b15+w11-b7-w3-b22+36311433.51-0.5112.0
14Merchant, Sebastian1367Aw20+b6-w3-b22+w16+b9-36310704.46-1.4611.0
15Collins, Matthew1453Ab8+w13-b2-w25+b10-w23+34111983.22-2.2210.0
16Mommsen, Marcus711Kw12-b18+w9+w4-b14-b26+35212910.401.6010.0
17Stacy, Edie1070Kw3-b28+w18-b24+w12-b20+35211212.16-0.169.0
18Tagg, Ann1174Ab5-w16-b17+w23+b19-w21+35210513.09-1.098.0
                
19Petersone, Alise1199Aw26+b11-w20=b9-w18+b6-512142.39-0.8910.0
20Fong, Cyrus1023Kb14-w27+b19=w10-b25+w17-4½11811.23-0.739.0
                
21Salmons, Rafi812Kw11-b26+w12-b28+w9-b18-24012740.34-0.348.0
22Collins, Benjamin759Ab4-w23+b8-w14-b27+w13-24012890.32-0.327.0
23Scott, Henry700w7-b22-w28+b18-w24+b15-2511055 8156.0
                
24Marchant, Bradley708Kb13-w8-b27+w17-b23-w25=3011710.26-0.264.5
25Barton, Donovan700w9-b10-w26+b15-w20-b24=5½1109 7434.5
26Mow, Brenda700b19-w21-b25-w27=b28+w16-30907 2303.5
27Hochstetler, Eliza700w6-b20-w24-b26=w22-w28+40935 2582.5
                
28Fisher, James700b2-w17-b23-w21-w26-b27-000   0.0

Under 18 Major

PosNameRating123456ABCDEFT1
1Sivanandan, Bodhana1928Aw16+b13+w6+b5+w7+b3+66615425.310.6921.0
                
2Longley, Daniel1633Aw19+b8+w5-b15=w9+b12+616382.991.5115.5
                
3Teschke-Panah, Kilian1630Aw8=b7=w10+b13+w6+w1-46417482.271.7314.5
4Adams, Henry1881Aw14+b6-w21+b7-w13+w8+46416194.64-0.6413.0
                
5Aleksandrov, Igor1437Aw9+b15+b2+w1-b8-w10=618290.822.6815.5
6Wang, Yijun1557Kw10+w4+b1-w12+b3-b7=617341.821.6814.5
7Martin, Ryan1393Ab11=w3=b18+w4+b1-w6=616721.372.1313.0
8Britnell, Jonathan2058Ab3=w2-b11+w21+w5+b4-616375.30-1.8012.0
9Currah, Elena1755Ab5-w20+b12=w14+b2-w15+615524.47-0.9711.0
10Nguyen, Anh1921Ab6-w11+b3-w18+w15+b5=615565.16-1.6610.5
11Buckland, Louis1706Aw7=b10-w8-b19+b21+w18+615813.75-0.259.0
                
12Finn, Elizabeth1649Aw17+b21=w9=b6-w16+w2-36315753.57-0.5712.5
13Tompsett, Tadeusz1634Ab18+w1-b19+w3-b4-w17+36315643.44-0.4411.0
14Adams, George1536Kb4-w19-bye+b9-w20+b16+35215732.29-0.297.0
                
15Manchester, Oliver1679Kb20+w5-b17+w2=b10-b9-615823.67-1.1711.5
                
16Wynn, Jacob1601Ab1-w18-b20+w17+b12-w14-26215323.55-1.557.0
17Gadiot, Ashton1369Ab12-bye+w15-b16-w19+b13-25115621.36-0.367.0
18Tagg, George1328Aw13-b16+w7-b10-bye+b11-25116510.890.117.0
19Pai, Sidhanth1247Ab2-b14+w13-w11-b17-bye+25115760.750.256.0
20Merchant, Samuel1380Aw15-b9-w16-bye+b14-w21+25116221.04-0.044.0
                
21Martin, Thomas W1537Abye+w12=b4-b8-w11-b20-5½17351.54-1.048.5

Key To Crosstables:

  • A = Player’s score.
  • B = Number of rated opponents played (N).
  • C = Score against rated opponents (W).
  • D = Average rating of rated opponents (Rc). Not shown for unrated players if B is less than 3 or Score is less than 1.
  • E = Rated players: Sum of expected score for each rated opponent (We).
  • F = Rated players: Actual score less expected score. This must be multiplied by K to get change of rating.
  • Unrated players: FIDE Performance rating.
  • K is the development coefficient. K is 20 except in a month where a junior player has outperformed expectation, then the k factor is 40
  • T1 = Tie Break using Sum Of Progressive Scores