Thanks to all who attended on the first of the new year amid the Hastings congress in its 98th year. It was a great day alongside some great chess in the main hall that the juniors could watch.
Everyone you see helping at our events is a volunteer, so thank you to:
- Tournament control: Sharon Merchant, Nick Brown.
- Analysis room: Callum Brewer
- Entries and registration: Steve Merchant
- Trophies: Steve Carter & Mayank Punjabi
- Photos: John Clark
Thanks also to Pam Thomas and the Hastings International Chess Congress for allowing us to share their venue, and to Alex McFarlane and Pam for presenting the prizes.
Headline Results
| U11 Minor | U11 Major | |||||
| Pos | Name | Score | Pos | Name | Score | |
| 1st | Edward Jeanmonod (on tie break) | 4.5 | 1st | Harry Kotlarzewski | 5.5 | |
| 2nd | Talea Martirossian (on tie break) | 4.5 | 2nd | George Brown | 4.5 | |
| 3rd | Kalyan Srinid Pasumarthi (on tie break) | 4.5 | 3rd | Daniel Gadner | 3 |
Age-Group Prizes:
| Under 7 | Oleksandr Chornyi | 4 |
| Under 8 | Aarav Ghanshala | 4 |
| Under 9 | Euan Burnside | 4 |
| Under 10 | Ethan Cheng | 3 |
| Top Girl | Ella Clark | 4 |
| U18 Minor | U18 Major | |||||
| Pos | Name | Score | Pos | Name | Score | |
| 1st | Harry Morter | 5 | 1st | Edgar Pack | 5 | |
| 2nd | Raul Misquita Rodrigues | 4.5 | 2nd= | Hal Gomez, Sidhanth Pai, Jacob Wynn | 4.5 | |
| 3rd= | Edie Stacy, Lucas Ma, Iaroslav Sinkevich | 4 |
Rating Prizes:
U900: Alex Owen Martynson
U1145: Edie Stacy, Lucas Ma, Iaroslav Sinkevich
U1360: Laurence St Louis
U1550: Samual Shah, Mathias Keiller
Arbiter’s Awards
An Nguyen, George Alexander, Flynn Fuller, Xander Clarke, Iaroslav Sinkevich, Cosmin Cojocaru, Vaibhav Jayakumar, Yannick Clewer, Emma Cojocaru.
Crosstables
Under 11
| Pos | Name | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | A | B | C | D | E | F | T1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kotlarzewski, Harry | 860K | b17+ | w12+ | b11+ | w3+ | b2= | w6+ | 5½ | 6 | 5½ | 591 | 4.92 | 0.58 | 20.0 |
| 2 | Jeanmonod, Edward | 700K | b20+ | w13+ | b7+ | w4+ | w1= | b5- | 4½ | 6 | 4½ | 626 | 3.59 | 0.91 | 19.0 |
| 3 | Martirossian, Talea | 536K | b19+ | w6+ | b5+ | b1- | w8= | w11+ | 4½ | 6 | 4½ | 730 | 1.62 | 2.88 | 17.0 |
| 4 | Pasumarthi, Kalyan Srinidhi | 555P | b23+ | w5= | b18+ | b2- | w19+ | bye+ | 4½ | 4 | 2½ | 703 | 1.33 | 1.17 | 15.5 |
| 5 | Brown, George | 699A | w10+ | b4= | w3- | b16+ | b11+ | w2+ | 4½ | 6 | 4½ | 578 | 3.97 | 0.53 | 14.5 |
| 6 | Burnside, Euan | 628A | w21+ | b3- | w16+ | b9+ | w7+ | b1- | 4 | 6 | 4 | 580 | 3.39 | 0.61 | 15.0 |
| 7 | Chornyi, Oleksandr | 582A | b22+ | w19+ | w2- | b10+ | b6- | w12+ | 4 | 5 | 3 | 666 | 2.04 | 0.96 | 15.0 |
| 8 | Cojocaru, Cosmin | 650A | b18- | w22+ | b14+ | w17+ | b3= | bye= | 4 | 4 | 2½ | 475 | 2.90 | -0.40 | 13.5 |
| 9 | Clark, Ella | 524A | b26+ | w11- | b12+ | w6- | b16+ | w13+ | 4 | 5 | 3 | 584 | 2.09 | 0.91 | 13.0 |
| 10 | Ghanshala, Aarav | 490P | b5- | w23+ | b13+ | w7- | b17+ | w22+ | 4 | 4 | 2 | 591 | 1.46 | 0.54 | 12.0 |
| 11 | Gardner, Daniel | 590K | w25+ | b9+ | w1- | b20+ | w5- | b3- | 3 | 6 | 3 | 581 | 3.09 | -0.09 | 14.0 |
| 12 | Cheng, Ethan | 558K | w15+ | b1- | w9- | b14+ | w20+ | b7- | 3 | 5 | 2 | 570 | 2.48 | -0.48 | 11.0 |
| 13 | Kadadora Arachchilage, Kehara Kemdini | 548K | w24+ | b2- | w10- | b15+ | w21+ | b9- | 3 | 4 | 1 | 524 | 2.13 | -1.13 | 11.0 |
| 14 | Kadadora Arachchilage, Lithumya Methnuli | 373K | w16- | b25+ | w8- | w12- | b18+ | b21+ | 3 | 6 | 3 | 500 | 2.05 | 0.95 | 8.0 |
| 15 | Clarke, Xander | 0 | b12- | w17- | b26+ | w13- | b24+ | w20+ | 3 | 4 | 1 | 538 | 345 | 7.0 | |
| 16 | Rogers, Charlie | 594K | b14+ | w18= | b6- | w5- | w9- | b25+ | 2½ | 6 | 2½ | 506 | 3.67 | -1.17 | 9.5 |
| 17 | Kim, Blake | 534A | w1- | b15+ | w21+ | b8- | w10- | b19= | 2½ | 5 | 1½ | 668 | 1.81 | -0.31 | 9.5 |
| 18 | Clewer, Yannick | 457K | w8+ | b16= | w4- | b19- | w14- | b23+ | 2½ | 5 | 1½ | 625 | 1.64 | -0.14 | 9.5 |
| 19 | Yang, Jinzhe | 955K | w3- | b7- | w23+ | w18+ | b4- | w17= | 2½ | 5 | 1½ | 533 | 4.58 | -3.08 | 7.5 |
| 20 | Cojocaru, Emma | 510A | w2- | b24+ | w25+ | w11- | b12- | b15- | 2 | 4 | 1 | 551 | 1.78 | -0.78 | 9.0 |
| 21 | Wierenga, Haijo Deyou | 383K | b6- | w26+ | b17- | w22+ | b13- | w14- | 2 | 4 | 0 | 521 | 1.29 | -1.29 | 8.0 |
| 22 | Alexander, George | 0 | w7- | b8- | w24+ | b21- | w23+ | b10- | 2 | 4 | 0 | 526 | -151 | 6.0 | |
| 23 | Fuller, Flynn | 0 | w4- | b10- | b19- | w26+ | b22- | w18- | 1 | 4 | 0 | 614 | -63 | 3.0 | |
| 24 | Jayaraj, Natalie | 0 | b13- | w20- | b22- | b25+ | w15- | w26- | 1 | 3 | 1 | 471 | 346 | 3.0 | |
| 25 | Stafford, Oliver | 355K | b11- | w14- | b20- | w24- | b26+ | w16- | 1 | 4 | 0 | 517 | 1.17 | -1.17 | 2.0 |
| 26 | Nguyen, An | 0 | w9- | b21- | w15- | b23- | w25- | b24+ | 1 | 3 | 0 | 421 | -256 | 1.0 |
Under 18 Minor
| Pos | Name | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | A | B | C | D | E | F | T1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morter, Harry | 1403A | b8+ | w6+ | b2= | b9+ | w4+ | w7= | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1144 | 4.81 | 0.19 | 18.5 |
| 2 | Misquita Rodrigues, Raul | 1196A | b14+ | w15+ | w1= | b7+ | w9+ | b3- | 4½ | 6 | 4½ | 1090 | 3.52 | 0.98 | 18.0 |
| 3 | Stacy, Edie | 1142A | b17+ | w7- | b15+ | w10- | b11+ | w2+ | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1007 | 3.83 | 0.17 | 13.0 |
| 4 | Ma, Lucas | 970K | w9- | b16+ | b5+ | w6+ | b1- | w10+ | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1106 | 2.06 | 1.94 | 13.0 |
| 5 | Sinkevich, Iaroslav | 1142A | w15- | b13+ | w4- | b8+ | w14+ | b9+ | 4 | 6 | 4 | 934 | 4.39 | -0.39 | 11.0 |
| 6 | Prabhu, Shravan Karthi | 1128A | w16+ | b1- | w14+ | b4- | w13+ | b8= | 3½ | 6 | 3½ | 954 | 4.13 | -0.63 | 12.5 |
| 7 | Tolhurst, Joshua | 1250A | w10- | b3+ | b11+ | w2- | w17+ | b1= | 3½ | 6 | 3½ | 1099 | 3.93 | -0.43 | 11.5 |
| 8 | Prasanna, Arjun | 1085A | w1- | b17+ | b12+ | w5- | b10+ | w6= | 3½ | 6 | 3½ | 1108 | 2.79 | 0.71 | 11.5 |
| 9 | Fong, Cyrus | 1235A | b4+ | w11+ | b10+ | w1- | b2- | w5- | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1140 | 3.73 | -0.73 | 15.0 |
| 10 | Delacour, Jacob | 1035A | b7+ | w12+ | w9- | b3+ | w8- | b4- | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1149 | 2.11 | 0.89 | 14.0 |
| 11 | Gomez, Magnus | 1095A | bye+ | b9- | w7- | b15+ | w3- | b14+ | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1027 | 2.80 | -0.80 | 10.0 |
| 12 | Jayakumar, Vaibhav | 1213K | w13+ | b10- | w8- | b14- | w16+ | bye+ | 3 | 5 | 2 | 878 | 4.16 | -2.16 | 9.0 |
| 13 | Martynson, Alex Owen | 810K | b12- | w5- | b16+ | w17+ | b6- | w15+ | 3 | 6 | 3 | 941 | 2.20 | 0.80 | 8.0 |
| 14 | Carthew, Zacharius | 763A | w2- | bye+ | b6- | w12+ | b5- | w11- | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1155 | 0.47 | 0.53 | 8.0 |
| 15 | Serrano, Sebastian | 744K | b5+ | b2- | w3- | w11- | bye+ | b13- | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1077 | 0.76 | 0.24 | 8.0 |
| 16 | Manoj, Smrithi | 695A | b6- | w4- | w13- | bye+ | b12- | b17+ | 2 | 5 | 1 | 969 | 1.13 | -0.13 | 4.0 |
| 17 | Jeanmonod, Ranulph | 724K | w3- | w8- | bye+ | b13- | b7- | w16- | 1 | 5 | 0 | 996 | 1.18 | -1.18 | 4.0 |
Under 18 Major
| Pos | Name | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | A | B | C | D | E | F | T1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pack, Edgar | 1674A | w18+ | b13+ | w7+ | w5+ | b3- | w6+ | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1550 | 3.87 | 1.13 | 19.0 |
| 2 | Gomez, Hal | 1580A | b15+ | w12+ | b5- | w9+ | b6= | w11+ | 4½ | 6 | 4½ | 1450 | 3.83 | 0.67 | 16.0 |
| 3 | Pai, Sidhanth | 1792A | b10- | w17+ | b6+ | w13+ | w1+ | b4= | 4½ | 6 | 4½ | 1501 | 4.91 | -0.41 | 14.5 |
| 4 | Wynn, Jacob | 1666K | b13- | w18+ | b12+ | w10+ | b5+ | w3= | 4½ | 6 | 4½ | 1480 | 4.11 | 0.39 | 14.5 |
| 5 | Aleksandrov, Igor | 1808A | w17+ | b10+ | w2+ | b1- | w4- | b9+ | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1504 | 4.92 | -0.92 | 16.0 |
| 6 | Shah, Samuel | 1521A | w16+ | b9+ | w3- | b7+ | w2= | b1- | 3½ | 6 | 3½ | 1510 | 3.07 | 0.43 | 15.0 |
| 7 | Keiller, Mathias | 1455A | bye+ | w8+ | b1- | w6- | b13= | b15+ | 3½ | 5 | 2½ | 1421 | 2.73 | -0.23 | 13.0 |
| 8 | St Louis, Laurence | 1309A | bye= | b7- | w10- | b15+ | w14+ | w13+ | 3½ | 5 | 3 | 1390 | 1.96 | 1.04 | 9.0 |
| 9 | Carter, Benjamin | 1316A | b11+ | w6- | w14+ | b2- | b10+ | w5- | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1572 | 1.28 | 1.72 | 12.0 |
| 10 | Waller, Nathanael | 1386A | w3+ | w5- | b8+ | b4- | w9- | w16+ | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1523 | 2.22 | 0.78 | 11.0 |
| 11 | Merchant, Samuel | 1634A | w9- | b16+ | w13- | b14+ | w12+ | b2- | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1362 | 4.79 | -1.79 | 10.0 |
| 12 | Musayev, Alishir | 1170P | w14+ | b2- | w4- | b16+ | b11- | w17+ | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1506 | 0.97 | 2.03 | 10.0 |
| 13 | Nethercot, Edward | 1353A | w4+ | w1- | b11+ | b3- | w7= | b8- | 2½ | 6 | 2½ | 1588 | 1.43 | 1.07 | 11.0 |
| 14 | Burgess, Rose | 1506A | b12- | w15+ | b9- | w11- | b8- | b18+ | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1342 | 4.20 | -2.20 | 6.0 |
| 15 | Burnside, Aidan | 1250A | w2- | b14- | b17+ | w8- | b18+ | w7- | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1438 | 1.60 | 0.40 | 6.0 |
| 16 | Marshall, Daniel | 1246A | b6- | w11- | b18+ | w12- | w17= | b10- | 1½ | 6 | 1½ | 1414 | 1.79 | -0.29 | 5.0 |
| 17 | Nagy, Cillian | 1405A | b5- | b3- | w15- | w18= | b16= | b12- | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1439 | 2.93 | -1.93 | 2.5 |
| 18 | Pinna-Chapman, Freya | 1370A | b1- | b4- | w16- | b17= | w15- | w14- | ½ | 6 | ½ | 1.5 |
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
