Congress – General

Viewers are invited to submit their suggestions for the  Best Game Prize in the Masters Tournament. Suggestions must be received  by 14.30pm on Sunday 5th December 2013. Final decision will be made by GM Chris Ward who has been commentating throughout. Suggestions can be sent in […]

The Hastings Chess Congress committee includes a Players’ Representative. Nominations are invited for  the forthcoming year. Nominees must have played in at least two of the last four Hastings Congresses including this one. Nominations may be made at the Congress via the notice posted in […]

Players wishing to travel to Hastings may be interested to know that National Express Coaches leave for Hastings from Victoria Coach Station. On January 6th there is a National Express Coach from Hastings to London, Victoria leaving Hastings at 0800hrs. arriving London at 10.00 hrs. […]

Our attention has been drawn to the fact that the list of tournament entries is not obvious to all viewers. Apologies for this.  All relevant information regarding conditions of entry and a list of entrants can be found in the columns on the right of […]

OBITUARY – Igor Kurnosov (30th May 1985 to 8th August 2013) This 28 year old Russian grandmaster has died at the tragically young age of 28 in a car crash. He won the Hastings Masters 2008-9 on his only appearance in England with 7.5/9. His […]