99th Hastings International Chess Congress

The first batch of pictures from the HICC 2019 from Dr John Higgs!

… and with a rating of 2701 he now leads the field of eighteen grandmasters taking part. These include Romain Edouard (FRA), Erik van den Doel (NED), Deep Sengupta (IND) and English grandmasters Simon Williams, Keith Arkell and Mark Hebden. The new Caplin Systems sponsorship […]

The Caplin 95th Hastings International Chess Congress will take place from Saturday 28th December 2019 to Sunday 5th January 2020 at Horntye Park Sports Complex Bohemia Road, Hastings TN34 1EX. The Congress is delighted to have a new sponsor – Caplin Systems. The company is […]

It was with great sadness that we learned of the death of David Welch. He was a key member of Hastings Chess Congress for many years, and remained a member of the Congress Committee long after he suffered a stroke while in Gibraltar two and […]