HICC Reports 2024/25

We are back! It seems hardly five minutes ago that we were about to launch the 97th Congress, yet twelve months have flown by and the Horntye Park Sports Complex once again kindly hosts us. Entries are slightly up on last year (at least, it […]

Seeing the hall full at 10am was a reassuring sight, with everyone keen to begin their second round games. Our commentator, IM Lawrence Trent, was another whose journey here was delayed by a whole day due to fog (in Lawrence’s case, flying from Berlin). To […]

After three rounds just two players remain on 100%. That number three seed IM Mahel Boyer has 3/3 can hardly be called a surprise, but that his co-leader should be Iceland’s David Kolka, rated 2020, is anything but expected. David played an assured attacking game […]

Everyone understands that last rounds of tournaments are decisive in settling the final places, but the penultimate rounds of important events are also incredibly important! We were treated today to three decisive results on the top three tables, fixing the highest scores going into the […]