[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bryant, Harry"]
[Black "Laurent-Paoli, Pierre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "489158"]
[BlackFideId "26017962"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Qa5+ 7. Nd2 e6 8. Nf3
Qa6 9. c4 Bb4 10. b3 Ne7 11. Bb2 c5 12. dxc5 Nd7 13. a3 Nxc5 14. Qe2 Bxd2+ 15.
Nxd2 Nf5 16. Rh3 O-O-O 17. cxd5 Qxe2+ 18. Kxe2 Rxd5 19. Rc1 Kb8 20. Nc4 Rhd8 21.
Rc2 Nd3 22. Rh1 Nxb2 23. Rxb2 b5 24. a4 a6 25. axb5 axb5 26. Rc1 Rc5 27. Ra1
bxc4 28. bxc4+ Kc7 29. Ra7+ Kc6 30. f3 Rxe5+ 31. Kf2 Nd6 32. Ra6+ Kd7 33. Rbb6
Nxc4 34. Rc6 Ne3 35. Rd6+ Ke7 36. Rxd8 Kxd8 37. Ra7 Ke8 38. f4 Ng4+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Saunders, Aron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2201"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "12800112"]
[BlackFideId "469343"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c3 c6 4. Bf4 Bf5 5. e3 e6 6. h3 h6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O O-O
9. a4 Qb6 10. Ra2 a5 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Nd2 c5 14. Bb5 Rfd8 15. Re1
Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. Ra1 e5 18. Qf3 Be6 19. Qg3 f6 20. Nf3 Re8 21. Rad1 Rad8
22. dxe5 fxe5 23. e4 d4 24. cxd4 cxd4 25. Nxd4 Qe7 26. Nxe6 Qxe6 27. Qc3 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Finn, Peter"]
[Black "Deuer, Marius"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Catalan opening"]
[WhiteFideId "432156"]
[BlackFideId "16236432"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Nd2 d5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Ne5
a5 9. Nb1 Nbd7 10. Nc3 c6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Na4 Bd8 14. Bxf6 gxf6
15. e4 dxc4 16. f4 Kh8 17. Kh1 Bc7 18. Qc2 Rad8 19. Rad1 Ba6 20. e5 f5 21. b3
cxb3 22. axb3 Bxf1 23. Bxf1 b5 24. Nc5 Qc8 25. g4 fxg4 26. Bg2 Bb6 27. Ne4 Rg8
28. Nd6 Qc7 29. Bxc6 g3 30. Nxb5 Qe7 31. Nd6 Rxd6 32. exd6 Qxd6 33. Qe4 g2+ 34.
Kg1 Rg4 35. h3 Rxf4 36. Qxg2 Rxd4 37. Rxd4 Qxd4+ 38. Kf1 Qd1# 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Kaasen, Tor Fredrik"]
[Black "Vaidyanathan, Adithya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2189"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "1516647"]
[BlackFideId "495450"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 b6 8. Nc3
O-O 9. h3 Ne8 10. e5 Nc7 11. a4 a5 12. b3 Ne6 13. Ne2 Ra7 14. Be3 h6 15. Qd2 Kh7
16. Rad1 Rd7 17. Nf4 Ng5 18. Nxg5+ hxg5 19. Ne2 Bxe5 20. Bxg5 Bg7 21. Qf4 f6 22.
Qh4+ Kg8 23. Bh6 e5 24. Qc4+ Rd5 25. Be3 Be6 26. Nc3 Rd6 27. Qh4 f5 28. Bg5 Qd7
29. Bh6 e4 30. Ne2 exd3 31. Nf4 d2 32. Re3 Bf7 33. Bxg7 Kxg7 34. Re7 Qd8 35.
Rxd2 Rxd2 36. Ne6+ Kg8 37. Nxd8 Rfxd8 38. Qf6 Rf8 39. h4 Rxc2 40. h5 gxh5 41.
Qg5+ Kh8 42. Qxf5 Rc1+ 43. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Kapechun, Mikhailo"]
[Black "Gordon, Stephen J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2184"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "34147527"]
[BlackFideId "411477"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 d6 8. Re1
Rb8 9. a4 a6 10. c3 Qc7 11. Qc2 Bd7 12. Nf1 Rfc8 13. Bf4 Nh5 14. Be3 h6 15. g4
Nf6 16. h3 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Bf4 Nh7 19. Ne3 Nf8 20. Bg3 Ne5 21. Nd2 g5 22.
f4 gxf4 23. Bxf4 Bg5 24. Bg3 Nfg6 25. Nf3 b4 26. Nxe5 dxe5 27. Qf2 bxc3 28. bxc3
Bf4 29. h4 Qd8 30. h5 Bxg3 31. Qxg3 Nf4 32. Nc4 f6 33. Nd6 Rc6 34. Nc4 Rc7 35.
Bf1 Rb3 36. Ra3 Rxa3 37. Nxa3 Ra7 38. Nc2 Qa5 39. Ra1 Qb6 40. Rxa7 Qxa7 41. Qe3
Ba4 42. Ne1 Qg7 43. Be2 Qg5 44. Ng2 Nxe2+ 45. Qxe2 Qc1+ 46. Kh2 Qxc3 47. Qa2 Qb3
48. Qf2 Qxd3 49. Qxf6 Qxe4 50. Qxe6+ Kg7 51. Qe7+ Kg8 52. Qe6+ Kg7 53. Qe7+ Kg8
54. Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Plat, Vojtech"]
[Black "Brewer, Callum D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "325740"]
[BlackFideId "435309"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 e6 4. Ngf3 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O c5 8. Ne5
Bb7 9. c3 Nbd7 10. f4 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Ndf3 Ndf6 13. Ng5 h6 14. Ngf3 Nd6
15. Qe1 Nfe4 16. Nh4 Nf5 17. Nxf5 exf5 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Qe2 Qe6
21. Rfd1 Ba6 22. Qd2 f6 23. Qd7 Bc8 24. Qxe6+ Bxe6 25. Nc6 Rfe8 26. b4 Bc4 27.
Rd6 Re6 28. bxc5 Bd5 29. Rxd5 Rxc6 30. Rb1 Rac8 31. Rb7 R8c7 32. Rxc7 Rxc7 33.
Rxf5 Kf7 34. Rd5 Ke6 35. c4 Rb7 36. f5+ Ke7 37. Kf2 Rb2+ 38. Kg3 Rxa2 39. c6 Ra6
40. Rd7+ Ke8 41. Rd6 Ke7 42. Re6+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Zhang, Junyi"]
[Black "Hagner, Bennet"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2172"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[ECO "B54"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Prins (Moscow) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "494437"]
[BlackFideId "16224477"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 Be6 7. c4 Nbd7 8. Be3
b5 9. cxb5 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Bf2 Bb4+ 12. N1d2 e4 13. fxe4 N5f6 14. Qe2 Bxb3
15. axb3 Rc8 16. Bd4 O-O 17. Bc3 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Rxc3 19. Qd1 Nc5 20. Be2 Qd4 21.
Nf3 Qe3 22. Kf1 Nxb3 23. Rb1 Nxe4 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Kuru, Atilla"]
[Black "Manmay Chopra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch game"]
[WhiteFideId "51607948"]
[BlackFideId "25649191"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. Nxc6 Bc5 6. Qf3 bxc6 7. Nd2 a5 8.
a4 d6 9. Nb3 Qxf3 10. gxf3 Bb6 11. Rg1 g6 12. Bd2 Nf6 13. Rg5 h6 14. Rxa5 Bxa5
15. Bxa5 Ke7 16. Bxc7 Ba6 17. e5 dxe5 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. Bxe5 Rd8 20. a5 Rd5 21.
Bc3 Nd7 22. Kf1 Kd8 23. Nd2 c5 24. Nc4 Kc7 25. b3 Kb7 26. Ne3 Rdd6 27. Ra4 Re6
28. h4 h5 29. Nc4 f6 30. Ra1 Ra8 31. Rd1 Kc6 32. Ne3 Rd6 33. Ra1 Kc7 34. Ke2 f5
35. Nc4 Re6+ 36. Kf1 Kb7 37. Rd1 Kc7 38. f4 Rae8 39. Be5+ Nxe5 40. fxe5 f4 41.
Ke2 Rf8 42. Kf3 Kc6 43. Ke4 Kc7 44. Nb6 Kc6 45. Nc4 Kc7 46. Nb2 Ra8 47. Nd3 Rxa5
48. Nxf4 Re8 49. Nxg6 Ra2 50. Rc1 c4 51. f4 cxb3 52. cxb3+ Kd7 53. Rd1+ Ke6 54.
f5+ Kf7 55. Rd7+ Kg8 56. f6 Re2+ 57. Kf3 R2xe5 58. Rg7# 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Janse, Jan Jaap"]
[Black "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Modern defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1010344"]
[BlackFideId "14103052"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. c3 Qa5 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nc6 7. e3 Nf6 8. Bg2
O-O 9. O-O d5 10. a3 Bf5 11. b4 Qb6 12. Nb3 Rfe8 13. Bb2 a5 14. bxa5 Nxa5 15.
Nxa5 Qxb2 16. Qb3 Qxb3 17. Nxb3 Rec8 18. Rfc1 Bf8 19. Bf1 Rxc1 20. Nxc1 e6 21.
a4 b6 22. Ne5 Bd6 23. Nc6 Ne4 24. a5 bxa5 25. Rxa5 Rc8 26. Ra6 Nd2 27. Bd3 Bh3
28. Rb6 Nf3+ 29. Kh1 Ne1 30. Be2 Bg2+ 31. Kg1 Be4 32. Nb3 Ra8 33. Nca5 Bc7 34.
Rb5 Nf3+ 35. Bxf3 Bxf3 36. Kf1 g5 37. Ke1 Kg7 38. Kd2 Kg6 39. h3 Bg2 40. Ke2
Bxh3 41. f3 Bxg3 42. Nc6 Ra2+ 43. Nd2 Bf1+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Williams, Simon K"]
[Black "Yoon, Jacob D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[ECO "A19"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian variation"]
[WhiteFideId "404454"]
[BlackFideId "446076"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 Ng8 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxe5 8.
Ndb5 a6 9. Nd6+ Bxd6 10. Qxd6 f6 11. Be3 Ne7 12. Bb6 Nf5 13. Qc5 d6 14. Qa5 Qd7
15. O-O-O Qc6 16. c5 Nd7 17. Be2 Nxb6 18. cxb6 Qxg2 19. Bd3 Qxf2 20. Rhf1 Qe3+
21. Kb1 O-O 22. Bxf5 exf5 23. Nd5 Qe4+ 24. Ka1 Bd7 25. Rfe1 Qa4 26. Qd2 Bc6 27.
Ne7+ Kh8 28. Qxd6 Be4 29. Re3 Rfe8 30. Rc1 f4 31. b3 Qa5 32. Rxe4 Red8 33. Qxf4
Qxb6 34. Qf5 g6 35. Nxg6+ hxg6 36. Qxg6 Qf2 37. Rc2 Qf1+ 38. Kb2 Qh3 39. Qxf6+
Kg8 40. Qg5+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Adams, Henry"]
[Black "Ghimpu, Samuel-Timotei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2159"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[ECO "A62"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Variation "fianchetto variation"]
[WhiteFideId "464562"]
[BlackFideId "1238175"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Qc7 12. e4 Re8 13. Nd2 Nh5 14. Be3 Rb8 15. a5
b5 16. axb6 Rxb6 17. Ra2 Rb4 18. g4 Nhf6 19. h3 Nb6 20. Re1 Nfd7 21. f4 c4 22.
e5 dxe5 23. Nde4 exf4 24. d6 Qd8 25. Bxf4 Bb7 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27. Bxb7 Nc5 28. Nd5
Nxd5 29. Bxd5 c3 30. Rf1 cxb2 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Wang, Hao(ZJ)"]
[Black "Blanquet, Camille"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2132"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "8631859"]
[BlackFideId "36037354"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. b3
O-O 9. Bb2 Bf5 10. a4 a5 11. Rc1 Re8 12. Nb5 Bf6 13. d3 Qd7 14. Nd2 Bg5 15. Rc5
Be7 16. Rc2 Bd6 17. Qc1 Bh3 18. Rxc6 bxc6 19. Bxc6 Qd8 20. Re1 Re6 21. Bxa8 Qxa8
22. f3 Nd5 23. Ne4 Rh6 24. Nexd6 cxd6 25. Ba3 Qa6 26. e4 Qb6+ 27. d4 Ne7 28. Qe3
Qd8 29. Rd1 Nc6 30. dxe5 Nxe5 31. Bb2 Qc8 32. Bxe5 dxe5 33. Qc3 Qxc3 34. Rd8# 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Verbin, Valentina"]
[Black "Grutter, Tim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[ECO "C79"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Steinitz defence deferred (Russian defence)"]
[WhiteFideId "13905910"]
[BlackFideId "1057472"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Bd7 7. Bb3 h6 8. d4 g6
9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. Nd5 Bg4 12. c3 O-O 13. h3 Be6 14. c4 Nd7 15. Bd2
Nd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Bf4 Rc8 18. Bg3 Nc5 19. e5 Nxb3 20. Qxb3 b5 21. Qf3 bxc4
22. Nf4 Qd7 23. Rac1 Rb8 24. Red1 c5 25. Qe2 d3 26. Qe4 d2 27. Rc3 Bf5 28. Qxc4
Bxe5 29. Nxg6 Bxc3 30. Nxf8 Qe7 31. Qxc3 Rd8 32. Bf4 Rd3 33. Qe5 Qxe5 34. Bxe5
Kxf8 35. Bc3 Be6 36. a3 h5 37. Rxd2 Rxd2 38. Bxd2 Ke7 39. Kh2 Kf6 40. Kg3 Kf5
41. f3 Bd5 42. Be3 c4 43. Bd4 Kg5 44. h4+ Kf5 45. Kf2 Kf4 46. Bb6 Kf5 47. Ke3
Be6 48. Kd4 Kf4 49. Bc7+ Kf5 50. Bd6 Kg6 51. Kc5 Kf5 52. Kd4 Kg6 53. Ke5 Bf5 54.
Kf4 Bd3 55. g4 Be2 56. Be5 Bd1 57. Bc3 Ba4 58. Ke3 Bd7 59. Kf4 Bc6 60. Bd4 a5
61. Bc3 a4 62. Bd4 Bd7 63. Bf2 Bc6 64. Ke3 Bd7 65. gxh5+ Kxh5 66. Kd4 Bf5 67.
Kxc4 Be6+ 68. Kd4 Bb3 69. Ke5 Bc4 70. Be1 Bb3 71. Kf6 Bd5 72. Bf2 Bxf3 73. Kxf7
Bd5+ 74. Kf6 Bb3 75. Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Gormally, Daniel W"]
[Black "Burrows, Martin P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2117"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "406465"]
[BlackFideId "409057"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 b5 9. a4 c6 10. e3 Nbd7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O a6 13. Qb1 Qc7 14. Bg3 Qb6 15.
Nd2 Re8 16. Bf3 Nd5 17. Qc2 Bb7 18. Rfb1 Qa7 19. Ne4 N7b6 20. Nd6 bxa4 21. Nxe8
Rxe8 22. Qb2 f5 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. Qxb7 Qxb7 25. Rxb7 Nxc3 26. Be5 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Hill, Alistair"]
[Black "Mazur, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2104"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[ECO "D08"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Albin counter-gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "432407"]
[BlackFideId "14909332"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ne7 4. cxd5 Qxd5 5. Bd2 Qxe5 6. Nc3 Nbc6 7. e4 Ng6 8.
Nf3 Qh5 9. Nb5 Bd6 10. Nxd6+ cxd6 11. Be2 Bg4 12. O-O Nge5 13. Bc3 O-O-O 14. Nd4
Nxd4 15. Bxg4+ Nxg4 16. h3 Ne6 17. Qxg4 Qxg4 18. hxg4 h5 19. g5 d5 20. Rac1 Kb8
21. f4 d4 22. Bd2 b6 23. f5 Nc5 24. Bf4+ Ka8 25. b4 Nxe4 26. Rc7 Nc3 27. Be5
Rhe8 28. Bxg7 Nd5 29. Rxf7 d3 30. Rf2 Re1+ 31. Kh2 Re2 32. Rf3 d2 33. Rd3 Rxg2+
34. Kh1 Re2 35. Bf6 Rc8 36. Bd4 Nf4 37. Rxd2 Rxd2 38. g6 Rc1+ 39. Bg1 Rg2 40. g7
Rcxg1# 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Golding, Alex"]
[Black "Both, Bert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2102"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "427241"]
[BlackFideId "1014340"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. a3 Nf6 8. Be2
b5 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. O-O e5 11. Kh1 Bd6 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Bg4 Rd8 15.
Qf3 Ke7 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qe3 Kf7 18. Rad1 Rhf8 19. Qh3 Rh8 20. Rd3 h5 21. Rfd1
c5 22. Ne2 c4 23. R3d2 Be7 24. Rxd8 Bxd8 25. Qf3 Be7 26. h4 Kg6 27. Ng3 Qc8 28.
Qe2 Qc7 29. Qf3 Qc8 30. c3 f5 31. Ne2 f4 32. g3 Rd8 33. Rg1 Kh6 34. gxf4 Bxh4
35. Qg2 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.17"]
[White "Brown, Thomas"]
[Black "Skytte, Rasmus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2082"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[ECO "A31"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, Benoni formation"]
[WhiteFideId "1801430"]
[BlackFideId "1404210"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nf3 g6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. e4 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd3 a5 11. O-O a4 12. b4 axb3 13. axb3 Rxa1 14. Rxa1
Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bxc3 16. Ra7 Bg7 17. Bf3 e6 18. Qd3 Qc7 19. Qd2 Be5 20. g3 h5 21.
Qb4 Qd8 22. Bxb7 Bxb7 23. Qxb7 h4 24. Bh6 Bg7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Kg2 Qf6 27. Ra8
Qf5 28. Rxf8 h3+ 29. Kf1 Qd3+ 30. Ke1 Kxf8 31. Qb6 Kg8 32. Qe3 Qb1+ 33. Ke2 Qh1
34. c5 dxc5 35. Qxc5 Qxh2 36. Qc8+ Kg7 37. Qc3+ Kg8 38. Qc8+ Kg7 39. Qc3+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.18"]
[White "Badacsonyi, Stanley"]
[Black "White, Stuart A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "486973"]
[BlackFideId "407747"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Be2 Bf5 8. Nf3
e6 9. Qb3 Nh5 10. Be5 Na5 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. h3 Nf6 13. O-O Be7 14. Rfc1 O-O 15.
Bg3 Qb6 16. Nh4 Be4 17. Qd1 Rfc8 18. f3 Bg6 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Na4 Qd8 21. Nc5
Bxc5 22. Rxc5 Nd7 23. Rc3 Ne7 24. Qb3 Rxc3 25. bxc3 b5 26. a4 Nf5 27. Bf2 bxa4
28. Qxa4 a5 29. Rb1 Nd6 30. Qc6 Nf6 31. Ba6 Rb8 32. Rxb8 Qxb8 33. g4 g5 34. Kg2
Nfe8 35. Qa4 Qb6 36. Bd3 Nf6 37. Qa3 Nc4 38. Bxc4 dxc4 39. e4 Qb5 40. d5 exd5
41. e5 Nd7 42. Qe7 Nf8 43. Qd8 Qd7 44. Qa8 Qc7 45. Bd4 a4 46. h4 gxh4 47. f4 Qd7
48. f5 Qb5 49. Kh3 g5 50. Qd8 a3 51. Qxg5+ Ng6 52. fxg6 a2 53. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.19"]
[White "Rida, Ruqayyah"]
[Black "Kalavannan, Koby"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "343272375"]
[BlackFideId "425753"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Bd3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
O-O Be6 9. Qe2 Rd8 10. c4 Ndb4 11. c5 Qc7 12. Bb5 a6 13. Ba4 Bf5 14. Qf3 Bd3 15.
Bf4 Qc8 16. Rc1 g5 17. Be5 Rg8 18. Na3 Bh6 19. Qe3 Kf8 20. Bc3 Bf5 21. Bxb4 Nxb4
22. Rd1 Nd5 23. Qd2 Rg6 24. Nd4 Nf4 25. Qe3 Bg4 26. f3 Bg7 27. Kh1 Bxf3 28. gxf3
Qh3 29. Ne6+ Nxe6 30. Bd7 Bxb2 31. Bxe6 Rxd1+ 32. Rxd1 Rxe6 33. Qxg5 Rg6 34. Qd2
Qxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.20"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Bharat Kumar, Balahari"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2068"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Janowski variation"]
[WhiteFideId "436224"]
[BlackFideId "496464"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 c5 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Nge2
c4 9. Bc2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 b5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nf4 Be6 14. Ncxd5 Bxd5
15. Qh5 g6 16. Qxd5 Nb4 17. Qxd8 Raxd8 18. Be4 Rfe8 19. Bf3 g5 20. Ne2 Nd5 21.
a4 Nb4 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rfb1 Rb8 24. Nc3 Nc2 25. Ra6 Bg7 26. Bc6 b4 27. Ne4
Red8 28. Nc5 b3 29. Be4 Nb4 30. Ra5 Na2 31. Na4 Rdc8 32. g4 h6 33. Ra7 c3 34.
bxc3 Rxc3 35. Kg2 Rc1 36. Rb2 Ra1 37. Nc5 Rd1 38. Rxb3 Rxb3 39. Nxb3 Nb4 40. Nc5
Bf8 41. Nd7 Be7 42. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Tudoroiu, Razvan-Catalin"]
[Black "Southcott-Moyers, Indy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2063"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1281100"]
[BlackFideId "488542"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Nbd7 8.
Qc2 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Nd2 Nxg3 11. hxg3 c6 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. e4 Be6 14. e5 Qd7
15. Bd3 O-O-O 16. f4 gxf4 17. gxf4 Bg4 18. Rde1 Kb8 19. a3 Be7 20. Nd1 c5 21.
dxc5 Bxc5 22. Nb3 Bxa3 23. bxa3 Rc8 24. Nc3 d4 25. Bb5 Qe7 26. Nxd4 Qxa3+ 27.
Kb1 Qb4+ 28. Qb2 Qxd4 29. Rc1 Nc4 30. Bxc4 Rxc4 31. Qa3 Rhc8 32. Kb2 R4c6 33.
Rc2 Rb6+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Hobson, Kenneth"]
[Black "Patel, Zain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2058"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "480819"]
[BlackFideId "469246"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. a3 a6 6. Be3 Bxe3 7. fxe3 O-O 8.
Nbd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Qe2 Nb6 11. Bb3 Qe7 12. h4 Be6 13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14. Ng5
Qd7 15. O-O-O Nd5 16. Nde4 f5 17. c4 Nf6 18. Nc3 Rab8 19. h5 h6 20. Nf3 Qf7 21.
Rh3 e4 22. dxe4 fxe4 23. Nd2 Qe6 24. Rh4 Rbd8 25. Ndxe4 Nxe4 26. Rxe4 Qf5 27. g4
Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Qf2 29. Qd5+ Kh8 30. Kb1 Rd8 31. Qe6 Na5 32. Qf5 Qxf5 33. gxf5
Nb3 34. Rf4 Rd2 35. Nd5 c6 36. f6 gxf6 37. Nxf6 Rg2 38. Rg4 Nd2+ 39. Ka2 Rxg4
40. Nxg4 Kg7 41. c5 Ne4 42. b4 Ng3 43. Kb3 Nxh5 44. Kc4 Nf6 45. Nf2 Kg6 46. Kd4
Nd5 47. e4 Nc7 48. Ke5 h5 49. a4 h4 50. Kd6 Ne8+ 51. Kd7 Nf6+ 52. Kc7 Kg5 53.
Kxb7 Kf4 54. Kxc6 Kf3 55. e5 Ng8 56. Nh1 Ne7+ 57. Kd7 Nd5 58. Kd6 Ke4 59. e6 h3
60. e7 Nxe7 61. Kxe7 Kd5 62. Kd7 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Clarke, Connor"]
[Black "Ashton, Adam G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2058"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[ECO "D60"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Orthodox defence, Rauzer variation"]
[WhiteFideId "457655"]
[BlackFideId "410110"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qb3 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Be2 cxd4 11. Nxd4 e5 12. Nf3 Qa5 13. Qb5 Qc7 14. O-O a6
15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Qd5 Re8 18. Rac1 Nf6 19. Qa5 Be6 20. Nxe5 Bxa2
21. Nc6 bxc6 22. Qxa2 c5 23. Bf3 Ra7 24. Qa5 Rc8 25. Rfd1 g6 26. Qb6 Kg7 27. b4
c4 28. Rd6 Rd7 29. Rxd7 Qxd7 30. Qxa6 c3 31. Qe2 Qa4 32. b5 Qb3 33. Bc6 Rd8 34.
h3 Rd2 35. Qe1 Qb2 36. b6 Qxb6 37. Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "Lau, Lut Yin Luke"]
[Black "ONUOHA, Obioma"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "2056"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "modern attack, Symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "6002226"]
[BlackFideId "8505837"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. O-O Nxe5 8.
dxe5 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxc3 10. Rb1 O-O 11. Bxh7+ Kxh7 12. Qd3+ Kg8 13. Qxc3 d4 14.
Qg3 Qd7 15. Bg5 Qg4 16. Qxg4 Bxg4 17. Rxb7 Rfc8 18. Be7 c5 19. f3 Bf5 20. Rc1 a6
21. g4 Be6 22. c4 dxc3 23. Rxc3 Bxa2 24. Bxc5 Bd5 25. Rd7 Be6 26. Rdd3 a5 27. h3
a4 28. f4 Ra5 29. Bd6 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 Bb3 31. Ba3 Rb5 32. Kf2 Ba2 33. Bc1 Kh7 34.
h4 g6 35. Rc7 Be6 36. f5 gxf5 37. gxf5 Ba2 38. Re7 Kg8 39. Re8+ Kg7 40. Bg5 Rb6
41. e6 fxe6 42. f6+ Kg6 43. Rg8+ Kf7 44. Rg7+ Kf8 45. Bh6 Rb2+ 46. Ke1 Rb1+ 47.
Kd2 e5 48. Rb7+ Kg8 49. f7+ Bxf7 50. Rxb1 a3 51. Rg1+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.25"]
[White "Varney, Zoe"]
[Black "Demac, Elias"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "2053"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "436135"]
[BlackFideId "1505807"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Qa5+ 7. Nd2 Qa6 8. c4
e6 9. Ngf3 Nh6 10. O-O Nf5 11. b3 Be7 12. a4 Nxh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. Ba3 Nd7 15.
g3 Be7 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Qe3 Qa5 18. b4 Qd8 19. b5 Kf8 20. Rfb1 g6 21. a5 a6 22.
bxc6 bxc6 23. Rb7 Kg7 24. Rab1 h4 25. g4 h3 26. Kh2 Qe7 27. Qf4 Rhb8 28. g5 Rxb7
29. Rxb7 Qd8 30. Rb3 Rb8 31. Rf3 Qe8 32. Qh4 Kf8 33. Qh7 Ke7 34. Qh4 Rb2 35. Qf4
Ra2 36. cxd5 cxd5 37. Nb3 Ra4 38. Qc1 Qb8 39. Qf4 Qe8 40. Qc1 Qb8 41. Qf4 Qe8
42. Qc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.26"]
[White "Martin, Nils"]
[Black "Barbu, Simon-Alexandru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2051"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Tartakower (Nimzovich) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "45160473"]
[BlackFideId "1257170"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Ne2 Re8 9. O-O Na6 10. Qc2 g6 11. Bh6 Nc7 12. Ng3 f5 13. Qd2 Ne6 14. Rfe1 Bc7
15. Bc4 Qf6 16. Bg5 Qg7 17. d5 cxd5 18. Bb5 f4 19. Nf1 Rf8 20. Be7 a6 21. Ba4 d4
22. Bxf8 Kxf8 23. cxd4 b5 24. Qb4+ Kg8 25. Bb3 Bd7 26. Rad1 Qh6 27. Qe7 Rd8 28.
Bxe6 fxe6 29. Rc1 Ba5 30. b4 Bb6 31. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.27"]
[White "Skytte, Robert"]
[Black "Wall, Tim P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[ECO "C71"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "modern Steinitz defence, Three knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1471775"]
[BlackFideId "401641"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. d4 f6 8. O-O
Ne7 9. Be3 Ng6 10. Qd3 Qd7 11. d5 Bb5 12. Nxb5 axb5 13. h3 Be7 14. Kh2 h5 15. c4
bxc4 16. Qxc4 O-O 17. Rfc1 Bd8 18. a4 f5 19. exf5 Qxf5 20. a5 Nf4 21. Nd2 h4 22.
Qb5 Qg6 23. Bxf4 Rxf4 24. f3 Bg5 25. Qxb7 Raf8 26. Rxc7 Rd4 27. Nf1 e4 28. fxe4
Bf4+ 29. Kh1 Be5 30. Rc8 Qf6 31. Rxf8+ Qxf8 32. Qd7 Rxe4 33. a6 Bxb2 34. Rb1 Re8
35. Nd2 Bd4 36. Nf3 Bf2 37. Qg4 Qf6 38. Qd7 Re7 39. Qc8+ Kh7 40. Qc2+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.28"]
[White "Swiatkowski, Dominik"]
[Black "Herzwurm, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1874"]
[BlackElo "2047"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "343415202"]
[BlackFideId "4668570"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. c3 d6 8. d4 cxd4
9. cxd4 O-O 10. Nc3 Qb6 11. Na4 Qa5 12. Bd2 Qh5 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Nc3 Rfc8 15. Qd2
b5 16. Ne2 e5 17. g4 Qxg4 18. h3 Qxe4 19. Ng3 Qd5 20. Nxe5 Qe6 21. Nxc6 Bxc6 22.
Rfe1 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qd5+ 24. Kg1 Nf5 25. Nxf5 Qxf5 26. Kh2 Rc2 27. Qb4 Re8 28.
Rad1 Rxe3 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.29"]
[White "Freeman, Luke"]
[Black "Verbytski, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1867"]
[BlackElo "2039"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, Sokolsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "343411959"]
[BlackFideId "495506"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8.
Nc3 g6 9. f3 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. Qd3 Rfc8 13. b3 Rab8 14. Nxc6 Qxc6
15. Rac1 b6 16. Rfd1 Qb7 17. a4 Nd7 18. Rb1 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21.
Bh6 f6 22. Qc2 Qa7+ 23. Qf2 Qxf2+ 24. Kxf2 bxc4 25. bxc4 Rxb1 26. Rxb1 Ne5 27.
h4 Kf7 28. Bf4 Nxc4 29. Rb7 Ke6 30. g4 Na5 31. Ra7 Nc6 32. Rb7 Nd8 33. Ra7 Nf7
34. Ra2 Rc3 35. Rb2 Ra3 36. Rc2 Rb3 37. Ra2 h6 38. Rc2 g5 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. Bg3
Nd8 41. Bh2 Nb7 42. Ke2 Nc5 43. Rd2 Na4 44. Bg3 Rb2 45. Rxb2 Nxb2 46. f4 gxf4
47. Bxf4 Nc4 48. Bh6 Ne5 49. g5 Nf7 50. gxf6 Nxh6 51. fxe7 Kxe7 52. Kd3 Ke6 53.
Kd4 Ng4 54. Kd3 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.30"]
[White "Kilambi, Venkata Ananth Akshay"]
[Black "Siddharth, Gopakumar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2038"]
[BlackElo "1864"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "489395"]
[BlackFideId "5053463"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 c5 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 a6 5. c4 dxc4 6. bxc4 Nc6 7. a3 Bf5 8. Be2
Bd3 9. O-O e6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Bxd3 Qxd3 13. Ne2 b5 14. Nf4 Qd6 15.
Ne2 Rfd8 16. d4 cxd4 17. Nexd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 bxc4 19. Qa4 Rdb8 20. Qc2 Nd5 21.
a4 Ra7 22. Nf3 f6 23. Rfd1 Qb4 24. Bd4 Rab7 25. Qa2 Qb3 26. Qe2 Rb4 27. Nd2 Qxa4
28. Nxc4 Qb5 29. Qd3 a5 30. g3 Rb3 31. Qe4 Qa6 32. Ba1 R3b4 33. Qd3 Nb6 34. Nb2
Qxd3 35. Nxd3 Rb5 36. Rc6 Nd5 37. e4 Rb1 38. Rcc1 Rxc1 39. Rxc1 Nb4 40. Rb1 Rd8
41. Nxb4 Bxb4 42. Kg2 e5 43. Kf3 Rd2 44. Rc1 h5 45. h4 Ra2 46. Kg2 Kh7 47. Bc3
Bc5 48. Be1 Bd4 49. Rd1 a4 50. Rd3 Kg8 51. Kf3 Kf7 52. Bd2 Rb2 53. Be3 Bxe3 54.
Kxe3 Rb3 55. Rxb3 axb3 56. Kd3 f5 57. f3 f4 58. gxf4 exf4 59. Kc3 g5 60. Kxb3
gxh4 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.31"]
[White "Kim, Changhoon"]
[Black "Balzer, Lars"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1874"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[ECO "E62"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, Kavalek (Bronstein) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "34117234"]
[BlackFideId "4646452"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 Qa5 8. e4 Bg4
9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 e5 11. d5 cxd5 12. cxd5 Nbd7 13. Be3 a6 14. h4 h5 15. Qa4
Qd8 16. Qb4 Qb8 17. a4 b6 18. Rfc1 Rc8 19. Qa3 Kh7 20. b4 Bh6 21. Bxh6 Kxh6 22.
Nd1 Qb7 23. Nb2 b5 24. a5 Kg7 25. Qe3 Rxc1+ 26. Rxc1 Rc8 27. Rc3 Rxc3 28. Qxc3
Qa7 29. Kf1 Ng4 30. Nd1 Nh2+ 31. Ke2 Nxf3 32. Kxf3 Nf6 33. Ne3 Kg8 34. Qc8+ Kg7
35. Qc3 Kg8 36. Qc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.32"]
[White "Woods, Yannick"]
[Black "Hu, Junyan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
[BlackElo "1862"]
[ECO "E25"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2518384"]
[BlackFideId "343401260"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. f3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3
O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Ng3 Bd7 13. Re1 h6 14. Bb2 Re7 15.
Qd2 Rae8 16. Rac1 Na5 17. Qf2 Nb3 18. Rc2 c4 19. Bf5 h5 20. h4 g6 21. Bxd7 Qxd7
22. Rce2 Qc6 23. a4 Re6 24. Nh1 Qxa4 25. Qg3 b5 26. Nf2 b4 27. e4 Qa5 28. e5
bxc3 29. exf6 Nxd4 30. Rxe6 Nxe6 31. Rxe6 Rxe6 32. Qb8+ Kh7 33. Nh3 Qb6+ 34.
Qxb6 Rxb6 35. Bxc3 Rb3 36. Bd4 c3 37. Nf4 c2 38. Ne2 a5 39. Kf2 a4 40. Ke1 Rd3
41. Bb2 a3 42. Bc1 a2 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.33"]
[White "Ruane, Brendan J"]
[Black "Byron, Alan M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1857"]
[BlackElo "2022"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "anti-Caro-Kann defence"]
[WhiteFideId "430218"]
[BlackFideId "401773"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Be7 6. Be2 Ngf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
Qc7 9. Bg5 Re8 10. Rfe1 Nf8 11. Rad1 Bg4 12. Nh4 Bxe2 13. Rxe2 exd4 14. Nb1 Ne6
15. Bc1 g6 16. Nf3 c5 17. b4 Nh5 18. g3 b6 19. b5 Bf6 20. Rde1 Qb7 21. Qd3 Bg7
22. Nbd2 Qd7 23. Nf1 Nc7 24. Nh4 a6 25. a4 axb5 26. axb5 Qe6 27. f4 Ra4 28. Nd2
Qg4 29. Ndf3 Ra1 30. Kg2 Rxc1 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.34"]
[White "Ortiz Sanchez, Luis"]
[Black "Ratcliffe, James"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2007"]
[BlackElo "1845"]
[ECO "B34"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, modern variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24581160"]
[BlackFideId "343432840"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be3 d6 7. f3 h5 8. Qd2
Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Bh6 10. Bb5+ Kf8 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Be6 13. Qd4 Qa5 14. h4 a6
15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Kf2 Qc5 17. Ne2 Qxd4+ 18. Nxd4 Bc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. c3 Kg7 21.
Rhd1 Rb8 22. Rac1 b5 23. Nc2 a5 24. Ne3 Rc7 25. Rd2 a4 26. Rdc2 Rc5 27. Ke2 b4
28. cxb4 Rxb4 29. Rxc5 dxc5 30. Rxc5 Rxb2+ 31. Rc2 Rb1 32. Kd3 Nd7 33. Nd5 e6
34. Ne3 Kf6 35. Rc7 Ne5+ 36. Kc2 Re1 37. Kd2 Ra1 38. Rc2 Rh1 39. Nc4 Rxh4 40.
Nxe5 Kxe5 41. Ke3 g5 42. Rc5+ Kf6 43. Ra5 Rh2 44. Kf2 Rh1 45. Rxa4 Ra1 46. Ra5
h4 47. Ra7 Kg7 48. a4 Ra2+ 49. Kg1 Kf6 50. Kh2 Ke5 51. Rxf7 Rxa4 52. Kh3 Ra2 53.
g3 hxg3 54. Kxg3 Ra1 55. Rf8 Rh1 56. Kf2 Rh4 57. Ke3 Rh3 58. Kf2 Rh4 59. Kg3 Rh1
60. Kg4 Rg1+ 61. Kh5 Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.35"]
[White "Swiatkowski, Aram"]
[Black "Kendall, Arthur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1843"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Reti (Spielmann) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "343415210"]
[BlackFideId "343410960"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 dxe4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Qe2 Bb4 6. O-O-O Qe7 7. Nxe4 Nbd7 8.
d3 Ba3 9. Nc3 c6 10. f4 a5 11. g4 a4 12. Bg2 axb3 13. cxb3 Bxb2+ 14. Kxb2 Qa3+
15. Kb1 O-O 16. g5 Nd5 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Qb2 Qxb2+ 19. Kxb2 Re8 20. d4 Nf8 21.
Nge2 Bg4 22. Rd2 Bxe2 23. Nxe2 Re3 24. Ng3 g6 25. Rf1 Ne6 26. Rff2 Re8 27. Kc2
Ng7 28. Rde2 Nf5 29. Rxe3 Rxe3 30. Nxf5 gxf5 31. Kd2 Re4 32. Kd3 Kg7 33. a4 Kg6
34. b4 Kh5 35. b5 cxb5 36. axb5 Kg4 37. Rc2 Kxf4 38. Rc7 b6 39. Rxf7 Re3+ 40.
Kd2 Rb3 41. h4 Rxb5 42. Rxh7 Rb2+ 43. Kc3 Rg2 44. Rh6 Rg3+ 45. Kb4 Ke4 46. Rxb6
Kxd4 47. g6 f4 48. h5 f3 49. Rf6 Ke5 50. Rf7 Ke6 51. Kc3 Rg5 52. Rxf3 Rxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.36"]
[White "Sciupokas, Arunas"]
[Black "Pai, Sidhanth"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1990"]
[BlackElo "1842"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "12803693"]
[BlackFideId "343111937"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. O-O e6 7. c3 Be7 8. Re1
O-O 9. Nbd2 b5 10. Bc2 Bb7 11. Nf1 Rc8 12. Ng3 Qc7 13. Qe2 Rfe8 14. h3 Bf8 15.
Bd2 e5 16. a4 d5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Bg5 dxe4 19. dxe4 c4 20. Nh2 h6 21. Bxf6 Nxf6
22. Ng4 Re6 23. Ne3 g6 24. Red1 h5 25. Nd5 Qc5 26. b4 cxb3 27. Bxb3 h4 28. Nf1
Rd6 29. Nxf6+ Rxf6 30. Bd5 Bxd5 31. exd5 Qxc3 32. Ne3 b4 33. d6 Rxd6 34. Rdc1
Qxc1+ 35. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 36. Kh2 Rd4 37. Qb2 Rc8 38. Qb3 Rc3 39. Qb2 Rcd3 40. Ng4
Rd2 41. Qb3 R2d3 42. Qb2 Bd6 43. Ne3 e4+ 44. Kg1 Rd1+ 45. Nf1 Be5 46. Qc2 Re1
47. Qc8+ Kg7 48. Qc5 Bf6 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.37"]
[White "Vaidyanathan, Sathya"]
[Black "Rayner, Francis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1842"]
[BlackElo "1983"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[WhiteFideId "490539"]
[BlackFideId "1800132"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Qd3 dxc5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. f3 b6 8.
Be3 Kc7 9. a4 Kb7 10. Na3 Be6 11. Bc4 Bxc4 12. Nxc4 e6 13. a5 Rd8 14. Nh3 h6 15.
Ke2 Be7 16. Ra3 b5 17. a6+ Ka8 18. Na5 Rc8 19. Nxc6 Rxc6 20. Ra5 Rb8 21. Nf4 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.38"]
[White "Ashton, Alannah"]
[Black "Sow, MiaoGeng Malcolm"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "1983"]
[BlackElo "1842"]
[ECO "B41"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, Maroczy bind (Reti variation)"]
[WhiteFideId "480681"]
[BlackFideId "5817501"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 d5 8. exd5
exd5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Be3 Bb7 14. Rfd1 Qe7
15. Bf3 Rad8 16. Bd4 Ne4 17. Na4 f5 18. a3 Bd6 19. Bb6 Rc8 20. Nc3 Bxh2+ 21. Kf1
Be5 22. Nxd5 Qd6 23. Qb3 Kh8 24. Qb4 Qxb4 25. axb4 Bxb2 26. Ra5 Rc2 27. Nc7 g5
28. Ne6 Re8 29. Nxg5 Nd2+ 30. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.39"]
[White "Venkatesh, Anuj"]
[Black "Dewangan, Aayush"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1825"]
[BlackElo "1981"]
[ECO "A49"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto without c4"]
[WhiteFideId "455636"]
[BlackFideId "469700"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. c4 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3
O-O 9. O-O e5 10. d5 Na5 11. e4 c6 12. Re1 cxd5 13. exd5 Re8 14. d6 Nac4 15. Nb5
Rb8 16. Be3 e4 17. Nc7 Rf8 18. Bxb6 axb6 19. Rxe4 Nxd6 20. Ne8 Bxb2 21. Rb1 Ba3
22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. Qxd6 Bxd6 24. Rxb6 Bc5 25. Rb2 Bf5 26. Re5 b6 27. h3 h5 28.
Ree2 Kg7 29. Ng5 Rfd8 30. Be4 Bc8 31. Red2 Rxd2 32. Rxd2 Be7 33. h4 Bxg5 34.
hxg5 Be6 35. Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.40"]
[White "Chapman, Luke"]
[Black "Gupta, Aditya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1976"]
[BlackElo "1808"]
[ECO "B76"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, Yugoslav attack, Rauser variation"]
[WhiteFideId "343416608"]
[BlackFideId "343418643"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 e5 13. Bc5 Re8 14. Ne4 Be6
15. h4 f5 16. Ng5 Bh6 17. Bc4 Bxg5 18. hxg5 Nf4 19. Qc3 Qxg5 20. Be3 Qe7 21.
Bxf4 exf4 22. Kb1 Rad8 23. Rc1 Qd7 24. Bxe6+ Qxe6 25. Rxh7 Qe5 26. Qxe5 Rxe5 27.
Rxa7 Rd2 28. a4 Rxg2 29. Rd1 Rd5 30. Re1 Rd8 31. Rb7 g5 32. a5 g4 33. Rb4 Ra8
34. Rxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.41"]
[White "Saxena, Advik"]
[Black "Vaddhireddy, Sai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1806"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "343423892"]
[BlackFideId "499560"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Re1 Bg6 11. Bg5 Rc8 12. Qb3 b5 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Ne5 Qb6 15.
e3 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Rxd7 18. d5 cxd5 19. Nxd5 Rxc1 20. Nxe7+ Rxe7 21.
Rxc1 h6 22. Qb4 Rc7 23. Rxc7 Qxc7 24. Qxb5 Qc1+ 25. Bf1 Bf5 26. Qb8+ Kh7 27.
Qxa7 Bd3 28. Kg2 Qxf1+ 29. Kf3 Qh1+ 30. Kg4 Qe4+ 31. f4 Be2+ 32. Kh3 Bf1+ 33.
Kg4 h5+ 34. Kh4 Qf5 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.42"]
[White "Ward, Cian"]
[Black "Prince, Alan R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1947"]
[BlackElo "1803"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "475599"]
[BlackFideId "2402165"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Nc3 Nc7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. O-O g6 8.
Re1 Bg7 9. Ne4 b6 10. Nf6+ Kf8 11. Ne4 Ne6 12. d3 h6 13. c3 Bb7 14. Qc2 Qc7 15.
Be3 Rd8 16. Rad1 Kg8 17. d4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Kh7 19. b4 Rhe8 20. h4 f5 21. exf6
exf6 22. h5 Qf7 23. hxg6+ Qxg6 24. Nh4 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.43"]
[White "Liu, Yiyi"]
[Black "Turner, Lewis A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1791"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8617171"]
[BlackFideId "412600"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Ba3 Nd7 8.
Bc4 c5 9. Qb3 O-O 10. Nf3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nb6 12. O-O Nxc4 13. Qxc4 Bg4 14. Ne5
Be6 15. Qb4 Qb6 16. f4 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Qxb4 18. Bxb4 f6 19. Nf3 Rd7 20. d5 Bf7 21.
Rd3 f5 22. e5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Bxd5 24. Bxe7 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Kf7 26. Bd6 Rc8 27. Rb1
b6 28. a4 Ke6 29. Rb4 Bh6 30. h4 Rc2 31. Bb8 Bf8 32. Rb3 Bc5+ 33. Kf1 Rc4 34.
Bxa7 Rxf4 35. a5 bxa5 36. Bxc5 Kxe5 37. Bf2 a4 38. Rb5+ Ke6 39. Ke2 h6 40. Rb6+
Kf7 41. h5 gxh5 42. Rxh6 Rc4 43. Kd3 Rf4 44. Ke3 Rb4 45. Rxh5 f4+ 46. Kd3 Rb3+
47. Ke4 Rb4+ 48. Bd4 a3 49. Ra5 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.44"]
[White "Rastogi, Nayan Keats"]
[Black "Butt, Laurence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1939"]
[BlackElo "1790"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, Sokolsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "343407579"]
[BlackFideId "440884"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 e5 7. d3 g6 8. a3
h5 9. Nd5 Nce7 10. b4 Nxd5 11. cxd5 cxb4 12. axb4 Be7 13. Be3 a6 14. Qb3 Nh6 15.
b5 f5 16. bxa6 bxa6 17. Qa4 Qxa4 18. Rxa4 f4 19. Bd2 g5 20. Bb4 O-O 21. Nxe5 a5
22. Ba3 f3 23. Nxf3 Rfb8 24. Ke2 Nf7 25. Nd2 Nd8 26. Nc4 Nb7 27. Rb1 Kf7 28. Rb6
Ke8 29. Bxd6 Nxd6 30. Nxd6+ Bxd6 31. Rxd6 Ke7 32. Rc6 Rb5 33. Ke3 Kd7 34. Rcc4
Rf8 35. Rc2 Kd6 36. Rca2 Ra8 37. Rc4 Rb3 38. Kd4 g4 39. h3 gxh3 40. gxh3 Rb1 41.
Rca4 Rh1 42. Rxa5 Rxa5 43. Rxa5 Rxh3 44. Ra6+ Ke7 45. Rh6 h4 46. Ke5 Rh1 47.
Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.45"]
[White "Rubeck, Jonathan"]
[Black "Wilson, Matthew R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1913"]
[BlackElo "1772"]
[ECO "C27"]
[Opening "Boden-Kieseritsky gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "435678"]
[BlackFideId "423459"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Nc3 Nxc3 5. dxc3 f6 6. Nh4 g6 7. f4 Qe7 8. f5
c6 9. fxg6 d5 10. Qh5 Kd8 11. Be2 Qg7 12. Qf3 hxg6 13. g3 Bh3 14. Be3 Nd7 15.
Qf2 b6 16. O-O-O Bc5 17. Bxc5 Nxc5 18. c4 Qh6+ 19. Kb1 Ne4 20. Qe1 Be6 21. cxd5
cxd5 22. Bc4 Ke7 23. Bxd5 Nc5 24. Bxa8 Rxa8 25. Qd2 Qxd2 26. Rxd2 g5 27. Ng2 Ne4
28. Re2 Nd6 29. Ne3 g4 30. Rd1 Nf5 31. Nd5+ Bxd5 32. Rxd5 Ke6 33. Rd3 Rh8 34. c3
Nd6 35. Kc1 f5 36. Kd1 Ne4 37. Rde3 Rd8+ 38. Kc2 Kf6 39. Rd3 Rxd3 40. Kxd3 Ng5
41. a4 Nf3 42. b4 f4 43. gxf4 exf4 44. Ke4 Kg5 45. c4 Nh4 46. c5 bxc5 47. bxc5
Nf5 48. c6 f3 49. Rd2 Ne7 50. c7 Kf6 51. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.46"]
[White "Eldridge, Albert"]
[Black "Gorskovs, Andrejs"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1781"]
[BlackElo "1920"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "343438857"]
[BlackFideId "343426751"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. c3 Nh5 7. dxc5 Nxf4 8.
exf4 Bxc5 9. Ne4 Be7 10. Nd6+ Bxd6 11. Qxd6 Qe7 12. Rd1 Qxd6 13. Rxd6 Ke7 14.
Rd2 d5 15. Bb5 Bd7 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. O-O f6 18. Re1 Kf7 19. h3 a5 20. c4 g6 21.
Rc1 Rac8 22. Rdc2 Rhe8 23. Kf1 Ke7 24. cxd5 exd5 25. Rc5 a4 26. Nd4 Kd6 27. f3
Rb8 28. b3 axb3 29. axb3 Rb6 30. Kf2 Ra8 31. R1c2 Raa6 32. g4 Rb4 33. Ke3 Rbb6
34. Kd2 Ra1 35. b4 Ra4 36. R5c3 Raxb4 37. Kd3 Ra4 38. f5 g5 39. Ne6 Bxe6 40.
fxe6 Ra8 41. Re2 Re8 42. Kd4 c5+ 43. Kd3 Rc6 44. Ra3 Rxe6 45. Rxe6+ Kxe6 46. Ra7
Ke5 47. Re7+ Kf4 48. Rd7 d4 49. Rxh7 c4+ 50. Kxd4 c3 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.47"]
[White "Jacobs, Simon"]
[Black "Norinkeviciute, Rasa"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "1749"]
[BlackElo "1904"]
[ECO "B07"]
[Opening "Pirc defence"]
[WhiteFideId "343440673"]
[BlackFideId "12801925"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. f4 e5 5. Nf3 Qe7 6. fxe5 dxe5 7. d5 c6 8. dxc6
bxc6 9. Bd3 Qc5 10. Qe2 Rb8 11. a3 Be7 12. Be3 Qa5 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. b4 O-O 15.
O-O c5 16. b5 Nb6 17. Nd5 Nfxd5 18. exd5 c4 19. Be4 f5 20. d6 Bxd6 21. Bc6 e4
22. Ng5 Bxh2+ 23. Kh1 h6 24. Nh3 Be5 25. Bf4 Be6 26. Bxe5 Qxe5 27. Nf4 Bf7 28.
a4 g5 29. a5 Nc8 30. Nh5 Nd6 31. Rad1 Nxb5 32. Rd7 Nd4 33. Rxd4 Qxd4 34. Rxf5
Rb1+ 35. Rf1 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.48"]
[White "Fryer, David W"]
[Black "Halas, Kim Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1902"]
[BlackElo "1729"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[Variation "Dutch variation"]
[WhiteFideId "406384"]
[BlackFideId "1546074"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. b3 f5 2. Bb2 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. Qc2 a5 8. a3 d6 9.
Nc3 Na6 10. g3 Qe7 11. Bg2 c5 12. O-O e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. e4 Rb8 15. Rfe1 f4
16. gxf4 exf4 17. e5 Ne8 18. Nd5 Qf7 19. Ng5 Bf5 20. Qe2 Qd7 21. e6 Qd6 22. e7
Rf7 23. Nxf7 Kxf7 24. Rad1 Bxb2 25. Qxb2 Nac7 26. Nxc7 Qxc7 27. Bd5+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.49"]
[White "Oh, Sejun"]
[Black "Binks, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1695"]
[BlackElo "1898"]
[ECO "A81"]
[Opening "Dutch defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13216112"]
[BlackFideId "1800957"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. O-O e6 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qc2 d5
9. Bf4 c6 10. Rfd1 Qe7 11. b3 Nbd7 12. c5 Ne8 13. b4 a6 14. a4 h6 15. h4 Ndf6
16. Ne5 Kh7 17. b5 axb5 18. axb5 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 cxb5 20. Nxb5 Nh5 21. Nd6 Nxf4
22. Nxc8 Qc7 23. Nb6 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Nxg2 25. Kxg2 Ng7 26. f4 Qc6 27. Qa4 Qc7 28.
Qb5 Rf7 29. Ra8 g5 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Rc8 Qe7 32. Qb1 Kg6 33. Na8 gxf4 34. gxf4
Qh4 35. e3 Qg4+ 36. Kf2 Qh4+ 37. Ke2 Qh2+ 38. Kd3 Qg2 39. Qe1 Qe4+ 40. Ke2 Qc2+
41. Kf3 Qe4+ 42. Kf2 Qc2+ 43. Qe2 Qxe2+ 44. Kxe2 Re7 45. Nb6 Kf7 46. Kd3 Ne8 47.
Rb8 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.50"]
[White "Lee, Younggyu"]
[Black "Williams, Tony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1892"]
[ECO "A98"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[Variation "Ilyin-Genevsky variation with Qc2"]
[WhiteFideId "13227378"]
[BlackFideId "343473660"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Qc2
Qh5 9. h3 a5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nb5 Bd8 12. Bc3 Bd7 13. Rfd1 Ne4 14. Be1 Kh8 15. d5
exd5 16. cxd5 Nb4 17. Bxb4 axb4 18. Nbd4 c5 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Nd2 d5 21. Qb3 Bb6
22. Nxe4 fxe4 23. Qxb4 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 Qxe2 25. Rd2 Qh5 26. h4 Bg4 27. a4 Bf3 28.
a5 Bxg2 29. Kxg2 Ra6 30. Ra3 h6 31. b4 Qf7 32. Rc3 Rb8 33. Rdc2 Qb7 34. Rb2 Rxa5
35. bxa5 Qxb2 36. Qc5 Qb4 37. a6 Qxc5 38. Rxc5 Rb6 39. Ra5 Rb8 40. a7 Ra8 41.
Kf1 Kg8 42. Ke2 d4 43. f3 e3 44. Kd3 c5 45. h5 Kf7 46. Ra6 Ke7 47. g4 Kf7 48. f4
Ke7 49. g5 Kf8 50. gxh6 gxh6 51. f5 Kg7 52. Rg6+ Kh7 53. Ra6 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.51"]
[White "Lee, Ain"]
[Black "Shankar, Yashwardhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1666"]
[BlackElo "1886"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13220110"]
[BlackFideId "2411067"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. h3 Nc6 6. c3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bf4
O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nbd2 f6 12. Qb3 Nf8 13. Bh2 Kh8 14. Rad1 e5 15.
dxe5 fxe5 16. Bb5 Qc7 17. Qxd5 Be6 18. Qe4 Bf5 19. Qa4 Nd7 20. Nc4 Nc5 21. Qa3
Nd3 22. Re2 Rad8 23. Ne3 Nf4 24. Red2 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 Qb6 26. Qb3 a6 27. Nxf5 gxf5
28. Bc4 Qc5 29. Bf1 Na5 30. Qa4 Nc6 31. Rd7 Ne6 32. Qh4 h6 33. Qh5 Re7 34. Rxe7
Nxe7 35. Bxe5 Kh7 36. Qf7 Ng6 37. Qxe6 Bxe5 38. Nxe5 Qxe5 39. Qf7+ Qg7 40. Qxf5
Kh8 41. Qc8+ Nf8 42. Bd3 Qe7 43. Qf5 Qe1+ 44. Kh2 Qe7 45. f4 Nd7 46. Qe4 Qf7 47.
Qd4+ Nf6 48. Bc4 Qe7 49. Qe5 Qd8 50. Qe6 b5 51. Bb3 a5 52. Qf7 a4 53. Be6 h5 54.
Qg6 Qf8 55. Bf7 Nh7 56. Qxh5 Qg7 57. Bg6 a3 58. bxa3 b4 59. axb4 Kg8 60. Qxh7+
Kf8 61. Qxg7+ Kxg7 62. a4 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.52"]
[White "Sadler, Ben"]
[Black "Saxena, Reyansh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1882"]
[BlackElo "1641"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "472190"]
[BlackFideId "343423884"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Nf8 7. e4 Ng6 8. e5
Nd7 9. d4 c5 10. c3 b6 11. Re1 O-O 12. h4 f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5
Ne8 16. Nf3 g6 17. c4 Bb7 18. Ng5 Ng7 19. Qg4 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Qc7 21. Bf6 Rae8 22.
cxd5 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Qf3 Qf7 25. Rad1 d4 26. Qb3 Qxb3 27. axb3 Ne6 28.
Kg2 Nc7 29. g4 Nd5 30. g5 Re6 31. Kg3 Rfe8 32. f4 Ne3 33. Rxe3 dxe3 34. Rd7 Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.28"]
[Round "1.53"]
[White "Siddhartha Shankar Srivastava"]
[Black "Anjulan, Ashwin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1589"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Euwe variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25780590"]
[BlackFideId "343411622"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. Na3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Nc2 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 f6 12. g4 fxe5 13. gxf5 e4 14. Ne5 Bd6 15. Bf4
Rxf5 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Qd2 Raf8 19. Ne1 e5 20. dxe5 Qg6+ 21. Kh1
e3 22. Qd3 exf2 23. Bf3 fxe1=Q 24. Bxd5+ Kh8 25. Rfxe1 Rd8 26. Bxc6 Rxd3 27. Be4
Rf1+ 28. Rxf1 Qxe4+ 29. Kg1 h6 30. Rae1 Re3 31. Rf8+ Kh7 32. Rc1 Qxe5 33. Rcc8
Re1+ 34. Kg2 Qe4+ 35. Kg3 Re3+ 36. Kf2 Re2+ 37. Kg3 Rg2+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Laurent-Paoli, Pierre"]
[Black "Gormally, Daniel W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "26017962"]
[BlackFideId "406465"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nbd7 11. Qd2 Be7 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Kb1 Nb6
15. Qa5 Rfc8 16. c3 Bd8 17. Bxb6 Qxb6 18. Qxb6 Bxb6 19. a4 g6 20. a5 Bd8 21. Kc2
b5 22. axb6 Bxb6 23. Rhe1 Bf2 24. Rf1 Bb6 25. Rd3 a5 26. Ra1 a4 27. Nd2 Ra5 28.
Ne4 Nxe4 29. fxe4 Bc5 30. Rf3 Kg7 31. Bd3 h4 32. Kd2 Ra7 33. Ra2 Bg1 34. h3 Bh2
35. b4 Bf4+ 36. Kc2 Rac7 37. Ba6 Ra8 38. Bb5 f5 39. Bc6 Rb8 40. Kd3 Ra7 41. Rf1
a3 42. Rfa1 Bh2 43. Rxa3 Rxa3 44. Rxa3 Bg1 45. Ra1 Bb6 46. Ra6 Kf6 47. c4 Kg5
48. c5 dxc5 49. b5 c4+ 50. Kxc4 fxe4 51. d6 Kf4 52. Rxb6 Rxb6 53. d7 Rb8 54. Kc5
e3 55. Bf3 e4 56. Bg4 Kg3 57. Kc6 Kf2 58. Kc7 Rf8 59. d8=Q Rxd8 60. Kxd8 e2 61.
Bxe2 Kxe2 62. b6 e3 63. b7 Kf2 64. b8=Q Kxg2 65. Qf4 e2 66. Qxh4 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Mazur, Stefan"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "C56"]
[Opening "Two knights defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14909332"]
[BlackFideId "12800112"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 d5 7. Bxd5 Qxd5 8.
Nc3 Qh5 9. Nxe4 Be6 10. Bg5 Bd6 11. Nxd6+ cxd6 12. Bf4 Qd5 13. c3 Kd7 14. Nxd4
Nxd4 15. cxd4 g5 16. Be3 h5 17. Rc1 h4 18. h3 g4 19. hxg4 h3 20. Qf3 h2+ 21. Kh1
Qxf3 22. gxf3 Bd5 23. Kg2 Rh4 24. Bf4 Rxg4+ 25. Bg3 f5 26. Rc3 f4 27. Kh3 Rg7 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Deuer, Marius"]
[Black "Golding, Alex"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 5...c6"]
[WhiteFideId "16236432"]
[BlackFideId "427241"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 h6 8. Bf4
Qb6 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. f3 Be7 11. g4 Be6 12. h4 a5 13. Ng3 a4 14. a3 Qa5 15. Bd3
Nb6 16. Kf2 Nc4 17. Qc2 c5 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. g5 cxd4 20. gxf6 Bxf6 21. Nce4 Be5
22. Bxe5 dxe3+ 23. Kxe3 Qxe5 24. Qc3 Qc7 25. Rad1 O-O 26. Nh5 f5 27. Rhg1 Rf7
28. Nd6 Re7 29. Kf2 Rf8 30. Nxg7 Kh7 31. Nh5 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Badacsonyi, Stanley"]
[Black "Kaasen, Tor Fredrik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Semi-Averbakh system"]
[WhiteFideId "486973"]
[BlackFideId "1516647"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Nf3 Re8
9. Nd2 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. a4 Rb8 12. h3 b6 13. Re1 a6 14. Qc2 exd5 15. cxd5 b5
16. axb5 axb5 17. b4 cxb4 18. Na2 b3 19. Nxb3 Nxe4 20. Rad1 Bf5 21. g4 Nxf2 22.
gxf5 Nxh3+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Kalavannan, Koby"]
[Black "Plat, Vojtech"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Hungarian variation"]
[WhiteFideId "425753"]
[BlackFideId "325740"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Qa4 d6 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bb5
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Qxc6+ Bd7 12. Qc5 Bg7 13. Nd5 Rc8 14. Qxa7
Bc6 15. Ne3 Qd4 16. Qa6 Qd7 17. Qe2 f5 18. f3 e4 19. fxe4 Bxe4 20. O-O O-O 21.
Rd1 Qa7 22. Kh1 Qb7 23. c4 e6 24. Nf1 e5 25. Ne3 Rfd8 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Nd5 Qa6
28. Nc3 Bd3 29. Qd1 Qxc4 30. Bg5 Rd4 31. Be3 Rd7 32. Rc1 Qb4 33. Qa4 Qb7 34. Rd1
e4 35. h3 Rd8 36. Rd2 h6 37. Nb5 Kh7 38. Nc3 g5 39. Qa5 Qd7 40. Qa7 Qe6 41. Bg1
f4 42. Nd1 Rd7 43. Qa5 e3 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Hagner, Bennet"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "16224477"]
[BlackFideId "436224"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O Na5 8. Ba2
c5 9. Nd2 Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. Nc4 Nc6 12. Ne3 Nb4 13. Bc4 d5 14. exd5 Nfxd5 15.
Nexd5 Nxd5 16. Bd2 Nc7 17. Qe2 Bxc4 18. dxc4 Bg5 19. Rad1 Ne6 20. Nd5 Bxd2 21.
Rxd2 Qg5 22. Qf2 Nd4 23. Kh1 Rae8 24. Re1 Re6 25. c3 Nc6 26. Qe3 Qh4 27. Qe4 Qg5
28. Ne3 f5 29. Qd5 Qe7 30. Red1 g6 31. Qd7 Qxd7 32. Rxd7 Rf7 33. Kg1 Kf8 34. Kf2
Ke8 35. R7d5 b6 36. Nc2 Na5 37. Rd8+ Ke7 38. Ne3 Kf6 39. R1d7 Kg7 40. h4 Ree7
41. Rxe7 Rxe7 42. g4 fxg4 43. fxg4 h6 44. Ke2 Rf7 45. g5 hxg5 46. hxg5 Rf4 47.
Rd7+ Rf7 48. Rd5 Re7 49. Rd8 e4 50. Rc8 Rd7 51. b4 Nb7 52. Rc6 Kf7 53. a5 cxb4
54. axb6 a5 55. cxb4 axb4 56. c5 b3 57. Rc7 Rxc7 58. bxc7 b2 59. c8=Q b1=Q 60.
Qd7+ Kf8 61. c6 Qb5+ 62. Kf2 Nc5 63. Qd6+ Kg7 64. Qf6+ Kh7 65. Qe7+ Kg8 66. c7
Nd3+ 67. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Southcott-Moyers, Indy"]
[Black "Kuru, Atilla"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "488542"]
[BlackFideId "51607948"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bd2 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. a3
cxd4 9. axb4 dxc3 10. Bxc3 d6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. e4 e5
15. Bc2 Nh5 16. g3 g6 17. Ne1 Nf8 18. Ng2 Ne6 19. Ne3 Ng5 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. cxd5
f6 22. h4 Nf7 23. Bd3 Rac8 24. Qf3 Rf8 25. Qg2 Qd7 26. Bd2 Ng7 27. Rdc1 Rxc1+
28. Rxc1 f5 29. Qh3 h5 30. b5 Kh7 31. exf5 gxf5 32. Rc6 Nd8 33. Rc1 Nb7 34. b4
Qf7 35. Qg2 Qd7 36. Bg5 Nd8 37. Qf1 Nf7 38. Bd2 e4 39. Be2 Ne5 40. Bf4 Ng6 41.
Qh3 Nxf4 42. gxf4 Qf7 43. Kh2 Qxd5 44. Qg3 Qf7 45. Rc6 Rd8 46. Bc4 Qg6 47. Qc3
Rd7 48. Bd5 Qg4 49. Rc8 Qxf4+ 50. Qg3 Qg4 51. Rf8 Qxg3+ 52. Kxg3 Re7 53. Rf6 e3
54. fxe3 Rxe3+ 55. Kg2 Re2+ 56. Kg3 Rb2 57. Rxd6 Rxb4 58. Rd8 f4+ 59. Kf3 Kg6
60. Be4+ Kf6 61. Rd5 Rb3+ 62. Kf2 Re3 63. Bf3 Re5 64. Rd7 Rxb5 65. Rxa7 Rb2+ 66.
Ke1 Nf5 67. Bxh5 Nxh4 68. Rf7+ Ke5 69. Re7+ Kf6 70. Rf7+ Kg5 71. Be2 Ng2+ 72.
Kf2 Ne3 73. Kf3 Nc2 74. Rg7+ Kf6 75. Rd7 Ne1+ 76. Kf2 f3 77. Kxe1 fxe2 78. Rd5
Ke6 79. Rd2 Rxd2 80. Kxd2 Kd5 81. Kxe2 Kc4 82. Kd2 Kb3 83. Kc1 b5 84. Kb1 b4 85.
Ka1 Kc2 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Black "Hobson, Kenneth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "14103052"]
[BlackFideId "480819"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3 d6
9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. Qe1 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15.
cxd4 Re8 16. f3 Be6 17. Rc1 Bxb3 18. Nxb3 Qd7 19. Qc3 Rbc8 20. Qc6 Qe6 21. Rc3
b4 22. Rd3 d5 23. Qxe6 fxe6 24. exd5 Nxd5 25. Bf2 e5 26. dxe5 Bxf2+ 27. Kxf2
Rxe5 28. Re1 Rce8 29. Rxe5 Rxe5 30. Rd4 g5 31. Re4 Rf5 32. g4 Rf6 33. Re5 Nf4
34. Rxg5+ Kf7 35. Ke3 Ng2+ 36. Ke2 Nf4+ 37. Kd2 Rd6+ 38. Kc2 Nd3 39. Nc5 Ne1+
40. Kb3 Rd2 41. Nxa6 Nd3 42. Nxb4 Rxb2+ 43. Kc3 Rxb4 44. Kxd3 Ra4 45. Rc5 c6 46.
h4 Kg7 47. h5 h6 48. Ke3 Kh7 49. f4 Kg7 50. Kf3 Kh7 51. Kg3 Kg7 52. g5 hxg5 53.
fxg5 Kh7 54. Rxc6 Rxa5 55. Kg4 Kg7 56. Rc7+ Kg8 57. g6 Rb5 58. h6 Rb4+ 59. Kf5
Rb5+ 60. Ke4 Rb8 61. Kd5 Ra8 62. Kc5 Kh8 63. Kb6 Rg8 64. Rh7# 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Lau, Lut Yin Luke"]
[Black "Williams, Simon K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[ECO "C06"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, closed variation, main line"]
[WhiteFideId "6002226"]
[BlackFideId "404454"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 h6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Rc1 e5 14. Nc3 Nb6 15.
Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bc4 Kh8 17. Bxd5 Bg4 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Rxc6 Qxc6 21.
Nxe5 Bxd1 22. Nxc6 Be2 23. Re1 Bh5 24. Bd4 a6 25. Bc3 Rfe8 26. Ne5 Kg8 27. f3
Bf7 28. a3 Bb3 29. Kf2 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Ghimpu, Samuel-Timotei"]
[Black "Martin, Nils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "1238175"]
[BlackFideId "45160473"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 Nbd7 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. d4 e6 7. O-O Ne4 8. Nc3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nb6 10. Qd3 Bd7 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. e4 Bxe5 13. dxe5 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Bc6
15. Bxc6+ bxc6 16. Qe2 Qd5 17. Ba3 Qb5 18. Qg4 Qxe5 19. Rfe1 h5 20. Qb4 Qc7 21.
Rad1 Rd8 22. Qc5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 h4 24. Rd6 hxg3 25. hxg3 Qb7 26. Rxc6 Na4 27. Qb4
Qxc6 28. Qe7# 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Skytte, Robert"]
[Black "Wang, Hao(ZJ)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, 7...O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "1471775"]
[BlackFideId "8631859"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nc3 Na5 11. Bg5 Nxb3 12. axb3 Nd7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nd5 Qd8 15.
Ne3 Nc5 16. Qd2 g6 17. Qc3 Ne6 18. d4 Bxe4 19. dxe5 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qg5+ 21. Ng4
h5 22. h4 Qxh4 23. Nf6+ Kg7 24. Nd7 b4 25. Qe3 Nf4 26. Red1 Qg5+ 27. Kf1 Rfd8
28. Qd4 Qg2+ 29. Ke1 Qxf3 30. Kd2 Ne6 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Pai, Sidhanth"]
[Black "Dupuis, Denis K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1842"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[ECO "D52"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Cambridge Springs defence, Rubinstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "343111937"]
[BlackFideId "452980"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 dxc4 8. Bxf6
Nxf6 9. Nxc4 Qc7 10. Rc1 Nd5 11. a3 Be7 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Rd8 14. b4 Nb6 15.
Qb3 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Bd7 17. Ne4 a5 18. Nc5 axb4 19. axb4 Be8 20. Nd3 Ra7 21. Ra1
Rxa1 22. Rxa1 b5 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Qxe6+ Bf7 25. Qg4 Bd6 26. h3 Qc8 27. Qxc8
Rxc8 28. f3 Bc4 29. Nc5 Bxc5 30. bxc5 b4 31. Rc1 Bf7 32. e4 b3 33. Rb1 Bc4 34.
Kf2 Rb8 35. Rb2 Ra8 36. Ke3 Ra2 37. Rb1 Re2+ 38. Kf4 b2 39. d5 cxd5 40. c6 d4
41. c7 Ba6 42. Ke5 d3 43. Kd4 d2 44. Rd1 Re1 45. c8=N Rxd1 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Vaidyanathan, Adithya"]
[Black "Herzwurm, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2189"]
[BlackElo "2047"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "495450"]
[BlackFideId "4668570"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. Be3 Na6
9. Nd2 Nd7 10. g4 Ndc5 11. a3 Bd7 12. Qc2 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Be2 Kh8 15. O-O-O
Qf6 16. gxf5 Bxf5 17. Nce4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Bh6 20. Bd3 Rf7 21. Bc2
Nc5 22. Qg4 Rg8 23. Qh5 Bxe3+ 24. fxe3 Rg5 25. Qe2 e4 26. Rdf1 Qg7 27. Rxf7 Qxf7
28. Rf1 Rf5 29. Rg1 a4 30. Qd1 Qf6 31. Qd4 Re5 32. Kb1 Qf5 33. h4 h6 34. Qd2 Re8
35. Qg2 Qf6 36. h5 Nd3 37. Bxa4 Rf8 38. Bd7 Qg5 39. Qxg5 hxg5 40. Rxg5 Rf1+ 41.
Kc2 Rf2+ 42. Kc3 Rxb2 43. Bf5 Re2 44. h6 Rxe3 45. Kd4 Rh3 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Brewer, Callum D"]
[Black "Verbytski, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "2039"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "435309"]
[BlackFideId "495506"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. h4 Be7
9. Rg1 Nfd7 10. g5 hxg5 11. hxg5 Nf8 12. Qd2 b5 13. O-O-O Bb7 14. Bd3 Nbd7 15.
f4 Nc5 16. a3 g6 17. f5 Nfd7 18. fxg6 fxg6 19. Nf3 Nf8 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Nxb5 c4
22. Qc3 axb5 23. Bxc4 Qb6 24. Bxb5+ Qxb5 25. Qxh8 Bxe4 26. Qe5 Qxe5 27. Nxe5 Rc8
28. Nd3 Nh7 29. Kb1 Nxg5 30. a4 Nf3 31. Rg4 Bf5 32. Rf4 Nh4 33. a5 g5 34. Ra4 g4
35. a6 g3 36. b4 Nf3 37. b5 Bxd3 38. cxd3 Bc5 39. Rc4 g2 40. Ka2 Kd7 41. d4 Bb6
42. Rxc8 Kxc8 43. Kb3 g1=Q 44. Rxg1 Nxg1 45. Kc4 Kd7 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Byron, Alan M"]
[Black "Zhang, Junyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2022"]
[BlackElo "2172"]
[ECO "A17"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "401773"]
[BlackFideId "494437"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. a4
c5 9. d4 Qc7 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Rd1 b6 13. h3 Bb7 14. e4 Ne5 15. Bb3
h6 16. Bf4 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Qe7 18. Qe2 e5 19. Be3 Rfd8 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Bxd5
22. exd5 Qd6 23. Rac1 Rdc8 24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. Rc4 Rab8 26. Qc2 Rc7 27. b3 g6 28.
Qc3 h5 29. Qe3 Rb4 30. g4 hxg4 31. hxg4 Qd7 32. Qe4 Qd6 33. Rd3 Rcb7 34. Qe3
Rxc4 35. bxc4 Rb4 36. Rc3 Rxa4 37. Qg5 Ra1+ 38. Kg2 Ra4 39. Qh6 Rxc4 40. Rh3
Rxg4+ 41. Kf1 Qf6 42. d6 Rd4 43. Qh7+ Kf8 44. Rf3 Qg7 45. Qh3 f5 46. Rb3 Rxd6
47. Rb8+ Ke7 48. Qh4+ Ke6 49. Re8+ Kd5 50. Qa4 Qb7 51. Qa2+ Kc6 52. Rxe5 Kb6 53.
Ke2 Qc6 54. Qg8 a5 55. Re8 Qb5+ 56. Kf3 Qd3+ 57. Kf4 Qd2+ 58. Kg3 Rd3+ 59. Kg2
Qg5+ 60. Kf1 Rd1+ 61. Re1 Rxe1+ 62. Kxe1 Qg1+ 63. Ke2 Qg4+ 64. Kf1 Qd1+ 65. Kg2
Qd6 66. Qb3+ Kc7 67. Qf7+ Kc6 68. Qe8+ Kb6 69. Qf7 a4 70. Qc4 Qc6+ 71. Kg1 Qe4 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.16"]
[White "Manmay Chopra"]
[Black "Vaddhireddy, Sai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Tartakower (Nimzovich) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25649191"]
[BlackFideId "499560"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Qc2 Re8+ 9. Ne2 h5 10. Be3 Nd7 11. O-O-O Nf8 12. c4 Be6 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. a3 Ng6
15. Nc3 b5 16. c5 Bf8 17. d5 cxd5 18. Bxb5 Bxc5 19. Bxe8 Qxe8 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21.
Ka1 Ne5 22. Qd2 Nc4 23. Qd4 Qb8 24. b4 Ra5 25. Nb1 Qxb4 26. Rd3 Bf5 27. Rhd1
Bxd3 28. Rxd3 Nxa3 29. Qxb4 Nc2+ 30. Kb2 Nxb4 31. Rd4 Nc6 32. Rd1 d4 33. Na3 Rd5
34. Nc2 g6 35. Kb3 Rb5+ 36. Ka3 a5 37. Rd2 Rc5 38. Ne1 Kg7 39. Ka4 Rd5 40. f4
Ne7 41. Nd3 Nf5 42. g3 Ne3 43. Rb2 Nd1 44. Rd2 Nc3+ 45. Kb3 a4+ 46. Kc4 a3 47.
Nb4 Rd7 48. Kb3 g5 49. Rd3 a2 50. Kb2 Kg6 51. Ka1 Kf5 52. fxg5 fxg5 53. Rd2 Ke4
54. h3 Rb7 55. Rb2 f5 56. h4 gxh4 57. gxh4 Rg7 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.17"]
[White "Yoon, Jacob D"]
[Black "Ward, Cian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "1947"]
[ECO "C05"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, closed variation"]
[WhiteFideId "446076"]
[BlackFideId "475599"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. f4 Nc6 7. Ndf3 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. Bd3 Bb4+ 10. Kf1 O-O 11. Be3 Be7 12. Bf2 b6 13. g3 a5 14. Kg2 f5 15. Rc1
Nb4 16. Bb1 b5 17. Be1 Qb6 18. h4 Bb7 19. Nh3 Rfc8 20. Bc3 Nc6 21. Nfg5 Nf8 22.
Nxe6 Nxe6 23. Bxf5 Ncxd4 24. Bxd4 Nxd4 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. Qg4 Nc2 27. Qd7 Ne3+
28. Kh2 Ng4+ 29. Qxg4 Rd8 30. Rhf1 d4 31. f5 Bc8 32. Nf4 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.18"]
[White "Blanquet, Camille"]
[Black "Rastogi, Nayan Keats"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "2132"]
[BlackElo "1939"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "36037354"]
[BlackFideId "343407579"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Bd7 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Bg5 O-O 10. e3 h6 11. Bh4 b6 12. Qc2 Na5 13. Ne5 Be6 14. Bd3 c5 15.
O-O cxd4 16. exd4 Nc4 17. Nxc4 dxc4 18. Be4 Bd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21.
Rae1 Rfe8 22. Qa4 Re6 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. Re1 Kf7 25. Re3 a5 26. Rg3 Rg8 27. Rxg8
Kxg8 28. Qe8+ Kg7 29. h4 h5 30. Qe7+ Kg6 31. Qc7 Qe4 32. Qxc4 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Qxf2
34. Qxe6 Qxh4+ 35. Kg1 Qf4 36. Qe1 Qd6 37. Qe4+ Kg7 38. a4 Qg3 39. c4 Qb3 40. d5
Qxa4 41. Qd4 Kf7 42. Qxb6 Qxc4 43. Qxa5 Ke7 44. Qe1+ Kd8 45. Qe6 Qd4+ 46. Kf1
Qe5 47. Qb6+ Kd7 48. Qc6+ Ke7 49. Qb7+ Kd6 50. Qc6+ Ke7 51. Qc5+ Kd7 52. Kf2
Qf4+ 53. Kg1 Qe5 54. Qc6+ Ke7 55. Qc5+ Kd7 56. Qc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.19"]
[White "Gorskovs, Andrejs"]
[Black "Janse, Jan Jaap"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1920"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian"]
[Variation "Pytel-Wade variation"]
[WhiteFideId "343426751"]
[BlackFideId "1010344"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 a6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Qd8 7. Bg2 Bg4 8. Qd2
c6 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. O-O-O e6 12. Nge2 Nd5 13. h4 h6 14. Kb1 Bb4 15. Bxd5
cxd5 16. Qe3 Nc6 17. h5 Bh7 18. g5 hxg5 19. Bxg5 Be7 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Nf4 O-O-O
22. Na4 Qb4 23. b3 Kb8 24. Rhg1 Rc8 25. Rxg7 Qf8 26. Qg3 Ka7 27. Rd2 Qa3 28. Qc3
Nb4 29. Qb2 Nxc2 30. Rxh7 Rxh7 31. Rxc2 Qxb2+ 32. Nxb2 Rg8 33. Nbd3 Kb6 34. Kb2
Rg4 35. b4 Rh6 36. f3 Rh4 37. Rg2 Rf6 38. Rg4 Rh2+ 39. Kb3 Kc7 40. a4 Kd6 41. b5
axb5 42. axb5 b6 43. Rg1 Rh4 44. Rg4 Rh2 45. Ne5 Rh1 46. Nfd3 Rxh5 47. Rg8 Kc7
48. Ra8 Rh3 49. Ra7+ Kc8 50. Rxf7 Rxf7 51. Nxf7 Rxf3 52. Ne5 Rh3 53. Kc3 Kc7 54.
Kd2 Rh2+ 55. Ke3 Ra2 56. Nc6 Kd6 57. Kf4 Ra3 58. Ndb4 Ra1 59. Kg5 Rf1 60. Kg6
Rf3 61. Kg7 Rf4 62. Nd3 Rf3 63. Nde5 Rb3 64. Kf8 Rxb5 65. Ke8 Ra5 66. Nd8 Ra1
67. Nef7+ Kc7 68. Nxe6+ Kc6 69. Ke7 b5 70. Ne5+ Kb6 71. Kd6 b4 72. Nc5 Rd1 73.
Kxd5 Kb5 74. Ncd3 b3 75. Ke6 b2 76. Nxb2 Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.20"]
[White "Burrows, Martin P"]
[Black "Rubeck, Jonathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2117"]
[BlackElo "1913"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz, Boleslavsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "409057"]
[BlackFideId "435678"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. a3 Qb6 10. Ne2 cxd4 11. Nexd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qc7 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. O-O g6 15.
Rae1 Bg7 16. h4 Nc5 17. h5 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qf2 Bd5 20. Qh4 Qe7 21. Qh3 f5
22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. Qg4 Rg8 25. h6 g5 26. Qh5+ Kd7 27. f5 Kc7 28. fxe6
Bxe6 29. Nxe6+ Qxe6 30. Rxd8 Kxd8 31. b3 Rg6 32. Rd1+ Kc8 33. c4 bxc4 34. bxc4
Be5 35. Rd5 Qf5 36. Rc5+ Kb7 37. Qd1 Rd6 38. Qb3+ Ka8 39. Rc7 Rd1+ 40. Qxd1 Bxc7
41. Qd4 Bb8 42. c5 g4 43. Qc4 Qe5 44. Qxa6+ Ba7 45. c6 Qa1+ 46. Kf2 g3+ 47. Kxg3
Qe1+ 48. Kg4 Qd1+ 49. Kg3 Qe1+ 50. Kg4 Qd1+ 51. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.21"]
[White "Norinkeviciute, Rasa"]
[Black "Adams, Henry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "1904"]
[BlackElo "2159"]
[ECO "C95"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Breyer, Borisenko variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12801925"]
[BlackFideId "464562"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
d6 9. c3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. a4 h6 13. Qe2 Rb8 14. axb5 axb5 15.
Bc2 Re8 16. Bd3 b4 17. Nf1 d5 18. Nxe5 dxe4 19. Bc4 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Nd5 21. Ng3
Bg5 22. Nxe4 Rxe5 23. Bxg5 hxg5 24. Qd2 Nb6 25. Qd3 Qe7 26. f3 Bxe4 27. fxe4
Qc5+ 28. Qd4 Nxc4 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.22"]
[White "Both, Bert"]
[Black "Fryer, David W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[BlackElo "1902"]
[ECO "E17"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "old main line, 6.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "1014340"]
[BlackFideId "406384"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 exd5 8. Nh4
c6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nf5 Nf6 11. e4 d6 12. Nc3 Bc8 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Bf4 a6 15. Qe2
Ra7 16. Rad1 Ne8 17. e5 c5 18. Nc2 dxe5 19. Bxe5 Bf6 20. Nd5 Bxe5 21. Qxe5 Nc6
22. Qf4 Nc7 23. Nxc7 Rxc7 24. Rd6 Qc8 25. Rfd1 Be6 26. Qe4 Bf5 27. Qe2 Bxc2 28.
Qxc2 Nd4 29. Qa4 Qg4 30. Qxa6 Qxd1+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.23"]
[White "Anjulan, Ashwin"]
[Black "Hill, Alistair"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1876"]
[BlackElo "2104"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange, Rubinstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "343411622"]
[BlackFideId "432407"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Nd2
e6 9. Ngf3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rae1 Rfb8 13. Ne5 b5 14. Qc2 Bh5
15. b4 Rc8 16. Qb2 Rab8 17. Nb3 Bg6 18. Qe2 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Ne4 20. Nxc6 Qxc6 21.
Nc5 a5 22. a3 Ra8 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Rxe4 Qxc3 25. Qxb5 Qxa3 26. bxa5 Qxa5 27.
Qxa5 Rxa5 28. Rd1 h6 29. Re5 Ra2 30. Ree1 Rcc2 31. Rf1 Rd2 32. g3 g5 33. Kg2 g4
34. h3 h5 35. hxg4 hxg4 36. Rxd2 Rxd2 37. Re1 Rxd4 38. Re2 Kg7 39. f3 Kf6 40.
fxg4 Rxg4 41. Kf3 Ra4 42. g4 Ra1 43. Rb2 Kg6 44. Rb5 Ra3+ 45. Kf4 f6 46. Rb8 e5+
47. Ke4 Rg3 48. Rb6 Rxg4+ 49. Kf3 Ra4 50. Rc6 Kf5 51. Rc3 Rh4 52. Kg3 Rd4 53.
Kf3 Rd3+ 54. Rxd3 e4+ 55. Ke3 exd3 56. Kxd3 Kf4 57. Ke2 Kg3 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.24"]
[White "Siddharth, Gopakumar"]
[Black "Rida, Ruqayyah"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "1864"]
[BlackElo "2068"]
[ECO "C69"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "exchange variation, 5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "5053463"]
[BlackFideId "343272375"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4 Bg4 7. dxe5 Bxf3 8.
Qxf3 Bxe5 9. Qb3 Rb8 10. Nd2 Nf6 11. Nf3 Qe7 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. f3 O-O 14. Rd1 b5
15. Be3 Rfd8 16. c3 Qe7 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Rd1 Nd5 19. Bf2 Nf4 20. Qc2 Rd6 21.
g3 Ng6 22. Kg2 Qe6 23. Bc5 Rd7 24. Rd2 Ne5 25. Qd1 g5 26. b3 g4 27. f4 Rxd2+ 28.
Qxd2 Nd7 29. Qd4 Nxc5 30. Qd8+ Kg7 31. Qg5+ Qg6 32. Qe5+ Kg8 33. Qe8+ Kg7 34.
Qe5+ Kg8 35. Qe8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.25"]
[White "Hu, Junyan"]
[Black "Tudoroiu, Razvan-Catalin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1862"]
[BlackElo "2063"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Euwe variation"]
[WhiteFideId "343401260"]
[BlackFideId "1281100"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O Ng6 8. g3 Be7
9. h4 cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. h5 Nh8 12. Nc3 a6 13. Be3 f6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Kg2
Be8 16. Rh1 Nf7 17. Bd3 Ng5 18. Nxg5 Bxg5 19. Qg4 Bxe3 20. Qxe6+ Bf7 21. Qxe3
Qb6 22. Rad1 Rae8 23. Qg5 Qxb2 24. h6 g6 25. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.26"]
[White "White, Stuart A"]
[Black "Liu, Yiyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2072"]
[BlackElo "1791"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "symmetrical (Austrian) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "407747"]
[BlackFideId "8617171"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. e3 cxd4 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. exd4 Nf6 7. Nf3 e6 8.
Bd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nc6 11. Bf4 Nb4 12. Bb1 Bd7 13. Ne5 Rfd8 14. a3 Nbd5
15. Bd2 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Ba4 17. Qf3 Qc7 18. Qh3 g6 19. Nxf7 Kxf7 20. Qxe6+ Ke8 21.
Qxf6 Qd6 22. Re6 Qc7 23. Bg5 Rd7 24. Bxg6+ hxg6 25. Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.27"]
[White "Bharat Kumar, Balahari"]
[Black "Oh, Sejun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[BlackElo "1695"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[WhiteFideId "496464"]
[BlackFideId "13216112"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Bd3
Re8 9. Ne5 c5 10. f4 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Qc2 Nf8 13. Rae1 N6d7 14. Qd1 f6 15.
Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Qg4 f5 17. Qe2 Qf7 18. Nf3 Nd7 19. Ng5 Qe7 20. cxd5 Bxd5 21. e4
fxe4 22. Nxe4 cxd4 23. Bxd4 Bb4 24. Nc3 Bxc3 25. Bxc3 Qc5+ 26. Qe3 Qxe3+ 27.
Rxe3 Nc5 28. Bb1 Rac8 29. Rfe1 Rf8 30. g3 g6 31. Bb2 Rf7 32. Rc1 a5 33. Be5 Rd8
34. Bd4 Rc8 35. Rec3 Rfc7 36. Bd3 Kf7 37. Bb5 Bc6 38. Bxc6 Rxc6 39. a3 Nxb3 40.
Rxc6 Rxc6 41. Rxc6 Nxd4 42. Rxb6 Kf6 43. Kf2 Kf5 44. Ra6 Nb3 45. Ke3 h5 46. Rb6
a4 47. Rb4 Kg4 48. Rxa4 Kh3 49. Rb4 Nc5 50. Rb2 Na4 51. Rc2 h4 52. gxh4 Kxh4 53.
Ke4 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.28"]
[White "Gordon, Stephen J"]
[Black "Sivanandan, Bodhana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2229"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "411477"]
[BlackFideId "497592"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Bd3 Bb4+ 8. Nc3
Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd1 Re8 11. Qb3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Rb1 b6 14. cxd5 cxd5
15. c4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Ne4 17. Rb2 Nd6 18. Bd3 Rac8 19. Ba6 Rcd8 20. Rc2 Qb8 21.
Ba3 Nf6 22. Rfc1 Re7 23. Rc6 Nfe8 24. R1c3 Rc7 25. Qc2 Rxc6 26. Rxc6 h5 27. Bb4
Rd7 28. a4 Qd8 29. Be2 h4 30. e4 Rc7 31. d5 exd5 32. exd5 Re7 33. Bf3 Re5 34.
Bc3 Re7 35. Qd3 Qd7 36. Qd4 Nf5 37. Qg4 Nfd6 38. Qxh4 Qd8 39. Qf4 Nb7 40. h4 Nc5
41. h5 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.29"]
[White "Grutter, Tim"]
[Black "Kapechun, Mikhailo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2184"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1057472"]
[BlackFideId "34147527"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 g6 6. Be3 Qb4+ 7. N1d2 Bg7 8.
c3 Qd6 9. Be2 Nf6 10. f4 Qc7 11. g4 h5 12. g5 Ng4 13. Bxg4 hxg4 14. Qxg4 d5 15.
Qe2 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Bd7 17. O-O-O O-O-O 18. Nbc5 Bf5 19. Ng3 Bh3 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8
21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 b6 23. Nb3 Qd7 24. Nd4 Qd5 25. Nxc6 Qxc6 26. Bd4 Bxd4 27.
Qxd4 Be6 28. b3 Qf3 29. Qd2 Bg4 30. Kb2 Kc7 31. Ka3 Be6 32. Qd4 Qg2 33. Qe5+ Kc8
34. f5 Bxf5 35. Nxf5 gxf5 36. Qxf5+ Kd8 37. h4 Qd2 38. Qe5 Qc1+ 39. Kb4 Kd7 40.
Qd5+ Kc7 41. Qxf7 a5+ 42. Kb5 Qa3 43. Qc4+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.30"]
[White "Skytte, Rasmus"]
[Black "Verbin, Valentina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2122"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "1404210"]
[BlackFideId "13905910"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. c3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. f4 Qb6 8. Rb1 Qe6
9. Qe2 Ng4 10. f5 gxf5 11. Ngf3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qg6 13. h3 Nf6 14. O-O Nc6 15. Bf4
Ne4 16. Nh4 Qf6 17. Nhf3 Qg6 18. Nh4 Qf6 19. Nhf3 Qg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.31"]
[White "Ashton, Adam G"]
[Black "Brown, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Hungarian variation"]
[WhiteFideId "410110"]
[BlackFideId "1801430"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 a6 7. Be2 Nc6 8. h3 f6
9. Bf4 fxe5 10. dxe5 Nh6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Bh2 e6 13. O-O Nb4 14. Nc3 Bd7 15. Re1
Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Rc8 17. Re2 Nf5 18. Rd1 d4 19. Nxd4 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Bc6 21. Qxd8
Rcxd8 22. Red2 Rxd2 23. Rxd2 h5 24. Bg3 g5 25. f3 Rf5 26. Re2 Kf8 27. a3 Ke7 28.
Kf2 g4 29. hxg4 hxg4 30. f4 Bh6 31. Bh4+ Kd7 32. g3 Bf3 33. Rd2+ Kc6 34. Rd6+
Kc7 35. Bd8+ Kc8 36. Bb6 Rf8 37. Rxe6 Rh8 38. Rd6 Bg7 39. Ke3 Re8 40. Kd4 Bf8
41. Rg6 Be7 42. Ne4 Rh8 43. Rg7 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.32"]
[White "Demac, Elias"]
[Black "Clarke, Connor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2058"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "1505807"]
[BlackFideId "457655"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O h6 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Qb3 Qb6
9. c5 Qc7 10. Bf4 Qc8 11. Qd1 Nbd7 12. Ne1 g5 13. Bd2 e5 14. e3 b6 15. cxb6 axb6
16. Rc1 Qb8 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. f4 gxf4 19. Rxf4 Be6 20. Qe2 h5 21. e4 d4 22. Nd5
cxd5 23. exd5 Bg4 24. Nf3 Nfd7 25. h3 Bxf3 26. Bxf3 Qd6 27. Rxd4 h4 28. Bf4 Qf6
29. Re4 Nxf3+ 30. Qxf3 Kf8 31. d6 Bxd6 32. Bxd6+ Qxd6 33. Rxh4 Ke7 34. Re1+ Ne5
35. Rxe5+ Qxe5 36. Re4 f6 37. Rxe5+ fxe5 38. Qb7+ Ke6 39. Qxb6+ Kf5 40. Qf2+ Ke4
41. Qe2+ Kd4 42. a4 Rac8 43. Kg2 e4 44. Qd2+ Ke5 45. h4 Rhd8 46. Qf4+ Kd4 47.
Qd2+ Ke5 48. Qf2 Rf8 49. Qb6 Rc2+ 50. Kh3 Rff2 51. b4 Kf5 52. Qb5+ Ke6 53. Kg4
Rf3 54. a5 Rcc3 55. Qb8 Rfd3 56. a6 e3 57. a7 e2 58. a8=Q Rxg3+ 59. Kh5 e1=Q 60.
Qe8+ Kf5 61. Qf7+ Ke5 62. Qad5# 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.33"]
[White "Balzer, Lars"]
[Black "Swiatkowski, Aram"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "1843"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "4646452"]
[BlackFideId "343415210"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Bf5 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qxb6 axb6 8. Nh4
Bxb1 9. Rxb1 Nc6 10. a3 e6 11. Nf3 Ne4 12. Nd2 Nxd2 13. Kxd2 Kd7 14. e4 f6 15.
exd5 exd5 16. Be2 Bd6 17. Bg4+ Kc7 18. Bg3 h5 19. Be6 h4 20. Bxd6+ Kxd6 21. Rbe1
g6 22. Re3 f5 23. Bf7 Raf8 24. Bxg6 Rhg8 25. Bh5 Rxg2 26. Re2 Rfg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.34"]
[White "Sow, MiaoGeng Malcolm"]
[Black "Ortiz Sanchez, Luis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1842"]
[BlackElo "2007"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Smith-Morra gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "5817501"]
[BlackFideId "24581160"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 e6 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Nge7 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. O-O a6 11. Nd5 exd5 12. exd5 O-O 13. dxc6 dxc6 14. Bd6 Be6
15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Re1 Qd7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qb3 Rfe8 19. Re2 Rad8 20. Rae1 Rd6
21. h3 Qf7 22. Qc4 e5 23. Qxf7+ Kxf7 24. Nd2 Rd5 25. b3 Red8 26. Ne4 Bf8 27. f3
Bb4 28. Rc1 Rd1+ 29. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 30. Kf2 Ke6 31. Rc2 Rd5 32. Ke2 Be7 33. a4 c5
34. g4 b6 35. Rd2 Rxd2+ 36. Kxd2 b5 37. Kd3 c4+ 38. bxc4 bxa4 39. Kc3 a5 40. Kb2
Bb4 41. Ka2 a3 42. Kb3 a4+ 43. Ka2 Kd7 44. Nf2 Kc6 45. Nd3 Bd6 46. Kb1 Kb6 47.
Ka2 Kc6 48. Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.35"]
[White "Kendall, Arthur"]
[Black "Kim, Changhoon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "1874"]
[ECO "D05"]
[Opening "Colle system"]
[WhiteFideId "343410960"]
[BlackFideId "34117234"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. b4 Bd6 10. b5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Bb2 Bd7 13. Nf3 Bd6 14. c4 Qe7 15.
cxd5 exd5 16. Nd4 Qe5 17. g3 Bh3 18. Re1 Ne4 19. Rc1 Rac8 20. Re2 Qf6 21. Rec2
Rxc2 22. Rxc2 Be5 23. Qh5 Bd7 24. f4 Bb8 25. Qxd5 Nd6 26. e4 Qh6 27. e5 Be6 28.
Qf3 Nc8 29. Qxb7 Nb6 30. Ba3 Bd5 31. Qe7 g6 32. Qxf8+ Qxf8 33. Bxf8 Kxf8 34. a4
Bb7 35. a5 Nd7 36. a6 Bd5 37. Bc4 Be4 38. Re2 Nc5 39. Nc6 Bc7 40. Nxa7 Bf3 41.
Rf2 Ba8 42. Nc8 Nd7 43. Rd2 Nb6 44. Nxb6 Bxb6+ 45. Kf1 Ke7 46. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.36"]
[White "Rayner, Francis"]
[Black "Venkatesh, Anuj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1983"]
[BlackElo "1825"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[WhiteFideId "1800132"]
[BlackFideId "455636"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 c6 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 Qa5 7. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Qxc3+ 9. Nd2 gxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Rg8 12. O-O Be6 13. Rb1 b5 14. Rc1
Qa3 15. Qc2 Rg7 16. Nb3 Qf8 17. Rfe1 Qd6 18. Na5 Bd7 19. Bf3 f5 20. Nb7 Qc7 21.
Nc5 Rg6 22. Nd3 Qd6 23. Nf4 Rh6 24. g3 Na6 25. Qd2 Nc7 26. Nd3 Rf6 27. Ne5 Ne6
28. h4 Nf8 29. Rc2 Ng6 30. Nd3 Ke7 31. h5 Nf8 32. Rec1 Ne6 33. Ne5 Ng5 34. Bg2
Rc8 35. Qa5 Qb8 36. a4 b4 37. Rb2 Ne4 38. Rxb4 Qc7 39. Qxc7 Rxc7 40. Rcb1 Bc8
41. Rb8 Nc3 42. Ra1 Rd6 43. Nd3 Ne4 44. Bf3 Nd2 45. Be2 Ba6 46. Nf4 Bxe2 47.
Nxe2 Rh6 48. Nf4 Ne4 49. Rab1 Rd6 50. Rh8 Nf6 51. Rbb8 Rcd7 52. a5 Rd8 53. Rb7+
R6d7 54. Rxd8 Kxd8 55. Rb8+ Kc7 56. Rb3 Rd8 57. Rc3 Rb8 58. Kg2 Rb5 59. Ra3 Kb7
60. Nd3 Nd7 61. Kf3 Ka6 62. Rc3 Kb7 63. Kf4 Rxa5 64. Kxf5 Rb5 65. Kg5 a5 66. Kh6
a4 67. Kxh7 Nf6+ 68. Kg7 Nxh5+ 69. Kxf7 Kb6 70. g4 Rb3 71. Rxb3+ axb3 72. gxh5
Kb5 73. h6 Kc4 74. Nb2+ Kc3 75. h7 Kxb2 76. h8=Q Kc2 77. Qc8 b2 78. Qxc6+ Kb1
79. Qxd5 Ka1 80. Qa5+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.37"]
[White "Ratcliffe, James"]
[Black "Ashton, Alannah"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "1845"]
[BlackElo "1983"]
[ECO "B25"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "343432840"]
[BlackFideId "480681"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Nh3 e6 7. a4 Nge7 8. O-O b6
9. Nf4 Bb7 10. Re1 O-O 11. h4 h6 12. Nce2 Nd4 13. c3 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 a6 15. Bd2
Qd7 16. Ra2 Bc6 17. Rea1 Qb7 18. c4 Qd7 19. Bh3 Qb7 20. Bc3 d5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22.
Re1 d4 23. Bxe6 fxe6 24. Nxe6+ Kh7 25. Nxf8+ Rxf8 26. b3 Bd7 27. f4 Qc7 28. Qf3
Nc6 29. Qg2 Qc8 30. Kh2 Bg4 31. e5 Nb4 32. Rd2 Bf5 33. Qe2 Bg4 34. Qf1 Kg7 35.
Qg2 Bf5 36. Qe2 Bg4 37. Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.38"]
[White "Dewangan, Aayush"]
[Black "Vaidyanathan, Sathya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1981"]
[BlackElo "1842"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Scotch gambit"]
[Variation "Dubois-Reti defence"]
[WhiteFideId "469700"]
[BlackFideId "490539"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Nd7 7. O-O Be7 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. Nxd4 Nb8 10. Qf3 c5 11. Nb5 O-O 12. c4 Ba6 13. N1c3 c6 14. cxd5 cxb5 15.
d6 Nd7 16. dxe7 Qxe7 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Qg3 Re8 19. Bg5 Qa5 20. Bf6 Nxf6 21. exf6
g6 22. Qg5 Kh8 23. Qh6 Rg8 24. Rfe1 Rad8 25. Ne7 Qb6 26. Qg5 Qd6 27. Nxg8 Kxg8
28. Qe5 Qxe5 29. Rxe5 h5 30. Rae1 Rd6 31. Re7 Rxf6 32. Rxa7 b4 33. Rd7 Bc4 34.
b3 Be6 35. Rc7 Rf5 36. Rc1 c4 37. bxc4 Ra5 38. Rb7 Rxa2 39. Rxb4 Kf8 40. c5 Ra8
41. c6 Ke7 42. c7 Rc8 43. Rb8 Kd7 44. Rxc8 Kxc8 45. f4 Bd7 46. Kf2 Kb7 47. Ke3
Bc6 48. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.39"]
[White "Saxena, Reyansh"]
[Black "Chapman, Luke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1641"]
[BlackElo "1976"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Labourdonnais-Loewenthal (Kalashnikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "343423884"]
[BlackFideId "343416608"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be6 8. Be3
Rb8 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nce7 11. c4 Nf5 12. Qa4+ Qd7 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 14. Bd3
Nxe3 15. fxe3 g6 16. e4 Bg7 17. Rf1 f6 18. b4 f5 19. Rb1 Nh6 20. exf5 e4 21. f6
Bxf6 22. Rxf6 exd3 23. c5 Rhe8+ 24. Kd2 Re2+ 25. Kxd3 Rxa2 26. Rxd6+ Kc7 27. Nc4
Rf8 28. Re1 Nf5 29. Rb6 Rxg2 30. Na5 Rb8 31. d6+ Kd7 32. c6+ Kxd6 33. cxb7+ Kc7
34. Rc6+ Kd7 35. Rec1 Nd6 36. Rc7+ Kd8 37. Rxh7 Rxb7 38. Nxb7+ Nxb7 39. Rxb7
Rxh2 40. Rg1 Rh3+ 41. Kc4 Rh4+ 42. Kb3 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.40"]
[White "Gupta, Aditya"]
[Black "Lee, Younggyu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1808"]
[BlackElo "1892"]
[ECO "C90"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Pilnik variation"]
[WhiteFideId "343418643"]
[BlackFideId "13227378"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nc6 13. d5 Nb4 14. a3 Nxc2 15. Qxc2
Bg4 16. Qe2 Rc8 17. Nbd2 Rc2 18. Qd3 Qc7 19. h3 Bd7 20. Nf1 Qc4 21. Qxc4 Rxc4
22. Bg5 Rfc8 23. Ng3 h6 24. Bd2 Bd8 25. Rac1 Bb6 26. Rxc4 Rxc4 27. Bc3 g6 28.
Nd2 Rc8 29. Rd1 h5 30. Ne2 h4 31. Bb4 Bc5 32. Rc1 Bxb4 33. Rxc8+ Bxc8 34. axb4
g5 35. f3 Nh5 36. Kf2 Kg7 37. Nb3 f5 38. Nd2 g4 39. exf5 gxh3 40. g4 hxg3+ 41.
Nxg3 Nf4 42. Nde4 Nxd5 43. Nxd6 Bd7 44. Nge4 h2 45. Kg2 Ne3+ 46. Kxh2 Nxf5 47.
Nc5 Nxd6 48. Nxd7 Nc4 49. Nc5 Nxb2 50. Nxa6 Nd3 51. Nc7 Nxb4 52. Nxb5 Kf6 53.
Na3 Kf5 54. Nc4 Nd3 55. Nxe5 Nxe5 56. f4 Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.41"]
[White "Williams, Tony"]
[Black "Sadler, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "1882"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "343473660"]
[BlackFideId "472190"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d3 a6
9. h3 Ne8 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. a3 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 Nc7 15. Bd2
Ne6 16. Kh2 Ned4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Ne2 Qb6 19. Be3 Bd7 20. Qd2 Rfc8 21. Rfc1 Be6
22. Kh1 h5 23. Qd1 Kh7 24. Qf1 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Rc8 26. Rxc8 Bxc8 27. Kh2 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.42"]
[White "Wall, Tim P"]
[Black "Varney, Zoe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "2219"]
[BlackElo "2053"]
[ECO "C36"]
[Opening "KGA"]
[Variation "Abbazia defence, modern variation"]
[WhiteFideId "401641"]
[BlackFideId "436135"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. Nc3 Bd6 8.
Qe2+ Qe7 9. Qxe7+ Kxe7 10. d3 h6 11. Bd2 a6 12. Ba4 Be6 13. O-O-O b5 14. Bb3
Bxb3 15. axb3 Rhe8 16. Ne2 Nd5 17. c4 Ne3 18. Bxe3 fxe3 19. d4 Na5 20. c5 Nxb3+
21. Kc2 Nxc5 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. Rd5 Rac8 24. Rhd1 Bb6+ 25. Kb1 Red8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8
27. Rxd8 Kxd8 28. Kc2 Kc7 29. Kd3 Kd6 30. Nfd4 Kc5 31. Nc2 Bc7 32. h3 Be5 33.
b4+ Kb6 34. Kxe3 a5 35. bxa5+ Kxa5 36. Ke4 Bf6 37. Kd5 Ka4 38. Ned4 g6 39. Nc6
h5 40. Ne5 b4 41. Nxb4 Kxb4 42. Nxf7 Kc3 43. Ke6 Bd4 44. Ne5 g5 45. Nf3 Be3 46.
g4 hxg4 47. hxg4 Kc4 48. Kf5 Kd5 49. Nxg5 Kd6 50. Kf6 Bd4+ 51. Kf7 Ke5 52. Ne6
Be3 53. Ke7 Bd2 54. Kf7 Be3 55. Ke7 Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.43"]
[White "Patel, Zain"]
[Black "Bryant, Harry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2058"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[WhiteFideId "469246"]
[BlackFideId "489158"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. Bb2 Bxf3 4. exf3 Nd7 5. d4 e6 6. Bd3 Ngf6 7. O-O c5 8. c4
cxd4 9. Bxd4 Bd6 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Rc1 Qe7 12. g3 Ba3 13. Rc2 Rfd8 14. Qe2 Nc5 15.
Bxc5 Bxc5 16. Rcc1 Bb4 17. Nb1 Rac8 18. Rfd1 g6 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Be4 Qg5 21.
Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. a3 Ba5 24. Kg2 Qf5 25. Qd3 Qxd3 26. Rxd3 Rc1 27.
Rxd5 Be1 28. Nd2 Rd1 29. Ne4 Ra1 30. Rd8+ Kg7 31. Rd7 Rxa3 32. Rxb7 h6 33. b4 a6
34. Kf1 Ra1 35. Ke2 Rb1 36. Nc5 Bxb4 37. Nxa6 Rb2+ 38. Kd3 Ba3 39. Rxb2 Bxb2 40.
f4 Ba3 41. Nc7 Bc5 42. f3 h5 43. g4 hxg4 44. fxg4 Bg1 45. h3 f6 46. Ke4 Kf7 47.
h4 Bf2 48. h5 gxh5 49. gxh5 Kg7 50. Ne8+ Kf7 51. Nd6+ Kg7 52. Kf5 Kh6 53. Ne4
Bd4 54. Nxf6 Bb2 55. Ke6 Bc1 56. f5 Kg5 57. Nd5 Kxh5 58. f6 Kg6 59. Ne7+ Kh7 60.
Nf5 Kg6 61. Ne7+ Kh7 62. f7 Kg7 63. Nf5+ Kf8 64. Nh4 Ba3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.44"]
[White "Saunders, Aron"]
[Black "ONUOHA, Obioma"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2201"]
[BlackElo "2056"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "modern attack, Symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "469343"]
[BlackFideId "8505837"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nc3 Nxe5 7. dxe5 Bb4 8.
O-O Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxc3 10. Rb1 Kf8 11. Qh5 b6 12. f4 h6 13. Kh1 Bb7 14. Rb3 d4
15. Ba3+ Kg8 16. e6 fxe6 17. f5 Qe8 18. Qh3 c5 19. f6 Qc6 20. fxg7 Rh7 21. Bxh7+
Kxh7 22. Rf6 Bd2 23. Rg3 Qb5 24. Bb4 Qe2 25. Kg1 Ba6 26. Rgf3 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.45"]
[White "Wilson, Matthew R"]
[Black "Swiatkowski, Dominik"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1772"]
[BlackElo "1874"]
[ECO "C69"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "exchange variation, Alapin gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "423459"]
[BlackFideId "343415202"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8. Nbd2
g5 9. Re1 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxf3 11. Nxf3 f6 12. Be3 Rd8 13. Rad1 c5 14. c3 Rh7 15.
Rd2 Rhd7 16. Red1 Bd6 17. a3 Ne7 18. d4 cxd4 19. cxd4 exd4 20. Nxd4 Be5 21. b4
Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Ng6 23. Kf1 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Rd6 25. Rxd6 cxd6 26. Ke2 Kd7 27. a4 Ke6
28. Kd3 b5 29. a5 Ne5+ 30. Kd4 Nc6+ 31. Kc3 Ke5 32. f3 h4 33. Bd2 Nd8 34. Kd3
Nf7 35. Ke3 Nd8 36. Bc3+ Ke6 37. f4 Nf7 38. Bd4 f5 39. Bc3 fxe4 40. Kxe4 d5+ 41.
Ke3 Kf5 42. fxg5 Nxg5 43. Be1 Ne6 44. Bxh4 d4+ 45. Kf3 Ke5 46. g4 Kd5 47. Be7
Kc4 48. h4 Kc3 49. Bf6 Kxb4 50. Ke2 Kc4 51. h5 b4 52. h6 b3 53. h7 b2 54. h8=Q
b1=Q 55. Qc8+ Nc5 56. Qg8+ Kc3 57. Bxd4+ Kxd4 58. Qf8 Qc2+ 59. Kf1 Qd1+ 60. Kg2
Qxg4+ 61. Kh2 Qe2+ 62. Kh3 Ne4 63. Qg7+ Ke3 64. Qa7+ Kd2 65. Qb8 Qh5+ 66. Kg2
Qg4+ 67. Kh2 Qh4+ 68. Kg2 Qg5+ 69. Kh2 Qh6+ 70. Kg2 Qg7+ 71. Kh2 Qd4 72. Qf4+
Qe3 73. Qe5 Qe2+ 74. Kg1 Qg4+ 75. Kh2 Qh4+ 76. Kg2 Qg5+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.46"]
[White "Barbu, Simon-Alexandru"]
[Black "Finn, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2051"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 2...Nc6"]
[WhiteFideId "1257170"]
[BlackFideId "432156"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 e6 5. O-O a6 6. Bd3 b5 7. b3 Bb7 8. Bb2
Nf6 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nxe4 11. Nxd4 Bd6 12. Bxe4 Qh4 13. Nf3 Qxe4 14. Re1 Qc6
15. c4 O-O 16. d3 f6 17. Rc1 b4 18. Re4 Qc7 19. Rh4 Qa5 20. Nd2 Qg5 21. Rg4 Qh6
22. h3 Bf4 23. Rc2 e5 24. g3 Qxh3 25. Ne4 Bg5 26. Bc1 h5 27. f3 hxg4 28. Rh2
Bxe4 29. Rxh3 Bxf3 30. Qf1 Bxc1 31. Rh4 Be3+ 32. Kh2 g5 33. Rh5 Kg7 34. Qe1 Rh8 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.47"]
[White "Ruane, Brendan J"]
[Black "Kilambi, Venkata Ananth Akshay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1857"]
[BlackElo "2038"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Anderssen's opening"]
[WhiteFideId "430218"]
[BlackFideId "489395"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. a3 a6 2. e4 c6 3. d3 d5 4. Qe2 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Qb6 7. c3 dxe4 8. dxe4 e5
9. Nd2 Be6 10. a4 a5 11. Ngf3 h6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Rd1 Qc5 14. b3 Bf8 15. Nc4 Bxc4
16. bxc4 Qa7 17. Rxd7 Kxd7 18. Nxe5+ Ke8 19. Qf3 Rh7 20. Be3 Bc5 21. Rd1 Bxe3
22. fxe3 Qc5 23. Qf4 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Nxf7+ Ke7 26. Ne5 Qd6 27. c5 Qf6 28.
Nc4 Rf7 29. Qd6+ Ke8 30. Qb8+ Ke7 31. Qd6+ Ke8 32. Qb8+ Ke7 33. Qd6+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.48"]
[White "Prince, Alan R"]
[Black "Woods, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1803"]
[BlackElo "2023"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2402165"]
[BlackFideId "2518384"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e5 6. O-O Nge7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Nc4
d6 9. a4 h6 10. Ne3 Be6 11. Nh4 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Qxd5 15.
Qf3 Qd6 16. Be3 f5 17. Ng2 g5 18. Ne1 g4 19. Qg2 f4 20. gxf4 exf4 21. Bc1 Rf5
22. f3 g3 23. c3 Rg5 24. h4 Rh5 25. Qh3 Rf8 26. Ng2 Rhf5 27. Nxf4 Rxf4 28. Bxf4
Qxf4 29. Rae1 Ne5 30. Re4 Nxf3+ 31. Kg2 Nxh4+ 32. Kg1 Qxf1+ 33. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 34.
Kxf1 g2+ 35. Kf2 Be5 36. d4 cxd4 37. Kg1 Bf6 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.49"]
[White "Butt, Laurence"]
[Black "Sciupokas, Arunas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1790"]
[BlackElo "1990"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "440884"]
[BlackFideId "12803693"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. f4 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Be2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Ne5 Nxe5 8. fxe5
Ne4 9. c4 Be6 10. cxd5 Bxd5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 O-O 13. Bb2 c6 14. c4 Be4 15.
Rf4 Bf5 16. g4 Be6 17. g5 f6 18. exf6 exf6 19. d5 cxd5 20. cxd5 Qxd5 21. Qxd5
Bxd5 22. e4 Be6 23. gxf6 Bh6 24. Rff1 Rac8 25. Bd1 Rfd8 26. Bb3 Bxb3 27. axb3
Kf7 28. Rfd1 Be3+ 29. Kf1 Ke6 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Ke2 Bg5 32. Bc3 Bxf6 33. Bxf6
Kxf6 34. Rxa7 Rd7 35. Ke3 g5 36. Ra5 h6 37. Rb5 Kg6 38. Rb6+ Kg7 39. e5 Rc7 40.
Ke4 h5 41. Kf5 g4 42. Kg5 Re7 43. e6 Kh7 44. Kxh5 Rg7 45. Kh4 Kg8 46. Kg3 Kf8
47. Rb4 Rg6 48. Rb6 Ke8 49. Kf4 Rh6 50. Kxg4 Rxh2 51. Rxb7 Re2 52. Kf5 Kd8 53.
b4 Kc8 54. Rd7 Rb2 55. Rd4 Rf2+ 56. Ke5 Re2+ 57. Kd6 Kd8 58. b5 Rb2 59. Rd5 Rb1
60. Re5 Rd1+ 61. Rd5 Rb1 62. e7+ Ke8 63. Re5 Rb2 64. Kc7 Rd2 65. b6 Rc2+ 66. Kb8
Rc1 67. Re6 Rc2 68. Kb7 Rc1 69. Rc6 Re1 70. Kc8 Kxe7 71. b7 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.50"]
[White "Turner, Lewis A"]
[Black "Saxena, Advik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1945"]
[BlackElo "1806"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "412600"]
[BlackFideId "343423892"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 Bb4 8.
Nxc6 dxc6 9. Bd4 e5 10. Qg3 f6 11. O-O-O Be6 12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Kf7 14. Qe3
Ne7 15. g3 Rad8 16. Be2 Ng6 17. Bh5 Qc8 18. Qb6 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Re8 20. f4 exf4
21. gxf4 Bg4 22. Bxg4 Qxg4 23. Qxb7+ Re7 24. Qb3+ Ke8 25. f5 Nf8 26. Qb8+ Kf7
27. Qb3+ Ke8 28. Bb4 Rd7 29. Rxd7 Nxd7 30. Qg8+ Nf8 31. Qxf8+ Kd7 32. Qd6+ Kc8
33. Qxc6+ Kd8 34. Ba5+ Ke7 35. Qe6+ Kf8 36. Bb4# 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.51"]
[White "Binks, Michael"]
[Black "Eldridge, Albert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1898"]
[BlackElo "1781"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1800957"]
[BlackFideId "343438857"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 e6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. Bb5
O-O 9. Ngf3 Nd7 10. O-O e5 11. h3 e4 12. Nh2 a6 13. Be2 cxd4 14. cxd4 f5 15. f4
Qh6 16. Kh1 Kh8 17. Rg1 g5 18. Rf1 Nf6 19. a3 g4 20. hxg4 fxg4 21. g3 Ne7 22.
Rg1 Nf5 23. Nf1 Rg8 24. Qe1 Qg6 25. Bd1 h5 26. Nd2 b6 27. Kg2 Ra7 28. Rc1 Rh7
29. Nhf1 Rh6 30. Rc6 b5 31. Bb3 Qe8 32. Bxd5 Nxd5 33. Rxh6+ Nxh6 34. Nb3 Qc6 35.
Nc5 Nf6 36. Rh1 Bf5 37. Qa5 Ra8 38. Nd2 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.52"]
[White "Shankar, Yashwardhan"]
[Black "Jacobs, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1886"]
[BlackElo "1749"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "2411067"]
[BlackFideId "343440673"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nf3 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 Nc6 6. c3 Bf5 7. Nbd2 e6 8. Qb3
Bd6 9. Bg3 Qc7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Bxg3 12. hxg3 h6 13. Rac1 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4
15. Nd2 Bh7 16. Qa4 Qd6 17. Rfe1 Rfc8 18. b4 b6 19. Ba6 Rc7 20. a3 Nb8 21. Bf1
Nd7 22. c4 dxc4 23. Nxc4 Qc6 24. Qxc6 Rxc6 25. b5 Rcc8 26. Nd6 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 e5
28. Rc7 Nf6 29. dxe5 Ne8 30. Nxe8 Rxe8 31. Rxa7 Rxe5 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.53"]
[White "Halas, Kim Aleksander"]
[Black "Freeman, Luke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1729"]
[BlackElo "1867"]
[ECO "D70"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1546074"]
[BlackFideId "343411959"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Nge2
c6 9. Ng3 Be6 10. Qd2 Bc4 11. O-O-O Bxf1 12. Nxf1 Nc4 13. Qd3 Nxe3 14. Nxe3 Nd7
15. d5 Ne5 16. Qe2 Qc7 17. f4 Nd7 18. e5 Nb6 19. Kb1 f6 20. Nc4 Kh8 21. d6 exd6
22. exd6 Qf7 23. Nxb6 axb6 24. Qe7 Rad8 25. Rhe1 Rd7 26. Qxf7 Rfxf7 27. Re7 Kg8
28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Na4 Bf8 30. Nxb6 Rxd6 31. Rxd6 Bxd6 32. g3 Bc5 33. Nd7 Bd4 34.
g4 Kf7 35. g5 fxg5 36. fxg5 Ke7 37. Nb8 Ba7 38. Nxc6+ bxc6 39. Kc2 Be3 40. Kc3
Bxg5 41. b4 Kd7 42. Kd4 Bf4 43. h3 Bd2 44. Kc4 h5 45. a4 g5 46. Kc5 g4 47. a5
Be3+ 48. Kc4 gxh3 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "2.54"]
[White "Wheeler, James M"]
[Black "Siddhartha Shankar Srivastava"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1846"]
[BlackElo "1589"]
[ECO "B20"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "463396"]
[BlackFideId "25780590"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. a3 Nc6 3. b4 cxb4 4. axb4 Nxb4 5. d4 e6 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5
exd5 9. Ne2 Nf6 10. O-O Be7 11. h3 O-O 12. Bf4 h6 13. Na3 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15.
c4 Be6 16. c5 Qe7 17. Nb5 b6 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Nf4 Nb4 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Nxe6
fxe6 22. Bb1 Qd7 23. Qe2 Ra5 24. Nc3 Ra3 25. Qb2 Rxc3 26. Qxc3 Nc6 27. Rc1 Ne7
28. Qg3 Nc6 29. Qc3 Ne7 30. Qb4 Qb7 31. Qd6 Qd7 32. Qxb6 Ne4 33. Rc7 Qd8 34.
Qxe6+ Kf8 35. Rd7 Qe8 36. Bxe4 dxe4 37. d5 Ng8 38. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kuru, Atilla"]
[Black "Laurent-Paoli, Pierre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "51607948"]
[BlackFideId "26017962"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Rc8 9. Nc3 e6 10. h3 Nf6 11. Nxc6 Rxc6 12. Nd5 Nd7 13. b3 Rc8 14. Ba3 Ne5
15. f4 Nc6 16. c4 exd5 17. exd5+ Ne7 18. c5 dxc5 19. Bb2 Qd6 20. Be5 Qd7 21. d6
f6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qh5+ Kd8 24. dxe7+ Bxe7 25. Rad1 Bd6 26. Rxd6 Qxd6 27. Rd1
Qxd1+ 28. Qxd1+ Kc7 29. Qd5 Kb6 30. Qd6+ Rc6 31. Qe7 h5 32. Qg7 Rd8 33. Qh6 Rd5
34. Kh2 a5 35. a4 Rd3 36. Qf8 Ka7 37. Qf7 Rc3 38. h4 Kb6 39. Qd5 Ka6 40. Qd8
Rxb3 41. Qa8+ Kb6 42. Qd8+ Ka6 43. Qa8+ Kb6 44. Qd8+ Ka7 45. Qxa5+ Kb8 46. Qd8+
Rc8 47. Qd6+ Rc7 48. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Hagner, Bennet"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Spanish variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12800112"]
[BlackFideId "16224477"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 O-O 6. a3 a6 7. Bc4 Bc5 8. h3 d6
9. Bg5 Be6 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. Bxd5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Bg3 Kh7 15. c3
a5 16. Qc2 Ba7 17. d4 Nh5 18. O-O-O exd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. cxd4 Qd7 21. Bh2 Kg8
22. g4 Ng7 23. h4 f6 24. f3 Rab8 25. Bg3 Qe6 26. Be1 a4 27. Qxa4 Qa2 28. Bc3 Rb3
29. Qxc6 Rfb8 30. hxg5 Ne6 31. Qc4 d5 32. exd5 Nf4 33. d6+ Kg7 34. gxf6+ Kg6 35.
dxc7 Ne2+ 36. Qxe2 Rxc3+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Wang, Hao(ZJ)"]
[Black "Deuer, Marius"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, four knights system"]
[WhiteFideId "8631859"]
[BlackFideId "16236432"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 cxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Kaasen, Tor Fredrik"]
[Black "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Queen's Pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "1516647"]
[BlackFideId "14103052"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e4 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Re1 e5 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bh4 b6 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. a4 a6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. b4 Rfd8 15.
Nc4 Qe6 16. Rad1 Rab8 17. Ne3 c6 18. Bc4 Qe7 19. Bb3 b5 20. h3 Nf8 21. Ng4 Rxd1
22. Rxd1 g5 23. Ngxe5 Ne6 24. Bg3 Rf8 25. Ng4 bxa4 26. Bxa4 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8
28. Bb3 Nxg4 29. hxg4 Nf4 30. Bxf4 gxf4 31. e5 Qd7 32. e6 fxe6 33. Nd4 Bxd4 34.
Qg6+ Kf8 35. cxd4 Qxd4 36. Qxe6 Qa1+ 37. Kh2 Qg7 38. Qd6+ Qe7 39. Qxh6+ Ke8 40.
Qxf4 Qh7+ 41. Kg3 Qd3+ 42. Qe3+ Qxe3+ 43. fxe3 Ke7 44. g5 c5 45. bxc5 Bc6 46.
Kf4 a5 47. Ke5 a4 48. Ba2 Be8 49. c6 a3 50. c7 Kd7 51. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Plat, Vojtech"]
[Black "Ghimpu, Samuel-Timotei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "325740"]
[BlackFideId "1238175"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 d5 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. O-O
Be6 9. Bxe6 Qxe6 10. Re1 Qd7 11. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Verbytski, Oleg"]
[Black "Southcott-Moyers, Indy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2039"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "495506"]
[BlackFideId "488542"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a5 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. h3
Ba7 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bb5 Ne7 11. Ba4 Ng6 12. Nf1 c6 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 d5 15. e5
Ne4 16. Bc2 f5 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Ng5 Qe8 19. f4 Bd5 20. h4 h6 21. Nh3 Nxh4 22.
Be3 Qg6 23. Re2 Rfd8 24. Kh1 Qf7 25. b3 Ng6 26. Rd2 Be6 27. Bf2 Rd7 28. Qe2 Ne7
29. Rc1 Nd5 30. Ne3 Nb4 31. Nc4 Nd3 32. Rcc2 Bxc4 33. Rxc4 Rad8 34. Bh4 Re8 35.
Nf2 Nxf4 36. Qe1 Qh5 37. Nh3 Nd3 38. Qg3 Nxe5 39. Nf4 Qg4 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Vaddhireddy, Sai"]
[Black "Finn, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[WhiteFideId "499560"]
[BlackFideId "432156"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qd3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 b4 8. Ne4
Ba6 9. Qc2 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Be7 11. g3 O-O 12. Bg2 Qd5 13. Qc2 Qb5 14. O-O Qxe2 15.
Qxe2 Bxe2 16. Re1 Bc4 17. Be3 Nd7 18. b3 Bd5 19. Rac1 a5 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. dxe5
a4 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Rc7 Rfe8 24. Rec1 axb3 25. axb3 Bf8 26. Rb7 Reb8 27. Rbc7
h6 28. Ba7 Rd8 29. Bd4 g6 30. f4 Ra3 31. Rb7 Rxb3 32. Rcc7 Rd3 33. Bb6 Ra8 34.
Kg2 b3 35. Rxf7 b2 36. Bc5 b1=Q 37. Rxf8+ Rxf8 38. Rxb1 Rc8 39. Be7 Rd2+ 40. Kh3
Rdc2 41. Bf6 R2c7 42. Rb6 Kf7 43. Rd6 Rb7 44. Kg4 Ra7 45. Kh3 g5 46. fxg5 hxg5
47. Bxg5 Rh8+ 48. Kg4 Rxh2 49. Rd8 Ra4+ 50. Bf4 Ke7 51. Rb8 d4 52. Rb7+ Ke8 53.
Rb6 Kd7 54. Rd6+ Ke7 55. Bg5+ Kf7 56. Rd7+ Kg6 57. Bf4 Rh7 58. Rd6 Re7 59. Rd8
Rg7 60. Rd6 Kf7+ 61. Kf3 Rh7 62. Ke4 Rh1 63. Rxd4 Re1+ 64. Be3 Ra5 65. Rd7+ Kg6
66. Rd6 Ra4+ 67. Rd4 Ra5 68. Rd6 Kh5 69. Rd8 Ra4+ 70. Rd4 Ra2 71. Rd3 Kg4 72.
Kd4 Ra5 73. Bf4 Rb1 74. Rd2 Rd5+ 75. Ke3 Re1+ 76. Kf2 Re4 77. Ra2 Rd3 78. Rb2
Ra3 79. Rc2 Rf3+ 80. Kg2 Rb3 81. Kf2 Ra4 82. Re2 Ra1 83. Rc2 Rbb1 84. Rd2 Rf1+
85. Ke3 Rf3+ 86. Kd4 Ra5 87. Kc4 Rxf4+ 88. gxf4 Kxf4 89. Kd4 Rd5+ 90. Kc3 Rxe5
91. Rd8 Ke3 92. Rd3+ Ke4 93. Rd4+ Kf3 94. Rd8 Ra5 95. Kd3 Kf4 96. Rf8+ Rf5 97.
Ra8 Kf3 98. Kd2 e5 99. Ke1 Rh5 100. Ra3+ Kf4 101. Rb3 e4 102. Ke2 Rh2+ 103. Ke1
Ra2 104. Rc3 Ke5 105. Rb3 Kd4 106. Rh3 Ra8 107. Ke2 Rg8 108. Ra3 Rg2+ 109. Ke1
Rc2 110. Rh3 Rc3 111. Rxc3 Kxc3 112. Ke2 Kd4 113. Kd2 e3+ 114. Ke2 Ke4 115. Ke1
Kd3 116. Kd1 e2+ 117. Ke1 Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Fryer, David W"]
[Black "Vaidyanathan, Adithya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1902"]
[BlackElo "2189"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[Variation "English variation"]
[WhiteFideId "406384"]
[BlackFideId "495450"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. b3 c5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 e5 4. c4 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nf3 Nge7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. g4 d5
9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. e4 Qd6 12. Nd2 b5 13. a3 Be6 14. h4 Nd4 15. g5 f6
16. Bxd4 Qxd4 17. Rc1 fxg5 18. Nf3 Qb2 19. Nd2 gxh4 20. Bh3 Bxh3 21. Rxh3 Rf4
22. Rc2 Qxa3 23. Ke2 Raf8 24. f3 g5 25. Qg1 h6 26. Rxc5 a6 27. Rc7 Qd6 28. Qa7
R4f7 29. Rxf7 Rxf7 30. Qa8+ Rf8 31. Qa7 Rd8 32. Qe3 a5 33. Rh1 Qd4 34. Rc1 Qxe3+
35. Kxe3 a4 36. bxa4 bxa4 37. Ra1 Ra8 38. Nc4 Ra6 39. Ra2 Kf7 40. Nb2 a3 41. Nc4
Ke6 42. Rxa3 Rxa3 43. Nxa3 Bf8 44. Nb1 Bc5+ 45. Ke2 Bb4 46. Ke3 Kd6 47. Ke2 Kc6
48. Kf2 Kb5 49. Ke2 Kc5 50. Ke3 h5 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Zhang, Junyi"]
[Black "Hu, Junyan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2172"]
[BlackElo "1862"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "494437"]
[BlackFideId "343401260"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bc5 7. Bf4 O-O 8.
Bd6 Qb6 9. Bxc5 Qxc5 10. Qd6 Qb6 11. Qc7 Qc5 12. Qd6 Qb6 13. Qc7 Qc5 14. Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Ashton, Adam G"]
[Black "Gordon, Stephen J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "410110"]
[BlackFideId "411477"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. a5 Bg7 7. O-O a6 8. Be2 b5
9. axb6 Bb7 10. d3 O-O 11. Qd2 c4 12. Qg5 cxd3 13. cxd3 Qxb6 14. Nd2 Ne5 15. Kh1
e6 16. f4 Nc6 17. Nf3 Rae8 18. Qh4 Nd7 19. Nd1 f5 20. Ne3 Nc5 21. Nc4 Qd8 22.
Qxd8 Rxd8 23. e5 dxe5 24. fxe5 Nb3 25. Ra3 Nbd4 26. Rf2 Nxe2 27. Rxe2 Nb4 28.
Nd6 Bxf3 29. gxf3 Bxe5 30. Rxe5 Rxd6 31. Bh6 Rc8 32. d4 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Williams, Simon K"]
[Black "Demac, Elias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[ECO "A80"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[WhiteFideId "404454"]
[BlackFideId "1505807"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 f5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 d6 4. h4 e6 5. h5 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. Bc4
Qe8 9. h6 g6 10. c3 Kh8 11. b4 Bd8 12. Bg3 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qe2 e4 15. Nd4
Ne5 16. f3 c6 17. O-O exf3 18. N4xf3 Nfg4 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Ne4 Bc7 21. Ng5 f4
22. exf4 Bg4 23. Qxe5+ Bxe5 24. fxe5 Bf5 25. e6 Qe7 26. Nf7+ Kg8 27. Bd6 Qh4 28.
Rf4 Qg3 29. Rf3 Qg4 30. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.12"]
[White "Grutter, Tim"]
[Black "Lau, Lut Yin Luke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2243"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "1057472"]
[BlackFideId "6002226"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5
axb5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. d4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 d6 12. f4 Nc6 13. Qd3 O-O 14. Nc3 Nb4 15.
Qd2 Qe7 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Qxe5 18. Qf2 Nbd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Qc5 Be6 21. Bf4
Qh5 22. Bg3 Rbc8 23. Qxb5 c5 24. Rae1 Rfd8 25. Qa5 Qg4 26. c3 h5 27. Bd1 Qg5 28.
Re5 Qd2 29. Re2 Qg5 30. Re5 Qd2 31. Re2 Qg5 32. Qa4 c4 33. Re5 Qd2 34. Re2 Qd3
35. Rfe1 Ra8 36. Qc2 Bf5 37. Qc1 Nf6 38. Bc2 Qd7 39. Re7 Qb5 40. R7e5 Rd5 41.
Bxf5 h4 42. Rxd5 Qxd5 43. Re5 Qd6 44. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.13"]
[White "Dupuis, Denis K"]
[Black "Blanquet, Camille"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "2132"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 2...Nc6"]
[WhiteFideId "452980"]
[BlackFideId "36037354"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 e6 5. O-O a6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. b3 d6 8. Bb2
Nf6 9. Re1 e5 10. h3 Be7 11. a3 O-O 12. Ne2 b5 13. Ng3 g6 14. c3 Rb8 15. Rb1 Na5
16. Bc2 c4 17. b4 Nc6 18. d3 cxd3 19. Bb3 Qe8 20. Qxd3 Nd8 21. Bc1 Kg7 22. Bg5
Ne6 23. Bxf6+ Kxf6 24. Nf1 Nf4 25. Qd2 Kg7 26. Ne3 f5 27. Bc2 Be6 28. exf5 gxf5
29. Nd4 Qd7 30. Nxe6+ Qxe6 31. Kh2 Rbd8 32. g3 Ng6 33. Nd5 e4 34. f4 Bf6 35. Bb3
Qd7 36. c4 Qb7 37. Rbc1 Rd7 38. cxb5 axb5 39. g4 Nh4 40. Bd1 Qa7 41. gxf5 Qxa3
42. Rg1+ Kh6 43. Nxf6 Rxf6 44. Qd4 Rdf7 45. Rc3 Qb2+ 46. Kh1 Nxf5 47. Qxe4 Qxc3
48. Bf3 Qe3 49. Qa8 Qxf4 50. Bd5 Ng3+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.14"]
[White "Sivanandan, Bodhana"]
[Black "Kendall, Arthur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[ECO "C06"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, closed variation, main line"]
[WhiteFideId "497592"]
[BlackFideId "343410960"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Ng3 Bd7 14. Rc1 Rae8 15.
Bc3 g6 16. Re1 Ng4 17. Rc2 a6 18. a3 e5 19. dxe5 Ngxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Bf1 d4
22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Rxe8 Bxf2+ 24. Rxf2 Bxe8 25. Bc4+ Bf7 26. Qb3 Bxc4 27. Qxc4+
Kg7 28. Qc3+ Qe5 29. Qxe5+ Nxe5 30. Rc2 Rf7 31. Ne4 Re7 32. h3 Nd3 33. Nf2 Re1+
34. Kh2 Nxf2 35. Rxf2 Re3 36. Rd2 Rb3 37. Rf2 g5 38. g4 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.15"]
[White "Bryant, Harry"]
[Black "Rayner, Francis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "1983"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Hungarian variation"]
[WhiteFideId "489158"]
[BlackFideId "1800132"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Bc4
Qb6 9. Bb3 Ng4 10. fxg4 Bxd4 11. Nd5 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qd8 13. Bh6 Bxb2 14. Bxf8 Qxf8
15. Rb1 Be5 16. O-O Qh6 17. h3 e6 18. Nf6+ Bxf6 19. Rxf6 Qe3+ 20. Kh1 Qxe4 21.
Qd2 d5 22. Rbf1 Nd8 23. c4 Bd7 24. cxd5 Bb5 25. dxe6 Bxf1 26. exf7+ Nxf7 27.
Bxf7+ Kg7 28. Rxf1 Rf8 29. Qb2+ Kh6 30. g5+ Kxg5 31. Qd2+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.16"]
[White "Kapechun, Mikhailo"]
[Black "Dewangan, Aayush"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2184"]
[BlackElo "1981"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Chigorin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "34147527"]
[BlackFideId "469700"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Bd6 6. Bg5 c6 7. Nh4 Bg6 8. Nxg6
hxg6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Be7 11. Nc3 Nd5 12. Bd2 Bf6 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. c3 Nd7
15. Qb3 Qe4+ 16. Be3 Bg5 17. c4 O-O-O 18. O-O-O Bxe3+ 19. Qxe3 Nf6 20. Be2 Qxg2
21. d5 exd5 22. Qxa7 Qg5+ 23. Kb1 Qf4 24. cxd5 Nxd5 25. h3 Rhe8 26. Rhe1 Qb4 27.
Rc1 Kc7 28. a3 Qb6 29. Qxb6+ Kxb6 30. Bc4 Rh8 31. Bxd5 Rxd5 32. Re7 Rf5 33. Rd1
Rxf2 34. Rdd7 Rb8 35. Rxf7 Rxf7 36. Rxf7 Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.17"]
[White "Rastogi, Nayan Keats"]
[Black "Burrows, Martin P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1939"]
[BlackElo "2117"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "343407579"]
[BlackFideId "409057"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 e5 6. Qd3 h6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Bc4
Be7 9. O-O Qc7 10. Nc3 a6 11. Bd5 O-O 12. Nh4 Nc5 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. Ng6 Re8 15.
Nxe7+ Rxe7 16. Rfd1 Be6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. Nd5 Rc8 19. c3 Nxd5 20. Qxd5 Qb6 21.
Qb3 Qc6 22. Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.18"]
[White "Brown, Thomas"]
[Black "Gorskovs, Andrejs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2082"]
[BlackElo "1920"]
[ECO "E24"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1801430"]
[BlackFideId "343426751"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 6. f3 Nc6 7. e4 Na5 8. e5
Ng8 9. f4 Ba6 10. Nf3 c5 11. d5 Ne7 12. Ng5 h6 13. Ne4 O-O 14. Nd6 Nc8 15. Nb5
exd5 16. cxd5 d6 17. Be2 Bb7 18. c4 dxe5 19. O-O a6 20. Nc3 exf4 21. Rxf4 Ne7
22. Bd3 b5 23. Rg4 f5 24. Rg3 f4 25. Rxg7+ Kxg7 26. Qg4+ Kf7 27. Qe6+ Kg7 28.
Bb2 Rf7 29. Nxb5+ Kg8 30. Nd6 Qf8 31. Nxf7 Qxf7 32. Qxh6 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.19"]
[White "Rubeck, Jonathan"]
[Black "Patel, Zain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1913"]
[BlackElo "2058"]
[ECO "C29"]
[Opening "Vienna gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "435678"]
[BlackFideId "469246"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. fxe5 Nxe4 5. Nf3 Bc5 6. d4 Bb4 7. Bd2 c5 8. a3
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nc6 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Bg4 12. Qe1 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 cxd4 14. cxd4
Bxf3 15. Rxf3 Qb6 16. Kh1 Qxd4 17. Re1 h6 18. Rf4 Qb6 19. Rg4 Ne7 20. e6 Kh8 21.
Rh4 Ng8 22. Bf5 fxe6 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. Rd4 Rae8 25. Rb1 Nf6 26. h3 Ne4 27. Qb4
Ng3+ 28. Kh2 Qe5 29. Rg4 Nf1+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.20"]
[White "Janse, Jan Jaap"]
[Black "Siddharth, Gopakumar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "1864"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "1010344"]
[BlackFideId "5053463"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. b3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bb4 9. Bd2 Nxd4 10. exd4 O-O 11. Be2 Bf5 12. O-O Rc8 13. Nb5 Bxd2 14. Qxd2 a6
15. Nc3 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Rac1 Qd7 18. Qb4 Rc6 19. Rfd1 Rg6 20. g3 Rh6 21.
Bf1 Qg4 22. Qc3 Qh5 23. h3 Qg4 24. Re1 Rxh3 25. Rxe4 dxe4 26. Bxh3 Qxh3 27. d5
Re8 28. Qc7 e3 29. fxe3 h5 30. Qf4 h4 31. Qxh4 Qxh4 32. gxh4 Rxe3 33. Rc8+ Kh7
34. Rc7 Rd3 35. Rxf7 Rxd5 36. Rxb7 Rd1+ 37. Kg2 Rd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.21"]
[White "Rida, Ruqayyah"]
[Black "Saxena, Reyansh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[BlackElo "1641"]
[ECO "C08"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, open, 4.ed ed"]
[WhiteFideId "343272375"]
[BlackFideId "343423884"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. O-O Bd7 8.
Re1+ Be7 9. dxc5 O-O 10. Nb3 Na5 11. Bxd7 Nxb3 12. axb3 Qxd7 13. Bg5 Bxc5 14.
Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qd3 Kh8 16. Ra4 Rg8 17. Rh4 Rg7 18. Nd4 Re8 19. Re2 f5 20. g3 Re4
21. Nf3 Qe6 22. Rd2 Be7 23. Rh3 f4 24. Qxd5 fxg3 25. Rxg3 Rxg3+ 26. hxg3 Qxd5
27. Rxd5 Re2 28. Rd2 Rxd2 29. Nxd2 Kg7 30. Kf1 f5 31. Ke2 h5 32. Nc4 b5 33. Ne3
Kg6 34. Nd5 Bd8 35. c4 Bb6 36. Nf4+ Kg5 37. c5 Bxc5 38. Ne6+ Kg4 39. Nxc5 f4 40.
Ne4 fxg3 41. fxg3 h4 42. gxh4 Kxh4 43. b4 Kg4 44. Kd3 Kf3 45. Nc3 a6 46. Nd5 Kg4
47. Kd4 Kf5 48. Nc7 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.22"]
[White "Gormally, Daniel W"]
[Black "Yoon, Jacob D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[WhiteFideId "406465"]
[BlackFideId "446076"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Nc3 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Nbd7 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Nb5 c5 14. Nc7 Nf8 15.
dxc5 bxc5 16. Nxe8 Qxe8 17. Bg5 Ne6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Ne1 Rd8 20. Nd3 Qb5 21.
Nf4 Nxf4 22. gxf4 Qb4 23. e3 Ba6 24. Re1 Bc3 25. Bxd5 Bxe1 26. Bxf7+ Kxf7 27.
Qxd8 Qe4 28. Qd7+ Kg8 29. Rxe1 Qg6+ 30. Kh1 Qe4+ 31. f3 Qxf3+ 32. Kg1 Qe4 33.
Qd8+ Kf7 34. Qc7+ Kg8 35. Qe5 Qg6+ 36. Qg5 Qe4 37. Qg2 Qe8 38. Qd5+ Kh8 39. f5
h6 40. Qe6 Qb5 41. Rd1 Qa5 42. Qe8+ Kh7 43. Qg6+ Kh8 44. f6 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.23"]
[White "Adams, Henry"]
[Black "Mazur, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2159"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[ECO "D08"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Albin counter-gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "464562"]
[BlackFideId "14909332"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ne7 4. cxd5 Qxd5 5. Qxd5 Nxd5 6. a3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8.
e4 Nde7 9. Be3 O-O-O 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Be2 Ngxe5 12. O-O a5 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Nxf3
Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Be7 16. Rfc1 Bf6 17. Rab1 Bd4 18. Bf4 Rhe8 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4
Bb6 21. Kf1 Nd4 22. Rc4 Nxf3 23. gxf3 Rd4 24. Rbc1 Rxc4 25. Rxc4 Kd7 26. Bd2 Ra8
27. Rc3 Ra2 28. Ke2 c5 29. bxc5 Ba5 30. c6+ bxc6 31. Rd3+ Ke6 32. f4 g6 33. h4
h5 34. Ke3 Bxd2+ 35. Rxd2 Rxd2 36. Kxd2 Kd6 37. Kc3 Kc5 38. f3 Kb5 39. Kb3 c5
40. Kc3 c4 41. Kc2 Kb4 42. Kb2 c3+ 43. Kc2 Kc4 44. f5 gxf5 45. exf5 f6 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.24"]
[White "Golding, Alex"]
[Black "Verbin, Valentina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2122"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "427241"]
[BlackFideId "13905910"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Be7 5. g3 c5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O h6 8. Re1
O-O 9. a4 Rb8 10. c3 a6 11. e5 Nh7 12. h4 f5 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Nb3 Qd6 15. d4
cxd4 16. cxd4 g5 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. Be3 Bd7 19. Nc5 Be8 20. Nxg5 Nxg5 21. Qg4 Bg6
22. Bxg5 Bxd4 23. Be3 Ne5 24. Qxd4 b6 25. Nxe6 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.25"]
[White "Hill, Alistair"]
[Black "Skytte, Rasmus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2104"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "432407"]
[BlackFideId "1404210"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 dxc4 5. Na3 Bg7 6. O-O Nh6 7. Nxc4 Nf5 8. d3
Nc6 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Rc1 Be6 11. Nfe5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bxe5 13. Nxe5 Qd4 14. Nc4 Bxc4
15. Rxc4 Qxb2 16. Qc2 Qa3 17. Rb1 Nd4 18. Qb2 Qa5 19. e3 Ne6 20. Bd5 Rad8 21.
Qe5 b5 22. Rc2 Nc7 23. Rxc5 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.26"]
[White "ONUOHA, Obioma"]
[Black "Badacsonyi, Stanley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2056"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8505837"]
[BlackFideId "486973"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. h3 Ne7 6. Nf3 Nbc6 7. c3 h6 8. Qc2
Be6 9. a4 O-O 10. a5 a6 11. Nbd2 Ng6 12. Nb3 Qf6 13. Be3 Nf4 14. Bxf4 Qxf4 15.
Nc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5 Rfe8 17. Kf1 d4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Rad8 20. Rd1 Rxd4 21.
Be2 Bd5 22. Rxd4 Qxd4 23. Bf3 Qb4 24. Qc3 Qxc3 25. bxc3 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Re5 27.
Kg2 Rg5+ 28. Kh2 Rxc5 29. Rb1 Rb5 30. Rxb5 axb5 31. Kg3 f6 32. Kf4 Kf7 33. Ke4
Ke6 34. f4 f5+ 35. Kd4 Kd6 36. h4 c5+ 37. Kd3 h5 38. f3 Kd5 39. c4+ bxc4+ 40.
Kc3 g6 41. Kc2 Kc6 42. Kd2 Kb5 43. Kc3 Kxa5 44. Kxc4 b5+ 45. Kxc5 b4 46. Kd5 b3
47. Ke5 b2 48. Kf6 b1=Q 49. Kxg6 Qd3 50. Kxh5 Qxf3+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.27"]
[White "Varney, Zoe"]
[Black "Kalavannan, Koby"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2053"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[ECO "B35"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, modern variation with Bc4"]
[WhiteFideId "436135"]
[BlackFideId "425753"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 Re8 9. h3 b5 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. e5 Nd7 12. e6 fxe6 13. Bxe6+ Kh8 14. Qd2 Ne5
15. Bb3 a5 16. a3 Bf5 17. Qe2 a4 18. Ba2 b4 19. axb4 a3 20. Rd1 Qb8 21. bxa3
Rxa3 22. Bb3 Qxb4 23. Bd2 Rxb3 24. Nb1 Qd6 25. Bg5 Nd3+ 26. cxd3 Rxb1 27. Rxb1
Bxd3 28. Qa2 Bc3+ 29. Bd2 Bxd2+ 30. Qxd2 Qe5+ 31. Kd1 Bxb1 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.28"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "White, Stuart A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "436224"]
[BlackFideId "407747"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Nge2
e6 9. Qb3 Bxe2 10. Bxe2 Na5 11. Qc2 Rc8 12. O-O Bd6 13. Bg5 O-O 14. Rfc1 b5 15.
Qd1 Be7 16. Qd3 Nc4 17. Rc2 Qa5 18. Nd1 Rc7 19. Bf4 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Nxd6 21. Rxc7
Qxc7 22. a4 Rc8 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra6 Nc4 25. g3 g6 26. Qb3 Rb8 27. Qc2 Qb7 28.
Ra1 Rc8 29. Qb3 b4 30. Qd3 Ne4 31. Bf3 Ned6 32. b3 Na3 33. Nb2 Qc6 34. Na4 Qc2
35. Qa6 Qxb3 36. Bd1 Nc2 37. Qxd6 Qd3 38. Bxc2 Rxc2 39. Qxb4 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.29"]
[White "Hobson, Kenneth"]
[Black "Bharat Kumar, Balahari"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2068"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch defence"]
[Variation "two knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "480819"]
[BlackFideId "496464"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 b6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Qe2 Bb7 8. O-O Nd7
9. Bg5 Ne7 10. Rad1 h6 11. Bh4 O-O 12. Bg3 Re8 13. h4 d5 14. Ba2 dxe4 15. Nxe4
Nf5 16. Ne5 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 Nxg3 18. fxg3 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qe7 20. Rde1 h5 21. Kh2
Rad8 22. Bc4 a5 23. Rf4 Qc5 24. g4 Bh6 25. g5 Bg7 26. Kh3 Re7 27. c3 Red7 28. g3
Rd1 29. Rxd1 Rxd1 30. Qa8+ Kh7 31. Qf3 Rd7 32. Bb5 Rd2 33. Rxf7 Qg1 34. Rxg7+
Kxg7 35. Qf6+ Kh7 36. Qf7+ Kh8 37. Qf8+ Kh7 38. Qh6+ Kg8 39. Qxg6+ Kf8 40. Qf6+
Kg8 41. Qxe6+ Kg7 42. Qf6+ Kh7 43. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.30"]
[White "Martin, Nils"]
[Black "Skytte, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[ECO "B38"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, Maroczy bind, 6.Be3"]
[WhiteFideId "45160473"]
[BlackFideId "1471775"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2
b6 9. f4 e5 10. Ndb5 Ne8 11. f5 a6 12. Nd6 Nxd6 13. Qxd6 Nd4 14. O-O Re8 15.
fxg6 hxg6 16. Qd5 Ra7 17. Qxf7+ Kh7 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Rf3 d5 20. Qxa7 Re7 21.
Qa8 dxc3 22. bxc3 dxe4 23. Rh3+ Kg8 24. Bg4 Re8 25. Rd1 Qg5 26. Be6+ Kf8 27.
Rf1+ Ke7 28. Bxc8 Qc5+ 29. Kh1 Qxc8 30. Qa7+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.31"]
[White "Herzwurm, Robert"]
[Black "Ratcliffe, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2047"]
[BlackElo "1845"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Grand Prix attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4668570"]
[BlackFideId "343432840"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bb5 Nd4 6. O-O a6 7. Bd3 Nh6 8. Nxd4
Bxd4+ 9. Kh1 d6 10. Ne2 Bg7 11. Ng3 O-O 12. a4 b6 13. c3 Bb7 14. Qe2 e6 15. Rf3
d5 16. Bc2 Qd7 17. d3 f5 18. e5 d4 19. Rf1 Nf7 20. c4 h5 21. Kg1 Nd8 22. Bd1 h4
23. Nh1 h3 24. gxh3 Kf7 25. Qf2 Rh8 26. Qg3 Nc6 27. Kf2 Rh7 28. Rg1 Ne7 29. Ke1
Bxh1 30. Rxh1 Rah8 31. h4 Rxh4 32. h3 R8h6 33. Bf3 b5 34. axb5 axb5 35. b3 Nc6
36. Bd2 bxc4 37. bxc4 Nb4 38. Bxb4 cxb4 39. Ra5 Bf8 40. Rb5 Be7 41. Rb7 Qa4 42.
Qg5 Qe8 43. Qf6+ Kg8 44. Rxe7 Qf8 45. Qxe6+ Kh8 46. Re8 Qxe8 47. Qxe8+ Kg7 48.
e6 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.32"]
[White "Liu, Yiyi"]
[Black "Balzer, Lars"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1791"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[ECO "A42"]
[Opening "Modern defence"]
[Variation "Averbakh system"]
[WhiteFideId "8617171"]
[BlackFideId "4646452"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. h4 Ngf6 6. f4 e5 7. fxe5 dxe5 8. d5
Nc5 9. Qc2 a5 10. Be2 Bg4 11. Be3 Qe7 12. O-O-O Bxe2 13. Ngxe2 Ng4 14. Bg1 Bh6+
15. Kb1 Ne3 16. Bxe3 Bxe3 17. d6 Qf8 18. Nd5 Qh6 19. Nxc7+ Kd7 20. Nxa8 Rxa8 21.
Nc3 Ra6 22. Rhf1 Rxd6 23. Rxd6+ Kxd6 24. Qd1+ Ke7 25. Qf3 Kd6 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.33"]
[White "Woods, Yannick"]
[Black "Pai, Sidhanth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
[BlackElo "1842"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[WhiteFideId "2518384"]
[BlackFideId "343111937"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. h3 b6
9. b4 a5 10. a3 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Rxa6 12. O-O Qc8 13. Qb1 bxc5 14. bxc5 Bd8 15. Qd3
Ra8 16. Rfb1 Bc7 17. Na4 Rb8 18. Rxb8 Qxb8 19. Rb1 Qa7 20. Bxc7 Qxc7 21. Qa6 Rb8
22. Rxb8+ Nxb8 23. Qa8 Nd7 24. Nb6 Nf8 25. Qxa5 f6 26. Qa8 Kf7 27. a4 Nbd7 28.
a5 e5 29. Nc8 e4 30. Nh4 g6 31. g3 Nb8 32. Nd6+ Kg8 33. a6 f5 34. a7 Na6 35.
Qxf8+ Kxf8 36. a8=Q+ Nb8 37. Ng2 Ke7 38. Ne1 h5 39. Ng2 Kf8 40. Nf4 Ke7 41.
Nxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.34"]
[White "Swiatkowski, Aram"]
[Black "Byron, Alan M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1843"]
[BlackElo "2022"]
[ECO "B11"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights, 3...Bg4"]
[WhiteFideId "343415210"]
[BlackFideId "401773"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. exd5 cxd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nf6 8.
O-O e6 9. d3 Be7 10. Qg3 O-O 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Bf4 c5 14. Rfe1 Qd7
15. h4 Bd6 16. Ne2 Rb8 17. b3 Rb6 18. Bxd6 Nxd6 19. Nf4 Nf5 20. Qh3 Qd6 21. Qg4
Qd8 22. g3 Qf6 23. Rad1 Nd4 24. c3 Qf5 25. Qxf5 Nxf5 26. Re5 Ne7 27. c4 Nc6 28.
Re3 d4 29. Re2 Rfb8 30. Kg2 a5 31. Rde1 Kf8 32. Nh3 h6 33. f4 a4 34. bxa4 Ra8
35. Nf2 Rxa4 36. Ne4 Ra5 37. Rd2 Nb8 38. Ree2 f5 39. Rb2 Rxb2 40. Rxb2 Nd7 41.
Nd6 Ra3 42. Re2 Ke7 43. Nxf5+ Kf6 44. Nd6 Rxd3 45. Ne8+ Kf7 46. Nd6+ Ke7 47. Nb5
Rd1 48. Nc7 d3 49. Rxe6+ Kd8 50. Nb5 Rc1 51. Rd6 Rxc4 52. Rxd3 Rc2+ 53. Kf3 Rxa2
54. Nd6 Ra7 55. Nf5 c4 56. Rd4 Rc7 57. Nxg7 Ke7 58. Nf5+ Ke6 59. Ne3 c3 60. f5+
Kf7 61. Nc2 Ne5+ 62. Ke4 Ng4 63. Kf4 Nf2 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.35"]
[White "Ortiz Sanchez, Luis"]
[Black "Gupta, Aditya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2007"]
[BlackElo "1808"]
[ECO "B76"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, Yugoslav attack, Rauser variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24581160"]
[BlackFideId "343418643"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. Kb1 e5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Qxd5
Be6 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Be2 Rb8 18. b3 a5 19. a4 Bd7 20. Ka2 e4
21. Bc1 Bf5 22. c4 exf3 23. Bxf3 Bc2 24. Bd1 Be4 25. Bd2 Bxg2 26. Rg1 Be4 27.
Bxa5 f5 28. Bc7 Rc8 29. Bd6 Bd4 30. Rf1 Rc6 31. Bf4 Re6 32. Bf3 Bc5 33. Bxe4
fxe4 34. Re1 e3 35. Re2 Re4 36. Bg3 h5 37. Be1 Rf4 38. b4 Rf2 39. Bxf2 exf2 40.
Rxf2 Bxf2 41. c5 Kf8 42. a5 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.36"]
[White "Ashton, Alannah"]
[Black "Butt, Laurence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "1983"]
[BlackElo "1790"]
[ECO "B38"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, Maroczy bind, 6.Be3"]
[WhiteFideId "480681"]
[BlackFideId "440884"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Rc1 Qc8 11. Nd5 Re8 12. Nb5 Rd8 13. Bxa7 Rxa7 14. Nxa7 Qb8
15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. b3 c5 18. Qc2 Bd4 19. Kh1 Bc6 20. f3 Qb7 21.
Qd2 Rf8 22. Bd3 Kg7 23. Rc2 h6 24. Qe2 f6 25. f4 e5 26. f5 g5 27. Qh5 Be8 28.
Qe2 h5 29. Rb1 Kh6 30. a3 Qa7 31. Ra2 Bd7 32. b4 Ra8 33. bxc5 Bxc5 34. a4 Bc6
35. Bc2 Qa5 36. Bd1 Qc3 37. Qxh5+ Kg7 38. Qg6+ Kf8 39. Qxf6+ Ke8 40. Bh5+ Kd7
41. Qe6+ Kc7 42. Qe7+ Bd7 43. Rab2 Rd8 44. Rb7+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.37"]
[White "Ward, Cian"]
[Black "Sow, MiaoGeng Malcolm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1947"]
[BlackElo "1842"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "475599"]
[BlackFideId "5817501"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Ndb4 8. Be2
d6 9. a3 Qa5 10. Bd2 dxe5 11. dxe5 Bd7 12. Bc3 Bc5 13. Nbd2 Bxf2+ 14. Kxf2 Qc5+
15. Ke1 Nd5 16. Ne4 Qe3 17. Nd6+ Ke7 18. Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.38"]
[White "Eldridge, Albert"]
[Black "Turner, Lewis A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1781"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "343438857"]
[BlackFideId "412600"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Bc4 O-O 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. Ng3
h5 9. h4 Ng4 10. Qd2 a6 11. a4 Rb8 12. Be2 Ndf6 13. Bxg4 Nxg4 14. f3 Ne5 15. Rb1
Qa5 16. Nge2 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. O-O b4 19. Nd1 Nc4 20. Qc1 Ba6 21. Re1 b3 22.
c3 Ne5 23. Nf2 Nd3 24. Nxd3 Bxd3 25. Ra1 Qb5 26. Qd2 Bxe2 27. Qxe2 Qxe2 28. Rxe2
Ra8 29. Ree1 Rfb8 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. Bd2 Ra2 32. Rb1 e6 33. Kf2 exd5 34. exd5 c4
35. Be1 Kf8 36. Ke3 Ke7 37. g4 hxg4 38. fxg4 Kd7 39. Ke4 Ra8 40. Bg3 Re8+ 41.
Kf3 Bh6 42. g5 Bg7 43. Ra1 Rc8 44. Ra7+ Rc7 45. Ra1 Rb7 46. Ke4 f5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.39"]
[White "Oh, Sejun"]
[Black "Norinkeviciute, Rasa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "1695"]
[BlackElo "1904"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Catalan opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13216112"]
[BlackFideId "12801925"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. Bc3 Ne4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nfd2 Nxc3 10. Nxc3 f5 11. e4 f4 12. Nf3 c6 13. e5 d5 14. c5 Rf7 15. b4 b6
16. Re1 Nf8 17. Qc2 g5 18. g4 h5 19. h3 Rh7 20. Ne2 hxg4 21. hxg4 Qe8 22. a4 a5
23. Reb1 axb4 24. cxb6 Ba6 25. a5 Rc8 26. Qb2 Qg6 27. Nc1 c5 28. dxc5 Rxc5 29.
Nb3 Rc2 30. Qd4 Rc4 31. Qb2 Rc3 32. Nbd2 Rc2 33. Qb3 Rc3 34. Qb2 Rc2 35. Qb3 Rc3
36. Qb2 Rc2 37. Qb3 Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.40"]
[White "Kilambi, Venkata Ananth Akshay"]
[Black "Williams, Tony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2038"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti v Dutch"]
[WhiteFideId "489395"]
[BlackFideId "343473660"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. b3 d6 3. d4 e6 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Qe8 8. c4
Nbd7 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Nxe4 fxe4 11. Nd2 d5 12. f3 exf3 13. Bxf3 Nf6 14. e4 dxe4
15. Nxe4 c6 16. Qe2 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Bd7 18. a3 Rd8 19. Rfe1 Bf6 20. Rad1 Bc8 21.
b4 Kh8 22. Kh1 Kg8 23. a4 g6 24. Qg2 Qf7 25. Rd2 Qg7 26. Red1 Kh8 27. b5 cxb5
28. axb5 b6 29. Ba3 Rf7 30. d5 exd5 31. Bxd5 Rfd7 32. Rf1 Be5 33. Rdf2 Bd6 34.
Bb2 Be5 35. Rf8+ Rxf8 36. Bxe5 Qxe5 37. Rxf8+ Kg7 38. Rg8+ Kh6 39. Qh3+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.41"]
[White "Lee, Younggyu"]
[Black "Saunders, Aron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1892"]
[BlackElo "2201"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13227378"]
[BlackFideId "469343"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. cxd5 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 cxd5 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8.
O-O e6 9. e4 a6 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. d4 Be7 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. Qxd5
cxd5 15. Be3 Kd7 16. Rfc1 Rhc8 17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. Rc1 Rxc1+ 19. Bxc1 Bf6 20. Be3
Kc6 21. a4 e5 22. dxe5 Bxe5 23. b3 d4 24. Bd2 Kd5 25. f3 d3 26. Kf2 Bd4+ 27. Ke1
Kc5 28. Ba5 Be3 29. Kd1 h5 30. h3 f5 31. Bd2 Bxd2 32. Kxd2 Kb4 33. a5 Kxb3 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.42"]
[White "Shankar, Yashwardhan"]
[Black "Brewer, Callum D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1886"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Scotch gambit"]
[Variation "Dubois-Reti defence"]
[WhiteFideId "2411067"]
[BlackFideId "435309"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 Ne4 6. Qe2 Nc5 7. O-O Ne6 8. c3
dxc3 9. Nxc3 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Rad1 a6 12. Bd3 f5 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Qc2 g6 15.
Bc4 d6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Rfe1 Kh8 18. Ne4 Bd7 19. Nxf6 Qxf6 20. Bd2 Ng7 21. Bc3
Qf5 22. Qc1 Ne5 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Qh6 Bc6 25. h3 Qf4 26. Qxf4 exf4 27. Bf7 Red8
28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Re7 h6 30. Be6 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.43"]
[White "Sadler, Ben"]
[Black "Manmay Chopra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1882"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "472190"]
[BlackFideId "25649191"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. e4 d6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Re1
c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. h4 e5 11. a4 a6 12. Nc4 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15. Na3
b4 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. Bg5 Nd7 18. Qd2 Nb6 19. Nxb6 Qxb6 20. Bh6 Bb7 21. h5 Bc8 22.
Nh4 Qd8 23. Ra1 Bd7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. h6+ Kh8 26. Kh2 Qf6 27. Bh3 Bxh3 28. Kxh3
bxc3 29. bxc3 Ne7 30. f4 Ng8 31. Ra6 Rb8 32. fxe5 Qe6+ 33. Kg2 Qxe5 34. Qf4 Rb2+
35. Kh3 Qxf4 36. gxf4 Nxh6 37. Rxd6 Re2 38. Ng2 c4 39. dxc4 Rxe4 40. Rd4 Re6 41.
c5 Rc6 42. Rd5 Nf5 43. Nh4 Ne3 44. Re5 Nd1 45. f5 Nxc3 46. Nf3 Na4 47. Re8+ Kg7
48. Ne5 Rxc5 49. f6+ Kxf6 50. Nd7+ Kg7 51. Nxc5 Nxc5 52. Rc8 Ne6 53. Kg3 h5 54.
Ra8 g5 55. Ra5 Kg6 56. Ra6 Kf5 57. Ra5+ Kf6 58. Ra6 Kg7 59. Ra7 Nf4 60. Ra5 Kg6
61. Ra6+ f6 62. Rb6 Nd3 63. Rd6 Ne5 64. Rb6 Kf5 65. Rb1 Kg6 66. Rb6 Kf5 67. Rb1
h4+ 68. Kg2 g4 69. Rb4 Nd3 70. Rb5+ Kg6 71. Rb3 Nf4+ 72. Kf2 Kg5 73. Rb5+ f5 74.
Kg1 g3 75. Rb8 Kg4 76. Rb3 Nh3+ 77. Kh1 Nf2+ 78. Kg1 h3 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.44"]
[White "Tudoroiu, Razvan-Catalin"]
[Black "Anjulan, Ashwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2063"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[ECO "A59"]
[Opening "Benko gambit"]
[Variation "main line"]
[WhiteFideId "1281100"]
[BlackFideId "343411622"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 Bxa6 6. Nc3 d6 7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1
g6 9. g3 Bg7 10. Kg2 O-O 11. Nf3 Qb6 12. a4 Na6 13. Nb5 Nc7 14. Nxc7 Qxc7 15.
Qc2 Rfb8 16. Re1 Nd7 17. Ra3 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. b3 Qb7 20. Bd2 Qa6 21. h4 h5
22. Bc3 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 Qa5 24. Qxa5 Rxa5 25. Rc1 Kg7 26. Kf3 Kf6 27. Ke3 e6 28.
dxe6 fxe6 29. Rd1 Ke7 30. Kd3 d5 31. exd5 exd5 32. Re1+ Kd6 33. Kc3 Ra6 34. f4
Rf8 35. Re5 Rf6 36. Ra1 Rb6 37. Rae1 d4+ 38. Kc2 Rc6 39. R1e4 Rb6 40. Rg5 d3+
41. Kc3 d2 42. Kxd2 Rxb3 43. Rc4 Ra3 44. Kc2 Ra2+ 45. Kb3 Ra1 46. Kb2 Re1 47.
Rcxc5 Re4 48. Rgd5+ Ke7 49. Re5+ Re6 50. Rxe6+ Rxe6 51. Re5 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.45"]
[White "Swiatkowski, Dominik"]
[Black "Both, Bert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1874"]
[BlackElo "2102"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "343415202"]
[BlackFideId "1014340"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nge7 5. Bg2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. c3 e5 8. a3 d6
9. b4 a6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nb3 b6 12. Rb1 Be6 13. Ng5 Bd7 14. Be3 h6 15. Nf3 f5
16. Qd2 g5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Qe2 Qf6 19. Nfd2 Qe7 20. Nc4 Rab8 21. Be4 Qe6 22.
Bg2 d5 23. Nb2 d4 24. c4 Qd6 25. Bd2 Nce7 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Na5 Nc6 28. Bd5+ Kh8
29. Be4 Nfe7 30. Qh5 Nxa5 31. Bxa5 Bc6 32. Qe2 Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.46"]
[White "Freeman, Luke"]
[Black "Barbu, Simon-Alexandru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1867"]
[BlackElo "2051"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange, Rubinstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "343411959"]
[BlackFideId "1257170"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Nd2
e6 9. Ngf3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O O-O 12. h3 Bh5 13. Rfe1 Rab8 14. a4 Qc7 15.
Ne5 Nxe5 16. Rxe5 Bg6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Ree1 Qf4 19. Nf3 Ne4 20. Qc2 f6 21. Rad1
g5 22. Re2 g4 23. hxg4 Qxg4 24. Rde1 Kf7 25. Ne5+ fxe5 26. f3 Qg3 27. fxe4 exd4
28. exd5 d3 29. Rf2+ Kg8 30. Qd2 exd5 31. Re3 Rxf2 32. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 33. Kxf2 b5
34. a5 b4 35. Rxd3 bxc3 36. bxc3 Rb5 37. a6 Ra5 38. Ke3 Kf7 39. Kd4 Ke6 40. Re3+
Kf6 41. Rf3+ Kg6 42. Rg3+ Kf7 43. Rf3+ Ke6 44. Re3+ Kf6 45. Rf3+ Ke7 46. Re3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.47"]
[White "Clarke, Connor"]
[Black "Wall, Tim P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2058"]
[BlackElo "2219"]
[ECO "D50"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Bg5"]
[WhiteFideId "457655"]
[BlackFideId "401641"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Ne2 c4 10. Bc2 Nb6 11. Ba4+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 13. O-O Qa5 14. Qc2 O-O
15. Qf5 Rfe8 16. a3 Bxc3 17. Nxc3 Re6 18. Rac1 Rae8 19. Rfe1 g6 20. Qc2 Ne4 21.
b4 cxb3 22. Qxb3 Nb6 23. Qb5 Qxa3 24. Nxe4 Rxe4 25. Bf6 R4e6 26. Be5 Qa4 27. Qb2
Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.48"]
[White "Chapman, Luke"]
[Black "Ruane, Brendan J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1976"]
[BlackElo "1857"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch game"]
[WhiteFideId "343416608"]
[BlackFideId "430218"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Be7 6. Be3 d6 7. c4 Nf6 8. f3
Nd7 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Nc5 12. Rc1 Ne6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qd2 c5 15.
Nd5 Bd4 16. Bxd4 Nxd4 17. Bd3 Rb8 18. b3 Be6 19. Nc3 Bd7 20. Ne2 Nc6 21. Bb1 a5
22. f4 Bg4 23. Nc3 Nd4 24. h3 Bd7 25. f5 f6 26. Ne2 Nxe2+ 27. Qxe2 a4 28. Bc2 a3
29. Qg4 Qe7 30. h4 Qe5 31. h5 h6 32. Qf4 Rfe8 33. Qxe5 Rxe5 34. Rce1 Rbe8 35. g4
Bc6 36. Rf4 Kf8 37. Kf2 Ke7 38. Re3 Kd7 39. Ke2 Kc8 40. Kd2 Kb7 41. Kc3 Kb6 42.
b4 cxb4+ 43. Kxb4 Ra8 44. Rb3 Ba4 45. Rxa3 c5+ 46. Kc3 Bc6 47. Rxa8 Bxa8 48. Kd3
Ka5 49. a3 Bc6 50. Ke3 Re7 51. Rf1 Rb7 52. Rd1 Rd7 53. Kf4 Ba4 54. Bxa4 Kxa4 55.
Rd3 Ka5 56. Ke3 Kb6 57. Rb3+ Kc6 58. Kf4 Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.49"]
[White "Kim, Changhoon"]
[Black "Vaidyanathan, Sathya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1874"]
[BlackElo "1842"]
[ECO "E09"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, main line"]
[WhiteFideId "34117234"]
[BlackFideId "490539"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. Qc2
b6 9. e4 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Bb7 11. Nfe5 c5 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Rd1 Qe7
15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Rd7 Bc6 18. Rc7 Rac8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Rd1 Bb7 21.
b3 b5 22. Na5 Bb4 23. Nc4 bxc4 24. bxc4 Bc5 25. Rd7 Bc6 26. e5 Qxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.50"]
[White "Venkatesh, Anuj"]
[Black "Sciupokas, Arunas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1825"]
[BlackElo "1990"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[Variation "Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "455636"]
[BlackFideId "12803693"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. e4 Bg4 6. Be2 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. Bxd4 exd4 12. Ne2 Re8 13. Qd3 Qe7 14. O-O Nxe4
15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. Qd2 Qh4 17. Nb5 Re7 18. Rae1 Be5 19. b4 Qxc4 20. Be2 Ne4 21.
Qd3 Qxb4 22. Rb1 Qa5 23. Rfc1 Nc5 24. Qf3 Qxa2 25. Bc4 Qd2 26. g3 a6 27. Na3 b5
28. Ba2 Rae8 29. Rc2 Qa5 30. Rd1 Bg7 31. Kg2 Nd7 32. Nb1 Ne5 33. Qf4 Nd7 34. Qf3
Ne5 35. Qf4 h6 36. h4 h5 37. Rdd2 Ng4 38. Qf3 Bh6 39. Rd1 Ne5 40. Qb3 Nc4 41.
Qd3 Re1 42. Bxc4 bxc4 43. Rxc4 Rxd1 44. Qxd1 Re1 45. Qc2 Qxd5+ 46. f3 Re3 47.
Re4 Rxe4 48. fxe4 Qa5 49. Nc3 c6 50. Qd3 Qc5 51. Na4 Qe3 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.51"]
[White "Jacobs, Simon"]
[Black "Binks, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1749"]
[BlackElo "1898"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "343440673"]
[BlackFideId "1800957"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 e5 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Nf3
Nxd3+ 9. Qxd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 h6 12. Be3 Be6 13. Nbd2 Qd7 14. Nd4 b6 15.
N2f3 Bd6 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Bc1 Rfe8 18. Nh4 Bb8 19. Qf3 Qd6 20. g4 Qh2+ 21. Kf1
Bxg4 22. hxg4 Qxh4 23. Nc6 Nxg4 24. Qg2 Rc8 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Nxb8 Rxb8 27. Rd4
h5 28. f3 Re8 29. Bd2 Qf6 30. Rf4 Qg6 31. fxg4 Qd3+ 32. Kg1 Re2 33. Rf2 Rxf2 34.
Qxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.52"]
[White "Saxena, Advik"]
[Black "Halas, Kim Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1806"]
[BlackElo "1729"]
[ECO "A87"]
[Opening "Dutch"]
[Variation "Leningrad, main variation"]
[WhiteFideId "343423892"]
[BlackFideId "1546074"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Qe8 7. Nc3 d6 8. e3 c6
9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Rd1 Nc5 13. b4 e4 14. Ne1 Ncd7 15. Bb2
Ne5 16. Ne2 h5 17. Nf4 Neg4 18. Rd2 g5 19. Ne2 h4 20. Rad1 Qh5 21. Rd8 Be6 22.
Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Rd6 hxg3 24. hxg3 Re8 25. Qc1 Bf8 26. Rd2 Kf7 27. Bxf6 Kxf6 28.
Nd4 f4 29. exf4 gxf4 30. Qc3 Kf7 31. Nxe6 f3 32. Nxf8 Kxf8 33. Nxf3 exf3 34.
Qxf3+ Kg8 35. Qd1 Rf8 36. Rd8 Qf5 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Qf3 Qxf3 39. Bxf3 Ne5 40.
Be2 Ke7 41. f4 Nd7 42. Kf2 c5 43. b5 Kd6 44. g4 Nf8 45. Kf3 Ne6 46. Bd3 a6 47.
a4 Nd4+ 48. Ke4 Ke6 49. f5+ Kf6 50. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.29"]
[Round "3.53"]
[White "Siddhartha Shankar Srivastava"]
[Black "Prince, Alan R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1589"]
[BlackElo "1803"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Labourdonnais-Loewenthal (Kalashnikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25780590"]
[BlackFideId "2402165"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
g6 9. Be3 Bg7 10. Nc2 Nf6 11. f3 O-O 12. Be2 Rc8 13. Qd2 Na5 14. b3 Qc7 15. Na4
Nd7 16. Rc1 Nc5 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. O-O b6 19. Rfd1 Rcd8 20. Qe1 Nc6 21. Bd2 Rd7
22. Ne3 Qd8 23. Nd5 f5 24. Qg3 Nd4 25. Re1 f4 26. Qf2 g5 27. h3 h5 28. b4 Bh6
29. Bd1 Rg7 30. bxc5 bxc5 31. Kh1 g4 32. fxg4 hxg4 33. Bxg4 Bxg4 34. hxg4 Bg5
35. Qf1 Bh4 36. Red1 Bg3 37. Rc3 Qh4+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Hagner, Bennet"]
[Black "Kaasen, Tor Fredrik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation"]
[WhiteFideId "16224477"]
[BlackFideId "1516647"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3
b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Rb8 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. g3 O-O 14. h4 Bh6 15. Bh3
Be6 16. Qd3 a5 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. O-O Rf7 19. Nde3 Bxe3 20. Nxe3 Rd7 21. a4 Qb6
22. h5 h6 23. Rfd1 Qc5 24. Rd2 b4 25. Qc2 bxc3 26. bxc3 Nd8 27. Kg2 Nf7 28. Rb1
Rxb1 29. Qxb1 Qxc3 30. Qb5 Qxd2 31. Qxd7 Ng5 32. Ng4 Qe2 33. Qe8+ Kh7 34. Qg6+
Kh8 35. Qe8+ Kh7 36. Nf6+ gxf6 37. Qg6+ Kh8 38. Qxf6+ Kg8 39. Qg6+ Kh8 40. Qf6+
Kg8 41. Qg6+ Kh8 42. Qf6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Laurent-Paoli, Pierre"]
[Black "Plat, Vojtech"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "26017962"]
[BlackFideId "325740"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 d5 8. e5 Ne4
9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Be3 Rb8 11. Qc1 cxd4 12. cxd4 f6 13. exf6 exf6 14. Qxc6 Rxb2
15. Nbd2 Rb6 16. Qc1 g5 17. Nb3 h6 18. Nfd2 f5 19. f4 g4 20. Nxe4 fxe4 21. Qd2
Rg6 22. g3 h5 23. Rac1 h4 24. Rc5 hxg3 25. hxg3 Ba6 26. Qa5 Bc4 27. Nd2 Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Deuer, Marius"]
[Black "Williams, Simon K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[ECO "A90"]
[Opening "Dutch defence"]
[WhiteFideId "16236432"]
[BlackFideId "404454"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. O-O c6 7. b3 Qe7 8. a4 a5 9.
Ba3 Bxa3 10. Nxa3 O-O 11. Ne5 Nbd7 12. Nd3 b6 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nb1 Ne4 15. Qc2
Bb7 16. Nd2 c5 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Qb2 cxd4 19. Nf3 Nec5 20. Rcd1 Nf6 21. Nxd4
Nfe4 22. Nf3 Qf6 23. Qxf6 Rxf6 24. Nd4 Re8 25. Rfe1 g5 26. Rc1 f4 27. f3 Nxd3
28. exd3 Nd6 29. Rxe8+ Nxe8 30. Bh3 Ba6 31. Bc8 Bxd3 32. Be6+ Kg7 33. Rc8 Bg6
34. g4 Kh6 35. Rd8 Nc7 36. Bc8 Ne8 37. h4 Rd6 38. Rxe8 gxh4 39. Re7 Kg5 40. Bf5
Kf6 41. Re2 Bxf5 42. gxf5 Rd8 43. Re6+ Kg5 44. Rxb6 Rc8 45. Rc6 Rb8 46. Rc5 Re8
47. Ne6+ Kf6 48. Rxd5 Rg8+ 49. Kh2 Rg3 50. Nd4 h3 51. Rxa5 Kg5 52. f6+ Kh4 53.
Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Gordon, Stephen J"]
[Black "Wang, Hao(ZJ)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "411477"]
[BlackFideId "8631859"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 Ne4 5. d4 Bf5 6. Qb3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qc7 8. Ba3
Nd7 9. Ne2 dxc4 10. Qxc4 c5 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. Qxc5 Qxc5 14. dxc5 e6
15. Nd4 Bxc5 16. Bb5+ Ke7 17. Nxf5+ exf5 18. Ke2 f6 19. exf6+ Kxf6 20. Rhd1 Rhd8
21. Bd7 g6 22. Rd5 b6 23. Rcd1 a5 24. a4 Rf8 25. Bb5 Rf7 26. Rd7 Re8+ 27. Kf1
Ree7 28. Rxe7 Rxe7 29. Rd7 Rxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Ghimpu, Samuel-Timotei"]
[Black "Kuru, Atilla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "1238175"]
[BlackFideId "51607948"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nd7 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qc2 Nb6 5. Na3 g6 6. Nxc4 Bg7 7. Bg2 Nf6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 c5 10. d3 Nbd5 11. a3 b6 12. Bd2 Bb7 13. Rad1 Rc8 14. Bh3 Nd7 15.
e4 Nc7 16. Bc3 Nb5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. b4 e6 19. a4 Nd4 20. Qb2 Qf6 21. Nxd4 Qxd4
22. Qxd4+ cxd4 23. Nd6 Rb8 24. f4 a5 25. bxa5 bxa5 26. Rc1 Ba6 27. Rc7 Rfd8 28.
Bf1 Nc5 29. e5 Nxd3 30. Rd1 Nb4 31. Bxa6 Nxa6 32. Rxf7+ Kg8 33. Ra7 Ra8 34. Rxa8
Rxa8 35. Rxd4 Nb4 36. Ne4 Nd5 37. Ng5 Re8 38. Nxe6 Nc3 39. Rc4 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Black "Grutter, Tim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[ECO "C79"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Steinitz defence deferred (Russian defence)"]
[WhiteFideId "14103052"]
[BlackFideId "1057472"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 Bd7 7. c3 g6 8. d4 Bg7
9. h3 O-O 10. Bc2 Re8 11. a4 exd4 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Nc3 Nxc2 14. Qxc2 Qc8 15. Bf4
b5 16. e5 dxe5 17. dxe5 Bf5 18. Qc1 Nd7 19. axb5 Nc5 20. Qe3 Nd3 21. Re2 axb5
22. Rd1 Nxf4 23. Qxf4 c6 24. g4 Be6 25. Ne4 Ra4 26. Rd4 Rxd4 27. Nxd4 Qc7 28. g5
h5 29. Nf6+ Bxf6 30. gxf6 Kh7 31. Nf3 Bd5 32. Ng5+ Kg8 33. b4 Qd7 34. Re1 Qf5
35. Qxf5 gxf5 36. Ra1 f4 37. Ra7 Kf8 38. Rc7 Rxe5 39. Rc8+ Re8 40. Nh7+ Kg8 41.
Rxe8+ Kxh7 42. h4 Kg6 43. Kf1 Bf3 44. Ke1 Kxf6 45. Kd2 Kf5 46. Rg8 Ke4 47. Rf8
f5 48. Rd8 Bg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Vaddhireddy, Sai"]
[Black "Golding, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "499560"]
[BlackFideId "427241"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Ne4 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Nxe4
dxe4 9. Ne5 Nxd4 10. Bxe4 f5 11. Bg2 Bf6 12. Nf3 Nc6 13. Qc2 Qe7 14. Bd2 e5 15.
e4 g6 16. Bc3 f4 17. h3 Bg7 18. Rab1 Qc5 19. g4 Qxc4 20. b3 Qf7 21. Rfd1 h6 22.
Rd5 Qe7 23. b4 a6 24. a4 Be6 25. Rd2 b5 26. Bf1 Rab8 27. Qb2 Bf6 28. axb5 axb5
29. Rc1 Qg7 30. Ra1 Rb6 31. Ra3 g5 32. Ne1 Nd4 33. Bxd4 exd4 34. Nc2 d3 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Hu, Junyan"]
[Black "Badacsonyi, Stanley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "1862"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[ECO "C58"]
[Opening "Two knights defence"]
[WhiteFideId "343401260"]
[BlackFideId "486973"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd3 Nd5 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be2 Nxc3 12. bxc3 e4 13. Nd4 Qf6 14. Nb3 Nb7
15. a4 Rd8 16. a5 Be5 17. Bb2 Be6 18. a6 Nd6 19. Nc5 Bd5 20. Nb7 e3 21. f3 Qh4+
22. g3 Bxg3+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Southcott-Moyers, Indy"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "488542"]
[BlackFideId "12800112"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bd2 Bxc3 6. Bxc3 Ne4 7. Rc1 d6 8. e3
e5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O a5 11. Be1 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. d5 Nb8 14. Nd2 Bxe2 15. Qxe2
Nxd2 16. Bxd2 Nd7 17. e4 Nc5 18. f3 b6 19. Be3 f5 20. Bxc5 bxc5 21. exf5 Rxf5
22. Rc3 Rf4 23. Re3 Qg5 24. Re4 h5 25. Qd2 a4 26. Qc2 Qg6 27. b3 Raf8 28. Qe2 a3
29. Qe3 Qg3 30. Qe2 g5 31. Rxf4 Rxf4 32. Qc2 Kg7 33. Qc1 Rd4 34. Qc2 Qf4 35. Rf2
Qe3 36. Kh2 Rd3 37. b4 Rd4 38. bxc5 dxc5 39. Qa4 Rf4 40. Rc2 Rf7 41. Qe8 g4 42.
hxg4 hxg4 43. fxg4 Qh6+ 44. Kg1 Qe3+ 45. Kh2 Qf4+ 46. g3 Qe4 47. Rg2 Qe3 48. Qe6
Qe4 49. g5 Qh7+ 50. Qh6+ Qxh6+ 51. gxh6+ Kxh6 52. Re2 Rf3 53. Kh3 Rc3 54. Rxe5
Rxc4 55. Re7 Rd4 56. Rxc7 Rxd5 57. Ra7 Rd3 58. Rc7 Rc3 59. Kg4 Kg6 60. Rc6+ Kf7
61. Kf5 Rc2 62. g4 Ke7 63. g5 Kd7 64. Ra6 Rxa2 65. g6 Rf2+ 66. Ke5 Ke7 67. Rxa3
Kf8 68. Ra7 c4 69. Kd4 Rf4+ 70. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "4.10"]
[White "Vaidyanathan, Adithya"]
[Black "Gormally, Daniel W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2189"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "495450"]
[BlackFideId "406465"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 Na6 7. Be3 e5 8. d5 b6
9. Nd2 Nd7 10. g4 Ndc5 11. a3 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. b4 e4 14. Qc2 f4 15. Bxc5
bxc5 16. b5 Nb4 17. axb4 cxb4 18. Ndxe4 bxc3 19. f3 a6 20. Bd3 Rb8 21. h4 axb5
22. cxb5 Qe7 23. Kf1 Bd7 24. Re1 Bxb5 25. Bxb5 Rxb5 26. Nxc3 Qxe1+ 27. Kxe1
Bxc3+ 28. Qxc3 Rb1+ 29. Kd2 Rxh1 30. Qxc7 Re8 31. Qxd6 Rh2+ 32. Kc3 Re3+ 33. Kb4
Rb2+ 34. Kc5 Rc2+ 35. Kd4 Rd2+ 36. Kc4 Rc2+ 37. Kb5 Rb3+ 38. Ka4 Rb7 39. Qe6+
Kg7 40. Qe5+ Kg8 41. Qg5+ Kh8 42. Qf6+ Kg8 43. Qe6+ Kg7 44. d6 Rcb2 45. Ka3 R2b5
46. Ka4 Rb4+ 47. Ka3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "4.11"]
[White "Mazur, Stefan"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14909332"]
[BlackFideId "436224"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O
9. Nbd2 Nb8 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. Nf1 c6 12. Ng3 Re8 13. d4 Bf8 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nd4
c5 16. Ndf5 Be6 17. Bc2 Ng6 18. h4 h6 19. h5 Ne5 20. Bf4 Qb6 21. Ne3 Qb7 22.
Bxe5 dxe5 23. Qf3 Nh7 24. Ngf5 Ng5 25. Qg3 Rad8 26. Ng4 Rd2 27. Rac1 Bxf5 28.
exf5 f6 29. c4 bxc4 30. Ne3 e4 31. Nxc4 Rd4 32. Bb3 Kh8 33. Ne3 Bd6 34. Qg4 a5
35. Nc4 Bb8 36. f4 e3 37. Rxe3 Rxe3 38. Nxe3 Bxf4 39. Re1 Re4 40. Qd1 Qe7 41.
Qd5 Qe8 42. Qxe4 Qxe4 43. Nc2 Qc6 44. Re7 c4 45. Nd4 Qc5 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "4.12"]
[White "Kalavannan, Koby"]
[Black "Hobson, Kenneth"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "425753"]
[BlackFideId "480819"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4
Nc6 9. O-O Ne4 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 d4 13. Bb2 Re8 14. Rc1 Bb6
15. Rc4 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. exf3 d3 18. Qa1 f6 19. Rg4 Kh8 20. Re4 Rxe4 21. fxe4
Qd6 22. Kh2 d2 23. f4 Rd8 24. Bf3 Qd3 25. Bg4 Bd4 26. Bxd4 Nxd4 27. Rf2 Nc2 28.
Qh1 Ne3 29. Bd1 Qb1 30. Qf3 Qxd1 31. Qxe3 Qe1 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "4.13"]
[White "Herzwurm, Robert"]
[Black "Swiatkowski, Aram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2047"]
[BlackElo "1843"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Milner-Barry gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "4668570"]
[BlackFideId "343415210"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. O-O Bd7 8. Re1
Nge7 9. h4 h6 10. Nbd2 dxc3 11. bxc3 Na5 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Bc6 14. Ba3 Nf5
15. Rb1 Qd8 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. Qc1 g5 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Ne4 g4 20. Nfg5 g3 21.
Rd1 gxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Qe7 23. Rh1 Kg7 24. Qf4 Qa3 25. Nxe6+ fxe6 26. Qg5+ Kf7 27.
Qxf5+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "4.14"]
[White "Skytte, Rasmus"]
[Black "Martin, Nils"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Archangelsk (counterthrust) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1404210"]
[BlackFideId "45160473"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Bc5 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Nd5 h6 10. a4 d6 11. Be3 Ba7 12. Nxf6+ Qxf6 13. Bd5 b4 14. a5 Nd8 15. d4
exd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd5 17. exd5 Qe5 18. Nf3 Qxb2 19. Bxa7 Rxa7 20. Nd4 Qc3 21. Re1
g6 22. Qg4 Qc4 23. Rad1 c5 24. dxc6 Nxc6 25. Qf4 Nxd4 26. Rxd4 Qxc2 27. Qxh6 Qc3
28. Red1 Re7 29. g3 Re1+ 30. Rxe1 Qxd4 31. h4 Qc3 32. Re3 Qc2 33. Qf4 Qd1+ 34.
Kh2 Rb8 35. Re7 Qd5 36. Rd7 b3 37. Rxd6 Qb5 38. Rd1 b2 39. Rb1 Re8 40. Qd4 Re2
41. g4 Qb3 42. Qd8+ Kh7 43. Qf6 Qe6 44. Qxe6 fxe6 45. Kg3 Kg7 46. Kf3 Rc2 47.
Ke3 Kf6 48. f4 Rh2 49. Ke4 Re2+ 50. Kf3 Rc2 51. Ke3 Rc3+ 52. Kd2 Rb3 53. h5 gxh5
54. gxh5 Rh3 55. Rxb2 Rxh5 56. Ke3 Rxa5 57. Rb8 Ra4 58. Rf8+ Ke7 59. Rb8 a5 60.
Rb5 Kf6 61. Rc5 Ra1 62. f5 exf5 63. Kf4 Ra4+ 64. Kf3 Ke6 65. Rb5 Ra1 66. Kf4 a4
67. Rb6+ Kd5 68. Kxf5 Rf1+ 69. Kg4 Kc4 70. Kg3 a3 71. Ra6 Kb3 72. Rb6+ Ka2 73.
Kg2 Rf5 74. Rb8 Ka1 75. Rb7 a2 76. Rb8 Rc5 77. Kf2 Rc2+ 78. Ke3 Rb2 79. Rh8 Rb3+
80. Kd4 Kb2 81. Rh2+ Ka3 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "4.15"]
[White "Verbytski, Oleg"]
[Black "Ashton, Adam G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2039"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[ECO "B72"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, classical, Amsterdam variation"]
[WhiteFideId "495506"]
[BlackFideId "410110"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Qd2
Ng4 9. Bxg4 Bxg4 10. f3 Be6 11. Nce2 Qa5 12. c3 Bc4 13. b3 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 O-O 15.
Rc1 Rfc8 16. O-O b5 17. Nf4 Qd8 18. Rfd1 Ne5 19. Nd5 e6 20. Nf4 Bf8 21. Ne2 a5
22. Nd4 b4 23. c4 Qe8 24. Qe2 d5 25. exd5 exd5 26. Bf4 Bg7 27. Nb5 Qe6 28. cxd5
Nxf3+ 29. Qxf3 Qb6+ 30. Qe3 Qxb5 31. Rxc8+ Rxc8 32. d6 Qd7 33. h3 Bf6 34. Kh1 h5
35. Qb6 Rc3 36. Bh2 Bd8 37. Qf2 Qf5 38. Qe2 Qd7 39. Re1 Bf6 40. Rd1 Rc5 41. Qf2
Rf5 42. Qc2 Kg7 43. Qc7 Qb5 44. Qc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "4.16"]
[White "Demac, Elias"]
[Black "Woods, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2023"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "1505807"]
[BlackFideId "2518384"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 8. a4 b4
9. Qxc4 Ba6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd5 13. Rd1 Qc8 14. e4 Nb6 15. b3
Rd8 16. Rxd8+ Qxd8 17. Be3 Nd7 18. f4 Nc5 19. Nd2 Qd3 20. Qxd3 Nxd3 21. Bf1 Rd8
22. Bxa7 Bb7 23. Be3 g5 24. a5 gxf4 25. gxf4 Ba6 26. Rd1 Ra8 27. Kg2 Bc5 28.
Bxd3 Bxe3 29. Bxa6 Rxa6 30. Nc4 Bc5 31. Rd8+ Kg7 32. f5 Ra7 33. Rd7 exf5 34.
exf5 c6 35. e6 Kf8 36. e7+ Ke8 37. Rxa7 Bxa7 38. f6 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "4.17"]
[White "Kendall, Arthur"]
[Black "Bryant, Harry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[ECO "E91"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Kazakh variation"]
[WhiteFideId "343410960"]
[BlackFideId "489158"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. Be3
Qe7 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. cxd5 exd4 11. Bxd4 Qxe4 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Bxa6 bxa6 14. Re1
Qf4 15. Rc1 Bg4 16. Qd4+ Qxd4 17. Nxd4 Rfe8 18. Rxe8 Rxe8 19. h3 Re4 20. Rc4 Be2
21. Ra4 Bd3 22. f3 Re5 23. Ra5 Bc4 24. b3 Rxd5 25. Ra4 Rxd4 26. bxc4 d5 27. Rxa6
Rxc4 28. Kf2 c5 29. Rxa7 Rc2+ 30. Ke3 Rxg2 31. a4 Ra2 32. a5 Ra3+ 33. Ke2 d4 34.
a6 c4 35. Rc7 Ra2+ 36. Kd1 Rxa6 37. Rxc4 Rf6 38. Ke2 Rf4 39. Rc1 Rh4 40. Rd1
Rxh3 41. Rxd4 Rg3 42. Kf2 Rg5 43. Ra4 h5 44. Rb4 Rc5 45. Ra4 g5 46. Kg3 Rc3 47.
Ra5 Kg6 48. Ra6+ f6 49. Kg2 g4 50. fxg4 hxg4 51. Ra5 f5 52. Ra6+ Kg5 53. Ra8
Rc2+ 54. Kg1 f4 55. Ra5+ Kh4 56. Ra4 f3 57. Ra3 Kg3 58. Ra1 Kh3 59. Ra8 Rg2+ 60.
Kh1 Rb2 61. Kg1 g3 62. Rh8+ Kg4 63. Rg8+ Kf4 64. Rf8+ Ke3 65. Re8+ Kd2 66. Rd8+
Ke1 67. Re8+ Re2 68. Rf8 f2+ 69. Kh1 g2+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "4.18"]
[White "Finn, Peter"]
[Black "Ashton, Alannah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "1983"]
[ECO "B54"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Prins (Moscow) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "432156"]
[BlackFideId "480681"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 Be6 7. c4 Nc6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bd3 Ne8 11. Qd2 Nb4 12. O-O Nxd3 13. Qxd3 Bg5 14. Nd5 f5 15.
Bxg5 Qxg5 16. f4 Qh4 17. fxe5 fxe4 18. Qxe4 Rxf1+ 19. Rxf1 Qd8 20. Nd4 Qd7 21.
exd6 Bf7 22. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "4.19"]
[White "Dewangan, Aayush"]
[Black "Zhang, Junyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1981"]
[BlackElo "2172"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "469700"]
[BlackFideId "494437"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bc5 7. Bf4 O-O 8.
Bc7 Qe7 9. Bd6 Bxd6 10. Qxd6 Qd8 11. O-O-O a6 12. Nd4 Ne7 13. h4 b5 14. a3 Bb7
15. f3 Ne8 16. Qh2 Rc8 17. g4 Nf6 18. h5 h6 19. Rg1 Qc7 20. Qxc7 Rxc7 21. Bd3 e5
22. Nde2 Nh7 23. f4 exf4 24. Nxf4 Ng5 25. Nfd5 Bxd5 26. exd5 d6 27. Rgf1 Nc8 28.
Rde1 Nb6 29. Rf4 Ra8 30. Re3 Kf8 31. Kd2 Nd7 32. a4 bxa4 33. Nxa4 Ne5 34. b3 f6
35. Nb6 Raa7 36. Bf5 Rab7 37. Na4 Rb5 38. c4 Rb8 39. Kc3 Rcb7 40. Bc2 Ke7 41.
Bd1 Nh7 42. Rf2 Nf8 43. Kd4 Nd7 44. Rb2 Rb4 45. Ree2 Kd8 46. Red2 Kc7 47. Nc3
Nc5 48. Rf2 Ned3 49. Na2 Nxf2 50. Rxf2 Nxb3+ 51. Kc3 R4b7 52. Re2 Nc5 53. Bc2
Kd8 54. Bg6 Re7 55. Rxe7 Kxe7 56. Nb4 Na4+ 57. Kb3 a5 58. Kxa4 Rxb4+ 59. Kxa5
Rxc4 60. Bf5 Rc5+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "4.20"]
[White "Blanquet, Camille"]
[Black "Ward, Cian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "2132"]
[BlackElo "1947"]
[ECO "E42"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3 c5, 5.Ne2 (Rubinstein)"]
[WhiteFideId "36037354"]
[BlackFideId "475599"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Ne2 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. c5 O-O 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 b6 10. Bg5 bxc5 11. dxc5 Qc7 12. Qd4 Nc6 13. Qf4 Qxf4 14. Bxf4 d4
15. Na4 e5 16. Bd2 e4 17. Bf4 d3 18. b4 Nd4 19. O-O-O Nd5 20. Be5 Nb5 21. f3 f5
22. Re1 Re8 23. Bb2 Bd7 24. Kd2 Nxa3 25. Bxa3 Bxa4 26. g4 Bb5 27. fxe4 fxe4 28.
Bg2 e3+ 29. Rxe3 Nxe3 30. Bxa8 Nc4+ 31. Kc3 Rxa8 32. Bc1 Ne5 33. h3 Rd8 34. Bg5
Rd7 35. Bf4 Nf3 36. Bd6 d2 37. Rf1 Bxf1 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "4.21"]
[White "Rastogi, Nayan Keats"]
[Black "Hill, Alistair"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1939"]
[BlackElo "2104"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Steinitz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "343407579"]
[BlackFideId "432407"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 Bxc5 6. Nf3 f6 7. b4 Be7 8. Bb2 a5
9. bxa5 Nc6 10. c4 fxe5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nxe5 Nf6 13. Bb5 Qd6 14. a6 O-O 15.
axb7 Bxb7 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. O-O Ne4 19. Nd2 Rxf2 20. Qg4 Rxf1+ 21.
Rxf1 Nf6 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Kh1 Rxa3 24. Qb4 Ra8 25. Nf3 Qc4 26. Qxc4 dxc4 27.
Rc1 Ra1 28. Rxa1 Bxa1 29. Kg1 Kf7 30. Kf2 Ke6 31. Ng5+ Kd5 32. Nxh7 c3 33. Ke2
Kc4 34. Ng5 Bb2 35. Ne4 c2 36. Nd2+ Kb4 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "4.22"]
[White "Fryer, David W"]
[Black "Rida, Ruqayyah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "1902"]
[BlackElo "2068"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[Variation "Indian variation"]
[WhiteFideId "406384"]
[BlackFideId "343272375"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. c4 c5 6. Qc2 Nc6 7. a3 d6 8. Nc3 Rb8
9. h3 a6 10. Be2 Ne8 11. O-O Nc7 12. Rfd1 e5 13. d3 b5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Ne7
16. e4 a5 17. Nd2 f5 18. b4 fxe4 19. dxe4 axb4 20. axb4 c4 21. Nf3 h6 22. Bc1 g5
23. Be3 Ng6 24. Nh2 Nf4 25. Bf1 Qf6 26. Ra3 Qg6 27. f3 h5 28. g4 hxg4 29. hxg4
Bb7 30. Qd2 Bf6 31. Bg2 Rf7 32. Nf1 Qh6 33. Ng3 Rh7 34. Nf5 Qh2+ 35. Kf1 Be7 36.
Bg1 Qxg2+ 37. Qxg2 Nxg2 38. Nxe7+ Rxe7 39. Kxg2 Kg7 40. Be3 Kf6 41. Rh1 Rg7 42.
Ra5 Bc8 43. Rh8 Rg6 44. Ra7 Rb7 45. Ra6 Rc7 46. Rxd6+ Kg7 47. Rdd8 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "4.23"]
[White "Patel, Zain"]
[Black "Shankar, Yashwardhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2058"]
[BlackElo "1886"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Andersson variation"]
[WhiteFideId "469246"]
[BlackFideId "2411067"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8
Rxd8 9. Bg5 Re8 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 c6 12. Bc4 cxd5 13. Bxd5 Na6 14. Nd2 Nc7
15. Bb3 Be6 16. O-O Bxb3 17. Nxb3 Ne6 18. Be3 Nd4 19. Rad1 Red8 20. Kh1 Rac8 21.
Rc1 b6 22. Rfd1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Nxb3 24. axb3 f5 25. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "4.24"]
[White "Siddharth, Gopakumar"]
[Black "Brown, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1864"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Tartakower (Nimzovich) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5053463"]
[BlackFideId "1801430"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Be3 Na6 7. a3 Nc7 8.
c4 Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Ne2 f5 11. Qc2 g6 12. O-O Bf6 13. Rad1 Ne6 14. Qb3 Qc7 15.
d5 cxd5 16. cxd5 f4 17. Bd2 f3 18. gxf3 Ng5 19. Be4 Nh3+ 20. Kg2 Be5 21. f4
Nxf4+ 22. Nxf4 Bxf4 23. Bxf4 Qxf4 24. Bb1 b6 25. Qf3 Qh4 26. Qg3 Qf6 27. Qc3
Qxc3 28. bxc3 Ba6 29. Rfe1 Rfd8 30. Re7 Kf8 31. Rc7 Rdc8 32. Rxc8+ Rxc8 33. d6
Bc4 34. Be4 Be6 35. Bb7 Rd8 36. Kf3 Kg7 37. Kf4 Kf6 38. h4 h6 39. Rd4 g5+ 40.
hxg5+ hxg5+ 41. Ke4 Bh3 42. Ba6 Bg2+ 43. Ke3 Bc6 44. Bc4 Rd7 45. Bf1 Ke5 46. f4+
gxf4+ 47. Rxf4 Kxd6 48. Bc4 Bd5 49. Bb5 Re7+ 50. Kd4 Re1 51. Rf6+ Be6 52. c4 Ra1
53. Rf3 Rd1+ 54. Kc3 Kc5 55. Be8 Rd8 56. Bxf7 Rf8 57. Bh5 Rxf3+ 58. Bxf3 Bxc4
59. Bh5 b5 60. Be8 a5 61. Bxb5 Bxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "4.25"]
[White "Sivanandan, Bodhana"]
[Black "Liu, Yiyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "1791"]
[ECO "C03"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch"]
[WhiteFideId "497592"]
[BlackFideId "8617171"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Be7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Nxf6+ Bxf6 7. c3 b6 8.
Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bf4 Nd7 11. Qe2 c5 12. Bd6 Be7 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Be4 Bxe4
15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qe2 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Qc5 18. Rad1 Rfd8 19. Rfe1 Rd5 20. Nb3 Qc7
21. Rxd5 Nxd5 22. Rd1 Rd8 23. Qd3 Rd7 24. Qf3 h6 25. h3 Nf6 26. Rxd7 Qxd7 27.
Nd4 Qd5 28. Qxd5 Nxd5 29. g3 Kf8 30. Kf1 Ke8 31. Nc6 a5 32. Ke2 f6 33. Nd4 Kd7
34. Kd3 Ne7 35. Nc2 Nf5 36. a4 e5 37. b4 Kc6 38. Na1 Nd6 39. Nb3 Nb7 40. g4 Kd5
41. Nd2 Nd6 42. f3 g6 43. Ne4 Ne8 44. c4+ Kc6 45. b5+ Kc7 46. c5 f5 47. cxb6+
Kxb6 48. Nd2 Kc5 49. Nc4 e4+ 50. fxe4 fxe4+ 51. Kc3 Nf6 52. Nxa5 Nd5+ 53. Kd2 h5
54. g5 e3+ 55. Kd3 Nf4+ 56. Kxe3 Nxh3 57. Nc4 Nxg5 58. b6 Kc6 59. a5 Ne6 60. a6
Nc5 61. a7 Kb7 62. Nd6+ Ka8 63. Ne8 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "4.26"]
[White "Manmay Chopra"]
[Black "Dupuis, Denis K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti v Dutch"]
[WhiteFideId "25649191"]
[BlackFideId "452980"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. g3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. b4 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. c4 Nbd7 8. Qb3 h6
9. Nc3 c6 10. O-O Kh7 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. d5 c5 13. a3 a6 14. Rc1 Nb6 15. Nd2 Bd7
16. e3 Rac8 17. b5 Ng4 18. a4 a5 19. h3 Ne5 20. Nd1 Rce8 21. f4 Nf7 22. Bxg7
Kxg7 23. e4 h5 24. exf5 Bxf5 25. Ne3 Nh6 26. Nf3 e6 27. Ng5 exd5 28. Nxd5 Nxd5
29. Bxd5 Ng8 30. Rce1 Qd7 31. Qc3+ Nf6 32. Kh2 Rxe1 33. Rxe1 Re8 34. Qxa5 Nxd5
35. cxd5 Rxe1 36. Qxe1 Qd8 37. Kg2 Qf6 38. Kf3 b6 39. g4 hxg4+ 40. hxg4 Bc8 41.
Ne4 Qd4 42. Qc3 Bb7 43. Qxd4+ cxd4 44. Nxd6 Bxd5+ 45. Ke2 Be6 46. Kd3 Kf6 47.
g5+ Ke7 48. Nc4 Bf5+ 49. Kxd4 Bc2 50. Nxb6 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "4.27"]
[White "Yoon, Jacob D"]
[Black "Kilambi, Venkata Ananth Akshay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2038"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "446076"]
[BlackFideId "489395"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nc6 6. Qf4 e6 7. Bd3 Nb4 8. Bd2
Nxd3+ 9. cxd3 Be7 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. O-O f6 12. Qg3 Kf8 13. Ne2 f5 14. h4 Nh6 15.
Nf4 Ng4 16. Kh1 Qb6 17. Be3 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Qxe3 19. Rae1 Qb6 20. Ng5 Bxg5 21.
Qxg5 Qd8 22. Qh5 Qe8 23. Qf3 Qe7 24. Qf2 g6 25. g4 Be8 26. Rc1 Rg8 27. Rc7 Bd7
28. gxf5 gxf5 29. Nh5 d4 30. Kh2 Qd8 31. Rc2 Bc6 32. Qf4 Rg6 33. Nf6 Qe7 34. h5
Rg7 35. Rcc1 Rg2+ 36. Kh3 Qg7 37. Rf2 Rxf2 38. Qxf2 Qh6 39. Rg1 Qe3+ 40. Qxe3
dxe3 41. Nxh7+ Kf7 42. Ng5+ Ke7 43. h6 Rh8 44. h7 f4 45. Kg4 f3 46. Nxf3 Rxh7
47. Re1 Bxf3+ 48. Kxf3 Rh2 49. Re2 Rh3+ 50. Ke4 Kd7 51. b3 Kc6 52. Rc2+ Kd7 53.
d4 b5 54. Kd3 e2+ 55. Kxe2 Rh4 56. Kd3 Rh3+ 57. Kd2 Rh4 58. Kc3 a5 59. a4 Rh3+
60. Kb2 bxa4 61. bxa4 Rd3 62. Rc4 Rd2+ 63. Kc3 Ra2 64. Kd3 Ra1 65. Ke3 Re1+ 66.
Kf3 Rf1+ 67. Ke4 Re1+ 68. Kd3 Rd1+ 69. Kc3 Rc1+ 70. Kb3 Rb1+ 71. Kc2 Ra1 72. Kb2
Rd1 73. Ka2 Rd2+ 74. Kb3 Rd3+ 75. Kb2 Rd1 76. Rc5 Rxd4 77. Rxa5 Re4 78. Kc3 Re1
79. Kd4 Rc1 80. Ra7+ Kc6 81. Ra6+ Kd7 82. Rd6+ Ke7 83. a5 Ra1 84. a6 Rb1 85. Kc5
Rb2 86. Kc6 Rc2+ 87. Kb7 Re2 88. a7 Rxe5 89. Rb6 Ra5 90. Ra6 Rb5+ 91. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "4.28"]
[White "Rayner, Francis"]
[Black "Janse, Jan Jaap"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1983"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[ECO "D32"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tarrasch defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1800132"]
[BlackFideId "1010344"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. exd4 Be7 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 a6 9. a4 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 Nb4 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Qe2 Re8 14. Rad1 Bd7
15. Ne5 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 Bxb5 18. Bxb5 Red8 19. Bc4 Nfd5 20. Nxf7 Kxf7
21. Qxe6+ Kf8 22. Bxe7+ Qxe7 23. Qf5+ Qf6 24. Qxh7 Qh6 25. Qf5+ Qf6 26. Qh7 Qh6
27. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "4.29"]
[White "Turner, Lewis A"]
[Black "Adams, Henry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1945"]
[BlackElo "2159"]
[ECO "C91"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Bogolyubov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "412600"]
[BlackFideId "464562"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Be3 Na5 11. dxe5 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 dxe5 13. Bc2 c5 14. Nd2 Qd7 15.
h3 Qe6 16. b3 h6 17. Nf1 Rfd8 18. Ng3 Bf8 19. Nf5 Kh7 20. g4 g6 21. Nxh6 Bxh6
22. g5 Nh5 23. gxh6 b4 24. c4 Nc6 25. Bxc5 Nf4 26. Be3 Nd4 27. Bxd4 Rxd4 28.
Rad1 Nxh3+ 29. Kh2 Ng5 30. Qg3 Qf6 31. Kg2 Rad8 32. Rxd4 Rxd4 33. Qe3 Ne6 34.
Rg1 Nf4+ 35. Kf1 Qd8 36. Ke1 Qa5 37. Rg4 Qxa2 38. Rxf4 Qa1+ 39. Ke2 exf4 40.
Qxf4 Rd7 41. e5 Qc3 42. Qe4 Rd2+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "4.30"]
[White "Gorskovs, Andrejs"]
[Black "Tudoroiu, Razvan-Catalin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1920"]
[BlackElo "2063"]
[ECO "C76"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "modern Steinitz defence, fianchetto (Bronstein) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "343426751"]
[BlackFideId "1281100"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 Nf6
9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. dxe5 Nxe4 11. Nbd2 dxe5 12. Qe2 f5 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Ng5 Bd3
15. Qe3 Qd7 16. Rd1 Rd8 17. b3 O-O 18. Ba3 Rfe8 19. Rd2 h6 20. Rad1 e4 21. Nh3
Bxc3 22. Qxh6 Qh7 23. Qg5 Qh5 24. Qf4 Bxd2 25. Rxd2 Bb5 26. Bb2 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "4.31"]
[White "Verbin, Valentina"]
[Black "Rubeck, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[BlackElo "1913"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian"]
[Variation "Marshall variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13905910"]
[BlackFideId "435678"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. Be2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 Nc6 8. c4
Nb6 9. Be3 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. Nc3 Nf5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bc1 c6 14. Qb3 Nd4 15. Nxd4
exd4 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. c5+ Nd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Bf3 Be6 20. Bf4 a5 21. Bd6 a4
22. Qd3 Rf7 23. Rfe1 Qd7 24. Qxd4 Re8 25. Bxd5 a3 26. bxa3 f5 27. Bxe6 Rxe6 28.
Qd5 Re4 29. Rxe4 fxe4 30. Rb1 h6 31. c6 Qa7 32. Bc5 Qa5 33. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "4.32"]
[White "Burrows, Martin P"]
[Black "Swiatkowski, Dominik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2117"]
[BlackElo "1874"]
[ECO "C99"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Chigorin, 12...c5d4"]
[WhiteFideId "409057"]
[BlackFideId "343415202"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bd7 14. Nf1 Nc6 15.
Be3 Rac8 16. Rc1 Qb7 17. Ng3 Rfe8 18. a3 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Bxd4 Be6 21. Qf3
a5 22. Bd3 b4 23. axb4 axb4 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. Qxf5 g6 26. Qf4 Nd7 27. Bc4 Rf8 28.
Bd5 Qb8 29. Rxc8 Qxc8 30. Rc1 Qd8 31. Rc6 Ne5 32. Bxe5 dxe5 33. Qxe5 Bg5 34. g3
Bh6 35. b3 Bg7 36. Qf4 Bc3 37. h4 Qe8 38. h5 Qe5 39. Qxe5 Bxe5 40. hxg6 hxg6 41.
Rxg6+ Kh7 42. Rb6 Bc3 43. Rb7 Kg6 44. f4 f6 45. Kg2 Rd8 46. Kf3 Rh8 47. Be6 Rd8
48. Bf5+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "4.33"]
[White "White, Stuart A"]
[Black "Freeman, Luke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2072"]
[BlackElo "1867"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "407747"]
[BlackFideId "343411959"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. h4 h5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 c6 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. e4
Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Qd2 c5 11. d5 Bg4 12. Rc1 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Kh7 14. Be2 Nd7 15.
Rg1 Bf6 16. f4 Bxg5 17. Rxg5 f6 18. Rg3 Qe8 19. f5 gxf5 20. Qf4 e6 21. dxe6 Qxe6
22. exf5 Qe5 23. Qf3 Qe8 24. Rg6 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "4.34"]
[White "Vaidyanathan, Sathya"]
[Black "Clarke, Connor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1842"]
[BlackElo "2058"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Schlechter variation"]
[WhiteFideId "490539"]
[BlackFideId "457655"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bf3 Be7 6. Ne2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Be3
cxd4 9. Qxd4 Nc6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Nbc3 Nd5 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Nd4
Bd7 15. f4 Rab8 16. b3 Rdc8 17. Rfd1 Bf6 18. Rac1 Rc3 19. Rd3 Rbc8 20. Ne2 Rxc2
21. Rxc2 Rxc2 22. Rd2 Rc7 23. Nd4 h6 24. Kf2 Bd8 25. Rc2 f6 26. Rxc7 Bxc7 27.
Nc2 a5 28. b4 e5 29. fxe5 fxe5 30. bxa5 Bxa5 31. Bc5 Kf7 32. Nb4 Ke6 33. Bf8 Kf7
34. Bc5 d4 35. Nd3 Bc7 36. Nb4 Ke6 37. Kf3 Ba4 38. g3 h5 39. Ke4 Ba5 40. a3 g5
41. Bf8 g4 42. Bg7 Bxb4 43. axb4 Bc2# 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "4.35"]
[White "Bharat Kumar, Balahari"]
[Black "Eldridge, Albert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[BlackElo "1781"]
[ECO "D53"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Bg5 Be7"]
[WhiteFideId "496464"]
[BlackFideId "343438857"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Qc2
c6 9. Bd3 Ne8 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nf3 Nd6 12. O-O Re8 13. Rae1 Qf6 14. Ne2 Bf5 15.
Ne5 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qe7 17. Ng3 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. f3 Rad8 20. Rf2 g6 21. b3 f5
22. Ne2 Qf7 23. Qd2 Kh7 24. Nf4 Qg7 25. Nd3 Re7 26. Qb4 Qf6 27. Qd2 Nf7 28. Nc5
Qd6 29. Rfe2 Qc7 30. e4 dxe4 31. fxe4 Qd6 32. exf5 Rxe2 33. fxg6+ Kxg6 34. Rxe2
Qxd4+ 35. Qxd4 Rxd4 36. Nxb7 Ng5 37. Nc5 Rd1+ 38. Kf2 Kf5 39. g3 Rd5 40. Na4
Ne4+ 41. Kg2 Rd2 42. Nc3 Rxe2+ 43. Nxe2 Ke5 44. Kf3 Nf6 45. h3 c5 46. Nc3 h5 47.
a3 a6 48. Ke3 Kf5 49. Kd3 Ke5 50. Kc4 Kd6 51. a4 Kc6 52. Ne2 Nd5 53. Nf4 Nf6 54.
Nd3 Ne4 55. g4 Nd2+ 56. Kc3 Ne4+ 57. Kc4 Nd2+ 58. Kc3 Ne4+ 59. Kc2 hxg4 60. Ne5+
Kd5 61. Nxg4 Kd4 62. a5 c4 63. b4 Kd5 64. Ne3+ Kd4 65. b5 Nc5 66. bxa6 Nxa6 67.
Nf5+ Kc5 68. h4 Nb4+ 69. Kb1 Nd5 70. h5 Nf6 71. h6 Kb5 72. Kc2 Kxa5 73. Kc3 Kb5
74. Nd6+ Kc5 75. Nxc4 Kd5 76. Ne3+ Ke6 77. Ng4 Nh7 78. Kd3 Kf5 79. Ne3+ Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "4.36"]
[White "ONUOHA, Obioma"]
[Black "Oh, Sejun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2056"]
[BlackElo "1695"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "8505837"]
[BlackFideId "13216112"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8.
O-O d5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. e5 Nd7 11. f4 e6 12. b4 Qe7 13. a3 c5 14. bxc5 Nxc5 15.
Qd4 Nd7 16. Rfb1 f6 17. Nxd5 Qf7 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Qe4 Bd7 21.
Ra2 Rfc8 22. Bc4 Kh8 23. Rb7 Bg7 24. Bd4 Bxd4+ 25. Qxd4+ Kg8 26. Bb5 e5 27. Qxd7
Qf6 28. Qxh7+ Kf8 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Ba4 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "4.37"]
[White "Saxena, Reyansh"]
[Black "Varney, Zoe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "1641"]
[BlackElo "2053"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[Variation "Italian four knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "343423884"]
[BlackFideId "436135"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nd5 h6 7. O-O d6 8. h3 O-O
9. Kh2 Na5 10. b4 Nxd5 11. bxc5 Nf6 12. Bb3 Nxb3 13. axb3 Re8 14. cxd6 cxd6 15.
g4 d5 16. Bb2 Qc7 17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 19. f4 Qd4 20. e5 Ne8 21. Qe2 Bd7
22. Qf2 Qc3 23. Rae1 Rc8 24. Re2 Nc7 25. Qh4 Re8 26. g5 hxg5 27. Qxg5 Ne6 28.
Qg3 Nd4 29. Rg2 g6 30. Qf2 Kg7 31. Qh4 Qc6 32. Qf2 Nf5 33. Rh1 d4 34. Rg5 Rh8
35. Kg1 Ne3 36. h4 Qxc2 37. Qxc2 Nxc2 38. Kf2 Bf5 39. Ke2 Nb4 40. Rg3 Rc8 41. h5
Rc3 42. hxg6 fxg6 43. Rhg1 Nxd3 44. Kd2 Rxb3 45. e6 Rb2+ 46. Kd1 Nxf4 47. e7 Re2
48. Re1 Bc2+ 49. Kc1 Rxe1+ 50. Kxc2 Rxe7 51. Rb3 d3+ 52. Kd2 b5 53. Rb4 g5 54.
Rd4 Re2+ 55. Kd1 Re6 56. Kd2 Kf6 57. Rd8 g4 58. Rg8 Kf5 59. Rg7 Rg6 60. Ke3 Rxg7
61. Kf2 g3+ 62. Ke3 g2 63. Kf3 Nd5 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "4.38"]
[White "Saunders, Aron"]
[Black "Skytte, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2201"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "469343"]
[BlackFideId "1471775"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. a4 Bc5 6. c3 a5 7. Qb3 O-O 8. O-O d6
9. Nbd2 Bb6 10. Re1 Qe7 11. h3 Be6 12. Nf1 Qd7 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Ne7 15. Qc2
c6 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 d5 19. e5 Nh5 20. Ba2 g6 21. Ng4 Kg7 22.
Qd2 Nf5 23. Ngh2 Qe7 24. g4 Nh4 25. gxh5 Bxh3 26. Qf4 Ng2 27. Qf6+ Qxf6 28.
exf6+ Kxf6 29. Re5 gxh5 30. Nf1 Nf4 31. Ne3 Rg8+ 32. Kh2 Rg7 33. Rg1 Rxg1 34.
Nxg1 Be6 35. Bb1 Rg8 36. Nf3 Rg7 37. Nh4 c5 38. Nef5 Rg4 39. f3 Rg5 40. Nd6 Rxe5
41. dxe5+ Kxe5 42. Nxb7 c4 43. Kg3 d4 44. Nxa5 Ng6 45. f4+ Nxf4 46. Nf3+ Kd5 47.
Kxf4 Kc5 48. Nb7+ Kb4 49. Nxd4 Bc8 50. Nd6 Bd7 51. a5 Kxa5 52. Nxc4+ Kb4 53. Ne5
Bc8 54. Nxf7 h4 55. Ba2 h3 56. Nf3 h5 57. N7e5 Kc5 58. Nd3+ Kb5 59. Kg3 Bg4 60.
Nf2 Bd7 61. Nxh3 Kb4 62. Nf4 Bf5 63. Nxh5 Bh7 64. Nf6 Bg6 65. Kf4 Bd3 66. Ke3
Ba6 67. Kd4 Bb7 68. Nd5+ Kb5 69. Bc4+ Kc6 70. b4 Kd7 71. Kc5 Kc8 72. b5 Kb8 73.
Ne5 Bc8 74. Kb6 Bb7 75. Ne7 Bg2 76. Nd7+ Ka8 77. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "4.39"]
[White "Balzer, Lars"]
[Black "Ruane, Brendan J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "1857"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "King's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "4646452"]
[BlackFideId "430218"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. c3 f5 5. d3 f4 6. d4 Qf6 7. d5 Nd8 8. Nbd2 a6
9. a4 g5 10. h3 h5 11. Nf1 Ne7 12. Bd2 g4 13. hxg4 hxg4 14. Rxh8 Qxh8 15. N3h2
g3 16. fxg3 fxg3 17. Nf3 Nf7 18. Qe2 Bh6 19. Nxg3 Bg4 20. O-O-O Bxd2+ 21. Qxd2
O-O-O 22. Rf1 Rg8 23. Qe3 Kb8 24. Rf2 Bd7 25. Nd2 Nh6 26. Be2 Bxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "4.40"]
[White "Byron, Alan M"]
[Black "Ratcliffe, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2022"]
[BlackElo "1845"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "401773"]
[BlackFideId "343432840"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O e6 5. c4 d4 6. d3 Bd6 7. e3 Nc6 8. Na3 e5
9. exd4 cxd4 10. Nc2 a5 11. b3 O-O 12. Rb1 Ra6 13. a3 Bf5 14. Nh4 Bg4 15. Bf3
Bxf3 16. Qxf3 e4 17. dxe4 Ne5 18. Qg2 d3 19. Ne3 Bc5 20. Rd1 Nfg4 21. Nhf5 g6
22. Nxg4 Nxg4 23. Nh6+ Nxh6 24. Bxh6 Re8 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 Bd4 27. h4 Ra2 28.
Rd2 Rxd2 29. Bxd2 Qa8 30. Qf3 Qa2 31. Qxd3 Rd8 32. Be3 Qxf2+ 33. Kxf2 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "4.41"]
[White "Sciupokas, Arunas"]
[Black "Sow, MiaoGeng Malcolm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1990"]
[BlackElo "1842"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "12803693"]
[BlackFideId "5817501"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. c4 Ndb4 7. a3 Qa5 8. Bd2
cxd4 9. Bxb4 Bxb4+ 10. Nbd2 Bxd2+ 11. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 f6 13. exf6 gxf6 14.
Bd3 d6 15. Rae1 Kf7 16. g4 e5 17. Reg1 Rg8 18. Bxh7 Rxg4 19. h4 Ne7 20. h5 Rxg1
21. Rxg1 Bf5 22. h6 Ng6 23. Bxg6+ Bxg6 24. Nh4 Rg8 25. Nxg6 Rxg6 26. Rh1 Rg8 27.
Kd3 f5 28. h7 Rh8 29. Rh6 Kg7 30. Rxd6 Rxh7 31. Re6 Rh3+ 32. Kd2 e4 33. Re7+ Kf6
34. Rxb7 Rf3 35. Ke1 d3 36. Rd7 Ke6 37. Rd8 f4 38. c5 Rh3 39. c6 Rh1+ 40. Kd2
Rf1 41. c7 Rxf2+ 42. Ke1 Re2+ 43. Kd1 Rc2 44. c8=Q+ Rxc8 45. Rxc8 Kd5 46. Rf8
Ke5 47. Kd2 f3 48. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "4.42"]
[White "Pai, Sidhanth"]
[Black "Chapman, Luke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1842"]
[BlackElo "1976"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "343111937"]
[BlackFideId "343416608"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Nc7 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8.
Re1 Bg7 9. Ne4 Ne6 10. d3 O-O 11. Be3 b6 12. Qd2 f5 13. exf6 exf6 14. Bh6 Nd4
15. Nxd4 cxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "4.43"]
[White "Prince, Alan R"]
[Black "Lee, Younggyu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1803"]
[BlackElo "1892"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2402165"]
[BlackFideId "13227378"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 d6 6. e4 c6 7. Nbd2 h6 8. c3 e5
9. a4 Be6 10. b4 a5 11. Nc4 Bxc4 12. dxc4 Nxe4 13. Qd3 Nf6 14. Nd2 Na6 15. Ba3
Qc7 16. Nb3 axb4 17. cxb4 Rad8 18. Rad1 Rfe8 19. b5 Nc5 20. Nxc5 dxc5 21. Qe3
cxb5 22. Bxc5 Rd5 23. Rd3 Rxd3 24. Re1 Rd1 25. Rxd1 bxa4 26. Rb1 Rc8 27. Ba3 Ng4
28. Qa7 Qxc4 29. Rxb7 Rd8 30. Rd7 Rxd7 31. Qxd7 Nf6 32. Qd6 Qc2 33. Qxe5 Qxf2+
34. Kxf2 Ng4+ 35. Ke1 Nxe5 36. Bf1 Bf8 37. Bb2 Nf3+ 38. Kf2 Nxh2 39. Bb5 a3 40.
Bd4 Bg7 41. Bxg7 Kxg7 42. Bc4 Ng4+ 43. Ke2 f5 44. Kd2 Kf6 45. Kc3 Ke5 46. Kb3
Kd4 47. Bf7 Ne5 48. Be6 Ke3 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "4.44"]
[White "Williams, Tony"]
[Black "Gibson, Christopher A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "1887"]
[ECO "D48"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Meran, 8...a6"]
[WhiteFideId "343473660"]
[BlackFideId "414697"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
a6 9. O-O Bb7 10. b3 c5 11. Bb2 cxd4 12. exd4 Nb6 13. Qe2 Nbd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15.
a4 Nh5 16. Bc1 Bd6 17. axb5 a5 18. Bc4 Qf5 19. Nh4 Nf4 20. Nxf5 Nxe2+ 21. Bxe2
exf5 22. Bd2 Bc7 23. Bd3 O-O 24. Bc4 Bb6 25. Bc3 Rfd8 26. Rfd1 Rdc8 27. Ra4 Rd8
28. Rda1 g6 29. h3 Rac8 30. Rd1 Ra8 31. Rda1 Rac8 32. Bxa5 Bxa5 33. Rxa5 Rxd4
34. Ra7 Bd5 35. Rd7 Bxc4 36. Rxd4 Bxb3 37. b6 Rb8 38. Rb1 Rxb6 39. Rd3 Bc2 40.
Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "4.45"]
[White "Binks, Michael"]
[Black "Wilson, Matthew R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1898"]
[BlackElo "1772"]
[ECO "D53"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Bg5 Be7"]
[WhiteFideId "1800957"]
[BlackFideId "423459"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 Nbd7 7. Nf3 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bb5 Bb7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Bc6 Bxc6 12. Nxc6 Qe8 13. O-O g5 14. Bg3 Bd6 15.
Bxd6 cxd6 16. Qb3 Ne4 17. Nxd5 Nd2 18. Qd1 Nxf1 19. Qh5 Kg7 20. Nce7 f5 21. Qxe8
Raxe8 22. Kxf1 Rf7 23. Nc6 Nf6 24. Nxf6 Kxf6 25. Rc1 Ke6 26. Ke2 a5 27. Kd3 Kd5
28. f3 g4 29. b4 gxf3 30. gxf3 Rg7 31. bxa5 bxa5 32. Nxa5 Ra8 33. Nc4 Rxa2 34.
e4+ fxe4+ 35. fxe4+ Ke6 36. d5+ Ke7 37. Rb1 Ra7 38. Rb6 Rd7 39. Ne3 Kd8 40. Nf5
Rg2 41. Nxh6 Rxh2 42. Nf5 Rh3+ 43. Kd4 Ra7 44. Rxd6+ Kc7 45. Rg6 Ra4+ 46. Ke5
Rh1 47. Rg7+ Kd8 48. Nd4 Rh5+ 49. Kd6 Ke8 50. Re7+ Kf8 51. Nf5 Rxf5 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "4.46"]
[White "Gupta, Aditya"]
[Black "Sadler, Ben"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1808"]
[BlackElo "1882"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Burn variation"]
[WhiteFideId "343418643"]
[BlackFideId "472190"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5 8.
Nc3 a6 9. g3 b5 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O c5 12. dxc5 Qxd1 13. Raxd1 Bxc5 14. Ne5 Bxg2
15. Kxg2 Ra7 16. Rd3 f6 17. Rfd1 O-O 18. Nd7 Nxd7 19. Rxd7 Rxd7 20. Rxd7 Rf7 21.
Rd8+ Rf8 22. Rd7 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "4.47"]
[White "Anjulan, Ashwin"]
[Black "Saxena, Advik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1876"]
[BlackElo "1806"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "343411622"]
[BlackFideId "343423892"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 a6 4. Nf3 d5 5. d3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. e5 Nd7 8. Bg2 Be7
9. O-O b5 10. Kh1 Bb7 11. d4 O-O 12. Be3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bc5 15.
Bxc5 Nxc5 16. Qd4 Nd7 17. f5 Qg5 18. Rae1 Rac8 19. b3 Kh8 20. h4 Qd8 21. fxe6
fxe6 22. Rxf8+ Qxf8 23. Ne4 Bc6 24. Nd6 Rb8 25. Rf1 Qe7 26. Rf7 Qd8 27. Qg4 g6
28. Qxe6 Nf8 29. Qg4 Qa5 30. Qf4 Qd8 31. Qh6 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "4.48"]
[White "Barbu, Simon-Alexandru"]
[Black "Napolitano, Domenico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2051"]
[BlackElo "1863"]
[ECO "C40"]
[Opening "Latvian counter-gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "1257170"]
[BlackFideId "456993"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5. Nc4 fxe4 6. Nc3 Qg6 7. Bf4 Nf6 8. d5
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. h3 b5 12. Na5 Nfd7 13. Kb1 Nc5 14. g4 Nbd7 15.
Bg2 b4 16. Ne2 Bf6 17. g5 Be5 18. Nc6 Re8 19. h4 Nb6 20. Bxe5 Nc4 21. Qxb4 Nxe5
22. Ned4 Qf7 23. Qd2 Qxd5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5 25. Qe2 Qf7 26. Nc6 Re8 27. Rhe1 Bd7 28.
Na5 Rab8 29. Rd4 Rb5 30. Nb3 Nxb3 31. axb3 d5 32. Qd2 Rf8 33. Bxe4 Bc6 34. Bd3
Rb6 35. f4 Qxf4 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "4.49"]
[White "Butt, Laurence"]
[Black "Kim, Changhoon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1790"]
[BlackElo "1874"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "440884"]
[BlackFideId "34117234"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. f4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 Nf6 5. c4 c5 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. exd4 O-O 8. c5 b6
9. cxb6 axb6 10. Be2 Nc6 11. O-O Ne4 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Be3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qc7 15.
Nxc6 Qxc6 16. Qb3 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. f5 Rfa8 19. Bd2 Ra3 20. Qb2 Bf6 21. Be1
Kg7 22. h4 R8a6 23. h5 g5 24. Rf2 Qc4 25. Qe2 Qxe2 26. Rxe2 g4 27. Rc2 Bg5 28.
Kf2 Bf4 29. Ke2 Kf6 30. Kd3 Kxf5 31. Bh4 e5 32. dxe5 Bxe5 33. Be7 R3a4 34. a3
Ke6 35. Bf8 Ra8 36. Bh6 Rxa3 37. Rb1 R8a6 38. Be3 Ra1 39. Rbb2 f5 40. Bxb6 f4
41. Ke2 R6a3 42. Bd4 Bxd4 43. cxd4 Re3+ 44. Kd2 Rg1 45. Rb6+ Kf5 46. Rh6 Rxg2+
47. Kc1 Re1+ 48. Kb2 Rxc2+ 49. Kxc2 g3 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "4.50"]
[White "Brewer, Callum D"]
[Black "Venkatesh, Anuj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "1825"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "435309"]
[BlackFideId "455636"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Qc7 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nh4 Ng6 8.
Nxg6 hxg6 9. f4 d5 10. c4 d4 11. e5 Bb7 12. Nd2 Be7 13. Nf3 O-O-O 14. Bd2 Rh5
15. Be1 Rdh8 16. Bg3 g5 17. fxg5 Bxg5 18. Nxg5 Rxg5 19. Qf3 Rf8 20. Qe4 Qd7 21.
Qh4 Rg6 22. Rf2 f5 23. exf6 gxf6 24. Qh5 Rfg8 25. Qxc5 e5 26. Raf1 Qe6 27. Qxa7
Qe7 28. c5 Qe6 29. Qa4 Rf8 30. Qb3 Qxb3 31. axb3 Ba6 32. Bxe5 Bxd3 33. Rxf6
Rgxf6 34. Rxf6 Re8 35. Rxc6+ Kd7 36. Rd6+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "4.51"]
[White "Halas, Kim Aleksander"]
[Black "Siddhartha Shankar Srivastava"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1729"]
[BlackElo "1589"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[WhiteFideId "1546074"]
[BlackFideId "25780590"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Qc2
a6 9. a4 Nbd7 10. Rc1 c5 11. Qxc4 b5 12. Qc2 Bb7 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Be3 Be4 15.
Qd1 Nxa4 16. Nbd2 Bd5 17. b3 Nb6 18. Bc5 Bxc5 19. Rxc5 Qd6 20. Rac1 Rfc8 21.
Rxc8+ Rxc8 22. Rxc8+ Nxc8 23. Qc2 Nb6 24. e4 Qc6 25. Qd3 Bxb3 26. Nxb3 h6 27.
Qd8+ Kh7 28. e5 Nfd5 29. Nfd4 Qc3 30. Be4+ g6 31. Bxd5 Nxd5 32. Qd7 Qe1+ 33. Kg2
Qe4+ 34. Nf3 Kg7 35. Nc5 Qf5 36. Qb7 Nf4+ 37. gxf4 Qg4+ 38. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Hagner, Bennet"]
[Black "Deuer, Marius"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "16224477"]
[BlackFideId "16236432"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. g4 Be4 5. f3 Bg6 6. f4 e6 7. h4 Be4 8. Nf3 h5 9.
Nbd2 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 hxg4 11. Qxg4 Nh6 12. Qg2 Nf5 13. Nf3 Nxh4 14. Nxh4 Rxh4 15.
Bd2 Rxh1 16. Qxh1 Qb6 17. O-O-O Na6 18. f5 exf5 19. e6 fxe6 20. Qh5+ Kd7 21.
Qf7+ Be7 22. Re1 Nc7 23. Qxg7 c5 24. a3 a5 25. dxc5 Qxc5 26. Bc3 Rf8 27. Bd4 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Kaasen, Tor Fredrik"]
[Black "Ghimpu, Samuel-Timotei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[ECO "E02"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Qa4"]
[WhiteFideId "1516647"]
[BlackFideId "1238175"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 Bc6 7. Nf3 Be7 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Re1 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 c6 12. Bg2 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Qf4
Qa5 15. a3 Rfd8 16. b4 Qc7 17. Bb2 Bd6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Ng6 20. Rac1 Be5
21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. Qxe5 Nxe5 23. b5 cxb5 24. Rc5 Nc4 25. Rxb5 Rab8 26. Rc1 Nd6
27. Rd5 Kf8 28. Rc7 a6 29. Bf3 b6 30. e3 Nb5 31. Rxd8+ Rxd8 32. Rb7 Rd6 33. Be2
Nxa3 34. Bxa6 g6 35. Kg2 h5 36. Kf3 Nb1 37. e4 Nc3 38. Ke3 Nd1+ 39. Ke2 Nc3+ 40.
Ke3 Nd1+ 41. Ke2 Nc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Golding, Alex"]
[Black "Laurent-Paoli, Pierre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pelikan, Chelyabinsk variation"]
[WhiteFideId "427241"]
[BlackFideId "26017962"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3
b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Rb8 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. g3 O-O 14. h4 Bh6 15. Bh3
Bb7 16. O-O Ne7 17. Ncb4 Nc8 18. Qd3 a5 19. Nc2 Nb6 20. Nxb6 Qxb6 21. Rad1 Rfd8
22. Bg2 Ba6 23. b3 Rbc8 24. Ne3 Bxe3 25. fxe3 Rc7 26. Rf2 Qc5 27. Rc2 Bc8 28.
Kh2 Be6 29. Bh3 Bxh3 30. Kxh3 Qc6 31. Kh2 h5 32. Rdd2 a4 33. c4 axb3 34. axb3
bxc4 35. Rxc4 Qb6 36. Rxc7 Qxc7 37. Qd5 Qc3 38. Rf2 Rf8 39. Re2 Qb4 40. Rc2 g6
41. Kg2 Qb6 42. Kf2 Rb8 43. Rc6 Qxb3 44. Qxb3 Rxb3 45. Rxd6 Rb2+ 46. Kf3 Kg7 47.
Rd5 f6 48. Rd7+ Kf8 49. g4 Rh2 50. gxh5 gxh5 51. Kg3 Rh1 52. Rh7 Rg1+ 53. Kf3
Rf1+ 54. Kg2 Re1 55. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Badacsonyi, Stanley"]
[Black "Gordon, Stephen J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "E54"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3, Gligoric system with 7...dc"]
[WhiteFideId "486973"]
[BlackFideId "411477"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. h3 a6 11. b3 b5 12. Be2 Qe7 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. Rc1 Nb4 15. a4
Rfd8 16. Qe1 Bxf3 17. gxf3 bxa4 18. Nxa4 Bd6 19. f4 a5 20. Nb6 Rab8 21. Nc4 Bc7
22. Kg2 Nd3 23. Bxd3 Rxd3 24. Nxa5 Bxa5 25. Qxa5 Nd5 26. Qc5 Qxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Plat, Vojtech"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Mieses variation"]
[WhiteFideId "325740"]
[BlackFideId "436224"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 g6 11. Bd3 Bg7 12. f4 O-O 13. O-O Ba6 14. c5 d5 15.
cxd6 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 cxd6 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. exd6 Rad8 19. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Wang, Hao(ZJ)"]
[Black "Hobson, Kenneth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[ECO "C28"]
[Opening "Vienna game"]
[WhiteFideId "8631859"]
[BlackFideId "480819"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d3 Na5 5. Nge2 a6 6. a3 Nxc4 7. dxc4 Bc5 8. h3
h6 9. Qd3 d6 10. Be3 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 Qe7 12. g4 c6 13. Rd1 Be6 14. b3 Rd8 15. a4
g5 16. Ng3 Qc7 17. f3 b5 18. axb5 cxb5 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Nxb5 Qa5+ 21. Nc3 d5
22. Qd2 d4 23. Nce2 Qb6 24. h4 Nh7 25. Kf1 gxh4 26. Rxh4 Ng5 27. Kg2 d3 28. cxd3
Qxb3 29. Nc1 Qa3 30. Rdh1 Rb8 31. Qe3 Rb2+ 32. Nce2 Bc4 33. Rxh6 Rxh6 34. Rxh6
Ne6 35. Rh8+ Kd7 36. Kf2 Bxd3 37. Rh1 Qb3 38. Qa7+ Kc6 39. Rh8 Bxe2 40. Rc8+ Kb5
41. Rb8+ Kc4 42. Rxb3 Kxb3 43. Nxe2 Nf4 44. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Martin, Nils"]
[Black "Grutter, Tim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "45160473"]
[BlackFideId "1057472"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. a4 h6 7. a5 a6 8. c3 O-O
9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 Ne7 11. Nbd2 Ng6 12. Qe1 c6 13. Bb3 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15.
Qg3 Qe8 16. Rf2 Nh8 17. Raf1 Qg6 18. Qxg6 Nxg6 19. Nc4 Ng4 20. Re2 d5 21. Nb6
Rad8 22. exd5 exd5 23. h3 Nf6 24. Nd2 Nd7 25. Nxd7 Rxf1+ 26. Kxf1 Rxd7 27. Nb3
Nf8 28. e4 Re7 29. exd5 cxd5 30. c4 dxc4 31. dxc4 Rc7 32. Rxe5 Rxc4 33. Re7 Rb4
34. Nc5 Rxb2 35. Rxb7 Ra2 36. Nxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Williams, Simon K"]
[Black "Herzwurm, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2047"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "404454"]
[BlackFideId "4668570"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. h4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Qd3 Qa5+ 6. Nd2 Nxd2 7. Bxd2 Qc7 8. e4
Nd7 9. f4 Nf6 10. Bc3 g6 11. h5 Bh6 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Be2 Bd7 14. g4 c4 15. Qd4 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.9"]
[White "Gormally, Daniel W"]
[Black "Fryer, David W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "1902"]
[ECO "E17"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "old main line, 6.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "406465"]
[BlackFideId "406384"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bf4 c6 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. Qc2 h6 12. Rfd1 Re8 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Bh3 Nf8 15.
Qa4 a6 16. Qb3 Ne6 17. Na4 b5 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. dxc5 Nh5 21. Bd2
Rf8 22. f3 a5 23. Qe3 Qc7 24. a3 Rce8 25. Bc3 Nf6 26. Rd4 a4 27. Rh4 Ba8 28. Rd1
Bb7 29. Rdd4 Ba8 30. Rdf4 Qd8 31. Qd3 Qe7 32. Bd4 g5 33. Rxh6 gxf4 34. Rg6+ Kh7
35. Rxf6+ Kg8 36. Rg6+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.10"]
[White "Ward, Cian"]
[Black "Mazur, Stefan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "1947"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "475599"]
[BlackFideId "14909332"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 Bg4 8. h3
Bh5 9. Be3 Kh8 10. a5 a6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Qd7 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Qxh5 c6 15.
Bb3 f5 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. Qe2 Raf8 18. f4 Ng6 19. g4 Nxf4 20. Qh2 Nd5 21. Rxf5
Rxf5 22. gxf5 Nxe3 23. Re1 Bg5 24. Be6 Qd8 25. Qf2 Qf6 26. Rxe3 Bxe3 27. Qxe3 g6
28. c3 c5 29. Qg3 d5 30. h4 Kg7 31. Qg5 Qe5 32. f6+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.11"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Finn, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[ECO "A18"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Mikenas-Carls variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12800112"]
[BlackFideId "432156"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 d4 6. exf6 dxc3 7. Bb5+ c6 8.
Qe2+ Be6 9. Bc4 cxd2+ 10. Bxd2 Qxf6 11. Bc3 Qg6 12. Nf3 Bc5 13. O-O-O O-O 14.
Bxe6 fxe6 15. Rhe1 Re8 16. Ne5 Qg5+ 17. Kb1 Na6 18. Rd7 Re7 19. Rxe7 Bxe7 20.
Nxc6 bxc6 21. Qxa6 Qd5 22. Qb7 Re8 23. Qxa7 Bf8 24. f3 c5 25. Qb6 Bd6 26. Qb5
Ra8 27. Qd7 Qxa2+ 28. Kc2 Qa4+ 29. Qxa4 Rxa4 30. Rxe6 Bf8 31. Kd3 Kf7 32. Re4
Ra8 33. Kc4 g5 34. Kd5 Rd8+ 35. Kc6 Rd1 36. h4 h6 37. h5 Rh1 38. g4 Rf1 39. Re3
Rf2 40. b3 Rf1 41. Be1 Rh1 42. Kd5 Rh2 43. Rd3 Rb2 44. Bd2 Rc2 45. f4 gxf4 46.
Bxf4 Rf2 47. Ke4 Ke6 48. Rd8 Be7 49. Rg8 Rb2 50. Rg6+ Kf7 51. Rxh6 Rxb3 52. Rh7+
Ke6 53. Rh6+ Kf7 54. g5 c4 55. Rc6 Rh3 56. h6 c3 57. g6+ Ke8 58. h7 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.12"]
[White "Kuru, Atilla"]
[Black "Vaidyanathan, Adithya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2189"]
[ECO "B60"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer"]
[WhiteFideId "51607948"]
[BlackFideId "495450"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 a6 7. Qd3 Bd7 8.
O-O-O Qa5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Kb1 e6 11. f4 b5 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Ne2 b4 14. Nd4 Bb7
15. Be2 h5 16. Bf3 Qc7 17. Rhe1 h4 18. c3 Bh6 19. g3 bxc3 20. Rc1 Qd7 21. Rxc3
O-O 22. Nb3 Rfd8 23. Na5 Rab8 24. Rd1 Ba8 25. Nc4 d5 26. exd5 exd5 27. Ne3 d4
28. Bxa8 Qe8 29. Bd5 dxc3 30. Qxc3 Bg7 31. gxh4 Kf8 32. Rg1 Rxd5 33. Qa3+ Kg8
34. Nxd5 Qe4+ 35. Ka1 Qd4 36. Ne7+ Kh8 37. Rb1 Qxf4 38. Qg3 Rb4 39. Nd5 Qxg3 40.
hxg3 Rg4 41. Rg1 f5 42. Kb1 Rd4 43. Ne3 Rd2 44. Rg2 Rxg2 45. Nxg2 Bd4 46. Nf4
Bf2 47. Ne2 f4 48. gxf4 Bxh4 49. Kc2 Be1 50. Kd3 Kg7 51. Ke4 Kf6 52. Nd4 Bd2 53.
f5 Ke7 54. Ke5 f6+ 55. Kd5 Kd7 56. Ne6 a5 57. Nc5+ Ke7 58. Kc6 Be1 59. b3 Bd2
60. a3 Bc3 61. Nd3 Kf7 62. b4 axb4 63. axb4 Kg7 64. b5 Bd4 65. Nc5 Kh6 66. b6
Be5 67. b7 Bb8 68. Nd7 Ba7 69. Kb5 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.13"]
[White "Bryant, Harry"]
[Black "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[ECO "B08"]
[Opening "Pirc"]
[Variation "classical system, 5.Be2"]
[WhiteFideId "489158"]
[BlackFideId "14103052"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Nb8 8. Be3
c6 9. a4 a5 10. h3 Na6 11. Re1 Nb4 12. Qd2 Bd7 13. Rad1 Rc8 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15. e5
Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. c3 Nc2 18. Rf1 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Bxe5 21. Rfe1
b6 22. Qd3 Qc7 23. Qb5 e6 24. Be2 d5 25. Qd3 Rfd8 26. Qf3 d4 27. cxd4 Rxd4 28.
b3 Rf4 29. Qe3 Bd6 30. Bf3 Bc5 31. Qd3 h5 32. Re4 Rf6 33. Rc4 Kg7 34. Qc3 Qe7
35. Qe5 Kg8 36. Qe4 Rf5 37. Rc2 Qf6 38. Qb7 Rf8 39. Kh1 Rf4 40. Qc6 Kg7 41. Rd3
Rd8 42. Qb5 Rb4 43. Qa6 Qa1+ 44. Kh2 Qf1 45. Be2 Qxf2 46. Rxd8 Qg1+ 47. Kg3 h4+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.14"]
[White "Zhang, Junyi"]
[Black "Southcott-Moyers, Indy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2172"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "494437"]
[BlackFideId "488542"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Nb4 13. Qb3 Ba5 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. a3
Nc6 16. Be2 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Na5 18. Qd1 f5 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. O-O Nc4 21. g4 Nxe3
22. fxe3 Bg6 23. Kg2 Qd6 24. Ne5 Qxa3 25. Nxg6 hxg6 26. Bf3 Qe7 27. c4 c6 28.
Qd3 Ng5 29. cxd5 Nxf3 30. Rxf3 Rxf3 31. Kxf3 Qf7+ 32. Ke2 Qxd5 33. Rf1 Qe6 34.
Rf4 a5 35. h4 Re8 36. Kf3 a4 37. d5 cxd5 38. Rxa4 Rf8+ 39. Rf4 Rxf4+ 40. exf4
Qe4+ 41. Qxe4 dxe4+ 42. Kxe4 Kf7 43. Kd5 b5 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.15"]
[White "Hill, Alistair"]
[Black "Demac, Elias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2104"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Anglo-Dutch defense"]
[WhiteFideId "432407"]
[BlackFideId "1505807"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Re1
Qf7 9. Bd2 Ne4 10. Ng5 Nxg5 11. Bxg5 c6 12. e4 h6 13. Be3 Qxc4 14. Qd2 Kh7 15.
h4 Qf7 16. b4 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Bg4 18. f4 Nd7 19. Nf2 Be6 20. g4 Bd5 21. Qd3 Bxg2
22. Kxg2 Qd5+ 23. Kg3 e5 24. Rad1 exf4+ 25. Bxf4 Kg8 26. Re7 Rf7 27. Rxf7 Qxf7
28. Bxd6 Re8 29. Bf4 Nb6 30. Ne4 Nd5 31. Rf1 Rf8 32. Be5 Qxf1 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.16"]
[White "Yoon, Jacob D"]
[Black "Verbytski, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2039"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[WhiteFideId "446076"]
[BlackFideId "495506"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Re8 7. a3 a6 8. b4 Nbd7
9. c5 Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Nd2 f5 12. f3 Bh4+ 13. Bg3 Bxg3+ 14. hxg3 Qg5 15.
Kf2 exf3 16. gxf3 e5 17. Bc4+ Kh8 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 Qg6 20. Qb3 Nf6 21. Bf7
Ng4+ 22. Kg1 Qc6 23. d5 Qf6 24. Bxe8 Qxa1+ 25. Kg2 Qf6 26. Bh5 Bd7 27. Bxg4 fxg4
28. Kg3 Re8 29. e4 Qd4 30. Rd1 g5 31. f5 Bxf5 32. Nf3 Qxe4 33. Qc3+ Kg8 34. Nxg5
Qe2 35. Qd2 Qe5+ 36. Qf4 Qc3+ 37. Kh4 Rf8 38. Qd4 Qc2 39. Rd2 Qb1 40. Rd1 Qa2
41. Rd2 Qxa3 42. Rh2 Qc1 43. Kh5 Bg6+ 44. Kh6 Rf7 45. d6 cxd6 46. cxd6 Qf4 47.
Qxf4 Rxf4 48. Rd2 Be8 49. Nxh7 Rf5 50. Rh2 g3 51. Rh3 g2 52. d7 Bxd7 53. Rg3+
Kf7 54. Rxg2 Bc6 55. Re2 Rf4 56. Ng5+ Kf6 57. Nh7+ Kf5 58. Rb2 Ke4 59. Kg5 Rf5+
60. Kg4 Rf4+ 61. Kg3 Rf3+ 62. Kg4 Bd7+ 63. Kg5 Bc6 64. Kg4 Rf1 65. Ng5+ Kd3 66.
Rh2 Kc4 67. Nh3 Kxb4 68. Nf2 Ka5 69. Kf4 Re1 70. Nd3 Re4+ 71. Kf5 Re8 72. Ne5
Bb5 73. Ke4 Kb6 74. Kd4 a5 75. Rh6+ Ka7 76. Rh5 Ka6 77. Kc3 b6 78. Rg5 Rc8+ 79.
Kd4 Rd8+ 80. Kc3 Rd5 81. Nf7 Rd7 82. Ne5 Rd5 83. Nf7 Rd3+ 84. Kc2 Rd7 85. Ne5
Rd5 86. Kc3 Rc5+ 87. Kb2 a4 88. Nf3 Rc4 89. Nd2 Rd4 90. Nb1 Bc6 91. Kc3 Rd6 92.
Na3 b5 93. Kb4 Rf6 94. Rg4 Kb6 95. Nc2 Bd7 96. Rh4 Rc6 97. Na3 Rc5 98. Rh6+ Bc6
99. Rf6 Rg5 100. Rf4 Rg3 101. Nxb5 Bxb5 102. Rf6+ Bc6 103. Rh6 Rg4+ 104. Ka3 Rc4
105. Rg6 Ka5 106. Rg5+ Bb5 107. Rg3 Rb4 108. Rh3 Rg4 109. Re3 Rg5 110. Rh3 Bc6
111. Rc3 Bd7 112. Rd3 Be6 113. Re3 Bg8 114. Re2 Rb5 115. Rb2 Rb3+ 116. Ka2 Kb4
117. Ka1 Bc4 118. Rb1 Bd5 119. Rb2 Kc3 120. Ra2 Kb4 121. Rb2 Be4 122. Ka2 Bd3
123. Ka1 Bf5 124. Rf2 Be6 125. Rf4+ Bc4 126. Rf2 Ra3+ 127. Kb1 Rg3 128. Rb2+ Bb3
129. Ka1 Ka3 130. Ra2+ Kb4 131. Rb2 a3 132. Rb1 Rg2 133. Rc1 Rg3 134. Rb1 Ka4
135. Rh1 Rg4 136. Rb1 Rb4 137. Rh1 Rd4 138. Rb1 Re4 139. Rh1 Rf4 140. Rb1 Rg4
141. Rh1 Bc4 142. Re1 Rg2 143. Rh1 Rd2 144. Rg1 Kb3 145. Rb1+ Rb2 146. Rd1 Rc2
147. Rb1+ Kc3 148. Rg1 Bd3 149. Rb1 Kc4 150. Rd1 Rc3 151. Ka2 Kb4 152. Rc1 Bc4+
153. Kb1 a2+ 154. Kb2 Rxc1 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.17"]
[White "Adams, Henry"]
[Black "Vaddhireddy, Sai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2159"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "464562"]
[BlackFideId "499560"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. c5 Qxb3 8. axb3
Na6 9. Ra4 Bc2 10. Bg2 Bxb3 11. Ra3 Bc2 12. O-O Nd7 13. Bf4 f6 14. Rc1 Bf5 15.
b4 Nxb4 16. Rb3 Na6 17. Rxb7 Naxc5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Rc7 e5 20. Bxe5 fxe5 21.
Nxe5 Nb3 22. Rd1 Bc2 23. Rf1 Bd6 24. Rxc6 Bxe5 25. Re6+ Kd7 26. Rxe5 Be4 27.
Nxe4 dxe4 28. Rd1+ Kc7 29. Re7+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.18"]
[White "Shankar, Yashwardhan"]
[Black "Verbin, Valentina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "1886"]
[BlackElo "2122"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Paulsen attack"]
[WhiteFideId "2411067"]
[BlackFideId "13905910"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf5 8. Bxf5
exf5 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Be3 Be7 11. h4 O-O 12. Ng5 f4 13. Bxf4 Qb6 14. Qd3 g6 15.
Nxe6 fxe6 16. Be3 Qxb2 17. Rb1 Nb4 18. Qd2 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 b6 20. f4 Rac8 21. h5
Rc4 22. g4 Nc6 23. Ne2 Ra4 24. Rb2 Na5 25. Ke1 Nc4 26. Rb3 Rxa2 27. Bc1 g5 28.
Rf1 Ra1 29. f5 Ba3 30. Kd1 Rc8 31. Rff3 a5 32. fxe6 a4 33. Rbc3 b5 34. Rf7 b4
35. Rcf3 Bxc1 36. Nxc1 Nb2+ 37. Ke2 Raxc1 38. e7 R8c2+ 39. Ke3 Re1# 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.19"]
[White "Siddharth, Gopakumar"]
[Black "Burrows, Martin P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1864"]
[BlackElo "2117"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Adams attack"]
[WhiteFideId "5053463"]
[BlackFideId "409057"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qf3 b5 10. g4 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bd7 13. a3 bxa3 14. Rxa3 a5 15.
Bd3 a4 16. Nd2 Na6 17. Qe4 g6 18. Rxa4 Nc7 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. O-O O-O 21. Bh6 Rb8
22. f4 Qxd5 23. fxe5 Qxe4 24. Nxe4 dxe5 25. Nf6+ Bxf6 26. Rxf6 Be6 27. b3 Nd5
28. Rf1 Nb4 29. Be4 Rc8 30. c4 Nc6 31. Be3 Nd4 32. Bxd4 exd4 33. Rd1 Rb8 34. Bc2
Rd8 35. Kf2 f5 36. gxf5 gxf5 37. Bd3 Rb8 38. Bc2 Rd8 39. c5 Kf7 40. b4 Kf6 41.
Kf3 Bc4 42. Kf4 d3 43. Bb1 d2 44. Ke3 f4+ 45. Kxf4 Bb3 46. Rxd2 Rxd2 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.20"]
[White "Hu, Junyan"]
[Black "Kapechun, Mikhailo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1862"]
[BlackElo "2184"]
[ECO "B66"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...a6"]
[WhiteFideId "343401260"]
[BlackFideId "34147527"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. Nb3 Bd7 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. f4 b5 12. Nd4 Qb6 13. Nce2 O-O-O 14. f5
Kb8 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Kb1 Rc8 17. g3 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 e5 19. Nf5 Bxf5 20. exf5 d5
21. Bg2 d4 22. Qd3 Rc7 23. Qf3 Ka7 24. Qe2 Rhc8 25. Be4 Bb4 26. g4 Qa5 27. Rd3
Rxc2 28. Qxc2 Rxc2 29. Kxc2 Qxa2 30. Rb3 Bf8 31. Bd5 Qa4 32. Kb1 d3 33. Rxd3
Qxg4 34. Be6 Qe4 35. Rd1 Bc5 36. Ka2 Bd4 37. Ra3 Qc2 38. Rb1 e4 39. Rb3 e3 40.
Rb4 Be5 41. Rg4 e2 42. Rg2 Qa4# 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.21"]
[White "White, Stuart A"]
[Black "Kalavannan, Koby"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2072"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Old Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "407747"]
[BlackFideId "425753"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nc3 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 Nf6 6. g3 Be6 7. Nd5 Ne5 8. b3
Ne4 9. Qe3 c6 10. Qxe4 cxd5 11. cxd5 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bxd5 13. Bxa5 Bxe4 14. f3 Bc6
15. Nh3 b6 16. Bd2 O-O-O 17. Nf2 Re8 18. Bh3+ Kb8 19. Kf1 Bb5 20. Bg2 Nc6 21.
Ne4 Nd4 22. Nc3 Ba6 23. Kf2 g6 24. e3 Bg7 25. Rac1 Nc6 26. Nd5 Ne5 27. Bf1 Bxf1
28. Rcxf1 Rc8 29. Ke2 Rc5 30. Nb4 Kb7 31. f4 Nd7 32. Rc1 Bb2 33. Rxc5 dxc5 34.
Nd5 Kc6 35. Bc3 Kxd5 36. Bxb2 Re8 37. Kf3 f5 38. Rd1+ Kc6 39. h3 h5 40. Rg1 Re6
41. g4 hxg4+ 42. hxg4 Rd6 43. Ke2 b5 44. gxf5 gxf5 45. Rg5 Rh6 46. Bg7 Rh2+ 47.
Kf3 Rxa2 48. Rxf5 Ra3 49. Rh5 Rxb3 50. f5 Kd6 51. Kf4 Rb1 52. Rh6+ Ke7 53. Be5
Rf1+ 54. Ke4 Rd1 55. Rh7+ Kf8 56. f6 b4 57. Kf5 Rd5 58. Rh8+ Kf7 59. Rh7+ Kg8
60. Rg7+ Kf8 61. Re7 Rxe5+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.22"]
[White "Ashton, Adam G"]
[Black "Patel, Zain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2058"]
[ECO "C60"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Cozio defence"]
[WhiteFideId "410110"]
[BlackFideId "469246"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. Nc3 Ng6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bc5 7. Be3 Bxd4 8.
Bxd4 Qg5 9. g3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Ne5 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Qa4 d6 13. f4 Qe7 14. Nd5 Qd8
15. O-O-O Bd7 16. Qc4 O-O 17. h4 Be6 18. h5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Ne7 20. Bd3 Qd7 21.
Qe4 f5 22. Qc4 h6 23. Rhe1 Kh8 24. Re6 Ng8 25. Rde1 c5 26. dxc6 bxc6 27. Qd4
Rae8 28. Bxf5 Rxe6 29. Bxe6 Qe7 30. Re2 Nf6 31. b3 Nxh5 32. Bg4 Qf6 33. Qxf6
Nxf6 34. Bf3 d5 35. Kd2 g5 36. Re6 g4 37. Bg2 Kg7 38. Rxc6 Nh5 39. Rc3 d4 40.
Rd3 Nxg3 41. Rxg3 Rxf4 42. Ke2 h5 43. Bc6 h4 44. Rg1 g3 45. Rf1 Rg4 46. Bg2 Kg6
47. a4 a5 48. Rf8 Kg7 49. Kf3 Rg5 50. Rf4 Rc5 51. Rxh4 Rc3+ 52. Ke4 Kf6 53. Rg4
d3 54. cxd3 Rxb3 55. Ke3 Ra3 56. Bc6 Rc3 57. Bb5 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.23"]
[White "Tudoroiu, Razvan-Catalin"]
[Black "Lau, Lut Yin Luke"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2063"]
[BlackElo "2243"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[WhiteFideId "1281100"]
[BlackFideId "6002226"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. Rd1 Re8 10. a3 e5 11. Bg5 d4 12. Nd5 Be7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Bd3 g6 15. O-O
Bg7 16. exd4 exd4 17. h3 Qd6 18. Rfe1 Be6 19. Ng5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Ne5 21. Bb5 Red8
22. Rxd4 Qf6 23. Qd2 h6 24. f4 Nc6 25. Rd3 Nd4 26. Bc4 hxg5 27. fxg5 Qb6 28. Kh1
Nf5 29. d6 Rxd6 30. Qf4 Rad8 31. Rxd6 Qxd6 32. Qf3 Qc7 33. b3 b5 34. Bxb5 Qa5 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.24"]
[White "Clarke, Connor"]
[Black "Sivanandan, Bodhana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2058"]
[BlackElo "2229"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "457655"]
[BlackFideId "497592"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5 8.
Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 Rc8 10. Nf3 e6 11. Bd3 Bb4 12. O-O O-O 13. Ne5 h6 14. Rfc1 Nh5
15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Be5 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qe7 18. Qe2 Nf6 19. c4 dxc4 20. Bxf6 Qxf6
21. Bxc4 e5 22. dxe5 Qxe5 23. Rab1 Rc5 24. Bb3 Rfc8 25. Qd2 Nxb3 26. axb3 Qd5
27. Rxc5 Rxc5 28. Qxd5 Rxd5 29. Kf1 Rd2 30. Ke1 Rc2 31. b4 a6 32. b5 a5 33. b6
Rc5 34. Rd1 Rb5 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Ra8 Kg6 37. Ke2 Kf6 38. Ra7 Rxb6 39. Rxa5 Ke6
40. f4 f5 41. Re5+ Kf6 42. Ra5 g5 43. h3 gxf4 44. exf4 Rb4 45. Kf3 b6 46. Ra3 h5
47. Ra8 Rb3+ 48. Kf2 Rb2+ 49. Kf3 Rb3+ 50. Kf2 Rb2+ 51. Kf3 Rb3+ 52. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.25"]
[White "Varney, Zoe"]
[Black "Saunders, Aron"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "2053"]
[BlackElo "2201"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "436135"]
[BlackFideId "469343"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Qa5+ 7. Nd2 e6 8. Nf3
Nh6 9. O-O Nf5 10. Nb3 Qb5 11. Qd1 c5 12. a4 Qb6 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Nxc5 Qxc5 15.
c3 Nc6 16. Re1 Rc8 17. Bf4 Qb6 18. Rb1 Na5 19. g3 Qb3 20. Qe2 Qc4 21. Qd1 Nb3
22. Nd2 Nxd2 23. Bxd2 Qd3 24. Be3 Qxd1 25. Rbxd1 a6 26. Bb6 Rc4 27. a5 g5 28.
hxg5 h4 29. gxh4 Nxh4 30. Re3 Nf5 31. Ree1 Rh5 32. Kf1 Rxg5 33. Ke2 Ne7 34. Kd2
Nc6 35. Be3 Rxe5 36. f4 Rh5 37. Rh1 Rxh1 38. Rxh1 Nxa5 39. Rh8+ Kd7 40. Rh7 Ke7
41. b4 Nc6 42. Bc5+ Kf6 43. Rh6+ Kg7 44. Rh4 a5 45. Rg4+ Kf6 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.26"]
[White "Manmay Chopra"]
[Black "ONUOHA, Obioma"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2056"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "25649191"]
[BlackFideId "8505837"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 f5 4. O-O Nf6 5. c4 c6 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. d3 Nbd7
9. cxd5 exd5 10. e3 Qe7 11. Nbd2 Ng4 12. Qc2 Ndf6 13. Rae1 Kh8 14. Nd4 Qf7 15.
N2f3 Bd7 16. h3 Nh6 17. Ne2 Rae8 18. Nf4 Qe7 19. Bc3 Nf7 20. b4 b6 21. Qb2 Ne5
22. Rc1 a6 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Qxe5 Rxe5 26. d4 Re7 27. a4 Ne4 28.
Bxe4 fxe4 29. h4 b5 30. a5 g6 31. Rc3 Kg7 32. f3 exf3 33. Kf2 h6 34. h5 gxh5 35.
Nxh5+ Kg6 36. Nf4+ Kg5 37. Rh1 Be8 38. Kxf3 Rf6 39. g4 Rxe3+ 40. Rxe3 Rxf4+ 41.
Ke2 Bf7 42. Re5+ Kxg4 43. Rg1+ Kh4 44. Rh1+ Kg4 45. Rxh6 Rxd4 46. Rxc6 Rxb4 47.
Rxa6 d4 48. Kd3 Ra4 49. Re4+ Kf5 50. Rxd4 Bc4+ 51. Kc3 Ke5 52. Rd8 Bd5 53. Re8+
Kf4 54. Rf6+ Kg5 55. Rb6 Bc4 56. a6 Kf5 57. Re7 Ra3+ 58. Kb4 Rb3+ 59. Kc5 Bd3
60. a7 Ra3 61. Rb8 Be4 62. Rxe4 Rxa7 63. Re1 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.27"]
[White "Woods, Yannick"]
[Black "Williams, Tony"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
[ECO "C16"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, Petrosian variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2518384"]
[BlackFideId "343473660"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qh5+
g6 9. Qf3 Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. h4 h6 12. Ne2 Ne7 13. a4 Nb8 14. a5 Nbc6 15.
axb6 cxb6 16. Nf4 Na5 17. g4 O-O-O 18. Ba3 Rhg8 19. h5 fxg4 20. Qxg4 g5 21. Bxe7
gxf4 22. Qh4 Rde8 23. Bf6 Qh7 24. O-O-O Nc4 25. Qxf4 Qd7 26. Rde1 Qa4 27. Kd1
Qa1+ 28. Ke2 Qxc3 29. Rc1 Rg2 30. Rhd1 Nb2 31. Rd3 Qc4 32. Kf3 Reg8 33. Bh4 R2g4
34. Qxh6 Kb8 35. Bg3 Nxd3 36. cxd3 Qxd3+ 37. Kg2 Rxg3+ 38. fxg3 Qxg3+ 39. Kf1
Qg1+ 40. Ke2 Qh2+ 41. Kd3 Rg3+ 42. Qe3 Rxe3+ 43. Kxe3 Qxh5 44. Rc6 Kb7 45. Rd6
a5 46. Rd7+ Ka6 47. Kf4 Qf5+ 48. Ke3 a4 49. Ke2 a3 50. Rd8 Kb5 51. Ra8 Kb4 52.
Ra6 b5 53. Ra8 Kb3 54. Rb8 b4 55. Ra8 a2 56. Ke3 Kb2 57. Rb8 b3 58. Rh8 a1=Q 59.
Rh2+ Qc2 60. Rxc2+ bxc2 61. Kf4 c1=Q+ 62. Kg4 Qf1 63. Kh4 Qae1+ 64. Kh5 Qg3 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.28"]
[White "Liu, Yiyi"]
[Black "Kendall, Arthur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1791"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Andersson variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8617171"]
[BlackFideId "343410960"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8
Rxd8 9. Nd5 Na6 10. Bg5 Rd6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nxf6+ Rxf6 13. Nxe5 Re6 14. f4 f6
15. Ng4 Kg7 16. e5 fxe5 17. Nxe5 Nb4 18. Rd1 Nc6 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Kf2 Rb8 21.
b3 a5 22. Bf3 a4 23. Rd8 axb3 24. axb3 c5 25. Bg4 Rxb3 26. Rxc8 Rb2+ 27. Kg3
Re3+ 28. Bf3 Re7 29. h3 Kh6 30. Ra1 c6 31. Rxc6 Rb3 32. Rxc5 Rb2 33. Re5 Rc7 34.
c5 Rb3 35. Rc1 Rb2 36. c6 Ra2 37. Rd5 Ra3 38. Rd7 Rc3 39. Rxc3 Rxc6 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.29"]
[White "Swiatkowski, Aram"]
[Black "Sciupokas, Arunas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1843"]
[BlackElo "1990"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Scotch, 4...exd4"]
[WhiteFideId "343415210"]
[BlackFideId "12803693"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bc5 6. Be3 Bxd4 7. Bxd4 Qe7 8.
f3 O-O 9. Be2 d6 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Be6 12. f4 c5 13. Qd3 Rad8 14. Rae1 a6
15. Qg3 Qc7 16. f5 Bc8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 f6 19. Bh5 Rd7 20. Qe3 g6 21. fxg6
Rg7 22. gxh7+ Kh8 23. Qh6 f5 24. Re2 Qd8 25. Rfe1 Bd7 26. Qxd6 Kxh7 27. Re7 Rg8
28. Qg6+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.30"]
[White "Eldridge, Albert"]
[Black "Rayner, Francis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1781"]
[BlackElo "1983"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "343438857"]
[BlackFideId "1800132"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. Nf3 g6 4. h3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O b6 8. Bh2 Bb7
9. c4 cxd4 10. exd4 d5 11. Nc3 Nbd7 12. Qb3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Rc8 14. Qb3 Ne4 15.
Rfd1 Ndf6 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Rxd2 Nd5 18. Bf3 Bh6 19. Rc2 e6 20. Nb5 Rxc2 21. Qxc2
Nb4 22. Qc4 Bxf3 23. Qxb4 a5 24. Qd6 Qg5 25. Bg3 Qxb5 26. gxf3 Qxb2 27. Rd1 b5
28. Qb6 Qe2 29. Rb1 Qxf3 30. Rxb5 Be3 31. Kf1 Rc8 32. Rb1 Bd2 33. Qb5 h5 34. h4
Qe4 35. Be5 Bf4 36. Qb8 Qh1+ 37. Ke2 Qe4+ 38. Kf1 Qh1+ 39. Ke2 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.31"]
[White "Ashton, Alannah"]
[Black "Skytte, Rasmus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WCM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "1983"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "480681"]
[BlackFideId "1404210"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nc6 5. d4 Nf6 6. c4 Qd6 7. Be3 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Qd2 Rfd8 11. Rad1 a6 12. a3 h6 13. b4 Bf5 14. Bd3 Bg4 15. Be2
Bf8 16. h3 Bh5 17. Qb2 Bg6 18. Rd2 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Rfd1 b5 21. cxb5 axb5
22. Bxb5 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Ne7 24. Bd3 f5 25. Re2 Ng6 26. Bc4 Nh4 27. Bxe6+ Qxe6 28.
Bf4 Qg6+ 29. Bg3 Nxf3+ 30. Kg2 Ng5 31. h4 Ne4 32. Qc1 Bd6 33. h5 Qg4 34. Qc4+
Kh8 35. Qd3 Nxg3 36. fxg3 Rxa3 37. Ree1 Rxd3 38. Rxd3 f4 39. d5 Qxh5 40. b5 fxg3
41. b6 Qh2+ 42. Kf3 Rf8+ 43. Ke4 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.32"]
[White "Janse, Jan Jaap"]
[Black "Dewangan, Aayush"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "1981"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "1010344"]
[BlackFideId "469700"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. c4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 e5 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. Qc2 Qc5 12. Rc1 Rb8 13. Qe4 Qd5 14. Qxb4
Rxb4 15. Nxd5 Rxb2 16. Bd3 Kd7 17. Nc3 Ke7 18. Rb1 Rxb1+ 19. Nxb1 Be6 20. Nc3 f5
21. e4 Rd8 22. Bb1 fxe4 23. Nxe4 Bc4 24. Nd2 Bd3 25. Bxd3 Rxd3 26. Nb3 Rd5 27.
Ke2 Rb5 28. Rc1 Kd6 29. Rc4 f6 30. Rh4 Rb7 31. Rh6 Rf7 32. Kd3 Kd5 33. Nd2 f5
34. f3 Rg7 35. g3 Rf7 36. Rh5 a6 37. Nc4 Ke6 38. Rh6+ Kd5 39. Ne3+ Kc5 40. Re6
Rd7+ 41. Kc3 e4 42. fxe4 fxe4 43. Rxe4 Rf7 44. Re5+ Kd6 45. Rf5 Re7 46. Kd3 Rd7
47. Rh5 Ke6+ 48. Kc3 Rf7 49. Rh6+ Kd7 50. Nc4 Re7 51. Kd4 Re2 52. Rxh7+ Kc8 53.
a4 Ra2 54. Kc5 Rc2 55. g4 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.33"]
[White "Rida, Ruqayyah"]
[Black "Rastogi, Nayan Keats"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[BlackElo "1939"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "343272375"]
[BlackFideId "343407579"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Kb1 b5 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. Na5 Qc7
15. Nc6 Bf6 16. Ka1 Nb8 17. Nxb8 Rxb8 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 a5 20. h4 Qc4 21.
Qd2 Kd7 22. Bg5 Bxg5 23. Qxg5 Qf4 24. Qxf4 exf4 25. Rd4 f6 26. Rxf4 Rbe8 27. c4
b4 28. Kb1 Re2 29. Re4 Re8 30. Rxe8 Kxe8 31. Rg1 a4 32. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.34"]
[White "Norinkeviciute, Rasa"]
[Black "Blanquet, Camille"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "1904"]
[BlackElo "2132"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "12801925"]
[BlackFideId "36037354"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. b3 d4 6. Bb2 c5 7. b4 O-O 8. O-O Qb6
9. Qb3 Nc6 10. bxc5 Bxc5 11. d3 e5 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Ng5 Bg4 14. f3 Bf5 15. Nge4
Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. fxe4 Qxb3 18. axb3 Nb4 19. Ra5 b6 20. Ra4 a5 21. Bh3 Rad8
22. Bc1 Na6 23. Rf3 Bb4 24. Ra1 Nc5 25. Rb1 Ra8 26. Bf1 b5 27. cxb5 Rab8 28. e3
Bc3 29. exd4 exd4 30. Ba3 Rxb5 31. Bxc5 Rxc5 32. Rf2 Rb8 33. Ra2 Rcb5 34. Ra3 g6
35. Be2 Kg7 36. Bg4 Rc5 37. Ra2 Bb4 38. Bd7 Rc3 39. Rd1 Rxb3 40. Bc6 Bc3 41. Bd5
Rb2 42. Rf1 f6 43. Rf2 Rxa2 44. Rxa2 Kf8 45. Ra4 Bb4 46. Kf2 Ke7 47. Kf3 Kd6 48.
Bc4 Bc3 49. h4 Rb1 50. Bg8 h6 51. Bf7 Rd1 52. Bc4 Bb4 53. Ra2 Kc5 54. Kg4 Rg1
55. Rf2 h5+ 56. Kh3 Be1 57. Rxf6 Rxg3+ 58. Kh2 Rg4 59. Bf7 Rxh4+ 60. Kg2 Rg4+
61. Kf1 Bc3 62. Bxg6 h4 63. Rf5+ Kd6 64. Be8 Rg3 65. Bb5 h3 66. Rh5 Ke6 67. Kf2
Re3 68. Kg1 Bb4 69. Bc4+ Kf6 70. Bb5 Bd6 71. Bd7 h2+ 72. Kf2 Rxd3 73. Bc6 Be5
74. Rf5+ Ke6 75. Rh5 Rd1 76. Rh6+ Ke7 77. Rh7+ Kf6 78. Rh6+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.35"]
[White "Lee, Younggyu"]
[Black "Bharat Kumar, Balahari"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1892"]
[BlackElo "2068"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13227378"]
[BlackFideId "496464"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. d3 c5 5. e4 d6 6. O-O g6 7. Bg5 Bg7 8. Qc1 O-O
9. Bh6 Nc6 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Nbd2 Qc7 12. c3 d5 13. Re1 e5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. h4
Rad8 16. Nc4 Rfe8 17. h5 f6 18. h6+ Kg8 19. Nfd2 b5 20. Ne3 Nxe3 21. Rxe3 Qe7
22. a4 a6 23. axb5 axb5 24. Qc2 Qf7 25. Ne4 c4 26. dxc4 bxc4 27. Nc5 f5 28. Nxb7
Qxb7 29. Qa4 e4 30. Qxc4+ Kh8 31. b4 Ne5 32. Qc5 Rc8 33. Qa7 Qxa7 34. Rxa7 Nc4
35. Re1 Red8 36. Re7 Nb6 37. Ra1 Ra8 38. Rxa8 Rxa8 39. Re6 Nd5 40. Rc6 Kg8 41.
Rc5 Ra1+ 42. Kh2 Nf6 43. Bh3 Ra2 44. Kg1 Ra1+ 45. Kg2 Ra2 46. Kg1 Ra1+ 47. Bf1
e3 48. Kg2 exf2 49. Bc4+ Kf8 50. Rc8+ Ke7 51. Kxf2 Ne4+ 52. Ke3 Rg1 53. Bd3
Rxg3+ 54. Kd4 Nf2 55. Bb5 Ng4 56. Rc7+ Kf6 57. Rxh7 Kg5 58. Be2 Nxh6 59. b5 f4
60. b6 Nf5+ 61. Kc4 f3 62. Bxf3 Rxf3 63. b7 Nd6+ 64. Kd4 Rf8 65. Rd7 Nf5+ 66.
Kd5 Kf6 67. Kc6 Ke6 68. Kc7 Ne7 69. c4 g5 70. Rd6+ Ke5 71. Rd8 Rf4 72. b8=Q 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.36"]
[White "Anjulan, Ashwin"]
[Black "Barbu, Simon-Alexandru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1876"]
[BlackElo "2051"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange, Rubinstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "343411622"]
[BlackFideId "1257170"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. Nd2
e6 9. Ngf3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rae1 Ne7 13. Ne5 Bf5 14. Bxf5 Nxf5
15. g4 Ne7 16. f4 b5 17. Re3 h5 18. h3 Rab8 19. Qd1 b4 20. f5 exf5 21. gxf5 bxc3
22. bxc3 Rb2 23. Rf2 Rfb8 24. Rg3 Nc6 25. Qe1 h4 26. Rgg2 Qc7 27. Qe3 Nxe5 28.
dxe5 Ne4 29. Nxe4 Rb1+ 30. Rf1 Qxe5 31. Qg5 dxe4 32. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 33. Kf2 Qc5+ 34.
Ke2 Qc4+ 35. Ke3 Qd3+ 36. Kf4 Qf3+ 37. Ke5 Rb5+ 38. Kd6 Qd3+ 39. Ke7 Rb7+ 40.
Ke8 Qd7# 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.37"]
[White "Dupuis, Denis K"]
[Black "Gupta, Aditya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "1808"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "452980"]
[BlackFideId "343418643"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. f4 d5 4. Nf3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. O-O Nf6 8. d3
a6 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. f5 e5 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. Nd2 Bd6 14. Ne4 Bxe4
15. Qxe4 O-O-O 16. a4 h5 17. Be3 Rhg8 18. h3 Rg7 19. Rf2 Rdg8 20. Ra3 Rg3 21.
Kf1 Qc6 22. Rc3 Qxe4 23. dxe4 b6 24. Rd2 Kc7 25. Rcd3 Rd8 26. b4 Be7 27. Rxd8
Bxd8 28. Kf2 h4 29. bxc5 bxc5 30. Bxc5 Rc3 31. Bb4 Rc4 32. Ba5+ Kc6 33. Bxd8
Rxa4 34. Re2 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.38"]
[White "Kilambi, Venkata Ananth Akshay"]
[Black "Pai, Sidhanth"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2038"]
[BlackElo "1842"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "489395"]
[BlackFideId "343111937"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 d6 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. e3 a6 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. Qe2 Qa5 13. a3 Qb6 14. Na4 Qc7 15.
Nc3 Qb6 16. b4 Ne5 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Nc4 19. Rac1 Nxb2 20. Qxb2 Rc7 21. Rxc7
Qxc7 22. Rc1 Qb8 23. Qd2 Rc8 24. Be4 Rc7 25. Rxc7 Qxc7 26. Qc2 Qxc2 27. Bxc2
Bxd4 28. exd4 b6 29. f3 Bb5 30. Bb3 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.39"]
[White "Freeman, Luke"]
[Black "Balzer, Lars"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1867"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[ECO "B28"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "O'Kelly variation"]
[WhiteFideId "343411959"]
[BlackFideId "4646452"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 d6 4. d4 Qc7 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. h3 e5 8. Be3 Nf6
9. a4 O-O 10. Nbd2 b6 11. Qe2 Re8 12. d5 Nh5 13. Nc4 Nd7 14. Qd2 Bf8 15. Nh2
Ndf6 16. g4 Ng7 17. f3 Bd7 18. Bg5 Be7 19. f4 b5 20. Na3 c4 21. Bc2 Qd8 22. Rf2
Rf8 23. fxe5 Nxd5 24. Bxe7 Nxe7 25. exd6 Nc6 26. axb5 axb5 27. Raf1 Ne6 28. Rf6
Qb6+ 29. Qf2 Qxf2+ 30. R6xf2 Ne5 31. Nf3 Nxf3+ 32. Rxf3 Ng5 33. Re3 Ra6 34. Rd1
Nxh3+ 35. Rxh3 Bxg4 36. d7 Rd8 37. Rh2 Bxd1 38. Bxd1 Rxd7 39. Be2 Rb6 40. Bf1
Rd1 41. Rf2 Kf8 42. Kh2 Ke7 43. Bg2 f6 44. Nc2 Ke6 45. Ne3 Rb1 46. Nd5 Rb7 47.
Rxf6+ Ke5 48. Rf2 Ra7 49. Nb4 Rd7 50. Nc6+ Kd6 51. e5+ Kc7 52. e6 Rdd1 53. e7
Re1 54. Rf8 Rxb2 55. e8=Q Rxe8 56. Rxe8 Kd6 57. Nb4 Rb3 58. Nd5 Rb2 59. Kg3 Rd2
60. Rb8 Kc5 61. Nb4 Re2 62. Rc8+ Kd6 63. Rd8+ Ke7 64. Nc6+ Kf6 65. Rf8+ Kg5 66.
Nd4 Re3+ 67. Rf3 Re5 68. Kf2 Kh6 69. Re3 Rc5 70. Bc6 g5 71. Bxb5 Kh5 72. Be8+
Kh4 73. Nf3+ Kg4 74. Re5 Rc7 75. Rxg5+ Kf4 76. Rd5 h6 77. Bd7 Ke4 78. Rd4# 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.40"]
[White "Chapman, Luke"]
[Black "Vaidyanathan, Sathya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1976"]
[BlackElo "1842"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Mieses variation"]
[WhiteFideId "343416608"]
[BlackFideId "490539"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
h4 Qe6 9. Nd2 a5 10. c4 Nb6 11. g3 Bb4 12. a3 Bxd2+ 13. Bxd2 Ba6 14. Rc1 O-O 15.
Bf4 Rfe8 16. b3 a4 17. b4 d6 18. exd6 Bxc4 19. Qxe6 Rxe6+ 20. Kd2 Bd5 21. Rg1
cxd6 22. Be3 Nd7 23. Bh3 Re7 24. Bxd7 Rxd7 25. Bd4 Re8 26. Rge1 Re6 27. Be3 h6
28. Bf4 Kh7 29. Re3 Rxe3 30. Bxe3 f6 31. Re1 g5 32. Bd4 Kg6 33. hxg5 fxg5 34.
Re8 c5 35. Bc3 Bb3 36. Ke3 Bf7 37. Ra8 Re7+ 38. Kd2 Bb3 39. Ra6 Re6 40. bxc5
dxc5 41. Rxe6+ Bxe6 42. Ke3 Kf5 43. Be1 h5 44. f3 Bb3 45. Kd3 Ke5 46. Bc3+ Kd5
47. Bf6 c4+ 48. Kc3 Bd1 49. Bxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.41"]
[White "Ruane, Brendan J"]
[Black "Turner, Lewis A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1857"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Anderssen's opening"]
[WhiteFideId "430218"]
[BlackFideId "412600"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. a3 g6 2. e4 c5 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Bc4 Nc6 5. d3 e6 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. Nf4 O-O 8. O-O
a6 9. Ba2 b5 10. h4 h5 11. g4 e5 12. Ng2 hxg4 13. Qxg4 Nd4 14. Qd1 Bb7 15. Bg5
Ne6 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Bd5 Bc6 18. Qg4 Nd4 19. Ne3 Qxh4 20. Qxh4 Nf3+ 21. Kg2
Nxh4+ 22. Kg3 g5 23. b4 cxb4 24. axb4 Rfc8 25. Bb3 Bf6 26. Ncd5 Bd8 27. Ra2 Kg7
28. Rfa1 Bb7 29. Kg4 Rc6 30. Kg3 Bb6 31. Nxb6 Rxb6 32. Bd5 Bxd5 33. Nxd5 Rc6 34.
Kg4 f6 35. c4 bxc4 36. b5 f5+ 37. exf5 Rc5 38. Rxa6 Rxd5 39. Rxa8 Rd4+ 40. Kh3
Rxd3+ 41. Kh2 Rb3 42. Rd1 Nf3+ 43. Kg2 Nd4 44. Ra7 c3 45. Rxd7+ Kf6 46. R7xd4
exd4 47. Rxd4 Rxb5 48. Rc4 Rb3 49. Kf3 Kxf5 50. Rc5+ Ke6 51. Ke2 Rb2+ 52. Ke1 c2
53. Kd2 Kf6 54. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 55. Kxc2 Ke5 56. Kd2 Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.42"]
[White "Rubeck, Jonathan"]
[Black "Saxena, Reyansh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1913"]
[BlackElo "1641"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Schlechter variation"]
[WhiteFideId "435678"]
[BlackFideId "343423884"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Bd3 dxe4 4. Bxe4 f5 5. Bf3 Nf6 6. Ne2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Nbc3 a5 10. Re1 Bd7 11. Nf4 Qc8 12. d5 exd5 13. Rxe7 dxc4 14. b3 cxb3 15.
Qxb3+ Kh8 16. Ba3 Na6 17. Rae1 Re8 18. Qf7 Rxe7 19. Rxe7 Qg8 20. Rxd7 Nxd7 21.
Qxd7 Qc4 22. Nfe2 b5 23. Qxc6 Rc8 24. Qxa6 b4 25. Qxc4 Rxc4 26. Bb2 bxc3 27.
Bxc3 Ra4 28. Bd5 Ra3 29. Bb3 a4 30. Bb4 axb3 31. Bxa3 bxa2 32. Bb2 h5 33. Nc3
a1=Q+ 34. Bxa1 g5 35. Ne4+ Kh7 36. Nxg5+ Kh6 37. h4 Kg6 38. f4 Kh6 39. Kf2 Kg6
40. Ke3 Kh6 41. Kd4 Kg6 42. Ke5 Kh6 43. Nf7+ Kg7 44. Nd6 Kh7 45. Kxf5 Kg8 46.
Kg5 Kh7 47. Kxh5 Kg8 48. Kg6 Kf8 49. h5 Ke7 50. h6 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.43"]
[White "Sadler, Ben"]
[Black "Brewer, Callum D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1882"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "472190"]
[BlackFideId "435309"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nd7 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 Ngf6 5. O-O c6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. e4 O-O 8. b3
Re8 9. Bb2 a5 10. Re1 Qc7 11. exd5 cxd5 12. c4 d4 13. Ng5 Bb4 14. Nge4 Nxe4 15.
Bxe4 Nc5 16. f4 Nxe4 17. Rxe4 Bf5 18. Rxe5 Rxe5 19. fxe5 Qxe5 20. Ne4 Re8 21.
Qf3 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Qxe4 23. dxe4 Rxe4 24. Rd1 f5 25. Kf2 Bc5 26. Kf3 Re3+ 27. Kf4
Re2 28. Ba1 g6 29. Kf3 d3 30. g4 Rf2+ 31. Kg3 f4+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.44"]
[White "Skytte, Robert"]
[Black "Swiatkowski, Dominik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[BlackElo "1874"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Scotch gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "1471775"]
[BlackFideId "343415202"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d4 exd4 5. Ng5 Nh6 6. Nxf7 Nxf7 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7
8. Qh5+ Kf8 9. Qxc5+ d6 10. Qc4 Qe7 11. Qe2 Bd7 12. O-O Kf7 13. c3 Rhf8 14. cxd4
Nxd4 15. Qc4+ Ne6 16. f4 Qf6 17. Be3 b5 18. Qb3 Ke7 19. Nc3 c6 20. Rad1 a5 21.
Rxd6 Rad8 22. Rfd1 h6 23. f5 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.45"]
[White "Wilson, Matthew R"]
[Black "Gorskovs, Andrejs"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1772"]
[BlackElo "1920"]
[ECO "C69"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "exchange variation, Alapin gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "423459"]
[BlackFideId "343426751"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8. Nbd2
Ne7 9. Re1 Ng6 10. d4 Nf4 11. hxg4 hxg4 12. Nh2 Rxh2 13. Kxh2 Qh4+ 14. Kg1 Bb4
15. g3 Qh3 16. gxf4 O-O-O 17. Nf1 Rh8 18. Ng3 Qh2+ 19. Kf1 Qh3+ 20. Ke2 Qg2 21.
c3 exf4 22. Bxf4 Rh2 23. Be3 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.46"]
[White "Both, Bert"]
[Black "Kim, Changhoon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2102"]
[BlackElo "1874"]
[ECO "D12"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3 Bf5"]
[WhiteFideId "1014340"]
[BlackFideId "34117234"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Qxb6 axb6 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. Bb5 e6 10. Ne5 Rc8 11. Na4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Ne4+ 14. Ke2
f6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Rhc1 Ke7 17. Nxb6 Rc7 18. Na4 e5 19. Bd3 Nd6 20. Bxf5 Nxf5
21. Kd3 Kd6 22. a3 h5 23. b4 h4 24. Rc3 h3 25. g3 exd4 26. exd4 Re8 27. Nc5 Rce7
28. Rac1 Re2 29. R3c2 Rxc2 30. Rxc2 Re1 31. g4 Nh4 32. Re2 Nf3 33. Rxe1 Nxe1+
34. Ke2 Nc2 35. Kf3 Nxa3 36. Kg3 Nc2 37. Nb3 Nxb4 38. Kxh3 Nd3 39. Kg3 c5 40.
dxc5+ Nxc5 41. Nd4 Ke5 42. Nc6+ Ke4 43. Nb4 d4 44. f3+ Ke3 45. Nd5+ Ke2 46. Nf4+
Kf1 47. h4 d3 48. Nxd3 Nxd3 49. g5 fxg5 50. hxg5 Ke2 51. Kg4 Ke3 52. g6 Nf4 53.
Kf5 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.47"]
[White "Gibson, Christopher A"]
[Black "Oh, Sejun"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1887"]
[BlackElo "1695"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[WhiteFideId "414697"]
[BlackFideId "13216112"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 d6 5. exd6 Qxd6 6. d4 Nc6 7. c4 Nf6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Bf4 Nd3+ 10. Qxd3 Qxf4 11. Nc3 Bf5 12. Qe3 Qxe3+ 13. fxe3 e6 14. Nb5 Rd8
15. Rd1 a6 16. Nc3 exd5 17. cxd5 Bd6 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 O-O 20. O-O b5 21. g3
c4 22. Rdd1 Bc5 23. Nd4 Nxd5 24. Nc6 Nxe3 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Nxd8 Nxf1+ 27. Kxf1
Kf8 28. Nc6 Bd6 29. a3 Ke8 30. Ke2 Kd7 31. Nd4 g6 32. Ne4 Be7 33. g4 h6 34. Ke3
Kc7 35. Kf4 f6 36. h3 Kb6 37. Nc3 Kc5 38. Ke4 Bd6 39. Ne6+ Kc6 40. Nf4 Bxf4 41.
Kxf4 Kc5 42. Ke3 f5 43. gxf5 gxf5 44. Kf4 Kd4 45. Kxf5 Kd3 46. Kg6 Kc2 47. Kxh6
Kxb2 48. Ne2 Kxa3 49. h4 b4 50. h5 b3 51. Kg5 b2 52. Nc3 Kb3 53. h6 Kxc3 54. h7
Kb3 55. h8=Q b1=Q 56. Qb8+ Ka2 57. Qd6 Qb5+ 58. Kh6 c3 59. Qd1 Kb2 60. Qd4 a5
61. Qf2+ c2 62. Qd4+ Kb1 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.48"]
[White "Napolitano, Domenico"]
[Black "Prince, Alan R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1863"]
[BlackElo "1803"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Grand Prix attack"]
[WhiteFideId "456993"]
[BlackFideId "2402165"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. a4 Bg7 5. Nf3 e6 6. e5 d6 7. Bb5 Bd7 8. Ne4 dxe5
9. Nd6+ Ke7 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 11. fxe5 f6 12. d4 cxd4 13. b3 fxe5 14. Ba3 Qa5+ 15.
b4 Qd5 16. b5 Bd7 17. Nxb7+ Ke8 18. Nd6+ Ke7 19. O-O Nf6 20. Nxe5 Rhg8 21. Nb7+
Ke8 22. Nd6+ Ke7 23. Rf4 Kd8 24. Rxd4 Qxe5 25. Nf7+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.49"]
[White "Ratcliffe, James"]
[Black "Butt, Laurence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1845"]
[BlackElo "1790"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "343432840"]
[BlackFideId "440884"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d6 5. d3 f5 6. Nge2 Nf6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 Bg5 11. f4 Bh6 12. c3 Kh8 13. Qd2 Ne7 14. Ne3 Rb8 15.
a4 Bd7 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. b4 Be6 18. Ne3 fxe4 19. dxe4 g6 20. b5 b6 21. c4 Bg7 22.
Ra3 Bg8 23. f5 gxf5 24. exf5 Bh6 25. f6 Ng6 26. Bd5 Bf7 27. Nc3 e4 28. Qf2 Rfe8
29. a5 Ne5 30. Bxe4 Bxc4 31. Rfa1 Nd3 32. axb6 axb6 33. Qe2 Bxe3+ 34. Qxe3 d5
35. Ra7 Rb7 36. Ra8 Reb8 37. Bxd3 d4 38. Qf3 Bxd3 39. f7 Kg7 40. f8=Q+ Rxf8 41.
Qxf8+ Kg6 42. Nd5 Qe5 43. Nf4+ Kg5 44. Nxd3 Qe3+ 45. Nf2 Re7 46. Rd8 c4 47. h4+
Kg6 48. Rd6+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.50"]
[White "Sow, MiaoGeng Malcolm"]
[Black "Halas, Kim Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1842"]
[BlackElo "1729"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5817501"]
[BlackFideId "1546074"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 c5 5. dxc5 h6 6. g4 Bd7 7. Nc3 Qc7 8. Qxd5 e6
9. Nb5 Bxb5 10. Bxb5+ Nc6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Qe4 Bxc5 13. b4 Bxb4+ 14. Kf1 Bc3
15. Rb1 Bxe5 16. Nf3 Bc3 17. Bf4 Qc8 18. Qc4 Bf6 19. Kg2 h5 20. g5 Bd8 21. g6 f6
22. Rhe1 Ne7 23. Rxe6 Qd7 24. Rbe1 Qd5 25. Qxd5 cxd5 26. Bd6 Kd7 27. Bxe7 Ba5
28. Rd6+ Kc7 29. Ree6 Rh6 30. Rxd5 Rxg6+ 31. Kf1 Bb6 32. Bc5 Bxc5 33. Rxc5+ Kd7
34. Ra6 Rg4 35. Rxh5 Rf4 36. Rd5+ Kc7 37. Nd4 Rxh4 38. Rc6+ Kb7 39. Rb5# 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.51"]
[White "Saxena, Advik"]
[Black "Jacobs, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1806"]
[BlackElo "1749"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "343423892"]
[BlackFideId "343440673"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Re1 Bg6 11. e4 Rc8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Rad1 Qc7 15.
Qb3 Rfd8 16. d5 cxd5 17. exd5 Bxc3 18. bxc3 exd5 19. Nh4 Be4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21.
Nf5 Nf6 22. Qb4 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Re8 24. Rd6 Kh7 25. c4 Re5 26. Ne3 Rc5 27. Qd2 b5
28. cxb5 Rxb5 29. h4 Qb7 30. Rd8 Rb1+ 31. Kg2 Ra1 32. Qa5 g6 33. Qe5 Qb1 34. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.30"]
[Round "5.52"]
[White "Venkatesh, Anuj"]
[Black "Siddhartha Shankar Srivastava"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1825"]
[BlackElo "1589"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[WhiteFideId "455636"]
[BlackFideId "25780590"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc2 dxc4 8. a4
a6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Na3 c6 11. Qxc4 Nb6 12. Qc2 Nbd5 13. Rfd1 Bb4 14. e4 Bxd2 15.
Nxd2 Nb4 16. Qc3 a5 17. Ndc4 Ra6 18. Ne5 Qe7 19. Qc5 Re8 20. Nac4 Nd7 21. Nxd7
Bxd7 22. Bf1 Raa8 23. Nb6 Rad8 24. Qxa5 Bc8 25. Rac1 Na6 26. Bxa6 bxa6 27. Nxc8
Rxc8 28. Qxa6 Rb8 29. Rc2 Rec8 30. Rxc6 Rxc6 31. Qxc6 Rxb2 32. Qc8+ Qf8 33. Rc1
Rb8 34. Qxf8+ Kxf8 35. Rc4 Ra8 36. f4 Ke8 37. Kf2 Kd7 38. e5 f6 39. Ke3 fxe5 40.
dxe5 h5 41. Kd4 Rb8 42. a5 Rb2 43. Ra4 Kc7 44. a6 Kb8 45. a7+ Ka8 46. Ra6 Rxh2
47. Rxe6 Rg2 48. Rg6 h4 49. Rxg7 hxg3 50. Ke4 Rg1 51. Kf3 g2 52. Rxg2 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Deuer, Marius"]
[Black "Ward, Cian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "1947"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "16236432"]
[BlackFideId "475599"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 O-O 7. e3 c6 8. Bd3
Be7 9. Qc2 h6 10. Bh4 b6 11. Ne5 Ng4 12. Bg3 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Ba6 14. Bf5 Bc8 15.
O-O Bxf5 16. Qxf5 Nd7 17. Rad1 Nc5 18. b4 Ne6 19. b5 Bb4 20. Ne4 Rc8 21. bxc6
Rxc6 22. Nd6 Bxd6 23. exd6 d4 24. exd4 Rc8 25. Rfe1 Re8 26. h4 Nf8 27. Re7 f6
28. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Wang, Hao(ZJ)"]
[Black "Kaasen, Tor Fredrik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8631859"]
[BlackFideId "1516647"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8.
Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Rxe8+ Qxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Ghimpu, Samuel-Timotei"]
[Black "Hagner, Bennet"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "1238175"]
[BlackFideId "16224477"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 h6 4. Bh4 d5 5. e3 b6 6. Ngf3 Bb7 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Bd3
Be7 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. f4 c5 11. c3 O-O 12. O-O cxd4 13. exd4 Ne4 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15.
Qe2 Ndf6 16. f5 Nd6 17. g4 Rae8 18. Rae1 Nfe4 19. Qe3 Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Laurent-Paoli, Pierre"]
[Black "Badacsonyi, Stanley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "26017962"]
[BlackFideId "486973"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nxb5 Nb6 8. Be2
Nc6 9. O-O Bb7 10. d5 Nxd5 11. Bxc4 a6 12. Nbd4 Nb6 13. Be2 Be7 14. Nxc6 Qxd1
15. Rxd1 Bxc6 16. Nd4 Bb7 17. Nb3 Bd5 18. Be3 Nd7 19. Rac1 c6 20. Nd4 Bxa2 21.
Nxc6 Bd5 22. f4 f6 23. Rxd5 exd5 24. e6 Nf8 25. f5 Bd6 26. Rd1 Rc8 27. Bxa6 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "symmetrical (Austrian) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "436224"]
[BlackFideId "12800112"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. cxd5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 cxd4 7. cxd4 e5 8.
dxe5 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Qd4 10. Rc1 Nc6 11. Nf3 Qxe4+ 12. Be2 Be6 13. O-O Bxd2 14. Qxd2
O-O 15. Bd3 Qb4 16. Qc2 h6 17. Rb1 Qf4 18. Rfe1 Nd4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. Rxb7 Rac8
21. Qe2 Rfd8 22. Bb1 Rc3 23. Qe4 Qxe4 24. Bxe4 Ra3 25. Reb1 g5 26. Rb8 Rxb8 27.
Rxb8+ Kg7 28. h3 Rxa2 29. Rb5 a5 30. Bd5 Bxd5 31. Rxd5 a4 32. g4 Re2 33. Ra5 Re4
34. Ra8 Re1+ 35. Kg2 Ra1 36. Kh2 a3 37. Kg2 h5 38. gxh5 Kh6 39. Rh8+ Kg7 40. Ra8
Kh6 41. Rh8+ Kg7 42. Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Gordon, Stephen J"]
[Black "Gormally, Daniel W"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov, bayonet attack"]
[WhiteFideId "411477"]
[BlackFideId "406465"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7
9. b4 a5 10. bxa5 Rxa5 11. a4 b6 12. Nd2 Ra8 13. Nb3 c5 14. dxc6 Nxc6 15. Be3
Be6 16. Qb1 Nd7 17. Rd1 Qb8 18. Ra2 Nc5 19. Rb2 Nxa4 20. Nxa4 Rxa4 21. c5 Nd4
22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Bf4 d3 24. Bxd3 Bxb2 25. Bxd6 Ra1 26. Bxb8 Rxb1 27. Rxb1 Rxb8
28. Rxb2 Rd8 29. Be2 bxc5 30. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Southcott-Moyers, Indy"]
[Black "Plat, Vojtech"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[WhiteFideId "488542"]
[BlackFideId "325740"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. Ne4 Bxd4 7. Nxd4 cxd4
8. Qxd4 O-O 9. c4 Nc6 10. Qd2 d6 11. Nc3 Be6 12. e4 f5 13. exf5 Rxf5 14. Be2 Qb6
15. O-O Rf7 16. b3 Raf8 17. Na4 Qd4 18. Qxd4 Nxd4 19. Bd3 Bf5 20. Nb2 e5 21.
Rae1 b5 22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23. f3 g5 24. h3 h5 25. Nd1 bxc4 26. bxc4 Rc8 27. Ne3 Rf7
28. Rb1 Kg7 29. Rb2 Kg6 30. Rfb1 Nf5 31. Nxf5 Kxf5 32. Rd1 Ke6 33. Rb4 Rc5 34.
Ra4 Rfc7 35. Rc1 h4 36. Kf2 Kf5 37. Rd1 Rxc4 38. Rxc4 Rxc4 39. Rxd6 Rc2+ 40. Ke3
Rxa2 41. Rd7 a5 42. Ra7 Ke6 43. Ke4 Re2+ 44. Kd3 Rxg2 45. Rxa5 Kf5 46. Ke3 Rh2
47. Ra8 Rxh3 48. Rf8+ Kg6 49. Re8 Kf6 50. Kf2 Rh2+ 51. Kf1 Ra2 52. Rf8+ Ke6 53.
Re8+ Kd5 54. Rd8+ Kc4 55. Kg1 h3 56. Rh8 h2+ 57. Rxh2 Rxh2 58. Kxh2 Kd4 59. Kg2
Kd3 60. Kg3 Ke3 61. Kg2 Ke2 62. Kg3 Kf1 63. Kg4 Kf2 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Demac, Elias"]
[Black "Kuru, Atilla"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "1505807"]
[BlackFideId "51607948"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. e3 c5 5. c3 e6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Nbd2 Bd7 8. Be2
Bg7 9. Qc2 f5 10. g3 Qe7 11. Nb3 b6 12. Nc1 Rc8 13. Qd2 h5 14. Nd3 Qd6 15. h4 f6
16. Nf4 Ne7 17. dxc5 Rxc5 18. Nd4 e5 19. Nxh5 Bh6 20. Nb3 Rc8 21. f4 Kd8 22. c4
Be8 23. cxd5 Bf8 24. Qd1 Bf7 25. Kf2 Nxd5 26. Rc1 Rxc1 27. Nxc1 Kc7 28. Nb3 Kb8
29. Bf3 Rh6 30. Re1 a5 31. e4 a4 32. exd5 axb3 33. fxe5 fxe5 34. axb3 e4 35. Be2
Bxh5 36. Bxh5 Qe5 37. Kg2 Bd6 38. Re3 f4 39. Rc3 f3+ 40. Bxf3 Qxg3+ 41. Kf1 Rf6
42. Qe2 Bc5 43. Qg2 Rxf3+ 44. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 45. Qxf3 exf3 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Black "Martin, Nils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Archangelsk (counterthrust) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14103052"]
[BlackFideId "45160473"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Bc5 8. a4 b4
9. a5 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 d6 13. Nbd2 Ne7 14. h4 Nh5 15. Bh2 g4
16. Nxe5 g3 17. Nxf7 gxh2+ 18. Kxh2 Rxf7 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Qxh5+ Ng6 21. g3 Kg7
22. f4 Qf6 23. Nc4 Rf8 24. Rae1 Kh7 25. e5 dxe5 26. f5 Ne7 27. Nxe5 Rg8 28. Ng4
Qc6 29. Re4 Nd5 30. Re6 Bg1+ 31. Kxg1 Qc5+ 32. Rf2 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.10"]
[White "Verbytski, Oleg"]
[Black "Williams, Simon K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2039"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "King's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "495506"]
[BlackFideId "404454"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. Nc3 Na5 5. Be2 c5 6. d3 Be7 7. Nd5 Nc6 8. c3
Nf6 9. Nxf6+ Bxf6 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Qd2 b6 13. h3 d5 14. exd5 Qxd5 15.
Nh2 Bb7 16. Bf3 Qd7 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Rfe1 Be7 19. Nf1 Qc8 20. Qc1 Bf8 21. Ng3
f5 22. Bg5 Rd6 23. Bh5 g6 24. Bf3 Bg7 25. h4 Nd8 26. Bxb7 Qxb7 27. f4 Qd7 28.
fxe5 Bxe5 29. Bf4 Nf7 30. Bxe5 Nxe5 31. Qf4 Rde6 32. Rf1 Ng4 33. Rd2 Qe7 34. Ne4
Qxh4 35. g3 Qe7 36. Ng5 Re3 37. d4 cxd4 38. cxd4 h6 39. Nh3 g5 40. Qxf5 Rxg3+
41. Rg2 Rxg2+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.11"]
[White "Grutter, Tim"]
[Black "Golding, Alex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "C85"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Exchange variation doubly deferred (DERLD)"]
[WhiteFideId "1057472"]
[BlackFideId "427241"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. Nd2 Qh4 11. Ne2 Re8 12. Nc4 b5 13. Nd2 Nf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
Ne2 Ne6 16. Qe1 c5 17. f4 Qxe1 18. Raxe1 Nd4 19. fxe5 Bxe5 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Bf4
c5 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. c3 dxc3 24. bxc3 Re8 25. d4 cxd4 26. cxd4 f5 27. d5 Bb7 28.
exf5 Bxd5 29. fxg6 hxg6 30. Nb3 Bc4 31. Rxe8+ Rxe8 32. Rd1 Re2 33. Na5 Bxa2 34.
Rd6 Re6 35. Rd7 Rb6 36. Kf2 Be6 37. Rd8+ Kf7 38. Ke3 b4 39. Rd2 b3 40. Rb2 Rb5
41. Nc6 a5 42. Nd4 Rb6 43. Kd3 a4 44. Nxe6 Kxe6 45. Kc3 Rc6+ 46. Kb4 Rc2 47. Rb1
Ra2 48. Kc3 Rxg2 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.12"]
[White "Kalavannan, Koby"]
[Black "Ortiz Sanchez, Luis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2007"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "425753"]
[BlackFideId "24581160"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. c4 Bd7 13. Bb2 Rfc8 14. Rac1
Be8 15. Nfd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bc6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Rb1 Kf8 19. Na5 Bd8 20. Nb7 Ne8
21. Nxd8 Rxd8 22. Bc5+ Kg8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Bxa7 f6 25. Rb8 Rxb8 26. Bxb8 Kf7
27. a4 Ke7 28. a5 Kd7 29. a6 Kc8 30. a7 Kb7 31. f3 f5 32. Kf2 Nf6 33. Ke3 Nd7
34. Kf4 g6 35. Kg5 Nb6 36. Kf6 Nxc4 37. Kxe6 Nb6 38. Kd6 Nc8+ 39. Kc5 Nb6 40. e4
fxe4 41. fxe4 Nd7+ 42. Kd6 Nb6 43. e5 Nc8+ 44. Kd7 Nb6+ 45. Kd8 Nd5 46. e6 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.13"]
[White "Hobson, Kenneth"]
[Black "Fryer, David W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "1902"]
[ECO "B03"]
[Opening "Alekhine's defence"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "480819"]
[BlackFideId "406384"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1
O-O 9. b3 Bf5 10. g4 Bd7 11. Bg2 Bc6 12. d5 Bd7 13. h3 Bc8 14. Nge2 N6d7 15. Bd4
Nf6 16. Ng3 Nbd7 17. O-O Kh8 18. Re1 Ng8 19. Nce4 Ndf6 20. Kh2 b6 21. Rc3 Bd7
22. Rce3 Qc7 23. Nxf6 exf6 24. Qa1 Rae8 25. Ne4 Qd8 26. f4 Bc8 27. g5 Bf5 28.
gxf6 Bh6 29. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.14"]
[White "Burrows, Martin P"]
[Black "Ashton, Adam G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2117"]
[BlackElo "2247"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, Polugaievsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "409057"]
[BlackFideId "410110"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. O-O Ne7 8. Qe2
O-O 9. Be3 Nbc6 10. c4 d5 11. Bxa7 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Rxa7 13. Nc3 b5 14. Bd3 Qb6 15.
e5 Rd7 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. Bc2 Ng6 18. Rxd7 Rxd7 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. Ne4 Nxe5 21.
Nbc5 Rd5 22. b4 Nc4 23. a4 Bb7 24. a5 Qc6 25. Nxb7 Qxb7 26. Nc5 Qc6 27. Rd1 Nxa5
28. Rxd5 Qxd5 29. Nxa6 Nc4 30. h3 e5 31. Qg4 e4 32. Nc7 Qd2 33. Nxb5 Qxb4 34.
Nc7 Qe1+ 35. Kh2 Nd2 36. Qf4 Nf1+ 37. Kg1 Ng3+ 38. Kh2 Ne2 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.15"]
[White "Lau, Lut Yin Luke"]
[Black "Lee, Younggyu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "1892"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Opening "Four knights game"]
[WhiteFideId "6002226"]
[BlackFideId "13227378"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. d3 h6 8. Nd5
Nxd5 9. exd5 Ne7 10. c3 Ba5 11. d4 e4 12. Nd2 f5 13. Nc4 Bb6 14. f3 Nxd5 15.
fxe4 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Nf6 17. Bg2 d5 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. Bf4 c6 20. Qd3 Qe7 21. Rae1
Be6 22. Qg6 Qf7 23. Qb1 Qd7 24. Bxh6 gxh6 25. Qg6+ Qg7 26. Qxg7+ Kxg7 27. Rxe6
Rxa2 28. Re2 b5 29. Ref2 Nd7 30. Bh3 Rxf2 31. Rxf2 Nf6 32. Bc8 Ne4 33. Rc2 Nd6
34. Bd7 b4 35. cxb4 Ra4 36. Re2 Rxb4 37. Re7+ Kf8 38. Re6 Nf7 39. Re8+ Kg7 40.
Rb8 Rb5 41. h4 Kf6 42. g4 Ke7 43. Be8 Nd6 44. Bh5 Ne4 45. Rh8 Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.16"]
[White "Saunders, Aron"]
[Black "Swiatkowski, Aram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2201"]
[BlackElo "1843"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Paulsen attack"]
[WhiteFideId "469343"]
[BlackFideId "343415210"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nge7 8. Bd3
Bd7 9. Bc2 Ng6 10. h4 h5 11. O-O Be7 12. g3 O-O-O 13. Nc3 Rdg8 14. b4 Be8 15.
Na4 Qd8 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Bg5 Rf8 18. Rc1 Kb8 19. Nc5 Rf5 20. Nxe6 Qd7 21. Nf4
Bxg5 22. Nxg5 Rxg5 23. hxg5 h4 24. e6 Qe7 25. Qg4 hxg3 26. fxg3 Nxd4 27. Rfd1
Nf5 28. Nxd5 Qxe6 29. Qf4+ Nd6 30. Ne3 Bc6 31. Rxc6 bxc6 32. Qxd6+ Qxd6 33. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.17"]
[White "Herzwurm, Robert"]
[Black "Manmay Chopra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2047"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Paulsen attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4668570"]
[BlackFideId "25649191"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. Na3 Bd7 7. Nc2 Qa5 8. Bd2
Qb6 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nf5 11. O-O Be7 12. g4 Nh6 13. h3 Nb4 14. Nxb4 Bxb4 15.
a4 Qa5 16. Be3 Ng8 17. Qe2 Ne7 18. Rfc1 a6 19. h4 Nc6 20. h5 h6 21. g5 O-O-O 22.
gxh6 gxh6 23. Nd2 Rdg8+ 24. Kf1 Qd8 25. Bxa6 bxa6 26. Qxa6+ Kc7 27. Qa7+ Kc8 28.
Qa8+ Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.18"]
[White "Williams, Tony"]
[Black "Adams, Henry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackElo "2159"]
[ECO "E54"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3, Gligoric system with 7...dc"]
[WhiteFideId "343473660"]
[BlackFideId "464562"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O
b6 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. exd4 Bb7 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Rad1 Qc8 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5
15. Bxd5 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 h6 18. Nf3 Na6 19. a3 Nc5 20. h3 Ne6 21.
Qd2 Qc4 22. Rc1 Qe4 23. Re1 Qa4 24. Nd4 Nxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.19"]
[White "Verbin, Valentina"]
[Black "Liu, Yiyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[BlackElo "1791"]
[ECO "C10"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Rubinstein variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13905910"]
[BlackFideId "8617171"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Be7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Nxf6+ Bxf6 7. c3 b6 8.
Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bd3 Bc6 10. Qe2 Qd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Ne5 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qd5 14. f3 Nd7
15. Bf4 Qc5+ 16. Kh1 Rfd8 17. b4 Qe7 18. Qe3 Nf8 19. Rad1 h6 20. Bg3 Rd7 21. b5
Bb7 22. Rd2 a6 23. a4 axb5 24. axb5 Qg5 25. Bf4 Qd8 26. Rfd1 Ra3 27. h3 Qe7 28.
Kh2 Bd5 29. Bc2 Bb3 30. Bxb3 Rxb3 31. Rxd7 Nxd7 32. Qd3 Nc5 33. Qd8+ Qxd8 34.
Rxd8+ Kh7 35. Rc8 Nd3 36. Be3 Rxb5 37. Rxc7 Nxe5 38. f4 Nd3 39. Rxf7 Kg6 40. Re7
Kf6 41. Rb7 Kf5 42. Rxg7 Ke4 43. Bd4 Nxf4 44. Rb7 Rb2 45. Rxb6 Rxg2+ 46. Kh1 Rg3
47. Bf2 Rxh3+ 48. Kg1 Rxc3 49. Bh4 h5 50. Bf6 Rc4 51. Kf2 Kf5 52. Bg7 Nd5 53.
Rb8 Rf4+ 54. Ke2 h4 55. Bh6 Ra4 56. Kf3 Ra3+ 57. Kg2 e5 58. Rf8+ Ke4 59. Kh2 Nf4
60. Bxf4 exf4 61. Re8+ Kd3 62. Kh3 f3 63. Re7 Ra4 64. Kh2 Re4 65. Ra7 Ke2 66.
Ra2+ Kf1 67. Ra1+ Re1 68. Ra4 f2 69. Ra2 Rc1 70. Ra4 Ke2 71. Ra2+ Ke3 72. Ra3+
Kd4 73. Ra4+ Kc5 74. Ra5+ Kb4 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.20"]
[White "Skytte, Rasmus"]
[Black "Dupuis, Denis K"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1404210"]
[BlackFideId "452980"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Qb6 7. a3 Bg4 8. Na4
Qd8 9. Ne5 Bd7 10. Nc5 e6 11. Rc1 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Qa5+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Bxc5
15. dxc5 Ne4+ 16. Ke1 f6 17. Bg3 Rc8 18. b4 Ke7 19. e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.21"]
[White "Sivanandan, Bodhana"]
[Black "Byron, Alan M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "2022"]
[ECO "B19"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "classical, 7...Nd7"]
[WhiteFideId "497592"]
[BlackFideId "401773"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Ngf6 10. c3 e6 11. Qe2 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Ne5 Re8 14. Re1 Bf8 15.
Qf3 c5 16. Qxb7 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd5 18. h5 c4 19. Qc6 Rc8 20. Qa4 Re7 21. Qc2 Rd7
22. Qe2 Kh8 23. Be3 Qc7 24. Qc2 Qb8 25. Rab1 Rb7 26. Bd4 Qc7 27. Ne4 Qd8 28. b3
Rbc7 29. Qd2 Kg8 30. Red1 Qh4 31. Nd6 Bxd6 32. exd6 Rd7 33. bxc4 Rxc4 34. Rb8+
Rd8 35. g3 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.22"]
[White "Vaddhireddy, Sai"]
[Black "Bryant, Harry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[ECO "E64"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, Yugoslav system"]
[WhiteFideId "499560"]
[BlackFideId "489158"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Ne5
Qc7 9. Bf4 Rd8 10. Qb3 g5 11. Nxf7 gxf4 12. Nxd8 Qxd8 13. Bxb7 Bxb7 14. Qxb7
Nbd7 15. O-O fxg3 16. hxg3 Rb8 17. Qxa7 Qe8 18. Rad1 Ne5 19. Nd5 Nfd7 20. f4 Nc6
21. Qxd7 Qxd7 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. Rxd7 Rxb2 24. e3 Na5 25. Rf2 Rb1+ 26. Kg2 Nxc4
27. Kf3 Na3 28. Ra7 Nb5 29. Ra8+ Kf7 30. Rc2 Nc7 31. Ra7 Ne6 32. a4 Rb3 33. Ke2
Ra3 34. g4 Bc3 35. a5 Bxa5 36. f5 Ng5 37. Rxc5 Ra2+ 38. Kf1 Ra1+ 39. Kg2 Ra2+
40. Kf1 Ra1+ 41. Kg2 Bb6 42. Rxa1 Bxc5 43. Kf2 Ne4+ 44. Kf3 Nd2+ 45. Ke2 Ne4 46.
Kf3 Ng5+ 47. Ke2 Kf6 48. Ra6+ Bd6 49. Ra5 h6 50. Ra8 Nf7 51. Kf3 Bc7 52. Ra6+
Bd6 53. Ra8 Kg5 54. Rg8+ Kh4 55. Kg2 Ne5 56. Ra8 Kxg4 57. e4 Kf4 58. Ra6 Nf7 59.
Ra8 Kxe4 60. Rf8 Ng5 61. f6 e6 62. Re8 Kf5 63. Rh8 Nf7 64. Ra8 Kxf6 65. Kf3 h5
66. Ra4 Ne5+ 67. Kg2 Kf5 68. Kh3 Ng6 69. Ra1 e5 70. Rf1+ Nf4+ 71. Kg3 e4 72. Kf2
h4 73. Rh1 Bc5+ 74. Ke1 h3 75. Kf1 e3 76. Rh2 e2+ 77. Rxe2 Nxe2 78. Kxe2 h2 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.23"]
[White "Finn, Peter"]
[Black "Rastogi, Nayan Keats"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "1939"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "432156"]
[BlackFideId "343407579"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. e4 dxe4
9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. fxe4 e5 11. d5 Bc5 12. Bg2 Na6 13. Bg5 Qb6 14. Qb3 Qxb3 15.
axb3 Nb4 16. Kd2 Nh7 17. Na4 Bd4 18. h4 f6 19. Rh3 Nf8 20. Bf4 exf4 21. gxf4
cxd5 22. exd5 f5 23. Nc3 Kd7 24. Nb5 Bc5 25. Kc3 g5 26. hxg5 Ng6 27. Rah1 Rxh3+
28. Bxh3 Rf8 29. Rf1 Na6 30. Nd4 Bxd4+ 31. Kxd4 b6 32. Ra1 Nc7 33. Rxa7 Nxf4 34.
Bf1 Re8 35. Bd3 g6 36. b4 b5 37. c5 Nxd3 38. Kxd3 Kd8 39. d6 Nd5 40. Ra8+ Kd7
41. c6+ Kxd6 42. Rxe8 Nxb4+ 43. Kc3 Nxc6 44. Rg8 Ne7 45. Rb8 Nd5+ 46. Kd4 Nf4
47. Rb6+ Ke7 48. b4 Ne6+ 49. Ke5 Nxg5 50. Rb7+ Ke8 51. Rxb5 Ne4 52. Rb7 g5 53.
Rb8+ Kd7 54. Kxf5 Kc7 55. Rg8 Nc3 56. Ke5 Na2 57. b5 Nc3 58. Rxg5 Nxb5 59. Kd5
Nc3+ 60. Kd4 Na4 61. Kc4 Nb6+ 62. Kb5 Nd7 63. Rg6 Ne5 64. Re6 Nd7 65. Rc6+ Kd8
66. Rh6 Kc7 67. Kc4 Nb6+ 68. Kc5 Nd7+ 69. Kd5 Nb6+ 70. Ke6 Kc6 71. Rh1 Kc5 72.
Rh5+ Kd4 73. Rh1 Nc4 74. Rd1+ Ke4 75. Rd8 Ne3 76. Rh8 Kd4 77. Rh3 Ke4 78. Rh4+
Kd3 79. Ke5 Nc4+ 80. Kd5 Ne3+ 81. Kc5 Kc3 82. Rd4 Nc2 83. Rd8 Ne3 84. Rd7 Nc2
85. Kd5 Nb4+ 86. Ke4 Kc4 87. Rc7+ Kb5 88. Rc1 Nc6 89. Kd5 Nb4+ 90. Kd6 Nd3 91.
Rc2 Nb4 92. Rc3 Kb6 93. Rc5 Na6 94. Rc1 Nb4 95. Rc8 Kb5 96. Rc5+ Kb6 97. Rh5 Na6
98. Rh8 Kb5 99. Rh7 Nb4 100. Rb7+ Kc4 101. Rxb4+ Kxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.24"]
[White "Vaidyanathan, Adithya"]
[Black "Rubeck, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2189"]
[BlackElo "1913"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "495450"]
[BlackFideId "435678"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 Nc6 7. Be3 Bd7 8. Be2
Re8 9. Qd2 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. g4 a5 12. O-O-O Na6 13. Kb1 b6 14. Rdg1 Nc5 15. Qc2
a4 16. Nd2 Bc8 17. h4 Nfd7 18. h5 g5 19. h6 Bf6 20. Nf1 Nf8 21. Bxc5 bxc5 22.
Nxa4 Ng6 23. Nc3 Nf4 24. Ng3 Kh8 25. f3 Bd7 26. Kc1 Qe7 27. Qd2 Reb8 28. Bd1 Rb6
29. Bb3 Rab8 30. Rd1 Rb4 31. Nf1 Qe8 32. Ne3 Qc8 33. Qc2 Qd8 34. Rd2 Qe8 35. Kd1
R4b6 36. Ke1 Qc8 37. Kf2 Qe8 38. Qd1 Qc8 39. Kg3 Qd8 40. Rhh2 Qg8 41. Ba4 Bxa4
42. Nxa4 Ra6 43. b3 Bd8 44. Nf5 Qg6 45. Nc3 Qf6 46. Nb5 Rba8 47. a3 Ng6 48. Rh1
Nf4 49. Qc2 Ng6 50. Qc3 Nf4 51. Qe3 Ng6 52. Qd3 Nf4 53. Qc3 Ng6 54. Qb2 Nf4 55.
Rdd1 Ra5 56. Rh2 R5a6 57. Rdd2 Ra5 58. Qb1 R5a6 59. Ra2 Ra5 60. b4 Ra4 61. Qb3
Ng6 62. Nc3 R4a6 63. b5 Ra5 64. a4 Nh4 65. Qc2 R8a7 66. Qd2 Ra8 67. Qe3 Ng6 68.
Rh5 Nf4 69. Rh1 R8a7 70. Qd2 Ra8 71. Ra3 Ng6 72. Rh2 Nh4 73. Qe3 Ng6 74. Qc1 Nf4
75. Qc2 Ng6 76. Rh5 Nf4 77. Rh1 Ng6 78. Nd1 Nf4 79. Nde3 Ng6 80. Qd1 R8a7 81.
Rh2 Ra8 82. Kf2 Nf4 83. Nf1 Qg6 84. N1g3 Qg8 85. Ke3 Qe8 86. Qa1 Qd7 87. Nf1 Ng6
88. Nd2 Ne7 89. Ng3 Nc8 90. Nb3 R5a7 91. a5 c6 92. bxc6 Qc7 93. Rha2 Qb8 94. Qc3
Ne7 95. Ra4 Qc7 96. R2a3 Nc8 97. Nf5 Rb8 98. Kd3 Ra6 99. Kc2 Qa7 100. Nxd6 Qe7
101. Qxe5+ f6 102. Qxe7 Bxe7 103. Nxc8 Rxc8 104. Nd2 Bf8 105. Rb3 Bxh6 106. Rb6
Ra7 107. d6 Bf8 108. c7 Bxd6 109. Rxd6 Rcxc7 110. Rxf6 Kg7 111. Rf5 h6 112. Nb3
Rc6 113. Rxc5 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.25"]
[White "Kapechun, Mikhailo"]
[Black "Shankar, Yashwardhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2184"]
[BlackElo "1886"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "34147527"]
[BlackFideId "2411067"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Nf3 Qa5+ 8. Nbd2
Qa6 9. c4 Ne7 10. b3 Nd7 11. O-O g6 12. a4 Nf5 13. Qc3 Be7 14. g3 c5 15. dxc5
Bxc5 16. Kg2 dxc4 17. b4 Be7 18. b5 Qb6 19. Nxc4 Qc7 20. Bb2 Nb6 21. Rfc1 O-O
22. Qb3 Nxc4 23. Rxc4 Qb8 24. Rac1 Bd8 25. Nd2 b6 26. Qf3 Be7 27. Qc6 Rc8 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.26"]
[White "Rayner, Francis"]
[Black "Zhang, Junyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1983"]
[BlackElo "2172"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "1800132"]
[BlackFideId "494437"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. Ne5 Qc8 8.
Nxd7 Qxd7 9. d3 Nc6 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Nd2 Be7 12. Nb3 b6 13. O-O O-O 14. Rfd1 Nd5
15. Bd2 Bf6 16. Rab1 Nd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Qb3 Nc3 19. bxc3 dxc3 20. Bxc3 Rxc3
21. Qb4 Rc2 22. Rd2 Rfc8 23. Rxc2 Rxc2 24. Qe4 Rxa2 25. Rc1 g6 26. Qa8+ Kg7 27.
Rc8 Ra1+ 28. Bf1 Kh6 29. Rc4 Qd8 30. Qb7 Qd5 31. Qxd5 exd5 32. Rc7 Kg7 33. Rd7
a5 34. Rxd5 a4 35. Rb5 Bd4 36. e3 a3 37. exd4 a2 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.27"]
[White "Kim, Changhoon"]
[Black "Janse, Jan Jaap"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1874"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[ECO "D07"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Chigorin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "34117234"]
[BlackFideId "1010344"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. cxd5 Nxd4 5. e3 Nf5 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. e4 Nfe7 8.
Bb5+ Bd7 9. Qb3 Nf6 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Nd2 Bxb5 12. Nxb5 Ng6 13. f3 Bc5 14. Be3
Bxe3 15. Qxe3 c6 16. dxc6 Nf4 17. O-O bxc6 18. Na3 Rb8 19. Nac4 Qc7 20. Nb3 Rfd8
21. Rfd1 Nd7 22. Kh1 Nb6 23. Qc3 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qd2 Qxd2
27. Nbxd2 Nd3 28. Kg1 f6 29. b3 Kf7 30. a4 Nxc4 31. Nxc4 Ke6 32. Kf1 Nc5 33. Nd2
Kd6 34. Ke2 Ne6 35. g3 Kc5 36. Ke3 g5 37. Nc4 Nd4 38. f4 exf4+ 39. gxf4 gxf4+
40. Kxf4 Nxb3 41. Ne3 Kb4 42. Ng4 Kxa4 43. Nxf6 Kb4 44. e5 Nd4 45. Ke4 Kc3 46.
Ke3 Ne6 47. Ne4+ Kc4 48. h4 a5 49. Nd2+ Kd5 50. Nf3 Nc5 51. Kd2 a4 52. Kc3 h6
53. Kb4 Nd3+ 54. Kxa4 Nxe5 55. Nd2 c5 56. Kb3 Kd4 57. Kc2 c4 58. Nf1 Ke4 59. Kc3
Kd5 60. Ne3+ Kc5 61. Nf5 Ng4 62. Ne7 Ne3 63. Ng6 Nd5+ 64. Kc2 Kd4 65. Nf8 Nb4+
66. Kd1 c3 67. Ne6+ Kc4 68. h5 Kb3 69. Nc5+ Kc4 70. Ne6 Nc6 71. Nf4 Kb3 72. Nd3
Kc4 73. Nf4 Nb4 74. Ne6 Nd5 75. Kc2 Nb4+ 76. Kd1 Kd3 77. Nc5+ Ke3 78. Ne6 c2+
79. Kc1 Ke4 80. Kd2 Kd5 81. Ng5 Kc4 82. Ne4 Kb3 83. Nc5+ Kb2 84. Na4+ Kb3 85.
Nc5+ Kb2 86. Na4+ Ka2 87. Kc1 Kb3 88. Nc5+ Kc4 89. Na4 Kd4 90. Kd2 Ke5 91. Nc5
Kf5 92. Nb3 Kg5 93. Kc3 Nd5+ 94. Kxc2 Kxh5 95. Kd2 Kg4 96. Ke2 Kg3 97. Nd4 Kg2
98. Nf5 h5 99. Nh4+ Kg3 100. Ng6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.28"]
[White "Blanquet, Camille"]
[Black "Freeman, Luke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "2132"]
[BlackElo "1867"]
[ECO "D91"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "5.Bg5"]
[WhiteFideId "36037354"]
[BlackFideId "343411959"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4
O-O 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O g5 11. Bg3 Bg4 12. Rc1 e6 13. Qb3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qe7 15.
Nb5 Rfd8 16. Nc7 Rab8 17. Rxc6 bxc6 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Bxb8 g4 20. fxg4 Nxg4 21.
Bg3 h5 22. Qd1 e5 23. h3 h4 24. Bxh4 Qxh4 25. Qxg4 Qxg4+ 26. hxg4 exd4 27. exd4
Bxd4 28. b3 Bb6 29. Rc1 Rd6 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. Bf5 d4 32. Bd3 Ba5 33. Rc5 Bb6 34.
Rc8 Rd7 35. b4 Rc7 36. Rxc7 Bxc7 37. Kf3 Bd6 38. a3 Bh2 39. Ke4 Bg1 40. f3 Be3
41. b5 Kf6 42. Kd5 Ke7 43. Kc6 Bc1 44. a4 Ba3 45. a5 Bb4 46. b6 axb6 47. a6 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.29"]
[White "Brown, Thomas"]
[Black "Hu, Junyan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2082"]
[BlackElo "1862"]
[ECO "E24"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1801430"]
[BlackFideId "343401260"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. f3 Nc6 7. e4 d6 8. Ne2
b6 9. Ng3 Na5 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Ba6 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Rc1 Rfd8 15.
O-O Qd7 16. f4 Qa4 17. e5 Ne8 18. f5 dxe5 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Qh5 Nf6 21. Rxf6 Qe8
22. Bg6 Qd7 23. Bf7+ Kf8 24. Bxe6+ gxf6 25. Bxh6+ Ke7 26. Qf7+ Kd6 27. dxe5+ Kc7
28. Bxd7 Rxd7 29. Qxf6 Bxc4 30. e6 Bxe6 31. Qxe6 Rad8 32. Bg5 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.30"]
[White "Oh, Sejun"]
[Black "Clarke, Connor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1695"]
[BlackElo "2058"]
[ECO "D20"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "13216112"]
[BlackFideId "457655"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 c5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Bf4 Nb4 11. Ne5 Nbd5 12. Bg3 O-O 13. Re1 Bb4 14. Qb3 Qa5
15. Rec1 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Ne4 17. Bxd5 exd5 18. Qb4 Qd8 19. Bf4 Re8 20. f3 Nd6 21.
Nc6 bxc6 22. Qxd6 Qxd6 23. Bxd6 Bf5 24. Re1 Red8 25. Bc5 Rab8 26. a5 Rb3 27. Bb4
h5 28. Re5 g6 29. Rae1 Be6 30. R1e2 Rb8 31. Kf2 Kg7 32. Rd2 Kf6 33. Ree2 Rb5 34.
Rb2 Rxb2 35. Rxb2 Bf5 36. Re2 Be6 37. Rb2 g5 38. Ke3 Kg6 39. f4 g4 40. Kf2 Bf5
41. Re2 Be4 42. Rb2 Kf5 43. g3 Bf3 44. Rb1 Rb8 45. Re1 Be4 46. Re2 f6 47. Re3
Rh8 48. Bd6 Rh7 49. Kg1 h4 50. gxh4 Rxh4 51. Rg3 Rh7 52. Re3 Rd7 53. Bb8 Rb7 54.
Bd6 Rb1+ 55. Kf2 Rh1 56. Kg3 Rg1+ 57. Kh4 Rg2 58. h3 Rh2 59. Bc7 Bf3 60. Kg3
Rxh3+ 61. Kf2 Rh2+ 62. Kg1 Rc2 63. Bd6 Be4 64. Bc7 Rg2+ 65. Kf1 Ra2 66. Kg1 Ra1+
67. Kf2 Ra3 68. Kg1 c5 69. Bd6 cxd4 70. Bxa3 dxe3 71. Bd6 g3 72. Kf1 Bd3+ 73.
Kg1 e2 74. Kg2 e1=Q 75. Kh3 Qg1 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.31"]
[White "Barbu, Simon-Alexandru"]
[Black "Siddharth, Gopakumar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2051"]
[BlackElo "1864"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "1257170"]
[BlackFideId "5053463"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. O-O e6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nb5 a6
9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Nf6 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd5 13. Nf3 O-O 14. Qe2 h6 15.
a4 Bd7 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Nd4 Qc7 18. Bf4 Rae8 19. Qf2 g5 20. Bg3 Bxe5 21. Bxe5
Qxe5 22. Rae1 Qg7 23. c3 Re5 24. Rxe5 Qxe5 25. Qf6 Qxf6 26. Rxf6 Bxa4 27. Rxh6
f6 28. g3 Bd7 29. h4 gxh4 30. gxh4 Kg7 31. Rh5 f5 32. Nf3 Kg6 33. Rg5+ Kf6 34.
Kf2 Rh8 35. Kg3 Be8 36. Kf4 Bg6 37. Rg1 Re8 38. Rg5 Rh8 39. Rg1 Bh5 40. Nd4 Re8
41. Rf1 Bg4 42. Rh1 Re4+ 43. Kg3 Kg6 44. Rh2 Kh5 45. Rf2 Kg6 46. Rh2 Kf6 47. h5
Kg5 48. h6 f4+ 49. Kf2 Re8 50. h7 Rh8 51. Nf3+ Kf6 52. Rh4 Bf5 53. Rxf4 Rxh7 54.
Nd4 Rh5 55. Ke3 Rh3+ 56. Kd2 Rh2+ 57. Ke3 Rh3+ 58. Kd2 Rh5 59. Ke3 b6 60. Nf3
Ke7 61. Kd4 Be4 62. Ne5 Rh2 63. b4 Ke6 64. Nf3 Rg2 65. Rf8 Rg3 66. Ne5 Rg1 67.
Re8+ Kd6 68. Rd8+ Ke7 69. Rb8 Rd1+ 70. Ke3 Kd6 71. Rd8+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.32"]
[White "Patel, Zain"]
[Black "Eldridge, Albert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2058"]
[BlackElo "1781"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[WhiteFideId "469246"]
[BlackFideId "343438857"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. d4 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2
a5 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qe2 c6
15. c4 Qc7 16. Rac1 Qb7 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Ne5 a4 19. Qf3 Rac8 20. Bc3 axb3 21.
axb3 Bd6 22. h4 Qc7 23. Nd3 Qb8 24. Re1 Nd7 25. Bb2 b5 26. c5 Bf8 27. Nb4 Qb7
28. Ra1 Nf6 29. Ra2 Nd5 30. Rea1 Ra8 31. Nxd5 exd5 32. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.33"]
[White "Mazur, Stefan"]
[Black "Ashton, Alannah"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "1983"]
[ECO "B56"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "14909332"]
[BlackFideId "480681"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd7 8.
exd6 exd6 9. Bf4 Nf6 10. Bd3 d5 11. O-O Be7 12. Ne2 Bg4 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Nd4 Qc8
15. Rfe1 Re8 16. Qa5 c5 17. Ba6 Bd8 18. Rxe8+ Nxe8 19. Bxc8 Bxa5 20. Bb7 Bc7 21.
Bxc7 Nxc7 22. Bxa8 cxd4 23. Bc6 Bf5 24. Rd1 Ne6 25. Rd2 Nc7 26. Rxd4 Bxc2 27.
Bxd5 Kf8 28. Rc4 Nxd5 29. Rxc2 Ke7 30. Rc5 Kd6 31. Ra5 g6 32. Rxa7 Nc7 33. Rxc7
Kxc7 34. f4 h5 35. Kf2 Kd6 36. Ke3 Kc5 37. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.34"]
[White "Dewangan, Aayush"]
[Black "Yoon, Jacob D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1981"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[ECO "B66"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...a6"]
[WhiteFideId "469700"]
[BlackFideId "446076"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. f4
h6 9. Bh4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 Qxh4+ 11. g3 Qd8 12. O-O-O d5 13. Nf2 Be7 14. Bh3 O-O
15. Nf3 Qb6 16. Ng4 e5 17. f5 e4 18. Nxh6+ gxh6 19. Qxh6 Qd8 20. Qh5 exf3 21.
Rxd5 Bg5+ 22. Kb1 Qf6 23. Rd6 Qg7 24. Qxf3 f6 25. Bf1 Ne5 26. Qd5+ Qf7 27. Qc5
Bxf5 28. Qf2 Be4 29. Bg2 Bxg2 30. Qxg2 Rfd8 31. Rhd1 Rxd6 32. Rxd6 Nc4 33. Rd3
Re8 34. Qg1 Nd2+ 35. Ka1 Qe6 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.35"]
[White "Turner, Lewis A"]
[Black "White, Stuart A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1945"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "412600"]
[BlackFideId "407747"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
h5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 g6 12. Qd2 Bg7 13. O-O b6 14. c4 O-O 15.
Rac1 a5 16. Na1 e4 17. f4 Ng4 18. Bxg4 hxg4 19. Nb3 f5 20. Nd4 Nc5 21. Ne6 Nxe6
22. dxe6 Qe7 23. Rfd1 Qxe6 24. Qxd6 Rf6 25. Qc7 Qc8 26. Bxb6 Rc6 27. Rd8+ Qxd8
28. Qxd8+ Rxd8 29. Bxd8 Bxb2 30. Rc2 Bd4+ 31. Kf1 a4 32. Be7 Kf7 33. Bb4 Ke6 34.
g3 Rb6 35. a3 Rc6 36. Ke2 Bf6 37. Ke3 Rc7 38. c5 Kd5 39. Rd2+ Kc4 40. Rd6 Bc3
41. Ra6 Bd4+ 42. Ke2 Bxc5 43. Rxa4 Kb3 44. Ra6 Bg1 45. Rxg6 Bxh2 46. Rf6 Rc2+
47. Kd1 e3 48. Re6 Bg1 49. Re7 Rg2 50. Re5 Kc4 51. Be1 Ra2 52. Rxf5 Bf2 53. Bb4
e2+ 54. Kc1 Be3+ 55. Kb1 Kb3 56. Rb5 Rb2+ 57. Ka1 Kc2 58. Re5 Rb3 59. Ka2 Rb2+
60. Ka1 Rb3 61. Ka2 Rd3 62. f5 Kd1 63. f6 Bd2 64. f7 Bxb4 65. axb4 Rf3 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.36"]
[White "Norinkeviciute, Rasa"]
[Black "Rida, Ruqayyah"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "1904"]
[BlackElo "2068"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "12801925"]
[BlackFideId "343272375"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. d3 d6 8. c3 O-O
9. h3 h6 10. Re1 Bb6 11. Nbd2 Be6 12. Nf1 Qd7 13. Ne3 Rae8 14. a4 Rd8 15. axb5
axb5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Ne7 19. Qb3 Rb8 20. Be3 b4 21. c4 c6
22. dxc6 Nxc6 23. Bxb6 Rxb6 24. Rad1 Rc8 25. Ra1 Rbb8 26. Ra6 Nd8 27. Rea1 Ne6
28. Ra7 Rb7 29. Qa2 b3 30. Qa6 Rxa7 31. Qxa7 Qxa7 32. Rxa7 Nc5 33. d4 Nd3 34.
dxe5 dxe5 35. Rb7 Nxb2 36. Nxe5 Nxc4 37. Nxc4 Rxc4 38. Rxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.37"]
[White "Napolitano, Domenico"]
[Black "Tudoroiu, Razvan-Catalin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1863"]
[BlackElo "2063"]
[ECO "C25"]
[Opening "Vienna gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "456993"]
[BlackFideId "1281100"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 g5 5. g3 Bg7 6. d4 d6 7. d5 Ne5 8. Bb5+
Kf8 9. gxf4 gxf4 10. Bxf4 Bg4 11. Bxe5 Bxe5 12. O-O Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Qg5+ 14. Kh1
Nf6 15. Rg1 Qh4 16. Rg2 Ke7 17. Bd3 Rhg8 18. Rf1 Rxg2 19. Qxg2 Rg8 20. Qf2 Qh3
21. Nd1 Bd4 22. Qe2 Nh5 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.38"]
[White "ONUOHA, Obioma"]
[Black "Chapman, Luke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2056"]
[BlackElo "1976"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Labourdonnais-Loewenthal variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8505837"]
[BlackFideId "343416608"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Bd3 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
O-O Be7 9. Qh5 Nf6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Nc3 h6 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. h3 Be6 14. Nb5 Qb8 15.
Be3 a6 16. Nc3 b5 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Qc7 19. Qh5 f5 20. Bd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Nb4
22. Rdd1 f4 23. Bd2 Nc6 24. Be1 Kh8 25. Qf3 Rae8 26. c3 Nd8 27. Nd2 Ne6 28. Ne4
Ng5 29. Nxg5 Bxg5 30. Rd5 e4 31. Qh5 Bf6 32. Rad1 Re5 33. Rxe5 Qxe5 34. Qxe5
Bxe5 35. Rd5 Bb8 36. Kf1 Kh7 37. Rd4 Re8 38. Ke2 Re6 39. Bd2 g5 40. a4 bxa4 41.
Rxa4 Ba7 42. g4 Bxf2 43. Kxf2 e3+ 44. Bxe3 Rxe3 45. h4 Rg3 46. hxg5 hxg5 47.
Rxa6 Rxg4 48. b4 Rg3 49. Rc6 Rd3 50. b5 g4 51. Rf6 g3+ 52. Kg2 Rd2+ 53. Kg1 Rd1+
54. Kg2 Rd2+ 55. Kg1 Rd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.39"]
[White "Ratcliffe, James"]
[Black "Varney, Zoe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "1845"]
[BlackElo "2053"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "343432840"]
[BlackFideId "436135"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 Ne7 7. d4 Ng6 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Bxe5 10. f4 Bd6 11. e5 Bc5+ 12. Kh1 Ne8 13. Nd2 Be7 14. Ne4 d5 15.
Ng3 f6 16. Be3 c5 17. Rad1 Nc7 18. Bd3 f5 19. Rd2 Qe8 20. Bc2 b6 21. Rfd1 g6 22.
Nf1 Bb7 23. Bb3 a5 24. a3 b5 25. Bf2 c4 26. Ba2 b4 27. axb4 axb4 28. Bxc4 Ne6
29. Rxd5 Qc6 30. Ne3 Nxf4 31. Rc5+ Kh8 32. Rxc6 Nxe2 33. Rc7 Nf4 34. Rxb7 bxc3
35. bxc3 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.40"]
[White "Pai, Sidhanth"]
[Black "Skytte, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1842"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[ECO "B36"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, Maroczy bind"]
[WhiteFideId "343111937"]
[BlackFideId "1471775"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. O-O a4 12. Rab1 Qa5 13. f3 Be6 14. Nd5 Qxd2
15. Bxd2 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bd4+ 17. Kh1 Bd7 18. Rfd1 Bf6 19. Bc3 Bg5 20. g3 Be3 21.
Bd4 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Rfc8 23. Rd2 Be8 24. Kg1 b5 25. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.41"]
[White "Vaidyanathan, Sathya"]
[Black "Kilambi, Venkata Ananth Akshay"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1842"]
[BlackElo "2038"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "490539"]
[BlackFideId "489395"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. h3 e6 7. Nf3 Bd6 8. O-O
Nge7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Ne5 f6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. c4 Rb8 13. Nc3 Bd7 14. cxd5 cxd5
15. a4 Qa5 16. Qg4 f5 17. Qe2 Bb4 18. Bf4 Rbc8 19. Bb5 Nc6 20. Qe3 a6 21. Be2
Qb6 22. Red1 Na5 23. Be5 Nc6 24. Bf4 Be7 25. Kh2 Bf6 26. a5 Nxa5 27. Na4 Qb4 28.
Nc5 Bxd4 29. Rxd4 Qxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.42"]
[White "Sow, MiaoGeng Malcolm"]
[Black "Woods, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1842"]
[BlackElo "2023"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Smith-Morra gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "5817501"]
[BlackFideId "2518384"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Bc4 e6 6. Nf3 a6 7. O-O b5 8. Bb3
Na5 9. Bf4 Nxb3 10. axb3 Bb7 11. Qe2 Be7 12. e5 Bb4 13. Rfd1 Ne7 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bh4 Qb6 16. Ne4 Nd5 17. Rd4 Bc5 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Rad1 Rc8 20. b4 Qc2 21. R1d2
Qb3 22. h3 g5 23. Bg3 Nxb4 24. Rxd7 Bd5 25. Ra7 Qa2 26. Nd4 Rc1+ 27. Rd1 Qa1 28.
Rxc1 Qxc1+ 29. Kh2 Qc5 30. Qd2 Qxa7 31. Qxb4 Qe7 32. Qc3 O-O 33. Qe3 Kg7 34. f4 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.43"]
[White "Kendall, Arthur"]
[Black "Anjulan, Ashwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian, 3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "343410960"]
[BlackFideId "343411622"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 b5 5. cxb5 a6 6. e3 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. bxa6
Bxa6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. O-O d6 11. e4 Qb6 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. Nc4 Qb4 14. Qe2 Nb6 15.
Na3 Na4 16. Nxa4 Qxa4 17. b3 Qd7 18. Bb2 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Rfb8 20. Nc4 Qb5 21. Qe2
Nc7 22. Rad1 Qa6 23. Rd2 Nb5 24. f4 Na3 25. Nxa3 Qxe2 26. Rxe2 Rxa3 27. Rc1 Rba8
28. Rcc2 Kg7 29. Kf2 R8a7 30. Ke1 Ra8 31. Kd1 R8a7 32. Kc1 Ra8 33. Kb1 R8a7 34.
g4 h6 35. e5 R3a5 36. e6 f6 37. h4 Ra8 38. Rg2 Rh8 39. Rcf2 Rb5 40. Rc2 Ra5 41.
a4 Ra7 42. Rg3 Rb8 43. Rc4 Ra5 44. Ka2 Ra7 45. Ka3 Rba8 46. g5 hxg5 47. fxg5 f5
48. Rf4 Rh8 49. Rh3 Rh7 50. Rh2 Rh8 51. Rh1 Rb7 52. Rh3 Ra7 53. Kb2 Rb7 54. Kc2
Ra7 55. Rh1 Rb7 56. Rc4 Rhb8 57. Rh3 Ra7 58. Rf3 Rh8 59. Rff4 Rb8 60. Kc3 Rh8
61. b4 cxb4+ 62. Rxb4 Rha8 63. Kb3 Rc8 64. Rfc4 Rf8 65. Kc3 Rfa8 66. Kd4 Rh8 67.
Ke3 Rha8 68. Kd3 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.44"]
[White "Sciupokas, Arunas"]
[Black "Ruane, Brendan J"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1990"]
[BlackElo "1857"]
[ECO "C76"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "modern Steinitz defence, fianchetto (Bronstein) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12803693"]
[BlackFideId "430218"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. Bg5 f6 8. Be3 Nh6
9. h3 Bg7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Bb3 Qe7 12. O-O Nf7 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Bd5 Kh8 15. b4
b6 16. a4 f5 17. Nc4 f4 18. Bd2 Rad8 19. a5 b5 20. Nb2 Nb8 21. Qe2 c6 22. Bb3
Be6 23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. c4 Rd7 25. Bc3 Rfd8 26. Rad1 Bf6 27. Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Rd1 Kg7
29. Rxd7 Nxd7 30. cxb5 cxb5 31. Qd3 Qc6 32. Nd2 Nf8 33. Nb1 Ne6 34. Qd5 Qc8 35.
Nd3 f3 36. Nxe5 Nxe5 37. Bxe5 Qc1+ 38. Kh2 fxg2 39. Bxf6+ Kxf6 40. e5+ Kf5 41.
Qd3+ Kxe5 42. Qc3+ Qxc3 43. Nxc3 g1=Q+ 44. Kxg1 Kd4 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.45"]
[White "Wilson, Matthew R"]
[Black "Hill, Alistair"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1772"]
[BlackElo "2104"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "423459"]
[BlackFideId "432407"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Na3 a6 6. Nc2 Nf6 7. Ne3 Qc6 8. d4
Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Re1 Rd8 12. Qe2 b6 13. b3 Bb7 14. Bb2 Nf8 15.
Ne5 Qc7 16. Rac1 Ng6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Ng4 Qc6 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Be4 Qxe4 21.
Qxe4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Rac8 23. Ree1 cxd4 24. cxd4 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Bxd4 26. Ba3 Bf6
27. Bb4 Bb2 28. Re1 a5 29. Be7 Rd3 30. Bg5 Bd4 31. Kf1 Bc5 32. Ke2 Rd5 33. Be3
Bxe3 34. fxe3 Rc5 35. Rd1 Kf8 36. Rd6 b5 37. Rb6 b4 38. Kd2 g5 39. Rb7 g4 40. e4
Rh5 41. h4 gxh3 42. gxh3 Rxh3 43. e5 g5 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.46"]
[White "Bharat Kumar, Balahari"]
[Black "Saxena, Advik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[BlackElo "1806"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "496464"]
[BlackFideId "343423892"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. e3 Bb7 5. Bd3 d5 6. b3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bb2
Nbd7 9. Nbd2 c5 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Rad1 Ne4 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ba6 Bxa6 14. Qxa6 Qc7
15. dxc5 Ndxc5 16. Qe2 Re6 17. Rc1 Qd7 18. Rfd1 Rae8 19. Nf1 f5 20. Nd4 Rg6 21.
Qb5 Qf7 22. Nf3 a6 23. Qe2 f4 24. Rc2 Ng5 25. Nxg5 Rxg5 26. Qf3 Qg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.47"]
[White "Balzer, Lars"]
[Black "Venkatesh, Anuj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "1825"]
[ECO "B26"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 6.Be3"]
[WhiteFideId "4646452"]
[BlackFideId "455636"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. h3 O-O 8. Nge2 e5
9. O-O Rb8 10. f4 Nd4 11. Kh2 b5 12. Qd2 b4 13. Nd1 h5 14. Ng1 a5 15. c3 Nc6 16.
f5 Ne7 17. Bh6 d5 18. fxg6 fxg6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qg5 Qd6 21. Ne3 Nh7 22. Qh4
Be6 23. exd5 Nxd5 24. Nc4 Qc7 25. cxb4 Nxb4 26. Qe4 Bf5 27. Qxe5+ Qxe5 28. Nxe5
Nxd3 29. Nxd3 Bxd3 30. Rxf8 Nxf8 31. b3 c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.48"]
[White "Gorskovs, Andrejs"]
[Black "Gupta, Aditya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1920"]
[BlackElo "1808"]
[ECO "B76"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, Yugoslav attack, Rauser variation"]
[WhiteFideId "343426751"]
[BlackFideId "343418643"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. Qe1 e5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. h4 Be6 14. h5 Rb8 15.
hxg6 hxg6 16. Ne4 Bf5 17. g4 Be6 18. Bc5 Re8 19. g5 f5 20. gxf6 Bxf6 21. Qg3 Bf5
22. Qh2 g5 23. Bc4 Re6 24. Bb3 Qe8 25. Nxf6+ Rxf6 26. Rde1 Re6 27. Qh8+ Kf7 28.
Rh7+ Bxh7 29. Qxh7+ Kf6 30. Rh1 Nf4 31. Bxe6 Kxe6 32. Rh6+ Kd5 33. b4 e4 34.
fxe4+ Kc4 35. Rd6 Rd8 36. Qxa7 Rxd6 37. Qa6+ Kc3 38. Qa3+ Kc4 39. Qb3+ Kb5 40.
a4+ Ka6 41. Qc4+ Kb7 42. Bxd6 Qd8 43. e5 Nd5 44. b5 Qb6 45. e6 g4 46. e7 Nxe7
47. Bxe7 Qe3+ 48. Kb2 Qxe7 49. Qxc6+ Ka7 50. b6+ Kb8 51. Kb3 g3 52. a5 Qf7+ 53.
Kb4 Qf4+ 54. c4 Qd2+ 55. Kb5 Qd8 56. a6 Qg5+ 57. c5 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.49"]
[White "Swiatkowski, Dominik"]
[Black "Sadler, Ben"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1874"]
[BlackElo "1882"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "343415202"]
[BlackFideId "472190"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. c3 e5 8. a3 a5
9. Be3 d6 10. a4 O-O 11. Na3 h6 12. Nd2 b6 13. Ndc4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5
Qxd5 16. Nxb6 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.50"]
[White "Saxena, Reyansh"]
[Black "Both, Bert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1641"]
[BlackElo "2102"]
[ECO "B28"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "O'Kelly variation"]
[WhiteFideId "343423884"]
[BlackFideId "1014340"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Nb3 Bb4 7. Bg5 Qc7 8. Qf3
d5 9. Bxf6 dxe4 10. Bxe5 Qxe5 11. Qe3 Nc6 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Bf5 14. Na4 Bd6
15. g3 Nb4 16. Rfc1 b5 17. Nb6 Rab8 18. c3 Nd3 19. Bxd3 exd3 20. Qxe5 Bxe5 21.
Nd5 Rfe8 22. Nb4 Ra8 23. Rd1 Red8 24. Nc5 d2 25. Nc6 Bf6 26. Nxd8 Rxd8 27. Nb3
b4 28. Rxd2 Rxd2 29. Nxd2 bxc3 30. bxc3 Bxc3 31. Rd1 g6 32. Nb3 Be6 33. Rc1 Bb4
34. Rc6 a5 35. Ra6 Kg7 36. Nxa5 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.51"]
[White "Halas, Kim Aleksander"]
[Black "Gibson, Christopher A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1729"]
[BlackElo "1887"]
[ECO "D36"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line, 6.Qc2"]
[WhiteFideId "1546074"]
[BlackFideId "414697"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Nbd7 7. e3 Bd6 8. Bd3
Nf8 9. Nge2 Ne6 10. Bh4 g6 11. f3 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rad1 Ng7 14. Kh1 Bf5 15.
e4 dxe4 16. fxe4 Bg4 17. Bf2 Ne6 18. Bg1 Rc8 19. Qd2 b6 20. a3 Rc7 21. Rde1 Rd7
22. Bc2 Bxe2 23. Nxe2 Ne8 24. d5 cxd5 25. Ba4 b5 26. Bxb5 Rc7 27. exd5 Nd6 28.
dxe6 Nxb5 29. Qxd8 Bxd8 30. Nd4 Nxd4 31. Bxd4 fxe6 32. Rxf8+ Kxf8 33. Kg1 Rd7
34. Rf1+ Kg8 35. Be5 Bb6+ 36. Kh1 Rd2 37. Bc3 Re2 38. Re1 Rxe1+ 39. Bxe1 Bd4 40.
Bc3 Bxc3 41. bxc3 Kf7 42. Kg1 Ke7 43. Kf2 Kd6 44. Ke3 Kc5 45. Kd3 a5 46. c4 a4
47. g4 e5 48. h4 e4+ 49. Kxe4 Kxc4 50. Ke3 Kd5 51. Kd3 Ke5 52. Ke3 h6 53. h5 g5
54. Kf3 Kd4 55. Kf2 Ke4 56. Kg3 Ke3 57. Kg2 Kf4 58. Kf2 Kxg4 59. Ke3 Kxh5 60.
Kd4 g4 61. Kc4 g3 62. Kb4 g2 63. Kxa4 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.52"]
[White "Siddhartha Shankar Srivastava"]
[Black "Jacobs, Simon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1589"]
[BlackElo "1749"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Steinitz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "25780590"]
[BlackFideId "343440673"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 Bxc5 6. b4 Be7 7. Bb2 a5 8. b5 Nd7
9. Nf3 f6 10. Bd3 Nh6 11. O-O Nf7 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nbd2 O-O 15.
c4 Nc5 16. Bc2 b6 17. cxd5 exd5 18. h3 Bb7 19. Nb3 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Nxc5
bxc5 22. Qd3 Qh5 23. Rae1 Rf7 24. Bd1 Qg5 25. Bg4 d4 26. Qg3 Kh8 27. Re5 Qd8 28.
Rxc5 d3 29. Rd1 Be4 30. Re5 Bg6 31. h4 Qd4 32. h5 Rf4 33. Bf3 Raf8 34. Re3 Bf5
35. Be2 d2 36. Bd3 Bxd3 37. Rxd3 Qxf2+ 38. Qxf2 Rxf2 39. R3xd2 Rxd2 40. Rxd2 Kg8
41. Rf2 Rb8 42. a4 Re8 43. Rb2 Kf7 44. Kf2 Rb8 45. Kf3 Ke6 46. Rc2 Kd6 47. Ke4
Re8+ 48. Kd4 Re1 49. Kc4 Rb1 50. Rc3 Rb4+ 51. Kd3 Rxa4 52. Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2025.12.31"]
[Round "6.53"]
[White "Butt, Laurence"]
[Black "Wheeler, James M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1790"]
[BlackElo "1846"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Modern defence"]
[WhiteFideId "440884"]
[BlackFideId "463396"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 g6 2. f4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. e3 Nd7 5. Bd3 e6 6. O-O a6 7. c3 b6 8. e4 Bb7 9.
f5 e5 10. fxg6 hxg6 11. Bg5 f6 12. Be3 Ne7 13. Nbd2 Nf8 14. c4 c5 15. d5 Qd7 16.
a3 f5 17. Bg5 Nh7 18. Bxe7 Kxe7 19. Nh4 Nf8 20. g3 f4 21. Qe2 Qh3 22. Ndf3 Bf6
23. Qg2 Qxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Bc8 25. b4 g5 26. Nf5+ Bxf5 27. exf5 Nd7 28. g4 a5 29. b5
Rag8 30. Be4 Rg7 31. Rh1 Rh6 32. h3 Kf7 33. Rh2 Be7 34. Rah1 Nf6 35. Nd2 Rgh7
36. Bc2 Rg7 37. Re1 Rgh7 38. Nf3 Rg7 39. Kg1 Rg8 40. Ree2 Nd7 41. f6 Bxf6 42.
Bf5 Nf8 43. Nd2 Rgh8 44. Kg2 Ng6 45. Bxg6+ Rxg6 46. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Kaasen, Tor Fredrik"]
[Black "Deuer, Marius"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "1516647"]
[BlackFideId "16236432"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. Rfe1
Rc8 15. Bb3 h6 16. h3 Nf6 17. Qf4 Qc7 18. Qh4 Rfe8 19. Ne5 Nd7 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21.
Re3 a5 22. Rg3 Kh8 23. d5 exd5 24. exd5 b5 25. Qd4 f5 26. d6 Re4 27. Qd2 a4 28.
Bd5 Bxd5 29. Qxd5 Rce8 30. Rc3 R4e5 31. Qd3 Re1+ 32. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 33. Kh2 Re6 34.
Qxf5 Qxd6+ 35. g3 Re8 36. Qxb5 Rf8 37. Qe2 Qf6 38. Rc2 Qd4 39. Rd2 Qc5 40. Kg1
a3 41. Qd3 Rb8 42. Re2 Qc6 43. Qf5 Rd8 44. Re1 Qd6 45. Qf7 Rf8 46. Re8 Rxe8 47.
Qxe8+ Kh7 48. Qf7 Qc5 49. g4 Qc1+ 50. Kg2 Qc6+ 51. Qf3 Qd6 52. h4 Kh8 53. Qa8+
Kh7 54. Qe4+ Kg8 55. g5 hxg5 56. hxg5 Kf7 57. Kh3 Qc5 58. f4 g6 59. Qb7+ Ke6 60.
Qa6+ Kf5 61. Qf6+ Ke4 62. Qxg6+ Kxf4 63. Qf6+ Ke4 64. Qe6+ Kf4 65. Qg4+ Ke5 66.
Kh4 Qf2+ 67. Qg3+ Qxg3+ 68. Kxg3 Kf5 69. Kh4 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Williams, Simon K"]
[Black "Laurent-Paoli, Pierre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[ECO "A43"]
[Opening "Old Benoni defence"]
[WhiteFideId "404454"]
[BlackFideId "26017962"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 g6 5. a4 b4 6. Bxf6 exf6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Bd3 d6 10. Nc4 Qe7 11. O-O Nd7 12. Nfd2 Ne5 13. f4 Nxc4 14. Nxc4 Ba6 15.
Na5 Qc7 16. Bxa6 Qxa5 17. Bb5 f5 18. exf5 Bxb2 19. Rb1 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 a6 21. Bc6
Ra7 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Qg4 Qd8 24. Rbe1 Re7 25. Rxe7 Qxe7 26. Qe6+ Rf7 27. Re1
Qf6 28. Be8 Qxe6 29. dxe6 Re7 30. Bc6 Kf8 31. Bd5 Rc7 32. Re4 Ke7 33. g4 a5 34.
Kg2 Rc8 35. Kf3 Rf8 36. Kg3 Bc3 37. Re2 Bb2 38. Rf2 Bc3 39. Rf1 Be5 40. h4 h6
41. g5 hxg5 42. hxg5 Rf5 43. Be4 Rxg5+ 44. Kf3 Bxf4 45. Kxf4 Re5 46. Bxg6 Kxe6
47. Bd3 d5 48. Rh1 Kd6 49. Bf5 d4 50. Rh6+ Kd5 51. Bd3 Re3 52. Rh5+ Kd6 53. Be4
Rc3 54. Rh6+ Kc7 55. Ke5 d3 56. cxd3 b3 57. Rc6+ Kd7 58. Rb6 c4 59. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Plat, Vojtech"]
[Black "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[ECO "B50"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "325740"]
[BlackFideId "14103052"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 8.
Re1 O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Hagner, Bennet"]
[Black "Wang, Hao(ZJ)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "16224477"]
[BlackFideId "8631859"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Nc6 9. Qxc4 Na5 10. Qc2 b6 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Bxb7 Nxb7 13. Nc6 Qe8 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxc7 Na5 18. Qc3 Rac8 19. Qd3 Rfd8 20. Rd1 Rxd4 21.
Qxd4 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Nb3 23. Rb4 Nxa1 24. Na3 Rc6 25. f4 Kf8 26. Kf2 Ke7 27. Ke3
Kd6 28. Kd3 f6 29. e4 g5 30. Nc4+ Kc5 31. Kc3 b5 32. Rxb5+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Golding, Alex"]
[Black "Ghimpu, Samuel-Timotei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Petrosian system"]
[WhiteFideId "427241"]
[BlackFideId "1238175"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. g3 a5
9. Bg5 Qe8 10. Nh4 Nf6 11. g4 Na6 12. f3 Nd7 13. Qd2 Ndc5 14. O-O f6 15. Be3 Qe7
16. Kh1 Kh8 17. Rg1 Bd7 18. Rg3 c6 19. Rh3 Qf7 20. Rg1 Rg8 21. Nd1 a4 22. Nf2
Bf8 23. f4 exf4 24. Bd4 g5 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. gxf5 Nd7 27. Bh5 Qe7 28. dxc6 bxc6
29. Qa5 Ne5 30. Qxa4 Nc7 31. Qb3 d5 32. cxd5 cxd5 33. Rc3 Na6 34. exd5 Rb8 35.
Qd1 Rxb2 36. Ne4 Bg7 37. Re1 Rd8 38. Bxe5 fxe5 39. d6 Qb7 40. Bf3 Qf7 41. Nxg5
Qxf5 42. Rg1 Rb4 43. Qd5 Rf8 44. Ne6 Rg8 45. d7 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Kuru, Atilla"]
[Black "Gordon, Stephen J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "51607948"]
[BlackFideId "411477"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 a6 6. Be2 Bf5 7. Nh4 Bxb1 8.
Rxb1 e5 9. Nf5 g6 10. Ne3 exd4 11. cxd4 Bg7 12. Nc2 Nge7 13. O-O O-O 14. Bg4 Qd6
15. Qd3 h5 16. Bh3 Kh7 17. b3 Nb4 18. Nxb4 Qxb4 19. Be3 Nc6 20. Rfd1 Rad8 21. g3
Bh6 22. Bxh6 Kxh6 23. Bg2 Rfe8 24. Qd2+ Kg7 25. Rbc1 Qxd2 26. Rxd2 Rd6 27. h4
Red8 28. Kf1 R8d7 29. Ke2 Re7+ 30. Kf1 Red7 31. Rc5 Ne7 32. Bh3 f5 33. Bg2 Rc6
34. Ke2 b6 35. Rxc6 Nxc6 36. Kd3 Rc7 37. a3 Ne7 38. Re2 Kf6 39. Re5 Rd7 40. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Hobson, Kenneth"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "12800112"]
[BlackFideId "480819"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6
9. Re1 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Nxg5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 Kg7 14. Re3 Qd7 15. Rg3
Ng4 16. h3 f5 17. exf5 Qxf5 18. Be3 exd4 19. cxd4 Qf6 20. hxg4 Nxd4 21. Bd5 c6
22. Bxc6 Ra7 23. Nc3 Be6 24. Bd5 Bc5 25. b4 Ne2+ 26. Qxe2 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Gormally, Daniel W"]
[Black "Saunders, Aron"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2201"]
[ECO "D17"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "Czech defence"]
[WhiteFideId "406465"]
[BlackFideId "469343"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Nh4 e6 7. Nxf5 exf5 8. e3
Bd6 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O a5 11. Qc2 Qd7 12. Bd3 g6 13. f3 Bc7 14. Ne2 Na6 15.
Bxa6 Rxa6 16. e4 Qe6 17. d5 Bb6+ 18. Kh1 cxd5 19. exf5 Rc8 20. Qd3 Qxf5 21. Qxf5
gxf5 22. Ng3 Rc2 23. Nxf5 Bc5 24. Bg5 Re6 25. Rac1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 b6 27. h4 Nd7
28. Rd1 d4 29. Bf4 Re2 30. Nxd4 Rxb2 31. Nf5 Rb4 32. Bg5 Nf8 33. Bf6 Ne6 34. Rd7
Bf8 35. Rb7 Rxa4 36. h5 h6 37. Rxb6 Rf4 38. g4 Rxf3 39. Rb8 Kh7 40. Kg2 Rf4 41.
Kh3 Rf3+ 42. Kg2 Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Ashton, Adam G"]
[Black "Kalavannan, Koby"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2247"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "410110"]
[BlackFideId "425753"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bd3 Bb4 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. O-O d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. a3 Be7 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Ne2 Rad8 14. Be3 Qc7
15. Nbd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Ward, Cian"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "1947"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "475599"]
[BlackFideId "436224"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bg5 a6 5. h3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. e5 Nd7 8. exd6
cxd6 9. Bc4 O-O 10. O-O Nb6 11. Bb3 d5 12. Re1 Bf5 13. Qd2 Re8 14. Ne2 Nc8 15.
g4 Bd7 16. Bxd5 Nd6 17. Ng3 Qc8 18. Ne5 e6 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. c3
Nc4 22. Qc2 b5 23. Ne4 e5 24. Rad1 h6 25. Be3 Nxe3 26. fxe3 Rad8 27. Qg2 Qd5 28.
a3 Kh8 29. Nd2 Qd6 30. Rf1 Qe6 31. Nf3 Kg8 32. Qf2 exd4 33. exd4 Rf8 34. Rde1
Qd5 35. Ne5 a5 36. Qg2 Qb3 37. Nc6 Ra8 38. Ne5 b4 39. axb4 axb4 40. Rxf7 Rxf7
41. Qxa8+ Rf8 42. Qb7 Qxb2 43. Qd5+ Kh7 44. Qe4 Qf2+ 45. Kh1 Bxe5 46. Qxe5 Qf3+
47. Kh2 Qf2+ 48. Kh1 Qf3+ 49. Kh2 bxc3 50. Qe3 Qd5 51. Re2 Rf3 52. Qe7+ Rf7 53.
Qe5 Qb3 54. Qe4 Rc7 55. Rc2 Qa4 56. Qd3 Qb4 57. Kg2 Qb7+ 58. Kh2 Qb8 59. Qg3 Qa7
60. d5 Rc4 61. Qd3 Qc5 62. d6 Rd4 63. Qxc3 Qxd6+ 64. Qg3 Qe6 65. Qc7+ Rd7 66.
Qg3 Qb6 67. Qf4 Re7 68. Qg3 Rf7 69. Qe5 Qd8 70. Qg3 Kg8 71. Rf2 Rd7 72. Qb3+ Kg7
73. Qg3 Kh7 74. Qf4 Qb6 75. Qf6 Qe3 76. Qf4 Qe1 77. Qf3 Re7 78. Qf6 Rd7 79. Qf3
Qe5+ 80. Qf4 Qd5 81. Qf3 Qc5 82. Qf4 Ra7 83. Qf3 Qe7 84. Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "7.11"]
[White "Liu, Yiyi"]
[Black "Grutter, Tim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "1791"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Old Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "8617171"]
[BlackFideId "1057472"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 dxe5 4. Qxd8+ Kxd8 5. g3 Be6 6. b3 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8.
a3 Bd6 9. Bh3 f5 10. e4 Ne7 11. a4 Na6 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Bxf5 Nxf5 14. Bc3 Nd4
15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Nd2 Nb4 17. Rd1 Kd7 18. Ngf3 Rae8+ 19. Kf1 c5 20. Ng5 Re7 21.
Nge4 Rhe8 22. f3 Nc2 23. Kf2 Rf8 24. Rc1 Nb4 25. Kg2 g5 26. h4 g4 27. fxg4 Kc7
28. Kh3 Rfe8 29. Nf6 Rf8 30. Nfe4 Rfe8 31. Nf6 Rf8 32. Nde4 Be5 33. Rhf1 Bxf6
34. Nxf6 Rd8 35. Rcd1 Re2 36. g5 d3 37. Rf5 d2 38. Nd5+ Nxd5 39. cxd5 Kd6 40.
Rf3 Ke5 41. Kg4 Ke4 42. Rf7 Kd3 43. Rxh7 Kc2 44. Rxd2+ Rxd2 45. Rxb7 Rd4+ 46.
Kh5 Rb4 47. Rc7 Rxd5 48. Kh6 Rxb3 49. g6 Rxg3 50. g7 Kd3 51. Rc8 c4 52. g8=Q
Rxg8 53. Rxg8 c3 54. Rg3+ Kc4 55. Rg1 c2 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "7.12"]
[White "Badacsonyi, Stanley"]
[Black "Blanquet, Camille"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2132"]
[ECO "E01"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "486973"]
[BlackFideId "36037354"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Nf3 dxc4 7. Qc2 b5 8. a4
Bd7 9. axb5 Bxb5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Nxc4 c5 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. Bf4 Bxc4 14. Qxc4 Nb6
15. Qa6 Nfd5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Bd2 Nd7 18. e4 N5f6 19. Qe2 Ng4 20. Be1 e5 21.
Nh4 Ngf6 22. Nf5 Qe6 23. b4 Bb6 24. Bh3 Kh8 25. Kg2 Qc6 26. Rac1 Qa4 27. Nxg7
Kxg7 28. Bxd7 Nxd7 29. Qg4+ Kh8 30. Rxd7 Rad8 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Qf5 Qe8 33. Qf6+
Kg8 34. Bc3 Bd4 35. Bd2 Qf8 36. Bh6 Rd6 37. Qg5+ Rg6 38. Qxg6+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "7.13"]
[White "Manmay Chopra"]
[Black "Southcott-Moyers, Indy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[ECO "A08"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "25649191"]
[BlackFideId "488542"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Nfd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Nd5 14. Bd2
f5 15. Na5 Bf6 16. e3 b6 17. Nc6 Bb7 18. Nb4 Rac8 19. a4 Rf7 20. a5 Nxb4 21.
Bxb4 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "7.14"]
[White "Adams, Henry"]
[Black "Demac, Elias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2159"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[ECO "A85"]
[Opening "Dutch with c4 & Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "464562"]
[BlackFideId "1505807"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Qe8 8. Re1
Qf7 9. e4 fxe4 10. Ng5 Qxc4 11. Ngxe4 c6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bh6 Rd8 14. d5 Bf5
15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Nd5 Bxb2 17. Nxe7+ Kh8 18. Nxf5 gxf5 19. Rb1 Bf6 20. Qh5 Qg4
21. Re8+ Rxe8 22. Qxe8+ Qg8 23. Bf8 Bg7 24. Bxg7+ Kxg7 25. Rb7+ Kh8 26. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "7.15"]
[White "Hill, Alistair"]
[Black "Sivanandan, Bodhana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2104"]
[BlackElo "2229"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack, close variation"]
[WhiteFideId "432407"]
[BlackFideId "497592"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d3 Nf6 6. d4 d5 7. Bd3 Bd6 8. Qe2+
Qe7 9. Nc3 Qxe2+ 10. Nxe2 Bg4 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Kxe2 Nbd7 13. Re1 O-O 14. Nxd7
Nxd7 15. Kf1 Rfe8 16. Bg5 f6 17. Bd2 c6 18. h4 g6 19. a4 f5 20. Bg5 Kg7 21. g3
h6 22. Bd2 Nf6 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Be1 f4 25. Kg2 g5 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. f3 fxg3 28.
Bxg3 Bxg3 29. Kxg3 Kf7 30. Rh1 Rg8 31. Bf5 Re8 32. Kf2 Rg8 33. c3 Re8 34. Rh6
Rg8 35. b4 a6 36. a5 g4 37. fxg4 Nxg4+ 38. Bxg4 Rxg4 39. Rh7+ Rg7 40. Rxg7+ Kxg7
41. Kg3 Kf7 42. Kf3 Kg7 43. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "7.16"]
[White "Martin, Nils"]
[Black "Brown, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2082"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Tartakower (Nimzovich) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "45160473"]
[BlackFideId "1801430"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 a5 7. Bd3 Na6 8.
Ne2 g6 9. h4 Bg7 10. h5 f5 11. Be3 Nc7 12. Qd2 Nd5 13. Bh6 Bf6 14. O-O-O Be6 15.
Nf4 Nxf4 16. Qxf4 g5 17. Qd2 Rg8 18. f4 g4 19. Qe2 Qd5 20. c4 Qxd4 21. Bxf5
Qxc4+ 22. Qxc4 Bxc4 23. Rhe1+ Be6 24. Bb1 Rd8 25. f5 Rxd1+ 26. Kxd1 Bg5 27. Bxg5
Rxg5 28. h6 Rh5 29. fxe6 Rxh6 30. Bf5 g3 31. Re3 fxe6 32. Rxe6+ Rxe6 33. Bxe6 h5
34. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "7.17"]
[White "Bryant, Harry"]
[Black "Herzwurm, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2047"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Euwe variation"]
[WhiteFideId "489158"]
[BlackFideId "4668570"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 f6 7. O-O fxe5 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Qc7 10. Re1 O-O-O 11. a4 Nh6 12. Na3 Nf7 13. Nb5 Bxb5 14. axb5 b6
15. Bg4 Re8 16. Qxd5 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "7.18"]
[White "Clarke, Connor"]
[Black "Vaidyanathan, Adithya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2058"]
[BlackElo "2189"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "457655"]
[BlackFideId "495450"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. e5 Ng4 5. Qe2 Qc7 6. Bxf7+ Kxf7 7. Qc4+ Ke8 8.
Qxg4 Nxe5 9. Qh5+ Nf7 10. Nc3 g6 11. Qh4 Bg7 12. O-O Qc6 13. Re1 Bf6 14. Qe4 Kf8
15. d3 d6 16. Qf4 d5 17. Qg3 b5 18. a4 b4 19. Nb5 Bd7 20. Ng5 h6 21. Nxf7 Kxf7
22. Bf4 a6 23. Nc7 Rac8 24. Re3 d4 25. Re2 g5 26. Rae1 gxf4 27. Qxf4 Qxc7 28.
Rxe7+ Kg6 29. R1e5 Qxe5 30. Rxe5 Bxe5 31. Qxe5 Rce8 32. Qg3+ Kh7 33. h4 Rhg8 34.
Qd6 Bh3 35. g3 Bc8 36. Qxc5 Bb7 37. Qf5+ Kh8 38. Qf6+ Rg7 39. f3 Kg8 40. Kh2 Re3
41. g4 Bxf3 42. g5 hxg5 43. hxg5 Rh7+ 44. Kg1 Bb7 45. Qd8+ Kf7 46. Qc7+ Kg6 47.
Qd6+ Kxg5 48. Qc5+ Kg6 49. Qd6+ Kf5 50. Qc5+ Ke6 51. Qg5 Rh1+ 52. Kf2 Rh2+ 53.
Kf1 Rf3+ 54. Ke1 Rg2 55. Qh4 Rg1+ 56. Ke2 Re3+ 57. Kf2 Rg2+ 58. Kf1 Rge2 59.
Qh6+ Kd7 60. Qg7+ Kc8 61. Qf8+ Kc7 62. Qf4+ Re5 63. c3 Re1+ 64. Kf2 Kc8 65. Qf8+
Re8 66. Qc5+ Kb8 67. Qd6+ Ka8 68. Qxd4 R8e2+ 69. Kg3 Re3+ 70. Kf2 R3e2+ 71. Kg3
Rg2+ 72. Kf4 Rf1+ 73. Ke5 Rg5+ 74. Ke6 Re1+ 75. Kf6 Rd5 76. Qxb4 Rf1+ 77. Ke6
Rxd3 78. Qh4 Rf8 79. a5 Re8+ 80. Kf7 Rc8 81. Qb4 Rc6 82. Ke7 Rh3 83. Kf7 Rh7+
84. Kg8 Rd7 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "7.19"]
[White "Lee, Younggyu"]
[Black "Kapechun, Mikhailo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1892"]
[BlackElo "2184"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13227378"]
[BlackFideId "34147527"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 Nc6 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. c4 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2
f5 9. O-O Qa5 10. Qc1 Re8 11. Re1 d6 12. a3 Be6 13. b4 Qd8 14. Rb1 b6 15. Rd1 f4
16. d4 cxb4 17. axb4 Bf5 18. e4 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Rxe4 20. Bd3 Re8 21. Qxf4 Qf6 22.
Qxf6 Bxf6 23. d5 Ne7 24. b5 Rac8 25. Rb4 Rc7 26. g3 Kg7 27. Ra4 Ng8 28. Kg2 Bc3
29. Rc1 Be5 30. Rc2 Ree7 31. Rca2 Bc3 32. R2a3 Bf6 33. g4 h6 34. h4 Kf8 35. h5
g5 36. Ra2 Bg7 37. Bf5 Bc3 38. Rc2 Bh8 39. Rca2 Ke8 40. R2a3 Kd8 41. Re3 Bg7 42.
Kf1 Rb7 43. Ke2 Kc7 44. Kd3 Kb8 45. Ra2 Rbc7 46. Rae2 Kb7 47. Bh7 Rxe3+ 48. Rxe3
Ne7 49. Ne1 a6 50. bxa6+ Kxa6 51. Rf3 Be5 52. Be4 f6 53. Nc2 b5 54. cxb5+ Kxb5
55. Kd2 Kc4 56. Rd3 Kc5 57. Ra3 Rb7 58. Kd3 f5 59. gxf5 Ng8 60. Ra8 Nf6 61. Rc8+
Kb5 62. Bf3 Ra7 63. Ne3 Ra3+ 64. Kd2 Bf4 65. Rc6 g4 66. Be2+ Kb4 67. Rc4+ Ka5
68. Rxf4 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "7.20"]
[White "Zhang, Junyi"]
[Black "Williams, Tony"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2172"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Euwe variation"]
[WhiteFideId "494437"]
[BlackFideId "343473660"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O Rc8 8. a3 c4
9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Ne1 Nf5 11. g4 Nh4 12. f4 h5 13. gxh5 Nf5 14. Ng2 Be7 15. Bg4 g6
16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Rb1 Nb3 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. Nf3 Nxc1 20. Qxc1 Rg8 21. Kf2 Ba4
22. h4 Kd7 23. Ng5 Qe8 24. Qd2 Qh5 25. Rg1 Rg6 26. Qe2 Qxe2+ 27. Kxe2 Rh8 28.
Rh1 Bc2 29. Rbg1 Rh5 30. Ne1 Ba4 31. Kd2 a5 32. Nef3 Rg7 33. Ne1 Rg6 34. Ng2
Rgh6 35. Rh3 Rh8 36. Rgh1 Rg8 37. Ne3 Rg7 38. Ke1 Rg6 39. Kf2 Rg7 40. Nf1 Bc2
41. Ne3 Ba4 42. Ng2 Bc2 43. Ne1 Ba4 44. Rg1 Rg8 45. Nef3 Rg7 46. Rhg3 Rh6 47.
Nh3 Rxg3 48. Kxg3 Ke8 49. Nhg5 Bd7 50. Rh1 Rh5 51. Nd2 a4 52. Kh3 Bf8 53. Rg1
Rh6 54. Ngf3 Kf7 55. Nf1 Be8 56. Rg5 Be7 57. Ng3 Kf8 58. h5 Rh8 59. Kh4 Rh6 60.
Ne1 Bf7 61. Ng2 Rh7 62. Ne3 Rh8 63. Nc2 Rh7 64. Ne1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "7.21"]
[White "Siddharth, Gopakumar"]
[Black "Skytte, Rasmus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "1864"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "5053463"]
[BlackFideId "1404210"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. a4 Nf6 6. Qd2 O-O 7. O-O-O a6 8. f3 b5
9. b3 Nbd7 10. h4 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. g4 Qa5 13. h5 Re8 14. Na2 Qxd2+ 15. Rxd2
Bf8 16. a5 Nc5 17. Ne2 Be6 18. Kb2 Nb7 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. g5 Nh5 21. Bh3 Bxh3 22.
Rxh3 Nxa5 23. Rd7 Re7 24. Rxe7 Bxe7 25. f4 exf4 26. Nxf4 Nxf4 27. Bxf4 Nb7 28.
Rc3 Rc8 29. Be3 Bd6 30. Rd3 Re8 31. Nc3 b4 32. Na4 Rxe4 33. Nb6 Be5+ 34. Kc1
Rxe3 35. Rxe3 Bf4 36. Kd2 Bxg5 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "7.22"]
[White "Dupuis, Denis K"]
[Black "Mazur, Stefan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2045"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "KP"]
[Variation "Nimzovich defence"]
[WhiteFideId "452980"]
[BlackFideId "14909332"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. O-O e5 6. h3 h6 7. a3 Nge7 8. d3 O-O
9. Be3 Nd4 10. Bxd4 exd4 11. Ne2 c5 12. Nf4 Kh7 13. Qd2 Nc6 14. Ba2 h5 15. Nd5
Bh6 16. Qe2 Be6 17. Nh2 Ne7 18. Nxe7 Qxe7 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. a4 Rf7 21. g3 Raf8
22. h4 e5 23. Kg2 Rf6 24. b3 Qf7 25. f3 g5 26. hxg5 Bxg5 27. Rh1 Rh6 28. g4 Qf4
29. Qf2 Rg8 30. Raf1 Qf6 31. Qe2 Be3 32. Qe1 Bf4 33. Rfg1 Rf8 34. Qe2 Be3 35.
Rf1 Qg5 36. Qe1 Bf4 37. Qe2 Rff6 38. Rfg1 Be3 39. Rf1 Kg7 40. Re1 Bf4 41. Reg1
Rfg6 42. Kf1 Be3 43. Rg2 h4 44. Qe1 h3 45. Rg3 Bd2 46. Qf2 Ba5 47. f4 exf4 48.
Rf3 d5 49. Qe2 Re6 50. Kf2 Rh8 51. Nf1 Qh4+ 52. Kg1 Qxg4+ 53. Rg3 Qxg3+ 54. Nxg3
Rg6 55. exd5 Kf7 56. Qe5 Rxg3+ 57. Kf2 Rg2+ 58. Kf3 Rg3+ 59. Kf2 Rg2+ 60. Kf3
Rg3+ 61. Kxf4 Rhg8 62. Qe6+ Kf8 63. Rf1 Re3 64. Qc8+ Kf7 65. Qd7+ Re7 66. Qf5+
Ke8 67. Qc8+ Bd8 68. d6 Rf8+ 69. Kg5 Re5+ 70. Kg6 Rxf1 71. Qxh3 Rf6+ 72. Kh7
Rxd6 73. Qf3 Re7+ 74. Kg8 Rg6+ 75. Kh8 Bc7 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "7.23"]
[White "Ortiz Sanchez, Luis"]
[Black "Finn, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2007"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[ECO "B45"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "24581160"]
[BlackFideId "432156"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be2 Bb4 7. O-O Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Nxe4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qd4 f5 11. Qxg7 Qf6 12. Bh5+ Kd8 13. Bg5 Qxg5 14.
Qxh8+ Kc7 15. Qe5+ d6 16. Qa5+ Kd7 17. Be2 Qd2 18. Ba6 Qxc3 19. Bxc8+ Kxc8 20.
Qa6+ Kc7 21. Rab1 Nc5 22. Qe2 Rg8 23. Rfe1 Qh3 24. f3 Rg6 25. Kh1 Qh4 26. Qd2
Qa4 27. Qc3 Nd7 28. Rb4 Qa6 29. Qh8 c5 30. Rb2 Ne5 31. Qxh7+ Kc6 32. f4 Nc4 33.
Qxg6 Nxb2 34. Qxe6 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "7.24"]
[White "Fryer, David W"]
[Black "Janse, Jan Jaap"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1902"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[ECO "A01"]
[Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"]
[Variation "modern variation"]
[WhiteFideId "406384"]
[BlackFideId "1010344"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d5 4. Nf3 f6 5. h3 Be6 6. Be2 Nh6 7. O-O Qd7 8. d3
O-O-O 9. Re1 Bd6 10. Nc3 g5 11. Nh2 Rhg8 12. Ng4 Qg7 13. e4 d4 14. Nb1 Kb8 15.
Nxh6 Qxh6 16. Bg4 Bf7 17. Nd2 Qg6 18. Bf5 Qg7 19. Bg4 Rh8 20. Bh5 Bb4 21. Bxf7
Qxf7 22. a3 Bxd2 23. Qxd2 Rhg8 24. g3 Qe6 25. Kg2 h5 26. Rh1 Ne7 27. Rae1 Qc6
28. Kg1 Rdf8 29. c3 dxc3 30. Bxc3 Rd8 31. Bb4 Rg7 32. Qe2 Nc8 33. Kh2 g4 34. h4
Qb5 35. Qe3 Rg6 36. Qc5 Qxc5 37. Bxc5 b6 38. Bb4 a5 39. Bc3 Rxd3 40. Rc1 Nd6 41.
Rhe1 Nb5 42. Re3 Rxe3 43. fxe3 Nd6 44. b4 a4 45. Bb2 Nxe4 46. Rc6 Nd6 47. b5 Kb7 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "7.25"]
[White "Yoon, Jacob D"]
[Black "Kim, Changhoon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "1874"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "accelerated Meran (Alekhine variation)"]
[WhiteFideId "446076"]
[BlackFideId "34117234"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 O-O 8. Bd3 Nbd7
9. O-O Bd6 10. e4 dxc4 11. bxc4 e5 12. c5 Bc7 13. Na4 exd4 14. h3 Re8 15. Qc2
Nf8 16. Rab1 Ng6 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. Rfe1 Be6 19. e5 Nd5 20. Bg5 Nde7 21. Nc4 Qd5
22. Nd6 Bxd6 23. exd6 Nf5 24. Be4 d3 25. Qc3 Qxa2 26. Qxd3 h6 27. Bxf5 Bxf5 28.
Qxf5 hxg5 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Rxb7 Qa1+ 31. Kh2 Qf6 32. Qxf6 gxf6 33. Rc7 Ra8 34.
d7 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "7.26"]
[White "Swiatkowski, Aram"]
[Black "Verbin, Valentina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "1843"]
[BlackElo "2122"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Reti (Spielmann) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "343415210"]
[BlackFideId "13905910"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. b3 c5 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f4 d5 6. e5 Ng8 7. Nf3 a6 8. a4 Nh6
9. Qe2 Nf5 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Qf2 h5 12. Bd3 Nfd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Ne2 Bd7 15.
f5 Nxe5 16. Qxd4 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 O-O-O 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Be5 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21.
Qc3+ Qxc3 22. Bxc3 Bd6 23. Rdf1 Rdf8 24. g3 e5 25. d3 b4 26. Bb2 Bg4 27. Kd2 d4
28. Ke1 Bh3 29. Rxf8+ Rxf8 30. Bc1 Kd7 31. Bd2 Ke6 32. Nc1 Rc8 33. Na2 Rxc2 34.
Nxb4 Bxb4 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "7.27"]
[White "Eldridge, Albert"]
[Black "Burrows, Martin P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1781"]
[BlackElo "2117"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Larsen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "343438857"]
[BlackFideId "409057"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
Na6 9. h3 Nf6 10. Be2 c5 11. d5 e6 12. Nd2 e5 13. Qb3 Nc7 14. g4 Qe8 15. g5 Nh7
16. gxh6 Bxh6 17. Nb5 Nxb5 18. Qxb5 Ng5 19. Qxe8 Rxe8 20. Bg4 Kh7 21. Bxc8 Raxc8
22. Ke2 f5 23. f3 Rb8 24. a4 a6 25. Bxg5 Bxg5 26. b3 Rf8 27. Raf1 b5 28. axb5
axb5 29. h4 Bxd2 30. Kxd2 bxc4 31. bxc4 Rb2+ 32. Kd3 Rfb8 33. Rc1 R8b3+ 34. Rc3
Rxc3+ 35. Kxc3 Rf2 36. Rh3 f4 37. Kb3 Rg2 38. Ka4 Rb2 39. Ka5 Kg7 40. Rh1 Rb4
41. Rh2 Rb3 42. Rh3 Kh6 43. Ka4 Rb4+ 44. Ka5 Kh5 45. Ka6 Rb8 46. Ka5 Kh6 47. Ka6
Kg7 48. Ka7 Rb3 49. Ka6 Kf7 50. Ka5 Rb8 51. Ka6 Rb2 52. Ka5 Rb4 53. Ka6 Rxc4 54.
Kb5 Rc3 55. Kc6 Ke7 56. h5 gxh5 57. Rxh5 Rxf3 58. Rh7+ Kf6 59. Kxd6 c4 60. Rh6+
Kg5 61. Rh2 Rd3 62. Kxe5 f3 63. d6 c3 64. Rc2 Kg4 65. Ke6 Kg3 66. d7 f2 67. Rxc3
Rxc3 68. d8=Q f1=Q 69. Qg5+ Kh3 70. Qh6+ Kg4 71. Qg7+ Kh5 72. Qxc3 Qa6+ 73. Kd5
Qb7+ 74. Qc6 Qf7+ 75. Kd4 Qf2+ 76. Kc4 Qc2+ 77. Kd5 Qd3+ 78. Kc5 Qc3+ 79. Kb6
Qf3 80. Qe8+ Kg5 81. Qe5+ Kg6 82. Kc7 Kf7 83. Qd5+ Kg7 84. Qd7+ Kf6 85. Qd6+ Kf7
86. e5 Qb3 87. Qd7+ Kf8 88. Qd8+ Kf7 89. Qf6+ Ke8 90. Qh8+ Kf7 91. Qh7+ Kf8 92.
Qf5+ Ke7 93. Qg5+ Kf7 94. Qf6+ Ke8 95. Qc6+ Ke7 96. Qc5+ Ke8 97. Qc6+ Ke7 98.
Qd7+ Kf8 99. e6 Qc3+ 100. Kd8 Qa5+ 101. Kc8 Qc5+ 102. Kb7 Qb4+ 103. Kc8 Qc5+
104. Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "7.28"]
[White "White, Stuart A"]
[Black "Ratcliffe, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2072"]
[BlackElo "1845"]
[ECO "A16"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "407747"]
[BlackFideId "343432840"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Ndb5
Qb8 9. Bf4 Ne5 10. Qd4 a6 11. Na3 Ng6 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Rd1 Bc6 14. e4 O-O 15. O-O
Rd8 16. Nc2 Qc7 17. Be3 Nd7 18. Nb4 Nf6 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. h3 Rab8 21. Qd2 Ne5
22. b3 c5 23. f4 Nc6 24. g4 d5 25. exd5 exd5 26. Nxd5 Nxd5 27. Bxd5 Nb4 28. Qg2
Nxd5 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. cxd5 f5 31. Rd1 Bd6 32. Qf2 Rb4 33. Rc1 c4 34. Rxc4 Rxc4
35. bxc4 Qxc4 36. Qd2 fxg4 37. hxg4 g5 38. Qd4 Qxd4 39. Bxd4 gxf4 40. Kg2 Kf7
41. Kf3 Kg6 42. Bc3 h5 43. Bd2 hxg4+ 44. Kxg4 Kf6 45. Bxf4 Bc5 46. Bc7 Bb6 47.
Bd6 Bd4 48. Kf4 Bc3 49. Ke4 Kf7 50. Kf5 Ba5 51. Bc5 Bc3 52. a4 Ba5 53. Ke5 Ke8
54. Kd6 Kd8 55. Kc6 Kc8 56. d6 Bd8 57. Bd4 Kb8 58. Bg7 Kc8 59. Bf8 Ba5 60. Be7
Kb8 61. d7 Ka7 62. Bc5+ Kb8 63. Bb6 Bxb6 64. Kxb6 a5 65. d8=Q# 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "7.29"]
[White "Tudoroiu, Razvan-Catalin"]
[Black "Sow, MiaoGeng Malcolm"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2063"]
[BlackElo "1842"]
[ECO "A61"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Variation "Nimzovich (knight's tour) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1281100"]
[BlackFideId "5817501"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nd2 Nbd7 8. e4
Bg7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Ne8 11. a4 b6 12. Nc4 f5 13. exf5 Rxf5 14. Ne3 Rf8 15. f4
Qh4 16. g3 Qe7 17. Re1 Bd4 18. Bg4 Nc7 19. Kg2 Nf6 20. Nf5 Qxe1 21. Qxe1 gxf5
22. Bf3 Re8 23. Qd1 Bb7 24. Ne2 Rxe2+ 25. Qxe2 Re8 26. Qc2 Ne4 27. Ra3 Bxd5 28.
Rd3 Ne6 29. Be3 Kg7 30. Bxd4+ cxd4 31. Qd1 Nf6 32. Bxd5 Nxd5 33. Qc1 Nb4 34. Rd2
d5 35. Qd1 d3 36. Qb3 a5 37. Rxd3 Nxd3 38. Qxd3 d4 39. Qxf5 Nc5 40. Qg5+ Kf7 41.
Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "7.30"]
[White "Brewer, Callum D"]
[Black "Norinkeviciute, Rasa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "1904"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "435309"]
[BlackFideId "12801925"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. h3
h5 9. f4 Qc7 10. Qf3 Nbd7 11. O-O-O b5 12. Bd3 Nb6 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. Nd5 Bxd5
15. exd5 O-O-O 16. Rhe1 Re8 17. Kb1 Kb8 18. Rc1 Nd7 19. Bf5 Nc5 20. Nd4 g6 21.
Nc6+ Ka8 22. Bd3 Bh6 23. Rcd1 exf4 24. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "7.31"]
[White "Rida, Ruqayyah"]
[Black "Swiatkowski, Dominik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[BlackElo "1874"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "343272375"]
[BlackFideId "343415202"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Re1 h6
9. Be3 Bxe3 10. Rxe3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Ne7 12. d4 Ng6 13. Nf1 Qe7 14. Ng3 Bd7 15. h3
Nf4 16. Qd2 g5 17. Rae1 g4 18. Nh4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Qxh4 20. dxe5 Bf5 21. Nf6+ Kh8
22. hxg4 dxe5 23. Rxe5 Qxf6 24. Rxf5 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "7.32"]
[White "Anjulan, Ashwin"]
[Black "Patel, Zain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1876"]
[BlackElo "2058"]
[ECO "C47"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Scotch, 4...exd4"]
[WhiteFideId "343411622"]
[BlackFideId "469246"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. Re1 Bg4 11. Qc1 Re8 12. a3 Bf8 13. exd5 cxd5 14. h3 Bh5
15. Rxe8 Qxe8 16. Bg5 Qe6 17. Qd2 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Re1 Bg6 20. b4 c5 21.
bxc5 Bxc5 22. Qf4 Qd6 23. Bxe4 Qxf4 24. Bxf4 Re8 25. Bg3 Bxe4 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "7.33"]
[White "Rubeck, Jonathan"]
[Black "ONUOHA, Obioma"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1913"]
[BlackElo "2056"]
[ECO "C27"]
[Opening "Boden-Kieseritsky gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "435678"]
[BlackFideId "8505837"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Nc3 Nxc3 5. dxc3 f6 6. Nh4 g6 7. f4 Qe7 8. f5
g5 9. Qh5+ Kd8 10. Ng6 hxg6 11. Qxh8 d5 12. Bxd5 c6 13. Be6 gxf5 14. Bxc8 Kxc8
15. Be3 f4 16. Bf2 Nd7 17. O-O-O Kc7 18. Rhe1 e4 19. Qh3 e3 20. Bg1 Qf7 21. Kb1
Bd6 22. Qf5 Be5 23. g3 Nc5 24. h4 Na4 25. hxg5 Qc4 26. Rd7+ Kb6 27. gxf4 Nxc3+
28. bxc3 Bxc3 29. Rxe3 Qf1+ 30. Re1+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "7.34"]
[White "Shankar, Yashwardhan"]
[Black "Barbu, Simon-Alexandru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1886"]
[BlackElo "2051"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2411067"]
[BlackFideId "1257170"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bd7 4. Nf3 a6 5. Bd3 Bb5 6. O-O Ne7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxe7
Bxe7 9. Re1 Nd7 10. c3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Nf8 12. Nbd2 g5 13. Nf1 Ng6 14. c4 c6 15.
cxd5 cxd5 16. Qb3 b5 17. a4 b4 18. a5 Rc8 19. Ne3 h5 20. Qd3 Rc6 21. Nd2 Nf4 22.
Qf1 Ng6 23. Nb3 Qc7 24. Rec1 Kd7 25. Rxc6 Qxc6 26. Rc1 Qb7 27. Qd1 g4 28. Nc5+
Bxc5 29. Rxc5 Rc8 30. Qa4+ Rc6 31. Nc2 Kc7 32. Qxb4 Nf4 33. Rxc6+ Kxc6 34. Qd6+
Kb5 35. Qb4+ Kc6 36. Qd6+ Kb5 37. Qb4+ Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "7.35"]
[White "Skytte, Robert"]
[Black "Vaidyanathan, Sathya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[BlackElo "1842"]
[ECO "C79"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Steinitz defence deferred (Russian defence)"]
[WhiteFideId "1471775"]
[BlackFideId "490539"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 Bd7 7. Re1 g6 8. d4 Bg7
9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8+ Rxd8 12. Nxe5 O-O 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bf4
Nxe4 15. Bxc7 Rd7 16. Bf4 Nc5 17. Na3 Nd3 18. Red1 Rfd8 19. Bc1 Nxc1 20. Rdxc1
Rd2 21. Nc4 Re2 22. Re1 Rc2 23. Rac1 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Re8 25. Kf1 Re4 26. Nb6 Bh6
27. Re1 Rh4 28. h3 Rh5 29. Rd1 Rb5 30. Nc4 Rc5 31. b3 Bg5 32. Rd6 Kg7 33. Ke2
Bf6 34. Kd3 Rg5 35. g4 h5 36. f4 Rb5 37. Rxc6 Rd5+ 38. Kc2 g5 39. Ne3 Rd8 40.
gxh5 Be7 41. Nf5+ Kf8 42. Nxe7 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "7.36"]
[White "Byron, Alan M"]
[Black "Pai, Sidhanth"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2022"]
[BlackElo "1842"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "401773"]
[BlackFideId "343111937"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c5 7. d3 Nc6 8. Bb2 Qc7
9. Na3 a6 10. Nc2 b6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. d4 h6 13. Ne3 Be6 14. Rc1 Rfd8 15. Qc2
Qb7 16. Qb1 Rac8 17. Rfd1 Ne4 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Nd4 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Nxd4 21. Rxd4
Nc3 22. Rxc3 Rxc3 23. Qb2 Qc7 24. h3 Rc1+ 25. Kh2 Qc3 26. Qxc3 Rxc3 27. Nxd5
Bxd5 28. Bxd5 Kf8 29. Rd2 f5 30. f3 Re3 31. Kg2 g5 32. h4 f4 33. gxf4 gxf4 34.
Rd4 Kg7 35. Kf1 Re5 36. e4 fxe3 37. Rg4+ Kf6 38. Be4 Rd2 39. b4 Re6 40. a3 Red6
41. Rg8 Ra2 42. Ke1 Rdd2 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "7.37"]
[White "Freeman, Luke"]
[Black "Kendall, Arthur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1867"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[ECO "C06"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, closed variation, main line"]
[WhiteFideId "343411959"]
[BlackFideId "343410960"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. Nf4 Nxd4 10. Qh5+ Ke7 11. exf6+ Nxf6 12. Ng6+ hxg6 13. Qxh8 Kf7 14. O-O e5
15. Nb3 Nxb3 16. axb3 Bf5 17. Bxf5 gxf5 18. Bg5 Bc5 19. Qh3 g6 20. Rac1 Bb6 21.
Qc3 Qd6 22. Bxf6 Kxf6 23. Kh1 Rh8 24. h3 d4 25. Qg3 Qd5 26. Rcd1 e4 27. f3 e3
28. Qe1 Qb5 29. Rc1 f4 30. Rc2 g5 31. b4 Rd8 32. b3 d3 33. Rc4 e2 34. Qc3+ Qe5
35. Qxe5+ Kxe5 36. Re1 Kf5 37. Re4 Bf2 38. R1xe2 dxe2 39. Rxe2 Rd1+ 40. Kh2 Bg3# 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "7.38"]
[White "Hu, Junyan"]
[Black "Rayner, Francis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1862"]
[BlackElo "1983"]
[ECO "C58"]
[Opening "Two knights defence"]
[WhiteFideId "343401260"]
[BlackFideId "1800132"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Qe2 Bd6 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Bxd7 Qxd7 10. O-O c6 11. Qd3 h6 12. Nge4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Rfd8 14. Qc3
Bc7 15. d6 Bb6 16. Qxe5 Nc4 17. Qg3 Qe6 18. d3 Nxd6 19. Nxd6 Rxd6 20. Bf4 Rd5
21. Rae1 Qf6 22. Re2 Rf5 23. Be5 Qg6 24. Qxg6 fxg6 25. Bg3 Raf8 26. Kh1 R8f7 27.
f3 Rd7 28. h3 g5 29. b3 Kh7 30. Re5 Rff7 31. Rfe1 Bc7 32. Kh2 Bxe5 33. Bxe5 Rfe7
34. Re4 c5 35. a4 Re6 36. Kg3 Kg6 37. h4 a6 38. a5 Rd5 39. Bc7 gxh4+ 40. Kxh4
Rh5+ 41. Kg3 Rxe4 42. dxe4 c4 43. b4 Kf6 44. c3 Ke6 45. Bb6 Rh1 46. Bd4 g6 47.
f4 Rd1 48. Kf2 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "7.39"]
[White "Chapman, Luke"]
[Black "Oh, Sejun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1976"]
[BlackElo "1695"]
[ECO "B36"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, Gurgenidze variation"]
[WhiteFideId "343416608"]
[BlackFideId "13216112"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Be2 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. f3 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. O-O b5 15.
Nd5 Qxd2 16. Bxd2 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Bd4+ 18. Kh1 Bd7 19. Bd3 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21.
g3 Rxc1+ 22. Bxc1 Kf8 23. Kg2 Ke8 24. f4 Kd8 25. Kf3 Kc7 26. Be3 Bxe3 27. Kxe3
Kb6 28. b4 e6 29. Kd4 exd5 30. exd5 f5 31. a3 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "7.40"]
[White "Saxena, Reyansh"]
[Black "Vaddhireddy, Sai"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1641"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "343423884"]
[BlackFideId "499560"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Nd7 7. Bc4 Nf6 8.
Ne5 e6 9. Qe2 b5 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. a4 Bd6 12. Nxc6 b4 13. Nd4 a6 14. Nf5 Bb7 15.
Nxg7+ Kf8 16. Nh5 Nxh5 17. Qxh5 Rg8 18. Be2 Bxg2 19. Rg1 Bxh2 20. Bf3 Bxg1 21.
Bxg2 Rxg2 22. Qf3 Qe5+ 23. Kd1 Qd5 24. Qf4 Bxf2 25. d3 Qh5+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "7.41"]
[White "Saxena, Advik"]
[Black "Gorskovs, Andrejs"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1806"]
[BlackElo "1920"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[WhiteFideId "343423892"]
[BlackFideId "343426751"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O d5
9. Qc2 O-O 10. Bf4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 c5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Qb2 Qe7 15.
Nxd7 Qxd7 16. b4 Be7 17. b5 Bb7 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Qb3 Qe8 20. Rac1 dxc4 21. Nxc4
Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rc5 24. a4 Nd5 25. Bd6 Bxd6 26. Nxd6 Qe7 27. Ne4
Rc8 28. h3 f5 29. Nd2 Rc3 30. Qb1 Ra3 31. Qc2 Qc5 32. Qxc5 bxc5 33. e4 Nc3 34.
Nc4 Rxa4 35. Rd8+ Kf7 36. Ne5+ Ke7 37. Nc6+ Kf6 38. Rf8+ Kg6 39. exf5+ exf5 40.
Ne7+ Kh6 41. Ng8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "7.42"]
[White "Venkatesh, Anuj"]
[Black "Bharat Kumar, Balahari"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1825"]
[BlackElo "2068"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "455636"]
[BlackFideId "496464"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O c5 5. c4 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Bg7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Qh4 Qc8 10. Bg5 Na6 11. Rac1 Re8 12. Rfd1 d6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Qd7
15. Nd4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 f6 17. Be3 e5 18. dxe6 Rxe6 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. Rcd1 Qe7 21.
Qf4 Rd8 22. R4d2 Nc5 23. Bxc5 bxc5 24. Qc4 Kg7 25. e3 Re5 26. Rd5 Qe6 27. b3 Qe7
28. Qa6 Rxd5 29. Rxd5 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "7.43"]
[White "Varney, Zoe"]
[Black "Turner, Lewis A"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "2053"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[ECO "B35"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, modern variation with Bc4"]
[WhiteFideId "436135"]
[BlackFideId "412600"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. f3 Rc8 12. g4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. Nce2 e5 15.
Nb3 Qc7 16. c3 Be6 17. Rd1 Rd8 18. Ng3 a5 19. Nc1 Rd7 20. Qf2 a4 21. Nce2 a3 22.
Bb6 Qc8 23. b3 Rxc3 24. Nxc3 Qxc3+ 25. Kf1 d5 26. Kg2 Bh6 27. Bc5 Rc7 28. Bd6
Be3 29. Qe2 Rc6 30. Be7 Qb2 31. Bxa3 Qxa3 32. Qxe3 Rc2+ 33. Rd2 Qxa2 34. Rd1 d4
35. Qg5 Kg7 36. Nh5+ Nxh5 37. gxh5 f6 38. h6+ Kf7 39. Rxc2 Qxc2+ 40. Qd2 Bxb3
41. Qxc2 Bxc2 42. Rd2 d3 43. Kf2 b5 44. Ke3 b4 45. Rxd3 Bxd3 46. Kxd3 g5 47. Kc4
Kg6 48. Kxb4 Kxh6 49. Kc5 Kg6 50. Kd6 h5 51. Ke6 g4 52. fxg4 hxg4 53. hxg4 Kg5
54. Kd5 Kxg4 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "7.44"]
[White "Ashton, Alannah"]
[Black "Balzer, Lars"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "1983"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Gurgenidze system"]
[WhiteFideId "480681"]
[BlackFideId "4646452"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e5 h5 5. h3 Nh6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. Bd3 e6 8. Ne2 Bxd3
9. Qxd3 Nf5 10. O-O Be7 11. b3 Nd7 12. a4 Nf8 13. c4 g5 14. cxd5 g4 15. d6 Bxd6
16. Bg5 Be7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Nd2 gxh3 19. Qxh3 O-O-O 20. Ne4 Kb8 21. Rfd1 h4
22. Rab1 Nd7 23. b4 Rhg8 24. b5 c5 25. b6 a6 26. dxc5 Nxc5 27. Nf6 Rxd1+ 28.
Rxd1 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. Qa3 Nd3 31. Qc3 Ne7 32. Nd4 Nxe5 33. Nxe6 Qd1+ 34.
Kh2 N7c6 35. Nc5 Qd6 36. f4 Qxf6 37. fxe5 Qg6 38. e6 f6 39. Qxf6 Qg3+ 40. Kg1
Qe3+ 41. Qf2 Qc1+ 42. Kh2 Ne7 43. Qf8+ Nc8 44. Nd7+ Ka8 45. e7 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "7.45"]
[White "Kilambi, Venkata Ananth Akshay"]
[Black "Wilson, Matthew R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2038"]
[BlackElo "1772"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "489395"]
[BlackFideId "423459"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 c5 3. b3 Nf6 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O e6 7. Be2 Bd6 8. d4
cxd4 9. exd4 O-O 10. c4 Rc8 11. Nc3 Bb8 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Nb5 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
Nd6 Bxd6 16. Bxd6 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Ne4 18. Bf4 dxc4 19. Qd4 Bc6 20. Qxa7 c3 21.
Rfd1 Qf6 22. Be3 c2 23. Re1 Nd6 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. Qa5 Rc3 26. Rac1 h6 27. Qa4
Re4 28. Qa8+ Kh7 29. Rf1 Qe7 30. Qa5 Rc6 31. Qd5 g6 32. Qd3 Qc7 33. Bd2 Re8 34.
Qh3 h5 35. Bf4 Qc8 36. Qd3 Qf5 37. Qf3 Rec8 38. Qg3 Nb5 39. Rfe1 Nc3 40. Re5 Qg4
41. Qxg4 hxg4 42. Rxc2 Nxa2 43. Rxc6 Rxc6 44. Re7 Kg8 45. Rxb7 Re6 46. Kf1 Nc3
47. Bd2 Ne4 48. Be1 Ra6 49. Ke2 Ra2+ 50. Ke3 Nf6 51. Rb5 Nh5 52. Bc3 f5 53. Be5
g5 54. g3 f4+ 55. gxf4 gxf4+ 56. Bxf4 Nxf4 57. Kxf4 Rxf2+ 58. Kg3 Rb2 59. Rb8+
Kf7 60. b4 Ke6 61. b5 Kf5 62. Rf8+ Ke6 63. Rb8 Kf5 64. b6 Rb3+ 65. Kf2 Rb2+ 66.
Ke3 Rxh2 67. b7 Rh3+ 68. Kd4 Rb3 69. Rf8+ Kg5 70. b8=Q Rxb8 71. Rxb8 Kf4 72.
Rf8+ Kg3 73. Ke3 Kh2 74. Rg8 g3 75. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "7.46"]
[White "Woods, Yannick"]
[Black "Napolitano, Domenico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
[BlackElo "1863"]
[ECO "C40"]
[Opening "Latvian counter-gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "2518384"]
[BlackFideId "456993"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5. Nc4 fxe4 6. Nc3 Qg6 7. Ne3 Nf6 8. Be2
c6 9. O-O Be7 10. f3 O-O 11. fxe4 Nxe4 12. Bd3 d5 13. Rxf8+ Bxf8 14. Qf3 Ng5 15.
Qxf8+ Kxf8 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Nexd5 Ne6 18. Nf4 Nxd4 19. Be3 Nxc2 20. Bc5+ Ke8
21. Rd1 Na6 22. Bf2 Bf5 23. Rd2 Rd8 24. Re2+ Kf7 25. g4 Nd4 26. Bxd4 Rxd4 27.
Rf2 g5 28. Ng2 Rxg4 29. Rxf5+ Ke6 30. Rf3 b5 31. Kf2 Nc5 32. Re3+ Kd6 33. Ne1 b4
34. Ne2 Rh4 35. Nf3 Rc4 36. Nfd4 Kd5 37. Re8 Nd3+ 38. Ke3 Nxb2 39. Rd8+ Kc5 40.
Ne6+ Kb5 41. N2d4+ Ka4 42. Ra8 a5 43. Nb3 Rc3+ 44. Ke4 Nc4 45. Ned4 Ka3 46. Nxc6
Re3+ 47. Kd4 Kxa2 48. Nbxa5 Ra3 49. Nxb4+ Kb1 50. Kxc4 Rh3 51. Nb3 Rh4+ 52. Kc3
Rh3+ 53. Nd3 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "7.47"]
[White "Gibson, Christopher A"]
[Black "Butt, Laurence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1887"]
[BlackElo "1790"]
[ECO "B56"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[WhiteFideId "414697"]
[BlackFideId "440884"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nd5 Nxd5 7. exd5 Qa5+ 8.
Bd2 Qxd5 9. Nb5 Qe4+ 10. Be2 Kd8 11. O-O Bd7 12. c4 a6 13. Nc3 Qf5 14. Nd5 e6
15. Bd3 Qe5 16. Bc3 Qg5 17. f4 Qh6 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Qb3 Be7 20. Rad1 Rg8 21. Be4
g5 22. f5 g4 23. Rd3 exf5 24. Nxd7 Kxd7 25. Bxf5+ Kc7 26. c5 Rbd8 27. Bd2 Qh5
28. Qb6+ Kb8 29. Rb3 Rd7 30. Bxd7 Nd8 31. cxd6 Bg5 32. Qc7+ Ka8 33. Bc8 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "7.48"]
[White "Gupta, Aditya"]
[Black "Siddhartha Shankar Srivastava"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1808"]
[BlackElo "1589"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pin variation (Sicilian counter-attack)"]
[WhiteFideId "343418643"]
[BlackFideId "25780590"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bd2 e5 9. f4 d6 10. a3 Bc5 11. Na4 Bb6 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Bc3 Qc7 14. Qd2 O-O 15.
fxe5 dxe5 16. Qg5 Re8 17. Rf1 h6 18. Qg3 Nh5 19. Qf3 Nf4 20. Bc4 Be6 21. Bxe6
Nxe6 22. O-O-O Ra7 23. g4 c5 24. Rd5 Nd4 25. Bxd4 cxd4 26. Kb1 Qc4 27. h4 Rc7
28. Rf2 b5 29. b3 Qc3 30. Qxc3 Rxc3 31. Re2 Rg3 32. Rxb5 Rxg4 33. a4 f6 34. a5
Rd8 35. a6 Rg1+ 36. Kb2 Kh7 37. a7 Ra8 38. Rb7 Rg4 39. Re1 Rg2 40. Ra1 Rc8 41.
Rb8 Rgxc2+ 42. Ka3 Rc1 43. Rxc1 Rxc1 44. Kb2 Rh1 45. a8=Q Rxh4 46. Rh8+ Kg6 47.
Qe8+ Kg5 48. Qf7 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "7.49"]
[White "Wheeler, James M"]
[Black "Halas, Kim Aleksander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1846"]
[BlackElo "1729"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "closed (Breyer) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "463396"]
[BlackFideId "1546074"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. dxe4 Qc7 5. Ngf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. Be2 Nd7 8.
O-O O-O-O 9. c3 Ngf6 10. Qc2 e6 11. Re1 h6 12. Nh2 Bd6 13. Nhf1 g5 14. Bxh5 Nxh5
15. Nc4 Bf4 16. Qe2 Bxc1 17. Qxh5 Nf6 18. Qf3 Bf4 19. g3 Be5 20. Rad1 b5 21.
Nxe5 Qxe5 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Qe3 Rd7 24. Nd2 Nh5 25. Nf3 Qd6 26. Nd4 Kb7 27. Nb3
Kb8 28. Re2 Qd1+ 29. Kg2 Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Williams, Simon K"]
[Black "Hagner, Bennet"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[ECO "D39"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin, Vienna variation"]
[WhiteFideId "404454"]
[BlackFideId "16224477"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. e5 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. exf6 Qxg5 11. fxg7 Qxg7 12. Qd2 Bd7 13. Bxc4 Nc6 14. Nxc6
Bxc6 15. O-O-O O-O 16. h4 Kh8 17. Rh3 Rg8 18. Qf4 e5 19. Qf5 Qh6+ 20. Re3 Qf4
21. Qxe5+ Qxe5 22. Rxe5 Rxg2 23. Rf5 Rg4 24. Rd4 Rxd4 25. cxd4 Rd8 26. d5 Ba4
27. Kd2 b5 28. Bd3 Kg7 29. Kc3 a5 30. Kd4 b4 31. Rg5+ Kf6 32. Rf5+ Kg7 33. Rg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Deuer, Marius"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "E40"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "16236432"]
[BlackFideId "12800112"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Ne4 5. Qc2 f5 6. Bd3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 O-O 8.
Bxe4 fxe4 9. Qxe4 d5 10. Qc2 b6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Ne2 Nc6 13. O-O Bf5 14. Qd1
Na5 15. f3 Nc4 16. Ng3 Qd7 17. e4 Bg6 18. e5 a5 19. f4 Rf7 20. Qf3 Raf8 21. a3
a4 22. Ra2 c6 23. Raf2 b5 24. h3 Qe7 25. Qe2 Qe6 26. Qg4 Rf5 27. Nxf5 Bxf5 28.
Qh4 Rf7 29. g4 Bd3 30. Rd1 Be4 31. f5 Qe7 32. Qxe7 Rxe7 33. f6 Re6 34. fxg7 Kxg7
35. Rdf1 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Plat, Vojtech"]
[Black "Golding, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2461"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[ECO "C45"]
[Opening "Scotch"]
[Variation "Romanishin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "325740"]
[BlackFideId "427241"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb4+ 6. c3 Be7 7. Bf4 d6 8.
Bc4 Nf6 9. N1d2 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. Qe2 Bxc4 12. Qxc4 Nd7 13. Nf3 Bf6 14. Rad1
Re8 15. Rfe1 Qc8 16. Bg3 Nb6 17. Qd3 Ne5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. c4 h5 20. f3 h4 21.
Bf2 Rd8 22. Qe2 Nd7 23. g3 Nf8 24. Rxd8 Bxd8 25. f4 hxg3 26. hxg3 Qh3 27. Qf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Black "Kuru, Atilla"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "14103052"]
[BlackFideId "51607948"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Rc8 9. c4 g6 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. Be3 Nf6 12. Nxc6 Rxc6 13. Qb3 O-O 14. h3 Qc8
15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Rc4 17. Rac1 b5 18. a4 Qa8 19. Rxc4 bxc4 20. Qxc4 Bxb2 21.
Qc7 Bf6 22. Rc1 Kg7 23. a5 Qb8 24. Bb6 Qxc7 25. Rxc7 Ra8 26. Kf1 g5 27. g3 h5
28. Ke2 Kf8 29. Ke3 Ke8 30. f4 gxf4+ 31. gxf4 Bg7 32. Rb7 f6 33. Bc7 Bh6 34. Kf3
Kd7 35. Bb6+ Ke8 36. e5 fxe5 37. fxe5 dxe5 38. Ke4 Rc8 39. Kxe5 Rc1 40. Ra7 Re1+
41. Kf5 Be3 42. Rxa6 Bxb6 43. Rxb6 Ra1 44. a6 Ra4 45. Ke5 Kf7 46. d6 Ra5+ 47.
Kd4 e5+ 48. Ke4 Ke6 49. d7+ Kxd7 50. Rh6 Kc7 51. Rh7+ Kd6 52. Rxh5 Ra4+ 53. Kf5
Kd5 54. Rh6 Ra1 55. Rb6 e4 56. Rb5+ Kd6 57. Rb4 Ra5+ 58. Kf4 Rxa6 59. Rxe4 Ra8
60. h4 Rf8+ 61. Kg5 Kd5 62. Re1 Rg8+ 63. Kf6 Rh8 64. Rh1 Rh6+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Laurent-Paoli, Pierre"]
[Black "Kaasen, Tor Fredrik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[ECO "D26"]
[Opening "QGA"]
[Variation "4...e6"]
[WhiteFideId "26017962"]
[BlackFideId "1516647"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O Be7 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. a4 Bb7 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 12. Bxb5 O-O 13. Nc3 c6 14. Bc4 c5
15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bd2 Nfe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Rd1 Nxd2 19. Rxd2 Rd8 20. Rxd8+
Qxd8 21. Ne1 Qa8 22. Qd1 h6 23. Bf1 Bd5 24. Nd3 Qb7 25. Qa4 Bc6 26. Qc2 Be4 27.
f3 Bxd3 28. Bxd3 Qb6 29. Kf2 Bc5 30. Kf1 Kf8 31. e4 Qb4 32. g3 Qd4 33. Kg2 g5
34. Kh3 h5 35. Qe2 e5 36. Bb5 Qe3 37. Qd1 Bd4 38. b3 Kg7 39. Bd7 Qg1 40. Qxg1
Bxg1 41. b4 Be3 42. Ba4 Bd2 43. b5 Be3 44. Bd1 Kg6 45. Kg2 h4 46. Kh3 hxg3 47.
hxg3 f6 48. Bb3 Kg7 49. Kg4 Kf8 50. Kf5 Ke7 51. Bd5 Bf2 52. f4 gxf4 53. gxf4
exf4 54. Kxf4 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Gordon, Stephen J"]
[Black "Martin, Nils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2222"]
[ECO "A11"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Caro-Kann defensive system"]
[WhiteFideId "411477"]
[BlackFideId "45160473"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Be2
e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Bb8 11. Rc1 e4 12. Nfd4 a6 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Nc7 Bxc7 15.
Qxc7 Qxc7 16. Rxc7 Ne5 17. O-O b6 18. Rfc1 a5 19. Bd6 Bg4 20. Bb5 Nd3 21. R1c3
Rec8 22. f3 Rxc7 23. Bxc7 Bh5 24. Bxd3 exd3 25. Bxb6 Nd7 26. Bxa5 f6 27. b4 Ne5
28. f4 Nc4 29. Rxd3 Nxa5 30. Ra3 Bg4 31. Rxa5 Rxa5 32. bxa5 Bc8 33. Nb5 Kf8 34.
Nc7 Ke7 35. a6 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Ghimpu, Samuel-Timotei"]
[Black "Bryant, Harry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2428"]
[BlackElo "2207"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "East Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1238175"]
[BlackFideId "489158"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. b4 a5 6. b5 c5 7. bxc6 Nxc6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Bf5 10. c3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. a4 Qc7 13. Qb3 Rfd8 14. Ba3 Rab8 15.
Rfc1 e5 16. h3 Bf5 17. Bc5 b6 18. Ba3 Bf8 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. c4 Be6 21. cxd5 Bxd5
22. Qa3+ Qe7 23. Nxe5 Qxa3 24. Rxa3 Nxe5 25. dxe5 Rbc8 26. Rb1 Be4 27. Re1 Rd2
28. Bf3 Bxf3 29. gxf3 Rcc2 30. Rf1 Rc5 31. f4 g5 32. fxg5 Rxe5 33. f4 Rc5 34.
Rf2 Rd1+ 35. Kg2 Rb1 36. Rd2 Ke7 37. Rad3 Rb4 38. Rd7+ Kf8 39. Rb7 Rxa4 40. Rdd7 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "8.8"]
[White "Saunders, Aron"]
[Black "Wang, Hao(ZJ)"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2201"]
[BlackElo "2426"]
[ECO "C43"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "modern attack, Symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "469343"]
[BlackFideId "8631859"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. dxe5 d5 6. exd6 Nxd6 7. O-O Be7 8.
c3 Bg4 9. Bf4 Qd7 10. Nbd2 O-O-O 11. Qc2 Bf5 12. Bxf5 Qxf5 13. Qxf5+ Nxf5 14.
Rad1 h5 15. Rfe1 f6 16. h4 Bc5 17. Nf1 a5 18. Ne3 Nce7 19. Nxf5 Nxf5 20. a4 c6
21. Kf1 Rd7 22. Rxd7 Kxd7 23. g3 b6 24. Nd2 Ra8 25. Nb3 Be7 26. Rd1+ Ke6 27.
Nd4+ Nxd4 28. Rxd4 Bc5 29. Rd3 b5 30. axb5 cxb5 31. Ke2 a4 32. Be3 Bd6 33. Bd4
Rf8 34. Re3+ Kd5 35. Kd3 g6 36. Re1 f5 37. f4 Rc8 38. Re2 b4 39. cxb4 Bxb4 40.
Re5+ Kd6 41. Bf2 a3 42. bxa3 Rc3+ 43. Ke2 Rxa3 44. Kf1 Ra2 45. Re2 Ra1+ 46. Kg2
Ra6 47. Rb2 Ra4 48. Re2 Bc3 49. Rc2 Ra3 50. Re2 Kd5 51. Re8 Bf6 52. Rg8 Ra2 53.
Kf3 Ke6 54. Re8+ Kd6 55. Rg8 Ke7 56. Rb8 Ra3+ 57. Kg2 Ra6 58. Rb7+ Ke6 59. Rb6+
Rxb6 60. Bxb6 Kd5 61. Kf3 Bc3 62. Ba7 Be1 63. Bb6 Kc4 64. Ba7 Kd3 65. Bb6 Bb4
66. Ba7 Bc3 67. Bb6 Kc4 68. Ke2 Bd4 69. Bxd4 Kxd4 70. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "8.9"]
[White "Grutter, Tim"]
[Black "Adams, Henry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2159"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Morphy defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1057472"]
[BlackFideId "464562"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. O-O Be7 7. e5 Ne4 8. Nxd4
O-O 9. Re1 Nc5 10. Bxc6 dxc6 11. Nc3 Re8 12. Be3 Bf8 13. f4 Ne6 14. Nf3 c5 15.
Qe2 Nd4 16. Qf2 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Qh4 18. Bf2 Qg4 19. Nd5 Qxf3 20. gxf3 Rd8 21.
Nxc7 Rb8 22. Rad1 Bf5 23. c4 h5 24. b3 Rdc8 25. Nd5 b5 26. Ne3 Bh3 27. Rc1 b4
28. f5 a5 29. Bh4 g6 30. fxg6 fxg6 31. Nd5 Kf7 32. Rcd1 Rc6 33. Kf2 Bh6 34. Be7
a4 35. Bd6 Rb7 36. bxa4 Ra7 37. Re2 Be6 38. h4 Rxa4 39. Nc7 Ra3 40. Rg1 Rxc7 41.
Bxc7 Bxc4 42. e6+ Bxe6 43. Bd6 Bc4 44. Re7+ Kf6 45. Bxc5 Rxa2+ 46. Kg3 Kf5 47.
Re4 Bd5 48. Rxb4 Rc2 49. Bd6 Rc3 50. Rf1 Rd3 51. Be7 Bd2 52. Ra4 Bc6 53. Ra6
Bf4+ 54. Kg2 Rc3 55. Ra5+ Ke6 56. Bg5 Bc7 57. Raa1 Be5 58. Rac1 Bb5 59. Rfe1
Rxc1 60. Rxc1 Bd3 61. Rc6+ Kf5 62. Rc8 Ke6 63. Rd8 Bf5 64. Re8+ Kd5 65. Kf2 Bd4+
66. Ke2 Kc4 67. Rd8 Bd3+ 68. Kd2 Bf5 69. Rd6 Kc5 70. Be7 Kc4 71. Bf6 Bc5 72. Rd8
Bb6 73. Rb8 Bc5 74. Bg5 Bd4 75. Re8 Kb4 76. Ke2 Kc4 77. Rd8 Bd3+ 78. Kd2 Bf5 79.
Ke1 Kc3 80. Be7 Kc4 81. Rf8 Kd3 82. Bg5 Bb6 83. Ra8 Bd4 84. Ra3+ Kc4 85. Ke2 Bc2
86. Be3 Bf6 87. Bf2 Bb2 88. Ra8 Bd3+ 89. Kd2 Bc3+ 90. Kd1 Bf5 91. Be1 Bd4 92.
Kd2 Bc3+ 93. Ke2 Bd4 94. Ra4+ Kd5 95. Bf2 Bc3 96. Be3 Bf6 97. Kf2 Bc3 98. Kg3
Be5+ 99. Bf4 Bc3 100. Be3 Be5+ 101. f4 Bc3 102. Bf2 Bc2 103. Ra3 Bf6 104. Ra5+
Ke4 105. Rc5 Bd3 106. Be1 Bd4 107. Rg5 Be3 108. Re5+ Kd4 109. Bf2 Bxf2+ 110.
Kxf2 Bc2 111. Ra5 Ke4 112. Rc5 Bd3 113. Kg3 Ke3 114. Re5+ Be4 115. Re7 Kd4 116.
Kf2 Bc6 117. Rc7 Bd5 118. f5 gxf5 119. Rh7 Ke5 120. Rxh5 Kf6 121. Rh6+ Kg7 122.
Rd6 Bb3 123. Kg3 f4+ 124. Kxf4 Ba2 125. Kg5 Bb3 126. Rd7+ Kh8 127. Kh6 Ba2 128.
Rh7+ Kg8 129. Ra7 Bd5 130. Rd7 Be4 131. Rd8+ Kf7 132. Rd4 Bc2 133. Rg4 Bd3 134.
Rg3 Bc2 135. Rg7+ Kf8 136. Rg2 Be4 137. Rg1 Bd3 138. h5 Kf7 139. Rg7+ Kf8 140.
Rg3 Bc2 141. Rc3 Be4 142. Rc4 Bd3 143. Rd4 Bc2 144. Rd2 Bb1 145. Rd1 Bc2 146.
Rg1 Kf7 147. Rg6 Bd3 148. Rd6 Bc2 149. Rd7+ Kg8 150. Kg5 Kh8 151. Ra7 Bd3 152.
Kh6 Bc4 153. Rc7 Bd5 154. Rh7+ Kg8 155. Rd7 Be4 156. Rd8+ Kf7 157. Rd4 Bc2 158.
Rg4 Bb1 159. Rg3 Bc2 160. Rg1 Bd3 161. Rg7+ Kf8 162. Rg6 Kf7 163. Rd6 Bc2 164.
Kg5 Kg8 165. Kf6 Kh8 166. h6 Bb1 167. Rd8+ Kh7 168. Rd7+ Kh8 169. Kg5 Bc2 170.
Ra7 Bd3 171. h7 Bxh7 172. Kh6 Bg8 173. Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "8.10"]
[White "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Black "Gormally, Daniel W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "5.Be2"]
[WhiteFideId "436224"]
[BlackFideId "406465"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 Na6 6. h3 O-O 7. Be3 c5 8. d5 e6
9. Nf3 exd5 10. cxd5 b5 11. a3 b4 12. axb4 cxb4 13. Nb1 Nc5 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15.
Nbd2 Re8 16. Qc2 Qe7 17. O-O Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Qxe4 19. Qxc5 Bxh3 20. Rfe1 Rec8 21.
Qd6 Bxb2 22. Ba6 Qg4 23. Qh2 Bxa1 24. Bxc8 Rxc8 25. Rxa1 b3 26. Qxh3 Qxh3 27.
gxh3 b2 28. Rf1 Rc1 29. Nd2 Kf8 30. f4 a5 31. Nb1 a4 32. d6 Ke8 33. Na3 Ra1 34.
Rb1 Rxa3 35. Rxb2 Rxh3 36. Kf2 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "8.11"]
[White "Vaidyanathan, Adithya"]
[Black "Badacsonyi, Stanley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2189"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[ECO "E90"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "495450"]
[BlackFideId "486973"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. g3 f5 9.
exf5 gxf5 10. Nh4 Nf4 11. gxf4 Qxh4 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Rg1 h6 14. c5 Nd7 15. c6
bxc6 16. dxc6 Nf6 17. Nb5 Rb8 18. Nxc7 Kh7 19. Bg2 Ne4 20. Qc2 Rd8 21. Bxe4
Qxe4+ 22. Qxe4 fxe4 23. Ne6 Bxe6 24. c7 Bxh3 25. Be3 Rdc8 26. cxb8=Q Rxb8 27.
O-O-O Be6 28. Rd6 Rc8+ 29. Kb1 Bf5 30. Ra6 Rc7 31. Rh1 Bg6 32. b4 Rb7 33. a3 h5
34. Kb2 Rd7 35. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "8.12"]
[White "Kalavannan, Koby"]
[Black "Ward, Cian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "1947"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "425753"]
[BlackFideId "475599"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. g3 Be7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. c4 d5 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Nb6 12. Qd3 Nbd5 13. Ne5 Nxc3 14. Nxc6
Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 bxc6 16. Bxc6 Rb8 17. Rfd1 Nd5 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Be4 a5 20. Rac1
Rb4 21. Rc5 c6 22. b3 h6 23. Bc2 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Qxd4 25. Rxa5 Nd5 26. Qd3 Qxd3
27. Bxd3 Rb8 28. Ra7 Kf8 29. Bc4 Nb6 30. Ba6 Nc8 31. Bxc8 Rxc8 32. a5 Rb8 33.
Rc7 Ra8 34. b4 Ra6 35. Kf1 Ke8 36. Ke2 Kd8 37. Rxf7 c5 38. bxc5 Rxa5 39. c6 Rc5
40. Rxg7 Rxc6 41. Rg6 h5 42. Rh6 Rc5 43. Rxe6 h4 44. Rh6 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "8.13"]
[White "Mazur, Stefan"]
[Black "Lee, Younggyu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2392"]
[BlackElo "1892"]
[ECO "C96"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed (10...c5)"]
[WhiteFideId "14909332"]
[BlackFideId "13227378"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nc6 13. Nc3 Bd7 14. b3 Re8 15. Bb2
Bf8 16. Qd2 exd4 17. Nxd4 b4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. exd5 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1
Bd7 22. Qxb4 Qg5 23. Qe4 f5 24. Qd4 Rc8 25. Bd3 Qd2 26. Re7 Rc1+ 27. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "8.14"]
[White "Skytte, Rasmus"]
[Black "Yoon, Jacob D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2354"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Grand Prix attack"]
[WhiteFideId "1404210"]
[BlackFideId "446076"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb5 Nf6 6. Qe2 Be7 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. d3
O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. b3 Re8 11. Kh1 Nd7 12. Bb2 Nb6 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. e5 c4 15.
dxc4 Nxc4 16. Ba1 Nb6 17. Qd3 Nd7 18. Na4 Nf8 19. Bd4 c5 20. Bf2 Qc6 21. Rfe1
Ba6 22. Qd2 Red8 23. Nc3 Bb7 24. Ne2 Rd7 25. Ng3 g6 26. Nf1 Rbd8 27. Bh4 Bxh4
28. Nxh4 d4 29. Ng3 Qa6 30. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "8.15"]
[White "Southcott-Moyers, Indy"]
[Black "Hill, Alistair"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2266"]
[BlackElo "2104"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "3.g3"]
[WhiteFideId "488542"]
[BlackFideId "432407"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qa4 Nfd7 6. cxd5 Nb6 7. Qd1 cxd5 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. O-O Bg7 10. b3 O-O 11. a4 Bg4 12. Bb2 Nd7 13. Nc3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nxd4 15.
Bxd5 e6 16. Bg2 Nc5 17. b4 Ncb3 18. e3 Nxa1 19. exd4 Qxd4 20. Qxd4 Bxd4 21. Bxa1
Rac8 22. Nd5 Rc4 23. Nf6+ Kg7 24. Nd7 Rd8 25. Nc5 Bxa1 26. Rxa1 Rxb4 27. Nxb7
Rb8 28. Nc5 Rb1+ 29. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 30. Bf1 Rc1 31. Na6 Ra1 32. Nc5 Rc1 33. Nb7 Rb1
34. Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "8.16"]
[White "Hobson, Kenneth"]
[Black "White, Stuart A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2072"]
[ECO "B62"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Keres variation"]
[WhiteFideId "480819"]
[BlackFideId "407747"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd3 Bd7 8.
O-O-O a6 9. Qg3 Rc8 10. Kb1 Be7 11. Nxc6 Rxc6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Rxd6 Bxc3 14.
Rxc6 Bxc6 15. bxc3 Qd1+ 16. Kb2 O-O 17. Qe3 Rd8 18. Qc1 Bxe4 19. f3 Bc6 20. Bd3
Qxc1+ 21. Rxc1 g5 22. c4 Kg7 23. Kc3 f5 24. h4 Kf6 25. Rh1 h5 26. hxg5+ Kxg5 27.
Re1 Kf6 28. Rh1 Rh8 29. Kd2 e5 30. Ke3 Kg5 31. g3 Re8 32. Be2 f4+ 33. gxf4+
exf4+ 34. Kf2 Re3 35. Rg1+ Kf6 36. Rh1 Re5 37. Rd1 Rg5 38. Rd6+ Ke5 39. Rh6 Kd4
40. Rf6 Ke5 41. Rh6 Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "8.17"]
[White "Verbin, Valentina"]
[Black "Lau, Lut Yin Luke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2122"]
[BlackElo "2243"]
[ECO "E03"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Qa4 Nbd7, 6.Qxc4"]
[WhiteFideId "13905910"]
[BlackFideId "6002226"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. Nf3 a6 8. Qc2
b5 9. Ne5 Nd5 10. Nc3 Nxe5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. dxe5 Bb7 13. O-O Be7 14. h4 O-O 15.
Rd1 Qd7 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. hxg5 Rac8 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. e4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "8.18"]
[White "Sivanandan, Bodhana"]
[Black "Tudoroiu, Razvan-Catalin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2229"]
[BlackElo "2063"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "497592"]
[BlackFideId "1281100"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 a6 10. Re1 Bd7 11. c3 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 Be7 14. Be3
O-O 15. Rad1 Rac8 16. Bb3 Rfd8 17. Nf3 Be8 18. Ne5 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Rxd8
Bxd8 21. h3 Bc7 22. Nd3 Bc6 23. f3 Nd5 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Nb4 Bc4 26. b3 Bb5 27.
c4 Bd7 28. Kf2 f6 29. Ke2 Kf7 30. Kd3 Ba5 31. Nc2 e5 32. g4 Bc6 33. Ke2 Ke6 34.
Bc5 Be8 35. Ne3 Bg6 36. a4 Bc7 37. Kd2 Bb8 38. Nd5 f5 39. Nc3 f4 40. Ne4 Bxe4
41. fxe4 Bd6 42. Bf2 Bb4+ 43. Kd3 Kd6 44. Ke2 Kc6 45. Bh4 a5 46. Kd3 Bc5 47. Be1
Bb4 48. Bh4 Bc5 49. Be1 Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "8.19"]
[White "Verbytski, Oleg"]
[Black "Zhang, Junyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2039"]
[BlackElo "2172"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "495506"]
[BlackFideId "494437"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 Bc5 7. Bf4 O-O 8.
Bc7 Qe7 9. Bd6 Bxd6 10. Qxd6 Qd8 11. O-O-O a6 12. Nd4 Ne7 13. h4 b5 14. Nb3 Ne8
15. Qd2 Qc7 16. h5 h6 17. g4 d6 18. Bd3 Bb7 19. g5 hxg5 20. Qxg5 b4 21. Ne2 a5
22. Nbd4 Ba6 23. Bxa6 Rxa6 24. h6 g6 25. Nf4 Qb7 26. h7+ Kh8 27. Ndxe6 fxe6 28.
Qxe7 Qxe7 29. Nxg6+ Kg7 30. Nxe7 Kf7 31. Ng8 Rxg8 32. hxg8=Q+ Kxg8 33. Rdg1+ Kf8
34. Rh8+ Kf7 35. Rh7+ Kf8 36. Rg6 Rc6 37. Rxe6 Ng7 38. Rg6 Ne8 39. e5 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "8.20"]
[White "Williams, Tony"]
[Black "Manmay Chopra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[ECO "A10"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "343473660"]
[BlackFideId "25649191"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 e5 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 O-O 8. Rb1 a5
9. a3 h6 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Be6 12. b5 Ne7 13. Bb2 Qd7 14. Re1 Nh7 15. Qc2 f5
16. Nd2 c6 17. Ra1 g5 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Ra1 Rxa1+ 20. Bxa1 g4 21. Qa4 Ng5 22.
Qa7 Kf7 23. Nb3 f4 24. Nd2 Bf5 25. bxc6 bxc6 26. Qxd7 Bxd7 27. Nce4 Nxe4 28.
Nxe4 Nf5 29. Bb2 fxg3 30. hxg3 Bf8 31. Nc3 Nd4 32. Kf1 Be7 33. e3 Ne6 34. Na4
Bd8 35. c5 Nxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "8.21"]
[White "Janse, Jan Jaap"]
[Black "Liu, Yiyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2170"]
[BlackElo "1791"]
[ECO "D06"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "symmetrical (Austrian) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1010344"]
[BlackFideId "8617171"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c5 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nc3 Qa5 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. g3 e5 8.
Nb3 Qc7 9. Bg5 Bb4 10. Bxf6 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 gxf6 12. Qd2 Qc6 13. O-O-O O-O 14.
Rg1 Be6 15. Bg2 Qb6 16. Qd6 Nc6 17. Qc5 Qa6 18. Kb2 Bxb3 19. axb3 Qxe2+ 20. Kb1
Rfd8 21. Bd5 Nd4 22. cxd4 Rac8 23. Qa5 Qc2+ 24. Ka1 Rxd5 25. Qxd5 Rc6 26. Qxc6
bxc6 27. dxe5 fxe5 28. Rd8+ Kg7 29. Rgd1 Qxb3 30. R8d3 Qc2 31. R1d2 Qc1+ 32. Ka2
c5 33. Rb2 Qc4+ 34. Rdb3 Kg6 35. Kb1 Qe4+ 36. Ka2 f6 37. Rc3 Qa4+ 38. Kb1 Qd1+
39. Ka2 Qd5+ 40. Ka3 Qh1 41. h4 Qa1+ 42. Kb3 a5 43. Rc4 Kf5 44. Ra2 Qb1+ 45. Rb2
Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "8.22"]
[White "Demac, Elias"]
[Black "Ortiz Sanchez, Luis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2230"]
[BlackElo "2007"]
[ECO "A41"]
[Opening "Old Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1505807"]
[BlackFideId "24581160"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 Nd7 4. Nc3 a5 5. g3 Nc5 6. Bg2 b6 7. e4 Be7 8. Nge2 Bg5
9. f4 exf4 10. gxf4 Bh6 11. O-O Qh4 12. Nb5 Kd8 13. e5 Nb7 14. Be3 Qe7 15. Ned4
Bd7 16. Nc6+ Bxc6 17. dxc6 Nc5 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. exd6 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "8.23"]
[White "Kendall, Arthur"]
[Black "Kapechun, Mikhailo"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2000"]
[BlackElo "2184"]
[ECO "D97"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "Russian, Levenfish variation"]
[WhiteFideId "343410960"]
[BlackFideId "34147527"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 b6 8. Qb3
Bb7 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. d5 Nb4 11. Qa4 a5 12. Bb5 e6 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. Bg5 Nd3+ 15.
Bxd3 Qxd3 16. Ne5 Qd6 17. Nc4 Qb4 18. f3 Ba6 19. Na3 Qxb2 20. Rc1 Qxg2 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "8.24"]
[White "Blanquet, Camille"]
[Black "Rubeck, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "2132"]
[BlackElo "1913"]
[ECO "D91"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "5.Bg5"]
[WhiteFideId "36037354"]
[BlackFideId "435678"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 O-O 7. Bxc4 c5 8. d5
h6 9. Bh4 a6 10. a4 Re8 11. O-O Nbd7 12. h3 Nh5 13. d6 Bf6 14. Bxf6 exf6 15. Qd2
Kg7 16. g4 Ne5 17. Nxe5 fxe5 18. gxh5 Bxh3 19. Rfe1 gxh5 20. Re3 Bg4 21. Rg3 Kh7
22. Qd5 Re6 23. Qxb7 Rf6 24. Nd5 Rxd6 25. Qxf7+ Kh8 26. Ne7 Qb6 27. Rb3 Qd8 28.
Ng6+ Rxg6 29. Qxg6 Qf8 30. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "8.25"]
[White "Vaddhireddy, Sai"]
[Black "Rida, Ruqayyah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "2068"]
[ECO "E64"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "fianchetto, Yugoslav system"]
[WhiteFideId "499560"]
[BlackFideId "343272375"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. Nxd7 Bxd7 10. O-O Qc7 11. Qb3 Bc6 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. cxd5 Rad8 14. Bf4 Qc8
15. e4 Nd7 16. Bh3 c4 17. Qb4 Qc5 18. Qxc5 Nxc5 19. Bc7 Rc8 20. Bxc8 Rxc8 21.
Bf4 Bxb2 22. Rad1 c3 23. e5 c2 24. Rde1 Nd3 25. d6 exd6 26. exd6 Nxe1 27. d7 Rd8
28. Rxe1 Rxd7 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "8.26"]
[White "Patel, Zain"]
[Black "Siddharth, Gopakumar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2058"]
[BlackElo "1864"]
[ECO "D04"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "469246"]
[BlackFideId "5053463"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. c4 c6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Bxc4
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nbd7 11. Rd1 e5 12. d5 e4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nb6 15.
d6 Re8 16. Qc2 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Re6 18. d7 Qc7 19. Qb3 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "8.27"]
[White "Pai, Sidhanth"]
[Black "Clarke, Connor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1842"]
[BlackElo "2058"]
[ECO "C03"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch"]
[WhiteFideId "343111937"]
[BlackFideId "457655"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 h6 4. c3 c5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. exd5 exd5 7. h3 Nc6 8. Bb5
Qe7+ 9. Be2 Be6 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Nb3 Qd6 12. Be3 Ne4 13. Nbd4 Be7 14. O-O O-O
15. Re1 Rad8 16. Qa4 Bd7 17. Qc2 Qg6 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. Ne5 Qf5 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21.
Bf3 Ng5 22. Be2 Bd6 23. Bd3 Rde8 24. Bf5 Qe7 25. f4 Ne6 26. Qa4 Qf6 27. Qxc6
Nxf4 28. Bxf4 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Bxf4 30. Qxf6 gxf6 31. Rd1 Rb8 32. b3 Rb5 33. Bd3
Rb7 34. Kf2 Re7 35. Be2 Rc7 36. c4 dxc4 37. Bxc4 Kg7 38. Kf3 Be5 39. Rd2 a5 40.
a4 Bc3 41. Rd5 Re7 42. Rd3 Bb4 43. Rd5 Be1 44. Rd4 Bc3 45. Rg4+ Kf8 46. Rh4 Bd2
47. Re4 Rd7 48. Re2 Bc3 49. Bb5 Rd8 50. Rc2 Be5 51. Rc6 Ke7 52. Bc4 Ra8 53. Rb6
Ra7 54. Bd5 Rd7 55. Bc4 Ra7 56. Rb5 Bc3 57. Ke2 Kf8 58. Kd3 Bb4 59. Ke4 Re7+ 60.
Kf3 Kg7 61. Rd5 Be1 62. Rd1 Bc3 63. Rd3 Bb4 64. Rd5 Be1 65. Rd1 h5 66. Rd5 h4
67. Rd4 Bg3 68. Rg4+ Kh6 69. Rd4 Kg7 70. Rd5 Be1 71. Rd3 Kg6 72. Re3 Re5 73. Re4
Rf5+ 74. Rf4 Rg5 75. Rg4 Kg7 76. Kf4 Bg3+ 77. Kf3 Kf8 78. Rxg5 fxg5 79. Kg4 f6
80. Kf5 Ke7 81. Bd5 Kd6 82. Bc4 Be5 83. Ke4 Kc5 84. Be6 Kb4 85. Kd3 Ba1 86. Ke4
Kc3 87. Ke3 Bb2 88. Ke4 Kd2 89. Bg4 Be5 90. Be6 Ke2 91. Kf5 Ke3 92. Bd5 Kd4 93.
Bc4 Kc5 94. Ke4 Bb2 95. Be6 Bc3 96. Bc4 Kd6 97. Kf5 Kc5 98. Ke4 Kb4 99. Kf5 Bd4
100. Ke4 Kc3 101. Be6 Bb6 102. Bc4 Kd2 103. Bd5 Bd8 104. Kf5 Ke3 105. Bc4 Kd4
106. Be6 Kc5 107. Bc4 Kd6 108. Bf1 Be7 109. Bc4 Kc5 110. Ke6 Bd8 111. Kd7 Bb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "8.28"]
[White "Ruane, Brendan J"]
[Black "Skytte, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1857"]
[BlackElo "2050"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 2...Nc6"]
[WhiteFideId "430218"]
[BlackFideId "1471775"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. Nge2 e6 6. a3 Nge7 7. Nf4 O-O 8. h4
Ne5 9. Ba2 N7c6 10. h5 Nd4 11. hxg6 fxg6 12. Nh3 Qf6 13. f4 Qh4+ 14. Nf2 Qg3 15.
Kf1 g5 16. Rh3 gxf4 17. Rxg3 fxg3 18. Be3 Bh6 19. Bxh6 Rxf2+ 20. Kg1 Ndf3+ 21.
Kh1 Ng4 22. Bf4 h5 23. Bxg3 h4 24. Bxf2 Nxf2# 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "8.29"]
[White "Herzwurm, Robert"]
[Black "Eldridge, Albert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2047"]
[BlackElo "1781"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Steinitz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4668570"]
[BlackFideId "343438857"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 Bxc5 6. b4 Be7 7. Nf3 f6 8. Bb2 a5
9. b5 Nd7 10. Nbd2 Nh6 11. c4 Nf7 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Be2 Bxb2 15.
Qxb2 b6 16. O-O Bb7 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Nb3 Rae8 20. Nbd4 Nfe5 21.
Qd2 Qd6 22. a4 Nc5 23. Qa2 Ne4 24. Qb3 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "8.30"]
[White "Rastogi, Nayan Keats"]
[Black "Kilambi, Venkata Ananth Akshay"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1939"]
[BlackElo "2038"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Steinitz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "343407579"]
[BlackFideId "489395"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. c4 Ne7 8. Nc3 O-O
9. Bd3 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. h3 Bf5 13. O-O Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15.
Ng5 Qb6 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bc4+ Kh8 18. Qe2 Nf5 19. Kh2 Qd6+ 20. g3 e3 21. f4 b5
22. Bd3 Nd4 23. Qxe3 Rae8 24. Be4 Nc2 25. Qd3 Qxd3 26. Bxd3 Nxa1 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "8.31"]
[White "Finn, Peter"]
[Black "Fryer, David W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2200"]
[BlackElo "1902"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "432156"]
[BlackFideId "406384"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O b6 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nc3
c6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Bf4 Na6 11. Qa4 b5 12. Qb3 Nc7 13. Rfd1 Ne6 14. a4 b4 15. a5
Nxf4 16. gxf4 Ba6 17. Nxc6 Bc4 18. Nxd5 Bxb3 19. Ndxe7+ Kh8 20. Nxd8 Bxd1 21.
Bxa8 Rxd8 22. Rxd1 Rxa8 23. d5 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "8.32"]
[White "Kim, Changhoon"]
[Black "Brewer, Callum D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1874"]
[BlackElo "2175"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "34117234"]
[BlackFideId "435309"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bd6 8. Na3
Ne4 9. Nxc4 Nxd2 10. Ncxd2 O-O 11. O-O e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Nc4
Bf6 15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Rd2 Qc5 17. Na5 c6 18. Rad1 Qb6 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. Qa5 Qxa5
21. Nxa5 Rb8 22. Nc4 Be6 23. b3 a5 24. Nb6 Rfd8 25. Kf1 Kf8 26. Nd7+ Bxd7 27.
Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Rxd7 Ke8 29. Rd3 Ra8 30. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "8.33"]
[White "Barbu, Simon-Alexandru"]
[Black "Gibson, Christopher A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2051"]
[BlackElo "1887"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 2...Nc6"]
[WhiteFideId "1257170"]
[BlackFideId "414697"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Nf3 a6 5. Bd3 g6 6. b4 Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 cxb4 8.
Nd5 Bg7 9. Rb1 e6 10. Ne3 Ne7 11. Rxb4 Nc6 12. Rb1 b5 13. Bb2 O-O 14. h4 Ne5 15.
Qh3 Nxd3+ 16. cxd3 Bxb2 17. Rxb2 e5 18. h5 d6 19. Qf3 Be6 20. Rc2 Rc8 21. Rxc8
Bxc8 22. Nd5 f6 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. g4 Kf7 25. Rh7+ Ke8 26. Nc7+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "8.35"]
[White "Ratcliffe, James"]
[Black "Woods, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1845"]
[BlackElo "2023"]
[ECO "B25"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "343432840"]
[BlackFideId "2518384"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nh3 e6 7. a4 Nge7 8. O-O O-O
9. Nf4 a6 10. Re1 Rb8 11. h4 h5 12. Nce2 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. c3 d5 15. exd5
exd5 16. d4 c4 17. b4 Bf5 18. Nh3 Nc8 19. Bf4 Rb7 20. Qd2 Qd7 21. Kh2 Nd8 22.
Ra6 Rb6 23. Rea1 Re8 24. Bg5 Ne6 25. Be3 Nc7 26. Rxb6 Nxb6 27. Ra7 Ra8 28. Rxa8+
Ncxa8 29. Bh6 Bxh6 30. Qxh6 Na4 31. Nhf4 N8b6 32. Qg5 Kh7 33. Qf6 Be6 34. Bf3
Qe8 35. Qg5 Qf8 36. Nxd5 Nxd5 37. Bxd5 f6 38. Qe3 Bxd5 39. Nf4 Bf7 40. d5 Qd6
41. Qa7 Kg8 42. Kg1 Nxc3 43. Qa8+ Kg7 44. Qa5 Nxd5 45. Ne2 Qxb4 46. Qa1 Qd2 47.
Nd4 Nc3 48. Nf5+ gxf5 49. Qa7 Qd4 50. Qe7 Ne4 51. Qa3 Qxf2+ 52. Kh1 Qf1+ 53. Kh2
Nf2 54. g4 Nxg4+ 55. Kg3 f4# 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "8.36"]
[White "Rayner, Francis"]
[Black "Saxena, Advik"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1983"]
[BlackElo "1806"]
[ECO "A18"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Mikenas-Carls variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1800132"]
[BlackFideId "343423892"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 d4 6. exf6 dxc3 7. Qe2+ Be6 8.
fxg7 cxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 10. Bxd2 Bxg7 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. Be2 O-O-O 13. Bc3 Bxc3+
14. bxc3 Rde8 15. O-O Rhg8 16. Rfe1 Rg7 17. Nd4 c5 18. Nxe6 Rxe6 19. Bf3 Nf6 20.
Rab1 b6 21. a4 Rg8 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. a5 Nd7 24. axb6 Nxb6 25. Rb5 Rg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "8.37"]
[White "Oh, Sejun"]
[Black "Ashton, Alannah"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "1695"]
[BlackElo "1983"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13216112"]
[BlackFideId "480681"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 e6 5. e4 exd5 6. cxd5 d6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Bd3 O-O
9. Nge2 Nbd7 10. O-O a6 11. a4 Rb8 12. Be3 Ne5 13. h3 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 Nd7 15. f4
Qc7 16. b3 Nb6 17. a5 Nd7 18. Ra2 b5 19. axb6 Nxb6 20. Rc1 Re8 21. Na4 Nxa4 22.
bxa4 Qa5 23. Bd2 Qb6 24. Bc3 c4+ 25. Bd4 cxd3 26. Bxb6 Rxb6 27. Ng3 Bd4+ 28. Kf1
a5 29. Rd1 Ba6 30. Rad2 Be3 31. Ra2 Rc8 32. Ke1 Rc2 33. Rxc2 dxc2 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "8.38"]
[White "Sow, MiaoGeng Malcolm"]
[Black "Chapman, Luke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1842"]
[BlackElo "1976"]
[ECO "B21"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Smith-Morra gambit"]
[WhiteFideId "5817501"]
[BlackFideId "343416608"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Bc4 d6 6. Nf3 a6 7. h3 Nf6 8. O-O
e6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 b5 11. Bb3 Qb6 12. Bf4 Na5 13. Bxd6 Bxd6 14. e5 Bxe5 15.
Qxe5 O-O 16. Ng5 Bb7 17. Rd6 Nc6 18. Qg3 h6 19. Nxf7 Rxf7 20. Rxe6 Kf8 21. Qd6+
Kg8 22. Rxf6 gxf6 23. Qxf6 Qc7 24. Qg6+ Kf8 25. Qxh6+ Kg8 26. Nd5 Rh7 27. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "8.39"]
[White "Turner, Lewis A"]
[Black "Shankar, Yashwardhan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1945"]
[BlackElo "1886"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "412600"]
[BlackFideId "2411067"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6 7. Bg5 Qb6 8. Nd2
Ne7 9. Ngf3 Nf5 10. O-O Nd7 11. Rfd1 Be7 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Nf1 c5 14. c3 Nf5 15.
Ne3 Nxe3 16. fxe3 Nf8 17. Ng5 f5 18. a4 Nh7 19. dxc5 Qc6 20. Nxh7 Rxh7 21. Qb5
g6 22. Rd4 Rc7 23. Rb4 Rb8 24. Ra3 Kd8 25. Qxc6 Rxc6 26. Rab3 Kc7 27. Rb5 b6 28.
cxb6+ Rbxb6 29. a5 Rxb5 30. Rxb5 a6 31. Rb4 Rc5 32. Rb6 Rxa5 33. Rxe6 Ra4 34. g3
Ra1+ 35. Kf2 Ra2 36. Rxg6 Rxb2+ 37. Kf3 Rb3 38. Rxa6 Rxc3 39. Rd6 Rc5 40. Kf4
Rc4+ 41. Kxf5 Rg4 42. Rxd5 Rxg3 43. Rd3 Rg4 44. e6 Rg7 45. Kf6 Rg1 46. e7 Rf1+
47. Ke6 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "8.40"]
[White "Gorskovs, Andrejs"]
[Black "Hu, Junyan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1920"]
[BlackElo "1862"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "343426751"]
[BlackFideId "343401260"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Be3 Qd8 14. Nd6+ Bxd6
15. Qxd6 Bb7 16. Rg1 c5 17. g4 Rc8 18. g5 Ne4 19. Qd3 Qb6 20. Rb1 d5 21. Bg2 Nd6
22. b4 Nxc4 23. Bxc5 Qa6 24. a4 Qxa4 25. Ra1 Qb5 26. Ra5 Qd7 27. Rxa7 Nb2 28.
Qd4 Qb5+ 29. Kf2 Nd3+ 30. Kg3 Nxc5 31. bxc5 O-O 32. Re1 Qc6 33. Rb1 Rc7 34. Rb6
Qd7 35. Bh3 Re8 36. Qe5 Kf7 37. c6 Qc8 38. Rbxb7 Rxb7 39. Rxb7+ Re7 40. Rxe7+
Kxe7 41. c7 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "8.41"]
[White "ONUOHA, Obioma"]
[Black "Swiatkowski, Aram"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2056"]
[BlackElo "1843"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8505837"]
[BlackFideId "343415210"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. h3
Bh5 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. Bg5 c6 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. f4 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 c5 15.
Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Nxd5 Qc6 17. Ne7+ Bxe7 18. Bxe7 Rfe8 19. d5 Qh6 20. Qf3 Nf8 21. f5
Qd2 22. Qe4 Rxe7 23. Qxe7 Qxd5 24. Rad1 Qxa2 25. Qxb7 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "8.42"]
[White "Bharat Kumar, Balahari"]
[Black "Freeman, Luke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[BlackElo "1867"]
[ECO "E60"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "3.g3"]
[WhiteFideId "496464"]
[BlackFideId "343411959"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Ne5
Be6 9. e4 Nbd7 10. Nf3 Nb6 11. h3 h6 12. Be3 Nc8 13. a4 Ne8 14. Qd2 Kh7 15. Rfd1
Ncd6 16. Qe2 f5 17. Ne5 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Nf6 19. Nc5 Qc8 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. Rac1 Nd5
22. Nxc4 Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "8.43"]
[White "Vaidyanathan, Sathya"]
[Black "Sciupokas, Arunas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1842"]
[BlackElo "1990"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "KP"]
[Variation "Nimzovich defence"]
[WhiteFideId "490539"]
[BlackFideId "12803693"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Qd2 Be7 7. O-O-O d5 8. h3
Bh5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. g4 Bg6 12. Ng1 Nb4 13. Bc4 Nd5 14. Bxd5 Qxd5 15.
Kb1 c5 16. dxc5 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Rc8 18. b4 h5 19. g5 h4 20. Ne2 Rh5 21. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "8.44"]
[White "Gupta, Aditya"]
[Black "Dewangan, Aayush"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1808"]
[BlackElo "1981"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, Byrne (English) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "343418643"]
[BlackFideId "469700"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. f4
Nc6 9. g4 Nd7 10. g5 O-O 11. Rg1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. h4 Nc5 15. f5
Kh8 16. Bxg7+ Kxg7 17. f6+ Kh8 18. fxe7 Qxe7 19. Qd4+ e5 20. Qe3 f5 21. g6 Qxh4+
22. Kd2 Rf6 23. Rh1 Qf4 24. Qxf4 exf4 25. Rxh7+ Kg8 26. exf5 Rxf5 27. Rf1 Bg2
28. Bf3 Bxf3 29. Rxf3 Re8 30. Rf7 Rxf7 31. gxf7+ Kxf7 32. Rxf4+ Ke6 33. b4 Nd7
34. Ne2 Ne5 35. Kc3 Rh8 36. Nc1 Nc4 37. a4 Nb6 38. Re4+ Kf5 39. Rd4 Nxa4+ 40.
Kb3 Ke5 41. Rg4 Rh1 42. Nd3+ Kd5 43. Rg5+ Kd4 44. Rg4+ Kd5 45. Rg5+ Kc6 46. Ka2
Rh4 47. Kb3 Rc4 48. Rg2 Rc3+ 49. Ka2 Nb6 50. Kb2 Rc4 51. Rg6 Re4 52. Kb3 Nd5 53.
Rh6 Nb6 54. Nc5 Rd4 55. Nd3 Nc4 56. Rg6 Rh4 57. Rf6 Rh2 58. Rf2 Rh1 59. Rg2 Rb1+
60. Ka2 Rd1 61. Re2 Nb6 62. Rh2 Nd5 63. Rh6 Rxd3 64. cxd3 Nxb4+ 65. Kb3 Nxd3 66.
Kc3 Nc5 67. Rh8 a5 68. Ra8 b4+ 69. Kb2 Kb5 70. Rd8 Ne4 71. Re8 d5 72. Rb8+ Kc4
73. Rc8+ Nc5 74. Rh8 a4 75. Ka2 Ne4 76. Rh4 Kc3 77. Rh3+ Kc2 78. Ka1 d4 79. Ka2
b3+ 80. Ka3 b2 81. Rh2+ Nd2 82. Kxa4 b1=Q 83. Rh3 d3 84. Rh6 Qb3+ 85. Ka5 Nc4+
86. Ka6 Qa4+ 87. Kb7 Qb5+ 88. Ka8 Qd7 89. Kb8 Nd6 90. Rh2+ d2 91. Rxd2+ Kxd2 92.
Ka8 Qb7# 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "8.45"]
[White "Wilson, Matthew R"]
[Black "Anjulan, Ashwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1772"]
[BlackElo "1876"]
[ECO "C01"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "423459"]
[BlackFideId "343411622"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Qb3 O-O 8. Be2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. Bg5 Nxc4 12. Qxc4 Be6 13. Qd3 Qd7 14. Rad1 Nd5
15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. a3 Rae8 17. Rfe1 Qg4 18. h3 Qh5 19. Bc1 f5 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21.
Rxe5 Rxe5 22. dxe5 f4 23. Re1 f3 24. e6 fxg2 25. e7 Re8 26. Qg3 h6 27. Bd2 Qf7
28. Bb4 b6 29. Bd6 a5 30. Qe3 b5 31. Bc7 a4 32. Bd8 Qf5 33. Qc3 Bf3 34. Qe3 Qxh3
35. Qe6+ Qxe6 36. Rxe6 Bd5 37. Re3 g5 38. f3 g4 39. fxg4 Kf7 40. Re5 Rg8 41. Bb6
Ke8 42. Bc5 Rxg4 43. Rf5 Rg8 44. Rf8+ Kd7 45. e8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "8.46"]
[White "Swiatkowski, Dominik"]
[Black "Saxena, Reyansh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1874"]
[BlackElo "1641"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "343415202"]
[BlackFideId "343423884"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Re1
b6 9. Nf1 Bb7 10. e5 Ne8 11. h4 g6 12. N1h2 Ng7 13. Bg5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 f6 15. Bf4
fxe5 16. Bxe5 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Ng4 Qxb2 19. Qe2 Rae8 20. Ne5 Nf5 21. Ng4 h5
22. Qe5 Qxe5 23. Nxe5 Kg7 24. Nf3 Re7 25. Re5 d4 26. Ng5 Kf6 27. Rxe6+ Rxe6 28.
Nxe6 Kxe6 29. Bxb7 Nd6 30. Re1+ Kd7 31. Bg2 Re8 32. Bh3+ Kd8 33. Rxe8+ Kxe8 34.
Kg2 Nb5 35. Be6 Na3 36. Bb3 b5 37. Kf3 Ke7 38. Ke4 a5 39. Kd5 a4 40. Kxc5 axb3
41. cxb3 Nc2 42. Kxb5 Kd6 43. a4 Kc7 44. Kc5 Kb7 45. Kb5 Ne1 46. Kc4 Nf3 47. Kd5
Kc7 48. b4 Kd7 49. b5 Nh2 50. b6 Ng4 51. a5 Nf6+ 52. Kxd4 Kc6 53. f3 Nd7 54. Ke4
Nc5+ 55. Ke5 Nxd3+ 56. Kf6 Kb7 57. Kxg6 Ne5+ 58. Kxh5 Nxf3 59. Kg4 Ne5+ 60. Kf5
Nc6 61. h5 Ne7+ 62. Kg5 Ng8 63. h6 Nxh6 64. Kxh6 Ka6 65. g4 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "8.47"]
[White "Napolitano, Domenico"]
[Black "Venkatesh, Anuj"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1863"]
[BlackElo "1825"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Grand Prix attack"]
[WhiteFideId "456993"]
[BlackFideId "455636"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. a4 Bg7 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O Nge7 8. Qe1
O-O 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Ba2 Nd4 12. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 13. Be3 Bxe3+ 14. Qxe3 d4
15. Qf3 dxc3 16. Qxa8 Qd4+ 17. Kh1 cxb2 18. Rae1 Be6 19. Qxa7 Bxa2 20. Qxe7 Qb4
21. Rb1 Bxb1 22. Rxb1 Ra8 23. Qe5 Rxa4 24. Qe8+ Kg7 25. Qe5+ Kf8 26. Qh8+ Ke7
27. Qe5+ Kf8 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Qe5+ Kd7 30. Qd5+ Kc7 31. Qxf7+ Kb8 32. Qe8+ Kb7
33. Qd7+ Ka6 34. Qc8+ Ka7 35. Qc7+ Ka8 36. Qc8+ Ka7 37. Qc7+ Ka8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "8.48"]
[White "Prince, Alan R"]
[Black "Varney, Zoe"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "1803"]
[BlackElo "2053"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "2402165"]
[BlackFideId "436135"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. e5
Nd7 9. Re1 b5 10. Nf1 a5 11. h4 a4 12. a3 Bb7 13. N1h2 Qc7 14. Bf4 Rfc8 15. Ng4
Qd8 16. Ng5 b4 17. Bh3 Nf8 18. Ne3 h6 19. Nf3 Nd4 20. h5 Nxf3+ 21. Qxf3 Nh7 22.
Qg4 Bg5 23. Bg2 Ra7 24. Bxg5 Qxg5 25. Qxg5 Nxg5 26. f4 Nh7 27. g4 f6 28. f5 fxe5
29. fxe6 e4 30. Nf5 Bc6 31. dxe4 dxe4 32. Bxe4 Bxe4 33. Rxe4 Ng5 34. Re3 Re8 35.
Rae1 Ra6 36. e7 Kh7 37. Nh4 Nf7 38. Ng6 Nh8 39. Nf8+ Kg8 40. Rd1 Ra7 41. Rd7
Rxd7 42. Nxd7 bxa3 43. bxa3 Kf7 44. Nxc5 g6 45. Nxa4 gxh5 46. gxh5 Rg8+ 47. Kf2
Ke8 48. Nb6 Rg5 49. Nc8 Rd5 50. Rd3 Rf5+ 51. Ke3 Nf7 52. Nd6+ Nxd6 53. Rxd6 Rxh5
54. Re6 Rh3+ 55. Kd4 Rxa3 56. c4 Ra7 57. Kd5 Rxe7 58. Rxh6 Kd7 59. Ra6 Kc8 60.
Rc6+ Kb7 61. Rd6 Rh7 62. c5 Kc7 63. Kc4 Rh1 64. Rd4 Rc1+ 65. Kd5 Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "8.49"]
[White "Balzer, Lars"]
[Black "Halas, Kim Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2026"]
[BlackElo "1729"]
[ECO "B10"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "two knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4646452"]
[BlackFideId "1546074"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nxe4 6. Qxe4 Qd5 7. Qa4 Bf5 8.
d3 e5 9. Be3 Na6 10. c4 Bb4+ 11. Qxb4 Nxb4 12. cxd5 Nc2+ 13. Kd2 Nxa1 14. dxc6
f6 15. Be2 Rc8 16. Rxa1 Rxc6 17. Ne1 O-O 18. Bf3 Rc7 19. Bd5+ Kh8 20. Bxa7 Re8
21. Bb6 Rd7 22. Bc4 Rc8 23. Rc1 Rd6 24. Be3 Bd7 25. Rc3 f5 26. g3 g6 27. Nf3 Re8
28. Bc5 Rc6 29. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.01"]
[Round "8.50"]
[White "Siddhartha Shankar Srivastava"]
[Black "Butt, Laurence"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1589"]
[BlackElo "1790"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "KP"]
[Variation "Nimzovich defence"]
[WhiteFideId "25780590"]
[BlackFideId "440884"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. Be3 Bg4 6. Qd2 Bxf3 7. gxf3 h5 8.
O-O-O a6 9. Kb1 b5 10. Nxb5 Qb8 11. Nc3 Nf6 12. Bc4 Nd7 13. f4 Nb6 14. Bb3 Na5
15. f5 Nbc4 16. Qd3 Nxe3 17. Ba4+ Kf8 18. fxe3 g5 19. Rhg1 f6 20. h4 g4 21. Nd5
c6 22. Nf4 Kf7 23. Qc3 Qb6 24. Bb3+ Nxb3 25. cxb3 Ke8 26. Qc4 Bf8 27. Qe6 a5 28.
Rc1 Qb7 29. Rc3 Qd7 30. Rgc1 Qxe6 31. Nxe6 Kf7 32. Rxc6 Bh6 33. Nf4 Bxf4 34.
exf4 Rhg8 35. Rg1 Rac8 36. Rc3 Rxc3 37. bxc3 g3 38. Kc2 Rg4 39. Kd3 Rxf4 40.
Rxg3 Rxh4 41. c4 Rh2 42. c5 dxc5 43. dxc5 Ke8 44. a4 Kd7 45. Kc4 Kc6 46. Rg7
Rc2+ 47. Kd3 Rh2 48. Rxe7 Kxc5 49. Rf7 h4 50. Rxf6 h3 51. Rh6 Rh1 52. f6 Kd6 53.
e5+ Ke6 54. Ke2 h2 55. Kf2 Rb1 56. Rxh2 Rxb3 57. Rh4 Rb2+ 58. Ke3 Kxe5 59. f7
Rb3+ 60. Ke2 Rb8 61. Rh5+ Ke6 62. Rxa5 Kxf7 63. Rb5 Ra8 64. a5 Ke6 65. Kd3 Kd6
66. Kc4 Rc8+ 67. Kb4 Rc1 68. Rb6+ Kc7 69. Kb5 Ra1 70. Ka6 Ra2 71. Rb5 Ra1 72.
Ka7 Rc1 73. a6 Ra1 74. Rc5+ Kd6 75. Rc2 Rb1 76. Ra2 Kc7 77. Rh2 Kc8 78. Rh7 Ra1
79. Rb7 Ra2 80. Rb1 Rc2 81. Kb6 Kb8 82. Rb5 Ka8 83. Re5 Rb2+ 84. Rb5 Rxb5+ 85.
Kxb5 Ka7 86. Ka5 Ka8 87. Kb6 Kb8 88. a7+ Ka8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Kovchan, Alexander"]
[Black "Deuer, Marius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2447"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14103052"]
[BlackFideId "16236432"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O
Qxb2 9. Qe1 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb4 12. Rb1 Bxc3 13. Rxb2 Bxe1 14. Rxe1
b6 15. h4 h5 16. Nxf5 exf5 17. c4 Ne7 18. Rd2 O-O-O 19. f4 dxc4 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8
21. Bxc4 Rd4 22. Bxf7 Rxf4 23. Rd1 Kb8 24. Rd7 Nc6 25. e6 Re4 26. Bxh5 Rxe6 27.
Rxg7 Rh6 28. Be8 Ne5 29. h5 Ng4 30. Bg6 Nf6 31. Bxf5 Nxh5 32. Re7 Rd6 33. g4 Ng3
34. Bd7 Rd2 35. a3 a6 36. Bc6 Ne2+ 37. Kf1 Nf4 38. Rb7+ Kc8 39. Rxb6 a5 40. Rb5
Kc7 41. Ba8 Rd3 42. Rf5 Ng6 43. Be4 Rxa3 44. Rf7+ Kd6 45. Bxg6 a4 46. Kg2 Rb3
47. Rf3 Rb6 48. Kg3 Kc5 49. Bc2 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Golding, Alex"]
[Black "Williams, Simon K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Spanish variation"]
[WhiteFideId "427241"]
[BlackFideId "404454"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 h6 6. Ne2 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bb3
Na5 9. Ng3 Nxb3 10. axb3 Bc5 11. Nxe5 d5 12. O-O O-O 13. d4 Bb6 14. exd5 Qxd5
15. Be3 Bb7 16. Qf3 Rad8 17. Rfd1 Qxf3 18. Nxf3 Ng4 19. c3 f5 20. Bd2 f4 21. Nh5
g5 22. b4 c6 23. Re1 Nf6 24. Nxf6+ Rxf6 25. Re7 Rf7 26. Re6 Kh7 27. Ne5 Rc7 28.
Re1 Rf8 29. h4 gxh4 30. Ng6 Rff7 31. Nxf4 Bc8 32. Rd6 Bf5 33. Nh5 Rce7 34. Rxe7
Rxe7 35. Rxh6+ Kg8 36. Rxc6 Bc7 37. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Hagner, Bennet"]
[Black "Kalavannan, Koby"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2451"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich variation"]
[WhiteFideId "16224477"]
[BlackFideId "425753"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d5 5. Bb5 dxe4 6. Nc3 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Bc4 Bf5 9. Qe2 Nf6 10. h3 h5 11. Bd2 g6 12. O-O-O Bg7 13. Bb3 Qc7 14. Kb1 Rb8
15. Rhg1 Qc8 16. Bf4 Rb7 17. Be5 O-O 18. g4 hxg4 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. hxg4 Be6 21.
Nxe4 c5 22. Nxf6+ exf6 23. c4 Rb4 24. Rg3 Kg7 25. f4 Re8 26. Re3 Qb8 27. f5 Bxc4
28. Bxc4 Rxe3 29. Qxe3 Rxc4 30. fxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Kaasen, Tor Fredrik"]
[Black "Plat, Vojtech"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "modern exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1516647"]
[BlackFideId "325740"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Bb5+ Nc6 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qc2 Ba6 13. Rd1 c5 14. Bb2
Rb8 15. Bc3 Qc7 16. d5 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Vaidyanathan, Adithya"]
[Black "Gordon, Stephen J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2189"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "495450"]
[BlackFideId "411477"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. e4 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Nd4 6. Nge2 Nxe2 7. Nxe2 Ne7 8.
O-O O-O 9. a3 Ba5 10. d4 cxd4 11. b4 Bc7 12. Nxd4 a6 13. Bb2 d6 14. Rc1 e5 15.
Ne2 Be6 16. Qd3 a5 17. Rfd1 axb4 18. axb4 Qb8 19. f4 Bg4 20. Bf3 Bxf3 21. Qxf3
b5 22. fxe5 bxc4 23. Rxc4 dxe5 24. Kg2 Bb6 25. Rd7 Ra7 26. Rxa7 Bxa7 27. Qc3 Qb6
28. Rc5 Qf6 29. Qxe5 Bxc5 30. Qxf6 gxf6 31. bxc5 f5 32. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Gormally, Daniel W"]
[Black "Ghimpu, Samuel-Timotei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "406465"]
[BlackFideId "1238175"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. O-O c6 7. a4 a5 8. Qc2 b5
9. Nc3 b4 10. Ne4 Ba6 11. Nxf6+ gxf6 12. e4 b3 13. Qc3 Bb4 14. Qe3 Qc7 15. Bd2
c5 16. d5 O-O-O 17. Bc3 exd5 18. exd5 Rhe8 19. Qc1 Re2 20. Rd1 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 Rc2
22. d6 Qb6 23. Qe3 Rxb2 24. Rac1 Qb4 25. Nh4 Ne5 26. Rd5 Kb8 27. Rxe5 fxe5 28.
Qxe5 Rc2 29. Rd1 Bb7 30. Bxb7 Qxb7 31. d7+ Ka7 32. Nf5 b2 33. Nd6 Rxd7 34. Qxc5+
Ka6 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Adams, Henry"]
[Black "Laurent-Paoli, Pierre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2159"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[WhiteFideId "464562"]
[BlackFideId "26017962"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 dxc4 6. Bg2 b5 7. a4 c6 8. Qc2
Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. e4 O-O 11. e5 Nd5 12. Ne4 h6 13. g4 c5 14. axb5 cxd4 15.
Qxc4 Rc8 16. Qxd4 Nc5 17. Ned2 a6 18. g5 hxg5 19. Qg4 Nf4 20. Nxg5 Bxg2 21. Qxf4
Bxd2 22. Bxd2 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 Qd3 24. bxa6 Nxa6 25. Ra1 Rc4 26. Qe3 Rg4+ 27. Kh1
Nc5 28. f3 Rh4 29. Qxd3 Nxd3 30. Ra5 Rd8 31. Kg2 Nxe5 32. Be1 Nc4 33. Ra7 Rh5
34. h4 Ne3+ 35. Kh3 Nf5 36. Kg4 g6 37. Nxf7 Rd4+ 38. f4 Rh7 39. Bc3 Rxf7 40.
Bxd4 Nxd4 41. Ra6 Rd7 42. h5 gxh5+ 43. Kxh5 Kf7 44. Kg4 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Grutter, Tim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Scotch gambit"]
[Variation "Dubois-Reti defence"]
[WhiteFideId "12800112"]
[BlackFideId "1057472"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Nd7 7. O-O Be7 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. Nxd4 Nb8 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Qf3 a5 12. Rd1 Ra6 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. Qxf5 Qd7
15. Qd3 Qe6 16. f4 f6 17. Re1 fxe5 18. Rxe5 Qf6 19. Bd2 Bd6 20. Rh5 g6 21. Rh3
Rb6 22. Na4 Rb5 23. Rf1 Nd7 24. c4 Bc5+ 25. Be3 Bxe3+ 26. Rxe3 Rb4 27. b3 Nb6
28. Nxb6 cxb6 29. a3 dxc4 30. Qe4 Rb5 31. Qxc4+ Qf7 32. Rc1 Qxc4 33. Rxc4 Rf6
34. Rec3 Rbf5 35. g3 c5 36. Rd3 g5 37. fxg5 Rxg5 38. Re4 Rgg6 39. Re7 Rd6 40.
Rxd6 Rxd6 41. Rb7 Rc6 42. Kf2 c4 43. bxc4 Rxc4 44. Rb8+ Kg7 45. Rb7+ Kg8 46.
Rxb6 Rc3 47. a4 Rc4 48. h4 Rxa4 49. Ra6 Kg7 50. h5 h6 51. Kf3 Kh7 52. Ra7+ Kg8
53. g4 Kh8 54. Kg3 Kg8 55. Ra8+ Kg7 56. Ra7+ Kg8 57. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Kuru, Atilla"]
[Black "Saunders, Aron"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2201"]
[ECO "A11"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Caro-Kann defensive system"]
[WhiteFideId "51607948"]
[BlackFideId "469343"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. Be2 a6 8. d4 Nbd7
9. Qc2 b5 10. O-O Bb7 11. Rfd1 Qe7 12. e4 b4 13. e5 bxc3 14. exd6 Qxd6 15. Bxc3
Ne4 16. Bb2 a5 17. Bd3 f5 18. Qc1 Qb8 19. Ng5 Rf6 20. Nh3 Rh6 21. f3 Nd6 22. a4
Ba6 23. Rb1 Nf7 24. Bc3 Qb6 25. Kh1 Rf6 26. Re1 Qc7 27. Qf4 Qxf4 28. Nxf4 Nf8
29. Bxa5 g5 30. Nh5 Rh6 31. g4 dxc4 32. bxc4 Bxc4 33. Bxc4 Rxa5 34. Rb8 Rxa4 35.
Bxe6 Rxd4 36. Bb3 Rxh5 37. Ree8 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Wang, Hao(ZJ)"]
[Black "Verbytski, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2039"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan declined"]
[WhiteFideId "8631859"]
[BlackFideId "495506"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d4 7. e3 c5 8. exd4
cxd4 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Qe2 a5 12. Na3 e5 13. d3 Bb4 14. Nd2 Bg4 15. f3
Bf5 16. Nb5 Nd7 17. Red1 Bg6 18. Ne4 f5 19. Nf2 Bf7 20. a3 Bf8 21. Re1 g6 22.
Qc2 Nc5 23. Rad1 Bg7 24. Bc1 Ne6 25. f4 exf4 26. gxf4 Qd7 27. Bd2 Bf8 28. Rb1
Nc7 29. Nh3 Nxb5 30. cxb5 Ne7 31. Ng5 Bd5 32. b4 Rac8 33. Qa4 Bxg2 34. Kxg2 axb4
35. Qxb4 Qd5+ 36. Nf3 Rc2 37. Kg3 Kh8 38. Re5 Qa2 39. Rbe1 Nc6 40. bxc6 Bxb4 41.
Rxe8+ Kg7 42. Bxb4 bxc6 43. R1e7+ Kh6 44. Rh8 g5 45. Rhxh7+ Kg6 46. Ne5+ Kf6 47.
Rh6# 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "9.11"]
[White "Liu, Yiyi"]
[Black "Mazur, Stefan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "1791"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox, 7...Nbd7"]
[WhiteFideId "8617171"]
[BlackFideId "14909332"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Rb1
c6 9. d5 c5 10. a3 a5 11. Ne1 b6 12. Nd3 Ba6 13. b3 a4 14. Bf3 axb3 15. Qxb3 Ne8
16. Nb5 f5 17. Bd2 Qh4 18. g3 Qh3 19. Bg2 Qh5 20. Rbe1 f4 21. gxf4 Bh6 22. f3
Bxb5 23. cxb5 Bxf4 24. Nxf4 exf4 25. a4 Ne5 26. Ra1 g5 27. h3 Nf6 28. a5 Nxe4
29. fxe4 f3 30. Qe3 fxg2 31. Kxg2 Rf4 32. axb6 Raf8 33. b7 Qf7 34. Rxf4 gxf4 35.
Qxf4 Qxb7 36. Qg5+ Kh8 37. Kh1 Qxb5 38. Bc3 Rf1+ 39. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 40. Kh2 Qf2+ 41.
Qg2 Qf6 42. Qg3 c4 43. Kg2 h5 44. Bxe5 dxe5 45. Qf3 Qg5+ 46. Kf2 Kg7 47. Ke2 h4
48. d6 Qg6 49. d7 Qd6 50. Qf5 Qd3+ 51. Kf2 Qg3+ 52. Ke2 Qd3+ 53. Kf2 Qg3+ 54.
Ke2 Qd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "White, Stuart A"]
[Black "Skytte, Rasmus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2072"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense)"]
[WhiteFideId "407747"]
[BlackFideId "1404210"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. h3 c5 7. e3 Nc6 8. Nge2
cxd4 9. exd4 e5 10. Be3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Re8+ 13. Kf1 Bd7 14. Qd2 Qc8
15. b3 Bc6 16. Rd1 Qf5 17. Kg1 Qh5 18. Qf4 Re6 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Kg2 Rae8 21.
Qf3 Qxf3+ 22. Kxf3 a5 23. Rd2 a4 24. Re2 axb3 25. axb3 Rxe2 26. Nxe2 Ne4 27. Be3
Nc5 28. Rd1 Nxb3 29. Rxd6 Na5 30. c5 Nc4 31. Rd1 Nxe3 32. fxe3 Bf8 33. Nd4 Bxc5
34. Rc1 Bxd4 35. exd4 Re6 36. Rc5 Rd6 37. h4 Kf8 38. Ke4 Ke7 39. h5 Re6+ 40. Kf4
Rf6+ 41. Ke4 Kd6 42. hxg6 hxg6 43. g4 Rf1 44. g5 Re1+ 45. Kf4 Rb1 46. Ra5 Rb5
47. Ra7 Rf5+ 48. Kg4 Kd5 49. Rd7+ Kc4 50. Rd6 Kb5 51. Rd7 Kb6 52. Re7 Ka6 53.
Rc7 Kb5 54. Rd7 Kb6 55. Re7 f6 56. gxf6 Rxf6 57. Rd7 Rf5 58. Rd6 Rd5 59. Rxg6
Rxd4+ 60. Kf3 Kb5 61. Ke3 Rd1 62. Ke2 Rd5 63. Rg1 c5 64. Rb1+ Ka4 65. Ke3 c4 66.
Ke4 Rd8 67. Rb7 c3 68. Rc7 Kb3 69. Rb7+ Ka3 70. Rc7 Kb2 71. Rb7+ Kc1 72. Rc7 c2
73. Ke3 Kd1 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "9.13"]
[White "Badacsonyi, Stanley"]
[Black "Yoon, Jacob D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[ECO "A62"]
[Opening "Benoni"]
[Variation "fianchetto variation"]
[WhiteFideId "486973"]
[BlackFideId "446076"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Bf4 Bf5 11. Nh4 Bc8 12. h3 Nh5 13. Bd2 Nd7 14. e4 Ne5 15. Qe2
a6 16. a4 Rb8 17. Kh2 Bf6 18. Nf3 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Ng7 20. Bg2 Nf5 21. f4 Nd4 22.
Qf2 Bg7 23. Rae1 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. e5 Bf5 26. Ne4 Bxe4 27. Bxe4 f5 28. Bg2
dxe5 29. fxe5 Bxe5 30. b4 Qd6 31. Rxe5 Qxe5 32. bxc5 Ne2 33. Re1 Ra8 34. Bf4 Qc3
35. Rxe2 Rxe2 36. Qxe2 Qxc5 37. Qe6+ Kg7 38. Be5+ Kh6 39. Qf6 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "9.14"]
[White "Hill, Alistair"]
[Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2104"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[ECO "E94"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox, 7...Nbd7"]
[WhiteFideId "432407"]
[BlackFideId "436224"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Qc2
c6 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. d5 c5 11. a3 Kh8 12. b4 b6 13. Ne1 Ng8 14. Nd3 f5 15. f3 Ndf6
16. a4 a5 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. g3 Nh6 19. Rb1 Nf7 20. Nf2 Nh5 21. exf5 gxf5 22. f4
Nf6 23. Re1 Bd7 24. Nb5 exf4 25. Bxf4 Ne4 26. Bd3 Ne5 27. Bxe5 Bxe5 28. Nxe4
fxe4 29. Bxe4 Bg4 30. Rf1 Qg5 31. Qd3 Qh5 32. Rxf8+ Rxf8 33. Rf1 Rxf1+ 34. Qxf1
Kg8 35. Qe1 Qg5 36. Nc7 Bd4+ 37. Kg2 Qh5 38. Ne6 Bh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "9.15"]
[White "Rida, Ruqayyah"]
[Black "Southcott-Moyers, Indy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "343272375"]
[BlackFideId "488542"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a5 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Re1
O-O 9. Nbd2 Ng4 10. Re2 Ne7 11. h3 Nf6 12. Nf1 Ng6 13. d4 Nh5 14. Ng3 Nhf4 15.
Bxf4 Nxf4 16. Rd2 Qf6 17. Nh2 g6 18. Qf3 Qg5 19. Rad1 Kg7 20. Kh1 h5 21. Ne2 Ne6
22. Qg3 Qxg3 23. Nxg3 f6 24. Nf3 Nf4 25. Ne2 Ne6 26. a4 Re8 27. Ng3 Re7 28. Nf1
Nf4 29. Bc2 Be6 30. Ne3 Bg8 31. Kh2 Ne6 32. Nd5 Ree8 33. g3 Bf7 34. Kg2 Bb8 35.
Ne1 Ba7 36. Nf3 Rac8 37. Ne3 Nd8 38. dxe5 fxe5 39. Nd5 Ne6 40. h4 Bg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "9.16"]
[White "Tudoroiu, Razvan-Catalin"]
[Black "Hobson, Kenneth"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2063"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1281100"]
[BlackFideId "480819"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Nbd7 8.
Qc2 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Nd2 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Nb6 12. a3 Bf8 13. e4 dxe4 14. Qxe4+ Qe7
15. O-O-O Qxe4 16. Ndxe4 Bg7 17. Bb5+ c6 18. Nd6+ Ke7 19. Nxc8+ Raxc8 20. Rhe1+
Kf8 21. Be2 Rd8 22. Ne4 Bxd4 23. Nc5 Rd5 24. Nxb7 Bxf2 25. Bf3 Bxe1 26. Bxd5
Nxd5 27. Rxe1 Kg7 28. Nd6 h5 29. Re4 Rd8 30. Nb7 Rb8 31. Nd6 Kg6 32. Rc4 Rb3 33.
Rxc6 f6 34. Ne4 Kf5 35. Rc4 Ne3 36. Ra4 Nxg2 37. Nc3 Rb7 38. Nd5 Rd7 39. Ra5 Kg6
40. Rc5 h4 41. gxh4 gxh4 42. Nc3 h3 43. Ne4 h2 44. Nf2 Ne3 45. Rc3 h1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "9.17"]
[White "Skytte, Robert"]
[Black "Demac, Elias"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[ECO "B15"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Tartakower (Nimzovich) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1471775"]
[BlackFideId "1505807"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Qh5 g6 8.
Qh6 Bf8 9. Qe3+ Qe7 10. Qxe7+ Bxe7 11. Bf4 O-O 12. O-O-O Be6 13. Kb1 Nd7 14. Ne2
Nb6 15. Rhe1 Nd5 16. c3 b5 17. Bh6 Rfd8 18. Nf4 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 g5 20. Bg3 Rd7 21.
f3 Kg7 22. Rd2 a5 23. Be4 Rc8 24. f4 f5 25. Bc2 g4 26. Bf2 Bf6 27. Red1 Kg6 28.
h3 h5 29. hxg4 hxg4 30. Rh1 Bd5 31. Rh2 Re7 32. b3 b4 33. c4 Be4 34. Bh4 Bxh4
35. Rxh4 Rd8 36. g3 Bxc2+ 37. Kxc2 Re3 38. Rdh2 Rc3+ 39. Kb2 Rxg3 40. Rh7 Rg2+
41. Rxg2 Kxh7 42. Rd2 Kh6 43. Kc2 g3 44. Rg2 Rg8 45. Kd3 Kh5 46. d5 c5 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "9.18"]
[White "Kilambi, Venkata Ananth Akshay"]
[Black "Sivanandan, Bodhana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "WIM"]
[WhiteElo "2038"]
[BlackElo "2229"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "489395"]
[BlackFideId "497592"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. d4 Nbd7 8. Be2 b6
9. O-O Bb7 10. Qc2 Rc8 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. Rfe1 Bb4 13. a3 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 c5 15.
dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qb2 Rfd8 17. Bd4 Nce4 18. Ne5 Nd6 19. Rc1 Nf5 20. Bc3 Ne4 21. Bb4
Qf6 22. f3 Nc5 23. Bf1 Nxb3 24. Bc3 Nxc1 25. Nc6 d4 26. Bxd4 Nxd4 27. Nxd8 Nxf3+
28. gxf3 Qxb2 29. Nxb7 Qd2 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "9.19"]
[White "Martin, Nils"]
[Black "Blanquet, Camille"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "2222"]
[BlackElo "2132"]
[ECO "B67"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...a6 defence, 8...Bd7"]
[WhiteFideId "45160473"]
[BlackFideId "36037354"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. Nb3 b5 10. a3 Be7 11. f4 h6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Nd4 Qb6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6
15. f5 a5 16. Qd4 Rb8 17. Qxb6 Rxb6 18. Rd4 b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Na2 d5 21. exd5
Bxd5 22. Bc4 Bc5 23. Rxd5 exd5 24. Re1+ Kf8 25. Bxd5 Kg7 26. Kb1 Rd8 27. Bf3 Bd6
28. h3 b3 29. cxb3 Rxb3 30. Nc1 Rb5 31. Bg4 Bf4 32. Re4 Be5 33. Re2 Rd1 34. Rc2
Rd7 35. Re2 Rd4 36. Rc2 Rb6 37. Re2 Rbd6 38. Bf3 Rf4 39. Bg4 Rf1 40. Rc2 Bf4 41.
Be2 Rg1 42. Bf3 Rd2 43. Rc4 Be3 44. Rc3 Bf4 45. Rc4 Be5 46. Rc2 Rd6 47. Ka2 Re1
48. Ne2 Ra6+ 49. Kb3 Rb1 50. Nc3 Rb6+ 51. Ka2 Re1 52. Nd5 Ra6+ 53. Kb3 Rea1 54.
Kc4 Rc6+ 55. Kb3 Rxc2 56. Kxc2 Ra2 57. Nc3 Bxc3 58. Kxc3 Ra5 59. Bg4 Kf8 60. b4
Re5 61. Kc4 Ke7 62. b5 Kd6 63. Kb4 Re4+ 64. Ka5 Kc5 65. Bf3 Re1 66. Ka6 Ra1+ 67.
Kb7 Kxb5 68. Kc7 Kc5 69. Kd7 Ra7+ 70. Ke8 Kd6 71. Kf8 Ke5 72. Kg7 Kxf5 73. Kxh6
Ke5 74. h4 Ke6 75. h5 Ra5 76. Kg7 Ke7 77. h6 Rg5+ 78. Kh7 f5 79. Kh8 Kf6 80. h7
Rg3 81. Bd5 Rg4 82. Bc6 Rb4 83. Be8 Rb8 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "9.20"]
[White "Bryant, Harry"]
[Black "Verbin, Valentina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[BlackTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "2207"]
[BlackElo "2122"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, Polugaievsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "489158"]
[BlackFideId "13905910"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Bf4 Ne7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bd6 Qb6 10. Bc5 Qd8 11. Bd6 Qb6 12. Bc5 Qd8 13. Bxa7 Rxa7 14. Qe2 d6 15.
O-O-O Nbc6 16. f4 Qc7 17. h4 b5 18. h5 b4 19. h6 g6 20. Na4 Bd7 21. Qf2 Nc8 22.
e5 N6e7 23. exd6 Nxd6 24. Nac5 Bc8 25. g4 a5 26. Qd4 f6 27. f5 Nc6 28. Qe3 exf5
29. Ne6 Bxe6 30. Qxe6+ Kh8 31. gxf5 a4 32. fxg6 hxg6 33. Nc5 Ne5 34. Ne4 Nxe4
35. Bxe4 b3 36. axb3 axb3 37. Qxb3 Nc4 38. Kb1 Rb8 39. Rd8+ Rxd8 40. Qc3 Nd2+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "9.21"]
[White "Kapechun, Mikhailo"]
[Black "Williams, Tony"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2184"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Euwe variation"]
[WhiteFideId "34147527"]
[BlackFideId "343473660"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Nc3 Qb6 10. Na4 Qa5 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. Bc3 h5 13. Nc5 Bc8 14. Rc1 g6 15. b4
Bh6 16. Rc2 O-O 17. b5 Nb8 18. a4 Nd7 19. Bb4 Re8 20. Qd3 b6 21. Nb3 a5 22. Bd2
Nf8 23. Bxh6 Nxh6 24. Qd2 Nf5 25. Qf4 Bd7 26. h3 Nh7 27. g4 hxg4 28. hxg4 Nh4
29. Nbd2 Rc8 30. Rxc8 Bxc8 31. Qh6 Nxf3+ 32. Nxf3 Qe7 33. Kg2 Qf8 34. Qh4 Qb4 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "9.22"]
[White "Lee, Younggyu"]
[Black "Oh, Sejun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1892"]
[BlackElo "1695"]
[ECO "A09"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13227378"]
[BlackFideId "13216112"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. d4 a6
9. O-O b5 10. Rc1 b4 11. Na4 Ne4 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. cxd5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15.
Bxe5 Qxe5 16. dxc6 Nc3 17. Nxc3 bxc3 18. Qd3 a5 19. Qxc3 Qxc3 20. Rxc3 Ba6 21.
Bxa6 Rxa6 22. Rd1 Rc8 23. c7 Raa8 24. Rcd3 Kf8 25. Rd8+ Ke7 26. R1d7+ Kf6 27. g3
g6 28. Kg2 Rxc7 29. Rxf7+ Rxf7 30. Rxa8 Ke5 31. Rxa5+ Ke4 32. Ra6 Rf6 33. Rd6
Kf5 34. Rd2 Rf7 35. b4 Rb7 36. Rb2 Ke5 37. b5 Kd5 38. a4 Kc5 39. b6 Rxb6 40.
Rxb6 Kxb6 41. Kf3 Ka5 42. Ke4 Kxa4 43. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "9.23"]
[White "Ward, Cian"]
[Black "Finn, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1947"]
[BlackElo "2200"]
[ECO "C03"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch"]
[WhiteFideId "475599"]
[BlackFideId "432156"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 h6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 c5 6. exd5 exd5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. h3 Nc6 11. c3 a5 12. a4 Re8 13. Re1 Ne4 14. Nbd4 f5 15.
Bb5 Bc5 16. Be3 Qd6 17. Nb3 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "9.24"]
[White "Zhang, Junyi"]
[Black "Ortiz Sanchez, Luis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "2172"]
[BlackElo "2007"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Labourdonnais-Loewenthal (Kalashnikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "494437"]
[BlackFideId "24581160"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 g6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Bg7 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 Nf6 11. f3 Rc8 12. Rc1 Nh5 13. Nd5 O-O 14. Bd3 Bxd5 15.
cxd5 Ne7 16. Rxc8 Nxc8 17. O-O Nf4 18. Rc1 Bh6 19. Bf1 Bg7 20. Nc4 f5 21. exf5
gxf5 22. Na5 Qd7 23. Qb4 b5 24. Qb3 Qf7 25. a4 Qxd5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Qxb5 Kh8
28. Qxd5 Nxd5 29. Bf2 e4 30. Rd1 e3 31. Rxd5 exf2+ 32. Kxf2 Bxb2 33. Nc4 Bc3 34.
Nxd6 Nxd6 35. Rxd6 Be5 36. Rd5 Bxh2 37. Bd3 f4 38. Rd7 Bg3+ 39. Ke2 Rb8 40.
Rxh7+ Kg8 41. Rc7 Rb2+ 42. Bc2 Ra2 43. Kd3 Ra1 44. Bb3+ Kf8 45. Be6 Rg1 46. Bh3
Re1 47. Kd4 Re7 48. Rc6 Kf7 49. Rc2 Kf6 50. Kd5 Re5+ 51. Kd6 Re3 52. Rd2 Be1 53.
Rd4 Bg3 54. Rd5 Re1 55. Rf5+ Kg6 56. Rd5 Kf6 57. Kd7 Re2 58. Rd6+ Kf7 59. Re6
Rxe6 60. Bxe6+ Kf6 61. Kd6 Bh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "9.25"]
[White "Ashton, Alannah"]
[Black "Janse, Jan Jaap"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WCM"]
[WhiteElo "1983"]
[BlackElo "2170"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian"]
[Variation "Pytel-Wade variation"]
[WhiteFideId "480681"]
[BlackFideId "1010344"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 a6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. g3 Nf6 8. Bg2
Bg6 9. Ne5 Nc6 10. Bf4 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Nd7 13. e6 Nc5 14. Be3 Bxc2
15. Rd2 Nd3+ 16. Kf1 O-O-O 17. Rxc2 fxe6 18. Rd2 c5 19. Be4 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "9.26"]
[White "Burrows, Martin P"]
[Black "Turner, Lewis A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2117"]
[BlackElo "1945"]
[ECO "B27"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Hungarian variation"]
[WhiteFideId "409057"]
[BlackFideId "412600"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. e5 Nc6 6. Qa4 Nd5 7. Qe4 Nb6 8. Bb5
Bg7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bg5 d5 11. Qh4 Qc7 12. O-O-O Bf5 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Bxe7 Nc4
15. Bxf8 Bxf8 16. Nd4 Qb6 17. Nb3 a5 18. Qd4 Qb4 19. a3 Bh6+ 20. f4 Nxa3 21.
bxa3 Qxa3+ 22. Kd2 Qb2 23. Na1 c5 24. Qf2 d4 25. Nd5 Kg7 26. Rb1 Qa2 27. Nf6 d3
28. Rhf1 dxc2 29. Rbc1 Rd8+ 30. Ke1 Qb1 31. Qe3 Rd1+ 32. Kf2 Qxc1 33. Qxc1 Rxc1
34. Rxc1 Bxf4 35. Rxc2 Bxc2 36. Nxc2 Bc1 37. Nd7 a4 38. Nxc5 a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "9.27"]
[White "Brown, Thomas"]
[Black "Pai, Sidhanth"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2082"]
[BlackElo "1842"]
[ECO "E25"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1801430"]
[BlackFideId "343111937"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. e3
c4 9. Ne2 h5 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. a4 Nc6 12. Kf2 Na5 13. Ba3 Qd7 14. h4 Nb3 15. Ra2
Kd8 16. Ng3 Re8 17. e4 dxe4 18. Bxc4 e3+ 19. Kg1 Qc7 20. Qxb3 Qxg3 21. Re2 Bf5
22. Bc1 Qf4 23. Qxb7 Rb8 24. Qxa7 Rb1 25. Qa5+ Ke7 26. Re1 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "9.28"]
[White "Clarke, Connor"]
[Black "Sow, MiaoGeng Malcolm"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2058"]
[BlackElo "1842"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "457655"]
[BlackFideId "5817501"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 c5 4. d5 d6 5. dxe6 Bxe6 6. Nge2 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. Qxd5 Bxd5 10. Nc3 Bc6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxe7 Kxe7 13. O-O-O Rd8 14.
Rxd8 Kxd8 15. Bc4 f6 16. Rd1+ Nd7 17. Be6 Kc7 18. Nd5+ Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Nb6 20. Rd1
Re8 21. Bg4 Re7 22. b3 Nc8 23. h4 Nd6 24. Rd5 b6 25. Rd3 Re5 26. c3 Re4 27. f3
Re5 28. Kd2 a5 29. c4 Re7 30. h5 h6 31. Rd5 a4 32. Rd3 axb3 33. axb3 Re5 34. Re3
Rxe3 35. Kxe3 Kd8 36. Be6 Kc7 37. g4 Kb7 38. Kd3 Ka6 39. Bd5 Ka5 40. Kc3 b5 41.
cxb5 Kxb5 42. Be6 Ka5 43. Bg8 Kb5 44. Bd5 Ka5 45. Bc6 Kb6 46. Bd7 Ka5 47. Be6
Kb6 48. Bg8 Ka5 49. Bh7 Kb5 50. Bd3+ Ka5 51. Bf1 Kb6 52. Bg2 Kb5 53. f4 Ka5 54.
Bf3 Kb5 55. Be2+ Ka5 56. Bd3 Kb6 57. Bh7 Kb5 58. Bg8 Ne4+ 59. Kd3 Nd6 60. Ke3
Kb4 61. Kd3 Kb5 62. Bd5 Kb4 63. Be6 Kb5 64. g5 Kb4 65. gxh6 gxh6 66. Bd5 Kb5 67.
Bg8 Kb4 68. Be6 Kb5 69. Kc3 Ne4+ 70. Kd3 Nd6 71. Bg8 Kb4 72. Bd5 Nb5 73. Bg8 Nd6
74. Be6 Kb5 75. Bd7+ Kb4 76. Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "9.29"]
[White "Norinkeviciute, Rasa"]
[Black "Barbu, Simon-Alexandru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "1904"]
[BlackElo "2051"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12801925"]
[BlackFideId "1257170"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. d3 e5 7. e4 Nge7 8. O-O h6
9. a3 O-O 10. Rb1 a5 11. Ne1 Be6 12. Nc2 f5 13. Nd5 a4 14. b4 axb3 15. Rxb3 Rb8
16. Bd2 Rf7 17. Qb1 Nc8 18. f4 Kh7 19. Nc3 Na5 20. Rb5 Na7 21. Rb2 N7c6 22. exf5
gxf5 23. Ne3 Nd4 24. Qd1 Ra8 25. Ned5 e4 26. Be1 b5 27. Ra2 exd3 28. cxb5 c4 29.
b6 Bd7 30. a4 Bc6 31. Qh5 Rb7 32. g4 Qe8 33. Qh4 Qg6 34. gxf5 Nxf5 35. Qh3 Re8
36. Kh1 Bd4 37. Bf3 Rg7 38. Rg2 Qf7 39. Rxg7+ Kxg7 40. Qg4+ Kh8 41. Qh3 Nb3 42.
Qg2 d2 43. Bxd2 Nh4 44. Qh3 Nxf3 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "9.30"]
[White "Siddharth, Gopakumar"]
[Black "Herzwurm, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1864"]
[BlackElo "2047"]
[ECO "C06"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, closed variation, main line"]
[WhiteFideId "5053463"]
[BlackFideId "4668570"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. Bf4 Bxf4 12. Nxf4 O-O 13. O-O Ne4 14. Qc1 Ng5
15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. Ne2 Qf6 17. Qe3 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Bc2 Bg4 20. f3 Bh5 21.
Rad1 Rfe8 22. Qf2 Nc4 23. Nc3 Bf7 24. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Qb6+ 26. Qf2 Ne3 27.
Rd2 d4 28. Na4 Qa5 29. b3 Rc8 30. h3 b5 31. Nb2 Qxa2 32. Bd3 Qxb3 33. Qh4 Rc1+
34. Kh2 Qd5 35. Qxh7+ Kf8 36. Qe4 Qxe4 37. fxe4 Bc4 38. Rf2+ Ke7 39. Kg3 Bxd3
40. Nxd3 Rc3 41. Rd2 Nf1+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "9.31"]
[White "Woods, Yannick"]
[Black "Gorskovs, Andrejs"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2023"]
[BlackElo "1920"]
[ECO "E24"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2518384"]
[BlackFideId "343426751"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Nc6 6. f3 Na5 7. e4 b6 8. Bd3
Ba6 9. Qe2 c5 10. Be3 Rc8 11. d5 exd5 12. exd5 O-O 13. Nh3 Re8 14. Kf2 d6 15.
Ng5 h6 16. h4 Nd7 17. f4 Qe7 18. Rh3 Qf6 19. Ne4 Qe7 20. Ng5 Nf6 21. Rah1 h5 22.
Re1 Ng4+ 23. Kg1 Qd7 24. Qc2 Nxc4 25. Bf5 Nxa3 26. Bh7+ Kf8 27. Qa2 Nc4 28. Qxa6
Rxe3 29. Rhxe3 Ngxe3 30. Bd3 b5 31. f5 Nxd5 32. Ne4 Qc6 33. Qxc6 Rxc6 34. Bxc4
bxc4 35. Rd1 Ne3 36. Rxd6 Rxd6 37. Nxd6 Ke7 38. Nc8+ Kd7 39. Nxa7 Nxf5 40. Nb5
Kc6 41. Na3 Kd5 42. Nc2 Ke4 43. Kf2 Kd3 44. Ne1+ Kxc3 45. Nf3 Kb2 46. Ne5 c3 47.
Nd3+ Kb3 48. Nxc5+ Kc4 49. Nd7 c2 50. Ne5+ Kd4 51. Nf3+ Kc3 52. Ng1 Nd4 53. g4
hxg4 54. h5 c1=Q 55. Ne2+ Nxe2 56. h6 Qf4+ 57. Kg2 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "9.32"]
[White "Eldridge, Albert"]
[Black "Kendall, Arthur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1781"]
[BlackElo "2000"]
[ECO "E92"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Andersson variation"]
[WhiteFideId "343438857"]
[BlackFideId "343410960"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Qxd8
Rxd8 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. cxd5 c6 11. Bg5 Re8 12. Bc4 cxd5 13. Bxd5 h6 14. Be3 Na6
15. Ke2 Nb4 16. Bb3 b6 17. Rac1 Ba6+ 18. Bc4 Bb7 19. Nd2 Rac8 20. f3 Bf8 21. a3
Nc6 22. Bb5 Red8 23. Nb1 Bc5 24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. Bxc6 Rxc6 26. Rhd1 Rd4 27. Ke1 f5
28. exf5 gxf5 29. Nd2 c4 30. Nxc4 Rcxc4 31. Rxc4 Rxc4 32. Rd8+ Kf7 33. Rd7+ Kf6
34. Rxb7 Rc2 35. Kf1 a5 36. Rb5 f4 37. h3 a4 38. Kg1 Rc1+ 39. Kh2 Rc2 40. Rb4
Kf5 41. h4 Rd2 42. Kh3 Rd4 43. Rb5 Rd1 44. Kh2 h5 45. Rb8 Rd2 46. Rf8+ Ke6 47.
Re8+ Kf6 48. Ra8 Rd4 49. Rh8 Rd2 50. Rh6+ Kg7 51. Rxh5 e4 52. fxe4 f3 53. Rg5+
Kh6 54. Kg1 f2+ 55. Kf1 Rxb2 56. Ra5 Rb8 57. Kxf2 Rc8 58. Rxa4 Rc1 59. Ra5 Rc3
60. g3 Rc8 61. Kf3 Re8 62. a4 Rg8 63. Rf5 Ra8 64. a5 Kg6 65. Kf4 Ra7 66. g4 Ra6
67. h5+ Kh6 68. g5+ Kh7 69. Rb5 Ra7 70. Kf5 Re7 71. a6 Re8 72. Rb7+ Kh8 73. a7
Rf8+ 74. Kg4 Rg8 75. Rb8 Rxb8 76. axb8=Q+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "9.33"]
[White "Brewer, Callum D"]
[Black "Swiatkowski, Dominik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2175"]
[BlackElo "1874"]
[ECO "C46"]
[Opening "Four knights game"]
[WhiteFideId "435309"]
[BlackFideId "343415202"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. h3 Bb4 5. Bd3 Bxc3 6. dxc3 h6 7. c4 d6 8. a3
a5 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 Nd7 11. Qc3 Qe7 12. O-O-O Kd8 13. g4 Kc8 14. g5 hxg5 15.
Nxg5 f6 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. Rhg1 g5 18. Be2 b6 19. Bg4 Qe7 20. c5 Kb7 21. cxd6
cxd6 22. Rd5 Nc5 23. Rgd1 Rhd8 24. Qc4 Ne6 25. Bxe6 Qxe6 26. Bxb6 Qd7 27. Bxd8
Rxd8 28. Rb5+ Ka7 29. Qd5 Ka6 30. Rd3 Qc7 31. Rc3 Rc8 32. a4 Qd7 33. Rbc5 Kb6
34. Rb3+ Ka6 35. Rcb5 Qc7 36. Rb6+ Ka7 37. Qb5 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "9.34"]
[White "Kim, Changhoon"]
[Black "ONUOHA, Obioma"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "CM"]
[WhiteElo "1874"]
[BlackElo "2056"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[WhiteFideId "34117234"]
[BlackFideId "8505837"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 f5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qc2 Qe8
9. c5 Bc7 10. Bf4 Bxf4 11. gxf4 Qh5 12. e3 Nbd7 13. b4 Ng4 14. Ne2 Ndf6 15. Ng3
Qe8 16. a4 a6 17. Rfb1 Ne4 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Ne5 Nh6 20. Bf1 Bd7 21. Ra2 Nf5 22.
Qe2 Qe7 23. Rab2 Be8 24. Qg4 Nh4 25. b5 cxb5 26. axb5 a5 27. Bh3 Nf5 28. Bf1 Kh8
29. Kh1 Rf6 30. Qg5 Rh6 31. Qxe7 Nxe7 32. Ra2 Bh5 33. Rba1 Rf8 34. Rxa5 Bf3+ 35.
Bg2 Ng6 36. Ra8 Kg8 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. c6 bxc6 39. b6 Nh4 40. Bxf3 exf3 41. b7 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "9.35"]
[White "Rubeck, Jonathan"]
[Black "Rayner, Francis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1913"]
[BlackElo "1983"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Grand Prix attack"]
[WhiteFideId "435678"]
[BlackFideId "1800132"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 e6 6. O-O Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. Qe1
d5 9. Bb3 b5 10. a4 b4 11. Nd1 dxe4 12. dxe4 Ba6 13. Rf2 c4 14. Ba2 Rb8 15. c3
bxc3 16. bxc3 Na5 17. Ba3 Nb3 18. Rb1 Qc7 19. e5 Nc5 20. Rxb8 Rxb8 21. Nb2 Nd5
22. Nd4 Bf8 23. Nb5 Bxb5 24. axb5 Nd3 25. Nxd3 Bxa3 26. Nb4 Bxb4 27. cxb4 Rxb5
28. f5 gxf5 29. Re2 Rxb4 30. Qg3+ Kh8 31. h4 Qc5+ 32. Kh1 Qd4 33. Rf2 c3 34.
Bxd5 Qxh4+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "9.36"]
[White "Dewangan, Aayush"]
[Black "Ruane, Brendan J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1981"]
[BlackElo "1857"]
[ECO "C44"]
[Opening "Scotch gambit"]
[Variation "Dubois-Reti defence"]
[WhiteFideId "469700"]
[BlackFideId "430218"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 Ng4 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 d6 8. exd6
cxd6 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. h3 Nge5 11. Bb3 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bxh3 13. Qe4 Bc8 14. Bf4 Ng6
15. Nc3 Nxf4 16. Qxf4 Bg5 17. Qg3 Bd2 18. Red1 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Bf5 20. Rxd6 Qe7
21. Rd5 Bg6 22. Rad1 Rad8 23. c4 b6 24. Qf4 h6 25. Qd4 Rc8 26. a4 Qe2 27. Re5 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "9.37"]
[White "Saxena, Advik"]
[Black "Rastogi, Nayan Keats"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1806"]
[BlackElo "1939"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "343423892"]
[BlackFideId "343407579"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Be3 Bd7 8. b3
cxb3 9. Qxb3 Nd5 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. e4 Nb6 13. d5 Na5 14. Qc3 Nac4
15. Nfd2 Qf6 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. Nxc4 Nxc4 18. Rc1 b5 19. e5 Ra7 20. dxe6 fxe6 21.
exf6 Rf8 22. Nc3 Rxf6 23. Ne4 Rf5 24. Rd1 Ke7 25. g4 Rf4 26. h3 Nd6 27. Ng5 h6
28. Nf3 Nc4 29. Nh4 Rf7 30. Ng6+ Kf6 31. Nf4 c5 32. Re1 Na3 33. Rad1 Nc2 34.
Nh5+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "9.38"]
[White "Swiatkowski, Aram"]
[Black "Saxena, Reyansh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1843"]
[BlackElo "1641"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Reti (Spielmann) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "343415210"]
[BlackFideId "343423884"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 dxe4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. Nxe4 O-O 7. O-O-O a5 8.
a4 c6 9. g4 b5 10. axb5 a4 11. bxa4 Rxa4 12. d4 cxb5 13. Nc5 Rb4 14. Bc3 Qa5 15.
Bxb4 Qa1+ 16. Kd2 Qxd4+ 17. Kc1 Qxb4 18. Nb3 Ne4 19. Rd3 Bg5+ 20. Kb1 Nc3+ 21.
Rxc3 Qxc3 22. Qd3 Qe1+ 23. Ka2 Bb7 24. Nf3 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Na6 26. Bxb5 Nb4+ 27.
Kb2 Bf6+ 28. c3 Qe5 29. Be2 Nd5 30. Rc1 Rc8 31. Nd4 Nxc3 32. Nc6 Qxe2+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "9.39"]
[White "Hu, Junyan"]
[Black "Balzer, Lars"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1862"]
[BlackElo "2026"]
[ECO "B13"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "343401260"]
[BlackFideId "4646452"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 g6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. Bxf5 gxf5 8.
Bf4 Nf6 9. Ne5 e6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Re1 O-O 12. Bg5 Be7 13. Qe2 Nxe5 14. Qxe5 Ng4
15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qf4 Qf6 17. h3 Qh6 18. Qg3 Kh8 19. hxg4 Rg8 20. Qe3 Qh4 21.
Qe5+ f6 22. Qg3 Qh6 23. Qh3 Qf4 24. Qf3 Qg5 25. Na3 fxg4 26. Qe3 Qh5 27. Qxe6
Rg6 28. Qf7 Qh4 29. g3 Qg5 30. Re7 Rh6 31. Rae1 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "9.40"]
[White "Sciupokas, Arunas"]
[Black "Ratcliffe, James"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1990"]
[BlackElo "1845"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[WhiteFideId "12803693"]
[BlackFideId "343432840"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 b6 6. Nf3 e6 7. a3 Be7 8. Bd3
O-O 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Qe4 g6 11. Bh6 Qc7 12. Qe2 Rd8 13. O-O Nc6 14. Rc1 d6 15. Nc3
Nxc3 16. Rxc3 d5 17. Rac1 a6 18. h4 b5 19. h5 Qb6 20. Qe3 Rdc8 21. Qf4 Qd8 22.
hxg6 hxg6 23. Bg5 b4 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. axb4 Nxb4 26. Bb1 Rxc3 27. Rxc3 Kg7 28.
Qc1 Qe8 29. Qg5 Qd8 30. Qd2 a5 31. Ng5 Ba6 32. Rh3 Qg8 33. Qf4 Ra7 34. Nxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "9.41"]
[White "Chapman, Luke"]
[Black "Bharat Kumar, Balahari"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1976"]
[BlackElo "2068"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf"]
[WhiteFideId "343416608"]
[BlackFideId "496464"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 b5 7. a4 b4 8. Nd5 e6
9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. g4 Bb7 11. Bg2 Nd7 12. g5 Qd8 13. h4 Be7 14. b3 Nc5 15. Qe2 g6
16. Qe3 e5 17. Ne2 h6 18. f4 hxg5 19. hxg5 exf4 20. Qxf4 Ne6 21. Qg3 Bxg5 22.
Bxg5 Qxg5 23. Qxg5 Nxg5 24. O-O-O O-O-O 25. Rd4 a5 26. Nf4 Rh4 27. Nd5 Ne6 28.
Rc4+ Nc5 29. e5 Rxc4 30. Nb6+ Kc7 31. Nxc4 d5 32. Nxa5 Ba8 33. Rd1 Kb6 34. Nc4+
dxc4 35. Rxd8 Bxg2 36. Rb8+ Kc7 37. Rxb4 cxb3 38. Rc4 Kb6 39. cxb3 Nxb3+ 40. Kb2
Nc5 41. Rd4 Bc6 42. Rd6 Nxa4+ 43. Kc2 Kc7 44. e6 Kxd6 45. exf7 Ke7 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "9.42"]
[White "Gibson, Christopher A"]
[Black "Vaidyanathan, Sathya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1887"]
[BlackElo "1842"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "414697"]
[BlackFideId "490539"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a5 7. Re1 Ba7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Nf1 Be6 10. Bb5 Ne7 11. d4 c6 12. Bd3 exd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. e5 Nfd5 15.
Ne3 Nxe3 16. Bxe3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 dxe5 18. Qe4 Ng6 19. dxe5 Re8 20. f4 Qd5 21.
Bxa7 Qxe4 22. Bxe4 Rxa7 23. g3 Raa8 24. Rad1 Rad8 25. Bf3 Kf8 26. Kf2 Ke7 27.
Bg4 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rd8 29. Rxd8 Kxd8 30. Ke3 Ne7 31. Bf3 Kd7 32. g4 g6 33. g5 Ke6
34. Ke4 Nd5 35. Bg4+ Ke7 36. f5 Nb6 37. f6+ Kf8 38. e6 fxe6 39. Bxe6 Na4 40. Bc8
b6 41. Ke5 Nxb2 42. Kd6 c5 43. Kd5 Nd3 44. Kc4 Ne5+ 45. Kd5 Nf3 46. Ba6 Nxh2 47.
Be2 Kf7 48. Kc6 Kf8 49. Kxb6 c4 50. Bxc4 Nf3 51. Kxa5 Nxg5 52. Bd5 h5 53. Kb6
Nh7 54. a4 Nxf6 55. Bc6 h4 56. a5 Ng8 57. a6 Ne7 58. Bb7 h3 59. a7 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "9.43"]
[White "Vaddhireddy, Sai"]
[Black "Wilson, Matthew R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1960"]
[BlackElo "1772"]
[ECO "D30"]
[Opening "Queen's gambit declined"]
[WhiteFideId "499560"]
[BlackFideId "423459"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 a5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. a3
Be7 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. cxd5 Bxd5 11. e4 Bb7 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 h6 14. Bd2 Na6 15.
Rad1 Rc8 16. Qc1 f5 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. Ne5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qxd4 21.
Bf4 Qc5 22. Nd7 Qxc1 23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. Bxc1 Nc5 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 Nb3 27.
Be3 c5 28. Rb1 Nd4 29. bxc5 bxc5 30. Rfc1 Rc7 31. Rc4 e5 32. Rbc1 Kf7 33. Rxc5
Rxc5 34. Rxc5 Nf5 35. Bd2 h5 36. Rc6 Nd4 37. Ra6 Nf5 38. Kf3 Nd4+ 39. Ke4 Ne6
40. Be3 h4 41. gxh4 Bxh4 42. Kxe5 Bf6+ 43. Kf5 g6+ 44. Ke4 Bg5 45. Rxe6 Bxe3 46.
fxe3 Kxe6 47. Kf4 Kf6 48. h4 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "9.44"]
[White "Freeman, Luke"]
[Black "Gupta, Aditya"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1867"]
[BlackElo "1808"]
[ECO "B52"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky attack, Sokolsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "343411959"]
[BlackFideId "343418643"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8.
Nc3 g6 9. f3 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. O-O a6 12. Qd3 Rfc8 13. b3 Rab8 14. Nxc6 Qxc6
15. Rac1 b6 16. Rfd1 Qb7 17. a4 Nd7 18. h3 Bxc3 19. Rxc3 Nc5 20. Qc2 b5 21. cxb5
axb5 22. axb5 Qxb5 23. Rb1 Qd7 24. Rc1 Rb4 25. Rd1 Qe6 26. Rd5 f5 27. Bxc5 dxc5
28. Rcxc5 Rxc5 29. Qxc5 Rxb3 30. exf5 gxf5 31. Rxf5 Qb6 32. Qxb6 Rxb6 33. Kf2
Kg7 34. g4 Kg6 35. Kg3 e6 36. Rc5 Rb3 37. Rc6 Re3 38. Kf4 Re1 39. Rc5 Kf6 40.
Rh5 e5+ 41. Kg3 Kg6 42. Kf2 Rh1 43. Rxe5 Rxh3 44. Kg2 Rh4 45. Re1 h5 46. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "9.45"]
[White "Butt, Laurence"]
[Black "Prince, Alan R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1790"]
[BlackElo "1803"]
[ECO "A45"]
[Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "440884"]
[BlackFideId "2402165"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e4 Be7 4. e5 Nd5 5. h4 c5 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
f5 9. Qg3 cxd4 10. Nd2 Nc6 11. Ngf3 Ndb4 12. h5 Nxd3+ 13. cxd3 h6 14. Rc1 b5 15.
Rh4 Bb7 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Rxd4 Rac8 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Kd1 Bd5 20. b3 Qa3 21. Qg6
Qc5 22. Rf4 Qc3 23. d4 Qc2+ 24. Ke2 Be4 25. Rxe4 fxe4 26. Qg3 Qxa2 27. Qg6 Qc2
28. Qg3 Rc3 29. Qh4 Qd3+ 30. Kd1 Rc8 31. Qxe4 Qxe4 32. Nxe4 Kf8 33. Kd2 Ke7 34.
f4 b4 35. g4 Rc6 36. f5 exf5 37. gxf5 Ra6 38. Kd3 Ra1 39. f6+ gxf6 40. Nxf6 Ke6
41. Ke4 Re1+ 42. Kd3 d6 43. Ng4 dxe5 44. dxe5 Rh1 45. Nxh6 Rxh5 46. Ng4 Rh3+ 47.
Kc2 Rg3 48. Nf6 Kxe5 49. Nd7+ Kd4 50. Kb2 Rg7 51. Nb8 Rg2+ 52. Kb1 Kc3 53. Nc6
Kxb3 54. Nd4+ Kc4 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "9.46"]
[White "Halas, Kim Aleksander"]
[Black "Napolitano, Domenico"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1729"]
[BlackElo "1863"]
[ECO "D07"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Chigorin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1546074"]
[BlackFideId "456993"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Bxf3 7. gxf3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 e5 9. d5 Nb8 10. Qb3 Bc5 11. Qb5+ Nd7 12. h4 a6 13. Qxb7 O-O 14. Bg5 f6 15.
Bc1 f5 16. Bg5 Qe8 17. exf5 e4 18. f4 e3 19. Bd3 exf2+ 20. Kf1 Qe3 21. Bxa6 Rae8
22. Qb1 Qf3 23. Rh2 Re1+ 24. Qxe1 fxe1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "Hastings Masters 2025-26"]
[Site "Hastings ENG"]
[Date "2026.01.02"]
[Round "9.47"]
[White "Varney, Zoe"]
[Black "Siddhartha Shankar Srivastava"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WFM"]
[WhiteElo "2053"]
[BlackElo "1589"]
[ECO "B40"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Pin, Koch variation"]
[WhiteFideId "436135"]
[BlackFideId "25780590"]
[EventDate "2025.12.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. e5 Nd5 7. Qg4 g6 8. Nb5
a6 9. Nd6+ Bxd6 10. exd6 Nxc3 11. Qd4 O-O 12. Bh6 f6 13. Bxf8 Qxf8 14. Qxc3 Nc6
15. O-O-O b5 16. h4 Bb7 17. h5 g5 18. Qg3 e5 19. Bd3 Qf7 20. Be4 Na5 21. Bxb7
Nxb7 22. Qf3 Rb8 23. Kb1 Nc5 24. Rhe1 Rc8 25. Re3 Rc6 26. Rc3 b4 27. Qxc6 dxc6
28. Rxc5 Qd7 29. Rxc6 1-0

