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The 97th Caplin Hastings Congress took place 28th December 2023 to 7th January 2024. Abhijeet Gupta took clear first place with 7.5/9 half a point clear of Pengxiang Zhang. There is a final weekend tournament that followed the Masters.

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Hastings Masters 2023-24 Hastings ENG Thu 28th Dec 2023 - Sun 7th Jan 2024 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	TB1
1	2	Gupta, Abhijeet	GM	IND	2596	7.5
2	3	Zhang, Pengxiang	GM	CHN	2558	7
3	1	Lagarde, Maxime	GM	FRA	2640	6.5
	4	Jacobson, Brandon	GM	USA	2538	6.5
	5	Edouard, Romain	GM	FRA	2527	6.5
	6	Laurent-Paoli, Pierre	GM	FRA	2524	6.5
	8	Ghasi, Ameet K	IM	ENG	2509	6.5
	9	Petrov, Martin	GM	BUL	2501	6.5
	10	Sengupta, Deep	GM	IND	2501	6.5
	12	Gasanov, Eldar	GM	UKR	2487	6.5
	15	Royal, Shreyas	IM	ENG	2438	6.5
12	7	Mikhalevski, Victor	GM	ISR	2524	6
	25	Waldhausen Gordon, Frederick	FM	SCO	2338	6
	42	Bai, Xue		CHN	2099	6
15	11	Sulskis, Sarunas	GM	LTU	2490	5.5
	13	Wadsworth, Matthew J	IM	ENG	2448	5.5
	16	Willow, Jonah B	IM	ENG	2427	5.5
	17	Gallagher, Joseph G	GM	SUI	2427	5.5
	18	Boyer, Mahel	IM	FRA	2427	5.5
	19	Cherniaev, Alexander	GM	ENG	2381	5.5
	20	Derakhshani, Borna	FM	ENG	2380	5.5
	22	Unuk, Laura	IM	SLO	2345	5.5
	24	Fischer, Daniel	IM	SUI	2341	5.5
	27	Vestby-Ellingsen, Mads	IM	NOR	2329	5.5
	28	Rudd, Jack	IM	ENG	2314	5.5
	30	Bozinakis, Pavlos		GRE	2274	5.5
	31	Sarkar, Justin	IM	USA	2272	5.5
	32	Nielsen, Andre	FM	NOR	2239	5.5
	34	Boswell, Jacob Connor		ENG	2235	5.5
	37	Juknis, Paulius	CM	LTU	2148	5.5
31	14	Gormally, Daniel W	GM	ENG	2442	5
	21	Arkell, Keith C	GM	ENG	2371	5
	29	Lux, Hugo De Melo	FM	BRA	2311	5
	35	Villiers, Thomas	CM	ENG	2230	5
	39	Hobson, Kenneth	CM	ENG	2130	5
	41	Ismail, Mohammed Aayan		ENG	2115	5
	43	Brown, Tom		WLS	2095	5
	45	Gimenez Menchon, Cesar		ESP	2088	5
	74	Vasiliadis, Theodoros		GRE	1845	5
	79	Larkin, Benjamin		ENG	1814	5
	84	Verbytski, Oleg		ENG	1771	5
	100	Giahos, Gerasimos		GRE	0	5
43	23	Grutter, Tim	FM	NED	2342	4.5
	33	Beaumont, Chris R	IM	ENG	2236	4.5
	44	Walker, Martin G	FM	ENG	2090	4.5
	47	Evenshaug, Amadeus Hestvik		NOR	2041	4.5
	55	Kovalskyi, Roman		UKR	2009	4.5
	56	Onuoha, Obioma		NGR	1995	4.5
	58	Banerjee, Supratit	CM	SCO	1974	4.5
	61	Pert, Max P		ENG	1950	4.5
105 players

Hastings Weekend Open Hastings ENG Sat 6th Jan 2024 - Sun 7th Jan 2024 Leading Final Round 5 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	TB1
1	1	Arkell, Keith C	GM	ENG	2371	4.5
	2	Garcia Martin, Marta	IM	ESP	2355	4.5
3	15	Banerjee, Supratit	CM	SCO	1974	4
	37	Teh, Wee Zhun		MAS	1858	4
5	4	Sterck, Arno	FM	BEL	2257	3.5
	6	Verma, Aditya		ENG	2122	3.5
	7	Walker, Martin G	FM	ENG	2090	3.5
	8	Saunders, Aron		ENG	2083	3.5
	40	Sharma, Josh		ENG	1632	3.5
10	3	Large, Peter G	IM	ENG	2273	3
	10	Liu, Jack		ENG	2022	3
	11	Verma, Shlok		ENG	2003	3
	12	Lock, Gavin R	CM	ENG	2049	3
	17	Bai, Xue		CHN	2099	3
	18	Patel, Zain		ENG	1841	3
	21	Welford-Ranson, Forbes		ENG	0	3
	22	Keohane, Benedict A		ENG	1937	3
	24	Unwana, Eugene Ekpoikong	FM	NGR	2027	3
	27	Kovalskyi, Roman		UKR	2009	3
20	20	Archibong, Ubong Samuel		SCO	2064	2.5
	23	Keely, Leo A		ENG	1908	2.5
	26	Nguyen, Anh		ENG	1648	2.5
	29	Steiners, Emils		LAT	1993	2.5
	30	Smyth, Kevin		ENG	1822	2.5
	36	Suez-Panama, Gilles		FRA	1868	2.5
	39	Ahn, Sungmin		KOR	1836	2.5
27	5	Chandler, Cliff R		ENG	2206	2
	9	Boucquet, Emile	CM	BEL	2199	2
	16	Santhosh, Abhyuday		IND	1951	2
	19	Dunn, Maxim		ENG	1757	2
	25	Norinkeviciute, Rasa	WFM	LTU	1905	2
	28	Onuoha, Obioma		NGR	1995	2
	35	Rastogi, Nayan Keats		ENG	1662	2
	38	Fearnley-Sanders, Ben		ENG	0	2
	45	Alcindor, Samuel		FRA	1714	2
36	13	Marusenko, Petr	IM	UKR	2032	1.5
	14	Homer, Stephen J		ENG	2045	1.5
	32	Hollesen, Kurt		DEN	1917	1.5
	34	Marsden, Rupert		ENG	1692	1.5
	43	Schweitzer, Zubin		ENG	0	1.5
	44	Isaacs, Ruairi		ENG	1479	1.5
42	31	Cove, Henry		ENG	1803	1
	41	Butt, Laurence A		ENG	1688	1
	42	Park, Inchan		KOR	1768	1
	46	Plotnikov, Dmytro		ITA	1500	1
	47	Seo, Juwon	AFM	KOR	1405	1
47	33	Wilson, Matthew R		ENG	1771	0
47 players

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