
Deep Sengupta is no stranger to Hastings, having already won the tournament in 2010/11 and 2016/17, however Yiping Lou won for the first time. The names of these two winners are now added to a long list — the tournament, now dubbed the Tradewise International Chess Congress — hasbeen around since 1920. The cast of characters is not quite as elite as it used to be (past winners include: Paul Keres, Mikhail Botvinnik, Mikhail Tal, Boris Spassky, Vassily Smyslov and Anatoly Karpov, to name a few), but in terms of tradition, it can't be beat.
Co-winner: IM Yiping Lou from China
Adam C. Taylor is the name of the FIDE Master who was able to lay a glove on Sengupta in Round 1. From the Indian's point of view, this game must probably be considered a failure of the opening:
FM Adam C. Taylor: After the strong start, he ended up with a 5½ / 9 on a shared 12th place in the end.
Sengupta's other mishap was at the hands of German FM Frank Buchenau, who profited in Round 4 from another tactical oversight:
What was the advice that a wise old Sir Winston Churchill once gave to his listeners? Never, never, never, never give up! Deep Sengupta did not do that either and so, with a furious victory in the ninth and final round against GM Daniel Gormally, he actually caught up with Yiping Lou, who had taken the lead in Round 8:
English Grandmaster Daniel Gormally was taken down by the tournament winner | Photo: Brendan O’Gorman
Final Standings (top 20)
Rk. | Name | Rtg | TB1 | ||
1 |
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GM | SENGUPTA Deep | 2586 | 7,0 |
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IM | LOU Yiping | 2462 | 7,0 | |
3 |
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IM | STANY G.A. | 2502 | 6,5 |
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GM | VAKHIDOV Jakhongir | 2500 | 6,5 | |
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IM | DAS Arghyadip | 2451 | 6,5 | |
6 |
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GM | GORMALLY Daniel W | 2477 | 6,0 |
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GM | HEBDEN Mark L | 2445 | 6,0 | |
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GM | ARKELL Keith C | 2416 | 6,0 | |
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FM | DERAKHSHANI Borna | 2298 | 6,0 | |
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IM | MANNION Stephen R | 2285 | 6,0 | |
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ROYSET Pal | 2208 | 6,0 | ||
12 |
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GM | FIER Alexandr | 2576 | 5,5 |
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GM | CHERNIAEV Alexander | 2436 | 5,5 | |
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IM | WEGERLE Joerg | 2421 | 5,5 | |
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GM | LALIC Bogdan | 2415 | 5,5 | |
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FM | RADOVANOVIC Jovica | 2320 | 5,5 | |
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FM | MURPHY Conor E | 2313 | 5,5 | |
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IM | MUIR Andrew J | 2297 | 5,5 | |
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FM | PITSCHKA Claus | 2249 | 5,5 | |
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FM | TAYLOR Adam C | 2242 | 5,5 |
... 86 players
Translation from German: Macauley Peterson