ChessBase 17 - Mega package - Edition 2024
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The defending champion at the Hastings Masters is the Lithuanian GM Sarunas Sulskis, who scored an attacking win in the first round, in which the combination of a queen sacrifice and h-pawn reaching g7 was somewhat reminiscent of a famous game by Mikhail Tal:
Replay below Tal’s game, which many readers will have seen before.
Another guest in Hastings is Pengxiang Zhang, a name that may not ring a bell with many readers. However, 15 or 20 years ago, the Chinese player was part of the extended world elite — only to stop playing completely for a number of years.
Pengziang proved that he is still strong in the second round.
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— Hastings International Chess Congress (@HIChCongress) December 28, 2023
Understanding Middlegame Strategies Vol.7 - 9
Let Toptrainer Sokolov show you the ins and outs of middlegames. This course is about the catalan structures vs. semi-slav/triangle setups
1 | 3 | GM | Zhang, Pengxiang | CHN | 2558 | 3 | 3 | 2,45 | 0,55 | 10 | 5,5 | ||
6 | GM | Laurent-Paoli, Pierre | FRA | 2524 | 3 | 3 | 2,39 | 0,61 | 10 | 6,1 | |||
15 | IM | Royal, Shreyas | ENG | 2438 | 3 | 3 | 2,17 | 0,83 | 10 | 8,3 | |||
19 | GM | Cherniaev, Alexander | ENG | 2381 | 3 | 3 | 2,15 | 0,85 | 10 | 8,5 | |||
32 | FM | Nielsen, Andre | NOR | 2239 | 3 | 3 | 1,27 | 1,73 | 20 | 34,6 | |||
6 | 1 | GM | Lagarde, Maxime | FRA | 2640 | 2,5 | 2,5 | 2,54 | -0,04 | 10 | -0,4 | ||
2 | GM | Gupta, Abhijeet | IND | 2596 | 2,5 | 2,5 | 2,44 | 0,06 | 10 | 0,6 | |||
8 | IM | Ghasi, Ameet K | ENG | 2509 | 2,5 | 2,5 | 2,61 | -0,11 | 10 | -1,1 | |||
9 | GM | Petrov, Martin | BUL | 2501 | 2,5 | 2,5 | 2,45 | 0,05 | 10 | 0,5 | |||
12 | GM | Gasanov, Eldar | UKR | 2487 | 2,5 | 2,5 | 2,46 | 0,04 | 10 | 0,4 | |||
13 | IM | Wadsworth, Matthew J | ENG | 2448 | 2,5 | 2,5 | 2,11 | 0,39 | 10 | 3,9 | |||
14 | GM | Gormally, Daniel W | ENG | 2442 | 2,5 | 2,5 | 2,73 | -0,23 | 10 | -2,3 | |||
16 | IM | Willow, Jonah B | ENG | 2427 | 2,5 | 2,5 | 2,02 | 0,48 | 10 | 4,8 | |||
18 | IM | Boyer, Mahel | FRA | 2427 | 2,5 | 2,5 | 2,72 | -0,22 | 10 | -2,2 | |||
21 | GM | Arkell, Keith C | ENG | 2371 | 2,5 | 2,5 | 2,22 | 0,28 | 10 | 2,8 | |||
22 | IM | Unuk, Laura | w | SLO | 2345 | 2,5 | 2,5 | 2,17 | 0,33 | 10 | 3,3 | ||
17 | 4 | GM | Jacobson, Brandon | USA | 2538 | 2 | 2 | 2,35 | -0,35 | 10 | -3,5 | ||
5 | GM | Edouard, Romain | FRA | 2527 | 2 | 2 | 2,47 | -0,47 | 10 | -4,7 | |||
7 | GM | Mikhalevski, Victor | ISR | 2524 | 2 | 2 | 2,57 | -0,57 | 10 | -5,7 | |||
10 | GM | Sengupta, Deep | IND | 2501 | 2 | 2 | 2,41 | -0,41 | 10 | -4,1 | |||
11 | GM | Sulskis, Sarunas | LTU | 2490 | 2 | 2 | 2,64 | -0,64 | 10 | -6,4 | |||
17 | GM | Gallagher, Joseph G | SUI | 2427 | 2 | 2 | 2,20 | -0,20 | 10 | -2 | |||
20 | FM | Derakhshani, Borna | ENG | 2380 | 2 | 2 | 2,06 | -0,06 | 10 | -0,6 | |||
23 | FM | Grutter, Tim | NED | 2342 | 2 | 2 | 2,16 | -0,16 | 20 | -3,2 | |||
24 | IM | Fischer, Daniel | SUI | 2341 | 2 | 2 | 2,12 | -0,12 | 10 | -1,2 | |||
25 | FM | Waldhausen Gordon, Frederick | SCO | 2338 | 2 | 2 | 1,94 | 0,06 | 20 | 1,2 | |||
27 | IM | Vestby-Ellingsen, Mads | NOR | 2329 | 2 | 2 | 1,95 | 0,05 | 10 | 0,5 | |||
29 | FM | Lux, Hugo De Melo | BRA | 2311 | 2 | 2 | 1,98 | 0,02 | 10 | 0,2 | |||
31 | IM | Sarkar, Justin | USA | 2272 | 2 | 2 | 2,78 | -0,78 | 10 | -7,8 | |||
34 | Boswell, Jacob Connor | ENG | 2235 | 2 | 2 | 1,92 | 0,08 | 20 | 1,6 |
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