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This year a number of strong players and grandmasters travelled to England to pay tribute to the long chess tradition of Hastings. Elo-favorites were GM Ferenc Berkes from Hungary and GM Igor Khenkin from Germany. But in the end neither of them won the tournament. After nine rounds both had half a point less than GM Jahongiv Vakhidov from Uzbekistan and GM Aleksander Mista from Poland. The two surprise winners shared first place with 7.0/9 each.
The tournament venue leaves no room for doubt: chess is sport.
Dominic Lawson, president of the English Chess Federation
during the opening ceremony.
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | |
| 1 | 5 | GM | Vakhidov Jahongir | UZB | 2546 | 7,0 | 42,25 | 2792 |
| 2 | 3 | GM | Mista Aleksander | POL | 2567 | 7,0 | 40,00 | 2762 |
| 3 | 6 | GM | Sulskis Sarunas | LTU | 2535 | 6,5 | 38,25 | 2693 |
| 4 | 2 | GM | Khenkin Igor | GER | 2605 | 6,5 | 36,75 | 2659 |
| 5 | 8 | GM | Fodor Tamas Jr. | HUN | 2492 | 6,5 | 36,25 | 2675 |
| 6 | 1 | GM | Berkes Ferenc | HUN | 2650 | 6,5 | 36,00 | 2677 |
| 7 | 15 | IM | Sarkar Justin | USA | 2407 | 6,5 | 32,75 | 2605 |
| 8 | 13 | IM | Bagi Mate | HUN | 2440 | 6,0 | 32,25 | 2603 |
| 9 | 12 | GM | Flear Glenn C | ENG | 2459 | 6,0 | 30,00 | 2485 |
| 10 | 18 | IM | Krishna C R G | IND | 2367 | 6,0 | 29,00 | 2533 |
| 11 | 23 | FM | Batchelor Peter J | ENG | 2307 | 6,0 | 26,25 | 2420 |
| 12 | 17 | IM | Eggleston David J | ENG | 2396 | 6,0 | 26,00 | 2438 |
| 13 | 4 | GM | Pap Gyula | HUN | 2551 | 5,5 | 30,25 | 2526 |
| 14 | 11 | GM | Romanishin Oleg M | UKR | 2462 | 5,5 | 29,00 | 2531 |
| 15 | 10 | GM | Hebden Mark L | ENG | 2469 | 5,5 | 27,50 | 2439 |
| 16 | 16 | IM | Nagy Gabor | HUN | 2403 | 5,5 | 27,25 | 2482 |
| 17 | 14 | GM | Williams Simon K | ENG | 2439 | 5,5 | 27,00 | 2437 |
| 18 | 7 | GM | Gormally Daniel W | ENG | 2506 | 5,5 | 26,50 | 2417 |
| 19 | 9 | GM | Arkell Keith C | ENG | 2490 | 5,5 | 25,75 | 2406 |
| 20 | 19 | IM | Bates Richard A | ENG | 2331 | 5,5 | 24,50 | 2350 |
| 21 | 82 | FM | Radovanovic Jovica | SRB | 2321 | 5,5 | 23,25 | 2354 |
| 22 | 25 | Wadsworth Matthew J | ENG | 2273 | 5,5 | 23,25 | 2330 | |
| 23 | 28 | IM | Prosviriakov Vladimir | USA | 2232 | 5,5 | 22,25 | 2292 |
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Proud winners
Surprise winner Jahongir Vakhidov
Igor Khenkin missed shared first prize by half a point.
As did Ferenc Berkes
ChessBase author Simon Williams
Chess legend Oleg Romansihin
Brendan O'Gorman (Photo by Arthur Hibbitt)
Photos: Brendan O'Gorman (Tournament page)
