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Tournament: Hastings 1996/97 • 45 Premier games, 122 Challengers games, 8 others • uploaded Wednesday, 4 March, 2026 4:37 PM
Venue: Cinque Ports Hotel, Hastings • Date: 28 December 1996 - 5 January 1997 • Download PGNtournament bulletin

 

1996/97 (72nd) Hastings Congress, 28 December 1996 – 5 January 1997

1996/97 Hastings Premier, 28 December - 5 January, Cinque Ports Hotel

1996/97 Hastings
Premier
Fed Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  Total 
1 Eduardas Rozentalis LTU 2610g
&;
1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 6
2 Mark L Hebden ENG 2530g 0
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1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 6
3 John D M Nunn ENG 2605g ½ 0
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½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 6
4 Sergei Movsesian ARM 2635m 1 ½ ½
&;
½ 0 0 ½ 1 1 5
5 Bogdan Lalic CRO 2565g ½ ½ ½ ½
&;
½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 5
6 Michael Adams ENG 2685g 0 0 0 1 ½
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1 ½ 1 ½
7 Xie Jun CHN 2510g ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0
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½ 0 1 4
8 Paul Motwani SCO 2490g ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½
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0 ½ 3
9 Stuart C Conquest ENG 2585g 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 1 1
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½ 3
10 Glenn C Flear ENG 2435g 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½
&;

Average Elo: 2565, Category 13, GM norm = 5 (achieved by Movsesian - his final norm)


1996/97 Hastings Challengers, 28 December 1996 - 5 January 1997

1996/97 Hastings
Challengers
Fed Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9  Total  Elo
+/-
1 Igors Rausis LAT 2495g w104= b53+ w83+ b9+ w16= w30= b8+ w3+ b15+ +1.16
2 Colin A McNab SCO 2465g b49+ w55+ b13+ w3- b56+ w14+ b6= w15= b12+ 7 +1.35
3 H James Plaskett ENG 2455g b65+ w51+ w57+ b2+ w11= b62+ w16= b1- w17+ 7 +2.23
4 Graeme N Buckley ENG 2370m w102+ b57- w99+ b114+ w62- b31+ w26= b64+ w60+ +1.10
5 John M Emms ENG 2500g b58+ w18+ b20= w16- b28+ w55= b56+ w41+ b6= +0.11
6 Bjarke [Kristiansen] Sahl DEN 2420m w97+ b46= w60- b91+ w24+ b44+ w2= b11+ w5= +0.83
7 Yannick Pelletier SUI 2440m b29= w101+ b26+ w30= b55= w52+ b17= w43+ b19= +0.38
8 Wolfram Schoen GER 2420m w100= b89+ w104+ b11- w74+ b107+ w1- b71+ w23+ +0.29
9 Jacob Aagaard DEN 2370 b27= w34+ b48+ w1- b87= w25- b81+ w72+ b51+ 6 -0.12
10 Gernod Beckhuis GER 2300 b72= w119+ b21- w85+ b124+ w19- w27= b99+ b48+ 6 +0.44
11 Michael Bezold GER 2495m b33+ w14+ b30= w8+ b3= w21= b41= w6- b43+ 6 +0.06
12 Alexander Cherniaev RUS 2420m b28= w85+ b46+ w15= b52= w18+ b19= w33+ w2- 6 +0.42
13 Colin S Crouch ENG 2375m w31+ b45+ w2- b44- w73= b74= w94+ b70+ w42+ 6 -0.30
14 Richard Forster SUI 2320f w126+ b11- w118+ b77+ w57+ b2- w71= b59+ w16= 6 +1.68
15 Joseph G Gallagher SUI 2530g w38+ b69= w39+ b12= w54+ b16= w30+ b2= w1- 6 -0.39
16 Jonathan P Levitt ENG 2435g w37+ b32+ w62= b5+ b1= w15= b3= w22= b14= 6 +1.32
17 John Pigott ENG 2360f w70+ b62- w81+ b74= w67+ b60+ w7= w21+ b3- 6 +1.05
18 John K Shaw SCO 2335f w50+ b5- w108+ b34= w110+ b12- w24+ b42= w35+ 6 +0.20
19 Miron N Sher RUS 2475g w42+ b54= w128+ b60= w71= b10+ w12= b23= w7= 6 -0.36
20 Matthew J Turner ENG 2425m b47+ w87+ w5= b62= w60= b71= b25= w46+ b22= 6 +0.33
21 Chris G Ward ENG 2460g w35+ b60= w10+ b54= w31+ b11= w23= b17- w38+ 6 -0.03
22 Simon K Williams ENG 2350f w44= b77+ w24= b67= w34= b70+ w38+ b16= w20= 6 +0.24
23 Nicolas Eliet FRA 2380f b87- w98+ b110= w72+ b120+ w29+ b21= w19= b8- -0.26
24 Alla Grinfeld RUS 2235wg bye= w78+ b22= w124= b6- w128+ b18- w107+ b67+ +0.62
25 Adam Hunt ENG 2200 w54- b129+ w122+ w41- b131+ b9+ w20= b32- w71+ +0.76
26 Harriet V Hunt ENG 2315wm b61= w112+ w7- b50+ b36= w34+ b4= w52= b29= +0.01
27 Adrian Jackson ENG 2215 w9= b123+ w54- b133+ w32+ w41- b10= b50= w68+ +0.98
28 Mark Lyell ENG 2235 w12= b83- w141+ b123+ w5- b110+ w40- b96+ w73+ +1.07
29 Karl C C Mah ENG 2245f w7= b80+ w69= b112= w59+ b23- w54+ b60= w26= +1.63
30 Luke J McShane ENG 2385f b120+ w74+ w11= b7= w42+ b1= b15- w51= b33= +0.64
31 Alan A Smith ENG 2225 b13- w127+ b116+ w131+ b21- w4- b95+ w87= w64+ +0.42
32 Timo Straeter GER 2330 b67+ w16- b85= w101+ b27- w61+ b87+ w25+ w/d +0.30
33 Jonathan G Wilson ENG 2285 w11- b100+ w90+ b107= w112= b83+ w62+ b12- w30= +0.66
34 Marcel Becker GER 2150 w137+ b9- w53+ w18= b22= b26- w100+ b38- w104+ 5 +1.20
35 Allan Beveridge SCO 2250 b21- w111= b95= w116+ b113= w124+ b36= w93+ b18- 5 -0.49
36 Juergen Brustkern GER 2205 w69- b115+ w109+ b102= w26= b54= w35= b62= w70= 5 +0.96
37 Bernard Cafferty ENG 2240f b16- w124= b127= w95- b132= w117+ b113= w81+ b98+ 5 -0.70
38 David J Coleman ENG 2280 b15- w113+ b124- w105+ b95+ w93+ b22- w34+ b21- 5 +0.52
39 Joseph P Conlon ENG 2125 b130+ w59+ b15- w55- b58= w75= b47= w49= b87+ 5 +1.68
40 Lawrence Cooper ENG 2335f b114= w110= b92- w103+ bye= w67+ b28+ w48= w/d 5 +0.05
41 Mark Ferguson ENG 2385m w45- b63+ w73+ b25+ w44= b27+ w11= b5- w/d 5 -0.28
42 Michael J Franklin ENG 2255f b19- w105+ b111= w84+ b30- w113+ b112+ w18= b13- 5 +0.42
43 Daniel Gormally ENG 2300 w73- b99- w137+ b121+ w63+ b53+ w57+ b7- w11- 5 -0.32
44 Carsten Gottschlich GER 2195 b22= w72+ b66= w13+ b41= w6- b46- w119+ b56= 5 +1.94
45 Stephane Guedon FRA 2225 b41+ w13- b119- b122+ w83- w81- b127+ w116+ b93+ 5 -0.13
46 Dirk Hachmeister GER 2295 b79+ w6= w12- b73= w99= b88+ w44+ b20- w53= 5 +0.18
47 Stefan Hirsch GER 2240 w20- b133= w143+ b115= w81+ b57- w39= b78= w83+ 5 -0.28
48 Feliks J Kwiatkowski ENG 2250 b66= w96+ w9- b81= w77+ b104= w69+ b40= w10- 5 +0.48
49 Harry Lamb, snr ENG 2255 w2- b81- w130+ b80= w133+ b89- w121+ b39= w94+ 5 -0.96
50 Robert S McFarland ENG 2195 b18- w131= b142+ w26- b117+ w66= b84+ w27= w59= 5 +0.42
51 Ivan Nogueira BRA 2295 w118+ b3- w63+ b110= w107- b73+ w89+ b30= w9- 5 -0.22
52 Nicholas Pert ENG 2195 w60- b138+ w125+ b69+ w12= b7- w104+ b26= w/d 5 +1.26
53 Frank Prescha GER   b84+ w1- b34- b78+ w115+ w43- b119= w112+ b46= 5 2201
54 Antonio Resende BRA 2360f b25+ w19= b27+ w21= b15- w36= b29- w61= b79+ 5 -0.31
55 John R Richardson ENG 2310 w88+ b2- w89+ b39+ w7= b5= w60- b57- w90+ 5 +0.68
56 Hans Gerd Schmedders GER 2275 w62- b94+ w121+ b83+ w2- b92+ w5- b68= w44= 5 -0.02
57 Evgeny Solozhenkin RUS 2565g b76+ w4+ b3- w92+ b14- w47+ b43- w55+ w/d 5 -1.60
58 Ivo Timmermans NED 2275 w5- b86+ w77- b94+ w39= b99= w90= b83= w88+ 5 -0.46
59 Doriano Tocchioni ITA 2260 bye= b39- w64+ w111+ b29- w98+ b107+ w14- b50= 5 -0.77
60 Gozewijn Van Laatum NED 2330f b52+ w21= b6+ w19= b20= w17- b55+ w29= b4- 5 +0.86
61 Matthew N Anderton ENG 2175 w26= b128- w115- b138+ w143+ b32- w133+ b54= w76= +1.04
62 Keith C Arkell ENG 2545g b56+ w17+ b16= w20= b4+ w3- b33- w36= w/d -1.50
63 Kenneth Beaton SCO 2150 b132+ w41- b51- w106+ b43- w84- b140+ w82= b119+ -0.58
64 Chris Beckett ENG 2115 b131= w75- b59- w136+ b111+ w120+ bye+ w4- b31- -0.50
65 Simon Bibby ENG 2250 w3- b95+ w112- b96- w122= b143+ w77= b86= w107+ -0.34
66 David I Bronstein RUS 2440g w48= b73= w44= b70= w88= b50= w83= b89= b74= -2.48
67 Lee A Grinsell ENG 2180 w32- b106+ w78+ w22= b17- b40- w110+ b69+ w24- +0.54
68 Lutz Konietzka GER   b110- w79+ b74- b118= w90= w105+ b114+ w56= b27- 2180
69 Susan Lalic ENG 2365m b36+ w15= b29= w52- b79+ w87= b48- w67- b110+ -1.53
70 Dr. Ingo Lentze GER 2205 b17- w135+ b84= w66= b96+ w22- b128+ w13- b36= -0.72
71 Petr Marusenko UKR 2280 bye= bye= b103+ w119+ b19= w20= b14= w8- b25- -0.14
72 Kenneth B McEwan SCO 2195 w10= b44- w117+ b23- w109+ b86= w92+ b9- w78= -0.42
73 Klaus Nickl AUT 2170 b43+ w66= b41- w46= b13= w51- b131+ w113+ b28- +1.02
74 Francis Rayner WLS 2185 w109+ b30- w68+ w17= b8- w13= b93- b108+ w66= +0.12
75 Markus Rupp GER 2255 w123- b64+ w107- b109= w80+ b39= w78= b90= w77= -1.80
76 Pierre Wilde GER 2290 w57- b90= w86+ b99= w100+ b112=   w79= b61= -0.46
77 Leighton Williams WLS 2135 b91+ w22- b58+ w14- b48- w131= b65= w120+ b75= +1.44
78 Axel Wunsch GER 2085 w107+ b24- b67- w53- b134+ w91+ b75= w47= b72= +1.12
79 R Alan Barton ENG 2170 w46- b68- w140+ b125+ w69- b123= q115+ b76= w54- 4 -0.80
80 Peter Cafolla IRL 2095 b142+ w29- b120- w49= b75- w108- b137+ w140+ b101= 4 -0.16
81 Nigel P Donovan ENG 2120 w106= w49+ b17- w48= b47- b45+ w9- b37- w135+ 4 +0.47
82 Thomas J S Dougherty ENG   b112- b109- bye+ w98= b85+ w114= w99- b63= w102= 4 2065
83 Berend Eikelboom NED   b139+ w28+ b1- w56- b45+ w33- b66= w58= b47- 4 2222
84 David G Flower WLS 2065 w53- b134+ w70= b42- w91= b63+ w50- b102= w125= 4 +0.64
85 David S Gibeon ENG 2160 w117+ b12- w32= b10- w82- b122+ w123= b92= w96= 4 +0.00
86 William T P Giblin ENG 2130 b135= w58- b76- w132= b140+ w72= b120= w65= bye= 4 -0.28
87 Andrew J C Hammond ENG 2225 w23+ b20- w133= b108+ w9= b69= w32- b31= w39- 4 -0.28
88 Alexis M Harakis ENG 2175 b55- w136+ b131- w127+ b66= w46- b108= w124+ b58- 4 -0.40
89 Christopher I Howell ENG 2160 b93+ w8- b55- w135= b139+ w49+ b51- w66= w/d 4 +0.58
90 Sheila Jackson ENG 2150wm b122= w76= b33- w139= b68= w116+ b58= w75= b55- 4 +0.34
91 Brian Johnson ENG 2200f w77- b140+ w123= w6- b84= b78- w125= b115= w128+ 4 -1.85
92 Alvin N Kissoon ENG   w95= b126+ w40+ b57- bye= w56- b72- w85= b103= 4 2209
93 Andrew Horton-Kitchlew ENG 2050 w89- b121- w134+ b97+ w102+ b38- w74+ b35- w45- 4 +0.68
94 Nicholas S Lee ENG 2135 b125= w56- b101= w58- b129+ w135+ b13- w128+ b49- 4 -1.10
95 Aiden M Leech ENG 2105 b92= w65- w35= b37+ w38- b102+ w31- b97- b131+ 4 +0.28
96 James C Mansson ENG   w121+ b48- b114- w65+ w70- b100= b101+ w28- b85= 4 2152
97 Stephen Mulligan ENG 2230 b6- w122= b135= w93- b127= w132+ b124= w95+ w/d 4 -0.70
98 Frank Parr ENG 2140 w143= b23- w129= b82= w108+ b59- w111+ b104= w37- 4 -0.80
99 Richard Pert ENG 2165 b124= w43+ b4- w76= b46= w58= b82+ w10- w/d 4 +0.64
100 Alan Phillips ENG 2150 b8= w33- b139= w129+ b76- w96= b34- w106= b132+ 4 -0.40
101 Mark C Rich ENG 2170 w141+ b7- w94= b32- w123= b115= w96- b133+ w80= 4 +0.00
102 Paul E Roberts SCO 2210 b4- w125= b136+ w36= b93- w95- b135+ w84= b82= 4 -1.85
103 Anthony Sheehan WLS   w108- b137+ w71- b40- w125= b121- w122+ b123+ w92= 4 2093
104 Rafael Torres-Kuckel GER 2270 b1= w116+ b8- w113= b119+ w48= b52- w98= b34- 4 -1.13
105 (David) Ian Calvert ENG 2130 w129= b42- w106= b38- w130+ b68- w138= b125= w115= -0.62
106 Matthew D F Cave ENG   b81= w67- b105= b63- w121= bye= w118= b100= w108= 2047
107 Rohan M Churm ENG 2120 b78- w132+ b75+ w33= b51+ w8- w59- b24- b65- +0.44
108 Stephen D Cunliffe ENG   b103+ w114= b18- w87- b98- b80+ w88= w74- b106= 2035
109 Roger D de Coverly ENG 2085 b74- w82+ b36- w75= b72- b136- w130= b142+ w120=  
110 John A Dodgson ENG 2125 w68+ b40= w23= w51= b18- w28- b67- b138+ w69-  
111 Stephen Fairbairn CAN   w138= b35= w42= b59- w64- b125= b98- w117+ b116=  
112 Cathy Forbes ENG 2110wm w82+ b26- b65+ w29= b33= w76= w42- b53- w/d  
113 Anthony Fox IRL 2135 w115= b38- w138+ b104= w35= b42- w37= b73- w123=  
114 Stewart G Haslinger ENG 2195 w40= b108= w96+ w4- b128= b82= w68- bye= w/d  
115 Ben Hirsch ENG   b113= w36- b61+ w47= b53- w101= b79- w91= b105=  
116 Jonathan B Mutton ENG 2095 w134+ b104- w31- b35- w136+ b90- w142+ b45- w111=  
117 Iozeph Okosieme ENG 2055 b85- w139= b72- b126+ w50- b37- w136+ b111- w138+  
118 David Parr ENG 2175 b51- w130+ b14- w68= b135= w119- b106= w132= b124=  
119 Edmund C Player ENG 2105 w140+ b10- w45+ b71- w104- b118+ w53= b44- w63-  
120 Stefan Prange GER 2230 w30- b143+ w80+ b128= w23- b64- w86= b77- b109=  
121 Christopher B Rice ENG 2140 b96- w93+ b56- w43- b106= w103+ b49- w131= b127=  
122 Roland Schreck GER   w90= b97= b25- w45- b65= w85- b103- bye+ w136+  
123 Timothy R Spanton ENG 2050 b75+ w27- b91= w28- b101= w79= b85= w103- b113=  
124 Jan Sprenger GER   w99= b37= w38+ b24= w10- b35- w97= b88- w118=  
125 Desmond T N Tan ENG   w94= b102= b52- w79- b103= w111= b91= w105= b84=  
126 Paul Watts SCO 2180 b14- w92- b132= w117- b142= w140- b141+ w139= b134+  
127 Mark A Whitehead ENG 2010 bye= b31- w37= b88- w97= b138= w45- b130+ w121=  
128 Paul Brown SCO   b144+ w61+ b19- w120= w114= b24- w70- b94- b91- 3  
129 Manfred Kuhle GER   b105= w25- b98= b100- w94- w141= b132- w137+ bye= 3  
130 John Roe ENG   w39- b118- b49- w141+ b105- w137= b109= w127- b140+ 3  
131 Stuart A White ENG   w64= b50= w88+ b31- w25- b77= w73- b121= w95- 3  
132 Emine Yanik TUR 2050wf w63- b107- w126= b86= w37= b97- w129+ b118= w100- 3  
133 Jon Burgess ENG 2085 b136= w47= b87= w27- b49- w139+ b61- w101- w/d  
134 Bent Corneliussen DEN   b116- w84- b93- b137+ w78- w142- bye+ b135= w126-  
135 Ian A Debbage ENG   w86= b70- w97= b89= w118= b94- w102- w134= b81-  
136 Michael P Ford SCO   w133= b88- w102- b64- b116- w109+ b117- w141+ b122-  
137 Tim Hebbes ENG 2020 b34- w103- b43- w134- bye+ b130= w80- b129- w142+  
138 Philip R Pugh ENG   b111= w52- b113- w61- b141+ w127= b105= w110- b117-  
139 Nicholas D Timms ENG   w83- b117= w100= b90= w89- b133- w143= b126= w/d  
140 Paul Chadwick ENG   b119- w91- b79- bye+ w86- b126+ w63- b80- w130- 2  
141 Juergen Goeldenboog GER 2070 b101- w142= b28- b130- w138- b129= w126- b136- bye+ 2  
142 Matthew Lewsey ENG   w80- b141= w50- b143- w126= b134+ b116- w109- b137- 2  
143 Adrian O Pickersgill ENG 2075 b98= w120- b47- w142+ b61- w65- b139= withdrawn 2  
144 Richard J A Almond ENG 2125 w128-   0  

Tournament director: Con Power. Arbiters: Richard Furness, Gerry Walsh.
n.b. Figures in the last column on the final page of the scans were illegible - will be filled in when I have access to a paper copy.


World Amateur Championship: (1) Olev Schults (EST) 8½/9; (2) M Tkelidze (GEO) 8; (3) N Khechikashvili (GEO) 7; (4-6) Michael Cook, M Page, V Zakarin 6½... (84 players from19 countries)

Women's World Amateur Championship: (1) Catherine Dewitte (FRA) 5/9; (2) O Oberlander (GER) 4½; (3) C Klein (GER) 3½

Xmas A: (1) Ross Walker 4/5; (2-4) R Clark, M Reddie, U Wolf 3½... 19 played.

Xmas B: (1) Arran Gundry 4½/5; (2) T Brandt 4; (3) Brian W Atkinson 3½... 17 played.

Xmas C: (1) Marc Bryant 4½/5; (2) F Mitchell 4; (3) Caro Hunt 3½... 18 played.

Xmas D: (1) David Everitt 4½/5; (2-4) Ian Lamb, J Ogilvie, R Webb 4... 18 played.

New Year A: (1) Andrew Fleming 4½/5; (2) I Henderson 4; (3-5) Brian W Atkinson, David R Sedgwick, C Todd 3½... 18 played.

New Year B: (1) Arran Gundry 4½/5; (2-3) Mo Morrison, R Schmerwitz 4... 16 played.

New Year C: (1-2) Dennis Lannen, John Wood 4/5; (3-4) Paul Buswell, T Haslinger 3½... 17 played.

'Carlisle' Pub Blitz: (1-2) J Plaskett, E Solozhenkin 6/7; (3-4) A Cherniaev, D Gormally 6 (after a play-off); (5-6) R Almond, S Hirsch 5½... best female... Yanik 5

'Palace Bars' Blitz: (1) A Kitchlew (Elo 2050) 6½/7; (2-5) A Cherniaev, J Plaskett, I Rausis, A Resende 6... 72 played. (Described in the bulletin as 'the most astonishing result in 102 years of Hastings chess'.


Hastings Under-11 Championship, 5 January 1997: (1) François Flament (FRA) 6/6; (2) Philip Cable 5; (3) Alexander Smith 4½... David Howell scored 4/6 to record the best score by a 5-year-old.

Best Game Prize...

Brilliant Finish...


File Updated

Date Notes
Previously Uploaded as part of the Hastings collection some time ago. All Premier games, undated, minus round numbers.
4 March 2026 Uploaded 45 Premier games (now with round numbers and dates), 122 Challengers games plus 8 other games from minor sections. My thanks to Steve Giddins for inputting 112 of the Challengers games, and to Roger de Coverly for sending me his own games from the event. Also, the full tournament bulletin is available.