Indians Triumph At Hastings
The historic Hastings Chess Congress still survives after more than a century, albeit not as such a high-profile event, thanks to the support of the Hastings Borough Council and local businesses.
The 2010/11 congress was held from 28 December - 5 January as a 9-round Swiss event. There was an exciting finale with Deep Sengupta of India beating French Romain Edouard, and his compatriot Arghyadip Das also winning his final game to share first place with a score of 7/9.
Young English GM David Howell was among a pack of six players half a point behind the winners after he could only draw his last round game.
The winners, Deep Sengupta (left) and Arghyadip Das (right)
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Pictures from the official website
The top finishers at Hastings 2010/11:
| Name | Pts | Nat | Elo |
| SENGUPTA, Deep | 7.0 | IND | 2558 |
| DAS Arghyadip | 7.0 | IND | 2476 |
| EDOUARD, Romain | 6.5 | FRA | 2636 |
| ISTRATESCU, Andrei | 6.5 | ROU | 2616 |
| HOWELL, David |
6.5 | ENG | 2611 |
| NEVEROV, Valeriy | 6.5 | UKR | 2522 |
| GORMALLY, Daniel |
6.5 | ENG | 2470 |
| PRASANNA, Rao | 6.5 | IND | 2400 |
| KOTRONIAS, Vasilios | 6.0 | GRE | 2591 |
| HEBDEN, Mark |
6.0 | ENG | 2560 |
| SHYAM, Sundar |
6.0 | IND | 2439 |
| RAMNATH, Bhuvanesh |
6.0 | IND | 2427 |
| WOHL, Aleksandar |
6.0 | AUS | 2424 |
| BATES, Richard |
6.0 | ENG | 2370 |
The crucial last round games:
The famous photo from the great 1895 Hastings tournament, won by the young Harry Pillsbury:
Standing (l to r): Adolf Albin, Carl Schlechter, David Janowski, Georg Marco, Joseph Henry Blackburne, Geza Maroczy, Emanuel Schiffers, Isidore Gunsberg, Amos Burn, Samuel Tinsley. Seated (l to r): Beniamino Vergani, Wilhelm Steinitz, Mikhail Chigorin, Emmanuel Lasker, Harry Nelson Pillsbury, Siegbert Tarrasch, Jacques Mieses, Richard Teichmann.
