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96th H
astings In
ternation
al C
hess C
ongress
Incorp
ora
ting th
e 3
8th
Hastin
gs W
eekend
Co-sp
onsors – H
astings B
orough
Cou
ncil
With
the su
pp
ort of FIDE
Wed
nesd
ay 29 Decem
ber 2021
to Su
nd
ay 9 Janu
ary 2022
Tourn
amen
ts for all strength
s!
Over £21,000
In p
rize mon
ey
Con
gress web
site – ww
w.h
astingsch
ess.com H
orntye P
ark S
ports C
omp
lex B
ohem
ia Road
, TN
34 1EX
Entries to ‐ Congress Chairm
an, Hastings Chess Club, 2 Cornwallis Terrace, Hastings TN
34 1EB
Congress Schedule Dates &
playing times
MASTERS
OTHER EVEN
TS (start tim
e) (start time)
Wednesday 29 Decem
ber Round 1 – 14:15 Christmas M
orning Round 1 9.30 Christm
as Afternoon Round 1 14.15 Thursday 30 Decem
ber Round 2 – 14:15 Christm
as Morning Round 2 9:30
Christmas Afternoon Round 2 14.15
Friday 31 December Round 3 – 14:15
Christmas M
orning Round 3 9.30 Christm
as Afternoon Round 3 14.15
Saturday 1 January Round 4 – 14:15 Christm
as Morning Round 4 9.30
Christmas Afternoon Round 4 14.15
Sunday 2 January Round 5 – 14:15 Christm
as Morning Round 5 9.30
Christmas Afternoon Round 5
14.15 M
onday 3 January Round 6 – 14:15 N
ew Year M
orning Round 1 9.30 N
ew Year Afternoon Round 1
14.15 Tuesday 4 January Round 7 – 14:15
New
Year Morning Round 2 9.30
New
Year Afternoon Round 2 14.15
Wednesday 5 January Round 8 – 14:15
New
Year Morning Round 3 9.30
New
Year Afternoon Round 3 14.15
Thursday 6 January Round 9 – 14:15
New
Year Morning Round 4 9.30
New
Year Afternoon Round 4 14.15
Friday 7 January Round 10 – 14:15 New
Year Morning Round 5 9.30
New
Year Afternoon Round 5 14.15
Saturday 8 January Weekend O
pen/Major/Inter/M
inor Round 1 9.30 Round 2 14.15 Round 3 19.00 Sunday 9 January W
eekend Open/M
ajor/Inter/Minor
Round 4 10.00 Round 5 14.30
Nam
e (forename, surnam
e) Address (incl. postcode) Em
ail address Telephone num
ber Date of birth ECF m
embership num
ber and level FIDE ID and rating
National rating
Federation Chess club(s) * If you have no current rating you m
ust indicate your playing strength, quoting your most recent
rating and tournament results.
q
q
q Entry Form
Please confirm, as required by the Data Protection regulations affecting all organisations
(further information can be found on the Congress w
ebsite): I agree that data contained on the Hastings Congress entry form
is retained securely by the Congress offi
cers and not distributed to any other person(s) without consent.
I agree photographs/video of players taken during the Congress can be use as publicity m
aterial may appear on the Congress w
ebsite or in other published material
I agree to receive future congress entry forms via e m
ail
Bye in Round
Section
Entry fee
Masters
Christmas M
orning
Christmas Afternoon
New
Year Morning
New
Year Afternoon
Weekend O
pen FIDE rated
Weekend M
ajor under 1975
Weekend Inter’ under 1750
Weekend M
inor under 1525
Late entry fee
Donation (thank you!)
TOTAL
Information for overseas players
It is better to fly to G
atwick, as there is a direct rail link to Hastings. Those arriving at
Heathrow or Stansted airports should travel to Charing Cross Station and those com
ing from
Luton airport should travel via St. Pancras International and then to Hastings via the Ashford high speed service. Players from
London should travel on the direct trains from Charing
Cross, Waterloo East or London Bridge stations. Please note that there are no trains to
Hastings on 25 or 26 December.
National Express Coaches also have daily service betw
een London and Hastings (not 25 Decem
ber). Further information can be found at w
ww
.nationalexpress.com
ANN
OU
NCEM
ENTS TO
ALL PARTICIPANTS
Electronic devices such as mobile phones, Fitbits, etc. m
ust be completely sw
itched off and placed in a bag at the player’s table. The bag m
ust not be moved at any tim
e during the gam
e. The devices must rem
ain off until away from
the tournament hall.
Hastings Masters
A ten‐round accelerated* Swiss Pairing tournam
ent from 29 Decem
ber 2021 to 7 January 2022 This event w
ill provide opportunities to qualify for titles and for the FIDE Rating List. Rate of play ‐ 40 m
oves in 100 minutes, follow
ed by all remaining m
oves in 50 minutes, w
ith the addition of 30 seconds for each m
ove from the start
Entry Fees ‐ G
M, IM
, WG
M, W
IM – Free
For conditions contact Alex McFarlane HICCconditions@
hastingschess.club FM
, WFM
‐ £40 Players w
ith FIDE ratings 2200 and above ‐ £80 Players w
ith FIDE ratings below 2200 ‐ £120:
Mem
bers of Hastings Chess Club; players residing in the Borough of Hastings; players under 18 or over 65 on 1 January 2022 ‐ £90 All players registered as England m
ust be Gold or Platinum m
embers of the ECF or pay an addi‐
tional Game Fee of £11.00
Players not registered as England are required to have a FIDE identification number. If they do
not, they must obtain one in advance from
their Federation. The M
asters winner w
ill hold the Golombek Trophy in nam
e for one year. Prizes ‐ £2.500, £1,250, £750, £500, £350, £250, £200. There w
ill also be Rating prizes of £750 for: U
nder 2400; Under 2200; U
nder 2050; Under 1900
also, a FIDE Veteran’s prizes £500 And a FIDE W
omen’s prizes £650 and £350
* The Baku Acceleration system w
ill be used only if entries exceed 100. Players, other than grandm
asters, may take a half‐point bye in any round of the M
asters apart from the
last. Notice must be given early on the previous evening. This is particularly suitable on New
Year’s Day
John Robinson Youth Chess Trust Hastings International Chess Congress gratefully acknow
ledges the support given by the John Robinson Youth Chess Trust; som
e assistance may be available for suitable players under 18 on
1 January 2022. Hastings Chess Congress w
ishes to draw attention to its adopted Safeguarding Policy,
1) Prevention (to provide a positive atmosphere w
hich encourages junior chess) 2) Protection (having an agreed procedure, ensuring that organisers and tournam
ent officers
are able to respond appropriately and sensitively to safeguarding concerns) 3) Support (to anyone w
ho may have encountered abuse at the event
Refreshments w
hile at the board ‐ players must confine their refreshm
ents to tea, coffee and cold drinks Players should note that under U
K law sm
oking is banned in all inside areas of Horntye Park Sports Com
plex. This also includes e‐cigarettes
Horntye will present a prize of £100 and a trophy for the w
inner of the best game
Mem
bers of Hastings Chess Club and players residing in the Borough of Hastings receive a £10 discount from
the entry fee for the Christmas, N
ew Year, and W
eekend The playing venue – Horntye Park Sports Com
plex ‐ is accessible only from Bohem
ia Road, TN
34 1EX Tel: 01424 716666 ‐it is a spacious chess venue with excellent lighting. It is just over
1km from
the town centre. Bus services run from
the town centre to the venue (not on N
ew
Year’s Day). There is adequate car‐parking space. It is accessible for players with disabilities. It
includes toilet facilities for the disabled and a lift between floors. Catering w
ill be available during m
ost of the playing times.
Supporters of the Hastings Masters Tournam
ent The Lansdow
ne Hotel 1‐2 Robertson Terrace, Hastings, East Sussex TN
34 1JE Tel : 01424 429605
The White Rock Hotel
Tel: 01424 422240
Caplin Systems provide global and
regional banks with proven technology
and award‐w
inning interfaces to support electronic m
ulti‐asset trading in both desktop and m
obile applications.
Christmas Tournam
ent Morning/Afternoon
5‐round Sw
iss tournaments over 5 days (see Congress Schedule for start tim
es) W
ednesday 29 December to Sunday 2nd January 2022
This Morning event w
ill be in graded sections of: Open FIDE rated/ u1900/u1600
This Afternoon event will be in Rating sections of: u2125/ u1825/u1525
Entry Fee ‐ £35 Prizes (for each section) ‐ £300, £150, £75 plus a rating prize of £60 English entrants m
ust be ECF mem
bers at least gold for the open and silver for sections under 2125 N
ew Year Tournam
ents Morning/Afternoon
5‐round Sw
iss tournaments over 5 days (see Congress Schedule for start tim
es) M
onday 3 January 2022 to Friday 7 January 2022 This M
orning event will be in rating sections of: O
pen FIDE rated/ u1900/u1600 This Afternoon event w
ill be in rating sections of: u2125/ u1825/u1525 Entry Fee ‐ £35 Prizes (for each section) ‐ £300, £150, £75 plus a rating prize of £60. English entrants m
ust be ECF mem
bers of at least gold for the open and silver for sections under 2125. Hastings W
eekend Tournament
5‐round Swiss tournam
ents over 2 days (see Congress Schedule for start times)
Saturday 8th January to Sunday 9th January Entry fee and prizes for all sections Entry Fee ‐ £35 Prizes ‐ £500, £250, £125, plus a rating prize of £75 O
pen Tournament – FIDE rated. All English entrants m
ust quote their FIDE number
and be at least a gold mem
ber of the ECF. Other entrants are required to be
mem
bers of a national federation affiliated to FIDE
For the other weekend tournam
ents (Major, Interm
ediate, Minor) English entrants
must be at least a silver m
ember of the ECF.
RATE OF PLAY (applies to all the tournam
ents on this page) All m
oves in 110 minutes, w
ith an extra 10 seconds for each move. Each player m
ust keep score until the tim
e remaining on their clock has dropped below
five minutes. O
nce a player has stopped scoring under this rule, they do not need to resum
e scoring if their time then
increases to above five minutes
Default time ‐ Players arriving 30 m
inutes or more after the start of a session in any
tournament shall lose by forfeit, unless the arbiter decides otherw
ise
Congress Conditions Cheques should be m
ade payable to ‘Hastings International Chess Congress’. Entries should be sent to the Congress Chairm
an. Congress Chairm
an The Hastings Chess Club 2 Cornw
allis Terrace Hastings TN
34 1EB Tel: 01424 436313 Em
ail: HICCchairman@
hastingschess.club Congress w
ebsite ‐ ww
w.hastingschess.com
Entries can also be m
ade online via the website.
The Congress reserves the right to refuse any entry. Refunds ‐ a deduction of 10%
will be m
ade from
any refund to cover any costs, and refunds w
ill only be made if notification of
withdraw
al is received by the Chairman no
later than 22 December 2021.
Late entries will invoke a late entry fee of
£10 (the Masters) and £6 (other tournam
ents) for entries postm
arked after 20 December
2021 (or 28 December 2021 for the W
eekend Tournam
ents) Eligibility to play in an event w
ill be deter‐m
ined by the rating lists as of 1 December
2021. Visas Players needing visas should apply by 19 N
o‐vem
ber 2021. For a formal invitation, contact
Pam Thom
as Tel: 01424 445348 Em
ail: pae123@aol.com
The M
aureen Charlesworth Trophy and £100
will be aw
arded for the most m
eritorious per‐form
ance by a local player Players m
ay take a half point bye in any round except the last. Requests for such byes m
ust be stated on the entry form
(this relates to all tournam
ents on this page) A player m
ay only win one prize per section
Players needing to join the English Chess Federation should visit w
ww.englishchess.org.uk
Players are advised that they should expect to pay a m
inimum
of £40 per person per night for bed and breakfast accom
modation in
Hastings Please note that players are responsible for their ow
n insurance against damage or loss to
personal property. The Hastings Borough Council w
ebsite at w
ww
.visit1066country.com gives inform
ation on all aspects of the tow
n, including accom
modation and travel.
Nam
es of entrants to all tournaments w
ill appear from
October. The final cross‐tables of
all tournaments w
ill be displayed on the Congress w
ebsite ‐ ww
w.hastingschess.com
The congress w
ould also like to thank those w
ho made donations
Subject to confirmation on the Congress w
eb‐site, the telephone num
ber of the chess offi
ce at Horntye Park will be 07923 272052
from 29 Decem
ber 2021. Juniors are players under 18 years on 1 January 2022. Veteran are Players over 65 years or over on 1st January 2022 Player should look at Congress w
ebsite for the latest covid arrangem
ents these arrangem
ents are a condition of entry that m
ay be subject to change
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