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Thurs 28 December 2017 - Sun 7 January 2018

TOURNAMENTS INCLUDE

MASTERSCHRISTMAS MORNING

CHRISTMAS AFTERNOONNEW YEAR MORNING

NEW YEAR AFTERNOON AND

35th HASTINGS WEEKEND CONGRESSincluding FIDE rated WEEKEND OPEN

Part of the Tradewise ECF Grand Prix

Sponsored by Tradewise Insurance Servicesand Hastings Borough Council

and Organised with the support of the

English Chess Federation

www.hastingschess.com

93rd Hastings International

Chess Congress

CONGRESS DIARY - DATES AND PLAYING TIMESMASTERS OTHER EVENTS

Thurs 28 Dec 14.15 – finish Christmas Afternoon Round 1: 14.15 – finish

Fri 29 Dec 14.15 – finish Christmas Morning Round 1: 09.30 – finishChristmas Afternoon Round 2: 14.15 – finish

Sat 30 Dec 14.15 – finish Christmas Morning Round 2: 09.30 – finishChristmas Afternoon Round 3: 14.15 – finish

Sun 31 Dec 14.15 – finish Christmas Morning Round 3: 09.30 – finishChristmas Afternoon Round 4: 14.15 – finish

Mon 1 Jan 14.15 – finish Christmas Morning Round 4: 09.30 – finishChristmas Afternoon Round 5: 14.15 – finish

Tue 2 Jan 14.15 – finish New Year Morning Round 1: 09.30 – finishNew Year Afternoon Round 1: 14.15 – finish

Wed 3 Jan 14.15 – finish New Year Morning Round 2: 09.30 – finishNew Year Afternoon Round 2: 14.15 – finish

Thurs 4 Jan 14.15 – finish New Year Morning Round 3: 09.30 – finishNew Year Afternoon Round 3: 14.15 – finish

Fri 5 Jan 14.15 – finish New Year Morning Round 4: 09.30 – finishNew Year Afternoon Round 4: 14.15 – finish

Sat 6 Jan Weekend Open + Intermediate +Weekend U130Round 1: 09.30 – finishRound 2: 14.00 – finishRound 3: 18.30 – finish

Sun 7 Jan Round 4: 09.30 – finishRound 5: 14.00 – finish

Playing Venue, Horntye

Park Sports Complex,

Bohemia Road, Hastings

TN34 1EX.

01424 716666Subject to confirmation on the Congresswebsite, the telephone number of thechess office at Horntye Park will be 0758 214 9239 from 28 December 2017.

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ECF Direct Membership No. (if applicable) Bronze Silver Gold Platinum

EVENT Bye ENTRY FEE £s

MASTERS

CHRISTMAS MORNING

CHRISTMAS AFTERNOON

NEW YEAR MORNING

NEW YEAR AFTERNOON

WEEKEND OPEN

WEEKEND INTERMEDIATE

WEEKEND U130

LATE ENTRY FEE

DONATION

TOTAL:

ECF FIDE Elo (National) Federation

CURRENT GRADE if applicable. If you have no current grade you must indicate your playingstrength, quoting your most recent grade and tournament results.

Chess Club(s) __________________________________________________________________________________________

For the Christmas/New Year events do youwish to play in a stronger section than thatappropriate for your grade, subject toarbiter’s approval?

YES ........................ NO ...........................

If you require a bye, please indicatethe ROUND NUMBER in the tableon the left, under the ‘BYE’ column

Players are advised that name, town/country of residence, grade/rating and tournament results will

be published on the Congress website and also on the ECF website grading list. Photographs taken

during the Congress may also appear on the Congress website.

Entry Form should be returned to Congress Director: Alan Hustwayte, 54 Oxford Road,

St Leonards on Sea, East Sussex, TN38 9EY, England. e-mail: alan.b.hustwayte@tesco.net

ENTRY FORM

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Please tick appropriate box below

ECF Grading Number: FIDE Identification Number:

Hastings MastersA nine-round accelerated Swiss

Pairing tournament28 December 2017 to

5 January 2018This event will provide opportunities toqualify for titles and for the FIDE RatingList.

Rate of play: 40 moves in 100 minutes, followed by all remaining moves in 50 minutes, with the addition of 30 seconds foreach move from the start.

Entry Fees:

GM, IM, WGM, WIM Free

FM, WFM £36

Players with FIDE ratings2125 and above £76

Below 2125 £116

Players without FIDE RatingsECF 190 (FIDE 2125) and above £126

Below ECF 190 (FIDE 2125) £146

The entry fee is reduced by 50% for anyof the following : players under 18 or over65 on 28 December 2017, registered disabled players, members of Hastings &St.Leonards Chess Club and playersresiding in the Borough of Hastings.

Those registered as ENG who are notGold or Platinum members must pay anadditional levy of £10.50.

Non-English entrants are required tohave a FIDE identification number. Ifthey do not, they must obtain one inadvance from their International RatingOfficer.

Thanks to the John Robinson Trust, limited assistance may be available forsuitable players under 21 on 28 December2017. Details will appear on the website.

The Masters winner will hold theGolombek Trophy in name for one year.Prizes: £2000, £1200, £750, £500, £350,£250, £200.

There will also be prizes of £200 each for:

• The highest placed female player

• The highest placed player who is neither a GM nor IM

• Best relative FIDE rating performance by a player aged 65 or over on 28 December 2017.

• The CON POWER Prize for the Best relative FIDE rating performance by a player aged under 18. on 28 December 2017.

Tradewise Insurance will award prizesfor those, not already holding 3 norms,achieving GM/WGM or IM/WIM FIDEtitle norms which will be valid towardstitles. GM/WGM norms £200 andIM/WIM norms £100.

Horntye will present a prize of £100 anda trophy for the “Winner of Best Game”.

Congress Director, Alan Hustwayte, willpresent a prize for best performanceagainst rating.

The highest placed eligible player notalready qualified will be entitled to playin the 2018 British Championship.

Players, other than grandmasters, may takea half point bye in any round of the Mastersapart from the last. Notice must be givenearly on the previous evening. This is par-ticularly suitable on New Year’s Day.

GM Chris Ward will provide commen-taries on the games in progress startingat 14.45 each afternoon.

Congress website:www.hastingschess.comHastings Masters games will be shown onthis website daily. Names of entrants to thisand all other tournaments will appear fromOctober. The final cross-tables of all tournaments will be displayed.

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CONGRESS CONDITIONSCheques should be made payable to“Hastings International Chess Congress”.Entries should be sent to the CongressDirector (address given below). If a writtenacknowledgement of an entry is required astamped addressed envelope must beenclosed.

The Congress reserves the right to refuse anyentry. Except in such cases, a deduction of20% will normally be made from any refundof entry fee. Refunds will be made only ifnotification of withdrawal is received by theDirector no later than 22 December 2017.

Late entries will invoke a late entry fee of£10 to the Masters and £6 to other tourna-ments for entries postmarked after 10 December 2017 (or 23 December 2017for the Weekend Tournaments).

Eligibility to play in an event will be deter-mined by the Grading and Rating lists as of1 December 2017. The actual grade or ratingused for all other purposes will be the mostup-to-date value available on the first day ofeach event.

VisasPlayers needing visas should apply by 19November 2017. For a formal invitationcontact: Pam Thomas, Tel: 01424 445348e-mail: pae123@aol.com

Evening eventsThere will be a number of special eveningevents such as blitz or pairs tournaments.Further details will be announced in the programme and on the Congress website.

Information for overseas playersIt is better to fly to Gatwick as there is adirect rail link to Hastings. Those arriving atHeathrow or Stansted airports should travelto Charing Cross Station and those comingfrom Luton airport should travel viaSt.Pancras International and then to Hastingsvia Ashford high speed service. Players fromLondon should travel on the direct trainsfrom Charing Cross, Waterloo East orLondon Bridge stations.National Express Coaches also have dailyservice between London and Hastings.Further information:- www.national express.com.

Overseas players are also advised that theyshould expect to pay a minimum of £40 perperson per night for bed and breakfastaccommodation in Hastings.

Please note that players are responsible fortheir own insurance against damage or lossto personal property.

Hastings Borough Council website:www.visit1066country.com gives informa-tion on all aspects of the town includingaccommodation and travel.

CONGRESS WEBSITE:hastingschess.com

Players should check the Congress websitefor the latest announcements and information.

Congress Director: Alan Hustwayte, 54 Oxford Road, St.Leonards on Sea,E.Sussex, TN38 9EY Tel: 01424 443300 e-mail: alan.b.hustwayte@tesco.net

Please note that when the CongressDirector is unavailable queries should beaddressed to Pam Thomas, Tel: 01424 445348 e-mail: pae123@aol.com

Tradewise Insurance Companyare delighted to sponsor the Hastings International ChessCongress 2017-18.

We hope to have a long andfruitful partnership with thishistoric event.

RATE OF PLAY – applies to all the tournaments on page 4: all moves in 110 minutes, with an extra 10 seconds for eachmove. Each player must keep score until thetime remaining on his clock has droppedbelow 5 minutes. Once a player has stoppedscoring under this rule, they do not need toresume scoring if their time then increases toabove 5 minutes.–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Christmas MorningTournament

29 December 2017 to1 January 2018

4 round Swiss tournament over 4 days. See Congress Diary for playing times.This event will be in graded sections ofapproximately 16 to 20 players below ECF200 (FIDE 2200).Entry Fee: £36 (Juniors £32)Prizes (for each section): £130, £ 85, £60plus a grading prize of £30.–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

Christmas AfternoonTournament

28 December 2017 to1 January 2018

5 round Swiss tournament over 5 days. See Congress Diary for playing times.This event will be in graded sections ofapproximately 16 to 20 players below ECF200 (FIDE 2200).Entry Fee: £39 (Juniors £35)Prizes (for each section): £140, £90, £65plus a grading prize of £30.–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

New Year Morning and AfternoonTournaments

2 January 2018 to 5 January 2018

4 round Swiss tournaments over 4 days. See Congress Diary for playing times.These events will be in graded sections ofapproximately 16 to 20 players below ECF200 (FIDE 2200)Entry fee: £36 (Juniors £32)Prizes (for each section) £130, £ 85, £60plus a grading prize of £30–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

HASTINGS WEEKENDOPEN CONGRESS

6 January 2018 to 7 January 2018

Open Tournament – FIDE rated.All English entrants must quote their membership number when entering. Otherentrants are required to be members of anational federation affiliated to FIDE.Entry Fee: £40 (Juniors £36)Prizes: £500, £300, £150, plus a ratingprize of £70 for those with a publishedFIDE rating below 1900.Those registered as ENG who are notGold or Platinum members must pay anadditional levy of £10.50.–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––INTERMEDIATE TOURNAMENTOpen to players below ECF 160 (FIDE 1900)Entry Fee: £39 (Juniors £35)Prizes £400, £250, £100 plus a gradingprize of £50 for players below ECF 160.–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––UNDER 130 TOURNAMENTFor players below ECF 130 (FIDE 1675) orwith no previous experience of competitivechess.Entry Fee: £26 (Juniors £23)Prizes: £200, £150, £100, plus gradingprizes of £40 for players graded ECF 99-80 and below ECF 80.–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––Players may take a half point bye in any roundexcept the last. Requests for such byes mustbe stated on the entry form. This relates toall tournaments on this page.PLEASE NOTE: ECF Members of atleast Silver level may deduct £7.50 foradults and juniors from the entry fee forChristmas, New Year and WeekendIntermediate and U-130 events.Members of Hastings and St. LeonardsChess Club and players residing in theBorough of Hastings receive a £10 discountfrom the entry fee for the Christmas, NewYear, Weekend Open, and Intermediateevents and £5 from the Weekend U-130.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS TO ALL PARTICIPANTS:

Electronic devices such as mobile phonesmust be completely switched off andplaced in a bag under player’s table. Thebag must not be moved at any time duringthe game.

Default time: Players arriving 30 minutesor more after the start of a session in anytournament shall lose by forfeit, unless thearbiter decides otherwise.

Refreshments while at the board:Players must confine their refreshments totea, coffee and cold drinks.

Juniors are players under 18 years on the28 December 2017

The Maureen Charlesworth Trophy will beawarded for the most meritorious perform-ance by a local player. Further details willappear in the programme.

Playing Venue – Horntye Park SportsComplex, Bohemia Road, Hastings TN34 1EXtelephone: 01424 716666 is probably oneof the best regular chess venues in the countrywith excellent lighting. It is just over 1kmfrom the town centre and is shown on themap in this brochure. Bus services runfrom the town centre to the venue. There isadequate car-parking space.

The Playing venue is accessible to playerswith disabilities including toilet facilitiesfor the disabled and a lift between floors.

Catering will be available during most ofthe playing times.

Subject to confirmation on the Congress website, the telephone number of the chessoffice at Horntye Park will be 0758 2149239 from 28 December 2017

Players should note that under UK lawsmoking is banned in all inside areas ofHorntye Park Sports Complex. This alsoapplies to e-cigarettes.

PLAYERS REPRESENTATIVEThe Hastings Chess Congress Committeeincludes a Players’ Representative.Nominations are invited for this post for theforthcoming year. Nominees must haveplayed in at least two of the last fourHastings Congresses including this one.Nominations may be made before theCongress in writing or by e-mail. These willbe shown on the Congress website.Nominations may also be made at theCongress before 31st December, 2017.Voting will take place during the Congressafter that date. See the Congress website forfurther details.–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––

The White Rock HotelTel: 01424 422240

Supporters of theHastings Masters Tournament