{"id":2471,"date":"2026-01-05T13:01:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T13:01:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bexhillchessclub.co.uk\/?p=2471"},"modified":"2026-01-05T13:01:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T13:01:07","slug":"99th-hastings-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bexhillchessclub.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/01\/05\/99th-hastings-congress\/","title":{"rendered":"99th Hastings Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Some of the Bexhill Contestants: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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L-R: Andrew, Lawry, Michael Hayward, Rose, Bill T., Bill L., Steve<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

.( photo thanks to Nick Burgess)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is Chairman Bill Tracey’s report <\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“<\/em>The Weekend Congress was great fun with generally good performances by Bexhill members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Open section Michael Hubbard was 1.5 from 5  one win one draw and Luke was 2 from 5 one win and two draws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Major section  Andrew performed very well to gain 3.5 points from 3 wins and 1 draw and finished joint 4th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rose had a fine performance starting as the 19th ranked player she came 7th with 3 points including 2 wins against much higher rated players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Inter section  Oliver, playing at Hastings for the first time had a fine tournament finishing joint 8th with 3 points from a possible 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I too was in this section which had 43 entrants and also came joint 8th with 3 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I, perhaps had the oddest day as in the 4th round I played possibly my worst ever game\u00a0with the computer analysis showing that I played with only 61% accuracy! Then in the afternoon winning in round 5 with an accuracy of 96.2%!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the whole 8 days of competition a total of 10 Bexhill members played in at least one of the Congress events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This meant that we were second only to the Hastings club in terms of numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bill “<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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