Hastings 2024-25

[Kevin Thurlow]

"There's also Cracovia - 27 December - 4 January, with a double round day on 30 December and a rest day on 1 January. It's definitely a tournament for early risers with one round starting at 8:30 am and two at 9:00 am. The remaining rounds start at 4:00 pm."

I played Cracovia in Dec 2005 - Jan 2006. The schedule was similar, and the organizers were friendly, apart from giving me 4 blacks in 5 rounds... Krakow is a nice place, although somewhat cold then. I decided to just get on with it, but heard an angry Polish rant in the hotel bar one night, and it was one of the locals complaining about the weather!

[Tim Spanton]

It was cold this year too, but there was quite a bit of sunshine, until snow fell on the last two nights.

[Mick Norris]

Leonard in the Guardian

China’s Xue Haowen began the event without any Fide titles and ended it as a grandmaster, unbeaten on 7/9 and breaking Judit Polgar’s record as the youngest winner

[LawrenceCooper]

Leonard in the Guardian

China’s Xue Haowen began the event without any Fide titles and ended it as a grandmaster, unbeaten on 7/9 and breaking Judit Polgar’s record as the youngest winner

Someone needs to tell his federation to submit an application then: https://ratings.fide.com/title_applications.phtml

[David McAlister]

Leonard in the Guardian

China’s Xue Haowen began the event without any Fide titles and ended it as a grandmaster, unbeaten on 7/9 and breaking Judit Polgar’s record as the youngest winner

Someone needs to tell his federation to submit an application then: https://ratings.fide.com/title_applications.phtml

Looks like somebody did.

[LawrenceCooper]

Leonard in the Guardian

Someone needs to tell his federation to submit an application then: https://ratings.fide.com/title_applications.phtml

Looks like somebody did.

Excellent news.