Hastings Congress

[Brian Towers]

Do we have any alcohol tolerance in Chess? Need to be.

The only tournament I know of that tests players for alcohol levels is the Crypt Blitz which penalizes players for being sober.

[IM Jack Rudd]

...and then there was one. Richard Bates now the only live norm chance.

[J T Melsom]

Roger must be wishing Open tournaments were only 8 rounds Unfortunately I expect he will bounce back in his club match tomorrow

[David Sedgwick]

Congratulations to GM Magesh Chandran Panchanathan, a worthy winner of the Masters.

[Kevin Thurlow]

Hard luck Richard.

Roger had the distinction of having no draws, so I applaud his fighting spirit (although I imagine he wasn't happy with the losses!)

[Roger de Coverly]

The answer is that yes, he was, because it's the arbiter's duty to seek medical attention if the player turns out to be seriously ill.

There was a case in India ten years ago.

https://en.chessbase.com/post/should-on ... he-player-
https://en.chessbase.com/post/kolkata-o ... feits-game

According to witnesses, the sleeping player was emotional as well as tired.

[Alistair Campbell]

Anyone know what happened on board 45, Zheng - Patrick ?

Black's position is a bit nasty but that is to be expected after 4...Lc5 I suppose.

Something went wrong with the transmission. White won, but in considerably more than 8 moves.

That's not what happened. Patrick's mobile went off [snip]. Alex McF then approached the table to tell Patrick he had lost. Patrick who is Swedish

I assume this is Chaski (who lived on Mull about 20 odd years ago)?

[Reg Clucas]

Do we have any alcohol tolerance in Chess? Need to be.

Being 'drunk' is a subjective description. It is the behaviour of the player which is the issue, and this is already covered in the laws.

As alcohol has a negative effect on performance, I am usually quite happy if my opponent is drinking (though not to the extent of offering to top up their glass!)

[Nick Burrows]

Was the best game prize announced?

[David Sedgwick]

Was the best game prize announced?

It was won by Masters winner Magesh Chandran Panchanathan for his game in Round 8 against Deep Sengupta.

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1990047

[Nick Burrows]

Was the best game prize announced?

It was won by Masters winner Magesh Chandran Panchanathan for his game in Round 8 against Deep Sengupta.

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1990047

Thanks - a worthy winner. He played the tournament of his life. He was way ahead on time and in complete control every time i looked at his games.

[Simon Rogers]

One of my favourite games at Hastings is from 2004.
White Peter Nielsen
Black Vassilios Kotronias
King's Indian Defence
A classic, white attack down the queenside and black attack on the kingside.
Vassilios won, Raymond Keene did a wonderful write up in The Times about it along with a win by Jonathan Rowson as black against Mark Hebden in the same article.