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Hastings Online All-Play-All (2021) The 2021 Caplin Hastings All-Play-All was a 12-player single round-robin played on 9-10 January 2021, replacing the 96th Hastings International Chess Congress. Due to the Corona virus pandemic it was held online at https://home.tornelo.com/. Main sponsor: Caplin Systems. Time control: 15 minutes for the whole game, with 10 seconds added per move from move 1. If a tie for first place between two players there would be an Armageddon playoff game (5 vs 4 minutes). If a tie between three or more players the top two to play the Armageddon game would be decided by 1) Direct encounter, 2) Greater number of victories. 3) Sonneborn-Berger score, 4) Koya score. Rounds 1 (Saturday) and 7 (Sunday) kicked off at 1 pm local time. First prize: £1200. Tournament organizer: Marc Bryant. Chief arbiter: Matthew Carr. Deputy chief arbiter: David Sedgwick and Alex McFarlane. N games played: 66. David Howell won undefeated with 9/11. Elo* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 1 Howell 2624 * 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 9 2 McShane 2698 0 * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 7½ 3 Adams 2684 0 ½ * ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 7 4 Jones 2609 ½ 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 0 6½ 5 Gormally 2534 ½ ½ 1 ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 6 6 Turner 2500 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 5½ 7 Wadsworth 2189 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ * ½ 0 1 1 1 5 8 Arkell 2391 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 0 1 5 9 Pert 2600 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ * ½ ½ ½ 4½ 10 Hebden 2458 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 0 0 ½ * 1 ½ 3½ 11 Ghasi 2537 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 * 0 3½ 12 Flear 2334 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 * 3 Official site: http://www.hastingschess.com/ Regulations: http://www.hastingschess.com/wp-con... Chess-Results: https://chess-results.com/tnr545595... ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/david... chess24: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-t... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/html/twi... *Rapid rating. Previous: Hastings (2019/20)  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. D Howell vs A Ghasi 1-0 78 2021 Hastings Online All-Play-All B15 Caro-Kann 2. N Pert vs G Jones   ½-½ 23 2021 Hastings Online All-Play-All E66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno 3. Hebden vs M Wadsworth 0-1 26 2021 Hastings Online All-Play-All A45 Queen's Pawn Game 4. Arkell vs D Howell 0-1 40 2021 Hastings Online All-Play-All D90 Grunfeld 5. A Ghasi vs D Gormally 1-0 62 2021 Hastings Online All-Play-All A07 King's Indian Attack 6. Flear vs McShane 0-1 39 2021 Hastings Online All-Play-All E53 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3 7. Adams vs M J Turner   1-0 59 2021 Hastings Online All-Play-All C80 Ruy Lopez, Open 8. M J Turner vs N Pert ½-½ 55 2021 Hastings Online All-Play-All D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 9. McShane vs Adams   ½-½ 36 2021 Hastings Online All-Play-All C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation 10. D Gormally vs Flear   1-0 26 2021 Hastings Online All-Play-All D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 11. Flear vs N Pert   ½-½ 43 2021 Hastings Online All-Play-All E52 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with ...b6 12. M Wadsworth vs Arkell   ½-½ 43 2021 Hastings Online All-Play-All A38 English, Symmetrical 13. G Jones vs Hebden   1-0 38 2021 Hastings Online All-Play-All C40 King's Knight Opening 14. N Pert vs Hebden   ½-½ 46 2021 Hastings Online All-Play-All A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 15. Arkell vs G Jones   0-1 41 2021 Hastings Online All-Play-All E66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno 16. A Ghasi vs M Wadsworth 0-1 75 2021 Hastings Online All-Play-All A07 King's Indian Attack 17. Flear vs D Howell   0-1 34 2021 Hastings Online All-Play-All D85 Grunfeld 18. Adams vs D Gormally 0-1 37 2021 Hastings Online All-Play-All B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb (Fianchetto) Variation 19. M J Turner vs McShane   ½-½ 43 2021 Hastings Online All-Play-All A48 King's Indian 20. D Howell vs Hebden   1-0 42 2021 Hastings Online All-Play-All A10 English 21. M Wadsworth vs G Jones 0-1 69 2021 Hastings Online All-Play-All E66 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav Panno 22. Adams vs A Ghasi   ½-½ 53 2021 Hastings Online All-Play-All B12 Caro-Kann Defense 23. M J Turner vs Arkell ½-½ 53 2021 Hastings Online All-Play-All A46 Queen's Pawn Game 24. McShane vs Hebden ½-½ 53 2021 Hastings Online All-Play-All C28 Vienna Game 25. D Gormally vs G Jones ½-½ 39 2021 Hastings Online All-Play-All C78 Ruy Lopez  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Jan-09-21    Tabanus: First! Jan-09-21    Dionysius1: I'm surprised all the participants are from the UK.Hasting's tradition is foreign plus a few UK. I doubt if the prize fund being small would discourage overseas participants: it's just online. So why no foreign competitors? Jan-10-21    watwinc: COVID? Jan-10-21    Messiah: <watwinc: COVID?> According to the official regulations, no covid is allowed in this tourney. Jan-10-21    offramp: <15 minutes for the whole game, with 10 seconds added per move from move 1.> I do not like that time control. It's the +10s that I dislike. It completely takes away the dramatic time-trouble dimension of chess. I think a better control is 20m+3s. Jan-10-21    watwinc: ;Messiah> COVID quarantine … Jan-10-21    Korora: I actually misread that as "Captain Hastings" at first. You know, as in Hercule Poirot's friend. Jan-11-21    offramp: <Korora: I actually misread that as "Captain Hastings" at first. You know, as in Hercule Poirot's friend.> My first thought when watching any Poirot episode is that Hastings did it. <SPOILER ALERT> it never is him, it is always some other posh freak. Which brings me to the winner of this years tournament: it was won by David "<I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness>" Howell. He won by 1½ points over Luke McShane, who was a point ahead of Gawain Jones. Howell's TPR was 2785. The Howell-McShane game was a cracker! Jan-11-21    Korora: <My first thought when watching any Poirot episode is that Hastings did it> Well, Agatha Christie did invent the narrator-did-it reveal (I will not identify the story, for the sake of those who haven't read it yet; no, Hastings wasn't the narrator). <The Howell-McShane game was a cracker!> Well, maybe it'll be up when I get back from work this afternoon. Jan-11-21    Dionysius1: <watwinc: COVID?>. Eh? The tournament is being held entirely online - there is no physical proximity between the contestants: they are in their own homes with input entirely through their laptops/computers/mobiles etc. How can COVID affect who participates when it's online, for goodness sake? Jan-11-21    Dionysius1: <watwinc: COVID?>. Eh? The tournament was held entirely online - there was no physical proximity between the contestants: they were in their own homes with input entirely through their laptops/computers/mobiles etc. How can COVID affect who participates when it's online, for goodness sake? Jan-12-21    Korora: <How can COVID affect who participates when it's online, for goodness sake?> It's a different sort of virus you have to watch out for online, and I'm sure these chess tournaments get well-guarded against malware. Jan-12-21    Pedro Fernandez: <Tabanus> First!ñ Well, well, well. Given that you were my first friend here (2007), and given that <Off Ramp> loves me, he has had the courtesy to concede his chair for you. Jan-12-21    Pedro Fernandez: Dear <korora>, what does have to do an alopatic virus vs a binary one? Yes, you're responding, not asking. PS. Or maybe I didn't understand the question. (My horrible English!) Jan-12-21    Pedro Fernandez: <Tabanus> First! Well, well, well. Given that you were my first friend here (2007), and given that <Off Ramp> loves me, he has had the courtesy to concede his chair for you. Jan-12-21    Korora: It's the use of the same term that I was referencing. Jan-12-21    AylerKupp: <Dionysius1> How can COVID affect who participates when it's online, for goodness sake?> It's called quantum tunneling. No matter how strong of a barrier you put up, some of those pesky particles will get through with a probability > 0. Jan-22-21    offramp: When I first looked at this tournament's lineup it looked like every strong English player was taking part. That's true, it is a strong line up <15 to 20 years ago!>. Matthew J Wadsworth is 20, but the next youngest player is 30 (Howell, the winner). Discounting the IM Wadsworth, the average age of the other 11 players was 48.5. That's like a seniors tournament. No wonder they all stayed at home, they were CEV. Is it possible that English chess really is in a bad way? Where are the young players? Feb-03-21    Rumor: It is rather striking, though not entirely surprising, that the one youngster Matthew Wadsworth massively outperformed his ELO in this quick play format. Feb-03-21    MissScarlett: What are you suggesting? Feb-03-21    perfidious: It should be noted that Wadsworth's quick rating, is, of course, far below that in classical. NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. 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