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...
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Previous: Hastings (2019/20)
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| 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. M Hebden vs M Wadsworth |
 | 0-1 | 26 | 2021 | Hastings Online All-Play-All | A45 Queen's Pawn Game |
4. K 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. G 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 G Flear |
| 1-0 | 26 | 2021 | Hastings Online All-Play-All | D30 Queen's Gambit Declined |
11. G 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 K Arkell |
| ½-½ | 43 | 2021 | Hastings Online All-Play-All | A38 English, Symmetrical |
13. G Jones vs M Hebden |
| 1-0 | 38 | 2021 | Hastings Online All-Play-All | C40 King's Knight Opening |
14. N Pert vs M Hebden |
| ½-½ | 46 | 2021 | Hastings Online All-Play-All | A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 |
15. K 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. G 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 M 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 K Arkell |
 | ½-½ | 53 | 2021 | Hastings Online All-Play-All | A46 Queen's Pawn Game |
24. McShane vs M 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 |
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Jan-09-21
 | | Tabanus: First! |
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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? |
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Jan-10-21 | | watwinc: COVID? |
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Jan-10-21 | | Messiah: <watwinc: COVID?> According to the official regulations, no covid is allowed in this tourney. |
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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. |
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Jan-10-21 | | watwinc: ;Messiah> COVID quarantine … |
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Jan-10-21
 | | Korora: I actually misread that as "Captain Hastings" at first. You know, as in Hercule Poirot's friend. |
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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! |
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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. |
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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? |
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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? |
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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. |
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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. |
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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!) |
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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. |
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Jan-12-21
 | | Korora: It's the use of the same term that I was referencing. |
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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. |
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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? |
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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. |
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Feb-03-21
 | | MissScarlett: What are you suggesting? |
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Feb-03-21
 | | perfidious: It should be noted that Wadsworth's quick rating, is, of course, far below that in classical. |
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