At Hastings 1971/72 - Peter Markland (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿). Robert Byrne on the L; on the far R - Anatoly Karpov. Markland (b. 1951) retired from over-the-board chess to work in banking. At 2510, he was the highest-ranked English player on on the first official FIDE rating list in July, 1971.

I'll be joined live on the YouTube channel at 18.00 GMT by Grandmaster Stuart Conquest Stuart Conquest director of the Hastings Congress. Do join us youtube.com/live/a0W-SqYff… We will be discussing newinchess.com/the-chess-batt… and looking at some great Hastings games. New In Chess

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We are now taking booking for this years Hastings International Chess Congress. Congress Special – Valid from 27.12.24 10 nights starting from only £45 per night. Weekend tournament discounts available. Check out our special offers page on our website for details.

Not long now until our local famous International congress

Our 98th Congress starts tomorrow at 3pm, with the Hastings Masters (Open) and three Con Power sections: under-2150, -1950 and -1750. It's not too late to enter! English Chess Federation (ECF) Hastings and St Leonards Chess Club Chess & Bridge: London Chess Centre John Ashworth Caplin Systems Lawrence Trent Malcolm Pein Daniel King

Local Caplin 98th Hastings International Chess Congress starts tomorrow Saturday 28th December at 3pm.

Masters, round 9 leading pairings:

Still got some photos in the Hastings and St Leonards Chess Club

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With the date of ChessFest 2025 now in the public domain (Sunday 13th July), here is look back to the very first time we took over Trafalgar Square and gave the world a free day of excellent chess activities. Lots of fun in the sun! youtube.com/watch?v=kB62-e…

Very sad news - Icelandic GM Friðrik Ólafsson, who only recently turned 90, has passed away. The former FIDE President played three times in our Premier tournament, winning jointly in 1955/6 with Viktor Korchnoi. RIP. icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/news/2025… via Iceland Monitor

ChessFest 2025 will soon be here!

Our last post went viral, all thanks to David Howell Riding on that wave 🌊 we are so proud to announce the #educational_chess part of the event. Sussex university chess summer school in association with #Sussex_junior_chess and sponsored by Noctie.ai

Happy International Chess Day! #hastings #chess English Chess Federation (ECF) Hastings and St Leonards Chess Club

Our local congress #HIChCongress

GM Stuart Conquest's road to the British Championship tie-break was capped by a fantastic win as black vs GM Nikita Vitiugov. Vitiugov played into all sorts of trouble, before falling into a mating threat that made loss of material unavoidable. #chess #englishchess

Hastings and St Leonards very own GM Stuart Conquest had a cracking British Championship. Well done Stuart.