Hastings Chess Congress: David Howell leads after four rounds

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Hello Everyone,

Grandmaster David Howell leads at the Hastings International Chess Congress after four rounds. You can find some real delightful reports at the official website here.

Sample these headlines:

• Fried chickens and impossible missions - Round 1
• Clueless - Round 2
• Sex, Lies and Audio Chess Tape - Round 3
• Film 2011 - Round 4

You can also read the history of this amazing Chess Congress that is now in its 86th year here.

Standings after four rounds

#	Player	Pts	Nat	Rtng	Perf	TB
1	GM HOWELL, David W L	4.0	ENG	2611	3142	+1.00
2	IM RENDLE, Thomas E	3.5	ENG	2400	2706	+1.36
3	GM EDOUARD, Romain	3.0	FRA	2636	2516	-0.44
4	GM ISTRATESCU, Andrei	3.0	ROU	2616	2572	-0.17
5	GM HEBDEN, Mark L	3.0	ENG	2560	2402	-0.55
6	GM SENGUPTA, Deep	3.0	IND	2558	2453	-0.37
7	GM NEVEROV, Valeriy	3.0	UKR	2522	2584	+0.34
8	GM GORMALLY, Daniel W	3.0	ENG	2470	2489	+0.09
9	IM PERT, Richard G	3.0	ENG	2464	2500	+0.18
10	IM SHYAM, Sundar M	3.0	IND	2439	2550	+0.56
11	GM SUMMERSCALE, Aaron	3.0	ENG	2434	2405	-0.11
12	ANWESH, Upadhyaya	3.0	IND	2426	2349	-0.30
13	IM WOHL, Aleksandar H	3.0	AUS	2424	2565	+0.75
14	IM SWAPNIL, S Dhopade	3.0	IND	2409	2454	+0.33
15	IM PRASANNA, Rao	3.0	IND	2400	2586	+0.98
16	IM BATES, Richard A	3.0	ENG	2370	2558	+0.97
17	IM BELLIN, Robert	3.0	ENG	2367	2403	+0.28
18	FM EGGLESTON, David J	3.0	ENG	2307	2582	+1.44
19	FM RAMONDINO, Renzo	3.0	ITA	2257	2474	+0.82
20	ROYSET, Paal	3.0	NOR	2171	2301	+0.55

Some young ladies at the Hastings Congress!

Yao Yao Zhu

Yemi Jelsen

Hannah Dale

And, a nice game. You can run the moves through our pgnplayer or watch in flash below.

PGN: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e6 7.g4 b5 8.Bg2 Bb7 9.O-O Be7?? 10.e5! Bxg2 11.exf6 Bxf1 12.fxe7 Qxe7 13.Qxf1 O-O 14.b3 Rc8 15.Bb2 Nc6 16.Qd3 Ne5 17.Qe3 Ng6 18.Rd1 Qa7 19.Rd2 Rc7 20.Qg3 b4 21.Nd1 Qc5 22.Nf3 Rac8 23.Ne3 Rd7 24.h4 Ne7 25.h5 Qa5 26.h6 f6 27.Rxd6 Qc7 28.Rxd7 Qxd7 29.hxg7 e5 30.g5 1-0

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