Wang Yue dominates Hastings

The winner with local dignitaries (chessanytime)

The traditional Hastings tournament was won by the Chinese star Wang Yue. He finished ahead of the field after never being in danger throughout the nine rounds of the tournament. The Indian contingent impressed and took four of the top seven places, with Babu Lalith and Sundar Shyam both obtaining GM norms.

Andrei Istratescu came up to equal second by winning his last three rounds. Babu Lalith achieved 2650+ and had his norm even before his last round draw, whereas Sundar Shyam managed a 2600+ performance despite losing his first round game.

Rank	Name	Score	Fed.	Rating	TPR	W-We	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1	GM Wang, Yue	7.5	CHN	2697	2774	+0.81	1	1	½	1	1	1	½	1	½
2	GM Istratescu, Andrei	7.0	FRA	2627	2672	+0.54	1	1	1	½	½	0	1	1	1
3	IM Lalith, Babu M.R.	7.0	IND	2484	2657	+2.01	1	1	0	1	1	1	½	1	½
4	IM Shyam, Sundar M.	7.0	IND	2462	2604	+1.73	0	1	1	1	1	1	½	1	½
5	GM Vovk, Yuri	6.5	UKR	2571	2511	-0.39	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	½
6	GM Sengupta, Deep	6.5	IND	2562	2616	+0.72	1	1	½	½	1	1	½	0	1
7	IM Das, Arghyadip	6.5	IND	2470	2568	+1.31	1	1	½	½	1	0	1	½	1
8	GM Howell, David W L	6.0	ENG	2633	2547	-0.70	1	1	1	½	0	½	0	1	1
9	GM Edouard, Romain	6.0	FRA	2621	2528	-0.93	1	1	½	½	1	½	1	0	½
10	GM Pert, Nicholas	6.0	ENG	2563	2518	-0.32	½	1	½	1	1	0	1	½	½
11	GM Hebden, Mark L	6.0	ENG	2515	2490	-0.17	1	1	0	1	½	1	½	0	1
12	GM Williams, Simon K	6.0	ENG	2513	2516	+0.15	1	½	1	1	½	½	½	0	1
13	GM Holzke, Frank	6.0	GER	2506	2514	+0.21	1	½	½	1	1	½	0	1	½
14	IM Shyam, Nikil P.	6.0	IND	2482	2412	-0.63	½	1	1	0	½	1	½	½	1
15	GM Flear, Glenn C	6.0	ENG	2472	2372	-0.89	½	½	0	1	1	1	1	0	1
16	IM Simacek, Pavel	6.0	CZE	2448	2445	+0.08	1	0	1	½	1	0	1	1	½
17	IM Anwesh, Upadhyaya	6.0	IND	2413	2394	-0.09	1	½	½	0	1	1	½	½	1
18	IM Roy Chowdhury, Saptarshi	6.0	IND	2411	2360	-0.37	½	½	1	1	½	½	½	½	1
19	WGM Padmini, Rout	6.0	IND	2392	2356	-0.22	=	½	1	1	0	½	1	½	1
20	IM Kjartansson, Gudmundur	6.0	ISL	2326	2499	+1.96	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	0

However it was no surprise who won the tournament.

Wang Yue in Hastings (chessanytime)

The official site gives more details:

http://www.hastingschess.com/