Big upsets at the first round of Hastings Chess 2008

The underdogs surprise most of the top seeded players

The first round of the Masters tournament at the Hastings Chess Congress 2008 brought many surprises at the top tables. The highest rated player, GM Vadim Malakhatko lost with white against Sebastien Bogner. GM Chatalbashev, GM V. Georgiev, and GM Gawain Jones drew their games against Richard Bates, Florian Dinger, and Simon Knott respectively. GM Milos Pavlovic could not escape with the full point as well and drew with Peter Marusenko.

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Hastings 2008, round 1

1 MALAKHATKO,Vadim 2596 0 - 1 BOGNER,Sebastian 2383
2 BATES,Richard 2378 ½ - ½ CHATALBASHEV,Bor 2581
3 GEORGIEV,Vladimi 2576 ½ - ½ DINGER,Florian 2378
4 KNOTT,Simon 2366 ½ - ½ JONES,Gawain 2567
5 MAMEDOV,Nidjat 2565 1 - 0 SHAKIL,Abu Sufia 2361

6 AFEK,Youchanan 2349 0 - 1 HEBDEN,Mark 2542
7 CONQUEST,Stuart 2540 1 - 0 ZOZULIA,Anna 2343
8 RUDD,Jack 2332 0 - 1 TAHIROV,Farhad 2540
9 PERT,Nicholas 2539 1 - 0 PROSVIRIAKOV,Vla 2319
10 MARUSENKO,Peter 2304 ½ - ½ PAVLOVIC,Milos 2536

11 BINDRICH,Falko 2512 1 - 0 EAMES,Robert 2304
12 HASAN,Mehdi 2287 0 - 1 HASLINGER,Stewar 2502
13 FLEAR,Glenn 2493 ½ - ½ FORMANEK,Edward 2276
14 BRISCOE,Christop 2273 0 - 1 GORMALLY,Daniel 2484
15 WILLIAMS,Simon 2475 1 - 0 LEDGER,David 2266

16 FURMAN,Boris 2264 0 - 1 SENGUPTA,Deep 2447
17 GREET,Andrew 2441 1 - 0 GRANT,Alan 2251
18 KWIATKOWSKI,Feli 2237 0 - 1 ROY CHOWDHURY,Sa 2418
19 HOUSKA,Jovanka 2404 1 - 0 SNAPE,Ian 2230
20 JACKSON,Oliver 2219 0 - 1 SATYAPRAGYAN,Swa 2404

Hastings 2008 round 2, pairings

1 SENGUPTA,Deep 2447 (1) - MAMEDOV,Nidjat 2565 (1)
2 HEBDEN,Mark 2542 (1) - GREET,Andrew 2441 (1)
3 ROY CHOWDHURY,Sa 2418 (1) - CONQUEST,Stuart 2540 (1)
4 TAHIROV,Farhad 2540 (1) - HOUSKA,Jovanka 2404 (1)
5 SATYAPRAGYAN,Swa 2404 (1) - PERT,Nicholas 2539 (1)

6 BOGNER,Sebastian 2383 (1) - BINDRICH,Falko 2512 (1)
7 HASLINGER,Stewar 2502 (1) - COLLINS,Sam 2401 (1)
8 GORMALLY,Daniel 2484 (1) - RENDLE,Thomas 2397 (1)
9 THOMSON,Ian 2309 (1) - WILLIAMS,Simon 2475 (1)
10 GURBANZADE,Erkin 2179 (1) - MALAKHATKO,Vadim 2596 (0)

11 FRUTEAU,Sabine 2169 (1) - GEORGIEV,Vladimir 2576 (½)
12 CHATALBASHEV,Bor 2581 (½) - MANSSON,James 2161 (1)
13 DICKSON,George 2160 (1) - FLEAR,Glenn 2493 (½)
14 JONES,Gawain 2567 (½) - POOBALASINGAM,Pe 2158 (1)
15 HAGESAETHER,Arne 2153 (1) - ISLAM,Kh Aminul 2390 (½)

16 PAVLOVIC,Milos 2536 (½) - ATAKO,Chino 2149 (1)
17 LALIC,Bogdan 2500 (½) - DONOVAN,Nigel 2121 (1)
18 SUGDEN,John 2116 (1) - BATES,Richard 2378 (½)
19 ZHOU,Yang-Fan 2068 (1) - KNOTT,Simon 2366 (½)
20 KAUFMAN,Raymond 2393 (½) - GOODGER,Martyn 2067 (1)