Hastings chess Round 6 and Round 7 pairings
Hastings is moving in a very peculiar direction. Usually, in Swiss tournaments, the number of leaders drops as more rounds are played. But at Hastings, the number of leaders in increasing as a result of which we now have 8 leaders ! Only Greet, Mamedov and Lalic could win on the top boards. Leading results: HEBDEN,Mark (4) ½ - ½ MALAKHATKO,Vadim (4) CHATALBASHEV,Boris (4) ½ - ½ CONQUEST,Stuart (4) NEVEROV,Valeriy (4) ½ - ½ PERT,Nicholas (4) GREET,Andrew (3½) 1 - 0 GEORGIEV,Vladimir (3½) JONES,Gawain (3½) ½ - ½ RENDLE,Thomas (3½) BOGNER,Sebastian (3½) 0 - 1 MAMEDOV,Nidjat (3½) TAHIROV,Farhad (3½) ½ - ½ RADOVANOVIC,Jovica (3½) PAVLOVIC,Milos (3½) ½ - ½ HOUSKA,Jovanka (3½) ROY CHOWDHURY,Saptars (3½) ½ - ½ BINDRICH,Falko (3½) LALIC,Bogdan (3½) 1 - 0 COLLINS,Sam (3½) Standings after Round 6: Malakhatko, Lalic, Pe...