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There are now six leaders at the top of the leader board. Overnight sole leader, Hebden was held to a draw by Bindrich Falko. Malakhatko continued his impressive comeback after the shock first round loss. He has now won four games in a row. Chatalbashev beat Glenn Flear. Stuart Conquest and Nicholas Pert won against Deep Sengupta and Abu Sufian Shakil. Houska held GM Gawain Jones to a creditable draw. Results of Round 5: 1 BINDRICH,Falko (3) HEBDEN,Mark (3½) 0.5-0.5 2 MALAKHATKO,Vadim (3) HASLINGER,Stewart (3) 1-0 3 FLEAR,Glenn (3) CHATALBASHEV,Boris (3) 0-1 4 GEORGIEV,Vladimir (3) LALIC,Bogdan (3) 0.5-0.5 5 HOUSKA,Jovanka (3) JONES,Gawain (3) 0.5-0.5 6 MAMEDOV,Nidjat (3) GORMALLY,Daniel (3) 0.5-0.5 7 BATES,Richard (3) NEVEROV,Valeriy (3) 0-1 8 CONQUEST,Stuart (3) SENGUPTA,Deep (3) 1-0 9 MARUSENKO,Peter (3) TAH...

GM Mark Hebden jumped into the lead after four rounds at the Hastings Chess Congress 2007 - 2008. He beat Simon Williams to collect 3.5 points out of a possible 4. Most of the other top boards were drawn. Top seed Malakhatko is now back in contention and just half a point behind Hebden. Malakhatko beat Gavin Lock. Other notable winners of the fourth round were Gawain Jones over Mehdi Hasan, Mamedov over Gurbanzade, Pavlovic over Kwiatkowski and Lalic over Alan Grant. Leading Standings after Round 4: Mark Hebden - 3.5 Tahirov, Conquest, Chatalbashev, Pert, Gormally, Bates, Georgiev, Sengupta, Lalic, Haslinger, Glenn Flear, Bindrich, Neverov, Mamedov, Pavlovic, Houska, Malakhatko, Radovanovic, Marusenko, Gawain Jones - 3