Chess on New Year’s Eve at the 97th Congress in Hastings – ChessBase

The defending champion at the Hastings Masters is the Lithuanian GM Sarunas Sulskis, who scored an attacking win in the first round, in which the combination of a queen sacrifice and h-pawn reaching g7 was somewhat reminiscent of a famous game by Mikhail Tal:

Replay below Tals game, which many readers will have seen before.

Another guest in Hastings is Pengxiang Zhang, a name that may not ring a bell with many readers. However, 15 or 20 years ago, the Chinese player was part of the extended world elite only to stop playing completely for a number of years.

Pengziang proved that he is still strong in the second round.

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