Traditional Christmas tournament in Hastings (England) ended with the victory of the Georgian chess multiple champion Mikheil Mchedlishvili (2649).

Mchedlishvili shared  I-VII places with 6.5 points of 9 and surpassed all with additional indicators. The standings looks like this:

1. Mchedlishvili (2649), 2. Igor Khenkin (Germany, 2598), 3. Ma Qun (China, 2595), 4. Jahongir Vakhidov (Uzbekistan, 2452), 5. Justin Sarkar (USA, 2425), 6. Jovica Radovanovic (Serbia, 2339), 7. Mark Habden (England, 2560).

Members of Top Seven earned 750-750 pounds.