Three tied for first place at Hastings

Vadim Malakhatko, Nidjat Mamedov, and Valeriy Neverov were tied for the top place at the Hastings Chess Congress after the 10th and final round.
There was a six way tie for the next place.

Simon Williams is likely to become a Grandmaster as he crossed the mandatory 2500 mark with his performance at Hastings.

Standings after the final Round 10:

Malakhatko, Mamedov, Neverov - 7.5
Bindrich, Flear, Gawain Jones, Lalic, Pavlovic, Pert - 7
Chatalbashev, Conquest, Eames, Gormally, Greet, Haslinger, Hebden, Houska, Tahirov - 6.5

Hastings chess Round 5

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) TAHIROV,Farhad (3) 0.5-0.5
10 PERT,Nicholas (3) SHAKIL,Abu Sufian (3) 1-0

Leading Standings:
Hebden, Malakhatko, Conquest, Chatalbashev, Neverov, Pert (4 Pts)
Greet, Georgiev, Gawain Jones, Rendle, Bogner, Mamedov, Tahirov,Bindrich & others (3.5 pts)