The 2014/2015 Hastings International Chess Congress is taking place from 29th December 2014 to 6th January 2015 in Hastings, within the historic county of Sussex, on the south coast of England.
Main sponsors are Hastings Borough Council, The White Rock Hotel, Orion Energy, KC Computers and The Lansdowne Hotel.
The Hastings Masters is a 9-round accelerated Swiss Pairing tournament with first prize in the amount of £ 2.000.
Top seed is Israeli GM Maxim Rodshtein (2676).
