GM Aleksander Mista from Poland and GM Jahongir Vakhidov from Uzbekistan are the winners of the 91st Hastings International Chess Congress. Both scored 7 points in 9 rounds and shared the first position.
Mista secured the win in the final round of the tournament with the black pieces versus Glenn Flear, granting him the crucial point. Despite being seeded only 5th in the tournament, GM Vakhidov tied his last match with second seed Igor Khenkin from Germany. The top rated Ferenc Berkes achieved 6.5 points – being ahead on tiebreakers among 4 other players landed him in 3rd place.
The Hastings Chess Masters 2015-2016 is an Open tournament took place from December 28, 2015 through January 5, 2016. It featured 88 players from 18 different countries.
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Final Standings
| Rank | Name | Score | Fed. | Rating |
| 1 | GM Mista, Aleksander | 7 | POL | 2567 |
| 2 | GM Vakhidov, Jahongir | 7 | UZB | 2546 |
| 3 | GM Berkes, Ferenc | 6.5 | HUN | 2650 |
| 4 | GM Khenkin, Igor | 6.5 | GER | 2605 |
| 5 | GM Sulskis, Sarunas | 6.5 | LTU | 2535 |
| 6 | GM Fodor, Tamas Jr. | 6.5 | HUN | 2492 |
| 7 | IM Sarkar, Justin | 6.5 | USA | 2407 |
| 8 | GM Flear, Glenn C | 6 | ENG | 2459 |
| 9 | IM Bagi, Mate | 6 | HUN | 2440 |
| 10 | IM Eggleston, David J | 6 | ENG | 2396 |
| 11 | IM Krishna C R G | 6 | IND | 2367 |
| 12 | FM Batchelor, Peter J | 6 | ENG | 2307 |
| 13 | GM Pap, Gyula | 5.5 | HUN | 2551 |
| 14 | GM Gormally, Daniel W | 5.5 | ENG | 2506 |
| 15 | GM Arkell, Keith C | 5.5 | ENG | 2490 |
| 16 | GM Hebden, Mark L | 5.5 | ENG | 2469 |
| 17 | GM Romanishin, Oleg M | 5.5 | UKR | 2462 |
| 18 | GM Williams, Simon K | 5.5 | ENG | 2439 |
| 19 | IM Nagy, Gabor | 5.5 | HUN | 2403 |
| 20 | IM Bates, Richard A | 5.5 | ENG | 2331 |
| 21 | FM Radovanovic, Jovica | 5.5 | SRB | 2321 |
| 22 | Wadsworth, Matthew J | 5.5 | ENG | 2273 |
| 23 | IM Prosviriakov, Vladimir | 5.5 | USA | 2232 |
| 24 | FM Karthik, V. AP | 5 | IND | 2310 |
| 25 | FM Ripari, Marcelo | 5 | ARG | 2310 |
| 26 | IM Rudd, Jack | 5 | ENG | 2255 |
| 27 | Anderson, John | 5 | ENG | 2247 |
| 28 | FM Lyell, Mark | 5 | ENG | 2228 |
| 29 | IM Gluckman, David | 5 | RSA | 2219 |
| 30 | FM Ledger, Dave J | 5 | ENG | 2212 |
| 31 | FM Cunningham, Robin | 5 | USA | 2205 |
| 32 | Golding, James | 5 | ENG | 1882 |
| 33 | FM Taylor, Adam C | 4.5 | ENG | 2282 |
| 34 | Rolvag, Mikael | 4.5 | NOR | 2221 |
| 35 | CM Roberts, Paul | 4.5 | SCO | 2197 |
| 36 | IM Singh, Vishnu | 4.5 | TTO | 2180 |
| 37 | Byron, Alan M | 4.5 | ENG | 2175 |
| 38 | Eggleston, Thomas A | 4.5 | ENG | 2159 |
| 39 | Norton, Craig | 4.5 | ENG | 2146 |
| 40 | Burrows, Martin P | 4.5 | ENG | 2145 |
| 41 | Tarhon, Brian | 4.5 | ENG | 2139 |
| 42 | Gaudeau, Valentin | 4.5 | FRA | 2080 |
| 43 | ter Steeg, Marcus, Dr. | 4.5 | GER | 2036 |
| 44 | Ramstad, Havard | 4.5 | NOR | 2026 |
| 45 | Hand, Freddie | 4.5 | ENG | 1878 |
| 46 | FM Longson, Alexander | 4 | ENG | 2320 |
| 47 | Kett, Tim | 4 | WLS | 2192 |
| 48 | Crocker, Philip J | 4 | ENG | 2169 |
| 49 | Snape, Ian L | 4 | ENG | 2168 |
| 50 | Helbig, Paul D | 4 | ENG | 2122 |
| 51 | FM Cafferty, Bernard | 4 | ENG | 2096 |
| 52 | Lochte, Thomas | 4 | GER | 2082 |
| 53 | Brown, Thomas | 4 | WLS | 2066 |
| 54 | Atako, Chino C | 4 | ENG | 2050 |
| 55 | WFM Norinkeviciute, Rasa | 4 | LTU | 2036 |
| 56 | Sikkel, Dirk | 4 | NED | 1991 |
| 57 | Pickersgill, Adrian O | 4 | ENG | 1986 |
| 58 | Rice, Chris B | 4 | ENG | 1956 |
| 59 | Golding, Alex | 4 | ENG | 1955 |
| 60 | Brewer, Callum D | 4 | ENG | 1945 |
| 61 | CM Goater, Kevin P | 3.5 | ENG | 2141 |
| 62 | Willson, Ollie | 3.5 | ENG | 2033 |
| 63 | Gallagher, Daniel GH | 3.5 | ENG | 2010 |
| 64 | Larsen, Andreas | 3.5 | NOR | 1998 |
| 65 | Young, Mel J | 3.5 | ENG | 1901 |
| 66 | Dennis, Nigel W | 3.5 | ENG | 1820 |
| 67 | Gibbs, Daniel C | 3.5 | ENG | 1796 |
| 68 | FM Gluckman, Paul | 3.5 | RSA | 1742 |
| 69 | Rayner, Francis | 3 | WLS | 2106 |
| 70 | FM Waddington, Mike P | 3 | ENG | 2066 |
| 71 | Oyama, Akito | 3 | ENG | 2005 |
| 72 | Spanton, Tim R | 3 | ENG | 1936 |
| 73 | Ruane, Brendan J | 3 | ENG | 1794 |
| 74 | Borland, Scott | 3 | ENG | 1651 |
| 75 | Stonehouse, Tom H | 2.5 | ENG | 1778 |
| 76 | Kearsley, Raymond J | 2.5 | ENG | 1723 |
| 77 | Macrae, James S | 2.5 | SCO | 1693 |
| 78 | Evans, Helen I | 2.5 | ENG | 1577 |
| 79 | Wilson, Matthew R | 2 | ENG | 1877 |
| 80 | Brooke, John | 1.5 | ENG | 1770 |
| 81 | Kane, Robert | 1 | ENG | 1893 |
| 82 | Heath, David R | 1 | ENG | 1631 |
| 83 | Elliston, Robert V | 0.5 | ENG | 2097 |
| 84 | Blewitt, Stephen | 0.5 | ENG | 1966 |
| 85 | O’Gorman, Brendan | 0.5 | ENG | 1808 |
| 86 | Dean, Michael J | 0.5 | ENG | 1562 |
| 87 | Foley, Phil T | 0 | ENG | 1675 |
| 88 | Robson, Caroline J | 0 | ENG | 1570 |
