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Russia with Love
A £7,000 online all-play-all on Saturday and Sunday afternoon has 12 invitees, features a rare clash among England’s elite grandmasters, and marks Hastings’s centenary.
New Hastings sponsor Caplin, specialist provider of desktop e-trading, has sparked a tournament which evokes memories of its long history. Hastings in its heyday was the most famous traditional annual of them all, where every world champion from José Capablanca to Boris Spassky took part.