Rozpoczął się tradycyjny turniej w Hastings (Anglia), rozgrywany w dniach 28 XII 2003 – 5 I 2004.
Główny turniej nie jest zbyt silny: EPISHIN, Vladimir gm 2658 Russia,
KOTRONIAS, Vasilios gm 2626 Cyprus, NEILSEN, Peter Heine
gm 2626 Denmark, HEBDEN, Mark gm 2560 England,
CONQUEST, Stuart gm 2545 England, ROWSON, Jonathan gm 2541
Scotland; KUNTE, Abhijit gm 2535 India, LAHNO, Kateryna im
Ukraine; CHERNIAEV, Alexander im 2476 Russia, GORMALLY,
Daniel im 2471 England
W turnieju rezerwowym „B”, tzw. Challengers, grają am. Bartosz Soćko, amk. Monika Soćko oraz amk. Joanna Dworakowska.
Lista uczestników turnieju „B”
Turniej "B"
Challengers
Hastings, 28 XII - 5 I 2003
1 EFIMENKO Zahar gm 2547 Ukraine
2 SOCKO Bartosz gm 2547 Poland
3 KUZMIN Gennadi gm 2520 Ukraine
4 LALIC Bogdan gm 2503 England
5 PERT Nicholas gm 2488 England
6 WELLS Peter gm 2485 England
7 SHAW John gm 2465 Scotland
8 HENDRIKS Willy im 2403 Netherlands
9 SOCKO Monika im/wgm 2395 Poland
10 HOWELL David fm 2381 England
11 WILLIAMS Simon im 2380
12 McNAB Colin gm 2379 Scotland
13 DWORAKOWSKA Joanna im/wgm 2379 Poland
14 WOHL Aleksandar im 2379 Australia
15 CROUCH Colin im 2377 England
16 KNOTT Simon im 2370 England
17 HOUSKA Jovanka wgm 2358 England
18 HINKS-EDWARDS Tom 2357 England
19 D'COSTA Lorin fm 2351 England
20 MANNION Stephen im 2348 Scotland
21 MARUSENKO Petr im 2345 Ukraine
22 GWAZE Robert im 2340 Zimbabwe
23 WOODWARD Timothy 2336 England
24 WEBB Laurence fm 2322 England
25 HANLEY Craig fm 2322
26 COBB James fm 2321 Wales
27 RUDOLF Henrik fm 2316 Germany
28 KOLBUS Dietmar 2315 Germany
29 MUIR Andrew im 2294 Scotland
30 KAIMER Thomas 2277 Germany
31 GOURLAY Iain 2275 Scotland
32 LYELL Mark 2272 England
33 RENDLE Thomas 2272 England
34 BLEIS Christian 2258 Germany
35 GRANT Alan 2258 Scotland
36 KWIATKOWSKI Feliks 2251 England
37 SNAPE Ian 2251 England
38 RAYNER Francis 2250 Wales
39 VUJATOVIC Rajko 2249 England
40 RUDD Jack 2245 England
41 JIMENEZ VILLENA Francisco 2240 Spain
42 JOHANSSON Thomas 2237 Sweden
43 CAFFERTY Bernard fm 2225 England
44 RADOVANOVIC Jovica 2219 Serbia Monten.
45 SPOELMAN Wouter 2193 Netherlands
46 BRISCOE Christopher 2192 England
47 BOSSY Arnim 2189 Germany
48 SPENCE David 2189 England
49 WU Li 2182 England
50 SUGDEN John 2180 England
51 LINFORD Charles 2179 England
52 ALMOND Richard 2169 England
53 PLAYER Edmund 2166 England
54 MAACK Kjartan 2159 Iceland
55 BARTON R.Alan 2158 England
56 ROTH Josef 2147 Germany
57 DONOVAN Nigel 2136 England
58 ZULAIKHA Siti 2134 Malaysia
59 MARTIN BLANCO Fernando 2128 Spain
60 FLOWER David 2121 Wales
61 MUTER Donny 2121 England
62 PURTON Ben 2121 England
63 AVARI Viraf fm 2112 India
64 PARR Frank 2106 England
65 HEBBES Tim 2097 England
66 DE COVERLY Roger 2093 England
67 MANSSON James 2090 England
68 RICE Chris 2081 England
69 FRYER David 2078 England
70 HUMPHREYS Jerry 2073 England
71 HAGESAETHER Arne 2058 Norway
72 VADDADI Seshagri 2058 England
73 BENNION David 2055 Wales
74 CANNON Richard 2053 England
75 DUPRE Paul 2053 England
76 HAWKINS James 2052 England
77 VOGEL Jörg 2050 Germany
78 GARNETT John 2048 England
79 HARMAN Ronald 2037 England
80 CALVERT Ian 2035 England
81 SPANTON Timothy 2024 England
82 TWITCHELL Neville 2023 England
83 POOBALASINGAM Peter 2020 England
84 HANLEY James 2008 England
85 RETY John 2002 England
86 YOUNG Mel 2005 England
87 GILES Ben 1997 New Zealand
88 TRUMAN Richard 1938 England
89 AARONS Poppy 1897 England
90 COHEN Ronnie 1820 England
91 BARANGA Nicholas --- England
92 BARRACLOUGH Stephanie --- England
93 CHAKANYUTA Charles --- England
94 CROUCH Brian --- England
95 DITMAS Hugh --- Germany
96 EICHNER Daniel --- England
97 FLOCKHART Hugh --- Scotland
98 FRASER Joe --- England
99 KOVALEVSKAYA Svetlana --- Russia
100 MACGILCHRIST Siegrun --- Scotland
101 MACRAE James --- Scotland
102 NOERREGAARD Claus --- Denmark
103 PAYNE Nick --- England
104 PRUIJSSERS Roeland --- Netherlands
105 SIRISENA Chantal --- England
106 TUCKER Andrew --- England
Round 1
1 EFIMENKO,Zahar (0) 1 - 0 MUIR,Andrew (0) 1 31
2 TAYLOR,Peter P (0) 0 - 1 SOCKO,Bartosz (0) 32 2
3 KUZMIN,Gennadi (0) 1 - 0 KAIMER,Thomas (0) 3 33
4 GOURLAY,Iain (0) 0 - 1 LALIC,Bogdan (0) 34 4
5 PERT,Nicholas (0) 1 - 0 LYELL,Mark (0) 5 35
6 RENDLE,Thomas (0) 0 - 1 WELLS,Peter (0) 36 6
7 SHAW,John (0) 1 - 0 BLEIS,Christian (0) 7 37
8 GRANT,Alan (0) 0 - 1 HENDRIKS,Willy (0) 38 8
9 SOCKO,Monika (0) 0 - 1 POULSEN,Martin (0) 9 39
10 KWIATKOWSKI,Feliks (0) = HOWELL,David (0) 40 10
11 WILLIAMS,Simon (0) 1 - 0 SNAPE,Ian (0) 11 41
12 VUJATOVIC,Rajko (0) = MCNAB,Colin (0) 42 12
13 WOHL,Aleksandar (0) = RAYNER,Francis (0) 13 43
14 RUDD,Jack (0) 0 - 1 DWORAKOWSKA,Joanna (0) 44 14
15 CROUCH,Colin (0) 1 - 0 JIMENEZ VILLENA,Franc (0) 15 45
16 JOHANSSON,Thomas (0) 0 - 1 KNOTT,Simon (0) 46 16
17 HINKS-EDWARDS,Thomas (0) 1 - 0 CAFFERTY,Bernard (0) 18 47
18 RADOVANOVIC,Jovica (0) 0 - 1 D'COSTA,Lorin (0) 48 20
19 MANNION,Stephen (0) 1 - 0 SPOELMAN,Wouter (0) 21 49
20 BRISCOE,Christopher (0) 0 - 1 GWAZE,Robert (0) 50 23
21 GOTTSCHLICH,Carsten (0) = BOSSY,Arnim (0) 24 51
22 SPENCE,David (0) = WOODWARD,Timothy (0) 52 25
23 WEBB,Laurence (0) = WU,Li (0) 26 53
24 SUGDEN,John (0) 0 - 1 HANLEY,Craig (0) 54 27
25 COBB,James (0) = LINFORD,Charles (0) 28 55
26 ALMOND,Richard (0) 0 - 1 RUDOLF,Henrik (0) 56 29
27 KOLBUS,Dietmar (0) 1 - 0 PLAYER,Edmund (0) 30 57
28 BARTON,R Alan (0) 1 - 0 HANLEY,James (0) 60 87
29 RETY,John (0) 1 - 0 ROTH,Josef (0) 88 61
30 DONOVAN,Nigel (0) = HAWKINS,James (0) 62 89
31 YOUNG,Mel (0) 0 - 1 MARTIN BLANCO,Fernand (0) 90 64
32 FLOWER,David (0) = GILES,Benjamin (0) 65 91
33 KOVALEVSKAYA,Svetlana (0) 0 - 1 MUTER,Donny (0) 92 66
34 PURTON,Ben (0) 0 - 1 TRUMAN,Richard (0) 67 93
35 AARONS,Poppy (0) 0 - 1 NELSON,Jaco (0) 94 68
36 HEBBES,Tim (0) 1 - 0 COHEN,Ronnie (0) 69 95
37 SITI,Zulaika (0) 1 - 0 DE COVERLY,Roger (0) 63 70
38 MANSSON,James (0) 0 - 1 CHAKANYUKA,Charles (0) 71 96
39 NOERREGAARD,Claus (0) = RICE,Christopher (0) 97 72
40 FRYER,David (0) 0 - 1 PAYNE,Nick (0) 73 98
41 PRUIJSSERS,Roeland (0) 1 - 0 HUMPHREYS,Jerry (0) 99 74
42 VADDADI,Seshagri (0) 1 - 0 DITMAS,Hugh (0) 76 100
43 CROUCH,Brian (0) 0 - 1 BENNION,David (0) 101 77
44 CANNON,Richard (0) 1 - 0 FLOCKHART,Hugh (0) 78 103
45 MACGILCHRIST,Siegrun (0) 1 - 0 DUPRE,Paul (0) 104 79
46 VOGEL,Jorg (0) 1 - 0 FRASER,Joe (0) 80 105
47 MACRAE,James (0) 0 - 1 POOBALASINGAM,Peter (0) 106 86
48 HARMAN,Ronald (0) 1 - 0 BARANGA,Nicholas (0) 82 107
49 BARRACLOUGH,Stephanie (0) = CALVERT,D. Ian (0) 108 83
50 SPANTON,Timothy (0) 0 - 1 TUCKER,Andrew (0) 84 109
51 EICHNER,Daniel (0) = TWITCHELL,Neville (0) 110 85
52 SIRISENA,Chantal (0) 1 - 0 Bye 111 BYE
53 COOTE,Trevor (0) = SARBOK,Torsten (0) 58 19
54 SNOWDEN,James (0) 0 - 1 MAACK,Kjartan (0) 102 59
55 HOUSKA,Jovanka (0) = Bye 17 BYE
56 HAGESAETHER,Arne (0) = Bye 75 BYE
58 GARNETT,John (0) = Bye 81 BYE
59 MARUSENKO,Peter (0) = Bye 22 BYE