Grandmasters Anthony Kosten and Evgeny Bareev playing chess at the Foreign & Colonial Hastings Premier Chess tournament 1990
Probably, the Hastings Chess Congress held annually in December is the oldest traditional international chess event in the world. The present Congress grew out of the great interest in chess shown in the 1880’s. On 15th June 1882 an advertisement appeared in the local paper which read: “A meeting of those interested in chess will be held at the Albert Temperance Hotel, Queens Road, Hastings on Wednesday 28th June 1882. The meeting was attended by a group of professional and business men who formed the Hastings and St Leonards Chess Club. Herbert Dobell was elected Secretary which proved to be a significant event for the whole chess world. His vision meant that regular regional matches were held and County matches were played at Hastings for the first time. An annual festival was started which included lectures and exhibitions. The festival was enhanced by leading players of the day including Lasker, Gunsberg, Janowski and Teichmann and especially by J. , who later became a resident of Hastings. The strength of the club increased and this paved the way for the great Hastings Tournament of 1895 - still regarded as probably the greatest chess tournament ever held. Over the years all the world champions except Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov have played at Hastings
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