Engleska, Hastings, 28.12.2024-3.01.2025.
Dok 2025. godina počinje olujnim vremenom, Hastings evocira svoju istorijsku reputaciju „najuravnoteženije klime u Britaniji“ i „vazduha koji je nenadmašan za plućne bolesti i oporavak“, kako je navedeno u programima prošlih kongresa. U skladu sa tim novogodišnji turniri su odigrani bez problema i danas završeni, iako pomalo neočekivano.
Posle 9.kola pobjedio je kineski šahista bez titule, ali sa dobrim rejtingom Xue Haowen (2502). Drugi je kineski šahista GM Zhang Penghiang sa 6,5 poena, inače rejting favorit turnira, kao najbolji u grupi od 7 šahista sa isto poena. Treći je Francuski šahista GM Laurent –Paoli Pierre.
Rezultati 9.kola 2025/01/03 u 10:00
| Bo. | White | Rtg | Result | Black | Rtg | ||
| 1 | GM | Gormally, Daniel W | 2424 | ½ – ½ | Xue, Haowen | 2502 | |
| 2 | GM | Zhang, Pengxiang | 2567 | ½ – ½ | GM | Ghazarian, Kirk | 2501 |
| 3 | GM | Laurent-Paoli, Pierre | 2559 | 1 – 0 | IM | Vestby-Ellingsen, Mads | 2383 |
| 4 | GM | Royal, Shreyas | 2522 | 1 – 0 | IM | Kaasen, Tor Fredrik | 2473 |
| 5 | FM | Lux, Hugo De Melo | 2327 | ½ – ½ | IM | Seo, Jung Min | 2491 |
| 6 | FM | Grutter, Tim | 2379 | ½ – ½ | IM | Bazakutsa, Svyatoslav | 2484 |
| 7 | FM | Roux, Baptiste | 2338 | 0 – 1 | GM | Gasanov, Eldar | 2476 |
| 8 | GM | Kovchan, Alexander | 2455 | 1 – 0 | FM | Waldhausen Gordon, Frederick | 2355 |
| 9 | IM | Lucas, Arthur | 2335 | 0 – 1 | GM | Stefansson, Vignir Vatnar | 2537 |
| 10 | FM | Badacsonyi, Stanley | 2266 | 1 – 0 | IM | Balaji, Aaravamudhan | 2364 |
| 11 | IM | Siva, Mahadevan | 2349 | 1 – 0 | Kolani, Arjun | 2131 | |
| 12 | FM | Golding, Alex | 2405 | 1 – 0 | Briem, Benedikt | 2132 | |
| 13 | IM | Boyer, Mahel | 2526 | 1 – 0 | Zhang, Junyi | 2070 | |
| 14 | FM | Nielsen, Andre | 2276 | 1 – 0 | Rayner, Francis | 2013 | |
| 15 | Bozinakis, Pavlos | 2271 | 1 – 0 | Adams, Henry | 1991 | ||
| 16 | Verbytski, Oleg | 2033 | 1 – 0 | Liu, Jack | 2225 | ||
| 17 | Golding, James | 2203 | 1 – 0 | Bilandzic, Ante | 1912 | ||
| 18 | WFM | Rida, Ruqayyah | 2019 | 1 – 0 | Chandler, Cliff R | 2161 | |
| 19 | Gu, In-Jung | 1987 | 0 – 1 | Brown, Tom | 2118 | ||
| 20 | Jukes, Sam | 1911 | ½ – ½ | Saunders, Aron | 2106 |
Itd.
Konačno stanje posle 9.kola
| Rk. | Name | sex | FED | Rtg | Pts. | |
| 1 | Xue, Haowen | CHN | 2502 | 7 | ||
| 2 | GM | Zhang, Pengxiang | CHN | 2567 | 6,5 | |
| GM | Laurent-Paoli, Pierre | FRA | 2559 | 6,5 | ||
| GM | Royal, Shreyas | ENG | 2522 | 6,5 | ||
| GM | Ghazarian, Kirk | USA | 2501 | 6,5 | ||
| GM | Gasanov, Eldar | UKR | 2476 | 6,5 | ||
| GM | Gormally, Daniel W | ENG | 2424 | 6,5 | ||
| 8 | GM | Stefansson, Vignir Vatnar | ISL | 2537 | 6 | |
| IM | Seo, Jung Min | SWE | 2491 | 6 | ||
| IM | Bazakutsa, Svyatoslav | UKR | 2484 | 6 | ||
| GM | Kovchan, Alexander | UKR | 2455 | 6 | ||
| IM | Zhou, Yang-Fan | ENG | 2424 | 6 | ||
| FM | Grutter, Tim | NED | 2379 | 6 | ||
| IM | Siva, Mahadevan | IND | 2349 | 6 | ||
| FM | Lux, Hugo De Melo | BRA | 2327 | 6 | ||
| FM | Badacsonyi, Stanley | ENG | 2266 | 6 | ||
| 17 | IM | Boyer, Mahel | FRA | 2526 | 5,5 | |
| IM | Kaasen, Tor Fredrik | NOR | 2473 | 5,5 | ||
| FM | Golding, Alex | ENG | 2405 | 5,5 | ||
| IM | Vestby-Ellingsen, Mads | NOR | 2383 | 5,5 | ||
| FM | Waldhausen Gordon, Frederick | SCO | 2355 | 5,5 | ||
| FM | Roux, Baptiste | FRA | 2338 | 5,5 | ||
| FM | Nielsen, Andre | NOR | 2276 | 5,5 | ||
| Bozinakis, Pavlos | GRE | 2271 | 5,5 | |||
| Golding, James | ENG | 2203 | 5,5 | |||
| Brown, Tom | WLS | 2118 | 5,5 | |||
| Verbytski, Oleg | ENG | 2033 | 5,5 | |||
| WFM | Rida, Ruqayyah | w | ENG | 2019 | 5,5 | |
| Struck, Lasse | GER | 1983 | 5,5 |
Itd.