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The 14th London Chess Classic sponsored by XTX Markets took place in the Emirates Stadium Fri 29th Nov to Sat 7th Dec 2024. The field of the Elite round robin was Gawain Jones, Michael Adams, Santosh Vidit, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Nikita Vitiugov, Andrew Hong, Ju Wenjun and Shreyas Royal play. Raunak Sadhwani and Ilya Smirin are the top seeds in the Masters, a 9 round open.

Gawain Jones scored a fine victory with an undefeated 5/7, his round one win against Michael Adams seems especially important in retrospect, Adams tied with Vidit, Vitiugov and Mamedyarov on 4 points in second place. On the final day Alireza Firouzja won the Superblitz final by a point from MVL in what was a very strong field.

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14th London Classic Elite London (ENG), 29 xi-7 xii 2024											cat. XVI (2638)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
1.	Jones, Gawain C B	g	ENG	2639	*	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	5	2795
2.	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	g	IND	2739	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	½	4	2673
3.	Vitiugov, Nikita	g	ENG	2668	½	½	*	½	½	0	1	1	4	2683
4.	Adams, Michael	g	ENG	2662	0	½	½	*	1	½	½	1	4	2684
5.	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	g	AZE	2738	½	½	½	0	*	½	1	1	4	2673
6.	Hong, Andrew	g	USA	2572	½	0	1	½	½	*	½	½	3½	2647
7.	Ju, Wenjun	g	CHN	2563	0	½	0	½	0	½	*	1	2½	2546
8.	Royal, Shreyas	g	ENG	2520	0	½	0	0	0	½	0	*	1	2345

Round 1 (November 29, 2024)
Jones, Gawain C B	- Adams, Michael	1-0	41	C44	Scotch Gambit
Vitiugov, Nikita	- Ju, Wenjun	1-0	59	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	½-½	30	A45	Trompowsky
Hong, Andrew	- Royal, Shreyas	½-½	66	B10	Caro Kann
Round 2 (November 30, 2024)
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	- Hong, Andrew	1-0	58	A26	English Sicilian Attack
Vitiugov, Nikita	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	½-½	24	D26	QGA
Ju, Wenjun	- Adams, Michael	½-½	39	E47	Nimzo Indian
Royal, Shreyas	- Jones, Gawain C B	0-1	80	E94	King's Indian Classical
Round 3 (December 1, 2024)
Jones, Gawain C B	- Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	½-½	30	A07	Barcza System
Adams, Michael	- Royal, Shreyas	1-0	47	B23	Sicilian Closed
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Ju, Wenjun	1-0	43	A07	Barcza System
Hong, Andrew	- Vitiugov, Nikita	1-0	66	B31	Sicilian Rossolimo
Round 4 (December 2, 2024)
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	- Adams, Michael	½-½	59	A07	Barcza System
Vitiugov, Nikita	- Jones, Gawain C B	½-½	23	E71	King's Indian 5.h3
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Hong, Andrew	½-½	40	D31	Semi-Slav Defence
Ju, Wenjun	- Royal, Shreyas	1-0	34	C02	French Advance
Round 5 (December 3, 2024)
Jones, Gawain C B	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	½-½	55	A07	Barcza System
Adams, Michael	- Vitiugov, Nikita	½-½	31	C50	Giuoco Piano
Hong, Andrew	- Ju, Wenjun	½-½	49	C50	Giuoco Piano
Royal, Shreyas	- Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	½-½	49	D02	Queen's Pawn Game
Round 6 (December 5, 2024)
Vitiugov, Nikita	- Royal, Shreyas	1-0	45	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	- Adams, Michael	0-1	121	A28	English Four Knights
Hong, Andrew	- Jones, Gawain C B	½-½	46	C48	Four Knights Rubinstein
Ju, Wenjun	- Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	½-½	33	A33	English Symmetrical
Round 7 (December 6, 2024)
Jones, Gawain C B	- Ju, Wenjun	1-0	41	A08	Barcza System
Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	- Vitiugov, Nikita	½-½	34	A13	Reti Opening
Adams, Michael	- Hong, Andrew	½-½	38	B50	Sicilian Defence
Royal, Shreyas	- Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	0-1	61	D80	Gruenfeld 4.Bg5

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London Classic Masters London ENG Fri 29th Nov 2024 - Sat 7th Dec 2024 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	Rtg	Pts
1	1	Sadhwani, Raunak	GM	2677	7
	2	Smirin, Ilya	GM	2574	7
3	6	Stefansson, Vignir Vatnar	GM	2530	6.5
	10	Ghasi, Ameet K	IM	2503	6.5
	14	Wadsworth, Matthew J	IM	2461	6.5
	15	Korneev, Oleg	GM	2459	6.5
7	3	Zhang, Pengxiang	GM	2567	6
	4	Petrov, Martin	GM	2548	6
	5	Fier, Alexandr	GM	2544	6
	9	Tan, Justin Hy	GM	2510	6
	16	Willow, Jonah B	IM	2454	6
	18	Roberson, Peter T	IM	2432	6
	20	Zhou, Yang-Fan	IM	2418	6
	24	Czopor, Maciej	FM	2383	6
	26	Thorfinnsson, Bjorn	IM	2370	6
16	11	Harvey, Marcus R	IM	2491	5.5
	13	Gonzalez Garcia, Jose	GM	2465	5.5
	22	Pert, Richard G	IM	2399	5.5
	23	Efroimski, Marsel	IM	2397	5.5
	44	Rudd, Jack	IM	2230	5.5
	52	Bin-Suhayl, Ieysaa		2183	5.5
	57	Li, Wenxiang		2145	5.5
	59	Fernandez, Michael H	FM	2138	5.5
24	7	Hera, Imre Jr.	GM	2522	5
	8	Fodor, Tamas Jr	GM	2518	5
	12	Barnaure, Vlad-Victor	IM	2480	5
	25	Balaji, Aaravamudhan	IM	2377	5
	27	Chopra, Tanmay	FM	2361	5
	28	Derakhshani, Borna	FM	2355	5
	29	Wells, Peter K	GM	2351	5
	30	Petrov, Vladimir Sergeev	IM	2349	5
	31	Bates, Richard A	IM	2315	5
	34	Badacsonyi, Stanley	FM	2298	5
	37	Richardson, John R	FM	2287	5
	39	Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan E	GM	2265	5
	46	Kalavannan, Koby	FM	2225	5
37	17	Petrov, Marijan	GM	2437	4.5
	19	Kistrup, Nicolai	IM	2420	4.5
	41	Dong, Bao Nghia	FM	2247	4.5
	48	Chopra, Manmay	CM	2217	4.5
	72	Hill, Alistair		2076	4.5
	73	Pert, Max P		2076	4.5
43	21	Golding, Alex	FM	2404	4
	35	Haydon, David L	FM	2294	4
	38	Yoon, Jacob D	CM	2270	4
	49	Gallana, Marco		2216	4
	53	Finn, Peter	CM	2175	4
	54	Birkisson, Bjorn Holm	CM	2165	4
	58	Banerjee, Supratit	CM	2141	4
	63	Smith, Olivia	WFM	2129	4
87 players

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LCC Superblitz GpA London ENG Sat 7th Dec 2024 - Sat 7th Dec 2024 Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2
1	5	Vitiugov, Nikita	GM	2613	6	0.5	0
	8	Firouzja, Alireza	GM	2871	6	0.5	0
3	3	Harvey, Marcus R	IM	2438	4.5	0	0
4	1	Gasanov, Eldar	GM	2472	4	0	0
5	7	Ju, Wenjun	GM	2480	3	0	0
6	6	Rudd, Jack	IM	2387	2.5	0	0
7	2	Pang, Ethan	FM	1855	2	0	0
8	4	McPhillips, Joseph	IM	2322	0	0	0
8 players

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LCC Superblitz GpB London ENG Sat 7th Dec 2024 - Sat 7th Dec 2024 Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2
1	1	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	GM	2776	6	0	0
2	2	Adams, Michael	GM	2704	5.5	0	0
3	8	Golding, Alex	FM	2212	5	0	0
4	5	Hong, Andrew	GM	2469	4.5	0	0
5	7	Ghasi, Ameet K	GM	2502	3.5	0	0
6	6	Zhao, George	CM	2046	2	0	0
7	4	Parker, Jonathan F	GM	2523	1.5	0	0
8	3	Efroimski, Marsel	IM	2274	0	0	0
8 players

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LCC Superblitz GpC London ENG Sat 7th Dec 2024 - Sat 7th Dec 2024 Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2
1	2	Jones, Gawain C B	GM	2645	5.5	0.5	0
	4	Stefansson, Vignir Vatnar	GM	2485	5.5	0.5	0
3	3	McShane, Luke J	GM	2583	5	0	0
4	6	Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	GM	2705	4.5	0	0
5	7	Zhang, Pengxiang	GM	2567	4	0	0
6	5	Trent, Lawrence	IM	2424	2	0	0
7	8	Haydon, David L	FM	2316	1.5	0	0
8	1	Banerjee, Supratit	CM	2211	0	0	0
8 players

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LCC Superblitz GpD London ENG Sat 7th Dec 2024 - Sat 7th Dec 2024 Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2
1	8	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	GM	2650	5.5	0	0
2	3	Smirin, Ilya	GM	2502	5	1	0
3	6	Sadhwani, Raunak	GM	2663	5	0	0
4	7	Willow, Jonah B	IM	2257	4	0	0
5	2	Royal, Shreyas	GM	2378	2.5	0.5	0
	4	Badacsonyi, Stanley	FM	2375	2.5	0.5	0
7	5	Watson, William N	GM	2458	2	0	0
8	1	Sivanandan, Bodhana	WFM	2157	1.5	0	0
8 players

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LCC Superblitz Final London ENG Sat 7th Dec 2024 - Sat 7th Dec 2024 Leading Final Round 7 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	Rtg	Pts	TB1	TB2
1	6	Firouzja, Alireza	GM	2871	5.5	0	0
2	8	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	GM	2776	4.5	0	0
3	5	Jones, Gawain C B	GM	2645	4	1	0
4	7	Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi	GM	2650	4	0	0
5	2	Vitiugov, Nikita	GM	2613	3.5	0.5	0
	3	Adams, Michael	GM	2704	3.5	0.5	0
7	4	Stefansson, Vignir Vatnar	GM	2485	1.5	1	0
8	1	Smirin, Ilya	GM	2502	1.5	0	0
8 players

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