[Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Badacsonyi, Stanley"] [Black "Praggnanandhaa, R.."] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "1"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "E43"] [WhiteElo "2316"] [BlackElo "2768"] [PlyCount "112"] [GameId "2249008571519043"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] {[%evp 0,112,17,34,9,17,20,20,17,9,31,26,38,38,38,43,48,52,56,42,29,34,38,32,37,41,27,-24,-32,-33,-4,-34,-47,-31,-25,-75,-27,-62,-42,-36,-22,-31,-27,-79,-43,-46,-24,23,-24,99,43,1,-1,-4,-41,-41,-127,-129,-90,-18,-161,-195,-129,-81,-89,-30,-30,-14,-1,40,17,133,-20,118,42,-1,-96,-1,-116,-204,-212,-199,-200,-356,-305,-294,-284,-284,-292,-306,-255,-329,-268,-311,-319,-324,-327,-330,-252,-315,-334,-346,-320,-339,-371,-313,-315,-182,-374,-387,-407,-321,-368,-374,-373]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. f3 d6 8. e4 Qe7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Nh3 Na5 11. Nf2 Ba6 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. c5 Bxd3 14. Nxd3 O-O 15. O-O dxc5 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Rab1 c4 18. Nb4 a6 19. Rfd1 Rfb8 20. Qd2 Nb6 21. Qd4 f6 22. Qd2 Na4 23. Nd5 Qd6 24. Rxb8+ Rxb8 25. Qc2 Qa3 26. Bc1 Qc5+ 27. Be3 Qb5 28. Nxc7 Qc6 29. Nxa6 Rb2 (29... Qxa6 $2 30. Qxa4 $18) 30. Rd8+ Kf7 31. Qd1 Nxc3 32. Qd7+ Kg6 33. h4 h5 $2 (33... Ne2+ 34. Kh2 Qxd7 35. Rxd7 f5) 34. Nc5 $18 Rb1+ 35. Kh2 Qxd7 36. Rxd7 Nd1 37. Bd4 $2 (37. Bg1 $18 e5 38. Ne6 c3 39. Rxg7+ Kh6 40. Rc7) 37... e5 38. Bg1 $2 (38. Bxe5 fxe5 39. Ne6 Nb7 40. Nf8+) 38... c3 39. Rc7 c2 40. Nd3 Nb2 41. Nxb2 $4 (41. Nxe5+ fxe5 42. Rxc2) 41... c1=Q 42. Rxc1 Rxc1 43. Nd3 Rc3 44. Nb4 Nc6 45. a3 Na5 46. Nd5 Rxa3 47. Kh3 Nc4 48. Bf2 Nb2 49. Be3 Nd3 50. Kg3 Rb3 51. Bg1 Kf7 52. Ba7 g6 53. Bg1 Rb2 54. Be3 f5 55. Kh3 fxe4 56. fxe4 Nb4 0-1 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Ivic, Velimir"] [Black "Balaji, Aaravamudhan"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "2"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "2618"] [BlackElo "2305"] [PlyCount "64"] [GameId "2249023780738085"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. Bd3 Nf6 9. Nge2 O-O 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. f3 c5 12. g4 Rb8 13. g5 Ne8 14. O-O-O c4 15. Bc2 b5 16. e4 Nc7 17. Qf4 Qb6 18. a3 Qa5 19. Ng3 b4 20. axb4 Rxb4 21. Nf5 Nb5 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Nxb5 Rxb5 24. Qe3 Nb6 25. Qc3 Bb7 26. Rhe1 Rb8 27. Nf5 Kg8 28. Nd6 Rb4 29. Nxb7 Rxb7 30. exd5 g6 31. Re8+ Kg7 32. f4 Nxd5 1-0 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Koster, Ramon"] [Black "Yuffa, Daniil"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "3"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "E21"] [WhiteElo "2302"] [BlackElo "2618"] [PlyCount "112"] [GameId "2249023780738087"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd2 b6 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. Bd3 d6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Rc1 e5 10. Bb1 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 e4 12. Nd2 d5 13. f3 Qe7 14. fxe4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qh5 Rae8 17. Rf4 g6 18. Qh6 f5 19. Rcf1 Nf6 20. a4 Ng4 21. Qh3 Bc8 22. Qg3 g5 23. R4f2 Nxf2 24. Rxf2 h6 25. h4 Kh7 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. d5 Kg6 28. Rf1 Rf7 29. Qe1 Rh7 30. Qd2 c5 31. dxc6 Rd8 32. Qf2 Rh4 33. g3 Rg4 34. Qe1 Qd6 35. Kg2 Qxc6 36. Bc2 Qxc4 37. Bd1 Ba6 38. Rh1 Rxd1 39. Qxd1 Qd3 40. Kf2 Bc4 41. a5 b5 42. a6 Be6 43. Bd4 Bb3 44. Qc1 Bc4 45. Qd1 b4 46. Bxa7 Bxa6 47. b3 Bc8 48. Qc1 Be6 49. Bb8 f4 50. gxf4 gxf4 51. Bxf4 Rxf4+ 52. exf4 Qf3+ 53. Kg1 Qg3+ 54. Kf1 Bh3+ 55. Ke2 Qf3+ 56. Kd2 Qf2+ 0-1 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Iniyan, P.."] [Black "Vijayakumar, Rishi"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "4"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2601"] [BlackElo "2300"] [PlyCount "124"] [GameId "2249013202551552"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] {[%evp 0,124,20,-6,5,11,18,18,12,6,-45,9,10,-1,-81,11,5,21,-89,43,5,7,5,5,-15,-15,-15,-51,-77,-64,-11,-36,-35,-15,-8,-4,-84,-3,-19,1,34,-27,-41,-9,-15,8,48,-16,20,115,76,-5,-92,-61,208,254,121,216,91,32,106,123,173,70,94,19,-1,-1,169,148,231,135,157,147,210,216,187,214,221,234,228,227,227,258,223,223,402,276,288,312,289,387,289,391,324,357,308,308,308,159,203,31,60,81,142,173,81,91,65,59,20,63,23,-12,-20,-17,-104,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-1,-13]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 a5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. Qc2 Bxd2 9. Nbxd2 b5 10. a4 c6 11. b3 cxb3 12. Nxb3 Ba6 13. Nc5 b4 14. Rfe1 Nd5 15. Ne5 Nc3 16. e3 Qd6 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 g6 19. Rac1 Bb7 20. Qe2 Rc8 21. Qf3 Rc7 22. Qf4 Na6 23. Bxc6 Rb8 24. Bb5 Rbc8 25. Bxa6 Bxa6 26. Rc5 f6 (26... f5) 27. Rxc7 Rxc7 28. Qxf6 Qe7 29. Qf4 Rc2 30. Ng4 Qf8 31. Qe4 (31. Qe5 $18) 31... Qc8 32. Nf6+ Kf7 33. Nxh7 Bb7 34. Ng5+ Ke7 35. Qh4 Kd7 36. Qh7+ Kc6 $2 37. Qxg6 $18 Kb6 38. Nxe6 Qc3 39. Rf1 Ka7 40. Nc5 (40. d5) 40... Rxf2 41. Nxb7 Rxf1+ 42. Kxf1 Kxb7 43. Qf7+ Ka6 44. Qe6+ Ka7 45. Qd7+ Ka8 46. Qd5+ Kb8 47. Qb5+ Kc8 48. Qf5+ Kb7 49. Ke2 b3 50. Qb1 Qc4+ 51. Kd2 Qxa4 52. Kc1 Qb4 53. Qe4+ Ka7 54. Qh7+ Kb6 55. Qg6+ Kb5 56. Kb2 Qd2+ 57. Kxb3 a4+ 58. Ka3 Qxe3+ 59. Ka2 Qd2+ 60. Kb1 Qd1+ 61. Ka2 Qd2+ 62. Kb1 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Panjer, Sidney"] [Black "Pranav, Anand"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "5"] [Annotator "Shahid"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2287"] [BlackElo "2581"] [PlyCount "110"] [GameId "2249022367732627"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] {[%evp 0,110,22,11,23,19,25,23,19,15,4,7,17,19,9,12,36,17,30,26,27,16,10,-29,12,6,13,0,6,-31,23,35,12,19,-35,12,17,0,-67,-20,-37,-93,-65,-55,-67,0,-53,-31,-46,6,-24,148,-28,-16,-3,-11,-13,-11,-44,-53,-48,-35,-45,-55,-50,-49,-88,-50,-49,-35,-120,-85,-79,-94,-28,-99,-70,-86,-144,-133,-12,-103,-92,-121,-94,-101,-249,-85,-104,-105,-106,-114,-102,-146,-103,-128,-87,-168,-181,-100,-189,-233,-247,-244,-246,-352,-344,-712,-623,-532,-581,-523,-581]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2 a5 9. b3 b6 10. Bc3 Bb7 11. Nbd2 c5 12. dxc5 bxc5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. e3 Qb6 15. Rac1 Rd8 16. Rfd1 Nbd7 17. Ne5 Nf8 18. Bb2 Ne6 19. Qf5 a4 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. Qxg4 g6 22. Be5 h5 23. Qe2 axb3 24. axb3 Rd7 25. Ra1 Re8 26. Qd3 Nf8 27. Bb2 Red8 28. Bc3 Qe6 29. Ba5 Rc8 30. Bc3 Rcd8 31. Ba5 Rb8 32. Bc3 d4 33. exd4 cxd4 34. Bb2 Bxg2 35. Kxg2 h4 36. Ra4 h3+ 37. Kf1 Rbd8 38. Qe4 Qb6 39. Qg4 Qc6 40. Qe4 Qb5+ 41. Qe2 Qb7 42. Qf3 Ne6 43. Qxb7 Rxb7 44. Rc4 g5 45. f3 Kh7 46. Ba1 Kg6 47. Rc6 Kh7 48. Kf2 $4 Ra7 $19 49. Rc4 Rda8 50. Ra4 (50. Bb2 Ra2) 50... Rxa4 51. bxa4 Rxa4 52. g4 Ra2 53. Kg3 Bd6+ 54. Kxh3 Nf4+ 55. Kg3 Nd5+ 0-1 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Kraemer, Martin"] [Black "Haydon, David L"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "6"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "C80"] [WhiteElo "2571"] [BlackElo "2284"] [PlyCount "85"] [GameId "2249023780738093"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 Nc5 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Nxe5 Be7 9. d4 Ne6 10. Be3 O-O 11. c4 Bd6 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Nc3 b6 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qxd1 16. Raxd1 Nf8 17. f4 Be6 18. b3 Ng6 19. h3 h5 20. Kf2 Rad8 21. Rg1 h4 22. Kf3 f6 23. exf6 gxf6 24. Bd4 Kf7 25. Rge1 Bf5 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Be3 Bc8 28. c5 b5 29. Ne2 Bf5 30. Kf2 Ne7 31. Nd4 Be4 32. Nf3 Nd5 33. Bd2 Bxf3 34. Kxf3 f5 35. Re1 Rg8 36. Re5 Rg3+ 37. Kf2 Kf6 38. Re8 Rd3 39. Ke2 Rg3 40. Kf1 Rd3 41. Ke2 Rg3 42. Kf1 Rd3 43. Ke2 1/2-1/2 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Fernandez, Daniel H"] [Black "Kazarian, Anna-Maja"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "7"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "C00"] [WhiteElo "2501"] [BlackElo "2224"] [PlyCount "61"] [GameId "2249023780738095"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. e4 e6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. g3 Be7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O b5 10. Qe2 Qb6 11. f5 d4 12. d3 c4 13. f6 gxf6 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. bxc4 bxc4 16. Ba3 Rd8 17. Nbd2 Ba6 18. Ne4 Qa5 19. Bc1 cxd3 20. cxd3 Bg7 21. Nfg5 Nce5 22. Qh5 Nf8 23. Rxf7 Nxf7 24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25. Qxf7+ Kh8 26. Qxf6+ Kg8 27. Nf7 Qe1+ 28. Bf1 h5 29. Nh6+ Kh7 30. Qf7+ Kh8 31. Qg8# 1-0 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Vu Dinh, Adrien"] [Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "8"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "B67"] [WhiteElo "2281"] [BlackElo "2560"] [PlyCount "70"] [GameId "2249023780738097"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O e6 9. Kb1 Be7 10. Rg1 b5 11. f3 h6 12. Be3 Ne5 13. a3 Rc8 14. g4 g5 15. h4 Nh7 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Rh1 Ng6 18. Nce2 Nh4 19. Ng3 Nf8 20. Nh5 Nfg6 21. Rh3 Rg8 22. Bd3 Ne5 23. Rg1 a5 24. Rf1 b4 25. axb4 axb4 26. Nb3 Nc4 27. Bxc4 Rxc4 28. Bd4 Bb5 29. Rf2 Ng6 30. Ng7+ Kd7 31. Nh5 Kc8 32. Qe3 Kb7 33. Nd2 Rc6 34. Qb3 Qa5 35. Rh1 Ra8 0-1 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Smirin, Ilya"] [Black "Kalavannan, Koby"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "9"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "B36"] [WhiteElo "2554"] [BlackElo "2275"] [PlyCount "133"] [GameId "2249023780738099"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe3 Be6 11. Bd2 Nd7 12. b3 Qb6 13. Rac1 Rfc8 14. Qg3 Be5 15. Qh4 Bf6 16. Bg5 Qa5 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. f4 Qc5+ 19. Kh1 Qe3 20. Bf3 Rab8 21. Rfe1 Qd4 22. Qh6 Qd2 23. Qh4 Qd4 24. Qg3 Kh8 25. e5 dxe5 26. fxe5 Ng4 27. Bxg4 Qxg4 28. Qe3 a6 29. a4 Rd8 30. Rcd1 Kg7 31. a5 Qf5 32. Nd5 Rd7 33. Rd4 g5 34. Kg1 h6 35. h4 Qg6 36. Rf1 Rg8 37. Qf3 Kh8 38. Rf2 Qg7 39. Qe3 Rgd8 40. Rfd2 Rc8 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. Nc3 Rxd4 43. Rxd4 Qg6 44. Rd2 Kg7 45. Ne4 g4 46. Nc5 Rh8 47. Nxe6+ fxe6 48. Rd7 Qb1+ 49. Kf2 Qf5+ 50. Ke1 Rh1+ 51. Kd2 Kf7 52. Kc3 Ra1 53. Kb4 Qb1 54. Rxb7 Qa2 55. Qf4+ Kg6 56. Qxg4+ Kh6 57. Qxe6+ Kh5 58. Kc5 Qf2+ 59. Kc6 Rxa5 60. g4+ Kh4 61. Qxe7+ Kg3 62. Qd6 Qf3+ 63. Kb6 Qxb3+ 64. Kxa5 Qxb7 65. e6+ Kxg4 66. e7 Qc8 67. Qg6+ 1-0 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Noy, Eyal"] [Black "Sanal, Vahap"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "10"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "D53"] [WhiteElo "2275"] [BlackElo "2546"] [PlyCount "72"] [GameId "2249023780738101"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Nbd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O a6 12. e4 c5 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 O-O 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nd6 Rab8 17. Nxb7 Rxb7 18. Be4 c4 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Re1 b4 21. Nd2 Nb6 22. Nf1 f5 23. Qd2 a5 24. e6 Rf6 25. Re5 c3 26. Qe2 cxb2 27. Rb1 Rc7 28. Qa6 Nc4 29. Ree1 Kh7 30. h3 Rg6 31. Nh2 Qg5 32. g3 Re7 33. Qc6 f4 34. g4 Qf5 35. Kh1 Qd3 36. Rbd1 Rexe6 0-1 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Gavrilescu, David"] [Black "Itkin, David"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "11"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "B11"] [WhiteElo "2542"] [BlackElo "2272"] [PlyCount "67"] [GameId "2249023780738103"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. Be2 Bc5 7. Qg3 Bd4 8. d3 Nd7 9. Be3 Bf6 10. d4 Ne7 11. O-O-O dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nf5 13. Qf4 O-O 14. g4 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Be7 16. g5 f5 17. gxf6 Nxf6 18. Rhg1 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Qd5 20. Qg4 Rf7 21. Bd3 Qxa2 22. Qh5 g5 23. c3 Raf8 24. h4 Qa1+ 25. Bb1 Rg7 26. Rdf1 Rgf7 27. Rxf7 Rxf7 28. hxg5 Kf8 29. g6 Ba3 30. Qh2 hxg6 31. Qb8+ Ke7 32. Qxb7+ Kd6 33. Qb8+ Rc7 34. Rxg6 1-0 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Krishnan, Ritvik"] [Black "Maze, Sebastien"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "12"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "E94"] [WhiteElo "2265"] [BlackElo "2534"] [PlyCount "114"] [GameId "2249023780742201"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. Be3 Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Rb1 h6 12. Bh4 Nf6 13. b4 Be6 14. c5 c6 15. Bg3 Bg4 16. Nd2 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Nh5 18. Nc4 Qe7 19. Nd6 Nxg3 20. fxg3 Rad8 21. a3 Nb8 22. Qa2 b6 23. Rbd1 bxc5 24. bxc5 Nd7 25. Qc4 Nf6 26. Rd3 h5 27. Rdf3 Rd7 28. h3 Qe6 29. Qa6 Rc7 30. Qa5 Rd7 31. Qa4 Rc7 32. Nd1 Ne8 33. Nxe8 Rxe8 34. Ne3 Rd7 35. Qc2 Red8 36. Nc4 Bf8 37. Rf6 Bxc5+ 38. Kh2 Qe8 39. Na5 Bf8 40. Nxc6 Rc7 41. Qc4 Rd6 42. Rxd6 Bxd6 43. Rc1 Bxa3 44. Rc2 Bf8 45. Qa6 Qe6 46. Qa4 Qf6 47. h4 Bh6 48. Nb4 Rxc2 49. Qxc2 Be3 50. Nd5 Qf2 51. Nxe3 Qxe3 52. Qb2 Qc5 53. Qb8+ Kg7 54. Qa8 a5 55. Kh1 Qb4 56. Qd5 Qc3 57. Qa8 Qxg3 0-1 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Conquest, Stuart C"] [Black "Dobrosmyslov, Artem"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "13"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "E40"] [WhiteElo "2521"] [BlackElo "2254"] [PlyCount "91"] [GameId "2249023780742203"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 Nf6 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bd2 O-O 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bd3 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qe2 Nb8 11. O-O Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bd6 13. e4 c5 14. e5 Be7 15. Qe4 Qd5 16. Qg4 Rd8 17. Bh6 Bf8 18. Bg5 Rd7 19. h4 Nc6 20. Rfd1 Qc4 21. Rac1 Qa4 22. h5 Rc8 23. Be3 cxd4 24. cxd4 Ne7 25. Ng5 Rdc7 26. Rxc7 Rxc7 27. Kh2 Nf5 28. Ne4 Rc4 29. h6 g6 30. Rd2 Kh8 31. Qf3 Qd7 32. g4 Nxh6 33. Nf6 Qc6 34. Qh3 Rc3 35. d5 exd5 36. Nxd5 Ra3 37. Qh4 Ng8 38. Bd4 Bg7 39. Qd8 Qe6 40. Nf6 Bxf6 41. exf6 Qxg4 42. Be3 Qh4+ 43. Kg1 Qg4+ 44. Kh2 Qh4+ 45. Kg1 Qg4+ 46. Kh2 1/2-1/2 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Lau, Luke"] [Black "Cornette, Matthieu"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "14"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "C45"] [WhiteElo "2243"] [BlackElo "2517"] [PlyCount "94"] [GameId "2249023780742205"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb4+ 6. c3 Be7 7. Bd3 d5 8. Qe2 Ne5 9. Bc2 dxe4 10. Qxe4 Ng6 11. O-O Nf6 12. Qe2 O-O 13. h3 Bd6 14. Bg5 h6 15. Be3 Re8 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. N1d2 Qe5 18. Nf1 Nh4 19. Nd4 Nd5 20. Nf3 Nf4 21. Nxe5 Nxe2+ 22. Kh1 Bxe5 23. Re1 Nxc3 24. bxc3 Bxc3 25. Bd2 Bf5 26. Bxc3 Bxc2 27. Ne3 Be4 28. f3 Bc6 29. Kg1 Rad8 30. Kf2 Ng6 31. Nf5 f6 32. Kg3 Rd5 33. Rxe8+ Bxe8 34. Re1 Kf7 35. Ne3 Rd3 36. Ba1 Ne7 37. Re2 c5 38. Kf2 b5 39. Nf1 Nd5 40. Rc2 c4 41. Ng3 Rd1 42. Bb2 Nb4 43. Re2 Nd3+ 44. Ke3 Nxb2 45. Rxb2 c3 46. Rf2 b4 47. Ne4 Ba4 0-1 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Rozen, Eytan"] [Black "Shubin, Daniel"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "15"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2515"] [BlackElo "2235"] [PlyCount "97"] [GameId "2249023780742207"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. e3 Bg4 8. Be2 Ne4 9. a3 Bxf3 10. axb4 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nxd2 12. Kxd2 c6 13. b5 Qe7 14. Rhc1 a6 15. Kd1 cxb5 16. Rc7 Qe6 17. Rxb7 Nc6 18. Rc7 Rfc8 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. Rc1 Na5 21. Rc7 g5 22. Bg3 Rxc7 23. Bxc7 Qe4 24. Qc2 Qxc2+ 25. Kxc2 Nc6 26. Kd3 f5 27. g4 fxg4 28. e4 Nb4+ 29. Kc3 Na2+ 30. Kb3 Nc1+ 31. Kc2 Ne2 32. Kd3 Nf4+ 33. Bxf4 gxf4 34. b4 Kf7 35. exd5 Ke7 36. Ke4 f3 37. Kf4 Kd6 38. Kxg4 Kxd5 39. Kxf3 Kxd4 40. Kf4 a5 41. bxa5 b4 42. a6 b3 43. a7 b2 44. a8=Q b1=Q 45. Qa7+ Kd5 46. Qd7+ Kc4 47. Qe6+ Kd4 48. Qe5+ Kc4 49. Qe4+ 1-0 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Sivanandan, Bodhana"] [Black "Chasin, Nico"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "16"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "B47"] [WhiteElo "2233"] [BlackElo "2512"] [PlyCount "116"] [GameId "2249023780742209"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. O-O d6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 O-O 9. Re1 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. a4 a6 12. a5 Rc8 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Qe2 Rfe8 15. Red1 h6 16. Rd2 Nd7 17. f4 Bf6 18. Rd3 Red8 19. Qd2 Nc5 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. e5 c4 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Qe2 Be7 24. Qxc4 Rd2 25. Bxc6 Rxc2 26. Bd5 Bc5+ 27. Kh1 exd5 28. Qxd5 Qc8 29. Qe4 Rxb2 30. f5 Rb4 31. Qf3 Rb3 32. Rf1 Bb4 33. Qg4 Bxc3 34. Qe4 Rb4 35. Qd5 Rb5 36. Qf3 Bxe5 37. Rd1 Qc6 38. Qxc6 bxc6 39. Rd8+ Kh7 40. Rc8 c5 41. Kg2 Rxa5 42. Rc6 Ra2+ 43. Kf3 Bd4 44. h4 a5 45. Rc7 Rf2+ 46. Ke4 a4 47. Ra7 Re2+ 48. Kf3 Ra2 49. g4 a3 50. Kg3 Rc2 51. Rxa3 Rc3+ 52. Rxc3 Bxc3 53. Kf3 Be1 54. h5 c4 55. Ke2 Bh4 56. Kd2 Bf6 57. Ke3 Kg8 58. Ke4 Kf8 0-1 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Fodor, Tamas Jr"] [Black "Khoo-Thwe, Louis"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "17"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "D37"] [WhiteElo "2508"] [BlackElo "2225"] [PlyCount "61"] [GameId "2249023780742211"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c6 7. h3 Nbd7 8. c5 b6 9. b4 bxc5 10. bxc5 Qa5 11. Qd2 Ba6 12. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nxd5 14. Bxa6 Nxf4 15. exf4 Rfd8 16. Ke3 Rab8 17. Rab1 Rxb1 18. Rxb1 Rb8 19. Rb7 Rxb7 20. Bxb7 Nb8 21. Ne5 Bf6 22. Nxc6 Nxc6 23. Bxc6 Kf8 24. f5 Ke7 25. fxe6 fxe6 26. Be4 g6 27. f4 Bg7 28. Kd3 Bh6 29. g3 Kd7 30. Kc4 Kc7 31. h4 1-0 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Gallana, Marco"] [Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "18"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "E91"] [WhiteElo "2225"] [BlackElo "2504"] [PlyCount "70"] [GameId "2249023780742213"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 h6 7. O-O e5 8. h3 Nbd7 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Be3 c6 11. Qc1 Kh7 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. c5 Nh5 14. b4 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Rd6 Ndf6 17. g3 Ne8 18. Rd1 f4 19. Qc2+ Bf5 20. Bd3 Bxd3 21. Qxd3+ e4 22. Nxe4 Bxa1 23. Nh4 Kg8 24. Ng6 Qg7 25. Nxf8 Kxf8 26. Bc1 Be5 27. g4 Nhf6 28. Nxf6 Nxf6 29. Qf5 Qg5 30. Qc2 Nxg4 31. hxg4 Qxg4+ 32. Kf1 Qh3+ 33. Ke2 Re8 34. Rd3 Bc3+ 35. Be3 f3+ 0-1 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Richardson, John R"] [Black "Ghasi, Ameet K"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "19"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "B40"] [WhiteElo "2224"] [BlackElo "2500"] [PlyCount "104"] [GameId "2249023780742215"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. O-O Be7 7. Nd5 d6 8. Nxe7 Nxe7 9. c3 O-O 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Ng6 12. Re1 b6 13. b3 Bb7 14. d5 Nd7 15. h4 h6 16. h5 Ne7 17. Nh4 f5 18. exf5 Nxf5 19. Ng6 Rf6 20. g4 Rxg6 21. hxg6 Nh4 22. g5 Nxg2 23. Kxg2 Qe8 24. Qh5 Qe6 25. gxh6 Rf8 26. hxg7 Qxd5+ 27. f3 Qxf3+ 28. Qxf3 Rxf3 29. Rf1 Rf6+ 30. Kg1 Rxg6+ 31. Kf2 Rg2+ 32. Ke3 d5 33. Rf2 Rg3+ 34. Kd2 e4 35. Rh2 e3+ 36. Kc2 d4 37. Ba3 Be4+ 38. Kb2 Kxg7 39. Rd1 d3 40. Kc3 d2 41. Re2 Nf6 42. Bd6 Nd5+ 43. Kd4 Rg4 44. Ke5 Rg2 45. Kxe4 Rxe2 46. Kd3 Re1 47. Kc2 Rxd1 48. Be5+ Kg6 49. Kxd1 Kf5 50. Bh8 Ke4 51. Bg7 Kd3 52. Bh8 e2# 0-1 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Royal, Shreyas"] [Black "Dignam, Matthew P"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "20"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "C41"] [WhiteElo "2495"] [BlackElo "2214"] [PlyCount "65"] [GameId "2249023780746313"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Rg1 exd4 6. Nxd4 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. g4 Nc5 9. f3 h5 10. h3 hxg4 11. hxg4 Rh2 12. Bf4 Rh7 13. Qd2 Ne6 14. Be3 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Be6 16. O-O-O Qd7 17. Bb5 c6 18. Be2 Rd8 19. Rh1 Rxh1 20. Rxh1 Kf8 21. Rh4 c5 22. Be3 Ng8 23. f4 b5 24. Nxb5 Qb7 25. Bxc5 Ne7 26. e5 g5 27. Rh7 Kg8 28. Rxg7+ Kxg7 29. f5 Qh1+ 30. Bd1 Bd5 31. f6+ Kf8 32. Bxd6 Rxd6 33. fxe7+ 1-0 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Aditya, Kunal Patil"] [Black "Travadon, Loic"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "21"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "B23"] [WhiteElo "2208"] [BlackElo "2492"] [PlyCount "90"] [GameId "2249023780746315"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 e6 6. e5 d6 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. Ne4 Qe7 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. d3 Nf6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Ne5 Rac8 15. Qe2 Bg7 16. b3 Be8 17. Bb2 f6 18. Nc4 Bc6 19. a4 b6 20. Rae1 Rce8 21. Qe3 Bd5 22. Qh3 Qd7 23. Re2 Re7 24. Ne3 Bc6 25. Nc4 Bd5 26. Ne3 Bb7 27. Nc4 Qc6 28. Rfe1 Bc8 29. Qg3 a6 30. Nd2 b5 31. axb5 axb5 32. Ne4 Rc7 33. Qh4 Rcf7 34. Qf2 c4 35. dxc4 bxc4 36. Qc5 Rc7 37. Qxc6 Rxc6 38. Ba3 Rd8 39. Be7 Rd4 40. bxc4 f5 41. Ng5 Rxf4 42. Nxe6 Bxe6 43. g3 Re4 44. Rxe4 fxe4 45. Rxe4 Bf5 0-1 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Grieve, Harry"] [Black "Li, Harry"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "22"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "C54"] [WhiteElo "2491"] [BlackElo "2206"] [PlyCount "85"] [GameId "2249023780746317"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 a5 8. Nbd2 Ba7 9. O-O g5 10. Bg3 O-O 11. Re1 Nh7 12. h3 h5 13. d4 h4 14. Bh2 g4 15. hxg4 Bxg4 16. Be2 Qf6 17. Nc4 Rae8 18. Ne3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 exd4 20. Nd5 Qd8 21. Bg4 dxc3 22. bxc3 Ne7 23. Rb1 Nxd5 24. Qxd5 Qf6 25. Bf5 Bc5 26. Qxb7 Qxc3 27. Rf1 Ng5 28. Kh1 h3 29. e5 Rb8 30. Qc6 hxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Rxb1 32. Rxb1 Qd4 33. Bg3 Kg7 34. f4 Qd2+ 35. Kf1 Ne6 36. Qf3 Rh8 37. Qg4+ Kf8 38. Rb8+ Ke7 39. Rxh8 Qc1+ 40. Kg2 Qg1+ 41. Kh3 Qf1+ 42. Kh4 Qh1+ 43. Qh3 1-0 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Badrinath, S.."] [Black "Wadsworth, Matthew J"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "23"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2200"] [BlackElo "2487"] [PlyCount "136"] [GameId "2249023780746319"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 a6 5. g4 Bd7 6. c4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. Nc3 Ne7 9. Nge2 Nd5 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. Qb3 Qxb3 12. Bxb3 a5 13. a4 Na6 14. h5 h6 15. Bh4 Nab4 16. O-O g5 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Ne4 g5 19. Bg3 Be7 20. Nd6+ Bxd6 21. exd6 O-O-O 22. Be5 Rh7 23. Ng3 Rf8 24. Rad1 Be8 25. Ne4 b6 26. Bc4 Bg6 27. Nc3 Rhf7 28. Rd2 Kd7 29. Nxd5 Nxd5 30. Re1 h5 31. gxh5 Bxh5 32. Bxd5 exd5 33. Bh2 Bf3 34. Re7+ Rxe7 35. dxe7 Kxe7 36. Rd3 Kd7 37. Kf1 c5 38. Be5 g4 39. Ke1 Rf5 40. Bg3 Rh5 41. Kd2 Rh1 42. dxc5 bxc5 43. Rc3 Kc6 44. Rc1 Rh7 45. Be5 Re7 46. Bd4 Re2+ 47. Kd3 c4+ 48. Kc3 Be4 49. Ba7 Bd3 50. Bd4 Kd6 51. Bb6 Ke5 52. b3 Ke4 53. bxc4 dxc4 54. Bxa5 Rxf2 55. Bb6 Ra2 56. a5 g3 57. Re1+ Kd5 58. Re3 Bf5 59. Kb4 Bd7 60. Ra3 Rb2+ 61. Kc3 Rb1 62. Be3 g2 63. a6 Bc6 64. a7 Ba8 65. Ra5+ Ke4 66. Bc5 Rc1+ 67. Kb2 Rf1 68. Ra1 c3+ 0-1 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Bazakutsa, Svyatoslav"] [Black "Laurent, Julien G."] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "24"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "A41"] [WhiteElo "2478"] [BlackElo "2189"] [PlyCount "71"] [GameId "2249023780746321"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. g3 Bxf3 4. exf3 Nf6 5. Bg2 c6 6. f4 e6 7. O-O g6 8. c4 d5 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Nd2 Be7 11. Nf3 a5 12. a4 O-O 13. Ne5 c5 14. Bb2 Rc8 15. cxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Ng4 f6 19. Ne3 Rc6 20. Qxd5+ Qxd5 21. Nxd5 Bd8 22. Ba3 Re8 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Rfd1 b5 25. axb5 Rxb5 26. Rd3 f5 27. Rc1 Rb7 28. Rc6 Kf7 29. Ne3 Ra7 30. h4 Bf6 31. Nc4 Re1+ 32. Kg2 a4 33. bxa4 Rxa4 34. h5 gxh5 35. Ne3 Ra5 36. Rd7+ 1-0 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Fellowes, Billy"] [Black "Willow, Jonah B"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "25"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2184"] [BlackElo "2472"] [PlyCount "125"] [GameId "2249023780746323"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. d4 Bxe4 8. Bg5 Bc6 9. Nc3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 e6 11. Ncb5 Bxb5 12. Nxb5 Qd7 13. Bxf6 Qxb5 14. Bc3 h5 15. a4 Qc6 16. Re3 Be7 17. Rg3 Bf6 18. Ra3 h4 19. Rg4 Ke7 20. h3 Rac8 21. Bxf6+ gxf6 22. Rc3 Qd7 23. Rxc8 Qxc8 24. c3 f5 25. Rb4 b6 26. Qd4 e5 27. Qe3 Kf6 28. Qf3 f4 29. Rb5 Rg8 30. Rd5 Ke7 31. b3 Qf5 32. c4 Rg6 33. a5 Kf8 34. axb6 axb6 35. Kh2 Qb1 36. Rd1 Qc2 37. Re1 Kg7 38. Kh1 Qf5 39. Kh2 Re6 40. Qd5 Qc2 41. Qf3 Qf5 42. Qd5 Qg6 43. Re4 f5 44. Re1 e4 45. Qb7+ Kh6 46. Qxb6 Qf6 47. Kh1 Kg6 48. Qb8 e3 49. Qg8+ Kh6 50. Re2 Re4 51. Kh2 Re7 52. Qa8 Qe5 53. Qf3 Kg5 54. b4 Qd4 55. Qd5 Qxd5 56. cxd5 Re4 57. Kg1 Kf6 58. b5 Ke7 59. Kf1 Kd7 60. b6 Re5 61. b7 Kc7 62. Rb2 Kb8 63. Rb5 1/2-1/2 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Gordon, Stephen J"] [Black "Harley, Andrew D"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "26"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "E15"] [WhiteElo "2465"] [BlackElo "2182"] [PlyCount "91"] [GameId "2249023780746325"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O d5 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Bc3 Nfd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. Nd2 Rb8 13. Re1 b5 14. c5 b4 15. Bb2 e5 16. a3 Bc8 17. axb4 Rxb4 18. Bc3 Rb7 19. Ba5 Qe8 20. e4 dxe4 21. Nxe4 f5 22. Nc3 e4 23. f3 Nxc5 24. dxc5 Bxc5+ 25. Kh1 e3 26. f4 Qe6 27. Na4 Be7 28. Rb1 Rb5 29. Bd2 Rd8 30. Rxe3 Qxe3 31. Bxe3 Rxd1+ 32. Rxd1 Rxb3 33. Bxa7 Ra3 34. Bxc6 Be6 35. Bc5 Rxa4 36. Bxe7 Rc4 37. Bd5 Bxd5+ 38. Rxd5 Kf7 39. Bc5 g6 40. Kg2 Rc2+ 41. Bf2 Ke6 42. Re5+ Kf6 43. Rc5 Ra2 44. Rc6+ Kg7 45. Rc7+ Kh6 46. h3 1-0 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Kapechun, Mikhailo"] [Black "Greenfeld, Alon"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "27"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "B66"] [WhiteElo "2174"] [BlackElo "2465"] [PlyCount "72"] [GameId "2249023780746327"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O a6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qa5 12. Kb1 Bd7 13. Be2 Qc5 14. Qd2 O-O-O 15. Bf3 Kb8 16. Rhe1 Rc8 17. f5 h5 18. h4 Rc7 19. Ne2 Bf8 20. Nd4 Qb6 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Qd3 Be7 23. g4 Rhc8 24. Qb3 Qa5 25. c3 e5 26. Nf5 Ba4 27. Rd5 b5 28. Qa3 Rxc3 29. bxc3 Rxc3 30. Qb2 Rc2 31. Qxc2 Bxc2+ 32. Kxc2 Qxe1 33. Kd3 Qb1+ 34. Ke3 Qg1+ 35. Ke2 hxg4 36. Nxe7 Qh2+ 0-1 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Magold, Filip"] [Black "Roe, Simon J"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "28"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "C92"] [WhiteElo "2465"] [BlackElo "2172"] [PlyCount "67"] [GameId "2249023780746329"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. a4 Bb7 12. d5 Ne7 13. Bc2 Qb8 14. Nbd2 c6 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Nf1 Nc5 17. Ng3 g6 18. Bh6 Nxa4 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Qd2 Nxb2 21. Qh6+ Bg7 22. Qxh7 Ng8 23. Nf1 Nc4 24. Ne3 Nf6 25. Qh4 Nxe3 26. Rxe3 d5 27. Ng5 Nxe4 28. Rxe4 dxe4 29. Nxf7 Kxf7 30. Bb3+ Ke8 31. Qh7 Qc7 32. Rd1 Ra7 33. Qg8+ Bf8 34. Qxg6+ 1-0 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "O'cuilleanain, Oisin"] [Black "Czopor, Maciej"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "29"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "B30"] [WhiteElo "2170"] [BlackElo "2463"] [PlyCount "98"] [GameId "2249023780746331"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 b6 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 c4 8. d4 cxd3 9. Qxd3 Bb7 10. c4 Ng6 11. Nc3 Bc5 12. a3 Nge5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Qg3 Qf6 15. Rd1 h5 16. b4 h4 17. Qf4 Be7 18. Qxf6 Bxf6 19. f4 Nxc4 20. e5 Nxe5 21. fxe5 Bxe5 22. Bb2 b5 23. Bb3 Rh5 24. Rd2 Rc8 25. Nd1 Ke7 26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. Nf2 Rc3 28. Rad1 Bc6 29. Rd3 Rxd3 30. Nxd3 Re2 31. Ne1 Re3 32. Nd3 Re2 33. Ne1 Rb2 34. Rd3 g5 35. Bd1 Be4 36. Re3 f5 37. Bf3 d5 38. Kf1 Kd6 39. Rc3 g4 40. Be2 Ra2 41. g3 h3 42. Nd3 d4 43. Rc8 Bxd3 44. Bxd3 Rxh2 45. Ra8 Rh1+ 46. Kf2 h2 47. Rh8 Rd1 48. Bf1 Rd2+ 49. Ke1 Ra2 0-1 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Gasanov, Eldar"] [Black "Deepak Ambattu, Rithvik"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "30"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "C47"] [WhiteElo "2447"] [BlackElo "2168"] [PlyCount "93"] [GameId "2249023780750429"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bc5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Qf6 10. d3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Bg5 Qd6 14. Nh4 h6 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Qc5 17. Qe1 Rae8 18. d4 Qd6 19. f4 Bxc2 20. fxe5 Qd8 21. Qf2 Bh7 22. Nf5 Ne7 23. Bxb7 Nxf5 24. gxf5 Qg5+ 25. Rg3 Qxf5 26. Qg2 Bg6 27. Rf1 Qc2 28. Rf2 Qb1+ 29. Kh2 Kh8 30. Bc6 Re6 31. Bd5 Rfe8 32. Bxe6 Rxe6 33. Rb2 Qe1 34. Qf2 Qc1 35. Qd2 Qf1 36. Rg1 Qf3 37. Rg3 Qf1 38. Qf2 Qc1 39. Qg2 Qe1 40. Qe2 Qc1 41. d5 Re8 42. Rb7 Qf4 43. Qe3 Qc4 44. Qd4 Qe2+ 45. Rg2 Qf3 46. e6 c5 47. Qe5 1-0 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Xian, Junhao"] [Black "Roberson, Peter T"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "31"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "D44"] [WhiteElo "2166"] [BlackElo "2447"] [PlyCount "62"] [GameId "2249023780750431"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. a4 c6 7. Nc3 Qb6 8. Be2 Nbd7 9. d5 Nc5 10. a5 Qc7 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. O-O a6 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Nh4 Nb3 15. Nf5 Nxa1 16. Qxa1 O-O-O 17. Rc1 Bc5 18. b3 Qf4 19. Bf3 Rhg8 20. Ng3 Rd2 21. Nd1 Qe5 22. bxc4 Qxa1 23. Rxa1 Bxc4 24. Nf5 Rgd8 25. Rc1 Kb7 26. Nde3 Bxe3 27. Nxe3 Be2 28. Bxe2 Rxe2 29. g3 Rdd2 30. Rf1 b4 31. Kg2 Rxe3 0-1 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Aizenberg, Benny"] [Black "Carroll, Peter"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "32"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2444"] [BlackElo "2165"] [PlyCount "85"] [GameId "2249023780750433"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Ne7 9. c4 Ng6 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Qb4 Qb8 12. h4 h5 13. Bg5 Be7 14. g3 f5 15. Be2 a6 16. Nc3 e4 17. a4 Ne5 18. a5 Bxg5 19. hxg5 g6 20. Qb6 Ke7 21. Nd1 Qa7 22. Ne3 Qxb6 23. axb6 a5 24. Kd2 Nf7 25. Ra3 Nxg5 26. Rha1 a4 27. b4 h4 28. gxh4 Rxh4 29. c5 Rc8 30. Rc1 Rhh8 31. c6 bxc6 32. b7 Rc7 33. Rxa4 Rb8 34. Ra6 Rbxb7 35. dxc6 Rxc6 36. Raxc6 Bxc6 37. Rxc6 Kd7 38. Rc4 Ke6 39. Kc3 Ke5 40. Rd4 Nf7 41. b5 Rc7+ 42. Bc4 Ng5 43. b6 1-0 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Gurevich, Artem"] [Black "Tica, Sven"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "33"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "2163"] [BlackElo "2441"] [PlyCount "63"] [GameId "2249023780750435"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 a6 4. Nbd2 dxc4 5. Nxc4 b5 6. Nce5 Bb7 7. a4 Nd7 8. e3 Ngf6 9. Bd2 b4 10. Qb3 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Ne4 12. a5 Nxd2 13. Qa4+ c6 14. Kxd2 Rc8 15. Rc1 Bd6 16. Nd3 O-O 17. Nc5 Ba8 18. Bxa6 Rb8 19. Ke2 Bc7 20. Rhd1 Qg5 21. Kf1 Rfd8 22. Be2 Bxh2 23. g3 h5 24. Kg2 Bxg3 25. fxg3 h4 26. g4 Qxe3 27. Bf3 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Qxc1 29. Nb3 Qe1 30. Nd2 c5 31. Bxa8 cxd4 32. Nb3 0-1 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Kovchan, Alexander"] [Black "Yoon, Jacob D"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "34"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2440"] [BlackElo "2160"] [PlyCount "143"] [GameId "2249023780750437"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bxc5 7. O-O Nge7 8. Nbd2 Ng6 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Bg5 Qc7 11. Bxg6 fxg6 12. Re1 O-O 13. Be3 Ne7 14. Bxb6 Qxb6 15. Qd4 Qc7 16. c3 Nf5 17. Qd2 h6 18. Nbd4 g5 19. Nxf5 Rxf5 20. Qe3 Bd7 21. Nd4 Rf4 22. f3 Rff8 23. a4 Qb6 24. a5 Qa6 25. Qe2 Qxe2 26. Rxe2 Kf7 27. Ree1 Ke7 28. Ra3 Rfc8 29. Kf2 Rc4 30. Rb3 Rb8 31. Ra1 Ba4 32. Rba3 Bd7 33. Ke3 Rbc8 34. Rb3 Rb8 35. g3 Ra4 36. Rxa4 Bxa4 37. Rb4 Bd7 38. c4 dxc4 39. Rxc4 Kd8 40. f4 gxf4+ 41. gxf4 g6 42. Rc2 Ke7 43. h4 h5 44. b4 a6 45. Rc1 Ke8 46. Kd3 Ke7 47. Rc5 Ke8 48. Rc1 Ke7 49. Ke3 Ke8 50. Rg1 Kf7 51. Nf3 b6 52. Rd1 Ke7 53. Rd6 bxa5 54. bxa5 Rb3+ 55. Kf2 Rb2+ 56. Kg3 Bb5 57. Nd4 Bc4 58. Rc6 Bd5 59. Rxa6 Rg2+ 60. Kh3 Rd2 61. Nc6+ Bxc6 62. Rxc6 Rd3+ 63. Kg2 Ra3 64. a6 Kd7 65. Rd6+ Ke7 66. Kf2 Ra2+ 67. Ke3 Ra3+ 68. Kd4 Ra4+ 69. Kc5 Rxf4 70. a7 Ra4 71. Kb6 Ra1 72. Kb7 1-0 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Vortmeier, Jan"] [Black "Harvey, Marcus R"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "35"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "A50"] [WhiteElo "2152"] [BlackElo "2438"] [PlyCount "68"] [GameId "2249023780750439"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. Nf3 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d4 Nf6 6. c4 O-O 7. Nbd2 d6 8. b3 Nfd7 9. Bb2 Nc6 10. Rb1 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. b4 a5 13. a3 axb4 14. axb4 b5 15. e4 bxc4 16. b5 h6 17. Nxc4 f5 18. Nh4 Bf6 19. Nxg6 Nxg6 20. exf5 Ne7 21. Ne3 Bg7 22. g4 Nc5 23. Bc1 Nc8 24. Bf3 Nb6 25. Rb4 Ra4 26. Rxa4 Nbxa4 27. Qc2 Re8 28. Be4 Nxe4 29. Qxe4 Nc5 30. Qc4 e4 31. Ng2 Nd3 32. f4 exf3 33. Ne3 Nxc1 34. Rxf3 Qg5 0-1 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Mahadevan, Siva"] [Black "Kanyamarala, Trisha"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "36"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "B44"] [WhiteElo "2424"] [BlackElo "2149"] [PlyCount "83"] [GameId "2249023780750441"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. g3 Nxd4 6. Qxd4 Ne7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. Qd2 Qf6 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. f4 d5 11. e5 Qd8 12. Bg2 O-O 13. a3 Be7 14. Ne2 f6 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. O-O-O Na5 17. b3 Qc7 18. Kb1 Bd7 19. Bd4 Rac8 20. Rhe1 Nc6 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. g4 Ne7 23. f5 exf5 24. Nf4 Bc6 25. g5 Rd6 26. Qd4 Ng6 27. Nxd5 Bxd5 28. Bxd5+ Kh8 29. c4 Qd8 30. h4 Ne7 31. Qe5 Nxd5 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 33. cxd5 Qd7 34. h5 Kg8 35. g6 hxg6 36. hxg6 Rd8 37. Qh2 Qxd5 38. Qh3 Kf8 39. Qh8+ Qg8 40. Qh3 Qd5 41. Qh8+ Qg8 42. Qh3 1/2-1/2 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Smith, Andrew P"] [Black "Wang, Hao"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "37"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "C22"] [WhiteElo "2145"] [BlackElo "2424"] [PlyCount "184"] [GameId "2249023780750443"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qe3 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. O-O-O Re8 8. Bc4 Ne5 9. Bb3 a5 10. a4 b5 11. Nge2 bxa4 12. Bxa4 Ba6 13. Ng3 Nc4 14. Qf3 Nb6 15. Bb3 a4 16. Ba2 Bc4 17. Kb1 Bxa2+ 18. Kxa2 Qe7 19. Rhe1 Qe6+ 20. Ka1 Nc4 21. Bg5 Ng4 22. Nf5 a3 23. b3 Nce5 24. Qg3 Bxc3+ 25. Qxc3 Nxf2 26. Rd4 f6 27. Bh4 Nxe4 28. Nh6+ gxh6 29. Rdxe4 d6 30. Rf1 f5 31. Re3 Qf7 32. Rg3+ Ng6 33. Bf6 Qe6 34. h4 f4 35. Rgf3 h5 36. Ka2 Rf8 37. Bg7 Rf7 38. Re1 Qg4 39. Bh6 Nxh4 40. Qc6 Raf8 41. Bxf8 Kxf8 42. Qe8+ Kg7 43. Re7 Rxe7 44. Qxe7+ Kg6 45. Rc3 Nf5 46. Qe6+ Kg5 47. Rxc7 Qd1 48. Qg8+ Kh4 49. Rc3 Ne3 50. Qd8+ Kg4 51. Qd7+ Kg3 52. Qh3+ Kf2 53. Qh4+ Kg1 54. Qxf4 Nxc2 55. Rxc2 Qxc2+ 56. Kxa3 Qc5+ 57. Ka4 Qe5 58. Qf3 h4 59. b4 d5 60. Qd1+ Kh2 61. b5 d4 62. b6 Qe4 63. Qb3 d3+ 64. Ka3 d2 65. b7 Qe7+ 66. Ka2 Qxb7 67. Qxb7 d1=Q 68. Qe4 Qd2+ 69. Kb3 Qf2 70. Ka4 h6 71. Ka5 Qg3 72. Ka6 h5 73. Ka5 Qg5+ 74. Ka6 Qf6+ 75. Ka5 Kg3 76. Qd5 Qa1+ 77. Kb6 Qb2+ 78. Ka5 Qe2 79. Qg5+ Qg4 80. Qd5 Kf4 81. Kb6 Qg6+ 82. Ka7 Qf5 83. Qf3+ Kg5 84. Qe3+ Qf4 85. Qe7+ Kg6 86. Qe6+ Kg7 87. Qe2 Kf8 88. Qxh5 Qf7+ 89. Qxf7+ Kxf7 90. Kb6 Kf6 91. Kc6 Kg5 92. Kd5 Kf4 0-1 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Schmider, Niklas"] [Black "Chopra, Manmay"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "38"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "A15"] [WhiteElo "2423"] [BlackElo "2142"] [PlyCount "108"] [GameId "2249023780750445"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 d6 8. d4 e6 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 f5 12. d5 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 e5 14. b4 Nd7 15. Rac1 Qf6 16. Nd2 a5 17. a3 e4 18. Qxf6 Nxf6 19. Nb3 axb4 20. axb4 Ra4 21. b5 Nd7 22. Rc3 Ne5 23. Rfc1 Rfa8 24. f3 exf3 25. exf3 Kf7 26. Nd4 Bc8 27. f4 Ng4 28. Ne6 R8a7 29. Ng5+ Kg8 30. h3 Nf6 31. Kh2 h6 32. Nf3 Ra3 33. R3c2 Ra2 34. Nd4 Bd7 35. Bf3 Kf7 36. Kg2 R7a3 37. Kf2 Rxc2+ 38. Rxc2 Rd3 39. Ne2 Ra3 40. Nc3 Bc8 41. Ke3 Nd7 42. Kf2 Nc5 43. Nd1 h5 44. Ne3 Nd3+ 45. Ke2 h4 46. Ng2 hxg3 47. h4 Kf6 48. Rd2 Nc5 49. Rb2 Nb3 50. Ke1 Nc5 51. Ke2 Nb3 52. Ke1 Na5 53. Ke2 Nxc4 54. Rc2 Bd7 0-1 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Mesropyan, Hayk"] [Black "Brunner, Nicolas"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "39"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "B51"] [WhiteElo "2136"] [BlackElo "2420"] [PlyCount "123"] [GameId "2249023780750447"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 e6 8. c4 a6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Ba4 Qc7 11. Bf4 e5 12. Bg3 Be7 13. c5 dxc5 14. Nd2 Be6 15. Bxe5 Qb6 16. Qc2 O-O 17. Rac1 Nd7 18. Bg3 a5 19. f4 f6 20. Nc4 Qa6 21. b3 Rfd8 22. e5 f5 23. Nd6 g6 24. Bf2 Rab8 25. Bxc5 Nxc5 26. Qxc5 Qb6 27. Qxb6 Rxb6 28. Rxc6 Rxc6 29. Bxc6 Kf8 30. Rd1 Rb8 31. Bd5 Bd7 32. a4 Bd8 33. Rc1 Bb6+ 34. Kf1 Ke7 35. Ke2 Ba7 36. Nf7 Rc8 37. Rxc8 Bxc8 38. Ng5 h6 39. Nf7 Bb7 40. Bxb7 Kxf7 41. h3 Bc5 42. g4 h5 43. Bc8 fxg4 44. hxg4 hxg4 45. Bxg4 Bb4 46. Kd3 Ke7 47. Ke4 Bd2 48. Be2 Bc3 49. Bc4 Kf8 50. Kd3 Be1 51. Kd4 Bd2 52. Ke4 Bc3 53. Kd5 Bd2 54. Ke6 Kg7 55. Kd7 Bb4 56. Bd3 Ba3 57. e6 Kf6 58. Bxg6 Bb4 59. Be4 Ba3 60. Bd5 Bb4 61. Kc6 Ba3 62. Kb5 1/2-1/2 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Kanov, Nikola"] [Black "Farberov, Maxim"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "40"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "B32"] [WhiteElo "2418"] [BlackElo "2133"] [PlyCount "138"] [GameId "2249023780754545"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 g6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3 Be6 9. Nc2 Bg7 10. Be2 Rc8 11. O-O Nf6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Qd2 Ne7 14. Na3 Nc6 15. f3 Nd4 16. Bd3 Nh5 17. Ne2 Nxe2+ 18. Bxe2 Nf4 19. Rfd1 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 Bf6 21. Rac1 Qe7 22. Nb1 Bg5 23. b3 Bxe3+ 24. Qxe3 b5 25. cxb5 axb5 26. Nc3 b4 27. Nb5 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 d5 29. exd5 Bxd5 30. Qc5 Qg5 31. Rf1 Rd8 32. Kh1 Qd2 33. h3 e4 34. fxe4 Qe2 35. Rf2 Qxe4 36. Kg1 Qe1+ 37. Rf1 Qg3 38. Qc2 Be6 39. Qc7 Qe3+ 40. Kh2 Rd2 41. Qg3 Qxg3+ 42. Kxg3 Rxa2 43. Nd4 Rd2 44. Nxe6 fxe6 45. Rf3 Kg7 46. Kh2 e5 47. Kg3 Rc2 48. Rf1 Rc3+ 49. Kg4 Rxb3 50. Rd1 h5+ 51. Kh4 e4 52. Rd4 e3 53. Re4 Kf6 54. g4 g5+ 55. Kg3 e2+ 56. Kg2 Rb2 57. Kf2 h4 58. Re8 b3 59. Rb8 Ke5 60. Rb5+ Kd4 61. Rxg5 Rb1 62. Kxe2 b2 63. Rb5 Rh1 64. Rxb2 Rh2+ 65. Kf3 Rxb2 66. g5 Ke5 67. Kg4 Rg2+ 68. Kh5 Kf5 69. Kxh4 Rg1 0-1 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Willmoth, Robert F"] [Black "Tulchynskyi, Feliks"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "41"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "A09"] [WhiteElo "2130"] [BlackElo "2409"] [PlyCount "74"] [GameId "2249023780754547"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 c5 3. c4 d4 4. b4 Nf6 5. exd4 cxd4 6. Bb2 Bg4 7. Qa4+ Bd7 8. Qd1 e5 9. Nxe5 Bxb4 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Bf5 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Nxd3 Bd6 14. Na3 Nc6 15. c5 Bb8 16. Qf3 Nd7 17. Nc4 Qg5 18. g3 Bc7 19. h4 Qg6 20. Rfe1 Rae8 21. Rab1 Re6 22. Rbc1 Rf6 23. Qe4 Bxg3 24. Qxg6 Rxg6 25. h5 Rg5 26. h6 Nxc5 27. Nxc5 Bd6+ 28. Kf1 Bxc5 29. hxg7 Rd8 30. Rb1 b5 31. Na3 a6 32. Nc2 Kxg7 33. Rec1 Ne5 34. Ne1 Nc4 35. Rd1 Rf5 36. Ng2 Kf8 37. Kg1 Ne5 0-1 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Efroimski, Marsel"] [Black "Kudaibergen, Nurlykhan"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "42"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "C84"] [WhiteElo "2384"] [BlackElo "2127"] [PlyCount "103"] [GameId "2249023780754549"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. a3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Ba2 c5 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. Nd5 Rb8 13. c3 Re8 14. Ng5 Rf8 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. f4 h6 17. Nf3 Rd8 18. Qe1 Be6 19. Bb1 a5 20. Be3 Kh8 21. Qf2 Nd7 22. f5 Bb3 23. g4 f6 24. h4 Qf7 25. g5 Qh5 26. g6 a4 27. Kh2 Ne7 28. Bc2 Bxc2 29. Qxc2 d5 30. Qf2 c4 31. d4 dxe4 32. Nd2 Nd5 33. Rae1 exd4 34. cxd4 Re8 35. Bf4 e3 36. Bxb8 Rxb8 37. Qg3 Re8 38. Rf3 Kg8 39. Nf1 Re4 40. Qd6 Qxh4+ 41. Kg1 Rg4+ 42. Ng3 Nf4 43. Rexe3 Nf8 44. Qc7 Nh3+ 45. Kf1 Ng5 46. Re8 Qh3+ 47. Ke2 Qg2+ 48. Rf2 Qd5 49. Qxg7+ Kxg7 50. Nh5+ Kh8 51. Rxf8+ Qg8 52. Rxg8+ 1-0 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Hng, Mei-En Emmanuelle"] [Black "Bhagat, Kush"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "43"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2125"] [BlackElo "2381"] [PlyCount "74"] [GameId "2249023780754551"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Qxd4 e6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Qe4 d6 8. exd6 Bxd6 9. Nf3 f5 10. Qe2 O-O 11. O-O Qe7 12. Rd1 Kh8 13. g3 Nf6 14. Bg5 e5 15. Bc4 e4 16. Nh4 Ne5 17. Nd2 h6 18. Bf4 Kh7 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Bb3 Bc7 21. Bc2 Bd7 22. Nb3 g5 23. Ng2 Rae8 24. Re1 Kh8 25. Rad1 f4 26. Qc4 Bg4 27. Rd2 e3 28. fxe3 f3 29. e4 fxg2 30. Rxg2 Bh3 31. Rge2 Ng4 32. Nd4 Ne5 33. Qb3 Bb6 34. Kh1 Bxd4 35. cxd4 Qf6 36. Rg1 Ng4 37. e5 Qf1 0-1 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Sammed Jaykumar, Shete"] [Black "Hanache, Kai"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "44"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "A16"] [WhiteElo "2377"] [BlackElo "2122"] [PlyCount "72"] [GameId "2249023780754553"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 Bg7 6. h5 Bf5 7. Qb3 Nb6 8. Ng5 e6 9. h6 Bf6 10. Nge4 Nc6 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. e4 Nd4 13. Qd1 Qe5 14. d3 Nd5 15. Ne2 Nb5 16. exd5 O-O-O 17. Be3 Rxd5 18. d4 Qd6 19. Qb3 e5 20. dxe5 Rxe5 21. a4 Be6 22. Qd1 Rd5 23. Qc1 Qb4+ 24. Bd2 Qb3 25. axb5 Rhd8 26. Bc3 Bf5 27. Rh4 Qxb5 28. Rd4 a6 29. Rxd5 Qxd5 30. Ra5 Qc6 31. Be5 Bc2 32. Nc3 Bf5 33. Qe3 b5 34. Qa7 Re8 35. f4 Re6 36. Rxa6 Kd7 1-0 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Stone, Andrew M"] [Black "Korshunov, Sergey"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "45"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2122"] [BlackElo "2377"] [PlyCount "72"] [GameId "2249023780754555"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 c5 7. Ne5 Qc8 8. Nxd7 Qxd7 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. O-O Rc8 11. d3 Be7 12. Rd1 Nd4 13. a4 O-O 14. Bg5 Ng4 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Qa2 Rfd8 17. Rac1 h5 18. b3 h4 19. e3 hxg3 20. hxg3 Nf5 21. Qe2 Nf6 22. Qf3 b6 23. Bh3 Nh6 24. e4 Nd7 25. Qf4 f6 26. Qe3 Ne5 27. f4 Nc6 28. Ne2 Rd6 29. e5 fxe5 30. fxe5 Rd7 31. b4 Nxb4 32. d4 Nd5 33. Qb3 Rcd8 34. dxc5 bxc5 35. Nc3 Nf7 36. Ne4 Rc7 0-1 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Flear, Glenn C"] [Black "Figeac, Aurelien"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "46"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "D36"] [WhiteElo "2376"] [BlackElo "2121"] [PlyCount "37"] [GameId "2249023780754557"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 Be7 8. Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 Ne8 10. Bg3 Nd6 11. Nf3 Be6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Ne5 Nf6 14. f4 Rc8 15. f5 Bd7 16. Qe2 Nde4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Rad1 Qa5 19. Bh4 1-0 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Rushbrooke, Remy"] [Black "Kanyamarala, Tarun"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "47"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "A46"] [WhiteElo "2119"] [BlackElo "2376"] [PlyCount "81"] [GameId "2249023780754559"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 b6 5. c3 Bb7 6. Nbd2 d6 7. e3 g5 8. Bg3 Nh5 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. a4 a6 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. Nc4 Qe7 13. e4 g4 14. Nfd2 Nxg3 15. hxg3 h5 16. Ne3 Qg5 17. d5 Ne5 18. a5 b5 19. O-O-O Nxd3+ 20. Qxd3 Bh6 21. e5 Qxe5 22. dxe6 O-O-O 23. exf7 Bxe3 24. fxe3 Rdf8 25. Rdf1 Bxg2 26. Rf5 Qxg3 27. Ne4 Bxe4 28. Qxe4 Kb8 29. Qe7 h4 30. Kb1 h3 31. Rh5 Qf3 32. Rc1 Rxh5 33. Qxf8+ Kb7 34. c4 Qe4+ 35. Ka1 bxc4 36. b4 cxb3 37. Qe8 Re5 38. Qd7 Rxa5+ 39. Kb2 Qg2+ 40. Kxb3 Qa2+ 41. Kc3 0-1 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Golding, Alex"] [Black "Han, Qixiang"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "48"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "2370"] [BlackElo "2104"] [PlyCount "157"] [GameId "2249023780754561"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. d3 e6 5. Nbd2 h6 6. O-O Nf6 7. b3 Be7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Re1 a5 10. a4 Bh7 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Na6 13. Qe2 Nb4 14. Red1 Qb6 15. Nc4 Qa6 16. Nd4 e5 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 e4 19. Bxe4 Rfe8 20. Bd3 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 Nd5 22. Qf3 Rad8 23. Qg4 Bf6 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Qf3 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 b5 27. Ne3 Ne4 28. Rd4 Ng5 29. Qd1 Qb6 30. Kg2 Ne4 31. h4 c5 32. Rd3 c4 33. bxc4 bxc4 34. Rd4 c3 35. Qd3 Qc6 36. Qb5 Qc8 37. Qc4 Qb7 38. Qd5 Qe7 39. Qd7 Qe5 40. Ng4 Qb8 41. Qd5 h5 42. Nh6+ gxh6 43. Rxe4 Rxe4 44. Qxe4 Qb4 45. Kf3 Qd6 46. Kg2 Qb4 47. Qe8+ Kg7 48. Qe5+ Kg8 49. Qf4 Kh7 50. Kf3 Qc5 51. Ke4 Qc4+ 52. Ke3 Qf1 53. f6 Kg6 54. Kd4 Qd1+ 55. Kxc3 Qa1+ 56. Kd2 Qa2 57. f3 Qd5+ 58. Kc1 Qc5 59. g4 hxg4 60. fxg4 Qg1+ 61. Kd2 Qg2+ 62. Ke3 Qg1+ 63. Kd3 Qd1+ 64. Kc3 Qe1+ 65. Kb2 Kh7 66. h5 Qe2 67. Qf5+ Kg8 68. Qxa5 Qxg4 69. Qc5 Kh7 70. a5 Qa4 71. c4 Qd1 72. Qd5 Qe2+ 73. Kb3 Qe3+ 74. Kb4 Qe1+ 75. Kb5 Qe8+ 76. Qc6 Qe5+ 77. Ka6 Qxh5 78. Qe4+ Kh8 79. c5 1-0 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Khachatouri, Saro"] [Black "Willems, Niels"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "49"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "A08"] [WhiteElo "2100"] [BlackElo "2368"] [PlyCount "70"] [GameId "2249023780754563"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. d3 d5 6. e4 dxe4 7. dxe4 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Bg4 9. Na3 Be7 10. Nc4 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nd4 12. Bg2 Nxc2 13. Rb1 Nd7 14. Bh3 Rd8 15. f4 Nd4 16. Be3 exf4 17. gxf4 Nf6 18. Bg2 O-O 19. Na5 Rd7 20. e5 Ng4 21. Bxd4 cxd4 22. Bh3 h5 23. Rbc1 d3 24. Bxg4 hxg4 25. Kf2 Rfd8 26. Nb3 f6 27. e6 Rd6 28. Rc3 b6 29. Nc1 d2 30. Nb3 f5 31. Re3 Bf6 32. e7 Re8 33. Ke2 Bxb2 34. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 35. Kxd2 Bf6 0-1 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Hebden, Mark L"] [Black "Panda, Barnabas"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "50"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2355"] [BlackElo "2099"] [PlyCount "126"] [GameId "2249023780754565"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. Rd1 b6 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Bc4 Qh5 12. O-O Bb7 13. Be2 Rfd8 14. d4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 Qg6 17. Qxg6 hxg6 18. Rc1 Bc5 19. Rdd1 a5 20. h4 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Bd5 22. Bb5 Rc8 23. Rc1 Rd8 24. Kf1 Be7 25. g3 Bf3 26. Be2 Rd2 27. Rc8+ Bf8 28. Bxf3 Rxb2 29. Rb8 Rxa2 30. Bc6 Rc2 31. Rxb6 Kh7 32. Be4 Rb2 33. h5 a4 34. hxg6+ fxg6 35. Rxe6 Rxb3 36. Rxg6 Rb4 37. Bc2 Kg8 38. Ra6 a3 39. Rxa3 Rb1+ 40. Bxb1 Bxa3 41. Bg6 Kf8 42. g4 Bc1 43. Ke2 Ke7 44. g5 Ke6 45. f4 Bb2 46. Kf3 Bc1 47. e4 Bd2 48. Bh5 Bc1 49. e5 Bd2 50. Ke4 Ke7 51. g6 Bc1 52. Bd1 Bd2 53. Bb3 Kf8 54. f5 Bg5 55. f6 Bh4 56. Kf5 Be1 57. Bc2 Bc3 58. Ke6 Bb2 59. Bf5 Bc3 60. fxg7+ Kxg7 61. Kd6 Kf8 62. e6 Bb4+ 63. Kd7 Ba3 1/2-1/2 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Pollack, Oscar"] [Black "Li, Guohao"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "51"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "B96"] [WhiteElo "2099"] [BlackElo "2348"] [PlyCount "58"] [GameId "2249023780754567"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qe2 e6 8. f4 Qc7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. g4 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Bg2 Nb6 13. Rhe1 O-O 14. h4 Bxh4 15. Rh1 Bg3 16. Qf3 Bxf4+ 17. Qxf4 e5 18. Qg3 exd4 19. Ne2 Qc4 20. Rxd4 Qxe2 21. Bf1 Qxg4 22. Qh2 Qg5+ 23. Rd2 Bg4 24. Rg1 Rfe8 25. Bd3 d5 26. exd5 Nxd5 27. Qg2 Rad8 28. Kb1 Nf4 29. Qxb7 Nh3 0-1 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Otsuka, Shou"] [Black "Santhosh, Abhyuday"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "52"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "A26"] [WhiteElo "2335"] [BlackElo "2094"] [PlyCount "57"] [GameId "2249023780754569"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. Nf3 d6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d3 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Rb1 f5 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Nd4 11. e3 Ne6 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 c6 14. Bb2 g5 15. Re1 Qe8 16. Na4 Rxa4 17. Qxa4 g4 18. b5 Qh5 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Qa7 Ng6 21. Ba3 c5 22. Rb8 Ng5 23. Qc7 Be6 24. Qxd6 e4 25. dxe4 Bc8 26. exf5 Ne5 27. f6 Bh6 28. Qxc5 Ne6 29. Qd5 1-0 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Verbytski, Oleg"] [Black "Langheinrich, Ferenc"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "53"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "2092"] [BlackElo "2334"] [PlyCount "81"] [GameId "2249023780754571"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. O-O-O b4 7. Nce2 a5 8. h4 h5 9. Nh3 Bxh3 10. Rxh3 Nd7 11. Nf4 Qc8 12. Bc4 Nb6 13. Qd3 Nxc4 14. Qxc4 Qa6 15. Qb3 Rb8 16. a4 Qc6 17. Rf3 Qxe4 18. Nd5 Nf6 19. Nxc7+ Kd7 20. Nb5 Qd5 21. Qd3 Rhc8 22. Kb1 Rc4 23. Re1 Rbc8 24. Re2 Ne4 25. Bg5 f5 26. Rfe3 Rxd4 27. Nxd4 Qxd4 28. Qb3 Be5 29. Rd3 Qc4 30. Qxc4 Rxc4 31. f3 Nxg5 32. Rxe5 Rxh4 33. Rxa5 Kc6 34. Ra7 Rh1+ 35. Ka2 Re1 36. Kb3 Re2 37. Kxb4 Rxg2 38. Rxe7 h4 39. a5 Rxc2 40. Rc3+ Rxc3 41. bxc3 1-0 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Negrean, Andrei"] [Black "Hill, Alistair"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "54"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "A17"] [WhiteElo "2334"] [BlackElo "2087"] [PlyCount "71"] [GameId "2249023780754573"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 e6 6. Nxd5 exd5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bxd7+ Nxd7 9. Qb3 Nb6 10. Qc3 Rc8 11. O-O h5 12. d3 h4 13. h3 Rh5 14. e4 d4 15. Qa5 Rc6 16. Qxa7 Qc8 17. Bf4 Nd7 18. Qa4 Be7 19. Bh2 g5 20. Nd2 Bd6 21. Bxd6 Rxd6 22. Nc4 Re6 23. e5 Kf8 24. Nd6 Qc7 25. Qa8+ Kg7 26. Ne8+ Rxe8 27. Qxe8 Nxe5 28. Rfe1 g4 29. Re4 gxh3 30. Rae1 h2+ 31. Kh1 Nxd3 32. Rg4+ Kf6 33. Re2 Nf4 34. Re4 Nd3 35. Re2 Nf4 36. Re7 1-0 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Hryshchenko, Kamila"] [Black "Coicev, Matei-Andrei"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "55"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "C97"] [WhiteElo "2066"] [BlackElo "2332"] [PlyCount "94"] [GameId "2249023780754575"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Nc4 13. a4 Nb6 14. a5 Nc4 15. b4 cxb4 16. cxb4 Bd7 17. Bd3 g6 18. Ra2 Rac8 19. Bh6 Rfe8 20. Rc2 Qb7 21. g4 Rc7 22. Nh2 Rec8 23. Nf1 Qa7 24. Qf3 Qd4 25. Rec1 Ne8 26. Be2 Nf6 27. Be3 Qxe4 28. Qxe4 Nxe4 29. Nfd2 Nf6 30. Bb6 Nxd5 31. Bxc7 Nxb4 32. Nxc4 Nxc2 33. Nb6 Rxc7 34. Bd3 Be6 35. Rxc2 Rxc2 36. Bxc2 d5 37. Nc3 Bb4 38. Nbxd5 Bxa5 39. Kf1 Kf8 40. Be4 f5 41. gxf5 gxf5 42. Bg2 e4 43. f3 b4 44. Ne3 bxc3 45. fxe4 f4 46. Nc2 Bb3 47. Na1 Ba4 0-1 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Abdulla, Murad"] [Black "Varney, Zoe"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "56"] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "C00"] [WhiteElo "2324"] [BlackElo "2062"] [PlyCount "77"] [GameId "2249023780754577"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. e5 Nd7 9. Re1 b5 10. h4 Bb7 11. h5 h6 12. Nf1 Qb6 13. N1h2 Rfc8 14. Ng4 Kf8 15. c3 Ke8 16. Bf4 a5 17. c4 d4 18. Nd2 Nb4 19. Ne4 a4 20. a3 Nc6 21. b3 axb3 22. Qxb3 bxc4 23. Qxc4 Na5 24. Qc2 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Rab8 26. Bd2 Qb3 27. Qc1 Nc6 28. f4 f5 29. exf6 Nxf6 30. Nxf6+ gxf6 31. f5 Ne5 32. Bf4 exf5 33. Bxe5 fxe4 34. Bxb8 Qxb8 35. Kh2 e3 36. Qd1 Qe5 37. Qg4 Rb8 38. Rab1 Kd8 39. Qg8+ 1-0 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Sefton, Adam"] [Black "Banerjee, Supratit"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "57"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "B11"] [WhiteElo "2035"] [BlackElo "2323"] [PlyCount "124"] [GameId "2249023780754579"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. Be2 Bc5 7. O-O Nd7 8. Rd1 d4 9. Nb1 Ne7 10. d3 O-O 11. Qg3 f5 12. Nd2 Ng6 13. Nf3 f4 14. Qg5 Be7 15. Qg4 Rf6 16. h4 Nge5 17. Qh3 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Ne5 19. Be2 Qd6 20. g3 f3 21. Bf1 h5 22. Bf4 Raf8 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. c3 Rg6 25. cxd4 Qxd4 26. Qh2 Bd6 27. Kh1 Bc5 28. Rd2 e5 29. Rc1 Rd6 30. Rdc2 Bb6 31. a3 a5 32. Rd1 Qa4 33. Rdc1 Bd4 34. Bh3 Qb3 35. Rd2 a4 36. Qg1 b5 37. Rcc2 Rff6 38. Kh2 Bb6 39. Qc1 Bd4 40. Bc8 Qf7 41. Rd1 Rd8 42. Bh3 Rfd6 43. Qg5 Rb8 44. Rdc1 Rb6 45. Bf5 g6 46. Bh3 Kg7 47. Qd2 Qc7 48. Qb4 Rf6 49. Qa5 c5 50. Kh1 Rb7 51. Qa8 Rf8 52. Qa6 Rf6 53. Qa8 Rc6 54. Qe8 Rb8 55. Qd7+ Qxd7 56. Bxd7 Rd6 57. Bh3 b4 58. axb4 Rxb4 59. Rb1 Rdb6 60. Bd7 a3 61. b3 Rxb3 62. Rxb3 Rxb3 0-1 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Wells, Peter K"] [Black "Hariharan, Shambavi"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "58"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "D51"] [WhiteElo "2321"] [BlackElo "1988"] [PlyCount "77"] [GameId "2249023780758677"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Bd3 c5 9. Nge2 cxd4 10. exd4 O-O 11. O-O Be7 12. Re1 Re8 13. Rc1 a6 14. Ng3 Nb6 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. Bxf5 g6 17. Bd3 Nh5 18. Rxe7 Rxe7 19. g3 Qd7 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Qd2 Kg7 22. Re1 Qb4 23. Bf1 Nf6 24. a3 Qd6 25. Re5 Ng4 26. Re2 Nf6 27. Qe1 Kf8 28. Bg2 Rd8 29. h4 h5 30. Qc1 Kg7 31. Qg5 Nc4 32. a4 Qb6 33. Nxd5 Nxd5 34. Bxd5 Qxd4 35. Bxc4 Qxc4 36. Qxd8 Qxe2 37. Qd4+ Kg8 38. Qd8+ Kg7 39. Qd4+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic"] [White "Hagesaether, Arne"] [Black "Houska, Jovanka"] [Site "London"] [Round "1"] [Board "59"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2025.11.27"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "1975"] [BlackElo "2320"] [PlyCount "64"] [GameId "2249023780758679"] [EventDate "2025.11.27"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ENG"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. Be3 Nd7 6. Bc4 e6 7. d5 cxd5 8. exd5 e5 9. Nb5 Nb6 10. Qd3 Nf6 11. Qb3 O-O 12. Nxa7 Nxc4 13. Qxc4 Rxa7 14. Bxa7 Qa5+ 15. b4 Qxa7 16. O-O e4 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Rad1 Rc8 19. Qb3 b5 20. Rfe1 Rc4 21. Ne2 Qc7 22. h3 Rxc2 23. Rc1 Rc4 24. a4 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 bxa4 26. Qa3 Qb7 27. Nc3 e3 28. fxe3 Nxd5 29. Ne4 Be5 30. b5 Qb6 31. Kf2 Nxe3 32. Nc5 Nf5 0-1