[Event "13th London Classic 2023"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2023.12.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4152956"]
[BlackFideId "14107090"]
[EventDate "2023.12.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. c4 d6 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc3 O-O
9. d3 Ne8 10. a3 a5 11. Ne1 Nc7 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. Ne3 Bd7 14. Ned5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5
Ne7 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Bc3 b6 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 b5 20. Ra7 cxb4 21. Bxb4 bxc4
22. Ba5 e4 23. dxc4 Ra8 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Bb4 Ra6 26. c5 dxc5 27. Bxc5 Qe8 28.
Qd2 Bc6 29. Rd1 Ra1 30. Rxa1 Bxa1 31. h4 h5 32. Bd4 Qd7 33. e3 Bxd4 34. Qxd4 Qe6
35. Bf1 Bd5 36. Bb5 Kh7 37. Qc5 Kg7 38. Kg2 Qf5 39. Qd6 Qf3+ 40. Kg1 Qd1+ 41.
Kh2 Qb3 42. Qe5+ Kh7 43. Bd7 Be6 44. Bxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th London Classic 2023"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2023.12.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Gukesh, D"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "C11"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Steinitz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "46616543"]
[BlackFideId "1112635"]
[EventDate "2023.12.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. dxc5
Nxc5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Bxc5 Bxc5 12. Bd3 f5 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Ne2
Bd7 15. Kb1 Bd6 16. g3 Be8 17. Ned4 Bg6 18. Rhe1 Rae8 19. Bxg6 hxg6 20. b3 e5
21. fxe5 Bxe5 22. Nxe5 Rxe5 23. Rxe5 Qxe5 24. Re1 Qf6 25. a4 Nd7 26. Nb5 Qc6 27.
Nxa7 Qc5 28. Nb5 Rc8 29. b4 Qf8 30. Qxd5+ Kh7 31. Re4 Qf1+ 32. Kb2 Nf6 33. Rh4+
Nh5 34. Qd3 Qf6+ 35. c3 Kh8 36. Nd6 Rf8 37. Ne4 Qe7 38. Qd6 Qe8 39. g4 Rf1 40.
gxh5 g5 41. Rg4 1-0

[Event "13th London Classic 2023"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2023.12.01"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Moussard, Jules"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "642908"]
[BlackFideId "2093596"]
[EventDate "2023.12.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8.
Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. c3 d5 14. Nd2 Bf5
15. Qe3 c6 16. Re1 h6 17. Qg3 Bg5 18. h4 Bxf4 19. Qxf4 Qf6 20. Nf3 Be4 21. Qxf6
Nxf6 22. Ne5 Bf5 23. f3 Nd7 24. g4 Nxe5 25. Rxe5 Bd7 26. Kf2 Re8 27. Rxe8+ Bxe8
28. Ke3 g5 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. f4 f6 31. f5 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th London Classic 2023"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2023.12.01"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Tabatabaei, M. Amin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[Variation "Italian four knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "400041"]
[BlackFideId "12521213"]
[EventDate "2023.12.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 h6 6. O-O O-O 7. h3 d6 8. Na4
Bb6 9. a3 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. c3 Qe8 12. b4 Ne7 13. Ra2 Kh8 14. Re1 g5 15. d4
Ng6 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Nxb6 cxb6 18. c4 Qc6 19. Rc2 Rad8 20. Qe2 Qa4 21. c5 Nh5
22. Rc3 Nhf4 23. Bxf4 Nxf4 24. Qe3 Rd1 25. cxb6 axb6 26. Kh2 Rxe1 27. Qxe1 Qd7
28. g3 Nh5 29. Nxe5 Qg7 30. Rf3 Rxf3 31. Nxf3 Nf6 32. Qe3 Qc7 33. Qd4 Kg7 34.
Ne5 h5 35. Nf3 g4 36. hxg4 hxg4 37. e5 gxf3 38. exf6+ Kf7 39. Qg4 Kxf6 40. Qxf3+
Ke7 41. Qe4 Qb8 42. Qh4+ Kd7 43. Qd4+ Kc6 44. Qc4+ Kd6 45. Qf4+ e5 46. Qf6+ Kd5
47. Qxb6 1-0

[Event "13th London Classic 2023"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2023.12.01"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Royal, Shreyas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "404853"]
[BlackFideId "448869"]
[EventDate "2023.12.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Be2 Ngf6 6. d3 b5 7. a4 Bb7 8. Na3
e5 9. c3 Be7 10. Be3 Bc6 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bxe4 13. axb5 axb5 14. Nxb5 Rxa1
15. Qxa1 Nd5 16. Bd2 O-O 17. Rc1 Qb8 18. Qa4 N7b6 19. Qb3 Bf5 20. dxe5 dxe5 21.
Bf1 Rd8 22. Re1 Bf6 23. Bg5 Bxg5 24. Nxg5 f6 25. Ne4 Be6 26. Qa3 Nc7 27. Nbd6
Ne8 28. Nxe8 Rxe8 29. b4 Rd8 30. b5 Rd4 31. g3 Nc4 32. Qc5 Nd6 33. Nc3 Qc8 34.
Qxc8+ Bxc8 35. Ra1 Bb7 36. Na4 Ne4 37. Bg2 Rb4 38. b6 Nd6 39. Bxb7 Nxb7 40. Rc1
Na5 41. Rc8+ Kf7 42. Ra8 Nc6 43. Kf1 Ke6 44. Ke2 Kd5 45. Kd2 Kd4 46. Kc2 e4 47.
Rc8 Kd5 48. Nc3+ Kd6 49. Rg8 Nd4+ 50. Kd2 Ne6 51. Nxe4+ Ke5 52. Re8 Rxb6 53. Nc5
Kd5 54. Nxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th London Classic 2023"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2023.12.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Royal, Shreyas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[ECO "C78"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "5.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "14107090"]
[BlackFideId "448869"]
[EventDate "2023.12.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6
9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. a4 Rb8 12. Qe2 Bd7 13. axb5 axb5 14. Ng5 Rf8 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. Bxb6 Rxb6 17. f4 exf4 18. e5 Bg4 19. Ndf3 Bxf3 20. Rxf3 Nd5 21.
Nh3 Qe7 22. Kh1 Nf6 23. Re1 Re8 24. e6 fxe6 25. Nxf4 Nd8 26. Re3 c5 27. Bxe6+
Nxe6 28. Nxe6 c4 29. h3 Qd7 30. Nxg7 Kxg7 31. Rxe8 Qxe8 32. Qxe8 Nxe8 33. Rxe8
Rd6 34. Re5 b4 35. cxb4 Rd2 36. Rc5 Rc2 37. Kh2 Kg6 38. Kg3 h5 39. h4 Kh6 40.
Rc6+ Kg7 41. Kf3 Kh7 42. g3 1-0

[Event "13th London Classic 2023"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2023.12.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Tabatabaei, M. Amin"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "12521213"]
[BlackFideId "404853"]
[EventDate "2023.12.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nbd2 d6 8. a4
Ng4 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. a5 Kh8 11. h3 Nf6 12. Nf1 Be6 13. Qb3 b6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15.
axb6 axb6 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. Ng3 Ra1+ 18. Ke2 Rxh1 19. Nxh1 Nh5 20. Kf1 Nd8 21.
Qb5 g6 22. Kg1 Nf7 23. Kh2 Kg7 24. Ng3 Nxg3 25. Kxg3 Qf6 26. h4 h6 27. Qd7 g5
28. Kh3 c5 29. h5 c4 30. dxc4 g4+ 31. Kxg4 Qf4+ 32. Kh3 Qxe4 33. Kh2 Qxc4 34.
Kg1 Qb3 35. g3 Kf6 36. Nh2 Qd1+ 37. Kg2 Qxh5 38. Qb5 d5 39. Qxb6 Qd1 40. b4 e4
41. b5 Ne5 42. Qd8+ Kf7 43. Qc7+ Kf6 44. b6 Nf3 45. Qf4+ Ke7 46. Nxf3 exf3+ 47.
Qxf3 Qb1 48. Qe3 Kf7 49. Qf4+ Ke7 50. Qc7+ Kf6 51. b7 Qe4+ 52. Kh2 Qe2 53. Qf4+
Kg6 54. b8=Q 1-0

[Event "13th London Classic 2023"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2023.12.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2093596"]
[BlackFideId "400041"]
[EventDate "2023.12.01"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc2 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qe5 8. Bg2
Na6 9. O-O Be7 10. Ne3 O-O 11. a3 Nc7 12. b4 Nfd5 13. Nexd5 Nxd5 14. Bb2 Bf5 15.
Qc2 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Qe6 17. Qb2 Qg6 18. b5 h5 19. a4 h4 20. a5 a6 21. bxa6 bxa6
22. Ra4 Rfe8 23. Qb6 Bf8 24. Rc4 Re6 25. Qb7 Rae8 26. Qxa6 c5 27. Qb5 Qh5 28. a6
h3 29. Bh1 Qxe2 30. Rxc5 Bg4 31. Qxe2 Bxe2 32. Ra5 Rxa6 33. Rxa6 Bxa6 34. Re1 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th London Classic 2023"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2023.12.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Moussard, Jules"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "A17"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Nimzo-English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "1112635"]
[BlackFideId "642908"]
[EventDate "2023.12.01"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qb3 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. g4 h6 7. Rg1 Nc6 8. h4 Nd4
9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Nb5 d5 11. c5 Ne4 12. Nxd4 Nxc5 13. Qb5+ Nd7 14. b4 Bb6 15. Bb2
a6 16. Qa4 O-O 17. g5 Ne5 18. gxh6 g6 19. Qb3 Qxh4 20. h7+ Kh8 21. Qe3 f6 22.
Nf3 Nxf3+ 23. Qxf3 e5 24. Rxg6 Be6 25. Rc1 Rf7 26. e3 Re8 27. Bd3 Bd8 28. Bxe5
Rxh7 29. Rxf6 Qh1+ 30. Ke2 1-0

[Event "13th London Classic 2023"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2023.12.02"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Gukesh, D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "D14"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "exchange variation, 6.Bf4 Bf5"]
[WhiteFideId "4152956"]
[BlackFideId "46616543"]
[EventDate "2023.12.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Ne5
Nd7 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. a3 Be7 11. Be2 O-O 12. Rc1 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. b4 Ne4 15.
Nxe4 Bxe4 16. O-O Bd6 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. Qd2 Rfc8 19. Rc3 e5 20. Rfc1 Rd8 21. Rc7
d4 22. f3 Bd5 23. exd4 Be6 24. d5 Qb6+ 25. R1c5 Rxd5 26. Qe3 Rxc5 27. Qxc5 f6
28. Kf1 Qxc5 29. Rxc5 Rc8 30. Rxc8+ Bxc8 31. Bc4+ Kf8 32. Ke2 Ke7 33. Kd3 f5 34.
a4 g5 35. Bd5 Kd6 36. Kc4 Bd7 37. b5 h6 38. Ba8 Be6+ 39. Kb4 Bf7 40. a5 Kc7 41.
Kc5 Bb3 42. Bc6 Bc2 43. b6+ axb6+ 44. axb6+ Kb8 45. Kd5 e4 46. Kd4 exf3 47. Bxf3
f4 48. Ke5 Bg6 49. Kf6 Be8 50. Ke7 Bb5 51. Kf6 Be8 52. Kg7 h5 53. Kf6 g4 54. Be4
f3 55. gxf3 gxf3 56. Bxf3 h4 57. Kg5 h3 58. Kh4 Bd7 59. Kg3 Be6 60. Kf4 Bd7 61.
Bg4 Be8 62. Bf3 Bd7 63. Kg5 Be8 64. Kf5 Bb5 65. Ke5 Bf1 66. Kf4 Bg2 67. Kg3 Bxf3
68. Kxf3 Kb7 69. Kg4 Kxb6 70. Kxh3 Kc7 71. Kg4 Kd7 72. Kg5 Ke7 73. Kg6 Kf8 74.
h4 Kg8 75. h5 Kh8 76. h6 Kg8 77. h7+ Kh8 78. Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th London Classic 2023"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2023.12.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Gukesh, D"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "A34"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, Rubinstein system"]
[WhiteFideId "46616543"]
[BlackFideId "14107090"]
[EventDate "2023.12.01"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc7 6. b3 e5 7. Bb2 Be7 8. Rc1
O-O 9. Ne4 b6 10. Bxe5 Bb7 11. Ba1 Qc8 12. g4 Ne6 13. Nh3 Nc6 14. e3 Nb4 15. O-O
Nxa2 16. Rb1 Nb4 17. f4 f6 18. Qf3 Bc6 19. f5 Nc7 20. g5 fxg5 21. Qg3 h6 22. f6
gxf6 23. Bxf6 Bxe4 24. Nxg5 Bxf6 25. Rxf6 Rxf6 26. Nxe4+ Kh8 27. Nxf6 Qf5 28.
Rf1 1-0

[Event "13th London Classic 2023"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2023.12.03"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Moussard, Jules"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, anti-Marshall 8.a4"]
[WhiteFideId "642908"]
[BlackFideId "4152956"]
[EventDate "2023.12.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. c3 Rb8 13. d4 Qc7 14. dxe5 dxe5 15. Nc4
Rd8 16. Qe2 b3 17. Nxa5 bxa2 18. Nc4 Be6 19. Rxa2 Nd7 20. Ra1 f6 21. Be3 Nb6 22.
Nfd2 Nxc4 23. Nxc4 Qc6 24. f3 Bf7 25. b3 Rd7 26. Reb1 Rbd8 27. Rd1 Qb7 28. Rxd7
Qxd7 29. Kf2 Rb8 30. Rb1 Qc7 31. Rb2 h5 32. Nd2 Qa5 33. c4 Qb4 34. Qd3 Be6 35.
Rc2 Qb7 36. Rc3 h4 37. Qc2 g6 38. Rd3 f5 39. Ke1 h3 40. g3 Rf8 41. Qc3 Qc7 42.
Kd1 Bf6 43. Kc2 Rf7 44. Qa1 Qc6 45. Qg1 Be7 46. g4 fxg4 47. fxg4 Qc8 48. Qg3
Bxg4 49. Qxe5 Qe6 50. Qg3 Be2 51. Rd5 Qg4 52. Qb8+ Kg7 53. Bxc5 Bxc5 54. Qe5+
Kh7 55. Rxc5 Qf4 56. Qxf4 Rxf4 57. b4 Rf2 58. b5 axb5 59. axb5 Rxh2 60. b6 Bf3
61. Re5 Rxd2+ 62. Kxd2 h2 63. Re7+ Kh6 64. Re8 Kg5 65. Rh8 Bh5 66. b7 h1=Q 67.
b8=Q Qd1+ 68. Kc3 Qe1+ 69. Kd4 Qd2+ 70. Kc5 Qe3+ 71. Kb4 Qe1+ 72. Kb5 Qxe4 73.
Qg3+ Bg4 74. Qh4+ Kf4 75. Rf8+ Ke3 76. Qf2+ Kd3 77. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "13th London Classic 2023"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2023.12.03"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "B12"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "400041"]
[BlackFideId "1112635"]
[EventDate "2023.12.01"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O a5 7. a4 f6 8. Be3 Qb6
9. Nbd2 fxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Bc5 12. Bxc5 Qxc5 13. Nb3 Qe7 14. Bh5+ g6
15. Be2 h5 16. Qd2 Qc7 17. Bd3 Nh6 18. Nd4 Qe7 19. Ra3 Bxd3 20. Rxd3 Nf5 21.
Nxf5 gxf5 22. c4 Kf7 23. cxd5 exd5 24. Re1 Ke6 25. Rg3 Qf7 26. b4 h4 27. Rb3 f4
28. bxa5 Rag8 29. Qb4 Rh7 30. Qd6+ Kf5 31. Rxb7 Qxb7 32. Qf6+ Kg4 33. Qe6+ Kh5
34. Qxg8 Rg7 35. Qf8 d4 36. e6 c5 37. Qxg7 1-0

[Event "13th London Classic 2023"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2023.12.03"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "404853"]
[BlackFideId "2093596"]
[EventDate "2023.12.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8.
Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re2 b6 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Bf4 Ne4 13. Nd2 Re8 14. c3 d6 15.
Nxe4 Rxe4 16. Rxe4 Bxe4 17. Qa4 a6 18. Qb3 Qd7 19. Re1 Bb7 20. Bc4 b5 21. Bd5
Bc6 22. g3 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Be3 h5 25. h4 g6 26. Kh2 Kg7 27. Bxc6 Qxc6 28.
d5 Qd7 29. c4 Be5 30. cxb5 axb5 31. Qc2 Qc8 32. b3 Qa8 33. Qd3 b4 34. Qc4 Qxa2
35. Qxb4 Qa6 36. Qc4 Qxc4 37. bxc4 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th London Classic 2023"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2023.12.03"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Royal, Shreyas"]
[Black "Tabatabaei, M. Amin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[ECO "D35"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "exchange, positional line"]
[WhiteFideId "448869"]
[BlackFideId "12521213"]
[EventDate "2023.12.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. Nf3 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Qb3 Qd6 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 O-O 11. e3 Bf5 12. Rc1 c6 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Bd3 Bxd3
15. Nxd3 Rfe8 16. O-O Nf6 17. b4 a6 18. a4 Ne4 19. Qb2 Qe7 20. b5 cxb5 21. axb5
a5 22. b6 Qd6 23. Rc7 Re7 24. Rfc1 Rae8 25. Nc5 Nxc5 26. dxc5 Qe6 27. Rxe7 Qxe7
28. Qb5 Rb8 29. Qxa5 Qd7 30. h3 Qc6 31. Qc3 Rc8 32. Qe5 g6 33. h4 h5 34. Kh2 Re8
35. Qd6 Qxd6+ 36. cxd6 Rd8 37. Rc7 Rxd6 38. Rxb7 Kg7 39. Kg3 Kf6 40. Kf3 d4 41.
Ke2 dxe3 42. Kxe3 Ke6 43. f3 Kf6 44. g3 g5 45. Rb8 gxh4 46. Rh8 Re6+ 47. Kf4
hxg3 48. b7 g2 49. b8=Q g1=Q 50. Qd8+ Re7 51. Rh6+ Qg6 52. Qd4+ Ke6 53. Qb6+ Kd5 1-0

[Event "13th London Classic 2023"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2023.12.04"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Tabatabaei, M. Amin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[ECO "C77"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Anderssen variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14107090"]
[BlackFideId "12521213"]
[EventDate "2023.12.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. h3 O-O
9. Re1 h6 10. a3 b5 11. Bc2 Bb7 12. Be3 Re8 13. Qc1 Kh7 14. Nbd2 Nb8 15. b4 Nbd7
16. Nb3 Rc8 17. a4 c6 18. Qd2 Nb6 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Na5 Ba8 21. c4 bxc4 22. Bxb6
Qxb6 23. Nxc4 Qc7 24. Bb3 Rcd8 25. Rxa6 d5 26. Ncxe5 Rxe5 27. Nxe5 Qxe5 28. exd5
Qd4 29. Bc4 Bb7 30. Ra5 Nxd5 31. Re4 Qf6 32. Ra4 0-1

[Event "13th London Classic 2023"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2023.12.04"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Royal, Shreyas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "2093596"]
[BlackFideId "448869"]
[EventDate "2023.12.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a5 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 h6
9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Nf1 Qa7 12. Re2 a4 13. Ng3 Qa5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Rc2
Rfb8 16. c4 Qb6 17. Qe2 Kh7 18. Rb1 Qa7 19. Bd2 Bb6 20. b4 axb3 21. axb3 c5 22.
Nh4 Ng8 23. f4 exf4 24. Bxf4 Re8 25. Bd2 c6 26. Ngf5 d5 27. Bc3 d4 28. Bd2 Bc7
29. Qf3 g6 30. g4 Bd8 31. Ng2 gxf5 32. gxf5 Bc8 33. Kh1 Qe7 34. Rg1 Bc7 35. Qh5
Be5 36. Nh4 Ra7 37. Nf3 Bg7 38. Bf4 Bf8 39. Rxg8 Kxg8 40. Rg2+ Bg7 41. Rxg7+
Kxg7 42. Bxh6+ Kh7 43. Bg5+ Kg8 44. Bxe7 Rexe7 45. f6 1-0

[Event "13th London Classic 2023"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2023.12.04"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1112635"]
[BlackFideId "404853"]
[EventDate "2023.12.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 d6 7. Nc3 Bd7 8. Na4
Bb6 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. c3 g5 11. Bg3 Ne7 12. Bc4 Ng6 13. h4 Ng4 14. Qd2 f6 15.
O-O-O Qe7 16. h5 Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Nd4 O-O-O 19. Bb3 Rhe8 20. Rde1 Qh7 21.
g3 Ne5 22. gxf4 gxf4 23. Rd1 c5 24. Ne2 Bg4 25. Nxf4 Bxd1 26. Rxd1 Kb8 27. Nd5
Rf8 28. f4 Nc6 29. f5 Qg7 30. Nxb6 Qg5 31. Be6 Qxh5 32. Nd7+ Rxd7 33. Bxd7 Ne5
34. Be6 Qg5 35. Kc2 h5 36. d4 Nf3 37. Qf2 Qf4 38. dxc5 h4 39. Rd3 1-0

[Event "13th London Classic 2023"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2023.12.04"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "classical variation (5.Bf4)"]
[WhiteFideId "4152956"]
[BlackFideId "400041"]
[EventDate "2023.12.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. h3 b6
9. b4 a5 10. a3 h6 11. Bd3 Ba6 12. O-O Qc8 13. Qc2 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Qb7 15. Rfc1
Rfc8 16. Qd1 Bd8 17. Ne1 Bc7 18. Nd3 Bxf4 19. exf4 Ra7 20. Rab1 axb4 21. axb4 b5
22. f3 Rca8 23. Qd2 Nf8 24. Rc2 Ng6 25. Ne2 Nd7 26. Rbb2 h5 27. g3 Ra1+ 28. Kg2
h4 29. g4 R8a4 30. Ra2 Qa7 31. Nc3 Ra3 32. Rxa1 Rxa1 33. Ra2 Rxa2 34. Qxa2 Qb8
35. Ne2 f6 36. Qa6 Ne7 37. Qa1 Nf8 38. Kg1 Nfg6 39. Kf2 Kf7 40. Ke3 Nf8 41. Kd2
Nfg6 42. Kc2 Ke8 43. Qa6 Kd7 44. Qa1 Ke8 45. Kd2 Kf7 46. Qa6 Nf8 47. Qb6 Qa8 48.
Qa5 Qb8 49. Qb6 Qa8 50. Qa5 Qb8 51. Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th London Classic 2023"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2023.12.04"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Gukesh, D"]
[Black "Moussard, Jules"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "Nimzovich attack"]
[WhiteFideId "46616543"]
[BlackFideId "642908"]
[EventDate "2023.12.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. Bd3 Re8 11. a3 d5 12. Rhe1 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qd7
15. Rg1 Qxh3 16. Bd4 g6 17. Qf4 Nh5 18. Qxc7 Qxf3 19. Bb5 Rac8 20. Qxb7 Rb8 21.
Qa6 Red8 22. Be2 Qf4+ 23. Be3 Qe5 24. Qxa7 Nf4 25. Bf3 Bd6 26. Rd2 Bxa3 27. Rd4
Bxb2+ 28. Kd2 Ne6 29. Rd3 Bxc3+ 30. Rxc3 d4 31. Rd3 dxe3+ 32. Qxe3 Rxd3+ 33.
cxd3 Nd4 0-1

[Event "13th London Classic 2023"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2023.12.05"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Moussard, Jules"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, kingside fianchetto"]
[WhiteFideId "642908"]
[BlackFideId "14107090"]
[EventDate "2023.12.01"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O h6 8. a3
a6 9. b4 Bd6 10. d4 O-O 11. d5 Na7 12. Nd2 Nb5 13. Bb2 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Bg4 15. h3
Bh5 16. Nc4 Re8 17. Rc1 Bg6 18. Qb3 Be4 19. Rfd1 Qd7 20. Nxd6 Bxg2 21. Nxe8 Qxh3
22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. f3 Bf1 24. Rxf1 Qxg3+ 25. Kh1 Qh3+ 26. Kg1 Qg3+ 27. Kh1 Kh8
28. Qc4 Qh3+ 29. Kg1 Qg3+ 30. Kh1 Rg8 31. Qg4 Rxg4 32. fxg4 Qh3+ 33. Kg1 Qg3+
34. Kh1 Qh4+ 35. Kg1 Qxg4+ 36. Kh1 Qe4+ 37. Kg1 Qg4+ 38. Kh1 Qh3+ 39. Kg1 Qg3+
40. Kh1 Qh4+ 41. Kg1 Qg5+ 42. Kh1 Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th London Classic 2023"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2023.12.05"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Gukesh, D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "400041"]
[BlackFideId "46616543"]
[EventDate "2023.12.01"]

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 Ng6 10. Nd4 Qc7 11. Nxc6 dxc6 12. e5 Bb7 13. Nd2 Be7 14. Bc2 c5 15.
Nf3 Rd8 16. Qe2 Qc6 17. Kf1 Kd7 18. Bd3 b5 19. Qc2 Kc7 20. Be4 Qd7 21. a4 Bxe4
22. Qxe4 Qd5 23. Qe2 Qd3 24. Qxd3 Rxd3 25. axb5 axb5 26. Be3 Rb8 27. Ra5 Rd5 28.
Rea1 Rb7 29. Ra8 Nf8 30. Bg5 Ng6 31. Bxe7 Nxe7 32. Rf8 Ng6 33. Rg8 Kb6 34. Rxg7
h5 35. Re1 Nf4 36. g3 Nd3 37. Re2 Ra7 38. h4 c4 39. Rh7 Rd8 40. Rd2 Ra2 41. Rxf7
Rxb2 42. Re7 Rb1+ 43. Ke2 Rc1 44. Rxe6+ Kc5 45. Ng5 b4 46. cxb4+ Kxb4 47. Nf3
Rc3 48. Rb6+ Kc5 49. Rf6 Re8 50. e6 Nc1+ 51. Kf1 Nd3 52. Ke2 Nc1+ 53. Kf1 Nd3
54. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th London Classic 2023"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2023.12.05"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "404853"]
[BlackFideId "4152956"]
[EventDate "2023.12.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 e6 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O
a6 9. Ne1 d5 10. Qe2 b5 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nd1 e5 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Bb7 15. Nf2
Re8 16. Nf3 Nf8 17. Bb3 Ng6 18. Bd2 b4 19. Ba4 Rf8 20. Rae1 Bd6 21. Bg5 Bf4 22.
Bxf4 Nxf4 23. Qd2 Ng6 24. e5 Nd7 25. Ne4 Nb6 26. Bd1 Nd7 27. Ba4 Nb6 28. Bd1 Nd7
29. Ba4 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th London Classic 2023"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2023.12.05"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Royal, Shreyas"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "448869"]
[BlackFideId "1112635"]
[EventDate "2023.12.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Be6 8. b3 Ne4
9. Bb2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 h6 11. Qc2 Bf5 12. Qb2 e6 13. Rfc1 g5 14. Nd2 Nd7 15. b4
Rc8 16. a4 Re8 17. b5 c5 18. cxd5 exd5 19. dxc5 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Nxc5 21. Qb4 b6
22. Nf3 Qf6 23. Qa3 Ne4 24. Nd4 Bg6 25. Bf3 Nxf2 26. Kxf2 g4 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28.
Rc1 Rc4 29. Ke2 gxf3+ 30. Nxf3 Bc2 31. Nd4 Rxa4 32. Qb2 Be4 33. Qb3 Rc4 34. Rxc4
dxc4 35. Qxc4 Bxg2 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Qc2+ Qg6 38. Qc7 Be4 39. Kd2 Qg2+ 40. Ke1
Qg1+ 41. Ke2 Bg6 42. Qe5 Qg2+ 43. Ke1 Qe4 44. Nc6 Qb1+ 45. Kf2 a5 46. Ne7 Bd3
47. Nd5 Qf1+ 48. Kg3 Qg1+ 49. Kf3 Qf1+ 50. Kg3 Qg1+ 51. Kf3 Qg5 52. Qd4 Bxb5 53.
h4 Qf5+ 54. Kg3 h5 55. Nf6+ Kg6 56. Qxb6 Qe5+ 57. Kg2 Bf1+ 0-1

[Event "13th London Classic 2023"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2023.12.05"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Tabatabaei, M. Amin"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "E32"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12521213"]
[BlackFideId "2093596"]
[EventDate "2023.12.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Ne2
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 12. O-O g5 13. cxd5 gxf4 14. dxe6 Nxc3
15. exd7 fxg3 16. hxg3 Bxd7 17. bxc3 Rac8 18. Bf5 Bxc3 19. Qd1 Qxd1 20. Raxd1
Rc4 21. Bxd7 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Bxd4 23. e6 fxe6 24. Bxe6+ Kg7 25. Kg2 b5 26. f4 Re8
27. Bb3 a5 28. Rd1 Rd8 29. a4 b4 30. g4 Bb6 31. Rxd8 Bxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th London Classic 2023"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2023.12.07"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14107090"]
[BlackFideId "2093596"]
[EventDate "2023.12.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Be7 10. Nc3 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Be3 h5 13. Ne2 Ke8 14. f3 Be7
15. g4 f5 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Nf4 hxg4 18. fxg4 f5 19. Rae1 Kf7 20. Bd4 Rd8 21.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 22. Bc5+ Kf7 23. g5 Rg8 24. h4 Be6 25. Kf2 Rg6 26. Rg1 Rag8 27. Re1
Re8 28. Rg1 Reg8 29. Bd4 Bd5 30. Be5 b5 31. Bxc7 Be4 32. Rd1 Bxc2 33. Rd7+ Ke8
34. Rd8+ Kf7 35. Rd7+ Ke8 36. Rd2 R6g7 37. Be5 Rh7 38. Bf6 Rf8 39. Rd8+ 1-0

[Event "13th London Classic 2023"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2023.12.07"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Tabatabaei, M. Amin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[ECO "A19"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1112635"]
[BlackFideId "12521213"]
[EventDate "2023.12.01"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 Ng8 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qf4 d6 8. Nf3
Nh6 9. Qe4 dxe5 10. Bxh6 gxh6 11. Nxe5 Qb6 12. O-O-O Bg7 13. Na4 Qc7 14. Nxc6
bxc6 15. g4 Rb8 16. c5 O-O 17. Bd3 Rd8 18. Bc2 Rd5 19. f4 Qa5 20. a3 Rxb2 21.
Nxb2 Qxa3 22. Rxd5 Bxb2+ 23. Kd2 cxd5 24. Qe3 Qb4+ 25. Ke2 Ba6+ 26. Bd3 Bd4 27.
Qd2 Bc3 28. Qe3 Qb2+ 29. Kf3 Bd2 30. Rb1 Qxb1 31. Bxb1 Bxe3 32. Kxe3 Bb7 33. Kd4
f6 34. Bd3 Bc6 35. Ba6 Kf7 36. h4 h5 37. g5 e5+ 38. Ke3 fxg5 39. fxg5 h6 0-1

[Event "13th London Classic 2023"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2023.12.07"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Royal, Shreyas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[ECO "B67"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack, 7...a6 defence, 8...Bd7"]
[WhiteFideId "4152956"]
[BlackFideId "448869"]
[EventDate "2023.12.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Be7 11. h4 Qc7 12. Kb1 b5 13. Bd3 b4 14. Ne2 a5
15. g4 O-O 16. Bc1 e5 17. Qf2 Be6 18. Ng3 Rfc8 19. Nf5 Bf8 20. h5 Nd7 21. Ne3
Nb6 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. exd5 Bxd5 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25. Rxd5 a4 26. Qe2 Kg8 27. Qd3 b3
28. cxb3 axb3 29. Qxb3 Rcb8 30. Rb5 Qa7 31. Rxb8 Rxb8 32. Qd3 Qf2 33. g5 Qg2 34.
Re1 Qh2 35. a4 Be7 36. Qf5 Qxh5 37. a5 Qh4 38. Re4 Qf2 39. Rc4 g6 40. Qh3 Bf8
41. Rc8 Rxc8 42. Qxc8 Qxf3 43. a6 Qe4+ 44. Qc2 Qa8 45. Qa4 d5 46. Qb5 Qa7 47.
Bd2 d4 48. Ba5 Qa8 49. Bb6 Qe4+ 50. Ka2 d3 51. Ba5 Qd4 52. Bc3 Qe3 53. Qd5 Qf4
54. Kb3 Qf1 55. Qxe5 Qd1+ 56. Kc4 Qa4+ 57. Kd5 Qd7+ 58. Ke4 f5+ 59. gxf6 d2 60.
Bxd2 Qa4+ 61. Qd4 Qxa6 62. Qd5+ Kh8 63. Bc3 Qe2+ 64. Kd4 Qd1+ 65. Kc4 Qa4+ 66.
b4 Qa2+ 67. Kd4 Qa7+ 68. Kd3 Kh7 69. b5 Qa3 70. f7 Qc1 71. Qe5 Qd1+ 72. Ke3 Qg1+
73. Ke2 Qg2+ 74. Kd3 Qf3+ 75. Kc2 Qf2+ 76. Kc1 Qf1+ 77. Kb2 Qf2+ 78. Kb1 Qf1+
79. Kc2 Qf2+ 80. Kd3 Qf3+ 81. Qe3 Qf5+ 82. Qe4 Qxb5+ 83. Kc2 Qf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th London Classic 2023"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2023.12.07"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Gukesh, D"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "46616543"]
[BlackFideId "404853"]
[EventDate "2023.12.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. e3 Bf5 8. Nh4
Bg4 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. h3 Be6 11. Nf3 Rc8 12. Be2 g6 13. Bd3 O-O 14. O-O Nh5 15.
Bh6 Ng7 16. Ne2 Re8 17. g4 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Nf4 Bf6 20. Bb5 Rf8 21. Rab1 Qb6
22. Qe2 Rfd8 23. Nd4 Ne8 24. Rfd1 Nd6 25. Bd3 Nde4 26. Bc2 a5 27. Kg2 Qc7 28.
Ndxe6 fxe6 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Rbc1 Rxd1 31. Qxd1 Qc6 32. b3 Rd8 33. Qe2 b6 34. a3
Qd7 35. Qc4 Nd3 36. Rd1 Nxf4+ 37. exf4 Qe8 38. Rxd8 Bxd8 39. Qd4 e5 40. Qd5+ Kh8
41. fxe5 1-0

[Event "13th London Classic 2023"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2023.12.07"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Moussard, Jules"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "C88"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, 7...O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "642908"]
[BlackFideId "400041"]
[EventDate "2023.12.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nbd2 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Qf3 Rb8 14. Ne4 c5 15.
a4 Nf6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bf4 Nxe4 18. Bxb8 Qxb8 19. Rxe4 Bf6 20. g3 h6 21. Qf5
Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Rc8 23. Ra6 Qc7 24. Bd5 Qd7 25. Rb6 Rd8 26. Bc6 Qxh3 27. Bxb5 Qh5
28. Bc4 Rf8 29. Kg2 Qg5 30. Rb7 h5 31. Bxf7+ Rxf7 32. Qe6 Be7 0-1

[Event "13th London Classic 2023"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2023.12.08"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "400041"]
[BlackFideId "14107090"]
[EventDate "2023.12.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Be2 Ngf6 6. d3 b5 7. a4 Bb7 8. axb5
axb5 9. Rxa8 Qxa8 10. d4 Bxe4 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. Bxb5 Bc6 13. Qd3 e6 14. Bg5 Be7
15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Rd1 Nb6 17. Nc3 O-O 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Qe3 Kh8 20. g3 Nc4 21.
Qf4 Nxb2 22. Rb1 Nc4 23. Ne4 Kg7 24. Qg4+ Kh8 25. Qf4 Kg7 26. Qg4+ Kh8 27. Qf4
Kg7 28. Qg4+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th London Classic 2023"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2023.12.08"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Moussard, Jules"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "B54"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Prins (Moscow) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "404853"]
[BlackFideId "642908"]
[EventDate "2023.12.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 d5 7. Bg5 d4 8. c3 Nc6
9. Bb5 Qb6 10. Qd3 Nd7 11. N1d2 dxc3 12. Nc4 Nb4 13. Qe2 Qg6 14. Be3 cxb2 15.
Rd1 Nc6 16. Qxb2 Bb4+ 17. Kf2 O-O 18. Rc1 Qe6 19. Rhd1 Be7 20. Nca5 Nxa5 21.
Nxa5 Nb6 22. Nc4 Rd8 23. Nxb6 axb6 24. Bc4 Qf6 25. Qxb6 Qxb6 26. Bxb6 Rxd1 27.
Rxd1 Ra4 28. Rc1 Rb4 29. Bb3 Be6 30. Ba5 Rb5 31. Bxe6 Bc5+ 32. Ke2 Rxa5 33. Bb3
Kf8 34. Rd1 Ke7 35. Rd5 Bb6 36. Rxa5 Bxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th London Classic 2023"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2023.12.08"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Royal, Shreyas"]
[Black "Gukesh, D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "E49"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3, Botvinnik system"]
[WhiteFideId "448869"]
[BlackFideId "46616543"]
[EventDate "2023.12.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. Nf3 Qc7 10. Be2 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Bb2 Nbd7 13. c4 Rfd8 14. Rc1 Ng4
15. h3 Ngf6 16. Re1 Rac8 17. Bf1 Nf8 18. g3 Ng6 19. Bg2 Be4 20. Qe2 Qb7 21. Red1
Rd7 22. h4 cxd4 23. exd4 Rdc7 24. d5 exd5 25. Bh3 Re8 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. h5 Ne5
28. Nxe5 Rxe5 29. f4 Re8 30. h6 Qc6 31. Qg4+ Bg6 32. f5 dxc4 33. fxg6 hxg6 34.
Qd4 Re5 35. Rc3 Kh7 36. Bg2 Qc5 37. Qxc5 Rexc5 38. Rd6 f5 39. a4 Kxh6 40. Kf2
Kg5 41. Bf1 f4 42. gxf4+ Kxf4 43. Rd4+ Ke5 44. Rdxc4 Rxc4 45. Rxc4 Rc5 46. Ke3
f5 47. Rh4 g5 48. Rh8 f4+ 49. Kd2 g4 50. Rg8 g3 51. Bd3 Rc7 52. Rg5+ Kd6 53. Be2
Re7 54. Bf3 Re3 55. Rxg3 fxg3 56. Kxe3 Kc5 57. Bd1 b5 58. axb5 Kxb5 59. Kf3 a5
60. Kxg3 a4 61. Bxa4+ Kxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th London Classic 2023"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2023.12.08"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Tabatabaei, M. Amin"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "B93"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Najdorf, 6.f4"]
[WhiteFideId "12521213"]
[BlackFideId "4152956"]
[EventDate "2023.12.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4
Qc7 9. g4 d5 10. g5 d4 11. gxf6 dxc3 12. fxg7 Bxg7 13. f5 cxb2 14. Bxb2 Qb6 15.
Ba3 Qe3+ 16. Be2 Qxe4 17. Rg1 Bf8 18. Qd2 Nc5 19. Ng5 Qh4+ 20. Rg3 h6 21. Nxf7
Ne4 22. Qd5 Nxg3 23. Qxe5+ Kxf7 24. hxg3 Qh1+ 25. Kf2 Qc6 26. Bh5+ Kg8 27. Bxf8
Rh7 28. Bg6 Rc7 29. Bxh6 Qc5+ 30. Qxc5 Rxc5 31. g4 Rxc2+ 32. Kg3 Bd7 33. Re1 Rc6
34. Re7 Be8 35. Bh7+ Kh8 36. Bf4 Rc5 37. f6 Bxa4 38. Bg6 Rf8 39. g5 Rc3+ 40. Kf2
Bc2 41. Bxc2 Rxc2+ 42. Kg3 Rc5 43. Rxb7 Rb5 44. Ra7 Kg8 45. Rg7+ Kh8 46. Kg4 a5
47. Bd6 Rd8 48. Be7 Rc8 49. Kh5 Rg8 50. Rg6 Rxg6 51. Kxg6 Rb6 52. Kh6 a4 53. g6
Rb1 54. f7 Rh1+ 55. Kg5 Rg1+ 56. Kh5 Rh1+ 57. Kg4 Rg1+ 58. Kh3 Rf1 59. Bf8 Rg1
60. Bc5 1-0

[Event "13th London Classic 2023"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2023.12.08"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "C55"]
[Opening "Two knights defence (Modern bishop's opening)"]
[WhiteFideId "2093596"]
[BlackFideId "1112635"]
[EventDate "2023.12.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. a4 g6 7. a5 a6 8. O-O Bg7 9.
Nbd2 O-O 10. Re1 Nh7 11. Qb3 Kh8 12. Bxf7 Qf6 13. Bc4 g5 14. Re2 g4 15. Ne1 h5
16. Nf1 h4 17. Qd1 Ne7 18. Qd2 c6 19. g3 d5 20. Bb3 Be6 21. Ng2 Ng6 22. exd5
cxd5 23. d4 e4 24. Ra4 h3 25. Ne1 Qf7 26. Rb4 Rac8 27. Bc2 Bf6 28. Qd1 Bd8 29.
Bh6 Rg8 30. c4 Bg5 31. Bxg5 Nxg5 32. Ne3 Nh4 33. gxh4 Nf3+ 34. Kh1 Nxh2 35. cxd5
g3 36. dxe6 g2+ 37. N3xg2 hxg2+ 38. Kg1 Qf4 39. Rxe4 Qxf2+ 40. Kxf2 g1=Q+ 41.
Ke2 Nf1 42. Qc1 Rg2+ 43. Kd1 Rcxc2 44. Qxc2 Rxc2 45. Nxc2 Ne3+ 46. Kd2 Qf2+ 47.
Kd3 Nxc2 48. d5 Nxb4+ 49. Rxb4 Qc5 50. Rd4 Qd6 51. Ke4 Kg7 52. Rd3 Qh2 53. Rc3
Qxh4+ 54. Kf5 Qh5+ 55. Ke4 Qh4+ 56. Kf5 Qh2 57. Ke4 Kg6 58. Rc8 Qd6 59. Rc2 Qg3
60. Rc8 Kg7 61. Kd4 Qf4+ 62. Kd3 Qd6 63. Kc4 Kf6 64. Rh8 Qc7+ 65. Kd4 Qg7 66.
Rh1 Ke7+ 67. Kc5 Qg6 68. Rc1 Qd3 69. Rc4 Qe3+ 70. Rd4 Qc1+ 71. Rc4 Qxb2 72. Re4
Qb5+ 73. Kd4 Qxa5 74. Ke5 Qc7+ 75. Kf5 0-1

[Event "13th London Classic 2023"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[ECO "C19"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance, poisoned pawn, Konstantinopolsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14107090"]
[BlackFideId "1112635"]
[EventDate "2023.12.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 12. Nxc3 Nd4 13. Bb2 Bd7 14. O-O-O
Qc5 15. Qd3 Ndf5 16. Nb5 Rc8 17. Qb3 Nc6 18. g3 Na5 19. Qc3 Qb6 20. Qb4 Qe3+ 21.
Kb1 Nc4 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Nd6+ Nxd6 24. Qxd6 Rc6 25. Qb8+ Rc8 26. Qxb7 Qe4 27.
Ka1 Ke7 28. Rhe1 Qc4 29. f5 exf5 30. Rxd5 Rc7 31. Qb3 Be6 32. Qxc4 Rxc4 33. Ra5
Ra8 34. Re2 a6 35. Bc1 Kd7 36. Be3 Kc6 37. Rd2 Rc3 38. Bd4 Rf3 39. Rd1 Kd7 40.
Be3+ Ke8 41. Bg5 Kf8 42. Bf6 Kg8 43. Kb2 Rf2 44. h4 Kh7 45. Rc5 Kg6 46. Rd8 Rxd8
47. Bxd8 Rg2 48. Rc3 Re2 49. Bg5 Rxe5 50. Bf4 Rb5+ 51. Kc1 Kh5 52. Re3 Rc5 53.
Kd2 Rc4 54. Rd3 Ra4 55. Bd6 Rc4 56. c3 Rc8 57. Rd4 Bc4 58. Bf4 Bf1 59. Rd7 Bc4
60. Rc7 Rd8+ 61. Kc2 Bd5 62. c4 Be6 63. Kc3 Kg4 64. Rc6 a5 65. Rc5 Ra8 66. Rb5
Rc8 67. c5 a4 68. Bd6 Ra8 69. Rb8 Ra7 70. Rg8+ Kf3 71. h5 f6 72. Re8 Bf7 73. Rh8
Rb7 74. c6 Rb3+ 75. Kd4 Ke2 76. c7 Be6 77. Re8 1-0

[Event "13th London Classic 2023"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4152956"]
[BlackFideId "2093596"]
[EventDate "2023.12.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8.
Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13. c3 d5 14. Bd3 g6
15. Nd2 Ng7 16. Qe2 c6 17. Re1 Bf5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Nf3 Ng7 20. Be5 Ne6 21.
Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Ne5 Re8 23. Ng4 Qd8 24. Qe5 Ng7 25. Qxe8+ Nxe8 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27.
Nf6+ Kf8 28. Nxe8 Kxe8 29. f4 f5 30. Kf2 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th London Classic 2023"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Gukesh, D"]
[Black "Tabatabaei, M. Amin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "46616543"]
[BlackFideId "12521213"]
[EventDate "2023.12.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. b4 Bb6 7. a4 a5 8. b5 Ne7
9. Nbd2 O-O 10. O-O Ng6 11. Bb3 h6 12. Nc4 Bc5 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Bb4 15. e5
dxe5 16. Nfxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qd3 Nd7 20. Ng6 Rf6 21. Be3
Rc8 22. Qe4 c6 23. Nf4 Qe8 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Nd3 c5 26. Rab1 Rf5 27. Rfc1 Nf6
28. Qb7 c4 29. Nxb4 axb4 30. Qxb4 Nd5 31. Qe1 c3 32. a5 Qc6 33. Qe2 Ra8 34. Ra1
Nxe3 35. Qxe3 Rfxa5 36. Rxa5 Rxa5 37. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th London Classic 2023"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Moussard, Jules"]
[Black "Royal, Shreyas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "642908"]
[BlackFideId "448869"]
[EventDate "2023.12.01"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nd7 3. d4 Nb6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. b3 e6 6. O-O h6 7. c4 c6 8. Nbd2 Nf6
9. Bb2 Be7 10. e3 O-O 11. Qe2 a5 12. Ne5 Nbd7 13. Nd3 a4 14. Rfc1 Qb6 15. c5 Qa6
16. Bf1 b5 17. f3 axb3 18. axb3 Qb7 19. e4 Bh7 20. e5 Ne8 21. Rxa8 Qxa8 22. Ra1
Qb7 23. b4 g5 24. Nb3 Ng7 25. Na5 Qc7 26. Nf2 h5 27. Re1 Re8 28. Qd2 Nf8 29. Nh3
g4 30. fxg4 hxg4 31. Nf2 Bf5 32. Be2 Nh7 33. Nxg4 Bg6 34. Qf4 Nf5 35. h4 Kh8 36.
Ne3 Nxe3 37. Qxe3 f5 38. Qf4 Rg8 39. Kf2 Be8 40. Ke3 Bd8 41. Kd3 Nf6 42. Rg1 Ne4
43. Kc2 Qh7 44. Kb3 Bxh4 45. Bc3 Nxg3 46. Bf3 Rg6 47. Rg2 Qh6 48. Bd2 Bg5 49.
Qxg3 Bxd2 50. Qh2 Rxg2 51. Qxh6+ Bxh6 52. Bxg2 Bd2 53. Bf1 Kg7 54. Nb7 Kg6 55.
Kc2 Bxb4 56. Kd3 Be1 57. Be2 Bf2 58. Bd1 Kg5 59. Be2 Bg1 60. Bd1 Kh4 61. Be2 f4
62. Nd8 Bd7 63. Nf7 b4 64. Bd1 Be8 65. Nd8 Bg6+ 66. Kd2 Bxd4 67. Nxe6 Bc3+ 68.
Kc1 Bxe5 0-1

[Event "13th London Classic 2023"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2023.12.09"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[ECO "C65"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "400041"]
[BlackFideId "404853"]
[EventDate "2023.12.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Bc4
Qd6 9. b4 Bb6 10. Nbd2 Bg4 11. a4 a5 12. b5 Ne7 13. Ba3 Bc5 14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15. h3
Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Ned5 17. Rac1 Rfe8 18. Rfe1 c6 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Qxe4
g6 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Qf3 Rac8 24. Rb1 Qc6 25. Rb5 Qxc3 26. Reb1 e4 27. dxe4 Qxf3
28. gxf3 dxe4 29. Re1 exf3 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Kh2 Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th London Classic 2023"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2023.12.10"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "404853"]
[BlackFideId "14107090"]
[EventDate "2023.12.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 e6 7. Bf1 b5 8. a4
Bb7 9. d4 Bxe4 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Nc3 Bc6 12. Ng5 b4 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14. Rxe6 bxc3
15. Bc4 Bd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Qxd5 Nb6 18. Re7+ Kxe7 19. Bg5+ Ke8 20. Re1+ Be7
21. Qc6+ Kf7 22. Qe6+ Ke8 23. Qc6+ Kf7 24. Qe6+ Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th London Classic 2023"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2023.12.10"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Royal, Shreyas"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "448869"]
[BlackFideId "400041"]
[EventDate "2023.12.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 Bb4 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Qb3 c5 8.
dxc5 Qa5 9. a3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nxc5 12. e3 Bd7 13. c4 Rc8 14. Nd4
O-O 15. Be5 Nce4 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Bd3 Ne7 19. Ke2 Nc6 20. Nxc6
Bxc6 21. f3 Rfd8 22. Rhd1 Kf8 23. e4 Rc7 24. Rac1 Rdc8 25. Rc4 Bb5 26. Rxc7
Bxd3+ 27. Kxd3 Rxc7 28. Rb1 b6 29. a4 h5 30. Rb5 g6 31. a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th London Classic 2023"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2023.12.10"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Tabatabaei, M. Amin"]
[Black "Moussard, Jules"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "12521213"]
[BlackFideId "642908"]
[EventDate "2023.12.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O b5 9. Nxc6 Qxc6 10. f3 Bb7 11. g4 h6 12. Kb1 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5
Qxd5 15. Bd3 Be7 16. h4 Qxf3 17. Rhf1 Qc6 18. Bd4 Rg8 19. Bh7 Rh8 20. Bd3 Rg8
21. Qf2 O-O-O 22. Qxf7 Bxh4 23. Bxg7 Qd7 24. Bxh6 Qxf7 25. Rxf7 Rxg4 26. Bf4 Rd5
27. b3 Bg5 28. Bh2 Bd8 29. Re1 Rd7 30. Rf8 Bd5 31. a4 Bxb3 32. axb5 Rb4 33. Kb2
Bd5+ 34. Kc3 a5 35. Ref1 Kb7 36. R1f7 Rxf7 37. Rxf7+ Kc8 38. Rf4 Rxf4 39. Bxf4
Bf6+ 40. Kd2 a4 41. Bd6 Kd7 42. Bc5 Ba2 43. c4 Bb3 44. Ba3 Bd4 45. c5 Bd5 46.
Bc2 Bc4 47. Bxa4 Kc7 48. Bb4 Kb7 49. c6+ Ka7 50. Be7 e5 51. Bf6 Kb6 52. Bd8+ Ka7
53. Bc7 Bf1 54. Ba5 Bc4 55. Ke1 e4 56. c7 Be6 57. Bb3 Bd7 58. Bd5 Bb6 59. Bxb6+
Kxb6 60. Bxe4 Kxc7 61. Bc6 Bxc6 62. b6+ Kb8 63. Kf2 Kb7 64. Ke3 Kxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "13th London Classic 2023"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2023.12.10"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Niemann, Hans Moke"]
[Black "Gukesh, D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "2093596"]
[BlackFideId "46616543"]
[EventDate "2023.12.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1 h6
9. a5 g5 10. Be3 g4 11. Nfd2 Bxe3 12. fxe3 Nh7 13. Nf1 h5 14. Ng3 Qg5 15. Nd2
Ne7 16. Qa4+ c6 17. Qb4 h4 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 d5 20. Bb3 O-O 21. Ra4 g3 22.
Qxh4 Qxh4 23. Rxh4 gxh2+ 24. Rxh2 f6 25. e4 Rf7 26. Nf3 Rg7 27. d4 exd4 28. Nxd4
Ng5 29. exd5 Nxd5 30. Rh6 Kf7 31. Kf1 Rag8 32. c4 Nc7 33. c5+ Nd5 34. Bxd5+ cxd5
35. Ne6 1-0

[Event "13th London Classic 2023"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2023.12.10"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "1112635"]
[BlackFideId "4152956"]
[EventDate "2023.12.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. O-O d6 6. d3 e6 7. Bd2 Nge7 8. a3
O-O 9. Rb1 a6 10. b4 b5 11. Ba2 Bb7 12. Ne2 Qd7 13. Be3 cxb4 14. axb4 a5 15.
bxa5 Rxa5 16. Bb3 d5 17. Qc1 dxe4 18. dxe4 Qc7 19. Bf4 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Qe3
b4 22. Rfd1 Rd8 23. Bxe5 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qxe5 25. f3 Ra1 26. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 27. Kf2
Qa5 28. Nf4 Nc6 29. Nd3 Ba6 30. Qc5 Bxd3 31. Qxc6 Qa7+ 32. Kg3 Bf1 33. Qd6 Qe3
34. h4 Qe1+ 35. Kh3 Qf2 36. Qb8+ Kg7 37. Qe5+ Kg8 38. Qb8+ Kg7 39. Qe5+ Kg8 40.
Qb8+ 1/2-1/2

