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The 9th London Chess Classic took place 30th November to 11th December 2017. Players: Carlsen, Nakamura, Aronian, MVL, Wesley So, Karjakin, Caruana, Anand, Nepomniachtchi, Adams.

Fabiano Caruana won the event after a rapid, then blitz tie-break again Ian Nepomniachtchi. Magnus Carlsen won the whole Grand Chess Tour series after beating Levon Aronian from an almost busted position. Carlsen was scathing in his criticism of his own play in London but also clearly had a bad cold. Alongside were many other events, results and games below.

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9th London Classic 2017 London ENG Wed 29th Nov 2017 - Mon 11th Dec 2017 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts	TB1	TB2
1	Caruana Fabiano	GM	USA	2799	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	6	3	0.5
	Nepomniachtchi Ian	GM	RUS	2729	½	*	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	6	3	0.5
3	Carlsen Magnus	GM	NOR	2837	½	0	*	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	5	2	0
4	Vachier-Lagrave Maxime	GM	FRA	2789	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	½	5	1	0.5
	So Wesley	GM	USA	2788	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	5	1	0.5
6	Nakamura Hikaru	GM	USA	2781	½	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	4.5	0	0
7	Aronian Levon	GM	ARM	2805	½	½	0	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	4	0	0
8	Karjakin Sergey	GM	RUS	2760	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	*	½	½	3.5	0	0
9	Anand Viswanathan	GM	IND	2782	0	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	*	½	3	0	0.5
	Adams Michael	GM	ENG	2715	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	*	3	0	0.5
10 players

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ch-GBR KO 2017 London ENG Wed 29th Nov 2017 - Mon 11th Dec 2017 Leading Final Round 3 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts
-	Round 3				-
1	McShane, Luke J	GM	ENG	2640	5
2	Howell, David W L	GM	ENG	2676	3
-	Round 2				-
1	McShane, Luke J	GM	ENG	2640	3
2	Short, Nigel D	GM	ENG	2678	2
1	Howell, David W L	GM	ENG	2676	3
2	Sadler, Matthew D	GM	ENG	2685	2
-	Round 1				-
1	Short, Nigel D	GM	ENG	2678	2
2	Merry, Alan B	IM	ENG	2422	0
1	Sadler, Matthew D	GM	ENG	2685	1.5
2	Rowson, Jonathan	GM	SCO	2563	0.5
1	Howell, David W L	GM	ENG	2676	1.5
2	Hawkins, Jonathan	GM	ENG	2579	0.5
1	McShane, Luke J	GM	ENG	2640	1.5
2	Jones, Gawain C B	GM	ENG	2654	0.5
17 players

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London Classic Open 2017 London ENG Wed 29th Nov 2017 - Mon 11th Dec 2017 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts
1	2	Sargissian Gabriel	GM	ARM	2672	7.5
	9	Melkumyan Hrant	GM	ARM	2633	7.5
	10	Maze Sebastien	GM	FRA	2614	7.5
4	1	Motylev Alexander	GM	RUS	2675	7.0
	4	Nabaty Tamir	GM	ISR	2657	7.0
	6	Grandelius Nils	GM	SWE	2647	7.0
	11	Cornette Matthieu	GM	FRA	2606	7.0
	14	Donchenko Alexander	GM	GER	2569	7.0
	21	Kotronias Vasilios	GM	GRE	2524	7.0
10	5	Jones Gawain	GM	ENG	2654	6.5
	12	Hawkins Jonathan	GM	ENG	2579	6.5
	18	Vishnu Prasanna V	GM	IND	2536	6.5
	20	Handke Florian	GM	GER	2526	6.5
	22	Nihal Sarin	IM	IND	2507	6.5
	23	Stany G.A.	IM	IND	2502	6.5
	25	Vakhidov Jahongir	GM	UZB	2500	6.5
	29	Gormally Daniel W	GM	ENG	2477	6.5
	31	Hambleton Aman	IM	CAN	2474	6.5
	36	Bartholomew John	IM	USA	2448	6.5
	41	Wells Peter K	GM	ENG	2441	6.5
	42	Cherniaev Alexander	GM	RUS	2436	6.5
	61	Vo Thi Kim Phung	WGM	VIE	2380	6.5
	64	Gumularz Szymon	FM	POL	2376	6.5
24	13	Moussard Jules	GM	FRA	2576	6.0
	16	Le Roux Jean-Pierre	GM	FRA	2560	6.0
	17	Mikhalevski Victor	GM	ISR	2545	6.0
	24	Fernandez Daniel H	GM	ENG	2500	6.0
	27	Fodor Tamas Jr	GM	HUN	2496	6.0
	28	Hector Jonny	GM	SWE	2493	6.0
	30	Elsness Frode	IM	NOR	2477	6.0
	33	Bilguun Sumiya	IM	MGL	2459	6.0
	35	Williams Simon K	GM	ENG	2453	6.0
	37	Cawdery Daniel	IM	RSA	2447	6.0
	40	Das Sayantan	IM	IND	2442	6.0
	43	Ladron De Guevara Pinto Paolo	IM	ESP	2422	6.0
	48	Henderson De La Fuente Lance		ESP	2419	6.0
	49	Arkell Keith C	GM	ENG	2416	6.0
	50	Hansen Torbjorn R	GM	NOR	2408	6.0
	53	Baenziger Fabian	FM	SUI	2400	6.0
	55	Munguntuul Batkhuyag	IM	MGL	2397	6.0
	60	Zujev Oleg		LTU	2381	6.0
	65	Krishna Teja N	IM	IND	2368	6.0
	73	Paterek Michal	FM	POL	2315	6.0
	82	Merriman John		ENG	2263	6.0
45	26	Bellaiche Anthony	IM	FRA	2499	5.5
	39	Hebden Mark L	GM	ENG	2445	5.5
	45	Raja Harshit	IM	IND	2420	5.5
	46	Sundararajan Kidambi	GM	IND	2419	5.5
	51	Houska Jovanka	IM	ENG	2407	5.5
	52	Martins David Pt	IM	POR	2400	5.5
289 players

5th Pro-Biz Cup 2017 London ENG Wed 29th Nov 2017 - Mon 11th Dec 2017 Leading Final Round 3 Standings:
Rk	Name	Gms	1	2	3	Pts
1	Ian Nepomniachtchi & Rajko Vujatovic	3	½	1	1	2.5
2	Dave Norwood & Ali Mortazavi	3	½	½	1	2.0
3	Hikaru Nakamura & Lee Green	3	1	½	½	2.0
4	Garry Kasparov & Terry Chapman	3	½	1	½	2.0
5	Levon Aronian & Justin Baptie	3	½	1	0	1.5
6	Magnus Carlsen & Chris Flowers	3	½	0	½	1.0
7	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave & Gilles Betthaeuser	3	½	0	0	0.5
8	Mickey Adams & Demis Hassabis	3	0	0	½	0.5
8 players

London Classic Rapid Open London ENG Wed 29th Nov 2017 - Mon 11th Dec 2017 Leading Final Round 6 Standings:
Rk	SNo	Name	Ti	Rtg	Pts
1	1	Andreasson Ingvar		2351	6
2	10	Wadsworth Matthew J	FM	2192	5
	15	Menzies Colin W		2150	5
	16	Varley Nicolas		2145	5
	17	Kalavannan Koby		2142	5
6	8	Basman Michael J	IM	2201	4.5
	13	Maciol Ryszard		2166	4.5
	20	Coleman David J	CM	2116	4.5
	32	Sedykh Mikhail		2045	4.5
	45	Gallagher Daniel Gh		1903	4.5
11	2	Zakarian David	FM	2342	4
	3	Merry Alan B	IM	2336	4
	4	Cox John	IM	2325	4
	6	Bisby Daniel L		2237	4
	7	Dunn Andrew C	CM	2207	4
	9	Anderton Matthew N		2198	4
	11	Klingher Dominic		2178	4
	12	Swanson Stephen		2172	4
	14	Pitcher John		2164	4
	18	Bossy Arnim		2140	4
	21	Westwood Richard D		2113	4
	23	Mitra Roman C		2104	4
	36	Iyengar Ilya		2004	4
24	22	Graham David B		2109	3.5
	24	Willmoth Robert F	CM	2081	3.5
	33	Garcia Oscar		2019	3.5
	34	Bang Dominique		2017	3.5
	44	Brewer Callum D		1906	3.5
	58	Willson Ollie		1818	3.5
30	5	Pigott John C	IM	2306	3
	19	Eames Robert S	FM	2127	3
	25	Ociepka Adrian		2079	3
	26	Crocker Philip J		2064	3
	27	Asenov Pavel		2063	3
	28	Olarasu Juliana		2058	3
	31	Davison Chris		2053	3
	35	Stembridge Ed		2015	3
	37	O'gorman Tom	FM	1999	3
	38	Cannon Richard J		1996	3
	40	Calle Ordonez Albert		1968	3
	41	Casaschi Paolo		1963	3
	42	Norinkeviciute Rasa	WFM	1953	3
	43	Gupta Arul		1920	3
	50	Ortiz Sanchez Luis		1894	3
	67	Ng Cl Andrew		1664	3
	78	Argueello Pitt Camilo		0	3
	79	Chesters Tim		0	3
	80	Rahman Asad		0	3
49	30	Grigoryan Meri	WFM	2054	2.5
	39	Amato Giampiero		1968	2.5
84 players

London CC Superblitz KO London ENG Wed 29th Nov 2017 - Mon 11th Dec 2017 Leading Final Round 6 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Gms
1	Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo	GM	VEN	2665	6
2	Howell, David W L	GM	ENG	2676	6
3	Speelman, Jon S	GM	ENG	2507	5
3	Motylev, Alexander	GM	RUS	2675	5
5	Fridman, Daniel	GM	GER	2633	4
5	Le Roux, Jean-Pierre	GM	FRA	2560	4
5	Riff, Jean-Noel	GM	FRA	2492	4
5	Jones, Gawain C B	GM	ENG	2654	4
9	Vakhidov, Jakhongir	GM	UZB	2500	3
9	Melkumyan, Hrant	GM	ARM	2633	3
9	Stany, G.A.	IM	IND	2502	3
9	Sargissian, Gabriel	GM	ARM	2672	3
9	Dong, Bao Nghia		VIE	2153	3
9	Merry, Alan B	IM	ENG	2422	3
9	Nabaty, Tamir	GM	ISR	2657	3
9	Krishna, C R G	IM	IND	2421	3
17	Donchenko, Alexander	GM	GER	2569	2
17	Nunn, John D M	GM	ENG	2578	2
17	Beinoras, Mindaugas	IM	LTU	2353	2
17	Gharamian, Tigran	GM	FRA	2623	2
17	Grandelius, Nils	GM	SWE	2647	2
17	McShane, Luke J	GM	ENG	2640	2
17	Williams, Simon K	GM	ENG	2453	2
17	Van Delft, Merijn	IM	NED	2393	2
17	Cornette, Matthieu	GM	FRA	2606	2
17	Gumularz, Szymon	FM	POL	2376	2
17	Vo, Thi Kim Phung	WGM	VIE	2380	2
17	Cherniaev, Alexander	GM	RUS	2436	2
17	Sadler, Matthew D	GM	ENG	2685	2
17	Fodor, Tamas Jr.	GM	HUN	2496	2
17	Mikhalevski, Victor	GM	ISR	2545	2
17	Gormally, Daniel W	GM	ENG	2477	2
33	Wadsworth, Matthew J	FM	ENG	2336	1
33	Vishnu Prasanna, V	GM	IND	2536	1
33	Bilguun, Sumiya	IM	MGL	2459	1
33	Moussard, Jules	GM	FRA	2576	1
33	D'Costa, Lorin A R	IM	ENG	2391	1
33	Ghasi, Ameet K	IM	ENG	2475	1
33	Westwood, Richard D		ENG	2080	1
33	Amores Gago, Javier		ESP	2139	1
33	Thorarinsson, Pall A.	FM	ISL	2275	1
33	Fernandez, Daniel Howard	GM	ENG	2500	1
33	Arkell, Keith C	GM	ENG	2416	1
33	Cox, John J	IM	ENG	2311	1
33	Haussernot, Cecile	WIM	FRA	2175	1
33	Wall, Gavin	IM	IRL	2337	1
33	Houska, Jovanka	IM	ENG	2407	1
33	Villiers, Thomas		ENG	2136	1
33	Suarez Real, Alberto	IM	ESP	2448	1
33	Turner, Matthew J	GM	SCO	2545	1
54 players

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