TWIC is 31. First issue 17th September 1994.15th XTX Markets London Chess Classic 2025 (7-8)
Abdusattorov's draw with Firouzja confirms victory in the London Chess Classic
Mark Crowther - Friday 5th December 2025
Nodirbek Abdusattorov against Alireza Firouzja in Round 8. | https://www.londonchessclassic.com
Nodirbek Abdusattorov's six game winning streak might have ended with a draw against Alireza Firouzja in Round 8 but it confirmed a clear win for him in the London Chess Classic with a round to spare, and this result was obtained from a position of strength.
Abdusattorov had beaten Luke McShane in Round 7 with a long grind giving him a two point lead over Firouzja. Their Round 8 game was a Queen's Gambit Accepted where the engine thought Abdusattorov's 15...Rb6 was inferior to 15...Nd8= and that 16.Qe2 instead of 16.Qa4 might have given an edge to Firouzja. As it was Abdusattorov was the one who stood slightly better and when he repeated for a draw Firouzja had no choice whilst Abdusattorov could have played 33...Qg6 to try for a win had he needed.
All the other games in round 7 were drawn, and all the other games were decisive in Round 8. Michael Adams beat Sam Shankland, Luke McShane beat Nikolas Theodorou, Nikita Vitiugov beat Pavel Eljanov and Gawain Maroroa Jones beat Abhimanyu Mishra. Whilst first place is decided everyone else has something to play for in the final round on Friday.
In the Open Praggnanandhaa's final round draw meant he was caught on 7 points by Velimir Ivic and Ameet K Ghasi. There is a 10 round Super Rapid to finish the London Classic on the 6th and 7th of December which will feature players from the main event, open, as well as new players such as Leinier Dominguez.
| 15th London Classic Elite London (ENG), 26 xi-7 xii 2025 | cat. XVII (2668) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1. | Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | g | UZB | 2750 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . | ½ | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2994 | |||
| 2. | Firouzja, Alireza | g | FRA | 2762 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | . | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 5 | 2752 | |||
| 3. | Vitiugov, Nikita | g | ENG | 2657 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | . | ½ | 1 | 4½ | 2713 | |||
| 4. | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 2635 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | . | 1 | 4 | 2675 | |||
| 5. | McShane, Luke J | g | ENG | 2615 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | . | 4 | 2676 | |||
| 6. | Theodorou, Nikolas | g | GRE | 2656 | 0 | . | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 3½ | 2614 | |||
| 7. | Eljanov, Pavel | g | UKR | 2656 | . | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 3½ | 2615 | |||
| 8. | Maroroa Jones, Gawain C B | g | ENG | 2655 | ½ | ½ | . | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 3 | 2583 | |||
| 9. | Mishra, Abhimanyu | g | USA | 2642 | 0 | ½ | ½ | . | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | 3 | 2588 | |||
| 10. | Shankland, Sam | g | USA | 2649 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | . | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 2½ | 2535 | |||
| Round 7 (December 2, 2025) | ||||||
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| Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | - McShane, Luke J | 1-0 | 55 | C65 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
| Vitiugov, Nikita | - Firouzja, Alireza | ½-½ | 40 | B92 | Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2 | |
| Theodorou, Nikolas | - Shankland, Sam | ½-½ | 11 | D79 | Gruenfeld 3.g3 | |
| Maroroa Jones, Gawain C B | - Adams, Michael | ½-½ | 39 | C28 | Vienna Game | |
| Mishra, Abhimanyu | - Eljanov, Pavel | ½-½ | 31 | D35 | QGD Exchange | |
| Round 8 (December 4, 2025) | ||||||
| Firouzja, Alireza | - Abdusattorov, Nodirbek | ½-½ | 36 | D20 | QGA | |
| Adams, Michael | - Shankland, Sam | 1-0 | 59 | B51 | Sicilian Rossolimo | |
| McShane, Luke J | - Theodorou, Nikolas | 1-0 | 48 | B30 | Sicilian Rossolimo | |
| Eljanov, Pavel | - Vitiugov, Nikita | 0-1 | 66 | A22 | English Opening | |
| Maroroa Jones, Gawain C B | - Mishra, Abhimanyu | 1-0 | 88 | C02 | French Advance | |
| 15th London Classic Open London ENG Wed 26th Nov 2025 - Sun 7th Dec 2025
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | Rtg | Pts |
| 1 | 1 | Praggnanandhaa, R | GM | 2768 | 7 |
| 2 | 2 | Ivic, Velimir | GM | 2618 | 7 |
| 3 | 19 | Ghasi, Ameet K | GM | 2500 | 7 |
| 4 | 5 | Pranav, Anand | GM | 2581 | 6.5 |
| 5 | 8 | Smirin, Ilya | GM | 2554 | 6.5 |
| 6 | 16 | Fodor, Tamas Jr | GM | 2508 | 6.5 |
| 7 | 23 | Wadsworth, Matthew J | GM | 2487 | 6.5 |
| 8 | 32 | Aizenberg, Benny | IM | 2444 | 6.5 |
| 9 | 3 | Yuffa, Daniil | GM | 2618 | 6 |
| 10 | 4 | Iniyan, P | GM | 2601 | 6 |
| 11 | 9 | Sanal, Vahap | GM | 2546 | 6 |
| 12 | 10 | Gavrilescu, David | GM | 2542 | 6 |
| 13 | 13 | Cornette, Matthieu | GM | 2517 | 6 |
| 14 | 15 | Chasin, Nico | IM | 2512 | 6 |
| 15 | 17 | Mikhalevski, Victor | GM | 2504 | 6 |
| 16 | 18 | Fernandez, Daniel H | GM | 2501 | 6 |
| 17 | 24 | Bazakutsa, Svyatoslav | IM | 2478 | 6 |
| 18 | 29 | Czopor, Maciej | IM | 2463 | 6 |
| 19 | 47 | Kanyamarala, Tarun | IM | 2376 | 6 |
| 20 | 7 | Jumabayev, Rinat | GM | 2560 | 5.5 |
| 21 | 11 | Maze, Sebastien | GM | 2534 | 5.5 |
| 22 | 14 | Rozen, Eytan | IM | 2515 | 5.5 |
| 23 | 20 | Royal, Shreyas | GM | 2495 | 5.5 |
| 24 | 21 | Travadon, Loic | IM | 2492 | 5.5 |
| 25 | 25 | Willow, Jonah B | IM | 2472 | 5.5 |
| 26 | 27 | Greenfeld, Alon | GM | 2465 | 5.5 |
| 27 | 28 | Magold, Filip | IM | 2465 | 5.5 |
| 28 | 30 | Gasanov, Eldar | GM | 2447 | 5.5 |
| 29 | 34 | Kovchan, Alexander | GM | 2440 | 5.5 |
| 30 | 35 | Harvey, Marcus R | IM | 2438 | 5.5 |
| 31 | 36 | Mahadevan, Siva | IM | 2424 | 5.5 |
| 32 | 37 | Wang, Hao | IM | 2424 | 5.5 |
| 33 | 38 | Schmider, Niklas | IM | 2423 | 5.5 |
| 34 | 41 | Tulchynskyi, Feliks | FM | 2409 | 5.5 |
| 35 | 42 | Efroimski, Marsel | IM | 2384 | 5.5 |
| 36 | 77 | Kazarian, Anna-Maja | FM | 2224 | 5.5 |
| 37 | 6 | Kraemer, Martin | GM | 2571 | 5 |
| 38 | 12 | Conquest, Stuart C | GM | 2521 | 5 |
| 39 | 22 | Grieve, Harry | IM | 2491 | 5 |
| 40 | 43 | Bhagat, Kush | FM | 2381 | 5 |
| 41 | 45 | Korshunov, Sergey | FM | 2377 | 5 |
| 42 | 50 | Hebden, Mark L | GM | 2355 | 5 |
| 43 | 54 | Negrean, Andrei | FM | 2334 | 5 |
| 44 | 57 | Banerjee, Supratit | FM | 2323 | 5 |
| 45 | 59 | Houska, Jovanka | IM | 2320 | 5 |
| 46 | 63 | Vijayakumar, Rishi | FM | 2300 | 5 |
| 47 | 66 | Vu Dinh, Adrien | 2281 | 5 | |
| 48 | 76 | Gallana, Marco | 2225 | 5 | |
| 49 | 96 | Kanyamarala, Trisha | WIM | 2149 | 5 |
| 50 | 26 | Gordon, Stephen J | GM | 2465 | 4.5 |
| 119 players | |||||
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