2025 London Chess Classic – Open LIVE
The XTX Markets London Chess Classic (LCC) returns to the capital between 26th November and 7th December 2025. Following GM Gawain Jones’s victory in 2024, the event will once again be held largely at the iconic Emirates Stadium, switching to London Novotel West in Hammersmith to avoid clashes with Arsenal home matches.
The XTX Markets London Chess Classic is traditionally among the Top Chess Tournaments of The Chess Calendar.
The “Open” section of the tournament is with the participation of 119 players, top-seeded among them are GM R Praggnanandhaa (2768), GM Velimir Ivic (2618), GM Daniil Yuffa (2618), GM P Iniyan (2601), GM Anand Pranav (2581), GM Martin Kraemer (2571), GM Rinat Jumabayev (2560), GM Ilya Smirin (2554), GM Vahap Sanal (2546), GM David Gavrilescu (2542), GM Sebastien Maze (2534), GM Stuart C Conquest (2521), GM Matthieu Cornette (2517), IM Eytan Rozen (2515), IM Nico Chasin (2512), GM Tamas Fodor Jr (2508), GM Victor Mikhalevski (2504), GM Daniel H Fernandez (2501), GM Ameet K Ghasi (2500), GM Shreyas Royal (2495).
Categories: London Chess Classic Elite
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