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2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic Round Robin 5

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6 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 27 Nov 2025 to 01 Dec 2025 in London, England. Top 10 Elo average was 1541, and top seed was Tibo Rushbrooke (🇬🇧 ENG, 1855).

Maxime Quillaud (🇬🇧 ENG, 1851) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Ishaq Uddin (3.5) and Jai Sandhu (3.0). Quillaud won solo starting round 2.

Location
🇬🇧London, England
Dates
27 Nov 2025 → 01 Dec 2025
Time control
Standard: All Moves in 80 Min. Incr. 10 Sec. / /
System
Round-robin · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇧Tibo Rushbrooke1855
Avg top 10
1,541
Participants
6
Federations · 1 represented
🇬🇧England×6
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Maxime Quillaud led from R2 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.

Co-leaders
2
1
1
1
1
#1#2#3#6R1R2R3R4R5
Quillaud#1Uddin#2Sandhu#3Orsborne#4Brennan#5Rushbrooke#6
R2–R5 · LEAD HELD

Maxime Quillaud never relinquished the lead after R2; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R4 · DECISIVE LEAD30 Nov

Maxime Quillaud opens a +1.5-point gap over the chasing pack (closest: Ishaq Uddin); the title is out of reach before R5.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Maxime Quillaud beat Ishaq Uddin (White).

Cross-table

#PlayerElo123456PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇬🇧Quillaud, Maxime1851*111115.010.0010.0+79.62649
2🇬🇧Uddin, Ishaq00*11½13.55.7511.50.01890
3🇬🇧Sandhu, Jai185300*1113.03.5012.0+19.42042
4🇬🇧Orsborne, Sarah1835000*112.01.5013.0+4.41853
5🇬🇧Brennan, Henry18540½00*11.51.7513.5-41.21656
6🇬🇧Rushbrooke, Tibo185500000*0.00.0015.0-40.81048

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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