2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic Round Robin 6
6 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 27 Nov 2025 to 01 Dec 2025 in London, England. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1815, and top seed was Greg J Breed (🇬🇧 ENG, 1834).
Hooman Honarvarmahalati (🇮🇷 IRI, 1815) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Ben Carpenter-Friend (4.0) and Tim Wheeler (2.0). Honarvarmahalati broke clear in the final round.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsHooman Honarvarmahalati led from R5 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Hooman Honarvarmahalati never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
Hooman Honarvarmahalati beat Ben Carpenter-Friend (Black).
Hooman Honarvarmahalati 5 wins (R1–R5)Ben Carpenter-Friend 4 wins (R1–R4)
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇮🇷Honarvarmahalati, Hooman | 1815 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 10.00 | 10.0 | +50.2 | 2615 |
| 2 | 🇬🇧Carpenter-Friend, Ben | 1821 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 6.00 | 11.0 | +58.0 | 2054 |
| 3 | 🇬🇧Wheeler, Tim | 1814 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 2.0 | 3.00 | 13.0 | -9.8 | 1743 |
| 4 | 🇬🇧Chilton, James I | 1798 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 2.0 | 2.00 | 13.0 | -7.2 | 1747 |
| 5 | 🇮🇪Allen, John P | 1809 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 13.5 | -38.0 | 1667 |
| 6 | 🇬🇧Breed, Greg J | 1834 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | 0.5 | 1.00 | 14.5 | -43.2 | 1445 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Carpenter-Friend, BenENG+58.04.0 pts · #2
- 2Honarvarmahalati, HoomanIRI+50.25.0 pts · #1
- 3Chilton, James IENG-7.22.0 pts · #4
- 1Breed, Greg JENG-43.20.5 pts · #6
- 2Allen, John PIRL-38.01.5 pts · #5
- 3Wheeler, TimENG-9.82.0 pts · #3