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2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic Round Robin 7

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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 1770, and top seed was Kiran Aa Shiatis (🇬🇧 ENG, 1783).

Charukgan Muhunthan (🇬🇧 ENG, 1767) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Rory McLean (3.5) and Kiran Aa Shiatis (3.0). Muhunthan led wire-to-wire.

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
🇬🇧Kiran Aa Shiatis1783
Avg top 10
1,770
Participants
6
Federations · 1 represented
🇬🇧England×6
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Charukgan Muhunthan led from R1 onwards, the runner-up race stayed tight.

Co-leaders
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1
1
1
1
#1#2#3#6R1R2R3R4R5
Muhunthan#1McLean#2Shiatis#3Figueroa#4OGorman#5Scott#6
R1–R5 · LEAD HELD

Charukgan Muhunthan never relinquished the lead after R1; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R1 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Charukgan Muhunthan beat Rory McLean (Black).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Charukgan Muhunthan 3 wins (R3–R5)Rory McLean 3 wins (R2–R4)

Cross-table

#PlayerElo123456PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇬🇧Muhunthan, Charukgan1767*1½1114.59.0010.5+80.42136
2🇬🇧McLean, Rory17640*11½13.56.2511.5+21.21919
3🇬🇧Shiatis, Kiran Aa1783½0*½113.05.2512.0+15.21838
4🇬🇧Figueroa, Edison176300½*½12.02.7513.0-8.81698
5🇬🇧OGorman, Brendan17730½0½*½1.53.0013.5-20.41620
6🇬🇧Scott, Jane17680000½*0.50.7514.5-79.61404

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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