2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic Round Robin 8
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6 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 27 Nov 2025 to 01 Dec 2025 in London, England. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1740, and top seed was Aviraj Bhaduri (🇬🇧 ENG, 1762).
Alice Degrassi (🇬🇧 ENG, 1732) won with 3.5/5, ahead of Tom Mayers (3.5) and Gyorgy Panda (3.0). Degrassi won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.
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
Federations · 2 represented
🇬🇧England×5
🇭🇺Hungary×1
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsCo-leaders
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R1 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Alice Degrassi lost to Tom Mayers (Black).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇬🇧Degrassi, Alice | 1732 | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 3.5 | 7.50 | 11.5 | +43.6 | 1890 |
| 2 | 🇬🇧Mayers, Tom | 1707 | 1 | * | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.5 | 7.00 | 11.5 | +50.8 | 1894 |
| 4 | 🇭🇺Panda, Gyorgy | 1722 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 3.0 | 6.25 | 12.0 | +13.0 | 1814 |
| 3 | 🇬🇧Ding, Yicheng | 1758 | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 3.0 | 5.50 | 12.0 | +13.6 | 1807 |
| 6 | 🇬🇧Jacobs, Simon | 1760 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 0 | 1.0 | 3.25 | 14.0 | -33.2 | 1495 |
| 5 | 🇬🇧Bhaduri, Aviraj | 1762 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | 1.0 | 1.00 | 14.0 | -67.6 | 1494 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Mayers, TomENG+50.83.5 pts · #2
- 2Degrassi, AliceENG+43.63.5 pts · #1
- 3Ding, YichengENG+13.63.0 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1Bhaduri, AvirajENG-67.61.0 pts · #5
- 2Jacobs, SimonENG-33.21.0 pts · #6
- 3Panda, GyorgyHUN13.03.0 pts · #4