Michael Adams wins 13th London Chess Classic 2023, Gukesh third

by Shahid Ahmed - 11/12/2023

52-year-old legend, Michael Adams won the 13th London Chess Classic 2023. He drew his final round game against fellow compatriot - IM Shreyas Royal to become the first English player to win the event. Adams scored an unbeaten 6/9, performed at 2770 and finished a half point ahead of the field. M Amin Tabatabaei (IRI) drew against Jules Moussard (FRA) to finish sole second scoring 5.5/9. D Gukesh suffered a loss against Hans Niemann. He finished third and his journey towards the Candidates 2024 still continues at the next event. It has been an outstanding year for Adams who won Cambridge Open in February, English Open in May, British Championship in July, World Senior 50+ Championship in November and now London Classic. English prodigy Shreyas Royal scored his second GM-norm. Photo: Tao Bhokanandh

Shreyas Royal secures his second GM-norm

"I think it's huge because to win any tournament at the age of 52 is just really amazing. This one is completely different level to the other successes I had this year. In many ways, it's probably my best ever result, because all the tournament that I have won were when I was in my prime as a player. It's completely different now, completely different challenge to play, when you are playing against someone younger than yourself. All the other competitors were basically much younger." - GM Michael Adams on where does this triumph rank among the tournaments he had won in the last ten years.

IM Shreyas Royal (ENG) once again made the most of his opportunity against GM Jules Moussard (FRA)

The Tournament Organizer - IM FST Malcolm Pein tweeted his joy

English GM Daniel Gormally's prediction came true

Anish Giri rightly tweeted - This man is a legend.

Schedule

There are one round each day starting from 2 p.m. local time, 6:30 p.m. IST. Rest day is on Wednesday 6th December 2023.

13th London Chess Classic will take place 1st to 10th December 2023

Prizes

1st £15000, 2nd £10000, 3rd £7500 and 4th £6000

Replay Round 9 games

Round 9 Results

Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	5	2631	GM	Mcshane, Luke J	½ - ½	GM	Volokitin, Andrei	2659	10	PGN
2	6	2438	IM	Royal, Shreyas	½ - ½	GM	Adams, Michael	2661	4	PGN
3	7	2692	GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	½ - ½	GM	Moussard, Jules	2635	3	PGN
4	8	2667	GM	Niemann, Hans Moke	1 - 0	GM	Gukesh, D	2720	2	PGN
5	9	2659	GM	Bartel, Mateusz	½ - ½	GM	Vitiugov, Nikita	2704	1

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Final standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	4	GM	Adams, Michael	ENG	2661	6	0	3	1	4	26,50
2	7	GM	Tabatabaei, M. Amin	IRI	2692	5,5	0	4	2	5	22,75
3	2	GM	Gukesh, D	IND	2720	5	1	3	0	4	22,00
4	10	GM	Volokitin, Andrei	UKR	2659	5	0	3	0	5	21,25
5	9	GM	Bartel, Mateusz	POL	2659	4,5	1	4	2	5	17,25
6	8	GM	Niemann, Hans Moke	USA	2667	4,5	0	2	0	5	20,00
7	6	IM	Royal, Shreyas	ENG	2438	4	1	2	1	5	18,25
8	3	GM	Moussard, Jules	FRA	2635	4	0	2	1	4	17,50
9	1	GM	Vitiugov, Nikita	ENG	2704	3,5	0	0	0	4	16,00
10	5	GM	Mcshane, Luke J	ENG	2631	3	0	0	0	4	13,50

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Links

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