This is the live coverage of the match between Nikita Vitiugov and Sam Shankland, part of the London Chess Classic 2025.
All games from round 5: Gawain Maroroa Jones – Alireza Firouzja / Abhimanyu Mishra – Luke J McShane / Pavel Eljanov – Michael Adams / Nodirbek Abdusattorov – Nikolas Theodorou
First round games: Luke J McShane – Michael Adams / Alireza Firouzja – Sam Shankland / Pavel Eljanov – Nikolas Theodorou / Abhimanyu Mishra – Nikita Vitiugov / Gawain Maroroa Jones – Nodirbek Abdusattorov
Second round games: Michael Adams – Nikita Vitiugov / Nodirbek Abdusattorov – Abhimanyu Mishra / Nikolas Theodorou – Gawain Maroroa Jones / Sam Shankland – Pavel Eljanov / Luke J McShane – Alireza Firouzja
Third round games: Alireza Firouzja – Michael Adams / Pavel Eljanov – Luke J McShane / Gawain Maroroa Jones – Sam Shankland / Abhimanyu Mishra – Nikolas Theodorou / Nikita Vitiugov – Nodirbek Abdusattorov
Fourth round games: Nikolas Theodorou – Nikita Vitiugov / Sam Shankland – Abhimanyu Mishra / Luke J McShane – Gawain Maroroa Jones / Alireza Firouzja – Pavel Eljanov / Michael Adams – Nodirbek Abdusattorov
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