The XTX Markets London Chess Classic (LCC) returns to the capital between 26th November and 7th December 2025. Following GM Gawain Jones’s victory in 2024, the event will once again be held largely at the iconic Emirates Stadium, switching to London Novotel West in Hammersmith to avoid clashes with Arsenal home matches.
The XTX Markets London Chess Classic is traditionally among the Top Chess Tournaments of The Chess Calendar.
The Super Rapidplay is a 10-round Swiss system tournament with a time control of 15 min + 10 sec. The top-seeded players in Super Rapidplay are GM Alireza Firouzja (2754), GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov (2717), GM Leinier Dominguez Perez (2703), GM Luke J McShane (2668), GM Samuel L Shankland (2634), GM Michael Adams (2629), GM Gawain Maroroa Jones (2619), GM Nikita Vitiugov (2609), GM Abhimanyu Mishra (2600), GM Pavel Eljanov (2594), GM Nikolas Theodorou (2581), GM Rinat Jumabayev (2543), GM Ameet K Ghasi (2497), GM Daniil Yuffa (2487), GM Stephen J Gordon (2474), GM Alexander Kovchan (2463), IM Atulya Shetty (2455), GM P Iniyan (2450), IM Eytan Rozen (2449), GM Victor Mikhalevski (2435). You can scroll down for the full participants list.
More: Strong field at the XTX Markets London Chess Classic 2025 / Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa will play the XTX London Chess Classic Open 2025
2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic Super Rapidplay Participants
No.
Name
Rtg
1
GM
Firouzja, Alireza
2754
2
GM
Abdusattorov, Nodirbek
2717
3
GM
Dominguez Perez, Leinier
2703
4
GM
Mcshane, Luke J
2668
5
GM
Shankland, Samuel L
2634
6
GM
Adams, Michael
2629
7
GM
Maroroa Jones, Gawain
2619
8
GM
Vitiugov, Nikita
2609
9
GM
Mishra, Abhimanyu
2600
10
GM
Eljanov, Pavel
2594
11
GM
Theodorou, Nikolas
2581
12
GM
Jumabayev, Rinat
2543
13
GM
Ghasi, Ameet K
2497
14
GM
Yuffa, Daniil
2487
15
GM
Gordon, Stephen J
2474
16
GM
Kovchan, Alexander
2463
17
IM
Shetty, Atulya
2455
18
GM
Iniyan, P
2450
19
IM
Rozen, Eytan
2449
20
GM
Mikhalevski, Victor
2435
21
IM
Aghayev, Miragha
2424
22
GM
Pranav, Anand
2421
23
IM
Aizenberg, Benny
2418
24
IM
Rendle, Thomas E
2415
25
IM
Tulchynskyi, Feliks
2409
26
GM
Emms, John M
2407
27
IM
Bazakutsa, Svyatoslav
2401
28
GM
Gasanov, Eldar
2397
29
GM
Royal, Shreyas
2393
30
IM
Roebers, Eline
2392
31
FM
Badacsonyi, Stanley
2390
32
IM
Bulmaga, Irina
2388
33
IM
Wang, Hao
2382
34
Nainys, Zanas
2372
35
GM
Wadsworth, Matthew J
2369
36
IM
Balaji, Aaravamudhan
2356
37
IM
Timmermans, Mark
2355
38
IM
Camacho Collados, Jose
2347
39
IM
Roberson, Peter T
2342
40
IM
Tayar, Jonathan
2337
41
FM
Haydon, David L
2329
42
IM
Czopor, Maciej
2327
43
IM
Tica, Sven
2327
44
Cancedda-Dupuis, Livio
2319
45
FM
Porras Mateo, Felipe
2298
46
IM
Hunt, Harriet V
2297
47
IM
Grutter, Tim
2291
48
IM
Mcphillips, Joseph
2288
49
FM
Kalavannan, Koby
2287
50
IM
Willow, Jonah B
2273
51
IM
Buckley, Graeme N
2269
52
IM
Lohia, Sohum
2257
53
FM
Ciolek, Andreas
2253
54
IM
Mahadevan, Siva
2241
55
CM
Chopra, Manmay
2234
56
Stephan, Axel
2226
57
IM
Gaal, Zsoka
2220
58
IM
Maier, Christian
2209
59
FM
Tsakiris, Haralambos
2206
60
IM
Golding, Alex
2205
61
FM
Dishman, Stephen
2203
62
FM
Noy, Eyal
2190
63
WGM
Mirzoeva, Elmira
2175
64
FM
Stoyanov, Viktor
2174
65
Verbytski, Oleg
2172
66
Bhattacharjee, Sourav
2167
67
IM
Zapolskis, Antanas
2162
68
Hanache, Kai
2161
69
IM
Sammed Jaykumar, Shete
2151
70
Vaidyanathan, Adithya
2151
71
FM
Fernandez, Michael H
2146
72
Shafi, Declan
2145
73
FM
Banerjee, Supratit
2144
74
CM
Josse, Mark
2135
75
Bonn, Thomas B
2134
76
Lucchi, Lorenzo
2115
77
Lishoy Gengis Paratazham, Dildarav
2109
78
FM
Hobson, Kenneth
2107
79
CM
Dasgupta, Avyukt
2104
80
Gurevich, Artem
2099
81
FM
Richardson, John R
2093
82
FM
Southcott-Moyers, Indy
2086
83
Walker, Samuel A
2074
84
Yu, Rock
2074
85
Larchikov, Maksym
2071
86
CM
Lau, Luke
2069
87
CM
Finn, Peter
2059
88
CM
Quilter, Thomas A
2057
89
Bradley, Alan
2049
90
WFM
Hng, Mei-En Emmanuelle
2048
91
NM
Onslow, Alfie
2040
92
Keerthi Kumar, Advait
2035
93
FM
Eames, Robert S
2033
94
CM
Willmoth, Robert F
2033
95
Batchelor, Mark
2029
96
Van Pel, Gerben
2029
97
Zhang, Junyi
2028
98
Han, Qixiang
2025
99
Lebedev, Lion
2023
100
Burbidge, Duncan R
2022
101
WIM
Sivanandan, Bodhana
2020
102
Kovalskyi, Roman
2016
103
Manole, Stefan
2015
104
Mclachlan, Matthew
2011
105
Nicholas, Koichi B
2011
106
White, Stuart A
2008
107
CM
Yoon, Jacob D
2006
108
CM
Murawski, Jan
2003
109
CM
Sadeghi, Hassan Roger
2003
110
Vashisht-Pigem, Raman
2000
111
Golding, James
1998
112
Brett, Andrew R
1994
113
Stojanas, Justinas
1994
114
FM
Smith, Andrew P
1993
115
Allorant, Adrien
1991
116
Vaddadi, Seshagiri
1990
117
CM
Bryant, Harry
1987
118
Doran, Chris
1982
119
Koschetzki, Christian
1980
120
Silva, Lourenco Santa Clara
1980
121
Terler, Bohdan
1978
122
Heaton, Paul
1977
123
Lee, Yuk Hei
1976
124
Choong, Han-Sen
1965
125
Shaw, Dashiell L
1964
126
Bharat Kumar, Balahari
1961
127
Amoako, Selikem Pj
1960
128
Smith, Ryan M
1957
129
Patel, Zain
1956
130
CM
Santhosh, Abhyuday
1953
131
Vishwanath Natraj, Ganesh
1950
132
Alizada, Eldar A
1943
133
Sommerbauer-Cornell, Ben
1939
134
Burke, John
1933
135
CM
Zhao, George
1930
136
Mokhber-Garcia, Sebastian
1927
137
Bansal, Saahil
1924
138
Dupuis, Denis K
1924
139
Jain, Gautam R
1923
140
CM
Blake, J Morgan
1920
141
Li, Harvey
1919
142
Quillaud, Maxime
1916
143
Rizvi, Nasir
1915
144
Sagues, Vincent
1915
145
FM
Sasitharan, Abhiram
1912
146
Clery, Liam
1908
147
Mccarthy, Kevin C
1908
148
Morea, Georgiana-Steluta
1907
149
Marin Aso, Jose Luis
1902
150
Salman, Haytham
1901
151
WGM
Jackson, Sheila
1900
152
Watson, Jacob
1898
153
Bird, Joel
1892
154
Kuhendiran, Tharshan
1891
155
Sisupalan, Beni
1891
156
Ortiz Sanchez, Luis
1890
157
Sanitt, Ethan
1888
158
Timmermans, Adri
1888
159
Kaufman, Harris
1881
160
Dishman, Matthew
1879
161
Bevis, Noah
1876
162
Benjamin, Martin J
1875
163
Lin, William
1875
164
Narang, Ishaan
1869
165
WFM
Hng, Mei-Xian Eunice
1867
166
Kennedy, Aden
1857
167
Sandhu, Jai
1853
168
Seet, Joshua
1853
169
Rich, Aaron
1851
170
Pires, Jonathan
1850
171
Hu, Junyan
1848
172
WIM
Regan, Natasha K
1847
173
Rubeck, Jonathan
1843
174
Pereslavtsev, Alexandr
1841
175
Hayler, Andrew
1837
176
Sherwood, Gabriel
1835
177
Cawdery, John
1833
178
Anjulan, Ashwin
1832
179
Lesniowski, Paul A
1829
180
Young, Daniel J
1828
181
Mittal, Aditya
1827
182
Acharya, Nikesh
1822
183
Basson, Heinrich
1819
184
Ward, Cian
1818
185
Lukasiewicz, Aleksander
1813
186
Rahman, K Azizur
1813
187
Hedger, Alec
1812
188
Duke, Dillan
1811
189
Tivillier, Jacques
1807
190
Grose, Kameron
1803
191
Chandrashekhar, Druha
1802
192
Jones, Chris S
1799
193
Vliek, Dick
1799
194
Figueroa, Edison
1797
195
Shevchuk, Natalia
1793
196
Ronald, Ted
1790
197
Kamath, Raghu
1788
198
Toma, Florin
1786
199
Mortazavi, Sami
1785
200
Macneil, Elliott Cm
1783
201
Han, Qixuan
1775
202
Vergeiner, Emil
1769
203
Sahoo, Shivam
1767
204
Udovenko, Daniel Alexander
1765
205
Buratti, Eliott
1763
206
Brennan, Henry
1760
207
Islam, Mohammed
1758
208
Dhingra, Kanvansh
1754
209
Chauhan, Anurag Singh
1749
210
Paulins, Michael
1749
211
Boganadham, Ved Sudeep
1748
212
Vaidyanathan, Sathya
1747
213
Adams, Robert
1741
214
Barbier-Ramaiah, Rohan Theo
1741
215
Degrassi, Alice
1741
216
Puig-Souto, Luca
1741
217
Breton, Martin
1740
218
Fairhurst, Frederick
1738
219
Kuchibhatla, Ishaan Sai
1738
220
Ivanov, Elizabeth
1727
221
Hall, Seb
1721
222
Rahlf, Jan
1721
223
Bakhtiyorova, Nodirabegim
1720
224
Ding, Yiwen
1720
225
Funk, Alexander
1716
226
Razhnou, Lev
1708
227
Mclean, Rory R
1707
228
Sangster, Thomas
1707
229
Paranjpe, Nachiket
1706
230
Taylor, Matthew
1700
231
Goodlad, Daniel
1695
232
Mayers, Tom
1686
233
Shamsi Meimandi, Sepanta
1679
234
Flowers, James Christopher
1672
235
Vaidya, Raghav
1664
236
Ding, Yicheng
1663
237
Sturt, Charles A
1663
238
Agrawal, Archi
1660
239
Ketheeswaran, Vishu
1660
240
Mann, Jacob
1659
241
Bakhtiyorov, Komronbek
1657
242
Vorozhtsov, Ilya
1650
243
Sriram, Gautam
1642
244
Singha, Swati
1637
245
Chan, Desmond
1635
246
Li, Alice
1634
247
Tuncer, Coskun
1633
248
V, Krish
1627
249
Karia, Kamlesh
1625
250
Bhaduri, Aviraj
1618
251
Delacour, Jacob
1618
252
Mehta, Sophie
1614
253
Rozmus, Oliver
1613
254
Sanderson, Scarlett
1613
255
Witte, Phoebe
1613
256
Skurko, Victor
1599
257
Verdi, Arjan
1599
258
Klek, Mikolaj
1598
259
Zhestilevskii, Stepan
1595
260
Rowland, Alex
1588
261
Hammett, Scott
1586
262
Duyar, Mehmet Jerfi
1581
263
Tso, Chi Wai
1573
264
Nguyen, Mikey
1569
265
Ewart, Thomas
1567
266
Flavell, Archie
1555
267
De Boer, Lara
1551
268
Koebis, Lukas
1547
269
Oudet, Charlotte
1541
270
De Boer, Willem
1540
271
Hadjivasiliou, Adamos
1536
272
Sengupta, Sohana
1536
273
Alex, Kuffour Boateng
1534
274
Ronald, Ken
1525
275
Cawdery, Mary
1515
276
Ziu, Naman
1512
277
Williams, Joseph
1507
278
Wang, Noah-Yinuo
1503
279
Konig, Jon
1493
280
Razhnova, Aryna
1482
281
Zhuravlev, Andrei
1472
282
Krishna, Medha
1470
283
Katiyar, Trisha
1464
284
Nguyen, Max
1443
285
Gampa, Dyuthi Sri
1441
286
Ding, Yihua
1434
287
Kerobyan, Mark
1433
288
Ding, Jie
1431
289
Yang, Rachel
1431
290
Patel, Parisa
1430
291
Mehta, Hatle
1426
292
Rajaram, Dilip
1412
293
Elischberger-Ong, Marcus
1410
294
Tang, Dominic
1403
295
Razhnova, Alena
1402
296
Aiyer, Ishan
1381
297
Eastham, Luna
1375
298
Shunmugam, Saikrishna
1268
299
Jones, Melanie
1101
300
Chandler, John
1082
301
Nascu, Ioan
991
302
Ewart, Sarah
957
303
Grygorenko, Philip
900
304
Coleman, Brian
878
305
Surisetty, Hiresh
876
306
Agrawal, Kiiaan
854
307
Leo, Richard
746
308
Chalmers, Hugh
0
309
Pozza, Ronaldo
0