13th London Chess Classic 2023 R1: Gukesh outplays Mateusz Bartel
D Gukesh started his 13th London Chess Classic 2023 with a victory over Poland no.3, GM Mateusz Bartel. The India no.5 outplayed the Pole, after the latter misplaced his knight at b6. Gukesh beautifully utilized it to his advantage and had no trouble converting it into a victory. The newly crowned World Senior 50+ champion - GM Michael Adams (ENG) was the only other victor of the first round. He defeated the Iran no.2 GM M Amin Tabatabaei. Gukesh will face the new England no.1, GM Nikita Vitiugov in the second round. It starts today at 2 p.m. local time, 7:30 p.m. IST. Follow the action live on FM WIM Anna-Maja Kazarian's twitch channel.
Adams also scores a win
Gukesh - Mateusz
10...Nb6 turned out to be a long-term positional mistake. Black had opportunities to rectify it by going Nc4 at some point to trade it for a bishop. However, he decided against it. D Gukesh (2720) played beautiful positional chess to win against GM Mateusz Bartel (POL, 2659).
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.
Prizes
1st £15000, 2nd £10000, 3rd £7500 and 4th £6000
Replay Round 1 games
Round 1 Results
Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | PGN | ||||
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1 | 1 | 2704 | GM | Vitiugov, Nikita | ½ - ½ | GM | Volokitin, Andrei | 2659 | 10 | PGN | ||
2 | 2 | 2720 | GM | Gukesh, D | 1 - 0 | GM | Bartel, Mateusz | 2659 | 9 | PGN | ||
3 | 3 | 2635 | GM | Moussard, Jules | ½ - ½ | GM | Niemann, Hans Moke | 2667 | 8 | PGN | ||
4 | 4 | 2661 | GM | Adams, Michael | 1 - 0 | GM | Tabatabaei, M. Amin | 2692 | 7 | PGN | ||
5 | 5 | 2631 | GM | Mcshane, Luke J | ½ - ½ | IM | Royal, Shreyas | 2438 | 6 | PGN |
Standings after Round 1
Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | TB1 | ||
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1 | 2 | GM | Gukesh, D | IND | 2720 | 1 | |
4 | GM | Adams, Michael | ENG | 2661 | 1 | ||
3 | 1 | GM | Vitiugov, Nikita | ENG | 2704 | 0,5 | |
3 | GM | Moussard, Jules | FRA | 2635 | 0,5 | ||
5 | GM | Mcshane, Luke J | ENG | 2631 | 0,5 | ||
6 | IM | Royal, Shreyas | ENG | 2438 | 0,5 | ||
8 | GM | Niemann, Hans Moke | USA | 2667 | 0,5 | ||
10 | GM | Volokitin, Andrei | UKR | 2659 | 0,5 | ||
9 | 7 | GM | Tabatabaei, M. Amin | IRI | 2692 | 0 | |
9 | GM | Bartel, Mateusz | POL | 2659 | 0 |
Round 2 pairings
Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | PGN | ||||
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1 | 10 | 2659 | GM | Volokitin, Andrei | IM | Royal, Shreyas | 2438 | 6 | ||||
2 | 7 | 2692 | GM | Tabatabaei, M. Amin | GM | Mcshane, Luke J | 2631 | 5 | ||||
3 | 8 | 2667 | GM | Niemann, Hans Moke | GM | Adams, Michael | 2661 | 4 | ||||
4 | 9 | 2659 | GM | Bartel, Mateusz | GM | Moussard, Jules | 2635 | 3 | ||||
5 | 1 | 2704 | GM | Vitiugov, Nikita | GM | Gukesh, D | 2720 | 2 |