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13th London Chess Classic 2023 R7: 14-year-old Shreyas Royal impressive against Gukesh

by Shahid Ahmed - 09/12/2023

14-year-old IM Shreyas Royal (ENG) played impressive chess against GM D Gukesh in the seventh round of 13th London Chess Classic 2023. At one point, Shreyas had a great opportunity to push further in his advantageous position. However, he missed the move order and it allowed his opponent to equalize. M Amin Tabatabaei (IRI) and Mateusz Bartel (POL) are the two winners of this round. They defeated Nikita Vitiugov (POL) and Hans Niemann (USA) respectively. Michael Adams (ENG) maintains his sole lead 5/7. He drew against Andrei Volokitin (UKR). He is closely followed by Gukesh and Tabatabaei at 4.5/7 each. Round 8 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. Photos: Tao Bhokanandh

Adams maintains his sole lead, Tabatabaei joins Gukesh in pursuit

Just like the first round, seventh round had three draws and two decisive games.

IM Shreyas Royal drew his second consecutive game against a very strong opponent

Shreyas - Gukesh: 0.5-0.5

14-year-old IM Shreyas Royal (ENG, 2438) faced GM D Gukesh (2720) for the first time in a rated game.

Position after 28...Rxe5

Shreyas got himself a promising position. However, he messed up the move order. He went 29.f4 first and then went 30.h6. What he needed to do was, play 29.h6 first which would have made a significant difference.

GM Michael Adams (ENG) - GM Andrei Volokitin (UKR): 0.5-0.5

GM Luke McShane (ENG) - GM Jules Moussard (FRA): 0.5-0.5

GM M Amin Tabatabaei (IRI) - GM Nikita Vitiugov (ENG): 1-0

GM Hans Niemann (USA) - GM Mateusz Bartel (POL): 0-1

Chief Arbiter - IA Shohreh Bayat observes the games

Round 7 in progress

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 7 games

Round 7 Results

Bo.No.Rtg NameResultName RtgNo.PGN
142661
GMAdams, Michael½ - ½GMVolokitin, Andrei
265910PGN
252631
GMMcshane, Luke J½ - ½GMMoussard, Jules
26353PGN
362438
IMRoyal, Shreyas½ - ½GMGukesh, D
27202PGN
472692
GMTabatabaei, M. Amin1 - 0GMVitiugov, Nikita
27041PGN
582667
GMNiemann, Hans Moke0 - 1GMBartel, Mateusz
26599PGN

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Standings after Round 7

Rk.SNo NameFEDRtg TB1 
14
GMAdams, MichaelENG26615
22
GMGukesh, DIND27204,5
7
GMTabatabaei, M. AminIRI26924,5
49
GMBartel, MateuszPOL26594
53
GMMoussard, JulesFRA26353,5
10
GMVolokitin, AndreiUKR26593,5
78
GMNiemann, Hans MokeUSA26673
81
GMVitiugov, NikitaENG27042,5
6
IMRoyal, ShreyasENG24382,5
105
GMMcshane, Luke JENG26312

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Round 8 pairings

Bo.No.Rtg NameResultName RtgNo.PGN
1102659
GMVolokitin, AndreiGMBartel, Mateusz
26599
212704
GMVitiugov, NikitaGMNiemann, Hans Moke
26678
322720
GMGukesh, DGMTabatabaei, M. Amin
26927
432635
GMMoussard, JulesIMRoyal, Shreyas
24386
542661
GMAdams, MichaelGMMcshane, Luke J
26315

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