Indian trio make a strong start at London
11th CSC London Chess Classic Open started on 29th November 2019. National Triple Crown champion GM Aravindh Chithambaram is the top seed of the tournament. Along with him GM Praggnanandhaa R and GM Sahaj Grover are the other Indians who are in the lead with 3.0/3 at the conclusion of round 3.
Aravindh's most creative win came in the third round against IM Martin Percivaldi (2384) of Denmark.
Aravindh - Percivaldi, Round 3
Praggnanandhaa scored three clinical victories in three rounds. In round 3, he defeated IM Richard A Bates (2342) of England.
Sahaj scored three fine victories in three rounds to be in the lead with eleven other players.
Cox - Sahaj, Round 3
The tournament has a round everyday, only yesterday 30th November had double rounds. Total 165 players from 35 different countries including 15 GMs, 14 IMs, a WGM and a WIM are taking part in this 11th CSC London Chess Classic 2019 Open organized by Chess in Schools and Communities from 29th November to 6th December 2019 at Olympia Conference Centre, London.
Round 3 results
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 1 | 1 | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr | 2605 | 2 | 1 - 0 | 2 | IM | Percivaldi Martin | 2384 | 24 | ||
| 2 | 27 | IM | Beinoras Mindaugas | 2350 | 2 | 0 - 1 | 2 | GM | Moussard Jules | 2600 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 3 | GM | Praggnanandhaa R | 2586 | 2 | 1 - 0 | 2 | IM | Bates Richard A | 2342 | 28 | ||
| 4 | 32 | FM | Zujev Oleg | 2316 | 2 | 0 - 1 | 2 | GM | Smirnov Anton | 2573 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 6 | GM | Fodor Tamas Jr | 2533 | 2 | ½ - ½ | 2 | FM | Risting Eivind Olav | 2298 | 34 | ||
| 6 | 33 | IM | Cox John J | 2306 | 2 | 0 - 1 | 2 | GM | Grover Sahaj | 2508 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 8 | GM | Gordon Stephen J | 2505 | 2 | 1 - 0 | 2 | FM | Van Zyl-Rudd Jack | 2290 | 36 | ||
| 8 | 37 | Cumming Rhys | 2284 | 2 | 0 - 1 | 2 | IM | Petrov Martin | 2497 | 9 | |||
| 9 | 10 | GM | Gormally Daniel W | 2491 | 2 | 1 - 0 | 2 | FM | Czerw Dawid | 2255 | 40 | ||
| 10 | 42 | FM | Blackburn Jonathan Lb | 2240 | 2 | 0 - 1 | 2 | IM | Song Raymond | 2468 | 11 | ||
| 11 | 12 | GM | Flear Glenn C | 2463 | 2 | ½ - ½ | 2 | CM | Makkar Rajat | 2125 | 71 | ||
| 12 | 43 | FM | Lee Qing Aun | 2228 | 2 | 0 - 1 | 2 | GM | Arkell Keith C | 2445 | 13 | ||
| 13 | 16 | IM | Pert Richard G | 2436 | 2 | 1 - 0 | 2 | Pollack Oscar | 2112 | 75 | |||
| 14 | 63 | FM | Walker Martin G | 2162 | 2 | 0 - 1 | 2 | GM | Cherniaev Alexander | 2428 | 19 | ||
| 15 | 5 | GM | Maze Sebastien | 2541 | 1½ | 1 - 0 | 2 | Balaji Aaravamudhan | 2080 | 80 |
Round 4 pairings
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 1 | 9 | IM | Petrov Martin | 2497 | 3 | 3 | GM | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr | 2605 | 1 | |||
| 2 | 2 | GM | Moussard Jules | 2600 | 3 | 3 | GM | Gormally Daniel W | 2491 | 10 | |||
| 3 | 11 | IM | Song Raymond | 2468 | 3 | 3 | GM | Praggnanandhaa R | 2586 | 3 | |||
| 4 | 4 | GM | Smirnov Anton | 2573 | 3 | 3 | IM | Pert Richard G | 2436 | 16 | |||
| 5 | 7 | GM | Grover Sahaj | 2508 | 3 | 3 | GM | Cherniaev Alexander | 2428 | 19 | |||
| 6 | 13 | GM | Arkell Keith C | 2445 | 3 | 3 | GM | Gordon Stephen J | 2505 | 8 | |||
| 7 | 34 | FM | Risting Eivind Olav | 2298 | 2½ | 2½ | GM | Maze Sebastien | 2541 | 5 | |||
| 8 | 41 | FM | Berry Neil | 2250 | 2½ | 2½ | GM | Fodor Tamas Jr | 2533 | 6 | |||
| 9 | 46 | Papadiamandis Elliot | 2220 | 2½ | 2½ | GM | Flear Glenn C | 2463 | 12 | ||||
| 10 | 15 | GM | Hebden Mark L | 2436 | 2½ | 2½ | Ratnesan Ranesh | 2180 | 58 | ||||
| 11 | 48 | Bukojemski Adam | 2211 | 2½ | 2½ | IM | Kirk Ezra G | 2433 | 17 | ||||
| 12 | 66 | Ethelontis Alexandros N | 2139 | 2½ | 2½ | GM | McDonald Neil R | 2412 | 22 | ||||
| 13 | 71 | CM | Makkar Rajat | 2125 | 2½ | 2½ | FM | Sowray Peter J | 2316 | 31 | |||
| 14 | 43 | FM | Lee Qing Aun | 2228 | 2 | 2 | IM | Clarke Brandon Gi | 2431 | 18 | |||
| 15 | 47 | Dong Bao Nghia | 2217 | 2 | 2 | IM | Merry Alan B | 2426 | 20 |
