GM Luke McShane wins London Chess Classic Super RapidPlay, which was held over the weekend alongside the main tournament, scoring a near perfect 9.5/10 points.
The tournament featured 368 players from 47 different countries, with 226 players from the English federation.
Starting as 12th seeded, McShane finished a full point ahead of second placed GM Hrant Melkumyan and 1.5 ahead of bronze medalist after tiebreakers GM Alex Lenderman. First seed GM Matthew Saddler finished in 18th place with 7 out of 10 points.
London Chess Classic Super RapidPlay is part of the London Chess Classic, which ended yesterday after anintense final playoffs with GM Magnus Carlsen settling the three way tie between Anish Giri and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.
After Lagrave won over Giri in an exciting Armageddon round, the French GM faced Carlsen in a match for LCC title and possibly the Grand Chess Tour overall champion title. Carlsen defeated Vachier-Lagrave with 1.5 points to 0.5 points in two rapid games and won both titles.
Final Standings London RapidPlay
| Rk. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | |||
| 1 | GM | Mcshane Luke J | 2650 | 9.5 | ||
| 2 | GM | Melkumyan Hrant | 2675 | 8.5 | ||
| 3 | GM | Lenderman Alex | 2687 | 8.0 | ||
| 4 | GM | Hansen Eric | 2680 | 8.0 | ||
| 5 |
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GM | Pert Nicholas | 2657 | 8.0 | |
| 6 |
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GM | Edouard Romain | 2629 | 8.0 | |
| 7 |
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GM | Hammer Jon Ludvig | 2607 | 8.0 | |
| 8 |
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GM | Grigoriants Sergey | 2600 | 8.0 | |
| 9 |
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GM | Jumabayev Rinat | 2587 | 8.0 | |
| 10 |
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IM | Eggleston David J | 2432 | 8.0 | |
| 11 |
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GM | Fodor Tamas Jr | 2410 | 8.0 | |
| 12 |
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GM | Howell David Wl | 2687 | 7.5 | |
| 13 |
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GM | Gharamian Tigran | 2652 | 7.5 | |
| 14 |
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GM | Cherniaev Alexander | 2552 | 7.5 | |
| 15 |
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GM | Arkell Keith Cc | 2470 | 7.5 | |
| 16 |
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IM | Fernandez Daniel H | 2402 | 7.5 | |
| 17 |
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IM | Gullaksen Eirik T | 2350 | 7.5 | |
| 18 |
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GM | Sadler Matthew D | 2800 | 7.0 | |
| 19 |
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GM | Kasimdzhanov Rustam | 2694 | 7.0 | |
| 20 |
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GM | Hawkins Jonathan | 2680 | 7.0 | |
| 21 |
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GM | Bauer Christian | 2661 | 7.0 | |
| 22 |
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GM | Hebden Mark L | 2657 | 7.0 | |
| 23 |
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IM | Ghasi Ameet K | 2605 | 7.0 | |
| 24 |
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GM | Jones Gawain Cb | 2597 | 7.0 | |
| 25 |
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GM | Bok Benjamin | 2567 | 7.0 | |
| 26 |
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GM | Speelman Jon S | 2567 | 7.0 | |
| 27 |
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GM | Rowson Jonathan W | 2540 | 7.0 | |
| 28 |
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GM | Hillarp Persson Tiger | 2526 | 7.0 | |
| 29 |
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FM | Strugnell Carl | 2482 | 7.0 | |
| 30 |
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IM | Zhou Yang-Fan | 2479 | 7.0 | |
| 31 |
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IM | Rendle Thomas E | 2455 | 7.0 | |
| 32 |
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Zujev Oleg | 2432 | 7.0 | ||
| 33 |
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GM | Dragun Kamil | 2417 | 7.0 | |
| 34 |
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GM | Mcdonald Neil R | 2417 | 7.0 | |
| 35 |
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FM | Haria Ravi | 2410 | 7.0 | |
| 36 |
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GM | Georgescu Tiberiu-Marian | 2395 | 7.0 | |
| 37 |
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FM | Kilpatrick Callum | 2395 | 7.0 | |
| 38 |
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GM | Hector Jonny | 2380 | 7.0 | |
| 39 |
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IM | Hamitevici Vladimir | 2350 | 7.0 | |
| 40 |
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IM | Krishna Crg | 2331 | 7.0 |
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