
Praggnanandhaa je sam preuzeo vođstvo na London Chess Classic FIDE Openu, sa samo jednim preostalim kolom! U 8. i pretposljednjem kolu, Pragg je ostvario impresivnu pobjedu bijelim figurama protiv Davida Gavrilescua. Trenutno ima 6,5/8 poena, pola poena ispred konkurenata, koje predvodi Velimir Ivić!
U poslednjem kolu koje se igra večeras Pragga igra crnim figurama protiv Ilye Smirina. Osvajanje ovog turnira za Pragga značilo bi da ga više niko ne može stići na FIDE Circuit 2025 rang-listi – što znači da bi večeras jedan Indijac mogao biti i zvanično potvrđen kao učesnik FIDE Turnira kandidata 2026!
Protivnik Velimira Ivića biće francuski velemajstor Cornette Matthieu (2517). Ivić je do sada pokazao odličnu formu i postigao 4 pobjede i 4 remija, pa se može očekivati uspješan završetak turnira.
Rezultati 8.kola 2025/12/02 u 16:00
Itd.
Rank after Round 8
| Rk. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | ||
| 1 | GM | Praggnanandhaa, R | 2768 | 6,5 | |
| 2 | GM | Ivic, Velimir | 2618 | 6 | |
| 3 | GM | Pranav, Anand | 2581 | 6 | |
| 4 | GM | Smirin, Ilya | 2554 | 6 | |
| 5 | GM | Cornette, Matthieu | 2517 | 6 | |
| 6 | GM | Fernandez, Daniel H | 2501 | 6 | |
| 7 | GM | Ghasi, Ameet K | 2500 | 6 | |
| 8 | GM | Yuffa, Daniil | 2618 | 5,5 | |
| 9 | GM | Iniyan, P | 2601 | 5,5 | |
| 10 | GM | Jumabayev, Rinat | 2560 | 5,5 | |
| 11 | GM | Sanal, Vahap | 2546 | 5,5 | |
| 12 | GM | Gavrilescu, David | 2542 | 5,5 | |
| 13 | GM | Maze, Sebastien | 2534 | 5,5 | |
| 14 | IM | Chasin, Nico | 2512 | 5,5 | |
| 15 | GM | Fodor, Tamas Jr | 2508 | 5,5 | |
| 16 | GM | Mikhalevski, Victor | 2504 | 5,5 | |
| 17 | GM | Wadsworth, Matthew J | 2487 | 5,5 | |
| 18 | IM | Aizenberg, Benny | 2444 | 5,5 | |
| 19 | IM | Kanyamarala, Tarun | 2376 | 5,5 | |
| 20 | GM | Kraemer, Martin | 2571 | 5 | |
| 21 | IM | Rozen, Eytan | 2515 | 5 | |
| 22 | GM | Royal, Shreyas | 2495 | 5 | |
| 23 | IM | Travadon, Loic | 2492 | 5 | |
| 24 | IM | Bazakutsa, Svyatoslav | 2478 | 5 | |
| 25 | GM | Greenfeld, Alon | 2465 | 5 | |
| 26 | IM | Czopor, Maciej | 2463 | 5 | |
| 27 | GM | Kovchan, Alexander | 2440 | 5 | |
| 28 | IM | Mahadevan, Siva | 2424 | 5 | |
| 29 | IM | Schmider, Niklas | 2423 | 5 | |
| 30 | Vu Dinh, Adrien | 2281 | 5 | ||
| 31 | FM | Kazarian, Anna-Maja | 2224 | 5 | |
| 32 | WIM | Kanyamarala, Trisha | 2149 | 5 |
Ivic,Velimir (2623) – Praggnanandhaa R (2761) [C78]
Round 7: Ivic, Velimir – Praggnanandhaa https://lichess.org/broadcast/ (7.1), 01.12.2025
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Bc5 6.c3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.d4 Bb6 9.Be3 0–0 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.h3 exd4 12.cxd4 Na5 13.Bc2 Bb7 14.b3 Nxe4 15.Nxe4 Bxe4 16.Bxe4 Rxe4 17.Ng5 Re7 18.Qd3 g6 19.Ne4 d5 20.Nf6+ Kh8 21.Ng4 Re8 22.Rac1 f6 23.Bf4 Re6 24.Rfe1 Qe7

½–½
Pranav Anand (2581) – Ivic,Velimir (2618) [B42]
Round 6: Pranav Anand – Ivic, Velimir https://lichess.org/broadcast/ (6.1), 30.11.2025
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Bc5 6.Nb3 Ba7 7.Qe2 Nc6 8.Nc3 d6 9.h4 b5 10.a3 Nf6 11.g4 Bb7 12.g5 Nd7 13.Bd2 Nc5 14.Rh3 Nxb3 15.cxb3 Nd4 16.Qd1 0–0 17.Be3 e5 18.b4 Qd7 19.Rg3 Qe6 20.Bb1 Kh8 21.Ba2 Qd7 22.Qd3 Rac8 23.h5 Ba8 24.h6 g6 25.f4 f5 26.gxf6 Rxf6 27.Kd2 Rxf4 28.Bxf4 exf4 29.Rg5 Qe7 30.Rg4 Qe5 31.Rh1 Bc6 32.Bd5 Bd7 33.Rg2 f3 34.Rf2 Bg4 35.Rhf1 Qf4+ 36.Kd1 Ne2 37.Rxf3 Nd4 38.e5 dxe5 39.Ke1 Qc1+ 40.Nd1 Bxf3 41.Bxf3 Qxh6 42.Qe4

42…Qh2 43.Ne3 Rc1+ 0–1
Praggnanandhaa R (2761) – Gavrilescu,David (2542) [C11]
Round 8: Praggnanandhaa R – Gavrilescu, https://lichess.org/broadcast/ (8.1), 24.11.2025
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.dxc5 Nc6 7.a3 Nxc5 8.Nf3 Be7 9.Be3 a6 10.Qd2 0–0 11.0–0–0 b5 12.Qf2 Nd7 13.Nd4 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 f6 15.Qg3 fxe5 16.fxe5 Bc5 17.Bxc5 Nxc5 18.b4 Nd7 19.Bd3 Qe7 20.Ne2 Nb6 21.Rhf1 Nc4 22.Rxf8+ Qxf8 23.Nd4 Ra7 24.Rf1 Rf7 25.Rxf7 Qxf7 26.Qh4 g6 27.Bxc4 dxc4 28.Qd8+ Kg7 29.Kb2 Bb7 30.g4 h6 31.h4 Bd5 32.g5 hxg5 33.hxg5 Kh7 34.Qf6 Qa7 35.Kc3 a5 36.Nxb5 axb4+ 37.Kxb4 Qe3 38.Qf7+ Kh8 39.Qf8+ Kh7 40.Qf7+ Kh8 41.Qe8+ Kg7 42.Qd7+ Kg8 43.Qd8+ Kg7 44.Qc7+ Kg8 45.Qb8+ Kg7

46.Qa7+ 1–0