London Chess Classic FIDE Rated Open

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Amongst the female players who played in the open, by far the most positive result was that of IM Jovanka Houska who finished 2nd= with English GMs Mark Hebden and Simon Williams. She achieved a 2520 performance and scored 1.5 above her expected score.

Rnd Table Pno Name Fed. Rating Score opponent Score player BH SB TPR W-We total W-We per game Colour Float Result

1 17 80 Har-Even, Abir ISR 2045 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 +0.00 +0.11 w 1
2 13 54 Almond, Richard J ENG 2174 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 2780 +0.11 +0.22 b 1
3 8 52 Maduekwe, Chiedu NGR 2182 2.0 2.0 1.5 1.5 2845 +0.33 -0.27 w ½
4 9 32 Collyer, Curt D USA 2294 2.5 2.5 5.5 4.25 2407 +0.06 +0.37 b 1
5 3 25 IM Rendle, Thomas E ENG 2382 3.5 3.5 9.5 8.25 2510 +0.43 -0.01 w ½
6 6 43 Stephan, Axel GER 2225 4.0 4.0 15.0 11.75 2455 +0.42 +0.28 b 1
7 3 4 GM Hebden, Mark L ENG 2522 5.0 5.0 21.0 17.25 2490 +0.70 +0.18 w ½
8 3 5 GM Wells, Peter K ENG 2489 5.5 5.5 30.5 23.0 2491 +0.88 +0.13 b ½
9 3 20 IM Buckley, Graeme N ENG 2388 6.0 6.0 39.5 28.5 2482 +1.01 +0.50 w 1
Total 7.0 49.5 37.75 2520 +1.51

Natasha Regan also played and scored 5/9, recovering from a slow start to finish with three wins in the last three rounds.