Britain’s most prestigious chess event

Britain’s most prestigious chess tournament, the XTX Markets London Chess Classic, is back this month with a world-class field and even more at stake at Arsenal FC’s Emirates Stadium. he 2025 edition, the 15th, features a stacked line-up of super grandmasters battling for a total £50,000 prize fund between November 26 and December 5. What makes it vitally important, however, is that the result of this tournament could determine who is the next world champion.