GM Eric Hansen is the 9th highest rated player (out of 245). He is not the only Canadian player, since Daniel Abrahams and McGill Alumni David Zhou (who could surprise some players, since he has no FIDE rating) also participate. The 9 rounds Swiss tournament features a £5000 first prize.
[Event "London FIDE Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.12.04"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Hansen, Eric"]
[Black "Heuser, Philip"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2119"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
[WhiteClock "0:36:29"]
[BlackClock "0:29:29"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Nd2
Nbc6 9. N2f3 Bg4 10. O-O Nf5 11. Nxf5 Bxf5 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4 a6 14. c4 Be7
15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 exd5 17. Rfd1 O-O-O 18. Bb6 Rd7 19. g4 Be6 20. f4 g6 21.
Kf2 f6 22. Rac1+ Kb8 23. Bd4 Rf8 24. Kg3 fxe5 25. Bxe5+ Bd6 26. Bxd6+ Rxd6 27.
Rd4 Rc8 28. Rxc8+ Kxc8 29. Bd3 Rb6 30. b4 Kd7 31. Kh4 Ke7 32. Kg5 Kf7 33. f5
gxf5 34. gxf5 Bc8 35. a3 a5 36. bxa5 Rb3 37. Rxd5 Rxa3 38. Bc4 Ke8 39. Kf6 Bd7
40. Rd2 Rxa5 41. Bf7+ Kd8 42. Be6 1-0
[Event "London FIDE Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.12.04"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Dragun, Kamil"]
[Black "Abrahams, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2111"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
[WhiteClock "0:47:21"]
[BlackClock "0:46:15"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e3 d6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. a3
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 Re8 10. Be2 e5 11. O-O e4 12. Nd2 c6 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Rxa1 15.
Rxa1 d5 16. b5 Nf8 17. Ra8 Qe7 18. Qa4 Bd7 19. b6 dxc4 20. Rxe8 Qxe8 21. Nxc4
Nd5 22. Bb2 Qd8 23. Qa5 Be6 24. Ba3 Nd7 25. Bc5 f5 26. Bf1 g6 27. Qa7 f4 28.
Qxb7 fxe3 29. fxe3 Nxc5 30. dxc5 Nb4 31. Qa7 Nd3 32. b7 Qf8 33. b8=Q Bc8 34.
Bxd3 1-0