London Chess Classic 2013
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
This is taking place at the Olympic Conference Centre, Kensington, December 11 to 15. The format is a super-rapid tournament (25 minutes + 10 seconds per move). There are sixteen players, split into four groups, with the top two from each group qualifying for the quarterfinal knockout stages.
Scoring will be 3 points for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. First prize is 50,000 euros.
Participants
Group A
Luke McShane
Andrei Istratescu
Michael Adams
Vishy Anand
Group B
Vladimir Kramnik
Jonathan Rowson
Matthew Sadler
Peter Svidler
Group C
Boris Gelfand
Gawain Jones
Hikaru Nakamura
Judit Polgar
Group D
Nigel Short
Fabiano Caruana
Emil Sutovsky
David Howell
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The players were introduced this morning. The audience appears to be school children from the Chess in Schools and Communities program.
The commentators are Lawrence Trent, Danny King and Stephen Gordon. There are little press conferences with the players after each mini-round.
The favorite is the highest-rated rapid player, Hikaru Nakamura.
Games with live analysis can be followed at:
http://live1.londonchessclassic.com/index.html
They appear to start at 10:00 a.m. Toronto/Montreal time.
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Some Round One games:
London Chess Classic Rapid
Round One
Dec. 11, 2013
Kramnik, Vladimir - Svidler, Peter
A04 Reti Opening
1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Nf6 3. e5 Nh5 4. d4 d6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. O-O Bg7 7. exd6 exd6 8. Bg5 Nf6 9. c4 h6 10. Be3 d5 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Ne5 O-O 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. b3 dxc4 15. bxc4 Ne8 16. Rc1 Nd6 17. d5 cxd5 18. Nxd5 Re8 19. Nxc7 Qxc7 20. Bf4 Red8 21. c5 Ne8 22. Bxc7 Rxd1 23. Rfxd1 Nxc7 24. Bc4 Bf5 25. Bb3 a5 26. Rc4 Bf8 27. c6 Be7 28. g4 Be6 29. Re4 Rc8 30. Rd7 Kf8 31. Bxe6 Nxe6 32. Rc4 Bc5 33. Kf1 g5 34. Ra4 Rxc6 35. Rxa5 Rb6 36. Rd2 Nf4 37. Rd1 Bd4 38. Rf5 Bf6 39. a4 Kg7 40. h4 Rb2 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. Kg1 Ra2 43. a5 Ne6 44. Rd6 Ra4 45. f3 Bd4+ 46. Kf1 Nf4 47. Rxg5+ Kf8 48. Ke1 Be3 49. Re5 Ra1+ 50. Rd1 Ra2 51. Rd8+ Kg7 52. Kd1 Ra3 53. Kc2 Ne6 54. Rd7 Kg6 55. Kb2 1-0
London Chess Classic Rapid
Round One
Dec. 11, 2013
Caruana, Fabiano - Sutovsky, Emil
A48 King's Indian, London System
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 d6 4. h3 c5 5. dxc5 Qa5+ 6. Qd2 Qxc5 7. Nc3 Bf5 8. Nd4 Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. f3 Bc6 11. e4 e5 12. Be3 exd4 13. Bxd4 Bh6 14. Qf2 Qa5+ 15. Bc3 Qd8 16. Bxh8 f6 17. Qh4 Bg5 18. Qxh7 Qa5+ 19. c3 Nd7 20. Qxg6+ Ke7 21. h4 Be3 22. Bxf6+ Nxf6 23. Qg7+ Ke6 24. g3 Bf2+ 25. Kd2 Be3+ 26. Kc2 Bxe4+ 27. fxe4 Qa4+ 28. b3 Qxe4+ 29. Kb2 Qf3 30. Bh3+ Kd5 1-0
London Chess Classic Rapid
Round One
Dec. 11, 2013
Jones, Gawain - Nakamura, Hikaru
B40 Sicilian
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. c3 Bd7 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Rc8 14. Qd3 a6 15. h4 h6 16. Bf4 Na5 17. Ne5 Bb5 18. Qf3 Bd6 19. Qh5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Bc6 21. Rad1 Qe7 22. Bf1 Rfd8 23. Rd6 Bb5 24. Bg2 Bc6 25. Bf1 Bd5 26. Qg4 Kh8 27. Qh5 Kg8 28. Qg4 Kf8 29. Qh5 Ke8 30. Qg4 Qf8 31. Rd1 g6 32. c4 Nxc4 0.5-0.5
London Chess Classic Rapid
Round One
Dec. 11, 2013
McShane, Luke - Anand, Vishy
B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights
1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Bb4 8. e5 Nfd7 9. Qg4 Bf8 10. d4 c5 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Be3 h5 14. Qg3 d4 15. Ne4 h4 16. Qf3 Qd5 17. c4 Qxe5 18. Bf4 Qf5 19. Bd3 Qh5 20. Nf6+ gxf6 21. Qxb7 Ne5 22. Qxa8 Bd6 23. c5 Nf3+ 24. Qxf3 Qxf3 25. gxf3 Bxf4 26. b4 Nc6 27. Bb5 Kd7 28. Rfd1 e5 29. a3 f5 30. Kf1 Kc7 31. Ke2 e4 32. fxe4 fxe4 33. Bxc6 d3+ 34. Kf1 Kxc6 35. Kg2 Kd5 36. Rg1 Be5 37. Rad1 Rg8+ 38. Kf1 Rxg1+ 39. Kxg1 f5 40. Kg2 Kd4 41. c6 f4 42. b5 Bc7 43. Rb1 d2 44. Kf1 Kd3 45. a4 e3 46. fxe3 fxe3 0-1
London Chess Classic Rapid
Round One
Dec. 11, 2013
Gelfand, Boris - Polgar, Judit
E15 Queen's Indian, Nimzowitsch Variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 Be4 10. Qb2 c5 11. Nc3 d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bg5 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Nbd7 15. Bh3 Ra7 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Bxd7 Rxd7 18. Qxc5 Bxf3 19. exf3 d4 20. Rad1 Rd5 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qc4 Qd7 23. Rd2 Rc8 24. Qd3 Re8 25. Rfd1 Rd8 26. Kg2 Qd6 27. Re1 f5 28. Rc2 Kg7 29. Rec1 Rd7 30. Rc6 Qe5 31. Qd2 f4 32. Re1 Qb8 33. Re4 Qd8 34. Rxf4 R7d6 35. Rxd6 Qxd6 36. Qd3 f5 37. Rh4 Qf6 1-0
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
This is taking place at the Olympic Conference Centre, Kensington, December 11 to 15. The format is a super-rapid tournament (25 minutes + 10 seconds per move). There are sixteen players, split into four groups, with the top two from each group qualifying for the quarterfinal knockout stages.
Scoring will be 3 points for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss. First prize is 50,000 euros.
Participants
Group A
Luke McShane
Andrei Istratescu
Michael Adams
Vishy Anand
Group B
Vladimir Kramnik
Jonathan Rowson
Matthew Sadler
Peter Svidler
Group C
Boris Gelfand
Gawain Jones
Hikaru Nakamura
Judit Polgar
Group D
Nigel Short
Fabiano Caruana
Emil Sutovsky
David Howell
+++++++++++++
The players were introduced this morning. The audience appears to be school children from the Chess in Schools and Communities program.
The commentators are Lawrence Trent, Danny King and Stephen Gordon. There are little press conferences with the players after each mini-round.
The favorite is the highest-rated rapid player, Hikaru Nakamura.
Games with live analysis can be followed at:
http://live1.londonchessclassic.com/index.html
They appear to start at 10:00 a.m. Toronto/Montreal time.
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Some Round One games:
London Chess Classic Rapid
Round One
Dec. 11, 2013
Kramnik, Vladimir - Svidler, Peter
A04 Reti Opening
1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Nf6 3. e5 Nh5 4. d4 d6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. O-O Bg7 7. exd6 exd6 8. Bg5 Nf6 9. c4 h6 10. Be3 d5 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Ne5 O-O 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. b3 dxc4 15. bxc4 Ne8 16. Rc1 Nd6 17. d5 cxd5 18. Nxd5 Re8 19. Nxc7 Qxc7 20. Bf4 Red8 21. c5 Ne8 22. Bxc7 Rxd1 23. Rfxd1 Nxc7 24. Bc4 Bf5 25. Bb3 a5 26. Rc4 Bf8 27. c6 Be7 28. g4 Be6 29. Re4 Rc8 30. Rd7 Kf8 31. Bxe6 Nxe6 32. Rc4 Bc5 33. Kf1 g5 34. Ra4 Rxc6 35. Rxa5 Rb6 36. Rd2 Nf4 37. Rd1 Bd4 38. Rf5 Bf6 39. a4 Kg7 40. h4 Rb2 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. Kg1 Ra2 43. a5 Ne6 44. Rd6 Ra4 45. f3 Bd4+ 46. Kf1 Nf4 47. Rxg5+ Kf8 48. Ke1 Be3 49. Re5 Ra1+ 50. Rd1 Ra2 51. Rd8+ Kg7 52. Kd1 Ra3 53. Kc2 Ne6 54. Rd7 Kg6 55. Kb2 1-0
London Chess Classic Rapid
Round One
Dec. 11, 2013
Caruana, Fabiano - Sutovsky, Emil
A48 King's Indian, London System
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 d6 4. h3 c5 5. dxc5 Qa5+ 6. Qd2 Qxc5 7. Nc3 Bf5 8. Nd4 Ne4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. f3 Bc6 11. e4 e5 12. Be3 exd4 13. Bxd4 Bh6 14. Qf2 Qa5+ 15. Bc3 Qd8 16. Bxh8 f6 17. Qh4 Bg5 18. Qxh7 Qa5+ 19. c3 Nd7 20. Qxg6+ Ke7 21. h4 Be3 22. Bxf6+ Nxf6 23. Qg7+ Ke6 24. g3 Bf2+ 25. Kd2 Be3+ 26. Kc2 Bxe4+ 27. fxe4 Qa4+ 28. b3 Qxe4+ 29. Kb2 Qf3 30. Bh3+ Kd5 1-0
London Chess Classic Rapid
Round One
Dec. 11, 2013
Jones, Gawain - Nakamura, Hikaru
B40 Sicilian
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. c3 Bd7 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Rc8 14. Qd3 a6 15. h4 h6 16. Bf4 Na5 17. Ne5 Bb5 18. Qf3 Bd6 19. Qh5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Bc6 21. Rad1 Qe7 22. Bf1 Rfd8 23. Rd6 Bb5 24. Bg2 Bc6 25. Bf1 Bd5 26. Qg4 Kh8 27. Qh5 Kg8 28. Qg4 Kf8 29. Qh5 Ke8 30. Qg4 Qf8 31. Rd1 g6 32. c4 Nxc4 0.5-0.5
London Chess Classic Rapid
Round One
Dec. 11, 2013
McShane, Luke - Anand, Vishy
B11 Caro-Kann, Two Knights
1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nc3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Bb4 8. e5 Nfd7 9. Qg4 Bf8 10. d4 c5 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Be3 h5 14. Qg3 d4 15. Ne4 h4 16. Qf3 Qd5 17. c4 Qxe5 18. Bf4 Qf5 19. Bd3 Qh5 20. Nf6+ gxf6 21. Qxb7 Ne5 22. Qxa8 Bd6 23. c5 Nf3+ 24. Qxf3 Qxf3 25. gxf3 Bxf4 26. b4 Nc6 27. Bb5 Kd7 28. Rfd1 e5 29. a3 f5 30. Kf1 Kc7 31. Ke2 e4 32. fxe4 fxe4 33. Bxc6 d3+ 34. Kf1 Kxc6 35. Kg2 Kd5 36. Rg1 Be5 37. Rad1 Rg8+ 38. Kf1 Rxg1+ 39. Kxg1 f5 40. Kg2 Kd4 41. c6 f4 42. b5 Bc7 43. Rb1 d2 44. Kf1 Kd3 45. a4 e3 46. fxe3 fxe3 0-1
London Chess Classic Rapid
Round One
Dec. 11, 2013
Gelfand, Boris - Polgar, Judit
E15 Queen's Indian, Nimzowitsch Variation
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a5 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 Be4 10. Qb2 c5 11. Nc3 d5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Bg5 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Nbd7 15. Bh3 Ra7 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Bxd7 Rxd7 18. Qxc5 Bxf3 19. exf3 d4 20. Rad1 Rd5 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Qc4 Qd7 23. Rd2 Rc8 24. Qd3 Re8 25. Rfd1 Rd8 26. Kg2 Qd6 27. Re1 f5 28. Rc2 Kg7 29. Rec1 Rd7 30. Rc6 Qe5 31. Qd2 f4 32. Re1 Qb8 33. Re4 Qd8 34. Rxf4 R7d6 35. Rxd6 Qxd6 36. Qd3 f5 37. Rh4 Qf6 1-0
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