London Chess Classic 2014

London Chess Classic 2014

6th Dec - 14th December 2014          Open Tournament


The tournament was once again organized and directed by IM Malcolm Pein. The world champion, Magnus Carlsen, declined his invitation due to the closeness of his world championship re-match with Viswanathan Anand. Anand indicated that he was able to play, no matter the outcome of his title match. The main tournament was a single round, all-play-all format, where the uneven colour split was decided in favour of the winners of the Elite Blitz contest. Sofia Rules and football-style scoring (three points for a win and one for a draw) were used to discourage draws. Anand was declared winner of the Elite tournament on tie-break, due to scoring the only win with the black pieces

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6th London Classic 2014 London ENG Wed 10th Dec 2014 - Sun 14th Dec 2014
Leading Final Round 5 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtg123456PtsTB1TB2TPR
1 Anand, Viswanathan GM IND 2793 # 1 1 1 3 1 7 1 1 2849
2 Kramnik, Vladimir GM RUS 2769 1 # 1 3 1 1 7 1 0 2854
3 Giri, Anish GM NED 2768 1 1 # 1 3 1 7 1 0 2854
4 Nakamura, Hikaru GM USA 2775 1 0 1 # 3 1 6 2781
5 Adams, Michael GM ENG 2745 0 1 0 0 # 3 4 1 2638
6 Caruana, Fabiano GM ITA 2829 1 1 1 1 0 # 4 0 2698
Round 1 (December 10, 2014)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Anand, Viswanathan ½-½ 45 D44 Anti-Meran Gambit
Nakamura, Hikaru - Giri, Anish ½-½ 33 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Adams, Michael - Caruana, Fabiano 1-0 73 C90 Ruy Lopez
Round 2 (December 11, 2014)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Nakamura, Hikaru 1-0 41 E92 King's Indian Classical
Anand, Viswanathan - Caruana, Fabiano ½-½ 17 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Giri, Anish - Adams, Michael 1-0 47 E01 Catalan
Round 3 (December 12, 2014)
Nakamura, Hikaru - Anand, Viswanathan ½-½ 36 C52 Evans Gambit
Caruana, Fabiano - Giri, Anish ½-½ 44 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Adams, Michael - Kramnik, Vladimir ½-½ 54 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 4 (December 13, 2014)
Kramnik, Vladimir - Caruana, Fabiano ½-½ 35 D91 Gruenfeld 5.Bg5
Anand, Viswanathan - Giri, Anish ½-½ 43 D37 QGD 5.Bf4
Nakamura, Hikaru - Adams, Michael 1-0 40 D30 Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Round 5 (December 14, 2014)
Giri, Anish - Kramnik, Vladimir ½-½ 63 E06 Catalan
Caruana, Fabiano - Nakamura, Hikaru ½-½ 81 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin
Adams, Michael - Anand, Viswanathan 0-1 36 C67 Ruy Lopez Berlin



6th London CC Elite Blitz 2014 London ENG Sat 6th Dec 2014 - Sun 14th Dec 2014
Leading Final Round 10 Standings:
RkNameTiFEDRtgGms123456PtsTB1TB2TB3
1 Adams, Michael g ENG 2745 10 ** ½0 11 11 10 17.0 5 2 7
2 Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2775 10 ½1 ** ½0 01 01 11 17.0 5 2 5
3 Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2769 10 00 ½1 ** ½0 11 11 17.0 5 2 4
4 Giri, Anish g NED 2768 10 00 10 ½1 ** 11 10 16.0
5 Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2793 10 10 00 00 ** 10 10.0
6 Caruana, Fabiano g ITA 2829 10 01 00 00 01 01 ** 9.0



6th LCC Super Rapidplay Open 2014 London ENG Sat 6th Dec 2014 - Sun 14th Dec 2014
Leading Final Round 10 Standings:
RkSNoNameRtgTB1
1 1 Nakamura Hikaru 2905 9.5
2 12 Giri Anish 2674 8.5
3 2 Caruana Fabiano 2858 8.0
3 Anand Viswanathan 2809 8.0
5 Kramnik Vladimir 2785 8.0
7 Short Nigel D 2740 8.0
11 Lenderman Aleksandr 2680 8.0
15 Hansen Eric 2658 8.0
19 Naroditsky Daniel 2620 8.0
20 Pert Nicholas 2620 8.0
27 Greenfeld Alon 2541 8.0
45 Williams Simon K 2448 8.0
13 4 Adams Michael 2808 7.5
6 Sadler Matthew D 2770 7.5
8 Agdestein Simen 2718 7.5
13 McShane Luke J 2673 7.5
26 Cherniaev Alexander 2553 7.5
28 Adair James R 2538 7.5
33 Chirila Ioan-Cristian 2503 7.5
38 Dourerassou Jonathan 2481 7.5
64 Trent Lawrence 2388 7.5
22 10 Howell David W L 2680 7.0
14 Hebden Mark L 2665 7.0
16 Hawkins Jonathan 2635 7.0
17 Jones Gawain C B 2628 7.0
18 Ghasi Ameet K 2620 7.0
21 Nunn John D M 2601 7.0
22 Gormally Daniel W 2583 7.0
24 Bluebaum Matthias 2560 7.0
30 Stopa Jacek 2521 7.0
36 McDonald Neil 2485 7.0
37 Wallace John Paul 2485 7.0
40 Bates Richard A 2470 7.0
41 Gordon Stephen J 2470 7.0
42 Speelman Jon S 2470 7.0
48 Wells Peter K 2433 7.0
49 Kiik Kalle 2425 7.0
56 Milliet Sophie 2410 7.0
57 Weber Tom 2404 7.0
62 Roberson Peter T 2395 7.0
63 Ledger Andrew J 2388 7.0
68 Bukojemski Adam 2365 7.0
77 Gavriel Tryfon C 2320 7.0
85 Brendel Oliver 2281 7.0
99 Zujev Oleg 2198 7.0
108 Salomon Johan 2185 7.0
47 9 Van Wely Loek 2692 6.5
23 Dragun Kamil 2563 6.5
31 Rendle Thomas E 2515 6.5
34 Fodor Tamas Jr. 2499 6.5