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: |
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| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TPR |
| 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) | ||||||
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| 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 | |
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6th London CC Elite Blitz 2014 London ENG Sat 6th Dec 2014 - Sun 14th Dec 2014
Leading Final Round 10 Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Gms | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Pts | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 |
| 1 | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 2745 | 10 | ** | ½0 | 11 | 11 | 0½ | 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 | 1½ | 10 | 00 | 00 | ** | 10 | 10.0 | |||
| 6 | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2829 | 10 | 01 | 00 | 00 | 01 | 01 | ** | 9.0 | |||
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6th LCC Super Rapidplay Open 2014 London ENG Sat 6th Dec 2014 - Sun 14th Dec 2014
Leading Final Round 10 Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Rtg | TB1 |
| 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 | |
