London Chess Classic 2018
8th - 17th December 2018 Grand Chess Tour Open Tournament
The 10th London Chess Classic finished at Olympia London Auditorium although the semi-finals of the Grand Chess Tour and British KO took place in the Google Building in Kings Cross Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Levon Aronian and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave play off for the Grand Chess Tour title. In addition there is the British Knockout Championship with 12 player. Entering at the Quarter Final Stage: Mickey Adams GM 2706, David Howell GM 2697, Gawain Jones GM 2683, Luke McShane GM 2667, Playing a Preliminary Round: Jonathan Hawkins GM 2579, John Nunn GM 2572, Matthew Turner GM 2536, Simon Williams GM 2466, Harriet Hunt IM 2440, Ravi Haria IM 2422, Alan Merry IM 2422, Jovanka Houska IM 2419. Hikaru Nakamura beat MVL in the final to win the Grand Chess Tour for 2018. Fabiano Caruana beat Levon Aronian to take 3rd place. Caruana didn't manage to gain rating points to over take Magnus Carlsen as World Number One. Gawain Jones beat Luke McShane in the final of the British KO Championship and Jules Moussard and Nick Pert scored 7.5/9 in the open.
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Semi-Final pairings
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Semi-Final 1
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Fabiano Caruana |
Hikaru Nakamura |
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Semi-Final 2
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Levon Aronian |
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave |
| Semi Final (11 Dec, 14.00) Classical Game 1 | Live Show  |
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| Fabiano Caruana | Hikaru Nakamura | ½-½ | C84 | Ruy Lopez |
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | Levon Aronian | ½-½ | D27 | QGA |
| Semi Final (12 Dec, 14.00) Classical Game 2 | Live Show |
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| Hikaru Nakamura | Fabiano Caruana | ½-½ | C84 | Ruy Lopez |
| Levon Aronian | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | ½-½ | D27 | QGA |
| Semi Final (13 Dec, 15.30) Rapid Game 1 & 2 | Live Show |
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| Levon Aronian | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | ½-½ | A13 | English |
| Hikaru Nakamura | Fabiano Caruana | ½-½ | A05 | Reti |
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | Levon Aronian | 1-0 | A04 | Reti |
| Fabiano Caruana | Hikaru Nakamura | 0-1 | A05 | Reti |
| Semi Final (13 Dec, 17.00) Blitz Game 1-4 | Live Show |
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| Levon Aronian | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 0-1 | D27 | QGA |
| Hikaru Nakamura | Fabiano Caruana | 0-1 | C84 | Ruy Lopez |
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | Levon Aronian | 1-0 | D27 | QGA |
| Fabiano Caruana | Hikaru Nakamura | 0-1 | C84 | Ruy Lopez |
| Levon Aronian | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 1-0 | D27 | QGA |
| Hikaru Nakamura | Fabiano Caruana | 1-0 | C84 | Ruy Lopez |
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | Levon Aronian | 1-0 | D27 | QGA |
| Fabiano Caruana | Hikaru Nakamura | 0-1 | C84 | Ruy Lopez |
| Final (15 Dec, 14.00) Classical Game 3 | Live Show |
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| Hikaru Nakamura | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | ½-½ | D27 | QGA |
| Third Place Playoff (15 Dec, 14.00) Classical Game 3 | Live Show |
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| Fabiano Caruana | Levon Aronian | ½-½ | C84 | Ruy Lopez |
| Third Place Playoff (15 Dec, 14.00) Classical Game 3 | Live Show |
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| Fabiano Caruana | Levon Aronian | ½-½ | C84 | Ruy Lopez |
| Final (16 Dec, 14.00) Classical Game 4 | Live Show |
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| Hikaru Nakamura | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | ½-½ | D27 | QGA |
| Third Place Playoff (17 Dec, 14.00) Rapid Game 3 & 4 | Live Show |
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| Levon Aronian | Fabiano Caruana | ½-½ | C84 | Ruy Lopez |
| Fabiano Caruana | Levon Aronian | ½-½ | C84 | Ruy Lopez |
| Final (17 Dec, 14.00) Rapid Game 3 & 4 | Live Show |
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| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | Hikaru Nakamura | ½-½ | D27 | QGA |
| Hikaru Nakamura | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | ½-½ | D27 | QGA |
| Third Place Playoff (17 Dec, 17.00) Blitz 5 & 8 | Live Show |
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| Fabiano Caruana | Levon Aronian | 1-0 | C84 | Ruy Lopez |
| Fabiano Caruana | Levon Aronian | 0-1 | C84 | Ruy Lopez |
| Levon Aronian | Fabiano Caruana | 0-1 | C84 | Ruy Lopez |
| Fabiano Caruana | Levon Aronian | 1-0 | C84 | Ruy Lopez |
| Final (17 Dec, 17.00) Blitz 5 & 8 | Live Show |
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| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | Hikaru Nakamura | ½-½ | D27 | QGA |
| Hikaru Nakamura | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | ½-½ | D27 | QGA |
| Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | Hikaru Nakamura | ½-½ | D27 | QGA |
| Hikaru Nakamura | Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 1-0 | D27 | QGA |
