[Event "4th London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.12.09"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 d5 {Kramnik plays a variation aimed against g6. Wanted to
avoid Jones' preparation as he needed a win.} 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb2 e6 5. g3 Nc6 6.
Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. cxd5 exd5 (10... Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5
12. d4 {Not easy for black to equalise - Kramnik.}) 11. d4 {"Objectively
slightly better and much more time." Kramnik outlines the success of his
opening surprise.} Ne4 12. dxc5 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 bxc5 14. Qe2 Re8 (14... Qb6 15.
Qb2 {was a concept overlooked by Jones.}) (14... Qd6 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Ne1 Qe6
17. Nd3) 15. Rfd1 Bf8 {"I liked everything here." - Kramnik.} 16. Qb5 {Going
for an ending where white has very big winning chances.} Qb6 (16... Rb8 17. Ne1
Ba8 18. Qa4 Ne7) 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Rxd5 Nd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 cxd4 21.
Bxd4 {"I need to keep my rook. If I keep my rook by bishop on d5 is very
strong." - Kramnik.} Ra5 (21... Rab8 22. a4) 22. e4 Bc5 (22... b5 23. Rc1) 23.
Bc3 Ra3 24. Bb2 Ra7 25. a4 Rc7 26. Ra2 {Protecting against Bf2+} (26. Rc1 Bd6
27. Rxc7 Bxc7 28. Bd4 {With the king coming in to b5.}) 26... h6 (26... Kf8)
27. Kg2 Kh7 28. f4 (28. g4 g6 29. Bf6) 28... f6 29. Kf3 (29. h4) 29... Rd7 30.
a5 {Wasn't Kramnik's plan but he didn't like the way he had played and felt
this was forced.} (30. Bc3 Rxd5 31. exd5 Re3+) 30... bxa5 31. Rxa5 Rc8 32. Rb5
(32. Be6 Rd3+ 33. Kg4 Rc6 {leads to a mess.}) 32... Rd6 $2 (32... Ra7 33. Be6
Rc6 34. Bd5 Rc8 35. e5) 33. Rb7 Rb6 34. Rf7 Rf8 $2 (34... Rcb8 35. Kg4 Rxb3 36.
Bxf6) 35. Rc7 Bd6 36. Rd7 Ra6 37. Bd4 Bb8 38. Bc5 Re8 39. Kg4 Ra2 40. h4 Rc8
41. b4 Ra3 42. h5 {White didn't see a reason to hurry.} Rc3 43. Bd4 R3c7 44.
Rxc7 {The most human way. - Kramnik.} Bxc7 45. Kf5 Bd6 46. b5 Rc1 47. b6 Bb8
48. Ke6 Rh1 49. Bc5 1-0

[Event "4th London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.12.09"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. e4 Ne7 8. Re1
O-O 9. d4 {Carlsen pointed out this was the kind of repertoire that Aronian
played as a junior but that he was a better player once he learned some theory.
} a5 10. a4 Rc8 11. c3 Bh5 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Qf1 Bb8 {Already black must be at
least equal.} 14. b3 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nd5 16. Bb2 e5 17. Ned2 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 exd4
19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. cxd4 Bd6 21. Re1 Qd8 22. Nc4 Bb4 23. Re2 N7f6 24. Qc1 Qc7
25. Kg2 Rd8 26. Qc2 h6 27. Ne3 Bf8 28. Nf5 Qd7 29. Re5 g6 30. Nh4 Bg7 31. Ba3
$6 {Losing a pawn.} Nb4 32. Qe2 Qxd4 33. Re7 Rd7 34. Rxd7 Qxd7 35. Bxb4 axb4
36. Qd1 Nd5 (36... Qxd1 37. Bxd1 Nd5) 37. Be2 Bf6 38. Nf3 Kg7 39. Qd2 Bc3 40.
Qc2 Qg4 41. Qc1 Qe4 42. Qd1 Bf6 43. Bc4 Nb6 44. Bf1 Bc3 45. h3 Qe7 46. Bd3 Qe6
47. Bf1 Bf6 48. Qc2 Qd5 49. Bd3 Bc3 50. h4 Qe6 51. h5 g5 52. Bf5 Qd5 53. Be4
Qd6 54. Bd3 Qd5 55. Be4 Qd6 56. Bd3 Nd7 57. Bc4 Nf6 58. Qe2 b6 59. Nh2 b5 60.
axb5 cxb5 61. Bxb5 Qd5+ 62. Kg1 Qxb3 63. Bc4 Qb1+ (63... Qa4 64. Ng4 Nxg4 65.
Qxg4 b3 66. Qe4 b2 67. Bd3 Qxe4 68. Bxe4 Kf6 69. Kf1 Ke5 70. f3 Kd4 71. Ke2 Bb4
72. Bb1 Kc3 73. Ke3 Ba5 74. g4 Bb6+ 75. Ke2 {Doesn't seem to win either.}) 64.
Nf1 Qe1 65. Qxe1 Bxe1 66. Ne3 Ne4 67. Nf5+ Kf8 68. Nxh6 Bxf2+ 69. Kg2 Nd6 70.
Bd3 Bd4 71. Nf5 Nxf5 72. Bxf5 Kg7 73. Bc2 g4 74. Bf5 b3 75. Bxg4 Kh6 76. Bf5
Kxh5 77. g4+ Kg5 78. Kf3 b2 79. Bb1 Be5 80. Bc2 Bd4 81. Bb1 Be5 82. Bc2 Bd4
1/2-1/2

[Event "4th London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.12.09"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Nec3 Nd7 12. Bc4 g6 13. a4 Bh6 (13... Rc8 {
1-0 Heberla,B (2539)-Nitin,S (2387)/Mumbai IND 2011/The Week in Chess 881 (67)}
) 14. a5 Rc8 15. Ba2 O-O 16. O-O Kg7 17. b4 Rc6 18. Qd3 Qg5 19. Rfd1 Rfc8 20.
Bb3 f5 21. exf5 gxf5 {Nakamura spent a lot of time here on the consequences of
22.b5 and felt foolish at the wasted time when he saw Anand's quick reply.} 22.
Ne2 {Played straight away!} (22. b5) (22. f4 exf4 23. Ne2 Ne5 24. Ndxf4 Bxb3
25. Qxb3 Kh7) 22... f4 23. Ndxf4 Bxb3 24. h4 Qg4 25. f3 Bxc2 26. fxg4 Bxd3 27.
Nxh5+ Kg8 (27... Kg6 28. Rxd3 Bf8 29. Rad1) 28. Rxd3 Bf8 29. Kh2 Rc4 30. Kh3 {
Vishy played it very accurately.} Rxb4 31. Rf3 Rc2 32. Nc3 $6 {Anand got a
long way to calculating the consequences of Raf1 which would have been much
clearer than the game.} (32. Raf1 Rxe2 33. Rf7 Rb3+ 34. Kh2 Rbb2 (34... Rb1 $1)
35. Rxd7 Rxg2+ 36. Kh3 Rh2+ 37. Kg3 Rbg2+ 38. Kf3 e4+ 39. Kf4 (39. Kxe4 $1)
39... Rxh4 40. Nf6+ Kh8 {"But this might be winning anyway." - Anand.} 41. Kg5
{"Basically I screwed up." - Anand}) 32... e4 33. Rg3 Rd2 34. Re1 d5 35. Nf4
Rbd4 36. Ncxd5 Rxd5 37. Nxd5 Rxd5 38. Rxe4 Rxa5 39. g5 Ra3 40. Re8 {Anand
didn't like this either and he had a lot of time.} (40. Rxa3 {May well have
been better. Now what follows is just terribly difficult to calculate and so
the errors can't really be called errors.} Bxa3 41. Kg4 b5 42. Kf5 b4 43. Re7
Nf8 44. Rb7 a5 45. g6 Bb2 46. h5) 40... Rxg3+ 41. Kxg3 b5 42. Rd8 Nc5 43. Rb8
Kf7 {Very tricky.} 44. g6+ $6 {In retrospect probably not very good.} (44. Kg4
Nd7 45. Rb7 Ke6 {This is what I didn't like. - Anand.} 46. g6 b4 47. h5 a5 48.
Kg5 Be7+ 49. Kh6 Nf6 50. g7 Kf7 51. g4 Nxg4+ 52. Kh7 {It's difficult to have
any clarity at the board.}) 44... Kg7 45. Kg4 b4 46. h5 b3 47. Kf5 Bd6 48. Rb4
(48. Rb6 Bc7 49. Rc6 Ba5 50. Rc8) 48... a5 49. Rb6 a4 50. Rxd6 b2 {Now
calculation at the end of such a long game is very hard. I believe some
computers think this was an error but it is hard to say.} 51. Rb6 a3 52. Kg5 (
52. g4 Ne4) 52... Ne4+ 53. Kf4 {Anand played this and just about let go but
really wanted to play Kf5. It isn't really that clear which move is best
anyhow.} (53. Kf5 {I hestitated as to whether I could do a Garry.} a2 54. Rxb2
Nd6+ 55. Kg5 a1=Q 56. h6+ Kf8 57. g7+) 53... a2 54. Rb7+ Kf8 55. Rxb2 a1=Q 56.
Rb8+ Ke7 57. Kxe4 {Nakamura was down to three minutes and so calculation was
very hard. He saw Qa4 followed by Qd7 rather than the easily winning Qc6 but
it might be that works too. Nakamura didn't appreciate how safe white's king
becomes. White wants to get his rook to f3 if he can and his king in the
corner but he's a mile away from that.} Qe1+ (57... Qa4+ 58. Ke5 Qc6 (58... Qd7
59. Rb1 Qe6+ 60. Kd4 Qg4+ 61. Kc3 Qxh5 {and a fortress will be impossible to
achieve.} 62. Rb7+ Kf8 63. Kd4 Qxg6 64. Kc5) 59. Rb1 Qc5+ 60. Kf4 Qd4+ 61. Kg5
Qe3+ {wins.}) 58. Kf3 Qc3+ 59. Kg4 Qd4+ 60. Kh3 Qd3+ 61. Kh4 Qe4+ 62. g4 Qe1+
63. Kh3 Qe3+ 64. Kh4 Qe1+ 65. Kh3 Qe3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.12.09"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. d3 {Keeping
his options open. "I was kind of happy with d3." - Polgar. Carlsen didn't like
the choice from McShane either.} (7. e3) (7. Rb1) 7... Nf6 (7... d6 {1/2-1/2
Mensch,E (2366)-Bauer,C (2612)/Biel SUI 2010/The Week in Chess 820 (47)}) 8.
Bg5 h6 (8... O-O 9. Qd2) 9. Bd2 d5 10. Qc1 $6 {"It's not a ridiculous idea."
McShane but Polgar was happy to see it.} (10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Rc1) 10... Rc8 11.
Rb1 Qd7 12. b3 d4 $1 13. Nb5 h5 14. b4 cxb4 15. Bxb4 a6 16. Na3 Nxb4 17. Rxb4
Nd5 18. Rb3 Nc3 {"The problem was that I underestimated the power of the
knight coming to c3 so I end up with a rotten position by force." - McShane.}
19. Qd2 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 h4 21. g4 (21. Rxb6 hxg3 22. hxg3 Qh3 23. Re1 (23. Ra1
Bh6 24. Qe1 Be3 25. fxe3) 23... Bh6 24. Qb2 Be3 {"I didn't see it to a forced
win but it looked absolutely terrifying." - McShane.}) 21... b5 $1 {
Practically there are no counterchances - Polgar.} 22. h3 O-O 23. cxb5 axb5 24.
Nc2 (24. Nb1 Qd6 25. Nxc3 dxc3 26. Qc2 b4 27. Rfb1 Rb8 28. e3 e5) 24... Rc5 25.
Ne1 Bf6 26. Ng2 Bg5 27. Qb2 Rfc8 28. Kh1 (28. Be4 Nxe4 (28... Bc1 29. Rxc1
Nxe2+ 30. Qxe2 Rxc1+ 31. Kh2 R8c2 32. Qf3 Qd6+ 33. Qf4 Qxf4+ 34. Nxf4 Rxf2+ 35.
Ng2 g5 36. Rxb5 f6) 29. dxe4 Rc2 (29... Bc1)) 28... Qd6 29. Ra3 Na4 30. Rxa4
bxa4 31. Ne1 Rc1 32. Qb7 Rb8 33. Qa7 Bd2 0-1

[Event "4th London Classic Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.12.09"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Hebden, Mark L"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "400084"]
[BlackFideId "13302485"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Nbd7
9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Bg2 dxc4 11. Qe2 Nb6 12. O-O Qc7 13. e4 e5 14. Be3 exd4 15.
Bxd4 O-O-O 16. Rfd1 Nfd7 17. b3 Nc5 18. bxc4 Rxd4 19. Rxd4 Ne6 20. Rdd1 Qe5 21.
Rac1 Ba3 22. Rc2 Nd4 23. Rxd4 Qxd4 24. Nd1 Rd8 25. Ne3 Bc5 26. Nf1 Qe5 27. Nd2
Nd7 28. Nf3 Qa1+ 29. Qf1 Qf6 30. Rd2 Nf8 31. Rxd8+ Qxd8 32. Qa1 Ne6 33. Bf1 Qb6
34. Qe1 Qb2 35. Qe2 Qa3 36. Bg2 Qc3 37. Qd2 Qa1+ 38. Bf1 Qf6 39. Bg2 Qa1+ 40.
Bf1 Bb6 41. e5 a5 42. h4 a4 43. h5 gxh5 44. gxh5 a3 45. Qc2 Qb2 46. Bd3 Bc5 47.
Kf1 Kc7 48. Bf5 Kb6 49. Ke1 Ka5 50. Kd1 Kb4 51. Bxe6 fxe6 52. Ne1 Qxc2+ 53. Kxc2
Kxc4 54. Nd3 Kd5 55. f4 Be3 56. Kd1 Ke4 57. Ke2 Bxf4 58. Nc5+ Kxe5 59. Nxb7 Kd5 0-1

[Event "4th London Classic Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.12.09"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Williams, Simon K"]
[Black "Van Kampen, Robin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "A29"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, kingside fianchetto"]
[WhiteFideId "404454"]
[BlackFideId "1020854"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. Qb3 Bc5 8.
d3 O-O 9. g4 c6 10. g5 Ne8 11. Bd2 Nc7 12. h4 Ne6 13. e3 f5 14. O-O-O d6 15. Na4
Bb6 16. c5 Bxc5 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. Bc3 Qc7 19. h5 b5 20. h6 g6 21. Rh4 a5 22. a4
c4 23. dxc4 b4 24. Be1 Nxg5 25. Be2 Be6 26. f4 Ne4 27. fxe5 Qxe5 28. Qd3 Nc5 29.
Qd6 Qxe3+ 30. Bd2 Nb3+ 31. Kb1 Qxe2 32. Bg5 Ra7 33. Rd3 Rd7 34. Qxd7 Bxd7 35.
Rxd7 Qe1+ 36. Ka2 Nc1+ 37. Bxc1 Qxc1 0-1

[Event "4th London Classic Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.12.09"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Black "Sarakauskas, Gediminas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2408"]
[ECO "D15"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "2400561"]
[BlackFideId "12800724"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. e3 g6 8. Be2 Bg7
9. Nd2 O-O 10. g4 Be6 11. h4 b6 12. cxb6 Qxb6 13. Na4 Qa5 14. a3 c5 15. Nxc5
Nxc5 16. b4 Qa4 17. bxc5 Qxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Bxg4 19. Rb1 Rfe8 20. Be5 Bxe2 21. Kxe2
Ng4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rb7 e5 24. Nf3 exd4 25. Nxd4 Ne5 26. c6 Kf6 27. Rhb1 Rec8
28. c7 Nd7 29. Rc1 Ke7 30. Nc6+ Kd6 31. Na7 Rxa7 32. Rxa7 Nc5 33. Rb1 Rxc7 34.
Rb6+ 1-0

[Event "4th London Classic Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.12.09"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Zhou, Yang-Fan"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2419"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "468584"]
[BlackFideId "1700812"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. h4 h5 7. Nh3 Bxh3 8. Rxh3
Nf6 9. f3 c6 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. Ne2 Nb6 13. Nf4 Nfd7 14. Rh1 Rb8 15.
g4 hxg4 16. fxg4 e5 17. Nh3 exd4 18. Bxd4 Ne5 19. Ng5 Qe7 20. b3 f6 21. Bxe5
dxe5 22. Nf3 Rd8 23. Bd3 Qa3 24. h5 g5 25. Qc3 c5 26. Qb2 Qxb2+ 27. Kxb2 c4 28.
Be2 Bf8 29. Rxd8+ Kxd8 30. bxc4 bxc4 31. Kc3 Rh7 32. Rb1 Rb7 33. Kd2 Bc5 34. c3
Ke7 35. Kc2 Rc7 36. Nd2 Be3 37. Nf1 Bf2 38. Ng3 Rd7 39. Nf5+ Kf8 40. a4 a5 41.
Rb5 Kg8 42. Rxa5 Be1 43. Rd5 Nxd5 44. Bxc4 Rc7 45. Bxd5+ Kh7 46. c4 Bb4 47. Kb3
Bc5 48. a5 Ra7 49. Ka4 Bb6 50. a6 1-0

[Event "4th London Classic Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.12.09"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Gundavaa, Bayarsaikhan"]
[Black "Kiik, Kalle"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[ECO "B01"]
[Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4901045"]
[BlackFideId "4500075"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 c6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. Bd2 Qb6 8.
Bb3 e6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. a4 a5 11. Qe2 Be7 12. h3 O-O 13. Nh4 Bg6 14. Nxg6 hxg6
15. Qe3 Rfe8 16. Ne2 Rac8 17. Bc4 Nd5 18. Qf3 Bf6 19. Qg4 Rcd8 20. Rad1 e5 21.
Bxd5 cxd5 22. Nc3 Qc6 23. Qf3 e4 24. Qe2 Nb6 25. b3 Nc8 26. Be1 Nd6 27. Nb5 b6
28. c3 Bg5 29. c4 Nf5 30. cxd5 Rxd5 31. Qc4 Rc8 32. Qe2 Qc2 33. Bd2 Bxd2 34.
Rxd2 Qxb3 35. Qxe4 Rdd8 36. d5 Rc4 37. Qe5 Qxa4 38. Rb1 Rb4 39. Rxb4 Qxb4 40.
Rb2 Qc5 41. Nc3 Nd6 42. Na4 Qc1+ 43. Kh2 b5 44. Qe7 Qf4+ 45. g3 Qf6 46. Qxf6
gxf6 47. Nc5 Rc8 48. Nb3 a4 49. Nd4 Ra8 50. Nc2 a3 51. Rb3 a2 52. Na1 Kf8 53.
Kg2 Ke7 54. Kf3 Ra5 55. Ke3 Nc4+ 56. Kd4 Kd6 57. g4 Nb6 0-1

[Event "4th London Classic Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.12.09"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Hawkins, Jonathan"]
[Black "Ferguson, Mark"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[ECO "D17"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "Carlsbad variation"]
[WhiteFideId "412686"]
[BlackFideId "403547"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8. g3
e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5 12. Bxe5 Nxe5 13. Qd4 f6 14. a5 a6 15.
Ne3 Be6 16. Qe4 Qe7 17. f4 gxf4 18. gxf4 Ng4 19. Nxg4 Bxg4 20. h3 Bd7 21. O-O-O
O-O-O 22. Na4 Qxe4 23. Bxe4 Kc7 24. Nb6 Bc5 25. Nxd7 Rxd7 26. Rxd7+ Kxd7 27.
Bf5+ Ke7 28. Rf1 h6 29. Rf3 Bd6 30. Kc2 Rb8 31. Kc3 Bc7 32. b4 b6 33. axb6 Bxb6
34. Rd3 Rd8 35. Rg3 a5 36. e4 axb4+ 37. Kxb4 Kf7 38. Ra3 Rd4+ 39. Kc3 Rd1 40.
Kc2 Rf1 41. Rd3 Rxf4 42. Rd7+ Kf8 43. Rd6 Kf7 44. Rxc6 Bd4 45. Kd3 Be5 46. Ke2
Bd4 47. Rc7+ Kg8 48. Rd7 Be5 49. Rd1 Kf7 50. Ke3 Kf8 51. Rh1 Kf7 52. Rg1 Bd6 53.
Rg6 Rh4 54. Rg2 Rf4 55. Rd2 Be5 56. Rd7+ Kg8 57. Be6+ Kh8 58. Ra7 Rf1 59. Bf5
Kg8 60. Bg4 Rc1 61. Be6+ Kh8 62. Kf3 h5 63. Bf5 Rc3+ 64. Ke2 Kg8 65. h4 Rc2+ 66.
Kd3 Rh2 67. Kc4 Rxh4 68. Kd5 Rh1 69. Ke6 Rc1 70. Bh7+ Kh8 71. Bg6 Rc7 72. Ra8+
Kg7 73. Bxh5 Kh6 74. Kf5 Rg7 75. Be2 Rg5+ 76. Ke6 Rg2 77. Bc4 Rg3 78. Rh8+ Kg5
79. Rg8+ Kf4 80. Rxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th London Classic Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.12.09"]
[Round "9.7"]
[White "Houska, Jovanka"]
[Black "Schneider, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game, Krause variation"]
[WhiteFideId "405094"]
[BlackFideId "2012545"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 Bb6 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Nc3 Bf5 13. Na4 Be4 14. Rc1 Qe7 15. e3
Rad8 16. Qb3 Ng4 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. Rfd1 Qe6 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Nge5 21. Bxe5
Nxe5 22. Bg2 Nc4 23. a4 h5 24. Rd4 Rd6 25. e4 Qf6 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27. exd5 Nd6 28.
Qd1 h4 29. gxh4 Qxh4 30. Qg4 Qf6 31. a5 bxa5 32. bxa5 Re5 33. h4 g6 34. Qg3 Kg7
35. Rb1 Qe7 36. Rb6 Kh7 37. Qf4 Nf5 38. Kh2 Qxh4+ 39. Qxh4+ Nxh4 40. Rxb7 Nxg2
41. Kxg2 Rxd5 42. Rxf7+ Kg8 43. Ra7 Rf5 44. Kg3 Kh8 45. a6 Ra5 46. f4 Kg8 47.
Kf3 Kf8 48. Ke4 Ke8 49. Kd4 Kf8 50. Kc4 Kg8 51. Kb4 Ra1 52. Kb5 Rb1+ 53. Kc6
Rc1+ 54. Kd6 Ra1 55. Ke5 Ra4 56. Ke6 Kf8 57. Ke5 Kg8 58. Kd5 Ra1 59. Kd6 Ra2 60.
Kc6 Ra1 61. Ra8+ Kg7 62. Kb7 Rb1+ 63. Ka7 Rb4 64. Rc8 Kf6 65. Rb8 Ra4 66. Rb6+
Kf5 67. Kb7 Re4 68. a7 Re7+ 69. Ka6 Re8 70. Rb8 Re1 71. Rb5+ 1-0

[Event "4th London Classic Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.12.09"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Bates, Richard A"]
[Black "Boruchovsky, Avital"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2448"]
[ECO "D78"]
[Opening "Neo-Gruenfeld, 6.O-O c6"]
[WhiteFideId "403555"]
[BlackFideId "2800055"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. b3 Bf5 8. Bb2 Qc8
9. Re1 Ne4 10. Nbd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Be4 12. Rac1 Qd7 13. Qf4 Na6 14. Red1 Rac8 15.
Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nc7 18. e4 Qe6 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Qf3 Rcd8 21.
cxd5 Nxd5 22. Rd4 Rd7 23. Rcd1 Rfd8 24. h4 h5 25. a4 a5 26. Kh2 Kf8 27. Ba3 Kg7
28. Bb2 Kg8 29. R1d2 Nb4 30. Rxd7 Rxd7 31. Rxd7 Qxd7 32. e6 Qxe6 33. Qxb7 f6 34.
Bc3 Nc6 35. Bxa5 Ne5 36. Bc3 Ng4+ 37. Kg2 Qe2 38. Qf3 Qc2 39. Bd4 e5 40. Qd5+
Kg7 41. Bc5 e4 42. Qd7+ Kg8 43. Qe8+ Kh7 44. Qf7+ Kh8 45. Qc4 Qb1 46. Bd4 Qd1
47. Qc8+ Kh7 48. Qc7+ Kg8 49. Qd8+ Kh7 50. Qe7+ Kh6 51. Qxe4 Qxb3 52. Qc6 Qa2
53. Qa8 Kh7 54. a5 Qc4 55. Qa7+ Kg8 56. Qc5 Qe6 57. Qb6 Qe4+ 58. Kg1 Qe1+ 59.
Kg2 Qe4+ 60. f3 Qe2+ 61. Bf2 Ne5 62. Qxf6 Nd3 63. Qxg6+ Kf8 64. Qf5+ Kg7 65.
Qd7+ Kg8 66. Qd8+ Kf7 67. Qc7+ Kf8 68. Qb8+ Kf7 69. Qa7+ Kg8 70. Qa8+ Kf7 71.
Qd5+ Kf8 72. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th London Classic Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.12.09"]
[Round "9.9"]
[White "Hamitevici, Vladimir"]
[Black "Gunajew, Rafal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[ECO "A58"]
[Opening "Benko gambit accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "13902393"]
[BlackFideId "1116037"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. e4 Bxf1 8. Kxf1
d6 9. Nf3 Nbd7 10. g3 Bg7 11. Kg2 O-O 12. Qe2 Qc8 13. a4 Qa6 14. Nb5 Rfb8 15.
Ra3 Qb7 16. b3 Ne8 17. Nd2 Nc7 18. Nxc7 Qxc7 19. Nc4 Ne5 20. Bd2 Rb7 21. Ne3
Rab8 22. Rb1 Nd7 23. h4 h5 24. f4 Nf6 25. Nc4 e6 26. dxe6 fxe6 27. e5 Qc6+ 28.
Qf3 Qxf3+ 29. Kxf3 dxe5 30. fxe5 Ng4 31. Bf4 Rb4 32. Raa1 Rxb3+ 33. Rxb3 Rxb3+
34. Ke2 Rb4 35. a5 Rb7 36. a6 Ra7 37. Ra2 Bf8 38. Ne3 Nh6 39. Kd3 Kf7 40. Kc4
Ng8 41. Kb5 Ne7 42. Bg5 Nc8 43. Nc4 Rd7 44. Rd2 Rd5 45. Kc6 Na7+ 46. Kb6 1-0

[Event "4th London Classic Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.12.09"]
[Round "9.10"]
[White "Holzke, Frank"]
[Black "Roberson, Peter T"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "FM"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Tarrasch, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4600428"]
[BlackFideId "412384"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Nb5 Na6 8.
c4 Qc6 9. Nf3 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Bxb4 Nxb4 12. Be2 a6 13. Nc3 Qc7 14. O-O b6
15. Qb3 Nc6 16. Rfd1 Rb8 17. Rac1 Bb7 18. Nd5 exd5 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Qe7
21. Qe3 Qxe3 22. fxe3 Nb4 23. Rd4 a5 24. Ne5 Rfe8 25. Nd7 Rbc8 26. Rxc8 Bxc8 27.
Nxb6 Be6 28. a3 Nc6 29. Bb5 Nxd4 30. Bxe8 Nf5 31. Kf2 Nd6 32. Bc6 Kf8 33. e4 Ke7
34. Ke3 Bb3 35. Kd4 Bc2 36. e5 Nf5+ 37. Kc5 Ne3 38. Nd5+ Nxd5 39. Bxd5 g5 40. b3
f5 41. exf6+ Kxf6 42. b4 axb4 43. axb4 Bd3 44. b5 1-0

[Event "4th London Classic Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.12.09"]
[Round "9.11"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Ansell, Simon T"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2377"]
[ECO "A25"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "closed, 5.Rb1"]
[WhiteFideId "400270"]
[BlackFideId "402141"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]

1. g3 e5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Rb1 f5 6. b4 Nf6 7. b5 Ne7 8. d4 exd4
9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Qd3 d6 11. Nh3 Qe8 12. Nf4 Qf7 13. Nfd5 Nexd5 14. Nxd5 Ne4 15.
Bb2 Be6 16. Bxg7 Qxg7 17. O-O Rae8 18. Rbc1 Nc5 19. Qc3 Qxc3 20. Rxc3 Bxd5 21.
Bxd5+ Kg7 22. e3 a5 23. Ra3 a4 24. f4 Kf6 25. Kf2 Re7 26. Rd1 h6 27. Bf3 Rd8 28.
Rd5 h5 29. h3 Ke6 30. Rc3 Kd7 31. Rd1 c6 32. Rc2 Kc7 33. Rcd2 Re6 34. Rd4 Rde8
35. Re1 Kb6 36. bxc6 bxc6 37. g4 Kc7 38. gxf5 gxf5 39. h4 Rg8 40. Rdd1 Reg6 41.
Rh1 Rg3 42. Rh2 a3 43. Rb1 Ne4+ 44. Bxe4 fxe4 45. c5 d5 46. Rf1 d4 47. exd4 Rc3
48. Re1 Rf3+ 49. Ke2 Rb8 50. Rd1 Rc3 51. Rhh1 Rg3 52. Rb1 Rbg8 53. Rhf1 R8g4 54.
Rb3 Rg2+ 55. Ke3 Rxa2 56. Kxe4 Re2+ 57. Kf3 Reg2 58. Rfb1 a2 59. Rb7+ Kc8 60.
Rb8+ Kd7 61. Ra1 Ke6 62. Ke4 Rf2 63. Rd8 Rgxf4+ 64. Kd3 R4f3+ 65. Ke4 Rf4+ 66.
Kd3 R4f3+ 67. Kc4 Rc2+ 68. Kb4 Rb2+ 69. Ka4 Rff2 70. Ka3 Rbe2 71. Rd6+ Kf5 72.
Rxc6 Ke4 73. Rd6 Kd3 74. c6 Rc2 75. d5 Kc4 76. c7 Kb5 77. Kb3 Rxc7 78. Rxa2 Rf3+
79. Kb2 Rg7 80. Rc6 Rg2+ 81. Rc2 Rxc2+ 82. Kxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th London Classic Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.12.09"]
[Round "9.12"]
[White "Weber, Tom"]
[Black "Cherniaev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "FM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[ECO "A20"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "4000609"]
[BlackFideId "4117301"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 h5 3. h4 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nf3 Bc5 7. d3 Ng4 8. O-O d6
9. e3 Ba7 10. d4 Bf5 11. a3 O-O 12. b4 Ne7 13. Bb2 Ng6 14. Qd2 c6 15. e4 Be6 16.
d5 cxd5 17. Nxd5 f6 18. Nh2 Ne7 19. Nxg4 hxg4 20. Rac1 Nxd5 21. exd5 Bd7 22. c5
Bb5 23. Rfe1 f5 24. cxd6 e4 25. Rc7 Bd7 26. Rxb7 Rf7 27. Be5 Bb8 28. Rc1 a5 29.
bxa5 Be8 30. Qb4 e3 31. fxe3 1-0

