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6th London Chess Classic 2014 (Press Release)

6th London Chess Classic (6-14 December 2014): The Super Six

The 6th London Chess Classic takes place 6-14 December 2014 at the Olympia in London. The Super Six players are: Fabiano Caruana, Viswanathan Anand, Anish Giri, Hikaru Nakamura, Vladimir Kramnik and Michael Adams. Below is the full press release.

The 'Super Six' players who will compete in both the ten-round Super Rapidplay Open (6-7 December) and the five-round 'Super Six' classical chess tournament (10-14 December; rounds 1-3 start at 16.00 GMT, rounds 4-5 at 14.00 GMT) are as follows.

No.NameCountryAgeClassical Rating Classical RankingRapid RatingRapid Ranking
1Fabiano CaruanaItaly222844228581
2Viswanathan AnandIndia442785628096
3Anish GiriNetherlands2027687267467
4Hikaru NakamuraUSA262764928009
5Vladimir KramnikRussia39276011277313
6Michael AdamsEngland43275812276418

Fabiano Caruana recently set the chess world alight with an extraordinary result at the 2014 Sinquefield Cup, recording a tournament performance of 3097. He now trails world no.1 Magnus Carlsen by fewer than 20 rating points. Chess fans will be keen to see how he fares in classical chess at the tournament which served as Magnus's springboard to the top of the rating list in 2009. 'Fabi' rarely takes a long break from playing and he may even have taken over the top spot before he arrives in London.

Whisper it softly, but it is also possible that Magnus will no longer be world champion in a few weeks time and the London Chess Classic might be welcoming Viswanathan Anand back as world champion. Despite his loss of the title to Magnus Carlsen last year, Vishy has regained much of his zest for the game, winning the 2014 Candidates' Tournament in tremendous style. Indian chess fans will be hoping Vishy emulates the 1940-60s Soviet world champion Mikhail Botvinnik who regained his title twice. Right now the force seems to be with Vishy...

Ranked third in the line-up and making his London Classic debut is Anish Giri. At 20, Anish already has an impressive string of tournament successes to his name, with recent strong performances at the Tromsø Olympiad and 2014 European Club Cup carrying him to his highest place yet in world rankings.

Defending the London Chess Classic title he won in 2013 is top US player Hikaru Nakamura. Like a number of other super-GMs, he was eclipsed by Fabiano Caruana and his dazzling run in Saint Louis, but nothing dampens Hikaru's ebullient spirit for long and he will entertain the crowd in London as he always does.

Former world champion Vladimir Kramnik, like Hikaru Nakamura, is an ever-present in the London Classic line-up and he will be keen to set right a few disappointments suffered in the past year or two. He will want to end the year on an upswing and re-establish himself in the top ten, so expect him to come out of his corner fighting.

Mickey Adams has been the top Brit for most of the century and he has regained the rating he had when he was world ranked number four player in the early 2000s. Recently he won the Silver Medal on board one for England at the Tromsø Olympiad and achieved a 2836 TPR at the 2014 European Club Cup, so he's in top form.

ELITE EVENT SCHEDULE (Times given in UTC/GMT)

DateEventTimeNotes
6-7 DecemberSuper Rapidplay Open1210 rounds, featuring the Super Six and many other GMs. The Super Six will compete against Chess in Schools and Communities schoolchildren in the first round.
8 DecemberPro-Am & Pro-BusinessTBCThe Super Six will take part in Pro-Am and Pro-Business events to be held in the Auditorium. Times and names of guest celebrities to follow.
9 DecemberSuper Six Blitz Tournament18.15The elite group of six players will take part in a blitz tournament. Start time 18.15.
10-14 DecemberSuper Six Classical Tournament16.00** For rounds 1-3; rounds 4-5 start at 14.00.

Malcolm Pein, Chief Executive Press Release dated 4 October 2014

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