8th London Chess Classic 2016 (Games and Results)
8th London Chess Classic 2016
Mark Crowther - Sunday 18th December 2016
The 8th London Chess Classic took place 7th to 19th December 2016. Players: Fabiano Caruana, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Vladimir Kramnik, Levon Aronian, Hikaru Nakamura, Wesley So, Viswanathan Anand, Anish Giri, Veselin Topalov and Michael Adams. Alongside was an open where Etienne Bacrot and Sebastien Maze scored 7.5/9. On the final weekend there was a strong rapid open won by Valentina Gunina. Wesley So won the classic with 6/9 and with it the whole Grand Chess Tour. Fabiano Caruana took second place in London and Hikaru Nakamura second on the Grand Chess Tour.
8th London Chess Classic 2016 (London ENG)
Wed 7th Dec 2016 - Mon 19th Dec 2016 -
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8th London Classic 2016 (10 players 9 Rds SRR Indiv TC:120m(40)+60m+30spm) - Games in PGN: Games
London Classic Open 2016 (9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Open Games
London Classic Superrapid (10 Rds Swiss Indiv TC:25m+10spm) - Games in PGN: Rapid Games
8th London Classic 2016 (10 players 9 Rds SRR Indiv TC: 120m(40)+60m+30spm) - Games in PGN: Games
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8th London Classic 2016 London (ENG), 7-19 xii 2016 | cat. XXII (2785) | ||||||||||||||||||
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1. | So, Wesley | g | USA | 2794 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2909 | |||
2. | Caruana, Fabiano | g | USA | 2823 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5½ | 2861 | |||
3. | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2809 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5 | 2825 | |||
4. | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2779 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 5 | 2828 | |||
5. | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2779 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 5 | 2828 | |||
6. | Giri, Anish | g | NED | 2771 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4½ | 2786 | |||
7. | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2785 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2742 | |||
8. | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2804 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | ½ | 4 | 2740 | |||
9. | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 2748 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 4 | 2746 | |||
10. | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2760 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | * | 2 | 2568 |
Round 1 (December 9, 2016) | ||||||
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Caruana, Fabiano | - Anand, Viswanathan | ½-½ | 44 | A21 | English Opening | |
Kramnik, Vladimir | - Topalov, Veselin | 1-0 | 28 | D77 | Gruenfeld 3.g3 | |
Nakamura, Hikaru | - So, Wesley | 0-1 | 29 | D85 | Gruenfeld Defence | |
Aronian, Levon | - Adams, Michael | 1-0 | 41 | C50 | Giuoco Piano | |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | - Giri, Anish | ½-½ | 24 | B90 | Sicilian Najdorf Variation | |
Round 2 (December 10, 2016) | ||||||
So, Wesley | - Adams, Michael | 1-0 | 40 | E06 | Catalan | |
Kramnik, Vladimir | - Aronian, Levon | ½-½ | 32 | A14 | Reti Opening | |
Anand, Viswanathan | - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 1-0 | 33 | B90 | Sicilian Najdorf Variation | |
Giri, Anish | - Nakamura, Hikaru | ½-½ | 43 | A49 | King's Indian Defence /c2-c4 | |
Topalov, Veselin | - Caruana, Fabiano | 0-1 | 38 | C02 | French Advance | |
Round 3 (December 11, 2016) | ||||||
Caruana, Fabiano | - Kramnik, Vladimir | ½-½ | 46 | C53 | Giuoco Piano | |
Nakamura, Hikaru | - Anand, Viswanathan | 1-0 | 43 | D37 | QGD 5.Bf4 | |
Aronian, Levon | - So, Wesley | ½-½ | 37 | A34 | English Symmetrical | |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | - Topalov, Veselin | ½-½ | 44 | C67 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
Adams, Michael | - Giri, Anish | ½-½ | 62 | B51 | Sicilian Rossolimo | |
Round 4 (December 12, 2016) | ||||||
Caruana, Fabiano | - Aronian, Levon | ½-½ | 31 | C77 | Ruy Lopez Anderssen | |
Kramnik, Vladimir | - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | ½-½ | 61 | A49 | King's Indian Defence /c2-c4 | |
Anand, Viswanathan | - Adams, Michael | ½-½ | 32 | C53 | Giuoco Piano | |
Giri, Anish | - So, Wesley | ½-½ | 56 | D02 | Queen's Pawn Game | |
Topalov, Veselin | - Nakamura, Hikaru | 0-1 | 53 | B12 | Caro Kann Advanced | |
Round 5 (December 13, 2016) | ||||||
So, Wesley | - Anand, Viswanathan | ½-½ | 30 | D37 | QGD 5.Bf4 | |
Nakamura, Hikaru | - Kramnik, Vladimir | ½-½ | 61 | D37 | QGD 5.Bf4 | |
Aronian, Levon | - Giri, Anish | ½-½ | 20 | D77 | Gruenfeld 3.g3 | |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | - Caruana, Fabiano | ½-½ | 34 | C42 | Petroff's Defence | |
Adams, Michael | - Topalov, Veselin | 1-0 | 33 | C65 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
Round 6 (December 15, 2016) | ||||||
Caruana, Fabiano | - Nakamura, Hikaru | 1-0 | 32 | B96 | Sicilian Najdorf | |
Kramnik, Vladimir | - Adams, Michael | ½-½ | 39 | D05 | Colle System | |
Anand, Viswanathan | - Giri, Anish | ½-½ | 37 | B90 | Sicilian Najdorf Variation | |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | - Aronian, Levon | 1-0 | 41 | C50 | Giuoco Piano | |
Topalov, Veselin | - So, Wesley | 0-1 | 27 | C53 | Giuoco Piano | |
Round 7 (December 16, 2016) | ||||||
So, Wesley | - Kramnik, Vladimir | ½-½ | 36 | D37 | QGD 5.Bf4 | |
Nakamura, Hikaru | - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 1-0 | 37 | B96 | Sicilian Najdorf | |
Giri, Anish | - Topalov, Veselin | ½-½ | 67 | D37 | QGD 5.Bf4 | |
Aronian, Levon | - Anand, Viswanathan | ½-½ | 30 | D37 | QGD 5.Bf4 | |
Adams, Michael | - Caruana, Fabiano | ½-½ | 46 | A37 | English Symmetrical | |
Round 8 (December 17, 2016) | ||||||
Caruana, Fabiano | - So, Wesley | ½-½ | 37 | C65 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
Kramnik, Vladimir | - Giri, Anish | ½-½ | 46 | B91 | Sicilian Najdorf with 6.g3 | |
Nakamura, Hikaru | - Aronian, Levon | ½-½ | 27 | D38 | QGD Ragozin | |
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | - Adams, Michael | ½-½ | 53 | C65 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
Topalov, Veselin | - Anand, Viswanathan | 0-1 | 34 | D37 | QGD 5.Bf4 | |
Round 9 (December 18, 2016) | ||||||
So, Wesley | - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | ½-½ | 35 | A04 | Dutch System | |
Anand, Viswanathan | - Kramnik, Vladimir | ½-½ | 24 | D37 | QGD 5.Bf4 | |
Giri, Anish | - Caruana, Fabiano | ½-½ | 58 | D27 | QGA | |
Aronian, Levon | - Topalov, Veselin | 0-1 | 53 | A37 | English Symmetrical | |
Adams, Michael | - Nakamura, Hikaru | ½-½ | 30 | C67 | Ruy Lopez Berlin |
London Classic Open 2016 (9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC: 90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Open Games
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London Classic Open 2016 London ENG Wed 7th Dec 2016 - Mon 19th Dec 2016
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | Rtg | Pts |
1 | 2 | Bacrot Etienne | GM | 2689 | 7.5 |
9 | Maze Sebastien | GM | 2608 | 7.5 | |
3 | 4 | Smirin Ilya | GM | 2669 | 7 |
5 | Iturrizaga Edoardo | GM | 2652 | 7 | |
6 | Gupta Abhijeet | GM | 2634 | 7 | |
10 | Bok Benjamin | GM | 2598 | 7 | |
12 | Istratescu Andrei | GM | 2596 | 7 | |
18 | Bogner Sebastian | GM | 2564 | 7 | |
25 | Karthikeyan Murali | GM | 2530 | 7 | |
10 | 7 | Melkumyan Hrant | GM | 2633 | 6.5 |
8 | Hovhannisyan Robert | GM | 2630 | 6.5 | |
13 | Hawkins Jonathan | GM | 2590 | 6.5 | |
15 | Moussard Jules | GM | 2571 | 6.5 | |
17 | Aravindh Chithambaram Vr | GM | 2566 | 6.5 | |
21 | Libiszewski Fabien | GM | 2547 | 6.5 | |
22 | Sadzikowski Daniel | IM | 2547 | 6.5 | |
26 | Handke Florian | GM | 2515 | 6.5 | |
29 | Hebden Mark L | GM | 2492 | 6.5 | |
34 | Deepan Chakkravarthy J. | GM | 2471 | 6.5 | |
44 | Daulyte Deimante | IM | 2429 | 6.5 | |
46 | Battaglini Gabriel | IM | 2426 | 6.5 | |
22 | 1 | Safarli Eltaj | GM | 2691 | 6 |
3 | Fressinet Laurent | GM | 2672 | 6 | |
14 | Lenderman Alex | GM | 2581 | 6 | |
16 | Blomqvist Erik | GM | 2567 | 6 | |
20 | Svane Rasmus | GM | 2555 | 6 | |
23 | Schroeder Jan-Christian | GM | 2541 | 6 | |
24 | Ehlvest Jaan | GM | 2532 | 6 | |
27 | Bellahcene Bilel | IM | 2496 | 6 | |
28 | Fodor Tamas Jr | GM | 2494 | 6 | |
31 | Hector Jonny | GM | 2488 | 6 | |
32 | Karthikeyan P. | IM | 2474 | 6 | |
33 | Bellaiche Anthony | IM | 2472 | 6 | |
36 | Elsness Frode | IM | 2452 | 6 | |
39 | Nasuta Grzegorz | IM | 2448 | 6 | |
42 | Cherniaev Alexander | GM | 2439 | 6 | |
43 | Wells Peter K | GM | 2431 | 6 | |
45 | Flear Glenn C | GM | 2428 | 6 | |
54 | Martins David Pt | FM | 2382 | 6 | |
55 | Batchelor Peter J | FM | 2365 | 6 | |
56 | Siva Mahadevan | IM | 2360 | 6 | |
42 | 19 | Shabalov Alexander | GM | 2563 | 5.5 |
30 | Adair James R | IM | 2489 | 5.5 | |
35 | Zhou Yang-Fan | IM | 2470 | 5.5 | |
37 | Praggnanandhaa R | IM | 2452 | 5.5 | |
38 | Bartholomew John | IM | 2448 | 5.5 | |
40 | Arkell Keith C | GM | 2447 | 5.5 | |
41 | Williams Simon K | GM | 2443 | 5.5 | |
47 | Pert Richard G | IM | 2423 | 5.5 | |
48 | Raghunandan Kaumandur Srihari | IM | 2423 | 5.5 | |
247 players |
London Classic Superrapid (10 Rds Swiss Indiv TC: 25m+10spm) - Games in PGN: Rapid Games
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London Classic Superrapid London ENG Wed 7th Dec 2016 - Mon 19th Dec 2016
Leading Final Round 10 Standings: |
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Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts |
1 | 33 | Gunina Valentina | GM | RUS | 2491 | 9.0 |
2 | 9 | Safarli Eltaj | GM | AZE | 2653 | 8.5 |
3 | 3 | Bacrot Etienne | GM | FRA | 2700 | 8.0 |
4 | Fressinet Laurent | GM | FRA | 2676 | 8.0 | |
5 | Howell David Wl | GM | ENG | 2671 | 8.0 | |
7 | Istratescu Andrei | GM | FRA | 2657 | 8.0 | |
11 | Jones Gawain Cb | GM | ENG | 2631 | 8.0 | |
13 | Cornette Matthieu | GM | FRA | 2597 | 8.0 | |
19 | Moussard Jules | GM | FRA | 2571 | 8.0 | |
22 | Svane Rasmus | GM | GER | 2532 | 8.0 | |
28 | Blomqvist Erik | GM | SWE | 2509 | 8.0 | |
35 | Fodor Tamas Jr | GM | HUN | 2476 | 8.0 | |
13 | 2 | Mcshane Luke J | GM | ENG | 2709 | 7.5 |
6 | Iturrizaga Eduardo | GM | VEN | 2666 | 7.5 | |
8 | Smirin Ilya | GM | ISR | 2657 | 7.5 | |
12 | Lenderman Alex | GM | USA | 2603 | 7.5 | |
16 | Hawkins Jonathan | GM | ENG | 2579 | 7.5 | |
18 | Nunn John Dm | GM | ENG | 2573 | 7.5 | |
20 | Hovhannisyan Robert | GM | ARM | 2549 | 7.5 | |
21 | Shabalov Alexander | GM | USA | 2542 | 7.5 | |
30 | Lalic Bogdan | GM | CRO | 2494 | 7.5 | |
31 | Zinchenko Yaroslav | GM | UKR | 2493 | 7.5 | |
32 | Cherniaev Alexander | GM | RUS | 2491 | 7.5 | |
37 | Wells Peter K | GM | ENG | 2459 | 7.5 | |
42 | Pert Richard G | IM | ENG | 2426 | 7.5 | |
44 | Polzin Rainer | GM | GER | 2418 | 7.5 | |
45 | Fernandez Daniel H | IM | ENG | 2417 | 7.5 | |
46 | Bates Richard A | IM | ENG | 2414 | 7.5 | |
49 | Rendle Thomas E | IM | ENG | 2407 | 7.5 | |
30 | 1 | Melkumyan Hrant | GM | ARM | 2736 | 7.0 |
14 | Gupta Abhijeet | GM | IND | 2591 | 7.0 | |
17 | Ehlvest Jaan | GM | USA | 2576 | 7.0 | |
25 | Speelman Jon S | GM | ENG | 2522 | 7.0 | |
26 | Turner Matthew J | GM | SCO | 2514 | 7.0 | |
27 | Hebden Mark L | GM | ENG | 2512 | 7.0 | |
29 | Williams Simon K | GM | ENG | 2504 | 7.0 | |
36 | Hector Jonny | GM | SWE | 2464 | 7.0 | |
39 | Deepan Chakkravarthy J. | GM | IND | 2452 | 7.0 | |
52 | Grafl Florian | IM | GER | 2394 | 7.0 | |
53 | Arkell Keith C | GM | ENG | 2386 | 7.0 | |
56 | Milliet Sophie | IM | FRA | 2368 | 7.0 | |
60 | Roberson Peter T | IM | ENG | 2340 | 7.0 | |
86 | Stephan Axel | GER | 2233 | 7.0 | ||
88 | Dunn Andrew C | CM | ENG | 2228 | 7.0 | |
89 | Zujev Oleg | LTU | 2228 | 7.0 | ||
92 | Mcphillips Joseph | FM | ENG | 2219 | 7.0 | |
94 | Prill Daniel | GER | 2216 | 7.0 | ||
97 | Zoldan Matteo | CM | ITA | 2207 | 7.0 | |
100 | Batchelor Peter J | FM | ENG | 2201 | 7.0 | |
126 | Klingher Dominic | ENG | 2101 | 7.0 | ||
475 players |
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