[Event "4th London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.12.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "McShane, Luke"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. g3 Bf6 11. c3 Re8 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. Bf4 Qd8 14. Bd3 (14.
Na3 g5 15. Bc1 Be6 16. Nc2 h6 17. Ne3 Qd6 18. Bd3 Nxe3 19. Bxe3 Bg4 20. Be2 Re8
21. Ne1 Bf5 22. Bd3 Be4 23. f3 Bg6 24. Ng2 Bg7 25. Qc2 b6 26. Rf1 Na5 27. f4
Nc4 28. Bc1 Bxd3 29. Qxd3 Qg6 30. Qxg6 fxg6 31. fxg5 hxg5 32. Bxg5 c5 33. dxc5
bxc5 34. Nf4 Nd2 35. Nxg6 Nxf1 36. Kxf1 Kf7 37. Nf4 Rb8 38. b3 c4 39. b4 d4 40.
Ke1 dxc3 41. a3 Rb6 42. Ne2 Rd6 43. Bf4 Rd7 44. Bc1 c2 45. a4 Rd1+ 46. Kf2 Bc3
{0-1 Felgaer,R (2585)-Kurnosov,I (2662)/Moscow RUS 2011/The Week in Chess 850})
14... Nfe7 15. Na3 a6 16. Nc2 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. g4 Nfe7 19. Ne3 (19. g5 Ng6
20. gxf6 Nxf4 {is probably better for black.}) 19... g6 20. Qf1 {A nice move I
hadn't seen that.} Qd7 21. Qh3 Bg7 22. Qg3 Rc8 23. g5 {Black is in a bit of a
tangle.} Nd8 24. Be5 Ne6 25. Bf6 Re8 26. Ne5 Qd6 (26... Qb5 27. Qf3 (27. b3 {
Sufficient according to Carlsen, Luke looked at some nice stuff instead.})
27... Qxb2 28. Bxg7 Qxa1+ 29. Kg2 Nxg7 30. Qxf7+ Kh8 31. N3g4 {with a threat
of Qg8+!!} Nef5 32. Nh6 Nd6 (32... Nh4+ 33. Kh3 Qf1+ 34. Kxh4 Nf5+ 35. Nxf5
Qxf2+ 36. Ng3) 33. Qg8+ Rxg8 34. Nhf7+) 27. Kh1 $6 (27. h4 {Keeps the bind.}) (
27. N5g4 Qxg3+ 28. hxg3 {and Carlsen wasn't worried.}) 27... Nxg5 $1 {Black's
only real idea in the position and now he's equal.} 28. Bxg5 f6 29. Bxf6 (29.
Nxg6 Nxg6 30. Qxd6 cxd6 {and the bishop is trapped.}) 29... Qxf6 30. Re1 c6 31.
Kg2 Nc8 $6 32. N3g4 Qd8 (32... Qf5 33. Nxg6 $1 {wins for white.}) 33. Nd3 (33.
h4 Nd6 34. h5 Ne4 (34... Nf5 35. Qh3 {and Carlsen couldn't see a follow up.}))
33... Rxe1 34. Nxe1 Nd6 35. Nd3 Nf5 36. Qh3 {Marginally better for black but
should be a draw - Carlsen.} Bf8 37. Ne3 Qg5+ 38. Kf1 Nxe3+ 39. fxe3 Kg7 40.
Nf4 Qf6 {Time control. McShane gets more time after being in bad time trouble.}
41. Ke2 Bd6 42. Qg4 Kf7 43. h3 (43. Qd7+ Qe7 44. Qxe7+ Kxe7 {White should
probably look to get queens off when he has good saving chances.}) 43... h5 44.
Qc8 Qe7 45. Nd3 (45. Kd2 $1 {with the idea of h4 if black's king comes up the
board.}) 45... Kf6 46. b3 Kg5 47. c4 Kh4 {Suddenly it looks like black is the
one pressing. Carlsen is good at making the best of endings and also he had a
big time advantage. "Now I was already feeling very optimistic." - Carlsen.}
48. c5 {"At this point I thought it was over." - Carlsen.} (48. cxd5 cxd5 49.
Qg8 Qg5 50. Qe6 Qg2+) 48... Bg3 49. b4 Qf7 50. a4 g5 51. Kd2 Bh2 52. Ne1 Kg3
53. Nc2 Bg1 54. Qd8 (54. Kc3 Bf2 55. Qd8 g4 56. hxg4 hxg4) 54... Kh4 55. Qc8
Bf2 56. Ke2 Kg3 57. Qd8 $2 {A final blunder but he was heading for a loss
anyway.} Qf5 58. Kd2 Kxh3 59. b5 g4 60. bxc6 bxc6 61. Nb4 g3 62. Nd3 g2 0-1

[Event "4th London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.12.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d6 5. e3 e5 (5... Bg4 {0-1 Paschall,W 
(2352)-Rajlich,I (2411)/Budapest HUN 2007/The Week in Chess 683 (51)}) 6. Nge2
Be6 7. Nd5 $1 Be7 (7... Bxd5) (7... g6) (7... e4) (7... a5) 8. O-O (8. Nec3)
8... O-O (8... Qd7) 9. Nec3 (9. d4) (9. b3) 9... Nb4 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. d3 d5
$6 {A piece sacrifice that is at the least very risky for black. It betrays
Polgar's unwillingness to go into an extended positional struggle against
Kramnik.} 12. a3 dxc4 13. axb4 cxb4 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 f5 16. Bg2 {There is
no doubt that black gets some practical compensation but Kramnik is probably
not the guy to try this against. A piece is a piece at the end of the day and
that seemed to be Kramnik's attitude in the post-mortem.} Rfd8 17. d4 a5 18.
Qe2 e4 19. f3 Bd5 20. fxe4 fxe4 21. Rf5 Qd7 {Forced. Kramnik thought he was
winning here as he underestimated it.} 22. Re5 Re8 23. Bh3 Qc6 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8
25. Bd2 Qe7 $2 {Now the position really is lost. Black can play on with:} (
25... b6) (25... b5) 26. Qh5 Qd8 27. Rf1 g6 28. Qe5 Ra6 29. Bd7 Bf7 30. Rxf7
Kxf7 31. Bb5 Rf6 32. Bxc4+ Kg7 33. Qxe4 Qc7 34. Qd5 Rf8 35. e4 b5 36. Qxb5 Qd6
37. Qb7+ Kh8 38. Qa7 g5 39. Bxg5 Qc6 40. Qe7 {Presumably on time, Polgar only
had seconds on her clock for the last few moves.} 1-0

[Event "4th London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.12.01"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 e5 6. Nb5 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a6 8.
N5c3 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bg2 Be6 11. O-O Nb6 {Aronian had already started
using lots of time. Nakamura knew all the theory.} 12. Be3 (12. Ne4 Be7 13. Be3
Nc4 14. Bc1 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Nd4 16. Nbc3 O-O-O 17. Rf1 h6 18. b3 Na3 19. e3 Ndc2
20. Bxa3 Nxa3 21. Na4 Kb8 22. Nec5 Bd5 23. e4 Bc6 24. Rac1 Bb5 25. Rfe1 Bg5 26.
f4 exf4 27. h4 Be7 28. e5 Rd2 29. Ne4 Rd4 30. gxf4 Bxh4 31. Red1 Nc2 32. Bf3
Rhd8 33. Nd6 Rxf4 34. Bxb7 Bf2+ 35. Kh2 Ne3 36. Nxb5 Rh4# {0-1 Shchekachev,A 
(2537)-Edouard,R (2587)/Caen FRA 2011/The Week in Chess 876}) (12. Na4 Be7 13.
Nxb6 Qxb6 14. Nc3 Rd8 15. Qc1 O-O 16. Be3 Nd4 17. Rd1 Rd7 18. b3 Rc8 19. Bxd4
Rxd4 20. Qb2 Qa5 21. Rxd4 exd4 22. Ne4 f5 23. Nd2 Qc3 24. Rb1 Qxb2 25. Rxb2
Rc1+ 26. Nf1 Bb4 {0-1 Lalith,B (2484)-Istratescu,A (2627)/Hastings ENG 2011/
The Week in Chess 895}) 12... Nc4 13. Qc1 O-O 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. a3 {Maybe a bit
ambitious according to Aronian.} (15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Nxe3 17. fxe3 {was an
Aronian post-game suggestion.} (17. Qxe3)) 15... Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Ba5 17. Nd2 Bb6
18. Qf3 Rad8 19. Na4 Ba7 20. Qc3 Rd4 21. Qc2 f5 22. e3 Rdd8 23. b4 e4 24. Nb3
Qf7 25. Nbc5 Bd5 26. Rd2 $2 {Aronian said he forgot about white's next move.} (
26. Nc3 Bxc5 27. Rxd5 Rxd5 28. Nxd5 Qxd5 29. bxc5 {was Nakamura's planeed idea.
}) 26... b6 {Wins a piece.} 27. Rxd5 (27. Nxa6 Bb3 {is the idea Aronian seems
to have forgotten about.}) 27... Rxd5 28. Nxa6 Ne5 29. Rd1 Rfd8 30. Rxd5 Qxd5
31. Nb2 Qd2 32. Qc7 Ng4 0-1

[Event "4th London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.12.01"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Annotator "Crowther,Mark"]
[PlyCount "182"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. c5 Be7 8. b4 b6
9. Nf4 c6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. O-O bxc5 13. bxc5 e5 14. Nd3 {This
seems new and probably a mistake.} (14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Qd4 Ned7 16. Na4 Re8 17.
Rac1 Bf8 18. f3 Rb8 19. Bc3 Rb3 20. Ra1 Qb8 21. Rfc1 Ne4 22. Bb4 Ng5 23. Rc3
Rxc3 24. Bxc3 f6 25. Kf2 Ne5 26. Qb4 Qc7 27. Qa5 Qe7 28. Bd4 Bf5 29. Nc3 Rb8
30. g4 Bc2 31. Rc1 Bg6 32. Nxg6 Nxg6 33. Rb1 Rxb1 34. Nxb1 Ne6 35. Nd2 f5 36.
Nb3 Qh4+ 37. Kg1 fxg4 38. fxg4 Qh3 39. Qd2 Nh4 40. Bd1 Nf3+ 41. Bxf3 Qxf3 42.
Be5 Ng5 43. h4 Nh3+ 44. Kh2 Nf2 {0-1 Gelfand,B (2733)-Kramnik,V (2785)/Monaco
MNC 2011/The Week in Chess 854}) 14... e4 15. Nf4 Re8 16. Rb1 Nf8 17. f3 {The
kind of plan you might try in a French Defence as black. White's probem is
that his bishop on b2 seems to have no prospects and that if he doesn't play
this break he doesn't seem to have a plan at all.} exf3 18. gxf3 Bd8 19. Bc1
Ng6 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Bd3 Bf5 22. Rf2 Qc8 23. Ne2 Bc7 24. Ng3 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 Qh3
{White seems to get close to equality now but the position remains tricky and
probably the kind that Michael Adams likes.} (25... g5 26. Rg2 g6 27. Nh1 Qh3)
26. Qf1 Qh4 27. Qg2 Rab8 28. Rfb2 Rxb2 29. Rxb2 Rb8 30. Rxb8+ Bxb8 31. Bd2 Bc7
32. Be1 Nh7 33. Kf1 Qf6 34. Qe2 Ng5 35. f4 Ne6 36. Kg1 Qe7 37. Kf1 Bd8 38. Qa6
Qd7 39. Ke2 Bh4 40. Kd2 Nf8 41. Ne2 Bxe1+ 42. Kxe1 Nh7 43. Kd2 $2 {Allowing
black to break up white's pawns.} (43. Ng3 Nf6 44. Kd2) 43... g5 44. Ng3 gxf4
45. exf4 Nf6 46. f5 Qc7 47. Kc2 Kh7 48. Kb1 Ng4 49. Qf1 Kg8 50. Qe2 Nf6 51. Qa6
Ng4 52. Qe2 Nf6 53. Qa6 Kf8 54. Qd3 Qa5 55. Qe3 Kg8 56. Kb2 Kh7 57. Kc2 Qa6 58.
h3 Qb7 59. Qe2 Qd7 60. Kd1 Kg8 61. Qe3 a5 62. Qf3 Qb7 63. Kc2 a4 64. Qe3 Qb8
65. Qf3 Kf8 66. Qe3 Ne8 67. Kc1 Qd8 68. Ne2 Qb8 69. Ng3 Nf6 70. Kc2 Qb5 71. Kc1
Qc4+ 72. Kb2 Qb5+ 73. Kc1 Qc4+ 74. Kb2 Ne4 75. f6 $2 (75. Ne2 Kg8 {seems worse.
}) (75. Nxe4 dxe4 76. Qxe4 Qb3+ 77. Kc1 Qxa3+ 78. Kc2 Qb3+ 79. Kd2 Qb4+ 80. Ke2
Qb5+ 81. Ke3 a3 82. Qh4 {Doesn't seem immediately decisive for black.}) 75...
Nxf6 76. Nf5 Qb5+ 77. Kc2 Ne4 78. h4 $2 {There are only bad choices now.} (78.
Nd6 Qb3+ 79. Qxb3 axb3+ 80. Kb2 Nxd6 81. cxd6) 78... Qc4+ 79. Kb2 Qb5+ 80. Kc2
Qc4+ 81. Kb2 Qf1 82. Nd6 Qg2+ 83. Kc1 Qh1+ 84. Kb2 Qh2+ 85. Kc1 Qh1+ 86. Kb2
Qh2+ 87. Kc1 Nxd6 88. cxd6 Qxd6 89. Qh3 g6 90. Qf3 Kg7 91. Qe3 Qf6 0-1

[Event "4th London Classic Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.12.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Johansson, Toni"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2100"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[ECO "A00"]
[Opening "Benko's opening"]
[WhiteFideId "1703269"]
[BlackFideId "13302485"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 c5 3. e4 Nc6 4. c4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nge2 d6 7. d3 Bd7 8. f4 h5
9. h3 Qc8 10. Nd5 O-O 11. f5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 Ne5 13. Nf4 Bb5 14. O-O b6 15. fxg6
fxg6 16. Ne6 Rxf1+ 17. Bxf1 Bd7 18. Nxg7 Kxg7 19. Kh2 Qf8 20. Bf4 Qf6 21. Be2 h4
22. Qf1 Rh8 23. g4 Rf8 24. Be3 Nxg4+ 25. Bxg4 Qe5+ 0-1

[Event "4th London Classic Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.12.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Black "Steevensz, Carel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2096"]
[ECO "E86"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Saemisch, orthodox, 7.Nge2 c6"]
[WhiteFideId "2400561"]
[BlackFideId "1009036"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. f3 d6 6. Nge2 e5 7. Be3 c6 8. Qd2 a6
9. O-O-O Nbd7 10. Kb1 b5 11. Nc1 Qc7 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Nb3 Re8 14. Qd6 Qxd6 15.
Rxd6 Bf8 16. Rxc6 Nb8 17. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "4th London Classic Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.12.01"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Seymour, Timothy P"]
[Black "Van Kampen, Robin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2093"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "412112"]
[BlackFideId "1020854"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7
9. axb5 axb5 10. Rxa8 Qxa8 11. c3 O-O 12. Re1 Na5 13. Bc2 c5 14. d4 cxd4 15.
cxd4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Re8 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 b4 19. Nd2 Qa7 20. N2f3 Nc4 21. b3 Ne5
22. Bg3 Bd8 23. Qa1 Qxa1 24. Rxa1 Nh5 25. Ra7 Bb6 26. Rb7 Ra8 27. Kf1 Nxg3+ 28.
hxg3 Bc5 29. Nxe5 dxe5 30. Rxd7 Bxd4 31. Ke2 Ra1 32. g4 Rg1 33. f3 Rxg2+ 34. Kd3
Bc3 0-1

[Event "4th London Classic Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.12.01"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Hebden, Mark L"]
[Black "Compton, Alistair"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2090"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn"]
[WhiteFideId "400084"]
[BlackFideId "4300645"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Nxe7 7. dxc5 O-O 8.
e3 Qa5+ 9. Nbd2 Bg4 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Qxc5 12. O-O Nbc6 13. Nb3 Qb6 14. Rc1
Rfd8 15. Qe2 Nb4 16. Rc5 Nxa2 17. Rb5 Qc7 18. Qd2 b6 19. Qd4 Qc6 20. Be2 Rdb8
21. Qe5 Ng6 22. Qxd5 Qxd5 23. Rxd5 Nb4 24. Rb5 a5 25. Bf3 Ra7 26. Nxa5 Rxa5 27.
Rxb4 Ne5 28. Be4 Kf8 29. Rc1 Ke7 30. f4 Ng4 31. Bf3 Nf6 32. Rc7+ Kf8 33. e4 b5
34. e5 Ne8 35. Rd7 Rc8 36. f5 Rc7 37. e6 fxe6 38. fxe6 Rc1+ 39. Kf2 Nf6 40. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "4th London Classic Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.12.01"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Takahashi, Reiji"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2079"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[ECO "E91"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "6.Be2"]
[WhiteFideId "7000880"]
[BlackFideId "1700812"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 Bg4 7. Be3 Nfd7 8. Ng1
Bxe2 9. Ngxe2 c5 10. O-O a6 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. f4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Rc8 14. b3 Re8 15.
Rad1 Qa5 16. Nce2 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Nf6 18. Ng3 Ng4 19. Nxc6 Nxe3 20. Rf3 Rxc6 21.
Rxe3 b5 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Rd5 Ra8 24. Re2 e6 25. Rd1 Rca6 26. Kf2 Bf8 27. Rdd2
Bh6 28. Kf3 e5 29. Rd5 Bxf4 30. Rxb5 Rxa2 31. Rd5 R2a3 32. Rb2 Rb8 33. Rd3 h5
34. Nf1 Rb6 35. Ne3 Bxe3 36. Kxe3 f5 37. b4 Rxd3+ 38. Kxd3 Kf7 39. exf5 gxf5 40.
Kc4 Ke6 41. b5 Rb8 42. b6 d5+ 43. Kc5 Rc8+ 44. Kb5 Kd6 45. b7 Rb8 46. Kb6 d4 47.
Ka7 Rxb7+ 48. Kxb7 d3 49. Kb6 e4 50. Rb3 d2 51. Rb1 e3 0-1

[Event "4th London Classic Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.12.01"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Gundavaa, Bayarsaikhan"]
[Black "Cannon, Richard J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2071"]
[ECO "C00"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack"]
[WhiteFideId "4901045"]
[BlackFideId "408670"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Bc5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Re1 Qc7 10. Qe2 b5 11. h4 Bb7 12. Nf1 h6 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. c3 a6 15. b3 Na5
16. Rec1 c4 17. dxc4 dxc4 18. b4 Nc6 19. Rd1 Nd5 20. Rxd5 exd5 21. Ne3 Qd7 22.
Rd1 Na7 23. e6 Qxe6 24. Nd4 Qd7 25. Ndf5 Kf8 26. Nxd5 Qe6 27. Qxe6 fxe6 28.
Ndxe7 Bxg2 29. Ng6+ Kg8 30. Nfe7+ Kh7 31. Kxg2 Rhd8 32. Re1 Nc8 33. Rxe6 Nxe7
34. Nxe7 Rd7 35. Nc6 Rf8 36. Nd4 Ra8 37. h5 a5 38. a3 axb4 39. axb4 Rd5 40. Be5
Ra7 41. Kf3 Kg8 42. Ke4 Rad7 43. f4 Kf7 44. Rg6 Ke8 45. g4 1-0

[Event "4th London Classic Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.12.01"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Duncan, Patrick C M"]
[Black "Holzke, Frank"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2071"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[ECO "A48"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "Torre attack"]
[WhiteFideId "405787"]
[BlackFideId "4600428"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. Ne4 Bxd4 7. Nxd4 cxd4
8. Qxd4 O-O 9. c4 d6 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Qd2 Be6 12. e4 f5 13. exf5 Rxf5 14. Be2 Ne5
15. b3 Qb6 16. O-O Raf8 17. Nd1 Rf4 18. Qe3 Qxe3 19. Nxe3 a5 20. Rad1 Re4 21.
Rfe1 Kg7 22. Bf1 Ref4 23. Rd2 b6 24. Red1 g5 25. h3 h6 26. Rc2 Rc8 27. Rcd2 Rf6
28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Rc5 30. Be2 Rf8 31. R5d2 Ra8 32. g3 a4 33. Kg2 axb3 34.
axb3 Ra3 35. Rb2 Rc8 36. f4 gxf4 37. gxf4 Ng6 38. Kg3 Rca8 39. Bd3 Nf8 40. Bf5
Kf6 41. Bg4 R8a4 42. Rc1 Rb4 43. Rc3 Kf7 44. Bh5+ Kg7 45. Bg4 Kf6 46. Rf3 Ra5
47. Rc3 h5 48. Bd1 Ne6 49. Rd3 Ng7 50. Rdd2 Ra3 51. Ra2 Rxa2 52. Rxa2 b5 53.
cxb5 Rxb5 54. Ra8 Nf5+ 55. Kf2 h4 56. Rf8+ Kg7 57. Rc8 d5 58. Rd8 Nd6 59. Ke3
Rb4 60. Bc2 Rb7 61. Kd4 Rb4+ 62. Ke3 Rb7 63. Kd4 Rb4+ 64. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "4th London Classic Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.12.01"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Lenier, Jude A"]
[Black "Williams, Simon K"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2069"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[ECO "C41"]
[Opening "Philidor"]
[Variation "Improved Hanham variation"]
[WhiteFideId "470678"]
[BlackFideId "404454"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 e5 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O c6 7. a4 Qc7 8. h3 h6
9. Be3 Nf8 10. Nd2 g5 11. b4 Ng6 12. b5 g4 13. hxg4 Nxg4 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. Qf3
Bg5 16. d5 c5 17. Bb5+ Kf8 18. Bc6 Rb8 19. Nb5 Qe7 20. Nc4 Bf4 21. g3 Nh4 22.
Qh1 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Bxg3 24. Nbxd6 Qg5 25. Nxf7 Qg7 26. Nfxe5+ Kg8 27. Rf7 Qg5 28.
Nf3 Qg6 29. Be8 Be5+ 0-1

[Event "4th London Classic Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.12.01"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Hawkins, Jonathan"]
[Black "Burke, John S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2068"]
[ECO "D58"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) system"]
[WhiteFideId "412686"]
[BlackFideId "404322"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2 Bb7
9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 c5 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. Rb1 Bc6 14. O-O Nd7 15.
Bb5 Qc7 16. Qd3 Rfd8 17. Rfc1 Rab8 18. a4 g6 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Qc2 Ne6 21. Qd2
Ba8 22. Ne2 Qe7 23. Ned4 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Bb7 25. Qa5 a6 26. Bd3 Rdc8 27. Rxc8+
Rxc8 28. Qb6 Rc7 29. a5 Kg7 30. h3 Bc8 31. Nc6 Qd6 32. Nb4 Qe5 33. f4 Qc3 34.
Nxd5 Qxd3 35. Nxc7 Bd7 36. Kh2 Qe4 37. Nxa6 Bc6 38. Rg1 g5 39. Nc5 Qe8 40. a6
gxf4 41. exf4 Bd4 42. Ne6+ Qxe6 43. Qxd4+ Kh7 44. Rc1 Qg6 45. Rxc6 Qxc6 46. a7
Qb7 47. Qa4 Qa8 48. Qc2+ Kg7 49. Qc7 1-0

[Event "4th London Classic Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.12.01"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Skutta, Bernd"]
[Black "Schneider, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2067"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "4666950"]
[BlackFideId "2012545"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. Ne5 Ne4 8. Bd3
Bb4+ 9. Kf1 Nxe5 10. dxe5 dxc4 11. bxc4 Nc5 12. Bc2 Qxd1+ 13. Bxd1 Nd3 14. Bd4
c5 15. Be2 cxd4 16. Bxd3 dxe3 17. fxe3 b6 18. Be4 Rb8 19. Ke2 Ba6 20. Bc6+ Ke7
21. Bb5 Bxb5 22. cxb5 Rhc8 23. a4 Rc2+ 24. Kf3 Rd8 25. Na3 Rc3 26. Nb1 Rc5 27.
Ra2 Rdd5 28. Na3 Rc3 29. Nc2 Bc5 30. Re1 Rxe5 31. Rb2 f5 32. g3 Re4 33. Ra2 g5
34. Re2 Kf6 35. Kf2 f4 36. gxf4 gxf4 37. Kg2 fxe3 38. Kf3 Kf5 39. Ne1 Rf4+ 40.
Kg2 Rf2+ 41. Kg1 Rc1 0-1

[Event "4th London Classic Open"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2012.12.01"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Black "Bass, John W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2065"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "400270"]
[BlackFideId "407925"]
[EventDate "2012.12.01"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bg5 c6 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. Qc2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. h3 Ng6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. b4 a6 14. a4 Be6 15.
Rfc1 Be7 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 c5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Ne2 Qf6 21. Rd1
Rc8 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Qd3 Bb6 24. Nf4 Rc5 25. Nxe6 Qxe6 26. Qb3 Qd7 27. Qa4 Qc8
28. h4 Bd8 29. g3 Bf6 30. Kg2 Kf8 31. Qb3 Qe6 32. Qb4 Be7 33. Qa4 Rc8 34. Qa2
Rd8 35. Qa7 Qc8 36. Rd2 Bc5 37. Qa2 Qe6 38. Qc2 Bb6 39. Ng5 Qf5 40. Qd1 Qd7 41.
Qb3 Kg8 42. Nh3 d4 43. Nf4 Qf5 44. exd4 Rxd4 45. Re2 Qd7 46. Nxg6 Rd2 47. Ne5
Qd5+ 48. Qxd5 Rxd5 49. Nc4 Rxb5 50. Re8+ Kh7 51. Re7 Bd4 52. Rxf7 Rb4 53. Nd6 b5
54. Rf5 Rb2 55. Ne4 b4 56. Rd5 Bf6 57. Nxf6+ gxf6 58. Rb5 b3 59. Rb7+ Kg6 60. g4
Rb1 61. Kg3 b2 62. Kf4 Kh6 63. Kf5 1-0

