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6th London Chess Classic 2014 (4)
Nakamura moves into contention after a Round 4 win against Adams in the London Chess Classic
Mark Crowther - Saturday 13th December 2014
Hikaru Nakamura defeated Michael Adams in Round 4. Photo © John Saunders. | http://www.londonchessclassic.com
Hikaru Nakamura beat Michael Adams in round 4 of the London Chess Classic to move within striking distance of the leaders Anish Giri and Vladimir Kramnik who meet in the final round.
Nakamura played a slightly unusual move order in the Queen's Gambit delaying the development of his Queen's Knight and playing Qc2 instead. Adams could have taken play back into normal lines if he had played 7...0-0 but instead his 7...c5 got him into trouble that he never really escaped from. Adams retained drawing chances although after 24...Ne6 allowed 25.Nxe6 fe breaking his kingside pawn structure there was some argument as to whether the rook ending was now theoretically lost among some of the players. After 28.Rb1 Adams' task in the double rook ending looked hard and Nakamura trapped his rook on move 40.
Viswanathan Anand looked to have some kind of edge against Anish Giri but a miscalculation meant that the position turned round to being slightly better for black. Anand however quickly simplified to a draw.
Vladimir Kramnik looked to have nagging pressure against Fabiano Caruana's Gruenfeld but a finely calculated combination liquidating the centre and most of the pieces led to a draw for Caruana.
Gawain Jones again drew against Romain Edouard to maintain his slender lead in their six game match. The fifth game will be alongside the final round of the Classic and their final game will take place at the start of the Hampstead Chess Congress.
Round 4 (of 5) Standings: Kramnik, Giri 6pts, Nakamura 5pts, Anand, Adams 4pts, Caruana 3pts.
Final Round 5 pairings: Adams-Anand, Caruana-Nakamura, Giri-Kramnik
| 6th London Classic 2014 London (ENG), 10-14 xii 2014 | cat. XXII (2780) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||||
| 1. | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2769 | * | . | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 6 | 2880 |
| 2. | Giri, Anish | g | NED | 2768 | . | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 6 | 2880 |
| 3. | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2775 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | . | 5 | 2768 |
| 4. | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2793 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | . | ½ | 4 | 2785 |
| 5. | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 2745 | ½ | 0 | 0 | . | * | 1 | 4 | 2698 |
| 6. | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2829 | ½ | ½ | . | ½ | 0 | * | 3 | 2681 |
| Round 1 (December 10, 2014) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kramnik, Vladimir | - Anand, Viswanathan | ½-½ | 45 | D44 | Anti-Meran Gambit | |
| Nakamura, Hikaru | - Giri, Anish | ½-½ | 33 | C67 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
| Adams, Michael | - Caruana, Fabiano | 1-0 | 73 | C90 | Ruy Lopez | |
| Round 2 (December 11, 2014) | ||||||
| Kramnik, Vladimir | - Nakamura, Hikaru | 1-0 | 41 | E92 | King's Indian Classical | |
| Giri, Anish | - Adams, Michael | 1-0 | 47 | E01 | Catalan | |
| Anand, Viswanathan | - Caruana, Fabiano | ½-½ | 17 | D37 | QGD 5.Bf4 | |
| Round 3 (December 12, 2014) | ||||||
| Nakamura, Hikaru | - Anand, Viswanathan | ½-½ | 36 | C52 | Evans Gambit | |
| Caruana, Fabiano | - Giri, Anish | ½-½ | 44 | C67 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
| Adams, Michael | - Kramnik, Vladimir | ½-½ | 54 | C67 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
| Round 4 (December 13, 2014) | ||||||
| Kramnik, Vladimir | - Caruana, Fabiano | ½-½ | 35 | D91 | Gruenfeld 5.Bg5 | |
| Anand, Viswanathan | - Giri, Anish | ½-½ | 43 | D37 | QGD 5.Bf4 | |
| Nakamura, Hikaru | - Adams, Michael | 1-0 | 40 | D30 | Queen's Gambit (without Nc3) | |
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