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7th London Chess Classic 2015 (Games and Results)
7th London Chess Classic 2015
Mark Crowther - Sunday 29th November 2015
The 7th London Chess Classic takes place 4th to 13th December 2015. The event will determine the winner of the Grand Chess Tour 2015 following Norway Chess and Sinquefield Cup tournaments. Players ordered by draw number: 1. Veselin Topalov 2. Alexander Grischuk 3. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 4. Fabiano Caruana 5. Viswanathan Anand 6. Michael Adams 7. Levon Aronian 8. Magnus Carlsen 9. Hikaru Nakamura 10. Anish Giri.
Round 1 4pm 4th December 2015: Topalov-Giri, Grischuk-Nakamura, Vachier-Lagrave-Carlsen, Caruana-Aronian and Anand-Adams.
Carlsen wins the London Chess Classic and Grand Chess Tour on the final day (9)
Magnus Carlsen won the 7th London Chess Classic and the whole Grand Chess Tour after an amazing final day for him.
Carlsen knew he needed to beat Alexander Grischuk in his round 9 game to have any chance. At first he secured a very promising position but he lost control of the position and his hopes only lay with Grischuk's severe time pressure. Grischuk might have even won but in the end with only seconds left he went for a perpetual check that wasn't there and lost. The remaining games of the round were drawn leaving Carlsen tied with Anish Giri and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave.
Carlsen had the best performance tie-break and under the rules for a three way tie he waited for the winner of a Giri vs MVL match. Giri won the first rapid game and seemed to be safe and solid with white in the second but he lost control and was defeated. MVL also won the Armageddon tie-break to set up the final against Carlsen.
In the final tie-break match of the day MVL was a bit worse against Carlsen in game one but towards the end seemed favourite to hold the rook endgame before suddenly going wrong and losing. In the second game MVL seemed to have little energy left and Carlsen took a draw from a position of strength that secured both first place in London and first place in the inaugural Grand Tour.
7th London Chess Classic 2015 (9)
Mark Crowther (Mon Dec 14 00:24:00 2015)
London Chess Classic director Malcolm Pein presents the Classic and Tour trophies to Magnus Carlsen. Photo © Ray Morris-Hill. | https://raymorris-hill.smugmug.com/Sports/Chess-2015/2015-London-Chess-Classic/
7th London Chess Classic 2015 (7-8)
Giri and Vachier-Lagrave lead going into the final round of the London Chess Classic
Mark Crowther | Sat Dec 12 20:32:00 2015
7th London Chess Classic 2015 (6)
Grischuk beats Anand in the only decisive game of London Round 6
Mark Crowther | Thu Dec 10 21:37:00 2015
7th London Chess Classic 2015 (5)
Anand defeats Topalov in the only decisive game of round 5
Mark Crowther | Wed Dec 9 18:45:00 2015
7th London Chess Classic 2015 (4)
Nakamura beats Anand in the only decisive game of the London Classic Round 4
Mark Crowther | Mon Dec 7 23:36:00 2015
7th London Chess Classic 2015 (3)
Vachier-Lagrave beats Topalov in London Chess Classic Round 3
Mark Crowther | Sun Dec 6 20:34:00 2015
7th London Chess Classic 2015 (2)
All games drawn on day 2 of the London Chess Classic
Mark Crowther | Sat Dec 5 20:17:00 2015
7th London Chess Classic 2015 (1)
Giri leads the London Chess Classic after a win in Round 1
Mark Crowther | Fri Dec 4 21:48:00 2015
7th London Chess Classic 2015 (London ENG)
Thu 3rd Dec 2015 - Mon 14th Dec 2015 -
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| 7th London Classic 2015 London (ENG), 3-14 xii 2015 | cat. XXII (2784) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1. | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2834 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 5½ | 2858 | |||
| 2. | Giri, Anish | g | NED | 2784 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 5½ | 2864 | |||
| 3. | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | g | FRA | 2773 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5½ | 2865 | |||
| 4. | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2788 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5 | 2826 | |||
| 5. | Caruana, Fabiano | g | USA | 2787 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4½ | 2783 | |||
| 6. | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 2737 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4½ | 2789 | |||
| 7. | Grischuk, Alexander | g | RUS | 2747 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 4½ | 2788 | |||
| 8. | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2793 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 4 | 2740 | |||
| 9. | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2796 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 3½ | 2702 | |||
| 10. | Topalov, Veselin | g | BUL | 2803 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | 2½ | 2616 | |||
| Round 1 (December 4, 2015) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | - Carlsen, Magnus | ½-½ | 28 | B33 | Sicilian Sveshnikov | |
| Caruana, Fabiano | - Aronian, Levon | ½-½ | 51 | C84 | Ruy Lopez Centre Attack | |
| Grischuk, Alexander | - Nakamura, Hikaru | ½-½ | 38 | C67 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
| Anand, Viswanathan | - Adams, Michael | ½-½ | 32 | A20 | English Opening | |
| Topalov, Veselin | - Giri, Anish | 0-1 | 40 | E60 | King's Indian without Nc3 | |
| Round 2 (December 5, 2015) | ||||||
| Carlsen, Magnus | - Caruana, Fabiano | ½-½ | 42 | C67 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
| Giri, Anish | - Adams, Michael | ½-½ | 26 | E37 | Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2 | |
| Aronian, Levon | - Anand, Viswanathan | ½-½ | 34 | D38 | QGD Ragozin | |
| Nakamura, Hikaru | - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | ½-½ | 57 | A48 | King's Indian Defence /c2-c4 | |
| Topalov, Veselin | - Grischuk, Alexander | ½-½ | 33 | C65 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
| Round 3 (December 6, 2015) | ||||||
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | - Topalov, Veselin | 1-0 | 38 | B90 | Sicilian Najdorf Variation | |
| Caruana, Fabiano | - Nakamura, Hikaru | ½-½ | 45 | C65 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
| Adams, Michael | - Aronian, Levon | ½-½ | 34 | C88 | Ruy Lopez Closed | |
| Grischuk, Alexander | - Giri, Anish | ½-½ | 47 | C67 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
| Anand, Viswanathan | - Carlsen, Magnus | ½-½ | 56 | C67 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
| Round 4 (December 7, 2015) | ||||||
| Carlsen, Magnus | - Adams, Michael | ½-½ | 78 | A07 | Barcza System | |
| Giri, Anish | - Aronian, Levon | ½-½ | 33 | A22 | English Opening | |
| Grischuk, Alexander | - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | ½-½ | 43 | B96 | Sicilian Najdorf | |
| Nakamura, Hikaru | - Anand, Viswanathan | 1-0 | 41 | E06 | Catalan | |
| Topalov, Veselin | - Caruana, Fabiano | ½-½ | 83 | C65 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
| Round 5 (December 8, 2015) | ||||||
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | - Giri, Anish | ½-½ | 31 | C67 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
| Aronian, Levon | - Carlsen, Magnus | ½-½ | 40 | D41 | Semi-Tarrasch Defence | |
| Caruana, Fabiano | - Grischuk, Alexander | ½-½ | 58 | C65 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
| Adams, Michael | - Nakamura, Hikaru | ½-½ | 56 | C65 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
| Anand, Viswanathan | - Topalov, Veselin | 1-0 | 74 | B90 | Sicilian Najdorf Variation | |
| Round 6 (December 10, 2015) | ||||||
| Giri, Anish | - Carlsen, Magnus | ½-½ | 53 | C91 | Ruy Lopez | |
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | - Caruana, Fabiano | ½-½ | 30 | C67 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
| Grischuk, Alexander | - Anand, Viswanathan | 1-0 | 54 | A20 | English Opening | |
| Nakamura, Hikaru | - Aronian, Levon | ½-½ | 41 | E06 | Catalan | |
| Topalov, Veselin | - Adams, Michael | ½-½ | 47 | D37 | QGD 5.Bf4 | |
| Round 7 (December 11, 2015) | ||||||
| Carlsen, Magnus | - Nakamura, Hikaru | 1-0 | 78 | D11 | Slav Defence | |
| Aronian, Levon | - Topalov, Veselin | 1-0 | 27 | A34 | English Symmetrical | |
| Caruana, Fabiano | - Giri, Anish | ½-½ | 36 | A45 | Trompowsky | |
| Adams, Michael | - Grischuk, Alexander | ½-½ | 29 | B91 | Sicilian Najdorf with 6.g3 | |
| Anand, Viswanathan | - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 0-1 | 34 | B92 | Sicilian Najdorf with 6.Be2 | |
| Round 8 (December 12, 2015) | ||||||
| Giri, Anish | - Nakamura, Hikaru | 1-0 | 43 | A08 | Barcza System | |
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | - Adams, Michael | ½-½ | 37 | C95 | Ruy Lopez Breyer | |
| Caruana, Fabiano | - Anand, Viswanathan | ½-½ | 59 | E06 | Catalan | |
| Grischuk, Alexander | - Aronian, Levon | ½-½ | 40 | A14 | Reti Opening | |
| Topalov, Veselin | - Carlsen, Magnus | ½-½ | 97 | D41 | Semi-Tarrasch Defence | |
| Round 9 (December 13, 2015) | ||||||
| Carlsen, Magnus | - Grischuk, Alexander | 1-0 | 38 | B51 | Sicilian Rossolimo | |
| Aronian, Levon | - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | ½-½ | 33 | A04 | Dutch System | |
| Adams, Michael | - Caruana, Fabiano | ½-½ | 35 | C78 | Ruy Lopez Moeller Defence | |
| Nakamura, Hikaru | - Topalov, Veselin | ½-½ | 37 | C67 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
| Anand, Viswanathan | - Giri, Anish | ½-½ | 33 | C67 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
London Classic Open 2015 (9 Rds Swiss Indiv TC: 90m:30m+30spm(1)) - Games in PGN: Open Games
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| London Classic Open 2015 London ENG Thu 3rd Dec 2015 - Mon 14th Dec 2015
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | Pts |
| 1 | 8 | Bok Benjamin | GM | NED | 2594 | 8.0 |
| 2 | 1 | Postny Evgeny | GM | ISR | 2670 | 7.0 |
| 7 | Jumabayev Rinat | GM | KAZ | 2599 | 7.0 | |
| 9 | Hansen Eric | GM | CAN | 2577 | 7.0 | |
| 10 | Hawkins Jonathan | GM | ENG | 2569 | 7.0 | |
| 13 | Vakhidov Jahongir | GM | UZB | 2546 | 7.0 | |
| 18 | Sadzikowski Daniel | IM | POL | 2506 | 7.0 | |
| 8 | 2 | Gharamian Tigran | GM | FRA | 2654 | 6.5 |
| 3 | Melkumyan Hrant | GM | ARM | 2654 | 6.5 | |
| 5 | Lenderman Alex | GM | USA | 2626 | 6.5 | |
| 11 | Dragun Kamil | GM | POL | 2564 | 6.5 | |
| 14 | Baron Tal | GM | ISR | 2544 | 6.5 | |
| 15 | Hillarp Persson Tiger | GM | SWE | 2521 | 6.5 | |
| 16 | Vishnu Prasanna V | GM | IND | 2514 | 6.5 | |
| 17 | Gledura Benjamin | IM | HUN | 2513 | 6.5 | |
| 22 | Fodor Tamas Jr | GM | HUN | 2492 | 6.5 | |
| 29 | Galyas Miklos | IM | HUN | 2465 | 6.5 | |
| 34 | Wells Peter K | GM | ENG | 2442 | 6.5 | |
| 63 | Nguyen Piotr | POL | 2329 | 6.5 | ||
| 20 | 4 | Edouard Romain | GM | FRA | 2627 | 6.0 |
| 6 | Grigoriants Sergey | GM | RUS | 2603 | 6.0 | |
| 12 | Rambaldi Francesco | GM | ITA | 2560 | 6.0 | |
| 21 | Blomqvist Erik | GM | SWE | 2493 | 6.0 | |
| 26 | Swayams Mishra | IM | IND | 2477 | 6.0 | |
| 27 | Andersen Mads | IM | DEN | 2474 | 6.0 | |
| 28 | Hebden Mark L | GM | ENG | 2469 | 6.0 | |
| 33 | Bartholomew John | IM | USA | 2443 | 6.0 | |
| 35 | Cherniaev Alexander | GM | RUS | 2441 | 6.0 | |
| 37 | Wegerle Joerg | IM | GER | 2440 | 6.0 | |
| 41 | Koop Thorben | FM | GER | 2418 | 6.0 | |
| 46 | Korley Kassa | IM | DEN | 2389 | 6.0 | |
| 47 | Kiik Kalle | IM | EST | 2382 | 6.0 | |
| 49 | Martins David Pt | FM | POR | 2372 | 6.0 | |
| 50 | Guramishvili Sopiko | IM | GEO | 2368 | 6.0 | |
| 52 | Lokander Martin | FM | SWE | 2367 | 6.0 | |
| 54 | Sachdev Tania | IM | IND | 2357 | 6.0 | |
| 57 | Englert Fabian | FM | GER | 2350 | 6.0 | |
| 58 | Beinoras Mindaugas | IM | LTU | 2344 | 6.0 | |
| 60 | Vuilleumier Alexandre | IM | SUI | 2342 | 6.0 | |
| 67 | Karthik V. Ap | IND | 2310 | 6.0 | ||
| 120 | Kalaiyalahan Akshaya | ENG | 2157 | 6.0 | ||
| 42 | 19 | Hector Jonny | GM | SWE | 2499 | 5.5 |
| 20 | Westerberg Jonathan | IM | SWE | 2497 | 5.5 | |
| 32 | Georgescu Tiberiu-Marian | GM | ROU | 2453 | 5.5 | |
| 36 | Sagar Shah | IM | IND | 2441 | 5.5 | |
| 38 | Williams Simon K | GM | ENG | 2439 | 5.5 | |
| 40 | D'costa Lorin Ar | IM | ENG | 2418 | 5.5 | |
| 43 | Esserman Marc | IM | USA | 2411 | 5.5 | |
| 44 | Houska Jovanka | IM | ENG | 2409 | 5.5 | |
| 45 | Roberson Peter T | IM | ENG | 2407 | 5.5 | |
| 247 players | ||||||
7th London Classic TB (3 players 2 Rds KO Indiv TC: 25m+5spm) - Games in PGN: TB Games
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| 7th London Classic TB London ENG Sun 13th Dec 2015 - Sun 13th Dec 2015
Leading Final Round 2 Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | Pts |
| 1 | Carlsen, Magnus | GM | NOR | 2834 | 1 | = | 1.5 | |
| 2 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | GM | FRA | 2773 | 0 | = | 0.5 | |
| 1 | Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | GM | FRA | 2773 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Giri, Anish | GM | NED | 2784 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 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 Thu 3rd Dec 2015 - Mon 14th Dec 2015
Leading Final Round 10 Standings: |
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| Rk | SNo | Name | Ti | Rtg | Pts |
| 1 | 12 | Mcshane Luke J | GM | 2650 | 9.5 |
| 2 | 7 | Melkumyan Hrant | GM | 2675 | 8.5 |
| 3 | 4 | Lenderman Alex | GM | 2687 | 8.0 |
| 5 | Hansen Eric | GM | 2680 | 8.0 | |
| 10 | Pert Nicholas | GM | 2657 | 8.0 | |
| 13 | Edouard Romain | GM | 2629 | 8.0 | |
| 14 | Hammer Jon Ludvig | GM | 2607 | 8.0 | |
| 16 | Grigoriants Sergey | GM | 2600 | 8.0 | |
| 18 | Jumabayev Rinat | GM | 2587 | 8.0 | |
| 40 | Eggleston David J | IM | 2432 | 8.0 | |
| 45 | Fodor Tamas Jr | GM | 2410 | 8.0 | |
| 12 | 3 | Howell David Wl | GM | 2687 | 7.5 |
| 11 | Gharamian Tigran | GM | 2652 | 7.5 | |
| 23 | Cherniaev Alexander | GM | 2552 | 7.5 | |
| 32 | Arkell Keith Cc | GM | 2470 | 7.5 | |
| 50 | Fernandez Daniel H | IM | 2402 | 7.5 | |
| 62 | Gullaksen Eirik T | IM | 2350 | 7.5 | |
| 18 | 1 | Sadler Matthew D | GM | 2800 | 7.0 |
| 2 | Kasimdzhanov Rustam | GM | 2694 | 7.0 | |
| 6 | Hawkins Jonathan | GM | 2680 | 7.0 | |
| 8 | Bauer Christian | GM | 2661 | 7.0 | |
| 9 | Hebden Mark L | GM | 2657 | 7.0 | |
| 15 | Ghasi Ameet K | IM | 2605 | 7.0 | |
| 17 | Jones Gawain Cb | GM | 2597 | 7.0 | |
| 19 | Bok Benjamin | GM | 2567 | 7.0 | |
| 20 | Speelman Jon S | GM | 2567 | 7.0 | |
| 24 | Rowson Jonathan W | GM | 2540 | 7.0 | |
| 26 | Hillarp Persson Tiger | GM | 2526 | 7.0 | |
| 29 | Strugnell Carl | FM | 2482 | 7.0 | |
| 30 | Zhou Yang-Fan | IM | 2479 | 7.0 | |
| 36 | Rendle Thomas E | IM | 2455 | 7.0 | |
| 42 | Zujev Oleg | 2432 | 7.0 | ||
| 43 | Dragun Kamil | GM | 2417 | 7.0 | |
| 44 | Mcdonald Neil R | GM | 2417 | 7.0 | |
| 49 | Haria Ravi | FM | 2410 | 7.0 | |
| 51 | Georgescu Tiberiu-Marian | GM | 2395 | 7.0 | |
| 53 | Kilpatrick Callum | FM | 2395 | 7.0 | |
| 56 | Hector Jonny | GM | 2380 | 7.0 | |
| 63 | Hamitevici Vladimir | IM | 2350 | 7.0 | |
| 68 | Krishna Crg | IM | 2331 | 7.0 | |
| 80 | Suarez Real Alberto | IM | 2282 | 7.0 | |
| 83 | Haussernot Cecile | WFM | 2275 | 7.0 | |
| 141 | Karthik V. AP | 2079 | 7.0 | ||
| 44 | 27 | Baron Tal | GM | 2515 | 6.5 |
| 34 | Emms John M | GM | 2467 | 6.5 | |
| 38 | Wegerle Joerg | IM | 2440 | 6.5 | |
| 41 | Roberson Peter T | IM | 2432 | 6.5 | |
| 48 | Milliet Sophie | IM | 2410 | 6.5 | |
| 55 | Pert Richard G | IM | 2387 | 6.5 | |
| 57 | Bukojemski Adam | 2380 | 6.5 | ||
| 368 players | |||||
