12/1/2012 – The 4th London Chess Classic started with a bang. Sadly for Judit Polgar, she still hasn't solved the Kramnik Theorem. Nakamura defeated Aronian, Mickey Adams beat Gawain Jones, while Magnus Carlsen came back from a near loss to Luke McShane and used his endgame magic to equal Garry Kasparov’s record 2851! Round one report with postgame analysis of the stars.
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The 2012 London Chess Classic is taking place in the Olympia
Conference Centre from Saturday, December 1st until Monday, December 10th.
Games start each day in general at 14:00h London time, except for round four
(16:00h) and the final round (12:00h). Time controls are classical forty moves
in two hours, then twenty moves in one hour and thirty minutes for the rest
of the game. A win is counted as three points, a draw as one, and a loss zero.
Tiebreaks: 1) number of wins, 2) number of wins with black, 3) result of the
individual game between the tied players. In the unlikely event that there is
still a tie then: 4) 2 x 15'+2" games, and if necessary 5) Armageddon game:
6'+2" vs 5'+2" with draw odds for black. If there is a tie involving
more than two players then the Rapid games will be conducted as a double round
all play all.
Round one report
Round 1:
Saturday, Dec. 1st, 2012, 14:00h
Luke McShane
0-1
Magnus Carlsen
Levon Aronian
0-1
Hikaru Nakamura
Vladimir Kramnik
1-0
Judit Polgar
Gawain Jones
0-1
Michael Adams
Vishy Anand (bye) – assisting
commentary
Full report with commentary to follow soon...
Replay all the games of the round
Dr J Bhagwati, High Commissioner of India to the UK, plays the
first move for Luke McShane in his game against Magnus Carlsen
World Champion Viswanathan Anand and Dr J Bhagwati,
High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom
Before the start of the game Vladimir Kramnik vs Judit Polgar
What's he going to play? Luke McShane vs Magnus (let me check first what the
others are doing) Carlsen
All-English encounter Gawain Jones vs Michael Adams in round one
Armenian GM Levon Aronian in round one facing...
... top US grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura
Judit Pogar, the strongest female who ever played chess
Former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik, who vanquished Judit in round one
Vladimir Kramnik analysing his game against Judit Polgar with GM Daniel
King...
... while Judit Polgar looks on without too much pleasure
Levon Aronian discusses his loss against...
... US GM Hikaru Nakamura
Magnus Carlsen analysing in the press center...
... with Luke McShane joining in gamely
Photos by Pascal Simon for ChessBase
Daniel King: Highlights of round one
Pairings and results
Round
1: Saturday, Dec. 1st, 2012, 14:00h
Luke McShane
0-1
Magnus Carlsen
Levon Aronian
0-1
Hikaru Nakamura
Vladimir Kramnik
1-0
Judit Polgar
Gawain Jones
0-1
Michael Adams
Vishy Anand (bye) – assisting
commentary
Round
2: Sunday, Dec. 2nd, 2012, 14:00h
Judit Polgar
Gawain Jones
Hikaru Nakamura
Vladimir Kramnik
Magnus Carlsen
Levon Aronian
Vishy Anand
Luke McShane
Michael Adams (bye) –
assisting commentary
Round
3: Monday, Dec. 3rd, 2012, 14:00h
Levon Aronian
Vishy Anand
Vladimir Kramnik
Magnus Carlsen
Gawain Jones
Hikaru Nakamura
Michael Adams
Judit Polgar
Luke McShane (bye) – assisting
commentary
Round
4: Tuesday, Dec. 4th, 2012, 16:00h
Hikaru Nakamura
Michael Adams
Magnus Carlsen
Gawain Jones
Vishy Anand
Vladimir Kramnik
Luke McShane
Levon Aronian
Judit Polgar (bye) – assisting
commentary
Wednesday,
Dec. 5th, 2012Rest day
Round
5: Thursday, Dec. 6th, 2012, 14:00h
Vladimir Kramnik
Luke McShane
Gawain Jones
Vishy Anand
Michael Adams
Magnus Carlsen
Judit Polgar
Hikaru Nakamura
Levon Aronian (bye) –
assisting commentary
Round
6: Friday, Dec. 7th, 2012, 14:00h
Magnus Carlsen
Judit Polgar
Vishy Anand
Michael Adams
Luke McShane
Gawain Jones
Levon Aronian
Vladimir Kramnik
Hikaru Nakamura (bye) –
assisting commentary
Round
7: Saturday, Dec. 8th, 2012, 14:00h
Gawain Jones
Levon Aronian
Michael Adams
Luke McShane
Judit Polgar
Vishy Anand
Hikaru Nakamura
Magnus Carlsen
Vladimir Kramnik (bye) –
assisting commentary
Round
8: Sunday, Dec. 9th, 2012, 14:00h
Vishy Anand
Hikaru Nakamura
Luke McShane
Judit Polgar
Levon Aronian
Michael Adams
Vladimir Kramnik
Gawain Jones
Magnus Carlsen (bye) –
assisting commentary
Round
9: Monday, Dec. 10th, 2012, 12:00h
Michael Adams
Vladimir Kramnik
Judit Polgar
Levon Aronian
Hikaru Nakamura
Luke McShane
Magnus Carlsen
Vishy Anand
Gawain Jones (bye) – assisting
commentary
The games – except for rounds four and nine – start at 2 p.m.
or 14:00h British time = 15:00h CET, 17:00h Moscow, 7:30 p.m. Chennai, 22:00h
Beijing, 01:00 a.m. Melbourne, 03:00 a.m. Auckland, 6 a.m. San José,
9 a.m. New York. You can check your location here.
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