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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 1:
Saturday, Dec. 1st, 2012, 14:00h |
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| 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 |
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Full report with commentary to follow soon...
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
Photos by Ray Morris-Hill
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
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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. Naturally the games will be covered live on the official web site (below) and on Playchess. The games of round four begin two hours later, those of the final round two hours earlier.
Watch the live stream from the London Chess classic here.
Links
The games will be broadcast live on the official web site and on the chess server Playchess.com. If you are not a member you can download a free Playchess client and get immediate access. Or you can get our latest Fritz 13 program, which includes six months free premium membership to Playchess. |
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