LCC R4 and R5: Video analysis by Daniel King

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12/9/2015 – There's a high chance of 4 draws and one decisive win per round if you look at the first five rounds of the London Chess Classic 2015. The decisive wins from round 4 and 5 are reviewed by Daniel King in his usual comprehensive manner. Being present at the Classic, he's the right man to show you some insights to the games. Click here for the videos...

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Nakamura vs Anand Round 4

Anand vs Topalov Round 5

Analysis

 
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1.d4 4 Nf6 6 2.Nf3 20 e6 13 3.c4 16 d5 7 4.g3 0 Be7 8 5.Bg2 5 0-0 7 6.Qc2 16 6.0-0 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.Qxc4 b5 9.Qc2 Bb7 6...c5 16 6...dxc4 7.Qxc4 a6 8.Bf4 7.0-0 16 7.dxc5 Qa5+ 7...cxd4 12 8.Nxd4 9 Qb6 0 8...e5 9.Nf5 d4 10.Nxe7+ Qxe7 0-1 (31) Miroshnichenko,E (2617)-Anand, V (2781) Germany 2004 CBM 105 [Ribli] 8...Nc6 9.Nxc6 bxc6 9.Rd1 13 Nc6 14 10.Nxc6 1:06 Qxc6 0 11.Bg5 15 11.Na3 Bxa3 12.bxa3 Qxc4 13.Qxc4 dxc4 14.a4 Bd7 15.Ba3 Bxa4 16.Rdc1 b5 17.Bxa8 Rxa8 18.f3 a5 0-1 (51) Aronian,L (2780)-Anand,V (2804) Stavanger 2015 11...h6 14:10 11...Qxc4 12.Qxc4 dxc4 13.Nd2 12.Bxf6 51 Bxf6 11 13.Na3 4 Bd7 2:15 14.Rab1 17 Rac8 3:16 15.Qd3 38 Rfd8 8:01 16.cxd5 32 Qa4 38 17.Rd2 5 b5 9:09 18.Rbd1 0 exd5 28:00 19.Bxd5 29 Bc6 0 19...Be8 20.e4 20.e4 0 a6 2:23 21.h4 6:26 Bxd5 8:30 22.exd5 2:10 Qb4 1:03 22...Rd7 22...Rd6 23.Rb1 4:30 Qa5 2:01 24.b4 9:06 Qa4 3:43 24...Qb6 25.Rc2 25.Rb3 2:53 Be7 1:33 26.Re2 9:26 Rc7 11:08 26...Bxb4 27.Re4 a5 28.Kg2 28.Qxb5 Qxb5 29.Nxb5 Rxd5 28.Nxb5 Qxa2 28...Rd7 29.Rd4 Rcd8 30.h5 27.Kg2 11:06 Bf6 0 28.Qf3 5:33 Re7 5:58 28...a5 29.Nc2 Qxa2 30.Nd4 29.Rd2 3:57 Red7 2:45 30.Qe2 2:05 g6 1:34 30...a5 31.Nxb5 31.h5 0 g5 9 32.Qd1 0 Bg7 23 33.Nc2 1:39 Qxa2 11 34.Ne3 15 Qa1 4 34...Qa4 35.Qb1 35.Qxa1 10 Bxa1 5 36.Ra2 19 Bd4 56 37.Nf5 0 Bg7 8 37...Rxd5 38.Ne7+ 38.Rxa6 9 Bf8 9 39.d6 27 Bxd6 6 40.Nxh6+ 0 Kh7 0 41.Ng4 1:40 41.Ng4 Be7 42.Rf3 Rf8 43.Ne5
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Nakamura,H2793Anand,V27962015E067th London Classic 20154
Anand,V2796Topalov,V28032015B907th London Classic 20155

Standings

Live commentary on Playchess

Day and round English German
07.12 Monday Round 4 Merijn van Delft Georgios Souleidis/Dorian Rogozenco
08.12 Tuesday Round 5 Merijn van Delft Oliver Reeh/Dorian Rogozenco
10.12 Thursday Round 6 Merijn van Delft Sebastian Siebrecht
11.12 Friday Round 7 Mihail Marin Sebastian Siebrecht
12.12 Saturday Round 8 Georgios Souleidis/Oliver Reeh Sebastian Siebrecht
13.12 Sunday Round 9 Yannick Pelletier Oliver Reeh/Martin Breutigam

Daniel King: Mr. Powerplay

Daniel King during a visit in Hamburg

Grandmaster Daniel King has been a professional chess player for more than 20 years and has represented his country in numerous competitions, amongst others in the historic win by the English over the Soviet Union in 1990 in Reykjavik. King is the author of more than 15 chess books and has wealth of experience as a trainer, assisting many of England’s leading players. He is also well known for his broadcasting on TV, radio and the internet, commentating major chess events. To the delight of chess fans worldwide, he hosts his monthly "Powerplay" show on the world's largest chess server, Playchess.com. He contributes to ChessBase Magazine, with the popular column "Move by Move". King has also produced the highly praised PowerPlay DVD series for ChessBase. King lives in London.

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