3/28/2011 – Recent bad news was that London would
not host the 2011 World Championship after all. The good news now is: there
will be a third Chess Classic in the Olympia Conference Centre, from December
3-12, 2011. The event has an extra player and round, plus an increased prize
fund. We are delighted to hear this, as the Classic has become our favourite
tournament. Press release and memories.
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London Chess Classic 2011 dates confirmed
The dates for the London Chess Classic 2011 have been confirmed and the tournament
will be held from December 3-12 at the Olympia Conference centre in Kensington.
The tournament will change format slightly with the addition of one more player,
making the UK’s most prestigious tournament even stronger.
A view in the playing hall of last year's Chess Classic
Each day, one player will have a day off and will assist the LCC commentary
team both at Olympia and in the internet broadcast, making the Classic even
more exciting to watch.
There will also be five days of junior coaching, a Grandmaster Open, and weekend
tournaments for players of all levels. An innovation this year will be a chess
festival with lectures, teaching and film screenings. The prize fund has been
increased again and will be in excess of €150,000. The lineup will be announced
in May.
After the games of the London Chess Classic the players always congregate to
the commentary room to discuss what has just transpired for the audience in
London and worldwide on Playchess.com.
Vishy Anand and Magnus Carlsen analysing their game immediately after the
round, with
GMs Daniel King and Chris Ward, who did live commentary while the games were
being played
The live commentary during the games and the post mortems with the players
are archived and can be watched "on demand" by Playchess members. Here are some
samples from last year's event on YouTube.
Anand-McShane part one
Anand-McShane part two
Analysis of Nakamura-Short part one
Analysis of Nakamura-Short part two
Magnus Carlsen's family, with Henrik, Sigrun, Ingrid and Signe
Dominic Lawson writes for the Independent and the Sunday Times. He is the son
of a former Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer Lord Nigel Lawson. As a
frequent guest in the VIP room he can always be counted on for an interesting
and controversial discussion on a wide variety of subjects.
Ken Thompson turned up for the second half of the tournament, having travelled
from balmy San José (where he works for Google) to icy cold London. He is a
good friend of Fred Friedel and Vishy Anand, and was often spotted with the
two at breakfast and dinner – the latter inevitably in the wonderful Japanese
Noodle and Sushi Bar opposite the hotel: Hare & Tortoise.
Viktor Korchnoi was the guest of honour at the London Chess Classic. He played
two simuls during the course of the event, scoring +20, =4, -1 (to Allan Beardsworth,
a former England Olympiad team manager) on 9 December and +23, =3, -3 (to Tony
Stewart, Gordon Scott and David Fowler) on 14 December. The rest of the time
he was following the games avidly, keeping up an entertaining banter with commentator
Julian Hodgson in the V.I.P. room.
GM Genna Sosonko joined us in London for the second half of the event. Like
Viktor Korchnoi, he was a notable defector from the Soviet Union in the 1970s
and he too carved out an impressive chess career in the West. These days he
writes for New In Chess, specialising in poignant pen pictures of the chess
characters he remembers from his youth in the Soviet Union.
A conjunction of pure brain power: world class economist and chess grandmaster
Ken Rogoff,
GM and author John Nunn, computer and computer chess pioneer Ken Thompson
Frederic Friedel with Marie Laure Germon, a French journalist who writes lead
stories for Le Figaro and who married
Vladimir Kramnik four years ago. The two have a daughter, Daria, who will
be two in a few days. At the time Vladimir Kramnik gave Fred a surprise
telephone call and interview. Marie Laure cannot attend many tournaments
in which her husband plays, but she never misses the London Chess Classic.
Garry Kasparov chatting with GMs Jon Speelman, Genna Sosonko and John Nunn...
... and with an old rival, Nigel Short, whose daughter Kyveli Aliki came
visiting
A camera crew of CNN arrive at the Olympia Centre to interview Kasparov
and Anand
Gala closing dinner in Simpsons-in-the-Strand after the London Chess Classic
2010
Each table has a chessboard, and during dinner the participants of the Classic
move around, one at a time, to play against the guests at the table. World Champion
Viswanathan Anand opens with 1.d4 on one of the tables
Here David Howell makes his move at the sponsor's table, which includes
GMs Garry Kasparov and David Norwood. Kasparov restricted his advice to an occasional
smile or nod of the head. In the background on the right Malcolm Pein comments
on the games.
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