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.
Watching the games live
You can watch the live
stream with video and GM commentary on the official web site
You can also watch the games with GMs commenting (today including Hikaru Nakamura)
on the Playchess server. The commentary
– the same as on the official site – is provided as an audio feed.
This is free for premium members.
You have the usual Playchess functions, such as chat with other members or,
most importantly, real time engine analysis as well as Let's Check evaluations
– deep lines by the most powerful computers and engines all over the world.
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 |
½-½ |
Gawain Jones |
| Hikaru Nakamura |
0-1 |
Vladimir Kramnik |
| Magnus Carlsen |
1-0 |
Levon Aronian |
| Vishy Anand |
½-½ |
Luke McShane |
Michael Adams (bye) –
assisting commentary |
|
| Round
3: Monday, Dec. 3rd, 2012, 14:00h |
| Levon Aronian |
½-½ |
Vishy Anand |
| Vladimir Kramnik |
½-½ |
Magnus Carlsen |
| Gawain Jones |
½-½ |
Hikaru Nakamura |
| Michael Adams |
1-0 |
Judit Polgar |
Luke McShane (bye) – assisting
commentary |
|
| Round
4: Tuesday, Dec. 4th, 2012, 16:00h |
| Hikaru Nakamura |
½-½ |
Michael Adams |
| Magnus Carlsen |
1-0 |
Gawain Jones |
| Vishy Anand |
½-½ |
Vladimir Kramnik |
| Luke McShane |
0-1 |
Levon Aronian |
Judit Polgar (bye) – assisting
commentary |
|
| Wednesday,
Dec. 5th, 2012 Rest 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, 13:00h |
| 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.
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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