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LCC R6: Video analysis by Daniel King

12/11/2015 – Another round with four draws and one decisive game finished yesterday. Even with such a high number of draws Daniel King found some interesting positions which he included into his round report. The games Topalov vs Adams and Grischuk vs Anand got his attention. In his usual manner Daniel King explains the ideas of the player in a comprehensive and lively way. Click here for the videos...

London Rd6: Grischuk grinds down Anand

12/10/2015 – Four draws one win – that’s the trend at each round of the London Chess Classic. Alexander Grischuk scored a full point against Vishy Anand by playing a highly consistent game. Topalov drew a winning position against Michael Adams. The other three games were not exactly dramatic. David Howell won the British Knockout with a score of 4:2 and Benjamin Bok leads the FIDE Open with a score of 7.0/8. Pictures, videos and analysis from London.

London Rd5: Anand beats Topalov in virtuoso endgame

12/9/2015 – Vishy Anand’s victory over Veselin Topalov was the highlight of the day. Caruana missing a one move win against Grischuk, with loads of time on his clock, was quite shocking. Going in to the rest day we have three leaders – Vachier-Lagrave, Nakamura and Giri, all with +1. In the British Knockout Howell inched closer to the title with another draw. The open event is heating up with ten players on 5.0/6. High quality pictures and analysis from London.

LCC R4 and R5: Video analysis by Daniel King

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...

LCC R04: Nakamura is World No. 2

12/8/2015 – Once again we witnessed only a single decisive result, but almost every one of the five games was a hard fought battle. Nakamura beat Anand, whose hometown of Chennai is under water. Carlsen and Topalov came close to scoring the full point against Adams and Caruana, but couldn’t do so. David Howell and Nick Pert drew their fourth game. In the FIDE Open we have five leaders. Loads of analysis, pictures and exclusive videos from London.

LCC R03: The solid Berlin and the volatile Najdorf!

12/6/2015 – What a round! All five games began with 1.e4. Four players replied 1…e5 – two Berlins, one Anti Berlin and one Anti Marshall, and these four games ended in a draw. Topalov played the Najdorf and was beaten by MVL! We have some exclusive pictures of elite players on the roads of London, plus analysis from the British knockout championships, and also the FIDE Open which now has a sole leader. Big illustrated report.

London R02: All games drawn!

12/5/2015 – Maxime Vachier-Lagrave came closest to scoring the full point today. He had a winning position against Hikaru Nakamura but he failed to convert it. Magnus against Fabi was quite an interesting struggle, while the rest three were pretty dull draws. David Howell was able to beat Nick Pert to take the lead in the British Knockouts. We also have some pictures from the FIDE Open. Detailed illustrated report.

London R01: Giri beats Topalov with black

12/4/2015 – The London Chess Classic is a cornucopia of events held at one single place. The elite tournament, the British Knockout and the FIDE Open are all taking place at the same venue. It’s every chess lover’s paradise. In the elite section Anish Giri tricked Veselin Topalov to score the lone victory of the day. We have in-depth game analysis, beautiful pictures and exclusive videos.

The Chess Classic has started in London!

12/4/2015 – The main elite event with an average rating of 2784.2 has begun. Before the start World Champion Carlsen appeared on a prime time BBC, managing to checkmate his opponent in 17 seconds. Amruta Mokal of ChessBase India has sent us exclusive pictures of the preparation of the event. A new development: You can watch the games live in her news report!

Pert and Howell in British Knockout finals

12/4/2015 – In the inaugural British Knockout Championships, Nigel Short had to pull out at the last moment for health reasons. He was replaced by ChessBase author Nick Pert, who made the most of this golden opportunity as he beat Hawkins and McShane to reach the finals. David Howell now stands between him and the title. We have an illustrated report and analysis on the semi-finals.

7th London Chess Classic begins tomorrow

12/3/2015 – Friday, December 4th, 2015: the first round of the London Chess Classic starts at 16:00h local time, which translates to 17:00h CET, 11 a.m. New York, 9:30 p.m. New Delhi and 19:00h Moscow. On weekends the games start two hours earlier. We will bring live coverage on Playchess.com, with audio commentary by strong analysts and running evaluations by the world strongest computers.

Fire on board

12/2/2015 – The 7th London Chess Classic started yesterday with the inaugurual British Knockout Championships. In the quarterfinal the favorites Luke McShane, Gawain Jones and David Howell all won their two-game mini-matches. But Nicholas Pert and Jonathan Hawkins had to play a tie-break. Pert won thanks to a win in the Armageddon-Blitz and in a wild and messy game.

London calling

11/30/2015 – So far, 2015 has not been a particularly good year for World Champion Magnus Carlsen. From a rating of 2862 in January 2015 he dropped to a current live-rating of 2834. Carlsen will hope to regain some points in the London Chess Classic 2015, the final leg of the Grand Chess Tour. The tournament will begin on 4th December, the pairings are out now.

Top knockout at the London Chess Classic

11/27/2015 – A new high-level event is joining the extensive list of tournaments that make up the 7th London Chess Classic Festival: Eight of Britain’s best chess players, with the exception of Michael Adams, who plays in the Classic itself, will contest the inaugural British Knockout Championship. But not only the line-up is impressive. Press Release...

Chess Pro-Biz Cup 2015 in London

11/11/2015 – This event, staged for a third time on Monday 14 December, at the conclusion to the 7th London Chess Classic, offers leading business minds the opportunity to team up with the world's best chess players in a fun rapid knock-out tournament. All money raised by this event goes to the Chess in Schools and Communities (CSC) charity. Best pairing: with World Champion Magnus Carlsen.

Only two months away: 7th London Chess Classic

10/12/2015 – The World Championships in Rapid and Blitz take place in Berlin, one of the most popular European cities. Chess fans flock to watch the grandmasters live and the first two days the huge playing hall was packed. Soon there will be another opportunity to watch Carlsen & Co in one of the most popular European cities: at the London Chess Classic. Press Release...

London Chess Classic: Tickets are available

9/25/2015 – The 7th London Chess Classic (4. to 13. December) is the third and final leg of the Grand Chess Tour. After finishing eighth in the Norway Chess Tournament and second in the Sinquefield Cup Magnus Carlsen still has a chance to win the Grand Chess Tour if he wins this tournament. Tickets for this great chess event are available now. Press release.

Adams plays in London Chess Classic 2015

8/3/2015 – In 1999 Michael Adams became England's number one and 16 years later he still is England's number one. Now he gets the wildcard for the London Chess Classic, the top tournament that ends this year's Grand Chess Tour series. The tour began with the Norway Chess tournament and will continue with the Sinquefield Cup in St. Louis in August. Press release...

LCC-R5: Two Londons and a Catalan

12/15/2014 – The tournament in London finished with former World Champion Viswanathan Anand scoring a win against Michael Adams to catch up with the leaders, Vladimir Kramnik and Anish Giri, who drew their games. Two of the games started with the ominous moves 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6, formerly known as the Berlin, but now renamed the London Defence by Anand. Round five (final) report.

LCC-R4: You've just been spacebarred

12/14/2014 – That means, in ChessBase-speak, ‘to play the analysis engine's first choice move’ by pressing the space bar. Anish Giri, who speaks fluent Russian, Dutch and English, used this expression to Hikaru Nakamura. The latter won the only decisive game of the day. Read about two Italian boys who travelled all the way to London to see their hero Fabiano Caruana in our round four report.

LCC-R3: Thank heavens for the Evans

12/13/2014 – Perhaps as a gesture to the hosts Hikaru Nakamura played a "British opening" against Viswanathan Anand. His novelty on move nine did not set the pulse racing, and the game ended in a draw. The other two were Berlins: "not the most exciting of games", which is British understatement for "mind-numbingly tedious", as John Saunders puts it. Round three report.

LCC-R2: Kramnik and Giri score

12/12/2014 – Today the number of decisive results doubled, as Vladimir Kramnik played what at least one of the spectating GMs described as ‘the perfect game’ to defeat Hikaru Nakamura, and Anish Giri opened his Olympia account at the expense of the overnight leader. Birthday celebrant Vishy Anand had another fairly uneventful draw, this time with Fabiano Caruana. Round two report.

London Classic Rd1: Adams fells Caruana

12/11/2014 – When asked about the player he thought would win, Nigel Short hemmed and hawed and admitted he could not point to a favorite. Not only are all the players long-standing members of the elite, but all could point to great runs of form recently. If any seemed unlikely it was lowest rated Michael Adams, but he defied even that expectation as he beat Caruana in round one.

London Classic: Pro-Biz cup, Kasparov, schools

12/10/2014 – Day four of the London Chess Classic featured various various events, involving the super-GMs and personalities from the business community in a novelty event, a Kasparov simul in Westminster, schoolchildren playing a transatlantic match with schools in Florida, USA, and the second round of the festival events, includings the FIDE Open. Big pictorial report.
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