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6th London Chess Classic

By Yelena Dembo | December 15, 2014 - 13:01 |December 15, 2014 6th London Chess Classic

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Adams-Anand

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Anand, Kramnik and Giri shared 1st-3rd places with 7 points, but Anand had a better tie-break, so he was 1st.

Results of the last round

Adams 0-1 Anand
Caruana 1/2 Nakamura
Giri 1/2 Kramnik

Final standings

1 GM Anand, Viswanathan IND 2793 7 2849 Wins with black
2 GM Kramnik, Vladimir RUS 2769 7 2854 Wins with white
3 GM Giri, Anish NED 2768 7 2854 Wins with white
4 GM Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2775 6 2781
5 GM Adams, Michael ENG 2745 4 2638 1 win
6 GM Caruana, Fabiano ITA 2829 4 2698 no wins

Games of the round

 [Event "6th London Classic 2014"]  [Site "London ENG"]  [Date "2014.12.14"]  [Round "5.1"]  [White "Giri, Anish"]  [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "E06"]  [WhiteElo "2768"]  [BlackElo "2769"]  [PlyCount "126"]  [EventDate "2014.12.10"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O $1 6. O-O $1 dxc4 7. Qc2 a6  8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 c6 12. a4 Nbd7 13. Nc3 Bg6 14. Ne5  Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Qc7 Re8 20. Rc1  b4 21. Bf3 h6 22. Kg2 b3 23. Qd7 Bc2 24. Ra1 Qc8 25. Qa4 Qb8 26. e4 d4 27. Qxd4  Rd8 28. Qc3 Qb7 29. Be1 Rc8 30. Ra7 Qxa7 31. Qxc8+ Kh7 32. Qc4 Bc5 33. Be2 Bd4  34. Bd3 Qa1 35. Qxd4 Qxe1 36. Bc4 Bxe4+ 37. f3 Bc2 38. Bd3+ g6 39. Bc4 g5 40.  g4 h5 41. gxh5 Kh6 42. Qd8 Qxe5 43. Qf8+ Qg7 44. Qxg7+ Kxg7 45. h4 Kh6 46.  hxg5+ Kxh5 47. Kf2 Kxg5 48. Ke3 Kf5 49. f4 Kg4 50. Bb5 Kf5 51. Bc4 Kg6 52. Kf2  Kf6 53. Kf3 Kg6 54. Kf2 Bd1 55. Ke3 Kf5 56. Bb5 Kg4 57. Be8 f6 58. Bd7 Kf5 59.  Bb5 Bc2 60. Bd7 Bb1 61. Ba4 Bc2 62. Bd7 Bb1 63. Ba4 Bc2 1/2-1/2

 [Event "6th London Classic 2014"]  [Site "London ENG"]  [Date "2014.12.14"]  [Round "5.2"]  [White "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C67"]  [WhiteElo "2829"]  [BlackElo "2775"]  [PlyCount "162"]  [EventDate "2014.12.10"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O $1 Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5  Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 Be6 11. g4 Ne7 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. Re1 h5 14.  e6 fxe6 15. Nxe6 Bxe6 16. Rxe6 Kd7 17. Re2 hxg4 18. hxg4 Ng6 19. Bg5 Bd6 20.  Ne4 Rh7 21. Nxd6 cxd6 22. f4 Rah8 23. Rae1 c5 24. a4 a6 25. Rg2 Rh3 26. Re4 b5  27. axb5 axb5 28. f5 Ne5 29. Bf4 Nf3+ 30. Kf1 g5 31. fxg6 Rg8 32. Rge2 Nd4 33.  Re7+ Kc6 34. Kg2 Rh4 35. Kg3 Rh1 36. R2e6 Nxe6 37. Rxe6 Kd5 38. Rxd6+ Ke4 39.  Re6+ Kd5 40. Re5+ Kd4 41. Rg5 Ke4 42. Re5+ Kd4 43. c3+ Kc4 44. Be3 Rxg6 45.  Rxc5+ Kd3 46. Bf2 Rgh6 47. g5 R6h3+ 48. Kg4 R3h2 49. Rd5+ Kc2 50. Bd4 Kxb2 51.  Rxb5+ Kc2 52. Kf5 Rg2 53. Kf6 Rh3 54. Rc5 Rhg3 55. Kg6 Kd3 56. Bf6 Rg1 57. Rc8  R3g2 58. Kf5 Rf1+ 59. Ke6 Rfg1 60. Rc5 Re2+ 61. Kf7 Reg2 62. Kg6 Rg3 63. Bd4  R1g2 64. Bf6 Rg1 65. Rc7 R3g2 66. Rc8 Rg3 67. c4 Rg4 68. c5 Kc4 69. Be7 Re4 70.  Bf6 Kd5 71. c6 Kd6 72. Kf7 Rf4 73. Kg7 Rc4 74. Kf7 Rxc6 75. Rd8+ Kc7 76. Rf8  Rf1 77. Kg7 Kd7 78. Rf7+ Ke6 79. Re7+ Kf5 80. Re5+ Kg4 81. Kg6 Rc4 1/2-1/2

 [Event "6th London Classic 2014"]  [Site "London ENG"]  [Date "2014.12.14"]  [Round "5.3"]  [White "Adams, Michael"]  [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "C67"]  [WhiteElo "2745"]  [BlackElo "2793"]  [PlyCount "72"]  [EventDate "2014.12.10"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O $1 Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5  Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Rd1 Be7 12. g3 b6 13. a4 Bb7 14. a5  c5 15. Nd5 Bd8 16. Bg5 Rf8 17. c4 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Ke7 20. Kg2 Nd4  21. Rd1 Rad8 22. Nf3 c6 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Ng5 b5 25. cxb5 cxb5 26. Ne4 Nc6 27.  Rxd8 Kxd8 28. e6 fxe6 29. Nxc5 Ke7 30. Nb3 Kd6 31. Kf3 Kd5 32. Kf4 Kc4 33. Nc1  Nxa5 34. Kg5 Nb3 35. Ne2 b4 36. Kxh5 a5 0-1

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Playing Hall

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Kramnik and Giri remain on 1st-2nd places after drawing their games and have 6 points. Nakamura won against Adams and is now 3rd with 5 points.

Results of the 4th round

Anand 3 1/2 5 Giri
Kramnik 5 1/2 2 Caruana
Nakamura 2 1-0 4 Adams

Standings after 4 rounds

Kramnik, Giri 6
Nakamura 5
Adams, Anand 4
Caruana 3

Games of the round

 [Event "6th London Classic 2014"]  [Site "London ENG"]  [Date "2014.12.13"]  [Round "4.1"]  [White "Anand, Viswanathan"]  [Black "Giri, Anish"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "D37"]  [WhiteElo "2793"]  [BlackElo "2768"]  [PlyCount "86"]  [EventDate "2014.12.10"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8.  bxc3 Be7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Qg4 Nc6 11. Re1 f5 12. Qf3 Nxe5 13. Rxe5 Kh8 14. h3 Bd6  15. Re2 h6 16. Bd2 Qe7 17. Rae1 Rf6 18. Bb3 a5 19. c4 a4 20. Bc2 Bb4 21. Bc3  Bxc3 22. Qxc3 Bd7 23. d5 Qd6 24. Re5 exd5 25. Rxd5 Qc6 26. Qb4 Be6 27. Rc5 Qb6  28. Rb1 Bg8 29. Rxf5 Qxb4 30. Rxb4 Rxf5 31. Bxf5 a3 32. Bd3 Rd8 33. Rb3 b5 34.  Rxa3 Bxc4 35. Bxc4 bxc4 36. Rc3 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Rd2 38. a4 Rxf2 39. Rxc4 Ra2 40.  Kg3 Kh7 41. Kf3 Kg6 42. h4 c5 43. Rxc5 Rxa4 1/2-1/2

 [Event "6th London Classic 2014"]  [Site "London ENG"]  [Date "2014.12.13"]  [Round "4.2"]  [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]  [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "D91"]  [WhiteElo "2769"]  [BlackElo "2829"]  [PlyCount "69"]  [EventDate "2014.12.10"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.  cxd5 Qxd5 9. e3 cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Be2 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nc6 14.  Rhc1 Rd8 15. Rc5 Bf5 16. Rac1 Be4 17. Bd3 Bd5 18. Bc4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nxd4 20.  exd4 Rxd4+ 21. Ke3 Rxf4 22. Kxf4 Bh6+ 23. Rg5 Kf8 24. Kg4 f6 25. f4 fxg5 26.  fxg5 Bg7 27. Be6 Be5 28. h4 Kg7 29. h5 gxh5+ 30. Kxh5 Rf8 31. Rc8 Rxc8 32. Bxc8  b5 33. Ba6 b4 34. Kg4 h6 35. gxh6+ 1/2-1/2

 [Event "6th London Classic 2014"]  [Site "London ENG"]  [Date "2014.12.13"]  [Round "4.3"]  [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]  [Black "Adams, Michael"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "D30"]  [WhiteElo "2775"]  [BlackElo "2745"]  [PlyCount "79"]  [EventDate "2014.12.10"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Qc2 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 c5 8. cxd5  cxd4 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. dxe6 Qa5+ 11. Nbd2 Qxb5 12. exd7+ Nxd7 13. Qe4+ Kf8 14.  Nxd4 Qxb2 15. Rb1 Qxa2 16. Qxb7 Rd8 17. Qb4+ Kg8 18. O-O a5 19. Qc3 Qd5 20. Qc7  Nf8 21. Rb5 Qd7 22. Qxd7 Rxd7 23. N2f3 Bxd4 24. Nxd4 Ne6 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. Rxa5  Kf7 27. g4 Rc8 28. Rb1 Rc2 29. Ra8 Rc4 30. h3 h5 31. gxh5 Rh4 32. Rh8 Kf6 33.  Kh2 Rd5 34. Rf8+ Ke7 35. Rf3 Rf5 36. Rxf5 exf5 37. Rg1 Kf6 38. Rg6+ Kf7 39. Rg5  Kf6 40. f4 1-0

Pairings of the 5th round

Adams – Anand
Caruana – Nakamura
Giri – Kramnik

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Caruana-Giri

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All three games were drawn, so Giri and Kramnik lead with 5 points after 3 rounds, while Adams is 3rd with 4.

Results of the 3rd round

Adams 3 1/2 4 Kramnik
Caruana 1 1/2 4 Giri
Nakamura 1 1/2 2 Anand

Standings after 3 rounds

Giri, Kramnik 5
Adams 4
Anand 3
Caruana, Nakamura 2

Games of the round

 [Event "6th London Classic 2014"]  [Site "London ENG"]  [Date "2014.12.12"]  [Round "3.1"]  [White "Adams, Michael"]  [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C67"]  [WhiteElo "2745"]  [BlackElo "2769"]  [PlyCount "107"]  [EventDate "2014.12.10"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5  8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. g3  Bc4 15. Rfe1 Rg6 16. Nce4 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. b3 Bd5 19. c4 Bxg5 20. Nxg5  Be6 21. Kg2 c5 22. Nxe6 Rxe6 23. Rd1 Nd4 24. g4 hxg4 25. hxg4 Ra6 26. Rd2 Ra3  27. Be3 a5 28. Bxd4 cxd4 29. Kf3 a4 30. Rb2 axb3 31. axb3 Ra1 32. Ke4 Rd1 33.  b4 Ke7 34. Rb3 b6 35. b5 Rg1 36. Rg3 Rf1 37. f4 g5 38. f5 Rf4+ 39. Kd5 Kd7 40.  c5 bxc5 41. Kxc5 Re4 42. Kd5 Re3 43. Rg2 d3 44. Rd2 Rg3 45. Rd1 Rxg4 46. Rxd3  Rf4 47. f6 Rf1 48. e6+ Ke8 49. exf7+ Kxf7 50. Rc3 Rf5+ 51. Kc6 g4 52. Rg3 Rg5  53. Kxc7 Rxb5 54. Rxg4 1/2-1/2

 [Event "6th London Classic 2014"]  [Site "London ENG"]  [Date "2014.12.12"]  [Round "3.2"]  [White "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Black "Giri, Anish"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C67"]  [WhiteElo "2829"]  [BlackElo "2768"]  [PlyCount "88"]  [EventDate "2014.12.10"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5  8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. Ne2 b6 11. Rd1 Bb7 12. b3 Rc8 13. Bb2 Be7 14. Ned4  Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Rg8 16. Nf5 c5 17. c4 Be4 18. Ng3 Bg6 19. f4 h5 20. f5 h4 21.  fxg6 hxg3 22. gxf7+ Kxf7 23. hxg3 Ke6 24. Kf2 Rcd8 25. Ke2 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rh8  27. Bc3 c6 28. Bd2 Re8 29. Rh1 Kxe5 30. Bc3+ Kf5 31. Kf3 Kg6 32. Rd1 Rd8 33.  Rxd8 Bxd8 34. Be5 Kf7 35. Kf4 a6 36. Bb8 Ke6 37. g4 b5 38. Be5 g6 39. Ke4 Be7  40. Bf4 Bf8 41. Be3 Bd6 42. Bf4 Bf8 43. Be3 Bd6 44. Bf4 Bf8 1/2-1/2

 [Event "6th London Classic 2014"]  [Site "London ENG"]  [Date "2014.12.12"]  [Round "3.3"]  [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]  [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C52"]  [WhiteElo "2775"]  [BlackElo "2793"]  [PlyCount "71"]  [EventDate "2014.12.10"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 d6 7. Qb3 Qd7 8. dxe5  Bb6 9. a4 Na5 10. Qa2 Nxc4 11. Qxc4 Ne7 12. exd6 cxd6 13. O-O O-O 14. Qd3 Ng6  15. a5 Bc5 16. Be3 Re8 17. Nbd2 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 d5 19. Rfe1 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Qe7 21.  Nd6 Qxe3 22. fxe3 Rd8 23. Red1 Rb8 24. Rd4 Be6 25. c4 b6 26. axb6 axb6 27. Ra7  h6 28. h3 Ra8 29. Rb7 Rdb8 30. Rc7 Ra5 31. Kh2 Rc5 32. Ra7 Kf8 33. g4 Ra5 34.  Rc7 Rc5 35. Ra7 Ra5 36. Rc7 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 4th round

Anand – Giri
Kramnik – Caruana
Nakamura – Adams

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