7th London Chess Classic

By Yelena Dembo | December 10, 2015 - 09:55 |December 10, 2015 7th London Chess Classic

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Anand-Topalov

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Giri, Vachier-Lagrave and Nakamura lead with 3 points out of 5.

Results of the 5th round

M Vachier-Lagrave ½-½ Anish Giri
Fabiano Caruana ½-½ Alexander Grischuk
Viswanathan Anand 1-0 Veselin Topalov
Michael Adams ½-½ Hikaru Nakamura
Levon Aronian ½-½ Magnus Carlsen

Games of the round

 [Event "London Chess Classic"]  [Site "Olympia, London"]  [Date "2015.12.08"]  [Round "5.1"]  [White "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C65"]  [PlyCount "116"]  [EventDate "2015.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:22:26"]  [BlackClock "0:20:37"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Bd6 8.  d4 Nd7 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. f4 Bd4+ 12. Kh1 f5 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qe2  O-O 15. Nf3 Bf6 16. e5 Be7 17. Rd1 Qe8 18. Nd4 Qf7 19. Nxe6 Qxe6 20. Be3 Rfd8  21. c4 a6 22. b3 Kf7 23. a4 Ke8 24. h3 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8 27.  Bc5 Kf7 28. Qd2 Bh4 29. Kh2 h5 30. a5 Qe8 31. Ba3 Qd8 32. Qb4 b6 33. Qc3 c5 34.  Bb2 Qd1 35. e6+ Kxe6 36. Qe5+ Kd7 37. Qg7+ Be7 38. Qxg6 Qc2 39. Be5 h4 40. axb6  cxb6 41. Qxb6 Qd3 42. Qb7+ Ke8 43. Qa8+ Kd7 44. Qb7+ Ke8 45. Qc6+ Kf8 46. Qa8+  Bd8 47. Bc3 Qg3+ 48. Kh1 Qd3 49. Qb8 Kf7 50. Qb7+ Be7 51. Be5 a5 52. Bb8 Qb1+  53. Kh2 a4 54. Qd5+ Kf8 55. Bd6 axb3 56. Qa8+ Kf7 57. Qd5+ Kf8 58. Qa8+ Kf7  1/2-1/2

 [Event "London Chess Classic"]  [Site "Olympia, London"]  [Date "2015.12.08"]  [Round "5.2"]  [White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]  [Black "Giri, Anish"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C67"]  [PlyCount "61"]  [EventDate "2015.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:50:06"]  [BlackClock "1:28:57"]   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 Nd4 20. cxd5  cxd5 21. Nd6+ cxd6 22. exd6+ Ne6 23. Nf3 Bf6 24. Be3 Kd7 25. Bxa7 Rh6 26. Rd1  Kxd6 27. Bb8+ Kc6 28. Rc1+ Kd7 29. Rd1 Kc6 30. Rc1+ Kd7 31. Rd1 1/2-1/2

 [Event "London Chess Classic"]  [Site "Olympia, London"]  [Date "2015.12.08"]  [Round "5.3"]  [White "Adams, Michael"]  [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C65"]  [PlyCount "111"]  [EventDate "2015.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:38:38"]  [BlackClock "1:18:34"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Nc4 O-O 8.  Bd2 Re8 9. Qe2 f6 10. h4 Nf8 11. h5 Be6 12. Ne3 Qd7 13. h6 g6 14. O-O Bg4 15.  Nxg4 Qxg4 16. Nd4 Qxe2 17. Nxe2 Ne6 18. g3 g5 19. Be3 Bf8 20. Kg2 Bxh6 21. Rh1  Bg7 22. Kf3 h6 23. Kg4 Re7 24. Raf1 Rf8 25. Rh3 Nd4 26. Nxd4 exd4 27. Bc1 Re5  28. f4 Rc5 29. Rh2 f5+ 30. exf5 Rfxf5 31. Rhf2 gxf4 32. Bxf4 h5+ 33. Kh3 Be5  34. Re1 Ra5 35. a3 Rd5 36. Re4 a5 37. a4 Rf7 38. b3 Bd6 39. Rfe2 Rg7 40. Bxd6  cxd6 41. Re8+ Kh7 42. Rf2 Rdg5 43. Rf3 R5g6 44. Re4 Rg4 45. Re6 h4 46. Rxd6 c5  47. Rd5 Rxg3+ 48. Rxg3 hxg3 49. Kg2 b6 50. Rd6 Rg6 51. Rxg6 Kxg6 52. Kxg3 Kg5  53. Kf3 Kf5 54. Kg3 Kg5 55. Kf3 Kf5 56. Kg3 1/2-1/2

 [Event "London Chess Classic"]  [Site "Olympia, London"]  [Date "2015.12.08"]  [Round "5.4"]  [White "Aronian, Levon"]  [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "A16"]  [PlyCount "80"]  [EventDate "2015.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "1:18:04"]  [BlackClock "1:38:37"]   1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 Nxc3 8.  bxc3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Nd7 10. Bd3 b6 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Qf3 Rb8 13. O-O Bd6 14. Qh3 h6  15. Rfe1 O-O 16. Nf3 Bf4 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. Ne5 Bb7 19. Rad1 Qg5 20. c4 Rbd8 21.  Qg3 Qxg3 22. hxg3 Rfe8 23. f3 Nd7 24. Kf2 Kf8 25. Bc2 Nxe5 26. Rxe5 Re7 27. Bb3  Red7 28. Ke3 g6 29. g4 Bc6 30. d5 exd5 31. cxd5 Bb7 32. f4 f6 33. Re6 Bxd5 34.  Rxd5 Rxd5 35. Bxd5 Rxd5 36. Rxf6+ Kg7 37. Rc6 Ra5 38. Rc2 Kf6 39. Rc6+ Kg7 40.  Rc2 Kf6 1/2-1/2

 [Event "London Chess Classic"]  [Site "Olympia, London"]  [Date "2015.12.08"]  [Round "5.5"]  [White "Anand, Viswanathan"]  [Black "Topalov, Veselin"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "B90"]  [PlyCount "147"]  [EventDate "2015.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:30:46"]  [BlackClock "0:02:31"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. Bg5  Be6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Qd3 g6 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Nec3 Rc5  15. Be2 b5 16. a3 Nb6 17. g4 hxg4 18. Nxb6 Qxb6 19. hxg4 Rxh1 20. Rxh1 Bg7 21.  Qe3 Qb7 22. Rd1 Qc7 23. g5 Qc6 24. Rg1 Qd7 25. Qg3 Rc8 26. Bg4 Bxg4 27. Qxg4  Qxg4 28. Rxg4 Bf8 29. Nd5 Be7 30. c3 Rc6 31. Kc2 Kd7 32. Kb3 Bd8 33. a4 Rc5 34.  axb5 Rxb5+ 35. Ka2 a5 36. b4 axb4 37. cxb4 Rb7 38. Kb3 Rb8 39. Rg1 Rb7 40. Rg3  Rb8 41. Rg1 Rb7 42. Ra1 Bxg5 43. Kc4 Bd8 44. f3 f5 45. Rh1 fxe4 46. fxe4 g5 47.  b5 Rb8 48. Rh7+ Ke6 49. Kb4 g4 50. Rg7 g3 51. Rxg3 Rb7 52. Rg6+ Kd7 53. Rg7+  Kc8 54. Rg8 Kd7 55. Kc4 Rb8 56. Rg7+ Ke6 57. Kb4 Ba5+ 58. Kc4 Bd8 59. Rg8 Rc8+  60. Kd3 Rb8 61. Rh8 Kd7 62. Rh7+ Ke6 63. Kc4 Rc8+ 64. Kb4 Rc1 65. b6 Rb1+ 66.  Ka5 Bxb6+ 67. Nxb6 Ra1+ 68. Kb5 Rb1+ 69. Kc6 Rc1+ 70. Kb7 Rb1 71. Kc7 Rc1+ 72.  Kd8 Re1 73. Rh4 Kf6 74. Rg4 1-0

Pairings of the 6th round

Anish Giri – Magnus Carlsen
Hikaru Nakamura – Levon Aronian
Veselin Topalov – Michael Adams
Alexander Grischuk – Viswanathan Anand
M Vachier-Lagrave – Fabiano Caruana

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