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London Chess Classic 2012 – round 4

By Yelena Dembo | December 6, 2012 - 16:56 |December 6, 2012 London Chess Classic

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Results

Hikaru Nakamura ½-½ Mickey Adams
Magnus Carlsen 1-0 Gawain Jones
Vishy Anand ½-½ Vladimir Kramnik
Luke McShane 0-1 Levon Aronian

Both Carlsen and Aronian played fantastic games! Carlsen leads the event with 10 points, Kramnik is 2nd with 8, Adams is 3rd with 7.

Games of the round

 [Event "4th London Chess Classic"]  [Site "Olympia, London"]  [Date "2012.12.04"]  [Round "4.1"]  [White "Carlsen, M."]  [Black "Jones, G."]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "B53"]  [WhiteElo "2848"]  [BlackElo "2644"]  [PlyCount "75"]  [EventDate "2012.12.01"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. h3 Nc6 6. Qe3 g6 7. c4 Bg7 8. Be2  Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 11. Rb1 a5 12. b3 Nc5 13. Bb2 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15.  Rbd1 a4 16. Ba3 Qa5 17. Nb5 axb3 18. axb3 Qxa3 19. Nxa3 Rxa3 20. Nd2 Bd4 21.  Qg3 Be5 22. f4 Bf6 23. Bg4 Nd4 24. Kh1 Bc2 25. Rde1 Kh8 26. Re3 h5 27. b4 h4  28. Qf2 Nd3 29. Qg1 Nf5 30. Bxf5 gxf5 31. Nf3 Rc3 32. c5 Bb3 33. Ne1 Bd4 34.  Nxd3 dxc5 35. Qf2 Rf7 36. Rc1 cxb4 37. Rxc3 bxc3 38. Qe1 1-0

 [Event "4th London Chess Classic"]  [Site "Olympia, London"]  [Date "2012.12.04"]  [Round "4.2"]  [White "Anand, V."]  [Black "Kramnik, V."]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C65"]  [WhiteElo "2775"]  [BlackElo "2795"]  [PlyCount "80"]  [EventDate "2012.12.01"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Nc4 Nd7 8.  O-O Re8 9. Bd2 Bf8 10. b4 f6 11. a4 Nb6 12. Ne3 Be6 13. Qb1 Qd7 14. Rd1 Bf7 15.  h3 Rad8 16. Be1 Bh5 17. g4 Bf7 18. c4 c5 19. b5 Nc8 20. Qc2 Re6 21. Kf1 Ne7 22.  Nh4 Rd6 23. Ke2 Re6 24. f3 b6 25. Bf2 g6 26. Nhg2 Rd6 27. Bg3 Bg7 28. Bh4 a6  29. Bf2 a5 30. Bh4 Qe8 31. Nd5 Bxd5 32. cxd5 Bh6 33. Bf2 R6d7 34. h4 Nc8 35.  Rh1 Nd6 36. h5 g5 37. Ne3 Bf8 38. Nc4 Nxc4 39. dxc4 h6 40. Be3 Bd6 1/2-1/2

 [Event "4th London Chess Classic"]  [Site "Olympia, London"]  [Date "2012.12.04"]  [Round "4.3"]  [White "McShane, L."]  [Black "Aronian, L."]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "C84"]  [WhiteElo "2713"]  [BlackElo "2815"]  [PlyCount "152"]  [EventDate "2012.12.01"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4  Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Re1 Re8 13. Nf1 Nc6 14. Ne3 b4 15. h3  Rb8 16. Nc4 Be6 17. Bb3 h6 18. Be3 bxc3 19. bxc3 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Qc2 e4  22. dxe4 Nxe3 23. Rxe3 Rxb3 24. Qxb3 Na5 25. Nxa5 Bxb3 26. Nxb3 Qb6 27. Nbd2  Qb2 28. Rae1 Rd8 29. Nf1 c4 30. Ne5 Bc5 31. Rf3 Qb3 32. a5 Rd6 33. Nxf7 Rf6 34.  Rxf6 gxf6 35. Nxh6+ Kf8 36. Ng4 Qxc3 37. Rd1 Qb4 38. Nxf6 Kf7 39. Nd5 Qb2 40.  Nde3 c3 41. Rd5 Be7 42. Rf5+ Ke8 43. g4 c2 44. Nxc2 Qxc2 45. Ng3 Qc7 46. Nh5  Bd8 47. Kg2 Qc6 48. Re5+ Kf7 49. g5 Qa4 50. h4 Bxa5 51. Rf5+ Ke6 52. Nf4+ Kd7  53. f3 Qc2+ 54. Kh3 Qf2 55. Kg4 Be1 56. Ng6 a5 57. Rf7+ Kd8 58. e5 a4 59. e6  Bb4 60. e7+ Bxe7 61. Nxe7 Qc5 62. Kh5 a3 63. Kh6 a2 64. g6 Qc4 65. Nf5 a1=Q 66.  Rf8+ Kc7 67. g7 Qc6+ 68. Kh7 Qxf3 69. g8=N Qh5+ 70. Ngh6 Qe5 71. Ng7 Qxh4 72.  Rf7+ Kb6 73. Ngf5 Qee4 74. Kg6 Qe6+ 75. Kg7 Qg5+ 76. Kf8 Qc8# 0-1

 [Event "4th London Chess Classic"]  [Site "Olympia, London"]  [Date "2012.12.04"]  [Round "4.4"]  [White "Nakamura, Hi"]  [Black "Adams, Mi"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "D37"]  [WhiteElo "2760"]  [BlackElo "2710"]  [PlyCount "137"]  [EventDate "2012.12.01"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qc2 c6 7. Bf4 g6 8. Ne5  Bf5 9. Qd2 Ne4 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. f3 Bf5 12. e4 Be6 13. Be2 Nd7 14. Nd3 O-O 15.  Be3 dxe4 16. fxe4 Nb6 17. b3 f5 18. Nf4 Qd7 19. d5 cxd5 20. e5 Bg5 21. Rd1 d4  22. Qxd4 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Bxf4 24. Bxf4 Rad8 25. Rd6 Kf7 26. Kf2 Nd5 27. Bg5 Rxd6  28. exd6 h6 29. Bxh6 Rd8 30. Bf3 Rxd6 31. Rd1 Rd7 32. Kg3 b6 33. a3 Nc3 34.  Rxd7+ Bxd7 35. Bf4 Be6 36. Bb8 Bxb3 37. Bxa7 Nb5 38. Bxb6 Nxa3 39. Kf4 Be6 40.  Bc6 Nc4 41. Bd4 Nd6 42. h4 Nc4 43. Bf3 Nd2 44. Bc6 Nc4 45. Bc3 Ke7 46. Bf3 Kf7  47. Bd1 Bd5 48. g3 Be6 49. h5 gxh5 50. Bxh5+ Ke7 51. Kg5 Ne3 52. Bb4+ Kd7 53.  Be2 f4 54. Bb5+ Kc8 55. Kxf4 Nd5+ 56. Ke5 Nxb4 57. Kxe6 Nc2 58. Bd7+ Kd8 59. g4  Nd4+ 60. Kd6 Nf3 61. Bc6 Ng5 62. Ba4 Ne4+ 63. Ke6 Nc5+ 64. Kf7 Nxa4 65. g5 Nb6  66. g6 Nd5 67. g7 Ne7 68. g8=R+ Nxg8 69. Kxg8 1/2-1/2

London Chess Classic 2012 – round 3

By Yelena Dembo | December 3, 2012 - 15:37 |December 4, 2012 London Chess Classic

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Aronian-Anand 1/2
Kramnik-Carlsen 1/2 Carlsen managed to make a draw a pawn down due to his opponent’s bad Bishops and potential weaknesses had he played …d3-d4
Jones-Nakamura 1/2
Adams-Polgar 1-0

McShane had a rest day.

Standings after the 3rd round: Carlsen and Kramnik lead with 7 points, Adams is 3rd with 6.

 [Event "4th London Chess Classic"]  [Site "London ENG"]  [Date "2012.12.03"]  [Round "3.1"]  [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]  [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "A37"]  [WhiteElo "2795"]  [BlackElo "2848"]  [PlyCount "124"]  [EventDate "2012.12.01"]   1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. a3 a5 8. Ne1  d6 9. Nc2 O-O 10. d3 Rb8 11. Rb1 Be6 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 cxb4 14. Nxb4 Nxb4  15. Rxb4 d5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Rb5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qd7 20. Qb3 Rfc8  21. Bb2 Qd6 22. Rb1 Rc5 23. Rb6 Rc6 24. Rxb7 Rxb7 25. Qxb7 Rb6 26. Qc8+ Qf8 27.  Qd7 h5 28. e4 Qd6 29. Qe8+ Qf8 30. Qd7 Qd6 31. Qxd6 Rxd6 32. Rd1 f5 33. f3 fxe4  34. fxe4 Rb6 35. Bc3 Rb3 36. Ba1 Kf7 37. Kf3 Ke6 38. h3 Bh6 39. Ke2 Bg5 40. Rg1  Bh6 41. h4 Kd6 42. Rd1 Ke6 43. Rf1 Rb4 44. Rd1 Rb3 45. Rg1 Kf6 46. Rh1 Ke6 47.  Rd1 Kf6 48. d4 Re3+ 49. Kf2 Rxe4 50. dxe5+ Kf5 51. Rd7 Kg4 52. Rd6 Be3+ 53. Ke2  Bf4+ 54. Kd3 Re3+ 55. Kc4 Bxe5 56. Rxg6+ Kf3 57. Bxe5 Rxe5 58. Rg5 Re4+ 59. Kd5  Rg4 60. Ke5 Kxg3 61. Rxh5 Rxh4 62. Rxh4 Kxh4 1/2-1/2

 [Event "4th London Chess Classic"]  [Site "London ENG"]  [Date "2012.12.03"]  [Round "3.2"]  [White "Aronian, Levon"]  [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "D10"]  [WhiteElo "2815"]  [BlackElo "2775"]  [PlyCount "102"]  [EventDate "2012.12.01"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5 8.  Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. Bd3 Rc8 11. h3 Nc4 12. Nf3 Bb4 13. a3 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Qa5  15. O-O O-O 16. Rfb1 Ba4 17. Qe2 Qxc3 18. Bg5 Nd6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Ne1 f5 21.  Qf3 Qc7 22. Rc1 Qe7 23. g4 fxg4 24. hxg4 Bb5 25. Bxb5 Nxb5 26. Kg2 Nd6 27. Nd3  Ne4 28. Qf4 Qf6 29. Qxf6 Nxf6 30. Rab1 b6 31. f3 Kg7 32. a4 Nd7 33. Nb4 Nb8 34.  Kf2 Kf6 35. e4 dxe4 36. fxe4 Ke7 37. Ke3 Rg8 38. Kf4 Rgd8 39. d5 Rxc1 40. Rxc1  a5 41. Nc6+ Nxc6 42. Rxc6 exd5 43. exd5 Rxd5 44. Rxb6 Rd4+ 45. Kg5 Rxa4 46. Ra6  Ra1 47. Kh6 a4 48. Kxh7 a3 49. g5 a2 50. Kg7 Kd7 51. Kf8 Rg1 1/2-1/2

 [Event "4th London Chess Classic"]  [Site "London ENG"]  [Date "2012.12.03"]  [Round "3.3"]  [White "Jones, Gawain C B"]  [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "D97"]  [WhiteElo "2644"]  [BlackElo "2760"]  [PlyCount "160"]  [EventDate "2012.12.01"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.  Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Re8 12. Rd1 Qb6 13. d6 Be6 14. Qh4 Qb4  15. Bg5 Nd7 16. Be7 Qxh4 17. Bxh4 Nb4 18. Rd2 a6 19. Ng5 Nd5 20. Rxd5 Bxd5 21.  Nxd5 Rxe2 22. Ne7+ Rxe7 23. dxe7 Re8 24. Ne4 f6 25. Re1 Rxe7 26. Nxf6+ Bxf6 27.  Rxe7 Bxe7 28. Bxe7 Kf7 29. Bg5 Ne5 30. Kf1 Nd3 31. b3 Nb4 32. a4 Ke6 33. Ke2  Kd5 34. Kd2 c4 35. Kc3 cxb3 36. Kxb3 Nd3 37. Be3 Ne1 38. g3 b5 39. axb5 axb5  40. Bb6 Kc6 41. Ba7 Nf3 42. h4 Ne5 43. Kb4 Ng4 44. Bc5 Nf6 45. Bd4 Nd5+ 46. Ka5  Nc7 47. Kb4 Na6+ 48. Ka5 Nc5 49. Kb4 Nd3+ 50. Kc3 Ne1 51. Ba7 Nf3 52. Kb3 h6  53. Be3 h5 54. Ba7 Ne5 55. Kb4 Ng4 56. Bc5 Kd5 57. Kxb5 Ke4 58. Kc6 Kf3 59. Kd5  Nxf2 60. Ke6 Ne4 61. Be7 Kg4 62. Bd8 Nxg3 63. Kf7 Kf5 64. Kg7 Ne4 65. Kh6 Nc5  66. Bg5 Ne6 67. Be7 Nd4 68. Bg5 Nc6 69. Kg7 Nd4 70. Kh6 Nf3 71. Bd8 Ne5 72. Kg7  Nf3 73. Kh6 Kg4 74. Kxg6 Nxh4+ 75. Kh6 Nf3 76. Bf6 Nd2 77. Kg6 Nc4 78. Kh6 Nd6  79. Kg6 h4 80. Bxh4 Kxh4 1/2-1/2

 [Event "4th London Chess Classic"]  [Site "London ENG"]  [Date "2012.12.03"]  [Round "3.4"]  [White "Adams, Michael"]  [Black "Polgar, Judit"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "B40"]  [WhiteElo "2710"]  [BlackElo "2705"]  [PlyCount "71"]  [EventDate "2012.12.01"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 d5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Be7 8.  Rd1 O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Rxd4 Bf6 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. c4 Nb4 14. Nc3 a6  15. Bf4 e5 16. Be3 Be6 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Bf5 19. d6 Qd7 20. Bb6 Rac8 21.  Bc7 Bg4 22. Bf3 h5 23. Rac1 Rfe8 24. Bxg4 hxg4 25. Qe4 Bg5 26. Rc5 Bd8 27. Qxb7  Re6 28. Rdd5 Rf6 29. Qxa6 Qf5 30. Qe2 Qb1+ 31. Rd1 Qxa2 32. Rxe5 Bxc7 33. Re8+  Rxe8 34. Qxe8+ Kh7 35. dxc7 Qa7 36. Qe4+ 1-0

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London Chess Classic 2012 – round 2

By Yelena Dembo | December 2, 2012 - 13:50 |December 3, 2012 London Chess Classic, Tournaments

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Pairings of the 2nd round

Polgar-Jones 1/2
Nakamura-Kramnik 0-1
Carlsen-Aronian 1-0
Anand-McShane 1/2

Carlsen and Kramnik are leading the event with 6 points after 2 rounds, Nakamura and Adams are on 3. With his 2nd round win Carlsen broke Kasparov’s record and his Live rating is now 2855.7!

Games of the round

 [Event "4th London Chess Classic"]  [Site "London ENG"]  [Date "2012.12.02"]  [Round "2.1"]  [White "Carlsen, Magnus"]  [Black "Aronian, Levon"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "C77"]  [PlyCount "117"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nd5  Nxd5 9. Bxd5 Rb8 10. O-O Ne7 11. Nxe5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Re8 13. d4 Bf8 14. b3 Bb7  15. c4 d6 16. Nf3 Qf6 17. Be3 Bc8 18. Qd2 Qg6 19. Kh1 h6 20. Rac1 Be7 21. Ng1  Bg5 22. Bxg5 Qxg5 23. Rfd1 bxc4 24. bxc4 Qxd2 25. Rxd2 a5 26. h3 Rb4 27. Nf3  Bf5 28. c5 Kf8 29. Nh2 Reb8 30. Ng4 Rb1 31. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 32. Kh2 a4 33. Ne3 Bg6  34. Kg3 Rb4 35. Kf3 Ke7 36. Ke2 Kd7 37. f3 Rb5 38. Nd1 Rb4 39. c6+ Kc8 40. Nc3  f6 41. Ke3 Rc4 42. Ne2 a3 43. h4 Rb4 44. g4 Rb1 45. h5 Bh7 46. f4 f5 47. g5 Rh1  48. Ng3 Rh3 49. Kf3 hxg5 50. fxg5 g6 51. Re2 Kd8 52. hxg6 Bxg6 53. Re6 Bf7 54.  g6 Bg8 55. g7 f4 56. Kxf4 Rh2 57. Nf5 Rxa2 58. Rf6 Re2 59. Rf8+ 1-0

 [Event "4th London Chess Classic"]  [Site "London ENG"]  [Date "2012.12.02"]  [Round "2.2"]  [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]  [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "C45"]  [PlyCount "174"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Qe2 d6 7. g3 Be7 8.  Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. c4 Nd7 11. Be3 Bf6 12. Qc2 Ne5 13. Nd2 Ng4 14. Rae1 Rb8  15. b3 Nxe3 16. Rxe3 c5 17. h3 a5 18. Kh2 a4 19. f4 Bd4 20. Re2 g6 21. Nf3 axb3  22. axb3 Bg7 23. Rd1 Rb6 24. e5 Bb7 25. Rdd2 Qa8 26. exd6 Rxe2 27. Rxe2 Rxd6  28. Ne5 Bxg2 29. Rxg2 Bxe5 30. fxe5 Re6 31. Re2 Qf3 32. Qd2 Qxb3 33. Qd8+ Kg7  34. Qxc7 Qf3 35. Rg2 Qe3 36. Qa7 h5 37. h4 Rxe5 38. Qa1 Kh7 39. Qb2 Rf5 40. Re2  Qf3 41. Qc2 Qf1 42. Qd2 Rf6 43. Qc2 Rf3 44. Qb2 Rf5 45. Qc2 Rf6 46. Rd2 Kg7 47.  Qc3 Kh7 48. Qc2 Qa1 49. Rf2 Kg7 50. Rxf6 Qxf6 51. Qe2 Qd4 52. Kg2 Kf8 53. Kh2  Qg4 54. Qd3 Ke7 55. Qe3+ Kd6 56. Qd3+ Qd4 57. Qe2 Qe5 58. Qd3+ Ke6 59. Kg2 g5  60. hxg5 Qxg5 61. Qe4+ Qe5 62. Qc6+ Ke7 63. Qb7+ Kf8 64. Qa8+ Kg7 65. Qf3 Kg6  66. Qd3+ Qf5 67. Qd6+ f6 68. Qe7 Qc2+ 69. Kh3 Qxc4 70. Qe8+ Qf7 71. Qe4+ Kg7  72. Qf5 c4 73. Kg2 Qb7+ 74. Kh2 Qb2+ 75. Kh3 Qe5 76. Qc8 c3 77. Qc4 Qe1 78.  Qc7+ Kg6 79. Qc6 Qf1+ 80. Kh4 Qe2 81. Kh3 c2 82. g4 Qe3+ 83. Kh4 Qg5+ 84. Kg3  Qxg4+ 85. Kf2 Qf4+ 86. Kg2 c1=Q 87. Qe8+ Kg5 0-1

 [Event "4th London Chess Classic"]  [Site "London ENG"]  [Date "2012.12.02"]  [Round "2.3"]  [White "Polgar, Judit"]  [Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "B78"]  [PlyCount "146"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2  O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxg7  Kxg7 15. exd5 a5 16. a3 Kg8 17. Rhe1 b4 18. axb4 axb4 19. Qxb4 Rc5 20. Rd3 Qa8  21. Rxe7 Qa1+ 22. Kd2 Qf1 23. Qf4 Bf5 24. Rc3 Ra5 25. Rce3 Qxg2+ 26. Re2 Qg1  27. Qe3 Qa1 28. Re8 Ra8 29. Rxf8+ Rxf8 30. Qc3 Qg1 31. Qe3 Qa1 32. Qc3 Qg1 33.  Ba4 Qg5+ 34. Qe3 Qf6 35. c3 Rb8 36. b3 Qh4 37. Qe7 Qf4+ 38. Qe3 Qh4 39. Kc1 Qh3  40. Qf2 Bd3 41. Rd2 Bb5 42. Bxb5 Rxb5 43. b4 Qc8 44. Kb2 Rb8 45. Kb3 Qf5 46.  Qf1 Re8 47. Qd3 Qg5 48. Ra2 h5 49. b5 Qg1 50. Re2 Ra8 51. Rb2 Qa1 52. Qd4 Qa3+  53. Kc2 Ra4 54. Qd2 Ra8 55. b6 Qa4+ 56. Kd3 Qa1 57. Qe2 Rb8 58. Kc2 Qa4+ 59.  Kb1 Qa5 60. Qb5 Qxc3 61. b7 Qxf3 62. Ka2 Kh7 63. Qc6 Qf4 64. h3 Qd4 65. Rb6  Qd2+ 66. Kb3 Qd1+ 67. Kb4 Qb1+ 68. Ka5 Qa2+ 69. Qa4 Qxd5+ 70. Ka6 Ra8+ 71.  bxa8=Q Qxa8+ 72. Kb5 Qd5+ 73. Ka6 Qa8+ 1/2-1/2

 [Event "4th London Chess Classic"]  [Site "London ENG"]  [Date "2012.12.02"]  [Round "2.4"]  [White "Anand, Vishy"]  [Black "McShane, Luke"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "D10"]  [PlyCount "215"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O  Bg4 9. Ne5 Be6 10. c5 Nbd7 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. h3 Ne8 13. f4 f6 14. Qb3 Nc7 15.  e4 Kh8 16. exd5 cxd5 17. f5 gxf5 18. Bxf5 e6 19. Bd3 e5 20. Bf5 Bxf5 21. Rxf5  Qd7 22. Rf2 exd4 23. Na4 Qc6 24. Bf4 Rad8 25. Re1 Rfe8 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Nb6  Ne6 28. Qxd5 Qxc5 29. Qxc5 Nxc5 30. Rc2 Bf8 31. Kf1 Kg7 32. Rc4 Re4 33. Nd5 Kf7  34. Bd2 d3 35. Rb4 Re2 36. Bc3 Rc2 37. Rf4 Ke6 38. Ne3 Rc1+ 39. Kf2 Be7 40. Kf3  b5 41. Rd4 Bd6 42. Bb4 Be5 43. Rd5 Nb7 44. b3 Ra1 45. a3 a5 46. Bf8 Bd6 47.  Bxd6 Nxd6 48. Rxd3 Rxa3 49. Nc2 Ra2 50. Nd4+ Ke7 51. Nc6+ Ke6 52. Nd8+ Ke7 53.  Nc6+ Kd7 54. Nd4 Ke8 55. Nc6 Kd7 56. Nd4 Kc8 57. Rc3+ Kb7 58. Rc5 Rf2+ 59. Ke3  Rxg2 60. Rd5 Kc7 61. Rc5+ Kd7 62. Rh5 Ke8 63. Nxb5 Nxb5 64. Rxb5 Rg3+ 65. Kf4  Rxh3 66. Kg4 Rc3 67. Rxa5 Kf7 68. Rb5 Kg6 69. Rb8 Rc1 70. b4 Rc4+ 71. Kg3 Kf5  72. b5 Rc3+ 73. Kg2 Kf4 74. b6 Rc2+ 75. Kf1 Rb2 76. b7 f5 77. Kg1 Rb1+ 78. Kg2  Rb2+ 79. Kg1 Rb3 80. Kg2 Rg3+ 81. Kf1 Rg7 82. Kf2 Kg4 83. Kg2 h5 84. Kf2 h4 85.  Kg2 h3+ 86. Kh2 f4 87. Ra8 Rxb7 88. Rg8+ Kf3 89. Ra8 Re7 90. Ra1 Re5 91. Ra8  Kg4 92. Rg8+ Kf3 93. Ra8 Re1 94. Ra7 Rd1 95. Ra8 Ke3 96. Kxh3 f3 97. Ra3+ Kf2  98. Ra2+ Ke3 99. Ra3+ Ke2 100. Ra2+ Rd2 101. Ra1 Kf2 102. Kh2 Re2 103. Ra8 Ke3+  104. Kg3 Rg2+ 105. Kh3 Rd2 106. Kg3 Rg2+ 107. Kh3 Rd2 108. Kg3 1/2-1/2

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London Chess Classic 2012 – round 1

By Yelena Dembo | December 1, 2012 - 14:44 |December 2, 2012 London Chess Classic, Tournaments

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The 1st round of this elite event has been played yesterday. All games were decisive!

McShane-Carlsen 0-1
Aronian-Nakamura 0-1
Kramnik-Polgar 1-0
Jones-Adams 0-1

 [Event "4th London Chess Classic"]  [Site "London ENG"]  [Date "2012.12.01"]  [Round "1.1"]  [White "McShane, Luke"]  [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "C67"]  [PlyCount "124"]  [EventDate "2012.12.01"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.  Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. g3 Bf6 11. c3 Re8 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. Bf4 Qd8 14. Bd3 Nfe7  15. Na3 a6 16. Nc2 Bf5 17. Bxf5 Nxf5 18. g4 Nfe7 19. Ne3 g6 20. Qf1 Qd7 21. Qh3  Bg7 22. Qg3 Rc8 23. g5 Nd8 24. Be5 Ne6 25. Bf6 Re8 26. Ne5 Qd6 27. Kh1 Nxg5 28.  Bxg5 f6 29. Bxf6 Qxf6 30. Re1 c6 31. Kg2 Nc8 32. N3g4 Qd8 33. Nd3 Rxe1 34. Nxe1  Nd6 35. Nd3 Nf5 36. Qh3 Bf8 37. Ne3 Qg5+ 38. Kf1 Nxe3+ 39. fxe3 Kg7 40. Nf4 Qf6  41. Ke2 Bd6 42. Qg4 Kf7 43. h3 h5 44. Qc8 Qe7 45. Nd3 Kf6 46. b3 Kg5 47. c4 Kh4  48. c5 Bg3 49. b4 Qf7 50. a4 g5 51. Kd2 Bh2 52. Ne1 Kg3 53. Nc2 Bg1 54. Qd8 Kh4  55. Qc8 Bf2 56. Ke2 Kg3 57. Qd8 Qf5 58. Kd2 Kxh3 59. b5 g4 60. bxc6 bxc6 61.  Nb4 g3 62. Nd3 g2 0-1

 [Event "4th London Chess Classic"]  [Site "London ENG"]  [Date "2012.12.01"]  [Round "1.2"]  [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]  [Black "Polgar, Judit"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "A34"]  [PlyCount "79"]  [EventDate "2012.12.01"]   1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d6 5. e3 e5 6. Nge2 Be6 7. Nd5 Be7 8. O-O  O-O 9. Nec3 Nb4 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. d3 d5 12. a3 dxc4 13. axb4 cxb4 14. Ne4 Nxe4  15. Bxe4 f5 16. Bg2 Rfd8 17. d4 a5 18. Qe2 e4 19. f3 Bd5 20. fxe4 fxe4 21. Rf5  Qd7 22. Re5 Re8 23. Bh3 Qc6 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Bd2 Qe7 26. Qh5 Qd8 27. Rf1 g6  28. Qe5 Ra6 29. Bd7 Bf7 30. Rxf7 Kxf7 31. Bb5 Rf6 32. Bxc4+ Kg7 33. Qxe4 Qc7  34. Qd5 Rf8 35. e4 b5 36. Qxb5 Qd6 37. Qb7+ Kh8 38. Qa7 g5 39. Bxg5 Qc6 40. Qe7  1-0

 [Event "4th London Chess Classic"]  [Site "London ENG"]  [Date "2012.12.01"]  [Round "1.3"]  [White "Aronian, Levon"]  [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "A30"]  [PlyCount "64"]  [EventDate "2012.12.01"]   1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 e5 6. Nb5 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 a6 8.  N5c3 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bg2 Be6 11. O-O Nb6 12. Be3 Nc4 13. Qc1 O-O 14. Rd1  Qc7 15. a3 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Ba5 17. Nd2 Bb6 18. Qf3 Rad8 19. Na4 Ba7 20. Qc3 Rd4  21. Qc2 f5 22. e3 Rdd8 23. b4 e4 24. Nb3 Qf7 25. Nbc5 Bd5 26. Rd2 b6 27. Rxd5  Rxd5 28. Nxa6 Ne5 29. Rd1 Rfd8 30. Rxd5 Qxd5 31. Nb2 Qd2 32. Qc7 Ng4 0-1

 [Event "4th London Chess Classic"]  [Site "London ENG"]  [Date "2012.12.01"]  [Round "1.4"]  [White "Jones, Gawain C B"]  [Black "Adams, Michael"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "E46"]  [PlyCount "182"]  [EventDate "2012.12.01"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. c5 Be7 8. b4 b6  9. Nf4 c6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. O-O bxc5 13. bxc5 e5 14. Nd3 e4 15. Nf4  Re8 16. Rb1 Nf8 17. f3 exf3 18. gxf3 Bd8 19. Bc1 Ng6 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21. Bd3 Bf5  22. Rf2 Qc8 23. Ne2 Bc7 24. Ng3 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 Qh3 26. Qf1 Qh4 27. Qg2 Rab8 28.  Rfb2 Rxb2 29. Rxb2 Rb8 30. Rxb8+ Bxb8 31. Bd2 Bc7 32. Be1 Nh7 33. Kf1 Qf6 34.  Qe2 Ng5 35. f4 Ne6 36. Kg1 Qe7 37. Kf1 Bd8 38. Qa6 Qd7 39. Ke2 Bh4 40. Kd2 Nf8  41. Ne2 Bxe1+ 42. Kxe1 Nh7 43. Kd2 g5 44. Ng3 gxf4 45. exf4 Nf6 46. f5 Qc7 47.  Kc2 Kh7 48. Kb1 Ng4 49. Qf1 Kg8 50. Qe2 Nf6 51. Qa6 Ng4 52. Qe2 Nf6 53. Qa6 Kf8  54. Qd3 Qa5 55. Qe3 Kg8 56. Kb2 Kh7 57. Kc2 Qa6 58. h3 Qb7 59. Qe2 Qd7 60. Kd1  Kg8 61. Qe3 a5 62. Qf3 Qb7 63. Kc2 a4 64. Qe3 Qb8 65. Qf3 Kf8 66. Qe3 Ne8 67.  Kc1 Qd8 68. Ne2 Qb8 69. Ng3 Nf6 70. Kc2 Qb5 71. Kc1 Qc4+ 72. Kb2 Qb5+ 73. Kc1  Qc4+ 74. Kb2 Ne4 75. f6 Nxf6 76. Nf5 Qb5+ 77. Kc2 Ne4 78. h4 Qc4+ 79. Kb2 Qb5+  80. Kc2 Qc4+ 81. Kb2 Qf1 82. Nd6 Qg2+ 83. Kc1 Qh1+ 84. Kb2 Qh2+ 85. Kc1 Qh1+  86. Kb2 Qh2+ 87. Kc1 Nxd6 88. cxd6 Qxd6 89. Qh3 g6 90. Qf3 Kg7 91. Qe3 Qf6 0-1

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