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London Chess Classic 2012 – round 8

By Yelena Dembo | December 9, 2012 - 15:11 |December 10, 2012 London Chess Classic

Resultsairings

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

Games of the round

 [Event "4th London Chess Classic"]  [Site "London ENG"]  [Date "2012.12.09"]  [Round "8.1"]  [White "Kramnik, V."]  [Black "Jones, G."]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "A04"]  [WhiteElo "2795"]  [BlackElo "2644"]  [PlyCount "97"]  [EventDate "2012.12.01"]   1. Nf3 c5 2. b3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb2 e6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 b6  9. Nc3 Bb7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. d4 Ne4 12. dxc5 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 bxc5 14. Qe2 Re8 15.  Rfd1 Bf8 16. Qb5 Qb6 17. Qxb6 axb6 18. Rxd5 Nd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 cxd4 21.  Bxd4 Ra5 22. e4 Bc5 23. Bc3 Ra3 24. Bb2 Ra7 25. a4 Rc7 26. Ra2 h6 27. Kg2 Kh7  28. f4 f6 29. Kf3 Rd7 30. a5 bxa5 31. Rxa5 Rc8 32. Rb5 Rd6 33. Rb7 Rb6 34. Rf7  Rf8 35. Rc7 Bd6 36. Rd7 Ra6 37. Bd4 Bb8 38. Bc5 Re8 39. Kg4 Ra2 40. h4 Rc8 41.  b4 Ra3 42. h5 Rc3 43. Bd4 R3c7 44. Rxc7 Bxc7 45. Kf5 Bd6 46. b5 Rc1 47. b6 Bb8  48. Ke6 Rh1 49. Bc5 1-0

 [Event "4th London Chess Classic"]  [Site "London ENG"]  [Date "2012.12.09"]  [Round "8.2"]  [White "Aronian, L."]  [Black "Adams, Mi"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "A07"]  [WhiteElo "2815"]  [BlackElo "2710"]  [PlyCount "164"]  [EventDate "2012.12.01"]   1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 e6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. e4 Ne7 8. Re1  O-O 9. d4 a5 10. a4 Rc8 11. c3 Bh5 12. Qe2 Re8 13. Qf1 Bb8 14. b3 dxe4 15. Nxe4  Nd5 16. Bb2 e5 17. Ned2 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 exd4 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. cxd4 Bd6 21. Re1  Qd8 22. Nc4 Bb4 23. Re2 N7f6 24. Qc1 Qc7 25. Kg2 Rd8 26. Qc2 h6 27. Ne3 Bf8 28.  Nf5 Qd7 29. Re5 g6 30. Nh4 Bg7 31. Ba3 Nb4 32. Qe2 Qxd4 33. Re7 Rd7 34. Rxd7  Qxd7 35. Bxb4 axb4 36. Qd1 Nd5 37. Be2 Bf6 38. Nf3 Kg7 39. Qd2 Bc3 40. Qc2 Qg4  41. Qc1 Qe4 42. Qd1 Bf6 43. Bc4 Nb6 44. Bf1 Bc3 45. h3 Qe7 46. Bd3 Qe6 47. Bf1  Bf6 48. Qc2 Qd5 49. Bd3 Bc3 50. h4 Qe6 51. h5 g5 52. Bf5 Qd5 53. Be4 Qd6 54.  Bd3 Qd5 55. Be4 Qd6 56. Bd3 Nd7 57. Bc4 Nf6 58. Qe2 b6 59. Nh2 b5 60. axb5 cxb5  61. Bxb5 Qd5+ 62. Kg1 Qxb3 63. Bc4 Qb1+ 64. Nf1 Qe1 65. Qxe1 Bxe1 66. Ne3 Ne4  67. Nf5+ Kf8 68. Nxh6 Bxf2+ 69. Kg2 Nd6 70. Bd3 Bd4 71. Nf5 Nxf5 72. Bxf5 Kg7  73. Bc2 g4 74. Bf5 b3 75. Bxg4 Kh6 76. Bf5 Kxh5 77. g4+ Kg5 78. Kf3 b2 79. Bb1  Be5 80. Bc2 Bd4 81. Bb1 Be5 82. Bc2 Bd4 1/2-1/2

 [Event "4th London Chess Classic"]  [Site "London ENG"]  [Date "2012.12.09"]  [Round "8.3"]  [White "Anand, V."]  [Black "Nakamura, Hi"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "B90"]  [WhiteElo "2775"]  [BlackElo "2760"]  [PlyCount "130"]  [EventDate "2012.12.01"]   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. Nec3 Nd7 12. Bc4 g6 13. a4 Bh6 14. a5 Rc8 15.  Ba2 O-O 16. O-O Kg7 17. b4 Rc6 18. Qd3 Qg5 19. Rfd1 Rfc8 20. Bb3 f5 21. exf5  gxf5 22. Ne2 f4 23. Ndxf4 Bxb3 24. h4 Qg4 25. f3 Bxc2 26. fxg4 Bxd3 27. Nxh5+  Kg8 28. Rxd3 Bf8 29. Kh2 Rc4 30. Kh3 Rxb4 31. Rf3 Rc2 32. Nc3 e4 33. Rg3 Rd2  34. Re1 d5 35. Nf4 Rbd4 36. Ncxd5 Rxd5 37. Nxd5 Rxd5 38. Rxe4 Rxa5 39. g5 Ra3  40. Re8 Rxg3+ 41. Kxg3 b5 42. Rd8 Nc5 43. Rb8 Kf7 44. g6+ Kg7 45. Kg4 b4 46. h5  b3 47. Kf5 Bd6 48. Rb4 a5 49. Rb6 a4 50. Rxd6 b2 51. Rb6 a3 52. Kg5 Ne4+ 53.  Kf4 a2 54. Rb7+ Kf8 55. Rxb2 a1=Q 56. Rb8+ Ke7 57. Kxe4 Qe1+ 58. Kf3 Qc3+ 59.  Kg4 Qd4+ 60. Kh3 Qd3+ 61. Kh4 Qe4+ 62. g4 Qe1+ 63. Kh3 Qe3+ 64. Kh4 Qe1+ 65.  Kh3 Qe3+ 1/2-1/2

 [Event "4th London Chess Classic"]  [Site "London ENG"]  [Date "2012.12.09"]  [Round "8.4"]  [White "McShane, L."]  [Black "Polgar, Ju"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "A37"]  [WhiteElo "2713"]  [BlackElo "2705"]  [PlyCount "66"]  [EventDate "2012.12.01"]   1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. d3 Nf6 8. Bg5  h6 9. Bd2 d5 10. Qc1 Rc8 11. Rb1 Qd7 12. b3 d4 13. Nb5 h5 14. b4 cxb4 15. Bxb4  a6 16. Na3 Nxb4 17. Rxb4 Nd5 18. Rb3 Nc3 19. Qd2 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 h4 21. g4 b5 22.  h3 O-O 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Nc2 Rc5 25. Ne1 Bf6 26. Ng2 Bg5 27. Qb2 Rfc8 28. Kh1  Qd6 29. Ra3 Na4 30. Rxa4 bxa4 31. Ne1 Rc1 32. Qb7 Rb8 33. Qa7 Bd2 0-1

Watch the games online on http://live1.londonchessclassic.com/2012/live1.classic.htm

London Chess Classic 2012 – round 7

By Yelena Dembo | December 8, 2012 - 09:20 |December 9, 2012 London Chess Classic

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There have been four draws yesterday! Very unusual for the event.

Carlsen broke the record of Kasparov from 13 years ago! Kasparov already congratulated Carlsen on this fantastic result on twitter!

Jones-Aronian 1/2
Adams-McShane 1/2
Polgar-Anand 1/2
Nakamura-Carlsen 1/2

Kramnik had a rest day.

Games of the round

 [Event "4th London Chess Classic"]  [Site "London ENG"]  [Date "2012.12.08"]  [Round "7.1"]  [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]  [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "B30"]  [WhiteElo "2760"]  [BlackElo "2848"]  [PlyCount "112"]  [EventDate "2012.12.01"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 d6 8. O-O  Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. a3 Rd8 12. b4 a6 13. Bd3 b5 14. h4 dxe5 15. dxe5  Bb7 16. Ra2 Ndxb4 17. axb4 Nxb4 18. Rad2 Rxd3 19. Rxd3 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Rd8 21.  Qe2 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Qxe5 24. Qd7 Bf8 25. Be3 a5 26. Qe8 h6 27. Kg2  a4 28. Na3 b4 29. Nc4 Qc7 30. Nb6 Qe7 31. Qxa4 Qxh4 32. Qa8 Qe7 33. Qc8 b3 34.  Nd7 b2 35. Nxf8 Qxf8 36. Qb7 e5 37. Qxb2 f6 38. Qc2 Qf7 39. Qf5 Kh8 40. Bd2 Kg8  41. Kg3 Kh8 42. Be3 Kg8 43. Kh2 Kh8 44. Kg2 Kg8 45. Qd3 Kh8 46. f4 exf4 47.  Bxf4 Kg8 48. Qe4 Kh8 49. Be3 Kg8 50. Bd4 Kh8 51. f4 Kg8 52. Kg3 Kh8 53. Be3 Kg8  54. Bd4 Kh8 55. Be3 Kg8 56. Bd4 Kh8 1/2-1/2

 [Event "4th London Chess Classic"]  [Site "London ENG"]  [Date "2012.12.08"]  [Round "7.2"]  [White "Polgar, Judit"]  [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "B90"]  [WhiteElo "2705"]  [BlackElo "2775"]  [PlyCount "63"]  [EventDate "2012.12.01"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. O-O b5 8. Bb3  Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. a3 O-O 11. Qg3 Bd7 12. Bh6 Ne8 13. Rad1 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6  15. Rfe1 a5 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 Rb8 18. e5 dxe5 19. Qxe5 Qb6 20. a4 bxa4 21.  Bxa4 Rc8 22. Bxc6 Rxc6 23. Na4 Qc7 24. c3 Nf6 25. Rd4 Rc8 26. Qxc7 R6xc7 27.  Red1 g6 28. Rd8+ Kg7 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Rd6 Rc4 31. b3 Ne4 32. Ra6 1/2-1/2

 [Event "4th London Chess Classic"]  [Site "London ENG"]  [Date "2012.12.08"]  [Round "7.3"]  [White "Adams, Michael"]  [Black "McShane, Luke J"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C65"]  [WhiteElo "2710"]  [BlackElo "2713"]  [PlyCount "167"]  [EventDate "2012.12.01"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8.  Nc4 Nd7 9. a4 Bd6 10. Be3 Nf8 11. d4 exd4 12. Qxd4 Bg4 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14. Nd2  Ne6 15. Qb4 Be2 16. Rfe1 Ba6 17. Rad1 Qf6 18. Nf1 c5 19. Qb3 Rad8 20. c4 Nf8  21. Qc2 Qe6 22. Nd2 b6 23. f3 Bc8 24. Nf1 Ng6 25. b3 Ne7 26. Bg5 f6 27. Bh4 Ng6  28. Bg3 Ne5 29. Ne3 Qe7 30. Rd2 Be6 31. Qd1 Qc7 32. h3 Qc6 33. Bxe5 fxe5 34.  Rd3 Rd7 35. Re2 Red8 36. Red2 h6 37. Qe1 Rf8 38. Kh2 Qc7 39. Kh1 Qc6 40. Qd1  Rfd8 41. Qe2 Rf7 42. Rd1 Rfd7 43. Nd5 Bxd5 44. Rxd5 Re8 45. Qd2 Re6 46. a5 Qc7  47. b4 cxb4 48. Qxb4 Rd8 49. axb6 axb6 50. Rb5 Rb8 51. Qb3 Qc6 52. Qd3 Kh7 53.  Qd5 Qc8 54. Rdb1 Rf6 55. Rxb6 Rxb6 56. Rxb6 Rxf3 57. Rxd6 Rc3 58. Qf7 Rg3 59.  Kh2 Rg5 60. Rd2 Qc6 61. Rd8 Qb6 62. Qg8+ Kg6 63. Qe8+ Kh7 64. Qg8+ Kg6 65. Rf8  Qb3 66. Qf7+ Kh7 67. Qg8+ Kg6 68. Qf7+ Kh7 69. Qf1 Qg3+ 70. Kh1 Qe3 71. Qf3  Qc1+ 72. Qf1 Qe3 73. Qf3 Qc1+ 74. Kh2 Qxc4 75. Re8 Qc2 76. Re6 Qc8 77. Re7 Qd8  78. Rf7 Rg6 79. Rf8 Qg5 80. Rf5 Qe7 81. Rf7 Qg5 82. Rf5 Qe7 83. Rf7 Qg5 84. Rf5  1/2-1/2

 [Event "4th London Chess Classic"]  [Site "London ENG"]  [Date "2012.12.08"]  [Round "7.4"]  [White "Jones, Gawain C B"]  [Black "Aronian, Levon"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "D70"]  [WhiteElo "2644"]  [BlackElo "2815"]  [PlyCount "62"]  [EventDate "2012.12.01"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2  Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 10. Nb5 Qd7 11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 a6 13. Nc3 Nxd4 14. f4 c5  15. Nf3 f6 16. h4 Qe8 17. h5 Bg4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. hxg6 Qxg6 20. Rxd4 Rac8 21.  f5 Qxh6+ 22. Rxh6 Rfd8 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rh4 h5 25. Be2 Bxe2 26. Nxe2 Rc8+ 27.  Kb1 Nc4 28. Kc2 Ne3+ 29. Kd2 Nc4+ 30. Kc2 Ne3+ 31. Kd2 Nc4+ 1/2-1/2

London Chess Classic 2012 – round 6

By Yelena Dembo | December 7, 2012 - 08:01 |December 8, 2012 London Chess Classic

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Results

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

Nakamura has a rest day.

Carlsen won yet another game and now his Live rating is 2863!!

Games of the round

 [Event "4th London Chess Classic"]  [Site "London ENG"]  [Date "2012.12.07"]  [Round "6.1"]  [White "Aronian, Levon"]  [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C67"]  [WhiteElo "2815"]  [BlackElo "2795"]  [PlyCount "133"]  [EventDate "2012.12.01"]   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. h3 h5 11. Bg5 Be6 12. b3 Be7 13. Rad1 h4 14. Ne4  b6 15. c4 a5 16. Rd2 Rd8 17. Rfd1 Rxd2 18. Bxd2 c5 19. Bf4 a4 20. Nc3 axb3 21.  axb3 Bd8 22. Kf1 Rg8 23. Ne4 Bc8 24. Ra1 Bb7 25. Neg5 f6 26. exf6 gxf6 27. Ne4  Kd7 28. Rd1+ Kc8 29. Re1 Rg7 30. Nfd2 Nd4 31. f3 Bc6 32. Nf2 Bd7 33. Ng4 Bf5  34. Kf2 Kd7 35. Ne3 Bh7 36. Nd5 Bc2 37. Ne3 Bd3 38. Nd5 Nxb3 39. Nxb3 Bxc4 40.  Nxc5+ bxc5 41. Rd1 Kc8 42. Nc3 Rd7 43. Rc1 Bd3 44. Na4 c4 45. Nb2 Rd5 46. Nxc4  Rc5 47. Nb2 Rxc1 48. Bxc1 Bb5 49. g3 hxg3+ 50. Kxg3 Kd7 51. Nd1 Ke6 52. Nc3 Be8  53. Be3 Be7 54. h4 c5 55. Kf2 c4 56. Ke2 Bg6 57. Bd4 f5 58. f4 Bxh4 59. Ke3 Bf7  60. Bg7 Kd6 61. Bf8+ Kc6 62. Ne2 Be1 63. Nd4+ Kd5 64. Nxf5 c3 65. Kd3 Bg6 66.  Ke2 Bxf5 67. Kxe1 1/2-1/2

 [Event "4th London Chess Classic"]  [Site "London ENG"]  [Date "2012.12.07"]  [Round "6.2"]  [White "Carlsen, Magnus"]  [Black "Polgar, Judit"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "A33"]  [WhiteElo "2848"]  [BlackElo "2705"]  [PlyCount "105"]  [EventDate "2012.12.01"]   1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. e4  O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bf4 d6 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Re1 Ne5 14. Nd2 Nfd7 15.  Be3 Qc7 16. b4 Qb8 17. f4 Ng6 18. g3 Rfe8 19. Bf3 Qa8 20. Bf2 Ngf8 21. Qe2 Qb8  22. Red1 g6 23. e5 Bc6 24. Bd4 Red8 25. Bxc6 Rxc6 26. Nf3 dxe5 27. fxe5 Rdc8  28. Ne4 Qc7 29. Nfd2 a6 30. Nf2 Bg5 31. Rf1 Bxd2 32. Qxd2 Nxe5 33. Bxe5 Qxe5  34. Ng4 Rd6 35. Nh6+ Kg7 36. Rxf7+ Kh8 37. Qf2 Qd4 38. c5 bxc5 39. Qxd4+ Rxd4  40. Rxc5 Rcd8 41. Rcc7 Rd1+ 42. Kg2 R1d2+ 43. Kh3 R2d5 44. Ng4 Rh5+ 45. Kg2  Rd2+ 46. Kf3 Rf5+ 47. Ke3 Rxf7 48. Rxf7 Rd8 49. Nf6 Rb8 50. Kf4 h6 51. Ke5 a5  52. bxa5 Ra8 53. a6 1-0

 [Event "4th London Chess Classic"]  [Site "London ENG"]  [Date "2012.12.07"]  [Round "6.3"]  [White "Anand, Viswanathan"]  [Black "Adams, Michael"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "A29"]  [WhiteElo "2775"]  [BlackElo "2710"]  [PlyCount "84"]  [EventDate "2012.12.01"]   1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8.  O-O Re8 9. Nc2 d6 10. Bd2 a6 11. Rc1 Ne5 12. b3 c6 13. Be3 Nfg4 14. Bd4 c5 15.  Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Nd5 Rb8 17. h3 Nf6 18. Nce3 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Qa5 20. Rc2 Bf5 21. Qd2  Qd8 22. Rcc1 b5 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Rfd1 h5 25. h4 Bg4 26. Ne3 Bd7 27. Bf3 Bd4  28. Nd5 b4 29. Rc4 Be5 30. Kg2 Ra8 31. Ne3 Ra7 32. Rcc1 Qe7 33. Nc4 Be6 34. Rc2  Bf5 35. e4 Be6 36. Nxe5 dxe5 37. Qe3 Ra5 38. Be2 Rd8 39. Rxd8+ Qxd8 40. Rxc5  Rxa2 41. Bc4 Qd1 42. Qh6 Bh3+ 0-1

 [Event "4th London Chess Classic"]  [Site "London ENG"]  [Date "2012.12.07"]  [Round "6.4"]  [White "McShane, Luke J"]  [Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "A37"]  [WhiteElo "2713"]  [BlackElo "2644"]  [PlyCount "117"]  [EventDate "2012.12.01"]   1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Nc3 e5 6. O-O Nge7 7. a3 O-O 8. d3  d6 9. Rb1 a5 10. Ne1 Be6 11. Nc2 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Ne3 Nde7 14. Nc4 Rb8 15.  Bg5 f6 16. Be3 b6 17. f4 f5 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. Bf4 Nxc4 20. dxc4 Bxc4 21. Bxb8  Qxb8 22. Qa4 Be6 23. Rbd1 Qe5 24. Kh1 c4 25. e4 Qc5 26. Rde1 Bd4 27. Qd1 Rd8  28. exf5 Bxf5 29. Qe2 Nc8 30. g4 Bd3 31. Qe6+ Kh8 32. Rf7 Nd6 33. Rd7 Rxd7 34.  Qxd7 Bf6 35. Nd1 Qd4 36. g5 Bf5 37. Re8+ Nxe8 38. Qxe8+ Kg7 39. gxf6+ Qxf6 40.  Qe3 Bd7 41. Kg1 b5 42. Qa7 Qd6 43. Nf2 Qd2 44. Bh3 Qg5+ 45. Bg4 h5 46. Qxd7+  Kh6 47. Qd4 Kh7 48. h4 Qxh4 49. Qa7+ Kh6 50. Qe3+ Kh7 51. Bd7 b4 52. axb4 axb4  53. Bb5 c3 54. bxc3 bxc3 55. Bd3 Qd8 56. Qc5 Qh4 57. Qxc3 Qg3+ 58. Kf1 h4 59.  Qc8 1-0

So, after 6 rounds Carlsen has 16 points, Kramnik has 12 and Adams has 10.

London Chess Classic 2012 – round 5

By Yelena Dembo | December 6, 2012 - 17:01 |December 7, 2012 London Chess Classic

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Results

Adams-Carlsen 0-1
Kramnik-McShane 1-0 Kramnik sacrificed two exchanges and won nicely!
Polgar-Nakamura 0-1
Jones-Anand 0-1 Anand implemented a very nice pawn sac in the middlegame and won a brilliant game!

Aronian is having a rest day today :).

 [Event "4th London Chess Classic"]  [Site "Olympia, London"]  [Date "2012.12.06"]  [Round "5.4"]  [White "Jones, Gawain C B"]  [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "D70"]  [PlyCount "58"]  [EventDate "2012.12.01"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2  e5 9. d5 c6 10. h4 cxd5 11. exd5 N8d7 12. h5 Nf6 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. Nh3 e4 15.  fxe4 Ng4 16. Bf4 Ne5 17. Bg5 Qd6 18. Nb5 Qc5 19. Na3 Bxh3 20. Be3 Qc8 21. Rc1  Qg4 22. Rxh3 Qxh3 23. gxh3 Nf3+ 24. Ke2 Nxd2 25. Bxd2 Bxb2 26. Nb5 Bxc1 27.  Bxc1 Nxd5 28. exd5 Rae8+ 29. Be3 Rxf1 0-1

 [Event "4th London Chess Classic"]  [Site "Olympia, London"]  [Date "2012.12.06"]  [Round "5.1"]  [White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]  [Black "McShane, Luke"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "D15"]  [PlyCount "97"]  [EventDate "2012.12.01"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. g3 dxc4 6. a4 e6 7. Bg2 c5 8. O-O  cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nbd7 10. Nc2 Qc7 11. Bf4 e5 12. Bd2 Nc5 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Bxf6 gxf6  15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nce3 Nb3 17. a5 Rc8 18. Ra4 Nd4 19. Nb6 Rc7 20. Rxc4 Bxc4 21.  Nexc4 Nb5 22. Qb1 Qd4 23. Rd1 Qc5 24. e3 Be7 25. Qf5 Kf8 26. Bd5 Kg7 27. Qg4+  Kh6 28. e4 Nd4 29. Ne3 f5 30. Qh3+ Kg7 31. Rxd4 exd4 32. Nxf5+ Kf8 33. Qh6+ Ke8  34. Bxf7+ Kd8 35. Qg7 Rf8 36. Nxd4 Rc6 37. Nxc6+ bxc6 38. Qg4 Kc7 39. Qd7+ Kb8  40. Qd2 Kc7 41. Qd7+ Kb8 42. Kg2 Bd6 43. b4 Qd4 44. Qxc6 Ka7 45. Kh3 Qd1 46.  Nc8+ Rxc8 47. Qxc8 Qf1+ 48. Kg4 h5+ 49. Kxh5 1-0

 [Event "4th London Chess Classic"]  [Site "Olympia, London"]  [Date "2012.12.06"]  [Round "5.2"]  [White "Adams, Michael"]  [Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "C84"]  [PlyCount "126"]  [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. h3 O-O 10. Be3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nbd2 b4 13. c3 d5 14. cxb4 Bd6 15.  b5 axb5 16. axb5 Rxa1 17. Qxa1 Nb4 18. d4 exd4 19. Nxd4 Qe8 20. Qa4 Nxe4 21.  Nxe4 dxe4 22. Nc6 Nd5 23. Qxe4 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 Rf5 25. Nd4 Re5 26. Qb3 Rd5 27.  Qc4 Qf7 28. b3 Qd7 29. Nf3 Rxb5 30. Ra1 Rd5 31. g3 h6 32. Qe4 Qe8 33. Kg2 Kf7  34. Ra2 Qd8 35. Re2 Qf6 36. h4 Qf5 37. Qc4 Rd3 38. Re3 Rxe3 39. fxe3 Qb1 40. e4  Qb2+ 41. Kh3 Qf2 42. e5 Qxf3 43. exd6 Qh1+ 44. Kg4 Qd1+ 45. Kh3 Qxd6 46. h5 c5  47. g4 Qd4 48. Qf1+ Ke7 49. Qf3 Qd5 50. Qc3 e5 51. Kg3 Kd6 52. Qc4 Qxc4 53.  bxc4 e4 54. Kf4 e3 55. Kf3 Ke6 56. Ke2 Kf6 57. Kf3 Kg5 58. Kxe3 Kxg4 59. Ke4  Kxh5 60. Kd5 g5 61. Kxc5 g4 62. Kd4 g3 63. Ke3 Kg4 0-1

 [Event "4th London Chess Classic"]  [Site "London ENG"]  [Date "2012.12.06"]  [Round "5.3"]  [White "Polgar, Judit"]  [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "C78"]  [WhiteElo "2705"]  [BlackElo "2760"]  [PlyCount "94"]  [EventDate "2012.12.01"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5  axb5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. d4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 d6 12. f4 Nc6 13. Qc3 Ne7 14. Nd2 O-O  15. e5 Nfd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Qd4 Bb7 18. Ne4 f5 19. Ng5 Qd7 20. Nf3 Ra8 21.  Bd2 c5 22. Qd3 c4 23. Qd4 dxe5 24. Nxe5 Qc7 25. Rfd1 h6 26. Be1 Rfe8 27. Bd2  Red8 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. h3 Ra2 30. Rb1 Nf6 31. Bb4 Be4 32. Re1 Bxc2 33. g4 Qa7  34. Qxa7 Rxa7 35. Nc6 Ra6 36. Ne7+ Kf7 37. g5 hxg5 38. fxg5 Ne4 39. Nxf5 Nxg5  40. Re7+ Kg6 41. Nd4 Bd3 42. Rb7 Nxh3+ 43. Kh2 Ng5 44. Nxb5 Rf6 45. Bc5 Rf4 46.  Nc3 Rg4 47. Nd1 Bf1 0-1

After 5 rounds Carlsen leads the event with 13 points, Kramnik has 11 and Nakamura – 8.

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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

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