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London Chess Classic 2012 – round 5

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

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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