| London Chess Classic (2015) |
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The 7th London Chess Classic was played in London, England 4-13 December 2015. Rest day: 9 December. In the three-way rapid tiebreak, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave first defeated Anish Giri and then fell to Magnus Carlsen, who collected 12 Grand Chess Tour points (GP). 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 GP
1 Carlsen 2834 * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 5½ 12
2 Giri 2784 ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 5½ 10
3 Vachier-Lagrave 2773 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5½ 8
4 Aronian 2788 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5 7
5 Grischuk 2747 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 4½ 6
=6 Caruana 2787 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 4½
=6 Adams 2737 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ 4½ 4½
8 Nakamura 2793 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * 1 ½ 4 3
9 Anand 2796 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 * 1 3½ 2
10 Topalov 2803 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * 2½ 1
Carlsen's victory at this event (LC) crowned him the winner of the Grand Chess Tour 2015, which also included Norway Chess (2015) (NC) and Sinquefield Cup (2015) (SC): NC SC LC GP Earnings
1 Carlsen 4 10 12 26 $215,000
2 Giri 7 6 10 23 $155,000
3 Aronian 2 13 7 22 $145,000
4 Vachier-Lagrave 5 7 8 20 $90,000
5 Nakamura 8 8 3 19 $95,000
6 Topalov 13 4 1 18 $105,000
7 Grischuk 3 5 6 14 $60,000
8 Anand 10 2 2 14 $80,000
9 Caruana 6 3 4½ 13½ $55,000
10 Adams - - 4½ 4½ $20,000
11 Hammer 1 - - 1 $15,000
12 So - 1 - 1 $15,000
Official site: https://www.londonchessclassic.com/...
Official GCT site: https://grandchesstour.org/2015-tou...
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TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/chessnew...Previous edition: London Chess Classic (2014). Next: London Chess Classic (2016). Previous GCT event: Sinquefield Cup (2015)
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| Result | Moves |
Year | Event/Locale | Opening |
| 1. Vachier-Lagrave vs Carlsen |
 | ½-½ | 28 | 2015 | London Chess Classic | B33 Sicilian |
| 2. Caruana vs Aronian |
| ½-½ | 51 | 2015 | London Chess Classic | C78 Ruy Lopez |
| 3. Topalov vs Giri |
| 0-1 | 40 | 2015 | London Chess Classic | E60 King's Indian Defense |
| 4. Anand vs Adams |
| ½-½ | 32 | 2015 | London Chess Classic | A20 English |
| 5. Grischuk vs Nakamura |
| ½-½ | 38 | 2015 | London Chess Classic | C67 Ruy Lopez |
| 6. Aronian vs Anand |
| ½-½ | 34 | 2015 | London Chess Classic | D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation |
| 7. Nakamura vs Vachier-Lagrave |
| ½-½ | 56 | 2015 | London Chess Classic | A48 King's Indian |
| 8. Topalov vs Grischuk |
| ½-½ | 33 | 2015 | London Chess Classic | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 9. Carlsen vs Caruana |
| ½-½ | 42 | 2015 | London Chess Classic | C67 Ruy Lopez |
| 10. Giri vs Adams |
| ½-½ | 26 | 2015 | London Chess Classic | E37 Nimzo-Indian, Classical |
| 11. Anand vs Carlsen |
| ½-½ | 56 | 2015 | London Chess Classic | C67 Ruy Lopez |
| 12. Adams vs Aronian |
| ½-½ | 34 | 2015 | London Chess Classic | C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed |
| 13. Vachier-Lagrave vs Topalov |
 | 1-0 | 38 | 2015 | London Chess Classic | B90 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 14. Caruana vs Nakamura |
| ½-½ | 45 | 2015 | London Chess Classic | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 15. Grischuk vs Giri |
| ½-½ | 47 | 2015 | London Chess Classic | C67 Ruy Lopez |
| 16. Nakamura vs Anand |
| 1-0 | 41 | 2015 | London Chess Classic | E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 |
| 17. Carlsen vs Adams |
| ½-½ | 78 | 2015 | London Chess Classic | A06 Reti Opening |
| 18. Topalov vs Caruana |
| ½-½ | 83 | 2015 | London Chess Classic | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 19. Grischuk vs Vachier-Lagrave |
| ½-½ | 43 | 2015 | London Chess Classic | B96 Sicilian, Najdorf |
| 20. Giri vs Aronian |
| ½-½ | 33 | 2015 | London Chess Classic | A22 English |
| 21. Vachier-Lagrave vs Giri |
| ½-½ | 31 | 2015 | London Chess Classic | C67 Ruy Lopez |
| 22. Aronian vs Carlsen |
| ½-½ | 40 | 2015 | London Chess Classic | D41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch |
| 23. Caruana vs Grischuk |
| ½-½ | 58 | 2015 | London Chess Classic | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 24. Adams vs Nakamura |
| ½-½ | 56 | 2015 | London Chess Classic | C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense |
| 25. Anand vs Topalov |
| 1-0 | 74 | 2015 | London Chess Classic | B90 Sicilian, Najdorf |
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| Dec-11-15 | | kamagong24: yeah but without his orange juice against Naka's Redbull, can Magnus pull it off?! |
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| Dec-11-15 | | Bobwhoosta: Apparently with Ke4, he can. |
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| Dec-11-15 | | kamagong24: and so he did!!! and so this is how it feels again without Berlins |
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Dec-11-15
 | | JointheArmy: Aronian now number 3 in the world. |
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Dec-11-15
 | | keypusher: And MVL, of all people, is in clear first! |
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| Dec-11-15 | | The Rocket: Now that is why the bishop pair is worth 0.50 centipawns in open positions.... |
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| Dec-11-15 | | norami: If tomorrow Caruana and Adams win, and on Sunday Nakamura wins, and all the other games are draws, then it will be an eight way tie for first. |
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| Dec-11-15 | | Hawkman: JointheArmy: < Aronian now number 3 in the world. > Agreed. < 1 Carlsen
2 Kramnik
3 Aronian
4 Nakamura
5 Giri
6 Caruana
7 Vachier-Lagrave
8 Anand
9 Topalov > |
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| Dec-11-15 | | Hawkman: If MLV beats Adams with the White pieces and the 2nd place guys draw, he'll have a full point lead heading into the final round. |
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| Dec-11-15 | | Sularus: what a bloody round! |
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| Dec-11-15 | | Jambow: Sighhhhhh!!!! |
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| Dec-11-15 | | beenthere240: And for last. |
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| Dec-11-15 | | dumbgai: Major shakeup at the top of the rankings. Kramnik is now up to #2 by not even playing! Just a few months ago there were 5 players over 2800, now it's just Magnus for the moment. |
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| Dec-11-15 | | frogbert: Vachier-Lagrave is a real bottom feeder! (Having defeated the players seeded 2nd and 3rd in the event... ;) |
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| Dec-11-15 | | Hawkman: Regarding the guys who thought the players were going for wins in the first six rounds: lirl. Now that it's down to the last three rounds and players need a win, suddenly there are three wins. What a coincidence! ;) |
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Dec-11-15
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| Dec-11-15 | | denopac: <Topalov goes down to Seirawan's old favorite line -- too bad Yasser isn't around to comment.> Ah, but he is, and he did.
Incidentally, IMO Alejandro Ramirez is a superb commentator. |
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| Dec-11-15 | | Fiona Macleod: I predict an Aronian-MVL-Grischuk 1-2-3 finish here. |
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| Dec-12-15 | | gokusano: MVL-ARONIAN-GRISCHUK is more likely. Carlsen in 4th! |
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| Dec-12-15 | | JoeBerylwood: I think frogbert is being funny. |
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| Dec-12-15 | | JoeBerylwood: Exciting tournament. MVL is overdue for a super tournament victory. So many players can still win the Grand Chess Tour too. |
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| Dec-12-15 | | MyCoachingDreams: I agree with <Fishy> about current form being the decisive factor when these elites meet, which begs the question, Why is Nakamura always out of form against Carlsen? If we account intangibles for this Carlsen-Nakamura outlier, surely it's no longer statistics? What's your educated opinion on this <Fishy>? |
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| Dec-12-15 | | Fiona Macleod: But what is "form"? It's just performance. Always spoken of from hindsight. If a player does well, he was "in form"; if not, he was "out of form." It means nothing, really. |
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| Dec-12-15 | | MyCoachingDreams: Oh...the no-chess-style argument...carry on with your nonsense...by yourself. |
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| Dec-12-15 | | Fiona Macleod: Because if there is such a thing as "form" why can't anyone speak of it BEFORE the tournament starts? It has always been if a player performs poorly he is "out of form" |
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