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The 6th London Chess Classic was a 6-player round robin held at the Olympia Conference Centre in Kensington, London, England, 10-14 December 2014, as part of the London Chess Classic Festival. The colours had been decided in advance in favour of the winners of the London Chess Classic (Blitz) (2014). To discourage draws, the players received 3 points for a win and 1 point for a draw (the so-called Bilbao system). Time control: 100 minutes for the first 40 moves, then 50 more minutes for the rest of the game, with 30 seconds added per move from move 1. Total prize fund: 90,000 euros, with 50,000 euros to the winner. Tournament director: Malcolm Pein. Viswanathan Anand won on tiebreak due to his last round win with the black pieces vs Adams. Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Anand 2793 * 1 1 1 3 1 7
2 Kramnik 2769 1 * 1 3 1 1 7
3 Giri 2768 1 1 * 1 3 1 7
4 Nakamura 2775 1 0 1 * 3 1 6
5 Adams 2745 0 1 0 0 * 3 4
6 Caruana 2829 1 1 1 1 0 * 4
Category: XXII (2780). Chief arbiter: Albert Vasse, assisted by David Sedgwick.Official site: https://www.londonchessclassic.com/...
Regulations: https://www.londonchessclassic.com/...
Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/news/view/ana...
ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/lcc-r...
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2V...
Chess24: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-t...
TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/chessnew... Previous: London Chess Classic (Knockout) (2013). Next: London Chess Classic (2015). See also London Chess Classic (Open) (2014) and London Chess Classic (Rapid Open) (2014)
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| Dec-17-14 | | Conrad93: <You need to have good calculating skills.> Anand has more than just good calculating skills. He can out-calculate almost any GM in the world, with the exception of the top 25. |
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| Dec-18-14 | | Pawn Dillinger: <bulibug:> <Here's the line up of players that will be competing:
Fabiano Caruana
Levon Aronian
Viswanathan Anand
Sergey Karjakin
Hikaru Nakamura
Vladimir Kramnik >
Same old faces....Where is Lagrave and Wesley???>
Where are you getting your information? Last time I checked the official site listed the following competitors:
Carlsen, Caruana, Aronian, Giri, So, Vachier-Lagrave, Wojtaszek, Radjabov, Jobava, Ding, Ivanchuk, Saric, Hou and Van Wely — Jan. 9-25.
Admittedly, 13 rounds with these players looks very optimistic. |
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| Dec-18-14 | | Pawn Dillinger: <bulibug:> <Looking ahead, I am happy to see that Tata Steel has included 13-year-old Sam<the slam>Sevian into the B group. He has the ability to go from 2500 to 2700 in 2015.> Nice to see Sevian in the B group. But I think 2700 in 2015 is stretching it. 2600 FIDE would be tough enough in such a short time. The first tournament I played in he was an 8-year-old Expert playing in the open section of the 2009 Far West Open in Reno. He was amazing and has never looked back. It will be fun watching him develop and see how far he can go. |
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| Dec-18-14 | | Strongest Force: You make fair points, PD. What you say about him making 2600 in 2015 seems extremely valid for the average talented protege. I am hoping that <the slam> goes beyond that average. Certainly he has surprised us thus far. |
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| Dec-18-14 | | Strongest Force: *prodigy |
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| Dec-18-14 | | honeypot: About time we had some young prodigies emerging.
The 80s and 90s generation has failed us completely throwing up only one player worth his salt (Carlsen) and another half hearted one (Aronian). That's why we are still having to contend with Anand, Gelfand, Kramnik, Toplaov, Ivnachuk, Svidler and Adams being top contenders still. If the youngsters had some spunk, these ancient relics should have retired by now. |
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| Dec-18-14 | | Absentee: <honeypot: If the youngsters had some spunk, these ancient relics should have retired by now.> Uhm, how would the youngsters force the ancient relics to retire? By murdering them?
Carlsen, Caruana, Giri, So, Lagrave, Karjakin were all born in the 90s.
You realize that ONE player can't take up more than ONE spot, right? |
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| Dec-18-14 | | honeypot: It is a sign of the present age where we glorify sensationalim. Our news is devoted to worshipping perverts and drug addicts. Quality has no meaning, it is all about short term gratification and fastest way to profit. Rapid, Blitz, Bullet...I am expecting someone to invent "Lightning" next with ELO ratings by 2015. |
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| Dec-18-14 | | honeypot: <Absentee> Its not about Carlsen. We need other inspired youngsters like him to start hitting the top, but unfortunately that's not happening. |
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| Dec-18-14 | | honeypot: The only way to force the ancient relics to retire is by beating them consistently and repeatedly. It is something that only Calrsen and Aronian have managed in bits and pieces so far. We need more. I'd hate another Carlsen vs Anand (or Kramnik/Gelfand/Toplaov) in 2016. That's a very real and shameful possibility though. |
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| Dec-18-14 | | dumbgai: And here I thought those 7-round Dortmund tournaments were too short... |
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| Dec-18-14 | | dumbgai: <honeypot> Aronian (32) is actually closer in age to Kramnik and Topalov (39), than he is to Carlsen (24). Not exactly part of the younger generation that includes Caruana, Giri, Karjakin, MVL, etc. |
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| Dec-18-14 | | honeypot: Carlsen vs Anand is like Mike Tyson vs Muhammad Ali. It would be amazing if we again find an old man punching across the table in 2016. |
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| Dec-18-14 | | honeypot: <dumbgai> I agree, I included Aronian only because of lack of choice...even he is old now...but where are the damn youngsters?? |
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| Dec-18-14 | | Absentee: <honeypot: <dumbgai> I agree, I included Aronian only because of lack of choice...even he is old now...but where are the damn youngsters??> Are you trolling or what? |
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| Dec-18-14 | | Reisswolf: I rather fear that Aronian is slowly moving out of his prime. He is obviously very good, but he tends to lose at the most inopportune moments. The last two candidate cycles are very good examples. I think he will continue to be a top five player for at least another decade, but I don't think he will challenge for title ever. The real challenge must come from Caruana, Giri, Vachier-Lagrave and others. Perhaps even Nakamura, if he can overcome his mental block against Carlsen. |
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| Dec-19-14 | | PhilFeeley: <Our news is devoted to worshipping perverts and drug addicts.> I hope you're not talking about our chess players.
I don't think it's actually "worship" of such low-lifes that we get - more a fascination with error. |
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| Dec-19-14 | | Sokrates: I think you are right about Aronian, <Reisswolf>. But even if he should be able to control his nerves, play at his highest strength, and get through to a match with Carlsen, I think these nerves wouldn't suffice for a match against the champ. Keres, Bronstein and Stein had a similar problem with their nerves when it really counted. IMO it was much due to psychological factors that Botvinnik managed to escape a defeat against Bronstein in their famous match in 1951. And in Curacao 1962 when Keres stumbled when it counted. Those with nerves of steel have a great advantage in chess. |
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 | | Troller: Agree on Aronian. He hasn't exactly been lucky in his Candidates tournaments (being ill on at least one occasion), but nevertheless he has participated in 4 events, counting Mexico 2007. And when it comes to these types of events, he unfortunately does not deliver. MVL and Karjakin should not be counted out just yet I suppose. MVL has been mostly a part-time player, and Karjakin has led a rather turbulent personal life. Both might raise their consistency. Still, right now Caruana seems the most likely challenger. Giri is another candidate, but does he really want it enough? He seems to have interests beside chess, and he may not have the killer instinct necessary. Of course, he is 20 years old, so one should not draw conclusions too quickly. And just behind these established players we have at least Wei Yi and Vladislav Artemiev waiting to jump onto the big scene. |
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| Dec-19-14 | | Tal1949: Eight of the top 13 are currently aged in their 20's, so that would suggest that there are plenty of 'young kids' almost ready to step up. The problem is just that it is so hard to win the right to challenge for the world title. Remember that the wonder boy himself was very lucky to win his right to challenge Anand in 2013. In fact he fell over the line at the last moment. |
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| Dec-19-14 | | KingchecksQueen: Merry Christmas everyone! Peace to all. B-) |
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| Dec-19-14 | | Sokrates: I salute that <KingchecksQueen:> and wholeheartedly return your wishes. |
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| Dec-20-14 | | parmetd: Tal1949, baloney. Carlsen withdrew from Kazan. He withdrew from an earlier Grand Prix as well. He usually didn't even play the World Cup. Carlsen wasn't even trying to qualify. When he finally did in 2013, he knew going into the last round that tie breaks were in his favor. |
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| Dec-21-14 | | Olavi: <parmetd: Tal1949, baloney. (...)When he finally did in 2013, he knew going into the last round that tie breaks were in his favor.> He lost in the last round... What point were you trying to make? |
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| Dec-22-14 | | parmetd: Kramnik lost as well. I was refuting o0Tal1949's bogus point. |
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