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London Chess Classic Open (2012) The 4th London Chess Classic Open was a 9-round Swiss played in the Olympia Conference Centre in Kensington, London, 1-9 December 2012. No rest day, and no double rounds. Time control: 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, then 30 more minutes for the rest of the game, with 30 seconds added per move from move 1. The first prize was £2,500. Tournament organizer and chief arbiter: Sean D Hewitt. Hrant Melkumyan and Robin van Kampen shared first with 7.5/9. Official site: https://www.londonchessclassic.com/... Standings: http://www.classic.livechess.co.uk/... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/chessnew... FICS: https://www.freechess.org/Events/Re... FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament... English Chess Forum: https://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewtopi... Next: London Chess Classic Open (2013)  page 1 of 33; games 1-25 of 803  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. T Johansson vs H Melkumyan   0-1 25 2012 London Chess Classic Open A00 Uncommon Opening 2. J Rowson vs C Steevensz 1-0 17 2012 London Chess Classic Open E86 King's Indian, Samisch, Orthodox, 7.Nge2 c6 3. T Seymour vs Van Kampen   0-1 34 2012 London Chess Classic Open C78 Ruy Lopez 4. M Hebden vs A Compton   1-0 40 2012 London Chess Classic Open D30 Queen's Gambit Declined 5. R Takahashi vs T Hillarp Persson   0-1 51 2012 London Chess Classic Open E91 King's Indian 6. B Gundavaa vs R Cannon   1-0 45 2012 London Chess Classic Open C00 French Defense 7. P Duncan vs F Holzke   ½-½ 64 2012 London Chess Classic Open A48 King's Indian 8. J Lenier vs S Williams 0-1 29 2012 London Chess Classic Open C41 Philidor Defense 9. J Hawkins vs J S Burke   1-0 49 2012 London Chess Classic Open D58 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tartakower (Makagonov-Bondarevsky) Syst 10. B Skutta vs D Schneider   0-1 41 2012 London Chess Classic Open D11 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 11. K Arkell vs J Bass   1-0 63 2012 London Chess Classic Open D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 12. J Radovanovic vs R Webster   1-0 30 2012 London Chess Classic Open E12 Queen's Indian 13. D Whitehead vs A Cherniaev 0-1 35 2012 London Chess Classic Open B75 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack 14. N McDonald vs G Siddharth 1-0 24 2012 London Chess Classic Open C77 Ruy Lopez 15. A Knudsen vs R Pert   0-1 19 2012 London Chess Classic Open D39 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin, Vienna Variation 16. D Sadzikowski vs R Millward   1-0 23 2012 London Chess Classic Open B06 Robatsch 17. A Hill vs A Boruchovsky   0-1 49 2012 London Chess Classic Open C45 Scotch Game 18. V Hamitevici vs M Yurenok   1-0 49 2012 London Chess Classic Open A12 English with b3 19. R D de Coverly vs K Kiik   0-1 49 2012 London Chess Classic Open A07 King's Indian Attack 20. J Shaw vs N Jyothilal   1-0 36 2012 London Chess Classic Open B21 Sicilian, 2.f4 and 2.d4 21. C Hoegener vs J Bartholomew   ½-½ 33 2012 London Chess Classic Open A45 Queen's Pawn Game 22. Y Zhou vs J Shepley 1-0 43 2012 London Chess Classic Open B01 Scandinavian 23. I Iyengar vs P Golubka   0-1 42 2012 London Chess Classic Open A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 24. L D'Costa vs A French   1-0 50 2012 London Chess Classic Open A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System 25. C Kreuzer vs K Lee   0-1 38 2012 London Chess Classic Open B03 Alekhine's Defense  page 1 of 33; games 1-25 of 803    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   Dec-07-12    HeMateMe: Is Jovanka Housa a poster here at ChessGames? that name looks familiar. Dec-07-12    WannaBe: You may be thinking of User: Joshka Dec-07-12    waustad: The is is a very good start for the Ginger GM (Simon Williams). He's 7th highest rated but tied for the lead. I was a bit surprised by his quick draw in round 6 though. From what I recall they blitzed out most of the moves and were the first game done that I looked at. Dec-07-12    notyetagm: They should allow the winner of the Open play with the big boys the next year. Then the Open would get some real upcoming players. Melkumyan, for example, a student of Aronian, could not be doing much worse than Polgar is right now. Dec-08-12    moronovich: <HeMateMe: Is Jovanka Housa a poster here at ChessGames? that name looks familiar.> I think user <open defence> is Hosea. Dec-08-12    joachimvhw: is kingscrusher playing? Dec-08-12    waustad: I saw him commenting both here and on chessbomb during the Classic games, so I doubt it. Look for Tryfon Costas Gavriel in a crosstable. Only the top boards will be playing on electronic boards so we wouldn't see his games unless he's doing well. Dec-08-12    waustad: Actually we are seeing a lot more games here than they broadcast live. Dec-09-12    waustad: I just asked Kingscrusher on chessbomb and he isn't playing this year. Dec-11-12    Refused: Nice tournament for Julian "Jule" Zimmermann. Didn't know he was playing in London. Dec-11-12    waustad: 7/9 and tied for third. I wonder if that was good for a norm. That's a good result for Houska. Dec-13-12    achieve: Great result from a "promising" young dutchman, Robin van Kampen, maybe on the verge of breaking through to the 2600 club? I hope he will, and sort of get the deserved reward for all the time and energy invested. And talent, of course. NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! 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