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London Chess Classic (2016) The 8th London Chess Classic was held at the Olympia Conference Centre in Kensington, London, England, 9-18 December, as the fourth and final leg of the Grand Chess Tour 2016, and as the main event of the London Chess Classic Festival. The format was a ten-player round-robin including eight of the current top ten players in the world. Tour regulars Anand, Aronian, Caruana, Giri, Kramnik, Nakamura, So, Topalov and Vachier-Lagrave were joined by wild card Mickey Adams of the host country. The prize fund was $300,000 (about €280,000) with a first prize of $75,000, plus another $100,000 and $50,000 respectively for the top two in the overall 2016 Grand Chess Tour standings. Players received 120 minutes to make 40 moves then 60 minutes for the rest of the game, with 30 seconds added per move from move 41. In the event of a tie for first, tiebreak matches (25 mins + 5 seconds) would be played, beginning 30 minutes after the end of the last classical game. The event was won by Wesley So. Crosstable with Grand Chess Tour points (GP): Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 GP 1 So 2794 * ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 6 13 2 Caruana 2823 ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5½ 10 =3 Nakamura 2779 0 0 * 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 5 7 =3 Anand 2779 ½ ½ 0 * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 5 7 =3 Kramnik 2809 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5 7 6 Giri 2771 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 5 =7 Vachier-Lagrave 2804 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ 4 3 =7 Aronian 2785 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * 1 0 4 3 =7 Adams 2748 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 * 1 4 3 10 Topalov 2760 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 * 2 1 Grand Chess Tour final standings after GCT Paris (Par), Your Next Move (YNM), Sinquefield Cup (Snq) and London Chess Classic (LCC): Par YNM Snq LCC GCT So (7) 10 13 13 36 Nakamura 13 (4) 4.5 7 24.5 Caruana (3) 6 7.75 10 23.75 Carlsen 10 13 - - 23 Aronian 6 8 7.75 (3) 21.75 Anand - 7 7.75 7 21.75 Vachier-Lagrave 8 5 4.5 (3) 17.5 Kramnik 4 2.5 - 7 13.5 Giri 5 2.5 (1) 5 12.5 Topalov 2 1 7.75 (1) 10.75 Wesley So won the Grand Chess Tour 2016 with 36 points, and took home $295,000 in total. Official site: https://www.londonchessclassic.com/... Official GCT site: https://grandchesstour.org/2016-gra... Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/news/view/wes... ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/wesle... Chess24:https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-t... TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/chessnew... Previous: London Chess Classic (2015). Next: London Chess Classic (2017). Previous GCT event: Sinquefield Cup (2016). See also London Chess Classic Open (2016)  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Nakamura vs So 0-1 29 2016 London Chess Classic D85 Grunfeld 2. Vachier-Lagrave vs Giri ½-½ 24 2016 London Chess Classic B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 3. Aronian vs Adams 1-0 41 2016 London Chess Classic C53 Giuoco Piano 4. Caruana vs Anand ½-½ 44 2016 London Chess Classic A21 English 5. Kramnik vs Topalov 1-0 28 2016 London Chess Classic D77 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O 6. Kramnik vs Aronian ½-½ 32 2016 London Chess Classic A14 English 7. Anand vs Vachier-Lagrave 1-0 33 2016 London Chess Classic B90 Sicilian, Najdorf 8. So vs Adams 1-0 40 2016 London Chess Classic E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 9. Topalov vs Caruana 0-1 38 2016 London Chess Classic C02 French, Advance 10. Giri vs Nakamura ½-½ 43 2016 London Chess Classic A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 11. Nakamura vs Anand 1-0 43 2016 London Chess Classic D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 12. Adams vs Giri ½-½ 62 2016 London Chess Classic B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky (Rossolimo) Attack 13. Caruana vs Kramnik ½-½ 46 2016 London Chess Classic C53 Giuoco Piano 14. Vachier-Lagrave vs Topalov ½-½ 44 2016 London Chess Classic C67 Ruy Lopez 15. Aronian vs So ½-½ 37 2016 London Chess Classic A34 English, Symmetrical 16. Caruana vs Aronian ½-½ 31 2016 London Chess Classic C77 Ruy Lopez 17. Anand vs Adams ½-½ 32 2016 London Chess Classic C53 Giuoco Piano 18. Giri vs So ½-½ 56 2016 London Chess Classic D02 Queen's Pawn Game 19. Topalov vs Nakamura 0-1 53 2016 London Chess Classic B12 Caro-Kann Defense 20. Kramnik vs Vachier-Lagrave ½-½ 61 2016 London Chess Classic A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4 21. Nakamura vs Kramnik ½-½ 61 2016 London Chess Classic D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 22. Adams vs Topalov 1-0 33 2016 London Chess Classic C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 23. Aronian vs Giri ½-½ 20 2016 London Chess Classic D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6 24. So vs Anand ½-½ 30 2016 London Chess Classic D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 25. Vachier-Lagrave vs Caruana ½-½ 34 2016 London Chess Classic C42 Petrov Defense  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 34 OF 34 ·  Later Kibitzing> Dec-25-16    Nina Myers: So drawing jokes aren't funny? Think again! Dec-25-16    moronovich: <morfishine: <not not> Your jokes about Giri drawing are not funny, never were funny and never will be funny Obnoxious yes, funny no> The jury is till out. It may be a split decission . Merry Christmas to all. Dec-25-16    tuttifrutty: <perfidious: Incurable and annoying idiocy from <tolengoof>'s latest incarnation is more what I had in mind.> Your mind???? Hmmmmm, the world would be a better place without it. Dec-25-16    activechess55: Agreed. These draw-jokes aren't funny. Because they're HALF-funny! Dec-25-16    KabutoKoji: Why is there no mention of this tournament on the FIDE website? hmmmmmm Dec-25-16    Jambow: <What a good reply dear <Jambow>, and now I see very well your point, indeed I appreciate that. You know, simply I'm just another friend of you> Thank you and welcome friend, can't have enough of those. Dec-26-16    chessalem: <Wesley to reach 3OOO > That's just half of the journey- that day would be when he reach calvary. he will be crucified- that's 3100... only to rise again- that's the day when he'll top Stockfish, Komodo and Houdini in a tourney. He's had a lot of time ..he's only 23..give him seven more years to fulfill his destiny. Dec-26-16    chessalem: wow! nice avatar tuttifrutty! Dec-26-16    frogbert: <perfidious>: in order for «rating inflation» to continue, the number of players in the rating pool need to continue increasing. Have you watched the number of 2700+ players the last 2-3 years? Dec-26-16    chessalem: <Wesley to reach 3OOO ( or even 2900)> https://ratings.fide.com/calculator... Wesley needs to win 25 more games against players above 2750 ... drawing against these players would only delay and stall but would not prevent the inevitable. Dec-26-16    cream: <<Wesley to reach 3OOO ( or even 2900)> https://ratings.fide.com/calculator... Wesley needs to win 25 more games against players above 2750 ... drawing against these players would only delay and stall but would not prevent the inevitable.> I agree, Wesley is just "feeling" how these players react to his engine like moves, soon he will make them his favorite snacks. Dec-26-16    cream: <in order for «rating inflation» to continue, the number of players in the rating pool need to continue increasing. Have you watched the number of 2700+ players the last 2-3 years?> There is no rating inflation. Dec-26-16    frogbert: There has been notable <systemic> rating inflation, but much less than people using flawed methods have reported (reports that have been endlessly repeated by people who follow leaders instead of watching their parkin' meters). Merry Christmas! Dec-26-16    Clemens Scheitz: No inflation, little inflation, some inflation, lots of inflation,...take your pick, but a human reaching 3000 at the end of 2018 ...I don't think so. Dec-26-16    john barleycorn: <Clemens Scheitz: No inflation, little inflation, some inflation, lots of inflation,...take your pick, but a human reaching 3000 at the end of 2018 ...I don't think so.> The talk is not about a human but "the chess messiah" Dec-26-16    tuttifrutty: <wow! nice avatar tuttifrutty!> Thanks, my avatar is symbolic to the great toktorook we all witnessed the expose' of a wannabe journalist aka coffee maker/xerox copy machine expert. <Look out, all. During the next Holiday Present Hunt, we may be called upon to remember the moment when twenty-one equaled (22).> Least I be mistaken, I remember the time when I wasn't the one who begged for lose change on his journey to spread moral intelligence....and quest for truth... Don't let the cat starve to death...remember, there are humane societies in every exit on Highway 5 and 101. :-) < frogbert: in order for «rating inflation» to continue, the number of players in the rating pool need to continue increasing. Have you watched the number of 2700+ players the last 2-3 years?> Nope...I told you all along, there's no rating inflation. Dec-26-16    john barleycorn: <tuttifrutty: <wow! nice avatar tuttifrutty!> Thanks, my avatar is symbolic to the great toktorook we all witnessed the expose' of a wannabe journalist aka coffee maker/xerox copy machine expert. <Look out, all. During the next Holiday Present Hunt, we may be called upon to remember the moment when twenty-one equaled (22).> Least I be mistaken, I remember the time when I wasn't the one who begged for lose change on his journey to spread moral intelligence....and quest for truth...> Never mind what the others say. For me you are definitely in the upper 95% of the posters here. Not like the magniloquent but useless journalist. Dec-26-16    not not: Giri jokes ain't funny. Giri wining - that's funny! Dec-26-16    john barleycorn: <not not: Giri jokes ain't funny. > Jokes???? It is the truth told. Dec-29-16    pajaste: Chess repoter:"Too bad there are no spectacular draws, you'd be featured regularly!" A.Giri:"Well, that depends entirely of your half a point of view". Dec-29-16    WorstPlayerEver: "Chess doesn't play a decisive role in my life." Dec-30-16    not not: Check.. And perpetual! Jan-01-17    bondll: <tutti-frutty> Least I be mistaken -> Lest I be mistaken Jan-01-17    1971: <check..and perpetual> ahahaha Jan-05-17    Abdel Irada: ∞ <perfidious: Incurable and annoying idiocy from <tolengoof>'s latest incarnation is more what I had in mind.> Which one? There are at least three of him in the room. ∞ Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 34) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 34 OF 34 ·  Later Kibitzing> 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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