The London Chess Classic Thread

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[Event "7th London Classic 2015"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2015.12.07"] [Round "4"] [White "Carlsen,M"] [Black "Adams,Mi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [BlackElo "2744"] [ECO "A07"] [EventDate "2015.12.03"] [WhiteElo "2850"] 1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Bg4 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O e6 5.d3 Bd6 6.c4 Ne7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Nc3 O-O 9.h3 Bh5 10.e4 Na6 11.exd5 cxd5 12.Re1 Nc6 13.d4 Nc7 14.a3 h6 15.b4 Rc8 16.Bb2 a6 17.Na4 a5 18.Nc5 axb4 19.axb4 Rb8 20.Qa4 Bxf3 21.Bxf3 Qf6 22.Qb3 Rfd8 23.Bg4 Nxd4 24.Bxd4 Qxd4 25.Red1 Qc4 26.Qxc4 dxc4 27.Nd7 Rxd7 28.Bxd7 Bxb4 29.Ra4 Bc5 30.Rxc4 b6 31.Kg2 g6 32.Bc6 Ne8 33.Rd7 Nf6 34.Ra7 Kg7 35.Ra8 Rxa8 36.Bxa8 h5 37.Ra4 Ng8 38.Bd5 Ne7 39.Ba2 Nc6 40.Ra8 Nb4 41.Bc4 Nc6 42.f4 Ne7 43.Kf3 Nf5 44.Ra7 Nd6 45.Bd5 Bd4 46.Rd7 Bc5 47.Ba2 Kf6 48.g4 hxg4+ 49.hxg4 Kg7 50.Rd8 Nb7 51.Rd7 Nd6 52.Ke2 Kf8 53.Kd3 Kg7 54.Bd5 Kf8 55.Rd8+ Kg7 56.Bc6 Kh7 57.g5 Kg7 58.Bd5 Kh7 59.Rd7 Kg7 60.Ke2 Kf8 61.Kf3 Ke8 62.Rc7 Bd4 63.Kg4 Be3 64.Bxf7+ Nxf7 65.Rc6 Bd4 66.Rxg6 b5 67.Rg8+ Kd7 68.f5 Be3 69.Rg7 Ke8 70.Rg8+ Kd7 71.Rg7 Ke8 72.g6 Nh6+ 73.Kf3 Nxf5 74.Rf7 Nh4+ 75.Kxe3 Nxg6 76.Rb7 b4 77.Ke4 b3 78.Rxb3 1/2-1/2

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[Event "7th London Classic 2015"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2015.12.07"] [Round "4"] [White "Topalov,V"] [Black "Caruana,F"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [BlackElo "2787"] [ECO "C65"] [EventDate "2015.12.03"] [Mark "1"] [WhiteElo "2803"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 O-O 6.Nbd2 d6 7.h3 Ne7 8.d4 Bb6 9.dxe5 dxe5 10.Qe2 Ng6 11.g3 Qe7 12.Bd3 a5 13.Nc4 Bc5 14.Be3 Rd8 15.Bxc5 Qxc5 16.Ne3 h6 17.O-O-O Be6 18.Kb1 b5 19.c4 b4 20.Nd5 Nd7 21.Ne1 c6 22.Nc7 Rac8 23.Nxe6 fxe6 24.h4 Rf8 25.Bc2 Qe7 26.Nd3 Nc5 27.Qe3 Nxd3 28.Rxd3 Rfd8 29.Rhd1 Rxd3 30.Qxd3 Nf8 31.Ba4 Qc5 32.Rd2 Kf7 33.Bd1 Ra8 34.Qd6 Qxc4 35.Qxe5 Qb5 36.Qc7+ Kg8 37.Qd6 a4 38.Be2 Qb6 39.Bc4 Re8 40.Qd4 c5 41.Qd6 Qb7 42.f3 a3 43.Rd3 axb2 44.Kxb2 Kh7 45.Kc2 Rc8 46.Ba6 Qa7 47.Bxc8 Qxa2+ 48.Kd1 c4 49.Rd2 Qa1+ 50.Ke2 c3 51.Qxf8 cxd2 52.Kxd2 Qb2+ 53.Ke3 Qc1+ 54.Kf2 Qd2+ 55.Kf1 Qd1+ 56.Kg2 Qe2+ 57.Kh3 h5 58.g4 hxg4+ 59.Kxg4 Qg2+ 60.Kf4 Qh2+ 61.Ke3 Qg1+ 62.Kd3 Qf1+ 63.Kd4 Qa1+ 64.Kc4 Qc3+ 65.Kb5 b3 66.Bxe6 Qe5+ 67.Kb4 Qxe6 68.Kc3 Qb6 69.Qf5+ Kg8 70.Qd5+ Kf8 71.Qxb3 Qf6+ 72.Kc2 Qxh4 73.Qb8+ Kf7 74.Kd3 Qe1 75.Qf4+ Ke6 76.Qf5+ Ke7 77.Qc5+ Kf7 78.Qf5+ Ke7 79.Qg6 Qd1+ 80.Ke3 Qe1+ 81.Kf4 Qc1+ 82.Kf5 Qc5+ 83.Kf4 1/2-1/2

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Thanks for posting these games Ted.
Enjoyed Giri win over Topalow. Nice.

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Thanks for posting these games Ted.
Enjoyed Giri win over Topalov. Nice.

Yes, nice game. I was impressed by Caruana's rook sac offer which drew his game with Topalov in round 4. (45. ... Rc8)


Fen:4rn2/1q4pk/3Qp2p/2p5/1pB1P2P/3R1PP1/P1K5/8 b - - 0 45

PS: Note that the game went over 6 hours of play.

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[Event "7th London Classic 2015"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2015.12.08"] [Round "5"] [White "Vachier Lagrave,M"] [Black "Giri,A"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [BlackElo "2778"] [ECO "C67"] [EventDate "2015.12.03"] [WhiteElo "2765"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.h3 Ke8 10.Nc3 h5 11.Bf4 Be7 12.Rad1 Be6 13.Ng5 Rh6 14.g3 Bc4 15.Rfe1 Rg6 16.Nce4 Rd8 17.Rxd8+ Bxd8 18.b3 Bd5 19.c4 Nd4 20.cxd5 cxd5 21.Nd6+ cxd6 22.exd6+ Ne6 23.Nf3 Bf6 24.Be3 Kd7 25.Bxa7 Rh6 26.Rd1 Kxd6 27.Bb8+ Kc6 28.Rc1+ Kd7 29.Rd1 Kc6 30.Rc1+ Kd7 31.Rd1 1/2-1/2

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[Event "7th London Classic 2015"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2015.12.08"] [Round "5"] [White "Aronian,L"] [Black "Carlsen,M"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [BlackElo "2850"] [ECO "A34"] [EventDate "2015.12.03"] [Mark "1"] [WhiteElo "2781"] 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 e6 4.e3 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.d4 cxd4 7.exd4 Nxc3 8.bxc3 Qc7 9.Bd2 Nd7 10.Bd3 b6 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.Qf3 Rb8 13.O-O Bd6 14.Qh3 h6 15.Rfe1 O-O 16.Nf3 Bf4 17.Bxf4 Qxf4 18.Ne5 Bb7 19.Rad1 Qg5 20.c4 Rbd8 21.Qg3 Qxg3 22.hxg3 Rfe8 23.f3 Nd7 24.Kf2 Kf8 25.Bc2 Nxe5 26.Rxe5 Re7 27.Bb3 Red7 28.Ke3 g6 29.g4 Bc6 30.d5 exd5 31.cxd5 Bb7 32.f4 f6 33.Re6 Bxd5 34.Rxd5 Rxd5 35.Bxd5 Rxd5 36.Rxf6+ Kg7 37.Rc6 Ra5 38.Rc2 Kf6 39.Rc6+ Kg7 40.Rc2 Kf6 1/2-1/2

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[Event "7th London Classic 2015"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2015.12.08"] [Round "5"] [White "Adams,Mi"] [Black "Nakamura,Hi"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [BlackElo "2793"] [ECO "C65"] [EventDate "2015.12.03"] [Mark "1"] [WhiteElo "2744"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nbd2 Nd7 7.Nc4 O-O 8.Bd2 Re8 9.Qe2 f6 10.h4 Nf8 11.h5 Be6 12.Ne3 Qd7 13.h6 g6 14.O-O Bg4 15.Nxg4 Qxg4 16.Nd4 Qxe2 17.Nxe2 Ne6 18.g3 g5 19.Be3 Bf8 20.Kg2 Bxh6 21.Rh1 Bg7 22.Kf3 h6 23.Kg4 Re7 24.Raf1 Rf8 25.Rh3 Nd4 26.Nxd4 exd4 27.Bc1 Re5 28.f4 Rc5 29.Rh2 f5+ 30.exf5 Rfxf5 31.Rhf2 gxf4 32.Bxf4 h5+ 33.Kh3 Be5 34.Re1 Ra5 35.a3 Rd5 36.Re4 a5 37.a4 Rf7 38.b3 Bd6 39.Rfe2 Rg7 40.Bxd6 cxd6 41.Re8+ Kh7 42.Rf2 Rdg5 43.Rf3 R5g6 44.Re4 Rg4 45.Re6 h4 46.Rxd6 c5 47.Rd5 Rxg3+ 48.Rxg3 hxg3 49.Kg2 b6 50.Rd6 Rg6 51.Rxg6 Kxg6 52.Kxg3 Kg5 53.Kf3 Kf5 54.Kg3 Kg5 55.Kf3 Kf5 56.Kg3 1/2-1/2

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[Event "7th London Classic 2015"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2015.12.08"] [Round "5"] [White "Anand,V"] [Black "Topalov,V"] [Result "1-0"] [BlackElo "2803"] [ECO "B90"] [EventDate "2015.12.03"] [Mark "1"] [WhiteElo "2803"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nde2 h5 8.Bg5 Be6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Nd5 Qd8 11.Qd3 g6 12.O-O-O Nd7 13.Kb1 Rc8 14.Nec3 Rc5 15.Be2 b5 16.a3 Nb6 17.g4 hxg4 18.Nxb6 Qxb6 19.hxg4 Rxh1 20.Rxh1 Bg7 21.Qe3 Qb7 22.Rd1 Qc7 23.g5 Qc6 24.Rg1 Qd7 25.Qg3 Rc8 26.Bg4 Bxg4 27.Qxg4 Qxg4 28.Rxg4 Bf8 29.Nd5 Be7 30.c3 Rc6 31.Kc2 Kd7 32.Kb3 Bd8 33.a4 Rc5 34.axb5 Rxb5+ 35.Ka2 a5 36.b4 axb4 37.cxb4 Rb7 38.Kb3 Rb8 39.Rg1 Rb7 40.Rg3 Rb8 41.Rg1 Rb7 42.Ra1 Bxg5 43.Kc4 Bd8 44.f3 f5 45.Rh1 fxe4 46.fxe4 g5 47.b5 Rb8 48.Rh7+ Ke6 49.Kb4 g4 50.Rg7 g3 51.Rxg3 Rb7 52.Rg6+ Kd7 53.Rg7+ Kc8 54.Rg8 Kd7 55.Kc4 Rb8 56.Rg7+ Ke6 57.Kb4 Ba5+ 58.Kc4 Bd8 59.Rg8 Rc8+ 60.Kd3 Rb8 61.Rh8 Kd7 62.Rh7+ Ke6 63.Kc4 Rc8+ 64.Kb4 Rc1 65.b6 Rb1+ 66.Ka5 Bxb6+ 67.Nxb6 Ra1+ 68.Kb5 Rb1+ 69.Kc6 Rc1+ 70.Kb7 Rb1 71.Kc7 Rc1+ 72.Kd8 Re1 73.Rh4 Kf6 74.Rg4 1-0

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[Event "7th London Classic 2015"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2015.12.08"] [Round "5"] [White "Caruana,F"] [Black "Grischuk,A"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [BlackElo "2750"] [ECO "C65"] [EventDate "2015.12.03"] [Mark "1"] [WhiteElo "2787"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.Nbd2 Be6 7.O-O Bd6 8.d4 Nd7 9.dxe5 Nxe5 10.Nxe5 Bxe5 11.f4 Bd4+ 12.Kh1 f5 13.Qh5+ g6 14.Qe2 O-O 15.Nf3 Bf6 16.e5 Be7 17.Rd1 Qe8 18.Nd4 Qf7 19.Nxe6 Qxe6 20.Be3 Rfd8 21.c4 a6 22.b3 Kf7 23.a4 Ke8 24.h3 Rxd1+ 25.Rxd1 Rd8 26.Rxd8+ Bxd8 27.Bc5 Kf7 28.Qd2 Bh4 29.Kh2 h5 30.a5 Qe8 31.Ba3 Qd8 32.Qb4 b6 33.Qc3 c5 34.Bb2 Qd1 35.e6+ Kxe6 36.Qe5+ Kd7 37.Qg7+ Be7 38.Qxg6 Qc2 39.Be5 h4 40.axb6 cxb6 41.Qxb6 Qd3 42.Qb7+ Ke8 43.Qa8+ Kd7 44.Qb7+ Ke8 45.Qc6+ Kf8 46.Qa8+ Bd8 47.Bc3 Qg3+ 48.Kh1 Qd3 49.Qb8 Kf7 50.Qb7+ Be7 51.Be5 a5 52.Bb8 Qb1+ 53.Kh2 a4 54.Qd5+ Kf8 55.Bd6 axb3 56.Qa8+ Kf7 57.Qd5+ Kf8 58.Qa8+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

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[Event "7th London Classic 2015"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2015.12.10"] [Round "6"] [White "Vachier Lagrave,M"] [Black "Caruana,F"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [BlackElo "2787"] [ECO "C67"] [EventDate "2015.12.03"] [WhiteElo "2765"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Nd6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.dxe5 Nf5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.h3 Ke8 10.Nc3 b6 11.Rd1 Bb7 12.Bf4 Rc8 13.e6 Bd6 14.Bxd6 Nxd6 15.exf7+ Kxf7 16.Ne5+ Kf6 17.Ng4+ Kf7 18.a4 a5 19.Ne5+ Kf6 20.Ng4+ Kf7 21.Ne5+ Kf6 22.f4 Rce8 23.Rd3 g6 24.Re1 Kg7 25.Ne4 Re6 26.Red1 Rd8 27.Ng5 Re7 28.Ne4 Re6 29.Ng5 Re7 30.Ne4 1/2-1/2