Hello everyone,
Coming straight after the grand victory of Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk at the SportAccord World Mind Games Rapid 2011, we have another cheer for Russian chess. Grandmaster Vladimir Kramnik has won the London Chess Classic with a steady finish ahead of Hikaru Nakamura and Magnus Carlsen.
As you know, the 2011 London Chess Classic was held from December 3-12. Time controls were classical forty moves in two hours, then twenty moves in one hour and thirty minutes for the rest of the game. A win counted as three points, a draw as one, and a loss. The total prize fund was €160,000 before tax.
In Round 9, we saw Luke McShane drawing with Vishy Anand, Hikaru Nakamura beating Michael Adams with fireworks, Nigel Short holding Magnus Carlsen to a draw and Vladimir Kramnik going for a draw with Levon Aronian. David Howell had a bye and he assisted in the commentary.
We will bring you updates of the prize ceremony soon and meanwhile, you can check the official website for more info.
Final Crosstable
| Name | Rating | Pnt/gms | Perf | ||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |||||
| 1 | Kramnik | 2800 | X | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16.0 / 8 | 2935 |
| 2 | Nakamura | 2758 | 1 | X | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 15.0 / 8 | 2888 |
| 3 | Carlsen | 2826 | 1 | 3 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 14.0 / 8 | 2879 |
| 4 | McShane | 2671 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13.0 / 8 | 2853 |
| 5 | Anand | 2811 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9.0 / 8 | 2740 |
| 6 | Aronian | 2802 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | X | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9.0 / 8 | 2741 |
| 7 | Short | 2698 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 3 | 6.0 / 8 | 2613 |
| 8 | Howell | 2633 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | X | 1 | 4.0 / 8 | 2570 |
| 9 | Adams | 2734 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 3.0 / 8 | 2499 |
Final Standings
| No | Name | Win | Draw | Loss | Score | Rating | TPR | ||
| 1 | Kramnik | Vladimir | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16.0 | 2800 | 2935 | |
| 2 | Nakamura | Hikaru | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15.0 | 2758 | 2888 | |
| 3 | Carlsen | Magnus | 3 | 5 | 0 | 14.0 | 2826 | 2879 | |
| 4 | McShane | Luke J | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13.0 | 2671 | 2853 | |
| 5 | Anand | Viswanathan | 1 | 6 | 1 | 9.0 | 2811 | 2740 | |
| 6 | Aronian | Levon | 1 | 6 | 1 | 9.0 | 2802 | 2741 | |
| 7 | Short | Nigel D | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6.0 | 2698 | 2613 | |
| 8 | Howell | David W L | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4.0 | 2633 | 2570 | |
| 9 | Adams | Michael | 0 | 3 | 5 | 3.0 | 2734 | 2499 |
From Alexandra Kosteniuk's
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Russia is awesome
ReplyDeletepower packed perf. vlad is back
ReplyDeletei am very upset carlsen went to third
ReplyDeletehappy news for all fans from russia i guess. anand always plays slow before his title match where he plays solid. so am not too disappointed. it is interesting that both kasparov students are there in the top 3. So if kasparov coaches about five people we will always have kasparov students winning tournaments. just a though.
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