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Playing stage before the opening round, 2009

The London Chess Classic is a chess festival held at the Olympia Conference Centre, West Kensington, London. The flagship event is a strong invitational tournament between some of the world's top grandmasters. A number of subsidiary events cover a wide range of chess activities, including tournaments suitable for norm and title seekers, junior events, amateur competitions, simultaneous exhibitions, coaching, and lectures.

In April 2015, the London Chess Classic (LCC) was named as one of the three events that would comprise the inaugural Grand Chess Tour. By linking with Norway Chess and the Sinquefield Cup, a prestigious grand-prix style 'tour' was created that would play host to nine of the world's elite players, as well as the wildcard nominee of each organizer. It was expected that future editions of the tour would be expanded to include other events that could meet the standard.

The LCC 2015 event featured the nine participating players of the 2015 Grand Chess Tour plus wildcard pick, Michael Adams.

Winners

#	Year	Winner
1	2009	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)
2	2010	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)
3	2011	Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)
4	2012	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)
5	2013	Hikaru Nakamura (United States)
6	2014	Viswanathan Anand (India)
7	2015	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)
8	2016	Wesley So (United States)
9	2017	Fabiano Caruana (United States)

2009 Classic: 8–15 December

The inaugural 2009 edition was advertised as "the highest level chess tournament in London for 25 years", referring to the Phillips & Drew Kings tournament held in 1984. It was held during the same time as the Chess World Cup 2009.

The field of eight grandmasters comprised the top four English players, and four international players, with top billing going to the former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik, plus the future World Champion and then-current number one in the live world rankings, Magnus Carlsen. The tournament was FIDE Category 18, and had a prize fund of 100,000 Euros including daily best game prizes and a 10,000 Euro brilliancy prize for the game voted the best of the tournament. The games were broadcast live at a number of sites including Playchess and the Internet Chess Club (with live expert commentary provided by Chess.FM).

A major feature of the tournament was the use of a different scoring system, sometimes referred to as "Bilbao Rules"; players earns three points for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss. "Sofia Rules" also applied, whereby the players could not agree a draw without the arbiter's permission, only to be given when there was deemed to be no purposeful play left in the position. With the added incentive of lucrative best game prizes, the intention was to maximise the potential for entertaining and decisive games. There were 17 draws and 11 decisive games.

The tournament was won by Magnus Carlsen, a victory that meant he would be world number one in the January 2010 FIDE world rankings list. Second place was taken by Vladimir Kramnik, and third place by David Howell, on tie-break from Michael Adams. The prizegiving took place at Simpson's-in-the-Strand, where Carlsen received a trophy and a cheque for the first prize (25,000 Euros). A trophy and 10,000 Euros brilliancy prize was presented to Luke McShane for his round five win against Hikaru Nakamura. The organisers announced that there would be another tournament in London in 2010.

The tournament organiser and director was International Master Malcolm Pein, manager of the London Chess Centre and the executive editor of CHESS magazine. The Festival Organiser was Adam Raoof, FIDE Organiser and Arbiter. The guest of honour was Victor Korchnoi. The ceremonial opening move was made by Evan Harris, MP. Tournament partners included Chessbase and the Internet Chess Club. The main pre-tournament public relations event comprised a blindfold display at the London Eye between Nigel Short and Luke McShane.

The tournament was simultaneous broadcast on London Chess Classic website, and the chess servers ICC, FICS and Playchess, as well as on Twitter.

Participants

Magnus Carlsen, number one in the live world rankings

Vladimir Kramnik, former world champion (2000–2007)

Hikaru Nakamura, US champion

Nigel Short, former world championship finalist and English number one

Michael Adams, former world knock-out championship finalist and English number two

Ni Hua, leading Chinese grandmaster

Luke McShane, English number three

David Howell, British champion and English number four

Tournament table

1st London Chess Classic, 8–16 December 2009, London, England, Category XVIII (2696)^[1]
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Points	Wins	Black	TPR
1	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)	2801		3	1	1	3	3	1	1	13			2839
2	Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)	2772	0	Does not appear	1	1	3	3	1	3	12			2787
3	David Howell (England)	2597	1	1	Does not appear	1	1	3	1	1	9	1	1	2760
4	Michael Adams (England)	2698	1	1	1	Does not appear	3	1	1	1	9	1	0	2746
5	Luke McShane (England)	2615	0	0	1	0	Does not appear	0	3	3	7			2606
6	Ni Hua (China)	2665	0	0	0	1	3	Does not appear	1	1	6	1		2599
7	Hikaru Nakamura (United States)	2715	1	1	1	1	0	1	Does not appear	1	6	0		2644
8	Nigel Short (England)	2707	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	Does not appear	5			2593

Subsidiary events

Other tournaments organised during the festival included the nine-round Women's Invitational competition and nine-round FIDE Rated Open, which were won by Arianne Caoili of Australia and Jon Ludvig Hammer of Norway respectively, both with scores of 8/9.

Korchnoi gave two simultaneous displays during the event. To raise money for charity, one ticket to play him was auctioned on eBay for £410.

2010 Classic: 8–15 December

The 2010 edition was publicised as "The UK's strongest chess tournament ever". The prize fund was substantially increased from the previous year and world champion Viswanathan Anand replaced Ni Hua in the list of participants. Coupled with the advances in rating of some of the competitors, the effect was to elevate the tournament's status to Category 21 on FIDE's scale, making it the strongest ever held in the United Kingdom.

The ceremonial first move was performed by the Indian High Commissioner, HE Mr Nalin Surie, and the format remained faithful to the previous year, adopting the three points for a win, one for a draw scoring system and 'Sofia Rules' in respect to agreed draws.

Live expert commentary was provided to an audience of up to 400 at the venue itself and was also put out as a live web transmission. Lawrence Trent, Stephen Gordon, Daniel King and Chris Ward formed the core of the commentary team, but there were numerous contributions from other distinguished players, including guests of honour, Viktor Korchnoi and Garry Kasparov.

The tournament was won by Magnus Carlsen, cementing his return to the world number one spot in the rankings. Anand and Luke McShane shared second place, and had the tournament been scored in the conventional way, then all three would have shared first place. The prize giving was once again held at Simpsons-in-the-Strand, Carlsen being presented with the trophy and a cheque for 50,000 Euros by his part-time trainer and mentor, Kasparov.

The tournament organiser and director was IM Malcolm Pein, manager of the London Chess Centre and the executive editor of CHESS magazine. The Festival Organiser was Adam Raoof, FIDE Organiser and Arbiter. The 2010 Festival won the English Chess Federation Congress of the Year Award.
The tournament was simultaneously broadcast on London Chess Classic website, and the chess servers ICC, FICS and Playchess, as well as on Twitter and Facebook.

Participants

Viswanathan Anand, world champion

Magnus Carlsen, number two in the world rankings

Vladimir Kramnik, former world champion (2000–2007)

Hikaru Nakamura, US number one

Michael Adams, British champion and English number one

Nigel Short, former world championship finalist and English number two

Luke McShane, English number three

David Howell, English number four

Tournament table

2nd London Chess Classic, 6–15 December 2010, London, England, Category XIX (2725)^[2]
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Points	GmBl	WiBl	Wins	H2H	TPR	Place
1	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)	2802		0	0	3	1	3	3	3	13					2816	1
2	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2804	3	Does not appear	1	1	1	1	1	3	11	3	1	2	1	2815	2–3
3	Luke McShane (England)	2645	3	1	Does not appear	1	1	1	1	3	11	3	1	2	1	2838	2–3
4	Hikaru Nakamura (United States)	2741	0	1	1	Does not appear	3	1	1	3	10	4	1	2	3	2772	4
5	Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)	2791	1	1	1	0	Does not appear	1	3	3	10	4	1	2	0	2765	5
6	Michael Adams (England)	2723	0	1	1	1	1	Does not appear	3	1	8					2725	6
7	David Howell (England)	2611	0	1	1	0	1	0	Does not appear	1	4					2583	7
8	Nigel Short (England)	2680	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	Does not appear	2					2422	8

Subsidiary events

Other tournaments organised during the festival included the nine-round Women's Invitational competition and nine-round "FIDE Rated Open". WIM Arlette Van Weersel of The Netherlands won the former with 8/9, while GMs Gawain Jones and Simon Williams (both England) shared victory in the Open with 7½/9.

Korchnoi gave two simultaneous displays during the event and evening lectures were provided by GMs Jacob Aagaard and Boris Avrukh.

2011 Classic: 3–12 December

The third edition once again featured the strongest chess tournament ever held in the UK. Organiser Malcolm Pein added a ninth player, the world number three Armenian Grandmaster Levon Aronian, ensuring that the world's top four players participated. With two extra rounds scheduled, play spanned two weekends and each day, one player sat out and joined the commentary team. Kramnik emerged the clear winner with 16 points.^[3]

Participants

Viswanathan Anand, world champion and number two in the world rankings

Magnus Carlsen, number one in the world rankings

Levon Aronian, number three in the world rankings

Vladimir Kramnik, former world champion (2000–2007) and world number four

Hikaru Nakamura, US number one

Michael Adams, British champion and English number one

Nigel Short, former world championship finalist and English number two

Luke McShane, English number three

David Howell, English number four^[4]

Tournament table

3rd London Chess Classic, 3–12 December 2011, London, England, Category XX (2748)^[5]
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Points	Wins	Black	TPR
1	Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)	2800		1	1	3	1	1	3	3	3	16			2935
2	Hikaru Nakamura (United States)	2758	1	Does not appear	0	1	3	3	1	3	3	15			2888
3	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)	2826	1	3	Does not appear	1	1	1	1	3	3	14			2879
4	Luke McShane (England)	2671	0	1	1	Does not appear	1	1	3	3	3	13			2853
5	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2811	1	0	1	1	Does not appear	1	3	1	1	9	1	1	2740
6	Levon Aronian (Armenia)	2802	1	0	1	1	1	Does not appear	3	1	1	9	1	0	2741
7	Nigel Short (England)	2698	0	1	1	0	0	0	Does not appear	1	3	6			2613
8	David Howell (England)	2633	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	Does not appear	1	4			2570
9	Michael Adams (England)	2734	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	Does not appear	3			2499

Subsidiary events

Other tournaments organised during the festival included the nine-round Women's Invitational competition and nine-round "FIDE Rated Open". IM Dagnė Čiukšytė (2327) of England and WIM Guliskhan Nakhbayeva (2227) of Kazakhstan shared victory in the former with 7½/9, while Indian GM Abhijeet Gupta (2640) was outright winner of the Open with 8/9.

2012 Classic: 1–10 December

The format of the fourth edition closely followed that of the third. The winner was number one ranked Magnus Carlsen, whose performance also secured him the highest FIDE rating of all time.^[6] The line-up for the headlining Classic tournament contained two changes from the previous year and comprised;

Participants

Viswanathan Anand, world champion

Magnus Carlsen, number one in the world rankings

Levon Aronian, number two in the world rankings

Vladimir Kramnik, former world champion (2000–2007) and world number three

Hikaru Nakamura U.S. number two

Judit Polgar, highest ranked woman

Michael Adams, English number two

Luke McShane, English number one

Gawain Jones, British Champion and English number four

Tournament table

4th London Chess Classic, 1–10 December 2012, London, England, Category XXI (2752)^[7]
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Points	Wins	Black	H2H	TPR
1	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)	2848		1	1	3	1	3	3	3	3	18				2991
2	Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)	2795	1	Does not appear	3	1	1	1	3	3	3	16				2939
3	Hikaru Nakamura (United States)	2760	1	0	Does not appear	1	1	3	3	3	1	13	3	2	1	2846
4	Michael Adams (England)	2710	0	1	1	Does not appear	3	1	3	1	3	13	3	2	1	2852
5	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2775	1	1	1	0	Does not appear	1	1	1	3	9				2749
6	Levon Aronian (Armenia)	2815	0	1	0	1	1	Does not appear	1	3	1	8				2701
7	Judit Polgár (Hungary)	2705	0	0	0	0	1	1	Does not appear	3	1	6				2617
8	Luke McShane (England)	2713	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	Does not appear	3	5				2564
9	Gawain Jones (England)	2644	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	Does not appear	3				2514

Subsidiary events

Other tournaments organised during the festival included the nine-round Women's Invitational competition and nine-round "FIDE Rated Open". WGM Deimantė Daulytė (2212) of Lithuania was the outright winner of the former with 7/9, while Armenian GM Hrant Melkumyan (2649) and Dutch GM Robin van Kampen (2570) shared victory in the Open with 7½/9.

2013 Classic: 7–15 December

The format of the 2013 London Chess Classic was a "Super 16 Rapid" tournament (25 minutes + 10 seconds per move). The sixteen players were split into four groups, with the top two from each group qualifying for the quarterfinal knockout stages.

Invitations were accepted by fourteen players and further places were allocated to whichever two players were leading the FIDE Open after round 4 on 10 December.

Scoring was 3 points for a win, 1 for a draw, 0 for a loss. The €150,000 purse was distributed in this way: 1st – €50,000; 2nd – €25,000; 3rd–4th – €12,500; 5th–8th – €6,250; 9th–16th – €3,125.

The participants of the Super 16 Rapid were banded according to their FIDE rapidplay rating, to create four pools of four players. Four preliminary groups were then constructed by randomly drawing one player from each pool, creating four groups of fairly equal standing. The draw was carried out on 4 December 2013 at Ravenscroft Primary School in Newham, with the assistance of the pupils.

Group stage

Group A, Category XIX (2720)
	Player	Rapid rating	1	2	3	4	Points	TPR	Place
1	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2773	Does not appear	1 1	3 3	3 1	12	2895	1–2
2	Michael Adams (England)	2754	1 1	Does not appear	1 3	3 3	12	2902	1–2
3	Luke McShane (England)	2684	0 0	1 0	Does not appear	3 0	4	2539	3–4
4	Andrei Istrățescu (France)	2670	0 1	0 0	0 3	Does not appear	4	2544	3–4

Group B, Category XVIII (2692)
	Player	Rapid rating	1	2	3	4	Points	TPR	Place
1	Peter Svidler (Russia)	2758	Does not appear	0 3	1 1	3 3	11	2794	1
2	Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)	2793	3 0	Does not appear	1 1	3 1	9	2714	2
3	Matthew Sadler (England)	2646	1 1	1 1	Does not appear	0 3	7	2706	3
4	Jonathan Rowson (Scotland)	2569	0 0	0 1	3 0	Does not appear	4	2539	4

Group C, Category XX (2728)
	Player	Rapid rating	1	2	3	4	Points	TPR	Place
1	Hikaru Nakamura (United States)	2786	Does not appear	1 1	1 3	3 1	10	2833	1
2	Boris Gelfand (Israel)	2777	1 1	Does not appear	3 0	3 1	9	2768	2
3	Gawain Jones (England)	2654	1 0	0 3	Does not appear	0 3	7	2695	3
4	Judit Polgár (Hungary)	2693	0 1	0 1	3 0	Does not appear	5	2614	4

Group D, Category XVIII (2691)
	Player	Rapid rating	1	2	3	4	Points	TPR	Place
1	Fabiano Caruana (Italy)	2782	Does not appear	3 3	1 3	3 3	16	3061	1
2	Nigel Short (England)	2683	0 0	Does not appear	1 3	3 3	10	2750	2
3	David Howell (England)	2640	1 0	1 0	Does not appear	3 0	5	2582	3
4	Emil Sutovsky (Israel)	2657	0 0	0 0	0 3	Does not appear	3	2428	4

Knockout stage

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

2B

Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)

1½

1A

Viswanathan Anand (India)

½

2B

Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)

½

1C

Hikaru Nakamura (United States)

1½

2D

Nigel Short (England)

½

1C

Hikaru Nakamura (United States)

1½

1C

Hikaru Nakamura (United States)

1½

2C

Boris Gelfand (Israel)

½

2A

Michael Adams (England)

3

1B

Peter Svidler (Russia)

1

2A

Michael Adams (England)

½

2C

Boris Gelfand (Israel)

1½

1D

Fabiano Caruana (Italy)

1

2C

Boris Gelfand (Israel)

3

Subsidiary events

Other tournaments taking place during the festival included the double round robin Women's Invitational and nine-round FIDE Rated Open. IM Dagnė Čiukšytė (2345) of England was the outright winner of the former with 7½/10, while Norway's Jon Ludvig Hammer (2612) triumphed in the Open with 7½/9.

2014 Classic: 6–14 December

The tournament was once again organized and directed by IM Malcolm Pein. The world champion, Magnus Carlsen, declined his invitation due to the closeness of his world championship re-match with Viswanathan Anand. Anand indicated that he was able to play, no matter the outcome of his title match. The main tournament was a single round, all-play-all format, where the uneven colour split was decided in favour of the winners of the Elite Blitz contest (see 'Subsidiary events' below). Sofia Rules and football-style scoring (three points for a win and one for a draw) were used to discourage draws. Anand was declared winner of the Elite tournament on tie-break, due to scoring the only win with the black pieces. Guest appearances were made by former world champion Garry Kasparov, London Mayor Boris Johnson and Kenneth Rogoff, among others. Online commentators included Nigel Short, Danny King, Lawrence Trent, Chris Ward and David Howell. Analysis room commentary at the venue was provided by Julian Hodgson.

Tournament table

6th London Chess Classic, 10–14 December 2014, London, England, Category XXII (2780)^[8]
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	Points	Wins	Black	H2H	TPR
1	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2793		1	1	1	3	1	7	1	1		2849
2	Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)	2769	1	Does not appear	1	3	1	1	7	1	0	1	2854
3	Anish Giri (Netherlands)	2768	1	1	Does not appear	1	3	1	7	1	0	1	2854
4	Hikaru Nakamura (United States)	2775	1	0	1	Does not appear	3	1	6				2781
5	Michael Adams (England)	2745	0	1	0	0	Does not appear	3	4	1			2638
6	Fabiano Caruana (Italy)	2829	1	1	1	1	0	Does not appear	4	0			2698

Subsidiary events

With a shorter than usual main tournament, greater emphasis was placed on the additional festival events this year, with the elite players participating in the rapidplay and blitz tournaments. The Elite Blitz, like the main tournament, was scored using the 'three points for a win, one point for a draw' system. Adams was the winner, on tie-break from Nakamura and Kramnik. Other events were scored in the usual manner (one point for a win and a half point for a draw). Grandmaster simultaneous displays were provided by David Howell and Vladislav Tkachiev. The Pro-Biz Cup event comprised 2-player teams (one professional chess player, partnered by a top business leader, taking alternate moves) in a knockout format.

Elite Blitz: Michael Adams, Hikaru Nakamura, Vladimir Kramnik 17/30, Anish Giri 16, Viswanathan Anand 10, Fabiano Caruana 9 (6 players, double round robin).

Super Rapidplay Open: Hikaru Nakamura 9½/10, Anish Giri 8½, Fabiano Caruana, Viswanathan Anand, Vladimir Kramnik, Nigel Short, Aleksandr Lenderman, Eric Hansen, Daniel Naroditsky, Nicholas Pert, Alon Greenfeld, Simon Williams 8 ... (405 players).

FIDE Open: Kamil Dragun, Bai Jinshi 7½/9, Vladislav Tkachiev, Bartosz Socko, Aleksandr Lenderman, Alexandr Fier, Alon Greenfeld, Jacek Stopa 7 ... (211 players).

Challenge Match: Gawain Jones defeated Romain Edouard by 4-2. Final game 6 was played at Heathfield School, Hampstead, on December 15 (otherwise held alongside the main tournament).^[9]

Pro-Biz Cup: Anish Giri and Rajko Vujatovic (Bank of America, Merrill Lynch) defeated Vladimir Kramnik and Russell Picot (HSBC) in the final.

2015 Classic: 4–13 December

In 2015, the London Chess Classic joined with Norway Chess and the Sinquefield Cup to form the Grand Chess Tour. Michael Adams was selected as the tournament wildcard and joins the other nine players already participating in the Grand Chess Tour.

Tournament table

7th London Chess Classic, 3–14 December 2015, London, England, Category XXII (2784)^[10]
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points	Wins	H2H	SB	TPR	Tour Points	Place
1	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)	2834		½	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	½	5½	2	1	24.00	2859	12	1
2	Anish Giri (Netherlands)	2784	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	5½	2	1	23.00	2864	10	2
3	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)	2773	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	5½	2	1	22.75	2865	8	3
4	Levon Aronian (Armenia)	2788	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	½	1	5				2827	7	4
5	Alexander Grischuk (Russia)	2747	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	½	4½	1			2788	6	5
6	Fabiano Caruana (United States)	2787	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	4½	0	½	20.25	2784	4.5	6–7
7	Michael Adams (England)	2737	½	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	4½	0	½	20.25	2789	4.5	6–7
8	Hikaru Nakamura (United States)	2793	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	1	½	4				2740	3	8
9	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2796	½	½	0	½	0	½	½	0	Does not appear	1	3½				2703	2	9
10	Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)	2803	½	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	0	Does not appear	2½				2616	1	10

First place play-off

Semifinal			Final

			1	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)	1½
2	Anish Giri (Netherlands)	1	3	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)	½
3	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)	2

Subsidiary events

British Knockout Championship: David Howell won by defeating Nicholas Pert in the final 4−2.

FIDE Open: Benjamin Bok 8/9, Evgeny Postny, Rinat Jumabayev, Eric Hansen, Jonathan Hawkins, Jahongir Vakhidov, Daniel Sadzikowski 7 ... (247 participants).^[11]

Super Rapidplay Open: Luke McShane 9.5/10, Hrant Melkumyan 8.5, Aleksandr Lenderman, Eric Hansen, Nicholas Pert, Romain Édouard, Jon Ludvig Hammer, Sergey Grigoriants, Rinat Jumabayev, David Eggleston, Tamas Fodor 8 ... (368 participants).^[12]

Pro-Biz Cup: Hikaru Nakamura and Josip Asik (CEO of Chess Informant) won.^[13]

2016 Classic: 9–18 December

All ratings listed below are from the December 2016 rating list.

Tournament table

8th London Chess Classic, 9–18 December 2016, London, England, Category XXII (2785)^[14]
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points	TPR	Tour Points	Place
1	Wesley So (United States)	2794		½	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	6	2909	13	1
2	Fabiano Caruana (United States)	2823	½	Does not appear	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	5½	2861	10	2
3	Hikaru Nakamura (United States)	2779	0	0	Does not appear	1	½	½	1	½	½	1	5	2829	7	3–5
4	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2779	½	½	0	Does not appear	½	½	1	½	½	1	5	2829	7	3–5
5	Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)	2809	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	1	5	2826	7	3–5
6	Anish Giri (Netherlands)	2771	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	4½	2787	5	6
7	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)	2804	½	½	0	0	½	½	Does not appear	1	½	½	4	2740	3	7–9
8	Levon Aronian (Armenia)	2785	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	Does not appear	1	0	4	2742	3	7–9
9	Michael Adams (England)	2748	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	Does not appear	1	4	2746	3	7–9
10	Veselin Topalov (Bulgaria)	2760	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	1	0	Does not appear	2	2568	1	10

Subsidiary events

Festival Open: Two French Grandmasters, Étienne Bacrot (2689) and Sébastien Mazé (2608), shared first prize, scoring 7.5/9.

Super-Rapidplay: Grandmaster Valentina Gunina (2491) won first place and the prize of £5,000 with a astonishing score of 9/10. Gunina was ranked 33rd at the start, and clobbered a strong field of grandmasters.^[15]

2017 Classic: 1–11 December

Tournament table

9th London Chess Classic, 1–11 December 2017, London, England, Category XXII (2779)^[16]
	Player	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Points	TB	Wins	H2H	TPR	Tour Points	Place
1	Fabiano Caruana (United States)	2799		½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	6	2½			2901	12	1
2	Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia)	2729	½	Does not appear	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	6	1½			2909	10	2
3	Magnus Carlsen (Norway)	2789	½	0	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	5		2		2815	7	3
4	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)	2788	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	½	½	5		1	½	2820	7	4–5
5	Wesley So (United States)	2837	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	1	½	5		1	½	2820	7	4–5
6	Hikaru Nakamura (United States)	2781	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	½	4½				2778	5	6
7	Levon Aronian (Armenia)	2805	½	½	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	½	4				2733	4	7
8	Sergey Karjakin (Russia)	2760	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	½	3½				2701	3	8
9	Viswanathan Anand (India)	2782	0	0	½	½	0	½	½	½	Does not appear	½	3		0	½	2653	1.5	9–10
10	Michael Adams (England)	2715	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	Does not appear	3		0	½	2661	1.5	9–10

Final blitz tie-break: Fabiano Caruana def. Ian Nepomniachtchi, 2½–1½.^[17]

Subsidiary events

Festival Open: Two Armenian Grandmasters, Gabriel Sargissian and Hrant Melkumyan, and one French Grandmaster, Sébastien Mazé, shared first place, scoring 7.5/9.^[18]

2018 Classic: 11–17 December

Semifinals		Final


1	Hikaru Nakamura (United States)

4	Fabiano Caruana (United States)
		(United States)


2	Levon Aronian (Armenia)

3	Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France)

References

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^ Mark Crowther (20 December 2010). "THE WEEK IN CHESS 841". The Week in Chess.

^ IndiaVoice (14 December 2011). "Kramnik wins London Chess Classic, 2011". Retrieved 2011-12-26.

^ CHESS magazine – Vol 76, August 2011, p 4

^ Mark Crowther (12 December 2011). "THE WEEK IN CHESS 892". The Week in Chess.

^ Crowther, Mark (10 December 2012). "Carlsen wins London Chess Classic and takes Kasparov's record". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 11 December 2012.

^ Mark Crowther (10 December 2012). "THE WEEK IN CHESS 944". The Week in Chess.

^ Mark Crowther (15 December 2014). "THE WEEK IN CHESS 1049". The Week in Chess.

^ London Chess Classic 2014 - Gawain Jones vs. Romain Edouard

^ Mark Crowther (14 December 2015). "THE WEEK IN CHESS 1101". The Week in Chess.

^ 7th CSC London Chess Classic FIDE Open Chess-Results.com

^ 7th CSC London Chess Classic Super Rapidplay Chess-Results.com

^ Sagar Shah (2016-01-11). "What makes the London Chess Classic special?". ChessBase. Retrieved 23 March 2016.

^ Mark Crowther (19 December 2016). "THE WEEK IN CHESS 1154". The Week in Chess.

^ Jordan, Mark. ”London Chess Classic 2016”. English Chess Federation newsletter. December 21, 2016.

^ Mark Crowther (11 December 2017). "THE WEEK IN CHESS 1205". The Week in Chess.

^ Peterson, Macauley (12 December 2017). "Caruana wins London Classic, but Carlsen takes the Tour". ChessBase.

^ https://chess-results.com/tnr317477.aspx?lan=1&art=4&flag=30&wi=821

External links

Official festival website

TWIC reports

Daily Telegraph article

Guardian article

BBC News article

The Week in Chess 2014 Report

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[2] Mark Crowther (20 December 2010). "THE WEEK IN CHESS 841". The Week in Chess.

[3] IndiaVoice (14 December 2011). "Kramnik wins London Chess Classic, 2011". Retrieved 2011-12-26.

[4] CHESS magazine – Vol 76, August 2011, p 4

[5] Mark Crowther (12 December 2011). "THE WEEK IN CHESS 892". The Week in Chess.

[wic-carlsenwinslondon2012-6] Crowther, Mark (10 December 2012). "Carlsen wins London Chess Classic and takes Kasparov's record". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 11 December 2012.

[7] Mark Crowther (10 December 2012). "THE WEEK IN CHESS 944". The Week in Chess.

[8] Mark Crowther (15 December 2014). "THE WEEK IN CHESS 1049". The Week in Chess.

[9] London Chess Classic 2014 - Gawain Jones vs. Romain Edouard

[10] Mark Crowther (14 December 2015). "THE WEEK IN CHESS 1101". The Week in Chess.

[11] 7th CSC London Chess Classic FIDE Open Chess-Results.com

[12] 7th CSC London Chess Classic Super Rapidplay Chess-Results.com

[13] Sagar Shah (2016-01-11). "What makes the London Chess Classic special?". ChessBase. Retrieved 23 March 2016.

[14] Mark Crowther (19 December 2016). "THE WEEK IN CHESS 1154". The Week in Chess.

[15] Jordan, Mark. ”London Chess Classic 2016”. English Chess Federation newsletter. December 21, 2016.

[16] Mark Crowther (11 December 2017). "THE WEEK IN CHESS 1205". The Week in Chess.

[17] Peterson, Macauley (12 December 2017). "Caruana wins London Classic, but Carlsen takes the Tour". ChessBase.

[18] ttps://chess-results.com/tnr317477.aspx?lan=1&art=4&flag=30&wi=821

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London Chess Classic

Contents

Winners

2009 Classic: 8–15 December

Participants

Tournament table

Subsidiary events

2010 Classic: 8–15 December

Participants

Tournament table

Subsidiary events

2011 Classic: 3–12 December

Participants

Tournament table

Subsidiary events

2012 Classic: 1–10 December

Participants

Tournament table

Subsidiary events

2013 Classic: 7–15 December

Group stage

Knockout stage

Subsidiary events

2014 Classic: 6–14 December

Tournament table

Subsidiary events

2015 Classic: 4–13 December

Tournament table

First place play-off

Subsidiary events

2016 Classic: 9–18 December

Tournament table

Subsidiary events

2017 Classic: 1–11 December

Tournament table

Subsidiary events

2018 Classic: 11–17 December

References

External links

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