London Chess Classic 2016

The 2016 edition of the London Chess Classic, has been won by American Grandmaster Wesley So. Having taken a grip on the tournament early on, he secured victory with a solid draw with Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in the final round. As for the round itself, Veselin Topalov was the winner of […check it out!]

The penultimate (8th) round of the London Chess Classic 2016, took place on December 17th 2016. It saw Veselin Topalov have yet another bad day at the office. Topalov played White against Viswanathan Anand, who achieved equality rather comfortably in the Queen’s Gambit Declined. The Bulgarian’s 24.Be2 was rather too quiet, and […check it out!]

Round seven of the 8th edition of the London Chess Classic, was held on Friday 16 December, 2016. For the third time this tournament, Hikaru Nakamura was the only player to pick up a point — and what a point it was. The American Grandmaster played a game against France’s […check it out!]

The London Chess Classic 2016, paused for a day of rest on December 14th, with play resuming on December 15th. There has been a lot of fighting chess in this tournament so far, and there was great excitement as round 6 began. All hoped that the players would be feeling […check it out!]

Round five of the London Chess Classic 2016, took place on December 13th, in Olympia, London. It would be the last round before the one and only rest day. At such times, one never really knows what to expect, the players could come out looking to do something with a […check it out!]

Round-4 of the London Chess Classic 2016, was held on December 12th. It saw only one decisive game, from American Grandmaster, Hikaru Nakamura, just as the in previous round. His victim is this round was Bulgarian Grandmaster, Veselin Topalov, who is not having a pleasant time of things at all […check it out!]

The London Chess Classic 2016, continued with round-3 on December 11th. Unlike previous rounds, it contained mainly draws, with only one game being decisive. This was to the benefit of Hikaru Nakamura, who took the wind out of the sails of Viswanathan Anand. Their game took the form of a […check it out!]

The London Chess Classic 2016, continued with Round-2 on December 10th. It saw Wesley So take sole lead, thanks to a nice win over Michael Adams. In truth, the American Grandmaster was dramatically helped to the win by his English opponent, who blundered in no small fashion, with 37…Nc7(??). This […check it out!]

The 8th London Chess Classic, got underway in Olympia, London, on Friday 9th December. Round 1 was a largely decisive day, with only two games ending in a draw. These were Caruana-Anand, which was an English Opening, in which neither player seemed to want to sharpen things up when given the […check it out!]

The London Chess Classic 2016, begins today (Friday 9th December), at the Olympia Conference Centre, London. The event, sees Wesley So (USA 2794), Levon Aronian (ARM 2785), Hikaru Nakamura (USA 2779), Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA 2804), Fabiano Caruana (USA 2823), Viswanathan Anand (IND 2779), Veselin Topalov (BUL 2760), Anish Giri (NED […check it out!]