TWIC is 29. First issue 17th September 1994.
6th London Chess Classic 2014 (2)
Kramnik and Giri win in London Chess Classic Round 2
Mark Crowther - Thursday 11th December 2014
Vladimir Kramnik waited over a year to play his King's Indian Petrosian System preparation. He used it to beat Hikaru Nakamura. Photo © John Saunders | http://www.londonchessclassic.com
Leader Michael Adams got a passive position out of the opening against Anish Giri and got a really unpleasant position and lost material. Giri said this sideline of the Catalan couldn't have been known by Adams as it isn't supposed to be that good for white. Adams found a nice idea in time trouble which led to simplifications to a position a pawn down which Giri thought could be drawn with best play but Adams eventually blundered his g7 pawn just before time control and lost.
Vladimir Kramnik prepared the line in the Petrosian Variation he tried against Hikaru Nakamura over a year ago. Kramnik felt 18...Na6 was black's only good try and following 19...e5 he was close to winning and after 25. Rg3 he felt he had a decisive advantage which he drove home.
Fabiano Caruana recovered from his loss to Michael Adams with a calm draw with black against Viswanathan Anand. 9...b6 seems to be an important new idea for black and Anand felt black might even have chances if he hadn't chosen to repeat. Anand has never lost on his birthday and this record continued on his 45th today.
Romain Edouard got a large advantage against Gawain Jones' Dragon Sicilian but repeated in a sharp but winning position. Jones leads 1.5-0.5.
Round 2 Scores: Giri, Kramnik 4pts, Adams 3pts, Anand, Nakamura, Caruana 1pt
Round 3 pairings: Nakamura-Anand, Adams-Kramnik, Caruana-Giri
| 6th London Classic 2014 London (ENG), 10-14 xii 2014 | cat. XXII (2780) | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |||||||
| 1. | Giri, Anish | g | NED | 2768 | * | . | 1 | . | ½ | . | 4 | 2953 |
| 2. | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2769 | . | * | . | ½ | 1 | . | 4 | 2977 |
| 3. | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 2745 | 0 | . | * | . | . | 1 | 3 | 2798 |
| 4. | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2793 | . | ½ | . | * | . | ½ | 2 | 2799 |
| 5. | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2775 | ½ | 0 | . | . | * | . | 1 | 2575 |
| 6. | Caruana, Fabiano | g | ITA | 2829 | . | . | 0 | ½ | . | * | 1 | 2576 |
| Round 1 (December 10, 2014) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kramnik, Vladimir | - Anand, Viswanathan | ½-½ | 45 | D44 | Anti-Meran Gambit | |
| Adams, Michael | - Caruana, Fabiano | 1-0 | 73 | C90 | Ruy Lopez | |
| Nakamura, Hikaru | - Giri, Anish | ½-½ | 33 | C67 | Ruy Lopez Berlin | |
| Round 2 (December 11, 2014) | ||||||
| Giri, Anish | - Adams, Michael | 1-0 | 47 | E01 | Catalan | |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | - Nakamura, Hikaru | 1-0 | 41 | E92 | King's Indian Classical | |
| Anand, Viswanathan | - Caruana, Fabiano | ½-½ | 17 | D37 | QGD 5.Bf4 | |
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