London Chess Classic 2015

[LawrenceCooper]

Thanks MJ - it's always better following pleasant commentary rather than the confrontational kind.


Sorry Loz, didn't think you were still here. I'll get my coffee and my coat...

After my analysis of your king and pawn endng you made a valid point

[Barry Sandercock]

Magnus has drawn his game already.

[MJMcCready]

Yes, nothing too exciting in the first round so far.

[John McKenna]

Redundant post.

[John McKenna]

Thanks MJ - it's always better following pleasant commentary rather than the confrontational kind.

Sorry Loz, didn't think you were still here. I'll get my coffee and my coat...

Are you involved with the commentary John?

Sorry, MJ, but anyone with any sense would not let me anywhere near a microphone at a public gathering.

Apart from Speakers' Corner on a Sunday, that is.

[MJMcCready]

I thought Danny King had been practicing there the way he started today, at least he came round in the second session. Bizarre to say the least and a great shame when it goes that way. hat off to Jan, super smooth.

[John McKenna]

Links:

Classic: http://live.londonchessclassic.com/gran ... r-2015.php
British Knockout: http://live.londonchessclassic.com/brit ... t-2015.php
CSC FIDE Open: http://live.londonchessclassic.com/fideopen.php

Thanks David.

Yes thanks, the web site links do need to a little clarification.

That's all the links then - even Zaphod Beeblebrox would have trouble following all the live action.

I thought Danny King had been practicing there the way he started today, at least he came round in the second session. Bizarre to say the least and a great shame when it goes that way. hat off to Jan, super smooth.

Danny recovered himself then - not easy with younger guys who are more active players coming along I should imagine.

[John McKenna]

Magnus has drawn his game already.

Anand 1/2 Adams, too.

Topalov may be starting to get the upper hand against Giri.

Still, the young guy is usually quite resilient and resourceful - he'll need to be so, today.

Sacha supposedly losing now to Naka, but the latter's king is kind of standing out!?

[LawrenceCooper]

Magnus has drawn his game already.

Anand 1/2 Adams, too.

Topalov may be starting to get the upper hand against Giri.

Still, the young guy is usually quite resilient and resourceful - he'll need to be so, today.

Nakamura looks like he's on his way to a win, the Berlin game seems to be the most tactical

[Carl Hibbard]

I hope Anand doesn't go draw draw draw etc I like to see the guy play.

[LawrenceCooper]

I hope Anand doesn't go draw draw draw etc I like to see the guy play.

I agree, if he gets an interesting position that he knows his games can still be exciting but his opponents wisely have other ideas. I suspect he's more frustrated when nothing happens with white but very content when he's black. A good start for Mickey though, especially with another black tomorrow.

[IM Jack Rudd]

A surprise result from the FIDE Open:

[Event "7th CSC London Chess Classic"] [Site "Olympia Conference Centre, Lon"] [Date "2015.12.04"] [Round "1.34"] [White "De Coverly, Roger D"] [Black "Wells, Peter K"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A00"] [WhiteElo "2037"] [BlackElo "2442"] [PlyCount "93"] [EventDate "2015.12.04"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qe6+ 6. Qe2 Nb4 7. Qxe6 Bxe6 8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Kxd7 10. Kd1 g6 11. Ne5+ Ke8 12. Nb5 Nd5 13. Re1 Bg7 14. a4 Nh6 15. Ra3 a6 16. Rd3 axb5 17. Rxd5 f6 18. Nd3 b6 19. Rd6 bxa4 20. Rxb6 Ng4 21. Rb7 Bf8 22. Nxc5 Nxf2+ 23. Ke2 Rc8 24. d4 Ng4 25. h3 Nh6 26. c3 Nf5 27. Kf3 h5 28. Nxa4 Nd6 29. Ra7 g5 30. Nc5 Kf7 31. Ne6 Bh6 32. Kg2 g4 33. Bxh6 gxh3+ 34. Kxh3 Rxh6 35. Nf4 Nf5 36. Nd5 Re8 37. Rf1 Kg6 38. b4 Rh7 39. b5 h4 40. g4 Nd6 41. b6 Ne4 42. c4 e6 43. Nf4+ Kh6 44. Rxh7+ Kxh7 45. c5 e5 46. dxe5 fxe5 47. Nd5 1-0

[Carl Hibbard]

Nice.

[John McKenna]

Also quite nice (with apologies to Ian D Calvert) -

47 50 IM Guramishvili Sopiko 2368 1 - 0 Calvert D Ian 1984 173

Sopiko & Anish, the happy couple, both winners today.

[Roger de Coverly]

A surprise result from the FIDE Open:

The forcing opening is apparently OK for Black, but he should play 10. .. f6 or 10. .. Nc6 as 11 Ne5+ is really annoying. Equally the engine thinks that 14. .. a6 to clarify matters is better than 14. .. Nh6, after which the "beginner's" rook ( P-R4 and R-R3) comes into play. From about move 16 onwards, White always seems better.

Playing 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 is home brew of course, but it usually just transposes into a regular KIA or Closed Sicilian position. It has the minor advantage over 3. d3 of leaving some uncertainty as to whether d4 is intended.