London Chess Classic

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NickFaulks
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Re: London Chess Classic

Post by NickFaulks » Sun Dec 16, 2018 6:44 pm

Christopher Kreuzer wrote:
Sun Dec 16, 2018 6:37 pm
I *think* they play all the games regardless of the results, like in the British Knockout, but not sure.
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Re: London Chess Classic

Post by LawrenceCooper » Mon Dec 17, 2018 5:55 pm

After losing the second rapid game Aronian has won the first two blitz games to level his score with Caruana. MVL-Nakamura is still level with six draws so far.

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Re: London Chess Classic

Post by Christopher Kreuzer » Mon Dec 17, 2018 7:24 pm

Caruana won the final two blitz games, and Nakamura won the final blitz game after the penultimate one was drawn.

That puts Carlsen back on top of the live blitz ratings (ahead of the upcoming World Championships). Carlsen is comfortably ahead in the rapids list. And about 7 points ahead of second place on both the classical and blitz lists.

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Re: London Chess Classic

Post by Mick Norris » Mon Dec 17, 2018 7:55 pm

Adams up to number 10 on the blitz ratings
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