London Chess Classic

The London Chess Classic is a chess tournament, which is held annually since 2009 in December at the Olympia Conference Centre in Kensington. Organizer Malcolm Pein.

Tournament mode

By 2012, four or five invited super grandmasters and the four best English players played in a einrundigen tournament with classical time control (2 hours for 40 moves, 1 hour for the next 20 moves and 15 minutes plus 30 seconds per train for the rest the game ). It was the Sofia rule and a three-point rule (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a defeat ). 2013, the mode has been switched to a rapid chess tournament with 16 teams playing in four preliminary groups and subsequent knockout system. The games will be broadcast with live commentary on the internet.

In addition to the Grand Master Tournament series of programmed events take place, including an Open, a women's tournament, blitz tournaments, simultaneous exhibitions and lectures.

Results

2009

The premiere of the tournament from 8 to December 15, 2009 Carlsen won against Kramnik. Greatest English player was surprisingly Howell, who had in 2597 with the lowest Elo rating of all participants. With an Elo average of 2696 it was the best-manned tournament in England since the Phillips & Drew Kings London 1984. The prize fund amounted to 125,000 euros.

2010

The tournament was held until December 15, 2010 from 8. Carlsen won again, even though he lost two games ahead of World Champion Anand and McShane. The average rating, the tournament was 2729th The prize fund amounted to EUR 145,000, of which 50,000 for the tournament winner.

2011

The tournament was held from 3rd to December 12th, 2011, this time with nine participants. Kramnik won the tournament against Nakamura and the world number one Carlsen. Greatest English player was again McShane. The average rating, the tournament was 2748th The prize fund amounted to EUR 160,000, of which 50,000 for first place.

2012

The fourth edition of the tournament was held from 1st to December 10, 2012 and was won by Magnus Carlsen, realizing his Elo rating increased by 13 points and set a new record aufstellte.

2013

The fifth edition of the tournament was held from December 15, 2013 from 7. Main event was a rapid chess tournament with 16 participants. While the new world champion Magnus Carlsen canceled his participation, former world champion Viswanathan Anand was at the start. As another top ten player Vladimir Kramnik, Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana and Boris Gelfand were there. First, eight places have been played for a tournament after knockout system in four opening acts. In the group stage the three-point rule was applied. The thinking time was 25 minutes per game plus 10 seconds per train.

It won Nakamura, who won the final against Gelfand. The prize fund amounted to 150,000 euros, of which the winner received 50,000.