Thursday, December 12, 2013

Chess News

At The London Super Sixteen rapid tournament (under London Chess Classic) 2013, England (December 11th to 15th, 2013)

Group A
Round One
GM Luke McShane (ENG,2697) 0-1 GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2775)
GM Andrei Istratescu (FRA,2709) 0-1 GM Michael Adams (ENG,2761)

Round Two
GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2775) ½-½ GM Michael Adams (ENG,2761)
GM Luke McShane (ENG,2697) 1-0 GM Andrei Istratescu (FRA,2709)

The London Super Sixteen rapid tournament has started ... Players are divided into four groups initially, to play a double round robin between them and determine two qualifiers to the knock out stages ... Points calculation - 3 points for a win and 1 point for draw.

In the first round Anand defeated McShane playing with black pieces after 46 moves ... In the second round Anand and Adams played a "real game" instead of a rapid and played some theory, exchanged some pieces and solidly drew ... So after two rounds Anand and Adams r leading with 4 points from Group A.

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