With one round to go (as of the column's submission) Etienne Bacrot led the London Chess Classic Open with 7/8, half a point ahead of three other players, including Chithambaram Aravindh. Aravindh had led until losing to Bacrot in round 8, and had been playing exceptionally well, so in this week's column I looked at several of his games and a couple by Bacrot.
(For those curious about the rest of the story: Bacrot drew quickly in the last round and was caught by his countryman, Sebastien Maze, who also defeated Aravindh. As far as I can tell, there was no playoff and Bacrot was the nominal winner on tiebreaks.)