London Chess Classic Starts Wednesday
It has been hanging over us for some time, and as usual with tournament announcements, the given dates are ambiguous, with three possible meanings. Do they refer to the date of the opening ceremony? Does it refer to the first day of any sort of activity - lectures, auxiliary tournaments and the like? Or does it refer to the event that 99.99% of chess fans are interested in: the start of play in the prestige tournament?
Interested parties can look up the auxiliary events of the London Chess Classic for themselves, and certainly should if they're in the area. For blog purposes, I'll note that what we're waiting on - the main event, starring Anand, Kramnik and Carlsen - starts on Wednesday, December 8.