Friday
Sep212012
The London Grand Prix is Underway
Friday, September 21, 2012 at 1:52PM
Chess players are gonna party like it's 1851, now that London has once again become one of the chess capitals of the world. The London Chess Classic will take place as usual in December, and meanwhile the first event of the new Grand Prix series has started today. Here are the first round pairings:
- Nakamura - Gelfand
- Mamedyarov - Ivanchuk
- Topalov - Grischuk
- Wang Hao - Adams
- Dominguez - Giri
- Kasimdzhanov - Leko
Kasimdzhanov-Leko finished fairly quickly as a draw (shock, horror), and Topalov-Grischuk was since drawn as well. In the four games unfinished as of this writing, Black is pressing in all of them!
Live games - with video - here.
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