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London Chess Classic
World no.1 Magnus Carlsen of Norway took first place in the 4th London Chess Classic which took place at Kensington Olympia, 1-10 December.
The stellar line-up comprised World No 1 Magnus Carlsen, World Champion Vishy Anand, world No 2 Levon Aronian, the defending champion Vladimir Kramnik, US Champion Hikaru Nakamura, the UK No 1 Mickey Adams, the UK No 2 Luke McShane, Women’s World No 1 Judit Polgar, and British Champion Gawain Jones.
As well as a high standard of fighting play the event will be remembered for Carlsen's achievement in breaking Garry Kasparov's rating record.
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Scotland no.1 GM Jonathan Rowson took 3rd place in the FIDE Open which accompanied the Classic. http://www.classic.livechess.co.uk/2012/fideop/SMWSite/index.html
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Posted on: 29-11-2012
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