7th London Chess Classic tournament 2015
3rd leg of
Grand Chess Tour series. ( Other tournaments:
Norway chess ,
Sinquefield Cup )
Carlsen won the London Chess Classic and the Grand Chess Tour.
4th -13th December ,2015
London, UK
10 players
Round robin
Average rating: 2785
Time control: 120 mn / 40 moves +
60 mn +
30'sec/move from 41st move for the rest
Players
Magnus Carlsen NOR 2834
Veselin Topalov BUL 2803
Viswanathan Anand IND 2796
Hikaru Nakamura USA 2793
Levon Aronian ARM 2788
Fabiano Caruana USA 2787
Anish Giri NED 2784
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave FRA 2773
Alexander Grischuk RUS 2747
Michael Adams ENG 2737
Playoff Final
Rapid 2 :Vachier-Lagrave - Carlsen: 0.5 - 0.5
Rapid 1 :Carlsen - Vachier-Lagrave: 1 - 0
Playoff semi final
Armageddon : Giri, Anish - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime: 0 - 1
Rapid 2 : Giri, Anish - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime: 0 - 1
Rapid 1 : Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime - Giri, Anish : 0 - 1
| Rank |
Players | Country |
Points |
| 1 |
Carlsen Magnus | NOR |
5.5 |
| 2 |
Giri Anish | NED |
5.5 |
| 3 |
Vachier-Lagrave Maxime | FRA |
5.5 |
| 4 |
Aronian Levon | ARM |
5 |
| 5 |
Grischuk Alexander | RUS |
4.5 |
| 6-7 |
Caruana Fabiano | USA |
4.5 |
| 6-7 |
Adams Michael | ENG |
4.5 |
| 8 |
Nakamura Hikaru | USA |
4 |
| 9 |
Viswanathan Anand | IND |
3.5 |
| 10 |
Topalov Veselin | BUL |
2.5 |
Final Round ( 9 )
Adams, Michael - Caruana, Fabiano : 0.5 - 0.5
Aronian, Levon - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime : 0.5 - 0.5
Anand, Viswanathan - Giri, Anish : 0.5 - 0.5
Carlsen, Magnus - Grischuk, Alexander : 1 - 0
Nakamura, Hikaru - Topalov, Veselin : 0.5 - 0.5
Round 8
Giri, Anish - Nakamura, Hikaru : 1 - 0
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime - Adams, Michael : 0.5 - 0.5
Grischuk, Alexander - Aronian, Levon : 0.5 - 0.5
Topalov, Veselin - Carlsen, Magnus : 0.5 - 0.5
Caruana, Fabiano - Anand, Viswanathan : 0.5 - 0.5
Round 7
Caruana, Fabiano - Giri, Anish : 0.5 - 0.5
Adams, Michael - Grischuk, Alexander : 0.5 - 0.5
Anand, Viswanathan - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime : 0 - 1
Carlsen, Magnus - Nakamura, Hikaru : 1 - 0
Aronian, Levon - Topalov, Veselin : 1 - 0
Round 6
Grischuk, Alexander - Anand, Viswanathan : 1 - 0
Nakamura, Hikaru - Aronian, Levon: 0.5 - 0.5
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime - Caruana, Fabian: 0.5 - 0.5
Giri, Anish - Carlsen, Magnus: 0.5 - 0.5
Topalov, Veselin - Adams, Michael : 0.5 - 0.5
Round 5
Caruana, Fabiano - Grischuk, Alexander : 0.5 - 0.5
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime- Giri, Anish : 0.5 - 0.5
Adams, Michael - Nakamura, Hikaru : 0.5 - 0.5
Aronian, Levon - Carlsen, Magnus : 0.5 - 0.5
Anand, Viswanathan - Topalov, Veselin : 1 - 0
Round 4
Nakamura, Hikaru - Anand, Viswanathan : 1 - 0
Giri, Anish - Aronian, Levon : 0.5 - 0.5
Grischuk, Alexander - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime : 0.5 - 0.5
Carlsen, Magnus - Adams, Michael : 0.5 - 0.5
Topalov, Veselin - Caruana, Fabiano : 0.5 - 0.5
Round 3
Caruana, Fabiano - Nakamura, Hikaru : 0.5 - 0.5
Grischuk, Alexander - Giri, Anish : 0.5 - 0.5
Adams, Michael - Aronian, Levon : 0.5 - 0.5
Anand, Viswanathan - Carlsen, Magnus : 0.5 - 0.5
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime - Topalov, Veselin : 1 - 0
Round 2
Aronian, Levon - Anand, Viswanathan : 0.5 - 0.5
Carlsen, Magnus - Caruana, Fabiano : 0.5 - 0.5
Giri, Anish - Adams, Michael : 0.5 - 0.5
Nakamura, Hikaru - Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime : 0.5 - 0.5
Topalov, Veselin - Grischuk, Alexander : 0.5 - 0.5
Round 1
Topalov, Veselin - Giri, Anish : 0 - 1
Anand, Viswanathan - Adams, Michael : 0.5 - 0.5
Caruana, Fabiano - Aronian, Levon : 0.5 - 0.5
Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime - Carlsen, Magnus: 0.5 - 0.5
Grischuk, Alexander - Nakamura, Hikaru: 0.5 - 0.5
