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Thursday, December 6, 2012

2012 London Chess Classic Game 5

Judit had white today, but Judit lost to the buzz saw that is Nakamura.  Indeed, all of the highest-rated players won their games today.  Judit's game is from Chessdom's live coverage; the results and standings are from the official website.  There is a report on Round 5 at Chessbase. 

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5 axb5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. d4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 d6 12. f4 Nc6 13. Qc3 Ne7 14. Nd2 O-O 15. e5 Nfd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Qd4 Bb7 18. Ne4 f5 19. Ng5 Qd7 20. Nf3 Ra8 21. Bd2 c5 22. Qd3 c4 23. Qd4 dxe5 24. Nxe5 Qc7 25. Rfd1 h6 26. Be1 Rfe8 27. Bd2 Red8 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. h3 Ra2 30. Rb1 Nf6 31. Bb4 Be4 32. Re1 Bxc2 33. g4 Qa7 34. Qxa7 Rxa7 35. Nc6 Ra6 36. Ne7+ Kf7 37. g5 hxg5 38. fxg5 Ne4 39. Nxf5 Nxg5 40. Re7+ Kg6 41. Nd4 Bd3 42. Rb7 Nxh3+ 43. Kh2 Ng5 44. Nxb5 Rf6 45. Bc5 Rf4 46. Nc3 Rg4 47. Nd1 Bf1 0-1


Results Round 5 - 6th Dec

Michael Adams v Magnus Carlsen 0-1
Vladimir Kramnik v Luke McShane 1-0
Gawain Jones v Viswanathan Anand 0-1
Judit Polgar v Hikaru Nakamura 0-1
Levon Aronian - Bye (assisting commentary)

Rankings after Round 5

Pts
Games
1. Magnus Carlsen 13 5
2. Vladimir Kramnik 11 5
3. Hikaru Nakamura 8 5
4. Michael Adams 7 4
5. Viswanathan Anand 6 4
6. Levon Aronian 4 4
7. Gawain Jones 2 5
8. Luke McShane 1 4
Judit Polgar
1
4

Crosstable after Round 5
Nr. Title Name Fed. Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 tot TPR
1 GM Viswanathan Anand IND 2775 1 1 1 3 6 2837
2 GM Luke McShane ENG 2713 1 0 0 0 1 2486
3 GM Levon Aronian ARM 2815 1 3 0 0 4 2687
4 GM Vladimir Kramnik RUS 2795 1 3 3 3 1 11 3000
5 GM Gawain Jones ENG 2644 0 0 1 1 0 2 2520
6 GM Michael Adams ENG 2710 3 3 1 0 7 2834
7 GM Judit Polgar HUN 2705 0 1 0 0 1 2405
8 GM Hikaru Nakamura USA 2760 3 0 1 1 3 8 2806
9 GM Magnus Carlsen NOR 2848 3 3 1 3 3 13 3101


3 comments:

  1. hi--i just came across your blog looking at your post about karl ratzsch's for christmas. i too work in the legal field a few blocks from ratzsch's. i don't recognize your face from your profile pic, but it is interesting to know that you have such an accomplished, detailed blog and we are practically neighbors! i don't play chess, but my husband does and will often play famous gambits/games by himself to try to learn from them. he has also tried to teach the kids about chess, but in today's day of video games, they find games like madden 2013 much more appealing, alas.

    anyhow, my best to you and yours. thanks for your blog. such an interesting world we live in!

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  2. OMG--reposting b/c i just realized that you are Jan Newton! I am Kathy Alexander (paralegal from Michael Best). Anyhow, you don't have to post my comments, but feel free to contact me at my personal email address (inmygardengmail.com)

    great blog! i didn't know you got a post-grad degree! good for you!

    what a small world we live in!

    kathy alexander

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  3. LOL! Shhhhush! Keep it to yourself. Very few people I work with now or have worked with in the past have any inkling of what it is I actually do with my time when I'm not at the office. They jut accept be as being the strange creature I've always been. Mention chess and people's eyes start to roll back in their heads...

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