Sunday, December 9, 2012

2012 London Chess Classic Game 8

Judit won today with the black pieces, and with all due respect to Luke McShane, she should have!  Here's the game from Chessdom:

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. d3 Nf6 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bd2 d5 10. Qc1 Rc8 11. Rb1 Qd7 12. b3 d4 13. Nb5 h5 14. b4 cxb4 15. Bxb4 a6 16. Na3 Nxb4 17. Rxb4 Nd5 18. Rb3 Nc3 19. Qd2 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 h4 21. g4 b5 22. h3 O-O 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Nc2 Rc5 25. Ne1 Bf6 26. Ng2 Bg5 27. Qb2 Rfc8 28. Kh1 Qd6 29. Ra3 Na4 30. Rxa4 bxa4 31. Ne1 Rc1 32. Qb7 Rb8 33. Qa7 Bd2 0-1

As part of it's Woman's Hour programming, BBC Radio did an interview with Judit Polgar on December 5, about her father's determination to raise chessplaying prodigies.  Audio only. 

Standings

Results Round 8 - Sun 9th Dec

Vishy Anand v Hikaru Nakamura ½-½
Luke McShane v Judit Polgar 0-1
Levon Aronian v Mickey Adams ½-½
Vladimir Kramnik v Gawain Jones 1-0
Magnus Carlsen (assisting commentary)
 
Rankings after Round 8

Pts
Games
1. Magnus Carlsen 17 7
2. Vladimir Kramnik 15 7
3. Michael Adams 12 7
4. Hikaru Nakamura 10 7
5. Viswanathan Anand 8 7
6. Levon Aronian 7 7
7. Luke McShane 5 7
Judit Polgar 5 7
9. Gawain Jones
3
8

Crosstable after Round 8
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 0 1 1 8 2735
2 GM Luke McShane ENG 2713 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 5 2598
3 GM Levon Aronian ARM 2815 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 7 2699
4 GM Vladimir Kramnik RUS 2795 1 3 1 3 3 3 1 15 2981
5 GM Gawain Jones ENG 2644 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 2514
6 GM Michael Adams ENG 2710 3 1 1 3 3 1 0 12 2853
7 GM Judit Polgar HUN 2705 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 5 2591
8 GM Hikaru Nakamura USA 2760 1 3 0 1 1 3 1 10 2806
9 GM Magnus Carlsen NOR 2848 3 3 1 3 3 3 1 17 3044

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