Kramnik wins the London Chess Classic
Vladimir Kramnik took clear first place in the 3rd London Chess Classic. Kramnik
beat the four English players and drew with the rest.
Very strong granmasters like World Champion Anand, Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru
Nakamura and Levon Aronian were unable to catch up with the remarkable energy
that Kramnik put into all of his games.
The 2011 London Chess Classic took place in the Olympia Conference Centre from Saturday,
December 3rd until Monday, December 12th.
Time controls were classical forty moves
in two hours, then twenty moves in one hour and thirty minutes for the rest of the
game. A win counted as three points, a draw as one, and a loss zero. Tiebreaks:
1) number of wins, 2) number of wins with Black, 3) result of the individual game
between the tied players. The total prize fund was €160,000 before tax.
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