London Chess Classic 2013

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London Chess Classic Super Sixteen Draw

The draw for the group stages of the London Chess Classic took place on Wednesday 4th December at Ravenscroft Primary School in Newham. Pupils at the school conducted the draw in the presence of Malcolm Pein and deputy arbiter David Sedgwick.

 

The players were divided into four pools on the basis of their FIDE Rapidplay ratings, using Standard play ratings for players without Rapidplay Ratings. These resulted in the following pools:

 

Pool 1: Hikaru Nakamura, Vishy Anand, Peter Svidler, Fabiano Caruana

Pool 2: Vladimir Kramnik, Michael Adams, Boris Gelfand, Nigel Short

Pool 3: Luke McShane, Judit Polgar, David Howell, Matthew Sadler

Pool 4: Gawain Jones, Jonathan Rowson, Qualifier 1, Qualifier 2

 

Qualifier 1 will be the qualifier with the higher score from the first four rounds of the Open, or the qualifier with the higher rating if both have the same score.

 

One player from each pool was placed into each group and a subsidiary draw determined each player’s position within the group. The outcome was as follows:

 

 

The pairings for each round are the standard Berger pairings, with the customary switch of the last two rounds to avoid any player having three consecutive games with the same colour. The full schedule for the first three days of play is shown below.

 

David Sedgwick

Deputy Arbiter

4th December 2013

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