28th November 2015

DRAW FOR LONDON CLASSIC PUBLISHED

The for the highly anticipated London , which is just one week away now, was performed by Tournament Director Malcolm Pein and Deputy Arbiter David Sedgwick with the pupils of Marion Richardson Primary School on Monday 23rd November.

This year’s promises to be the most exciting to date, as it constitutes the final leg of the inaugural . With both World Champion and former World Champion in attendance - alongside 8 other world class players - the LCC will be the strongest tournament ever held in the UK.

The pupils with David Sedgwick, Malcolm Pein and CSC Tutor Adam Bukojemski

Draw and Pairings

In accordance with the arrangements notified in St Louis, the colours were reversed from the , with Michael Adams playing the opposite colours to Sinquefield Cup wild card .

The players were placed in two groups of five. Viswanathan Anand, , , and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave will play five games with the white pieces and were randomly allocated numbers 1-5. Michael Adams, , Magnus Carlsen, and will play five games with the black pieces and were randomly allocated numbers 6-10.

The results of the draw were as follows:

1. Veselin Topalov 2. Alexander Grischuk 3. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 4. Fabiano Caruana 5. Viswanathan Anand 6. Michael Adams 7. Levon Aronian 8. Magnus Carlsen 9. Hikaru Nakamura 10. Anish Giri

Full Pairings

Round 1 Friday 4th December 16:00 Round 2 Saturday 5th December 14:00

Veselin Topalov Anish Giri Anish Giri Michael Adams

Alexander Grischuk Hikaru Nakamura Levon Aronian Viswanathan Anand Maxime Vachier- Magnus Carlsen Magnus Carlsen Fabiano Caruana Lagrave Maxime Vachier- Fabiano Caruana Levon Aronian Hikaru Nakamura Lagrave Viswanathan Anand Michael Adams Veselin Topalov Alexander Grischuk

Round 3 Sunday 6th December 14:00 Round 4 Monday 7th December 16:00

Alexander Grischuk Anish Giri Anish Giri Levon Aronian Maxime Vachier- Veselin Topalov Magnus Carlsen Michael Adams Lagrave Fabiano Caruana Hikaru Nakamura Hikaru Nakamura Viswanathan Anand

Viswanathan Anand Magnus Carlsen Veselin Topalov Fabiano Caruana Maxime Vachier- Michael Adams Levon Aronian Alexander Grischuk Lagrave

Round 5 Tuesday 8th December 16:00 Round 6 Thursday 10th December 16:00 Maxime Vachier- Anish Giri Anish Giri Magnus Carlsen Lagrave Fabiano Caruana Alexander Grischuk Hikaru Nakamura Levon Aronian

Viswanathan Anand Veselin Topalov Veselin Topalov Michael Adams

Michael Adams Hikaru Nakamura Alexander Grischuk Viswanathan Anand Maxime Vachier- Levon Aronian Magnus Carlsen Fabiano Caruana Lagrave Round 7 Friday 11th December 16:00 Round 8 Saturday 12th December 14:00

Fabiano Caruana Anish Giri Anish Giri Hikaru Nakamura Maxime Vachier- Viswanathan Anand Veselin Topalov Magnus Carlsen Lagrave Michael Adams Alexander Grischuk Alexander Grischuk Levon Aronian Maxime Vachier- Levon Aronian Veselin Topalov Michael Adams Lagrave Magnus Carlsen Hikaru Nakamura Fabiano Caruana Viswanathan Anand

Round 9 Sunday 13th December 14:00 Rest Day Wednesday 9th December

Viswanathan Anand Anish Giri

Michael Adams Fabiano Caruana Maxime Vachier- Levon Aronian Lagrave Magnus Carlsen Alexander Grischuk

Hikaru Nakamura Veselin Topalov

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