28th November 2015 DRAW FOR LONDON CHESS CLASSIC PUBLISHED The draw for the highly anticipated London Chess Classic, 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 London Chess Classic promises to be the most exciting to date, as it constitutes the final leg of the inaugural Grand Chess Tour. With both World Champion Magnus Carlsen and former World Champion Viswanathan Anand 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 Sinquefield Cup, with Michael Adams playing the opposite colours to Sinquefield Cup wild card Wesley So. The players were placed in two groups of five. Viswanathan Anand, Fabiano Caruana, Alexander Grischuk, Veselin Topalov and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave will play five games with the white pieces and were randomly allocated numbers 1-5. Michael Adams, Levon Aronian, Magnus Carlsen, Anish Giri and Hikaru Nakamura 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 Fiona Steil-Antoni Press Officer Email: [email protected] Website: www.londonchessclassic.com/ Twitter: @LondonChess2015 .