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The 2nd  London Chess Classic  takes place in the Olympia Conference Center, Kensington, London, UK. The event is Category 20.

Participants: Viswanathan Anand (2804), Magnus Carlsen (2802), Vladimir Kramnik (2791), Hikaru Nakamura (2741), Michael Adams(2723), Nigel Short (2680), Luke McShane (2645) and David Howell (2611).

Prize fund: 145,000 Euros. Six main prizes: 1st 50,000 Euros, 2nd 25,000 Euros, 3rd 15,000 Euros, 4th 10,000 Euros, 5th 10,000 Euros, 6th 8,000 Euros. Plus 7 Daily Best Game prizes of 1,000 Euros (voted on by the public) and a winners’ pool of 20,000 Euros for each game won.

Format: single round-robin of seven rounds.
Score system: 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw.

Time control: 40 moves in 2 hours, then 20 moves in 1 hour and then 15 minutes to finish the game with 30 seconds increment from move 61. Sofia Rules.
Playing days: 7-12 and 14-15 December.
Games begin: 2:00 PM  (4.00 PM on 9 Dec, 12PM on 15 Dec) GMT / 5:00 PM (7 PM on 9 Dec, 3 PM on 15 Dec) Moscow time.

Live commentaries by GM Sergey Shipov:

Colin McGourty’s translations first appear in real time at the special “live games” page of his site “Chess in Translation” and then, after some editing, can be found at their permanent locations:

Anand – Nakamura 1/2 - 1/2
Kramnik - Nakamura 0 - 1
Anand - Carlsen 1 - 0
Carlsen - Nakamura 1 - 0
Anand - McShane 1/2 - 1/2
Kramnik - Carlsen 1/2 - 1/2
Anand - Kramnik 1/2 - 1/2

 
Official site
Live transmission