London Chess Classic 2023

[NickFaulks]

My guess is that Mickey was weary after playing tough games on five successive days and was content to go into the rest day on +2. Of course there must be a way to win, but had there been a simple one ( even by 2700 standards ) I'm sure he would have played it.

[Paolo Casaschi]

Any interviews or hints as to why a draw was agreed between Adams and Gukesh in the final position? Is this one of those positions (could someone post it?) where Black's passed pawn is optically stronger than the computer evaluation suggests?

[Event "13th London Classic 2023"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2023.12.05"] [Round "5.2"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "Gukesh, D"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B30"] [Opening "Sicilian"] [Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"] [EventDate "2023.12.01"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "4r3/8/4PR2/2k4p/2p4P/2rn1NP1/5P2/3R1K2 b - - 8 54"] { Last move 54. Rd1 1/2-1/2 } 1/2-1/2 1/2-1/2

[Ian Thompson]

Last move 54. Rd1 1/2-1/2

Were the last few moves recorded on lichess not played?

[LawrenceCooper]

Last move 54. Rd1 1/2-1/2

Were the last few moves recorded on lichess not played?

I believe that the game was drawn by repetition after 54 Ke2.

[Paolo Casaschi]

Last move 54. Rd1 1/2-1/2

Were the last few moves recorded on lichess not played?

Just copied the position/moves from chess.com

[Mick Norris]

Round 6 about to start

Gukesh - McShane
Moussard - Adams
Bartel - Tabatabaei
Vitiugov - Royal
Volokitin - Niemann

[NickFaulks]

According to the kindergarten Stockfish, Adams and Niemann are both in trouble. Not sure I believe that, might be a bit more worried about Royal and McShane.

[LawrenceCooper]

According to the kindergarten Stockfish, Adams and Niemann are both in trouble. Not sure I believe that, might be a bit more worried about Royal and McShane.

I certainly wouldn't volunteer to defend either position with black but perfect defence might keep the balance.

[LawrenceCooper]

According to the kindergarten Stockfish, Adams and Niemann are both in trouble. Not sure I believe that, might be a bit more worried about Royal and McShane.

I certainly wouldn't volunteer to defend either position with black but perfect defence might keep the balance.

Of course if white blunders.........

[NickFaulks]

Stroke of luck there, but a reminder of why Moussard should have been a 2700 player for years but isn't.

[Matt Mackenzie]

Adams certainly got lucky there, though I suppose it balances out his not getting a full point yesterday.

[LawrenceCooper]

Adams certainly got lucky there, though I suppose it balances out his not getting a full point yesterday.

This felt like a point gained compared to a half lost but, from an English perspective, a welcome one.

[Christopher Kreuzer]

Thought it was going to be 5 decisive games but Shreyas looks likely to get an at-one-time unlikely draw.

[NickFaulks]

Thought it was going to be 5 decisive games but Shreyas looks likely to get an at-one-time unlikely draw.

Vitiugov is still trying to win.

[Kevin Thurlow]

I've just noticed this is in "ECF Matters", not sure why as there aren't many ECF members in it. I hope the organizers have apologised to Niemann for spelling his name wrongly in the overview.

The Shreyas ending looks tricky to me, plenty of opportunities for either player to foul it up.