London Classic 2022

[Chris Rice]

Just heard through CSC sources there will be no London Classic this year. Heard it through someone at the Crypt Rapidplay currently going on in Bloomsbury, London. Svidler is playing (!) plus Speelman, Ghazi, Eggleston and loads of IMs.

[Roger de Coverly]

Just heard through CSC sources there will be no London Classic this year.

Given the lack of announcements, that seemed reasonably obvious.

London in Deccember is still a tourist destination. A chess tournament was still an excuse for a daily commute for those that gave it up years ago.

[NickFaulks]

Heard it through someone at the Crypt Rapidplay currently going on in Bloomsbury, London. Svidler is playing (!) plus Speelman, Ghazi, Eggleston and loads of IMs.

Congrats to whomever was entrusted with the task of keeping that secret!

[LawrenceCooper]

Heard it through someone at the Crypt Rapidplay currently going on in Bloomsbury, London. Svidler is playing (!) plus Speelman, Ghazi, Eggleston and loads of IMs.

Congrats to whomever was entrusted with the task of keeping that secret!

Not only was Svidler playing, he was doing so wearing a meerkat outfit! He was far from being the only one who may have violated the FIDE dress code.

It was a 64 player event, divided into 8 all-play-all groups and then a 16 player knockout. I left after the quarter-finals (albeit I was eliminated in the last 16 by Ameet Ghasi who was knocked out by Jon Speelman in the next round). The other quarter-finalists included Gormally, R Pert, Eggleston, Rendle. From Facebook this morning I see that Danny Gormally won the event.

https://twitter.com/hashtag/GGMCrypt?sr ... AEIJoQk1Hg
https://twitter.com/lularobs/status/158 ... 57/photo/1
https://twitter.com/ChrisSkulte/status/ ... 28/photo/1

[LawrenceCooper]

Heard it through someone at the Crypt Rapidplay currently going on in Bloomsbury, London. Svidler is playing (!) plus Speelman, Ghazi, Eggleston and loads of IMs.

Congrats to whomever was entrusted with the task of keeping that secret!

Not only was Svidler playing, he was doing so wearing a meerkat outfit! He was far from being the only one who may have violated the FIDE dress code.

It was a 64 player event, divided into 8 all-play-all groups and then a 16 player knockout. I left after the quarter-finals (albeit I was eliminated in the last 16 by Ameet Ghasi who was knocked out by Jon Speelman in the next round). The other quarter-finalists included Gormally, R Pert, Eggleston, Rendle. From Facebook this morning I see that Danny Gormally won the event.

https://twitter.com/hashtag/GGMCrypt?sr ... AEIJoQk1Hg
https://twitter.com/lularobs/status/158 ... 57/photo/1
https://twitter.com/ChrisSkulte/status/ ... 28/photo/1

A moment of comedy gold by the meerkat: https://twitter.com/ChessProblem/status ... 8142068737

[LawrenceCooper]

Confirmation of what we all suspected: https://twitter.com/london_chess/status ... 7431179265

[Roger de Coverly]

Confirmation of what we all suspected:

Hopefully they will confirm dates for 2023 before the end of August 2023, so that schedulers of league fixtures can avoid clashing the dates for matches where participants may wish to play at the Classic.

[Tim Spanton]

Confirmation of what we all suspected: https://twitter.com/london_chess/status ... 7431179265

A sunny alternative: https://benidormchess.com/?lang=en