Anand in London

Vishy Anand to head strong field at London Chess Classic in December
Leonard Barden
The Guardian, Saturday 12 June 2010

The London Chess Classic at Olympia, so impressively successful in 2009, will be repeated on 8-15 December with an increased prize fund and the participation of the reigning world champion, Vishy Anand.

The Indian, who will be 41 during the tournament, will take on the former champion Vlad Kramnik and the current world No1 and likely future champion Magnus Carlsen. They will be the principals in a field which will also include Hikaru Nakamura, ranked No1 in the US, and England’s top four Michael Adams, Nigel Short, Luke McShane and David Howell. The fact that Howell, reigning British champion and at age 20 one of the best young talents in Europe, is the lowest ranked player shows that this is indeed an elite contest, which the organisers hope will cement London’s bid to stage Anand’s next world title defence in 2012.

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