The London Classic, featuring the world ranked number one Magnus Carlsen, the reigning world champion Viswanathan Anand and the former world champion Vladimir Kramnik, started yesterday at Olympia. For full information see londonchessclassic.com. Regular updates and live games in progress can be found via the header of The Times twitter feed @times_chess. This week, a game and a puzzle from past London Classics.
White: Magnus Carlsen. Black: Nigel Short. London Chess Classic, London 2010. French Defence.
1 e4 e6 2 d4 d5 3 Nd2 dxe4 4 Nxe4 Nd7 5 Nf3 Be7 6 Bc4 Ngf6 7 Nxf6+ Nxf6 8 0-0 0-0 9 Ne5 c5 10 dxc5 Qxd1 11 Rxd1 Bxc5 12 Be2 Black will now find it terribly hard to develop his queenside. 12 ... Ne4