Anand and Carlsen to star in London Chess Classic 2010 (Announcement)
John Saunders (Sat Jun 5 00:05:00 2010)
Viswanathan Anand will become the first reigning world chess champion to play in a major tournament in London since Anatoly Karpov in 1984 when he joins the eight-player field for the second London Chess Classic, which runs from 8-15 December 2010 at the Olympia Conference Centre.
Alongside him will be World Number one Magnus Carlsen, former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik, US number one Hikaru Nakamura and the top four English players Michael Adams, Nigel Short, Luke McShane and David Howell.
IM Malcolm Pein is back as tournament director.
Read the full details here including profiles of all the players.
World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand will play the 2nd London Chess Classic in December.
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