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  • Dec 7, 2013
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the Main event at the London chess classic is a rapid event with the top 2 players from the fide event after 4 rounds being parachuted in.

Seedings are based on FIDE rapid play ratings. If a player has no rapid play rating, the standard rating is used:

 

Pool 1: Hikaru Nakamura, 2812; Vishy Anand, 2794; Peter Svidler, 2789; Fabiano Caruana, 2783.

Pool 2: Vladimir Kramnik, 2777; Michael Adams, 2746; Boris Gelfand, 2718; Nigel Short, 2711.

Pool 3: Luke McShane, 2684; Judit Polgar, 2669; David Howell, 2649; Matthew Sadler, 2646.

Pool 4: Gawain Jones, 2615; Jonathan Rowson, 2569. Plus two qualifiers from the FIDE Open.

 


 
 
 

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