The London Chess Classic is a festival of events that takes place 3rd-12th December 2011. This includes two weekends so amateurs only need a week of work to play the FIDE Open. There are many Chess in Schools and Communities events, Korchnoi simuls, blitz events. Of course there is the Classic with Carlsen, Anand, Aronian, Kramnik, Nakamura, Adams, Short, McShane and Howell. There will be commentaries, including by the players on their free day....
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