London Chess Classic: Nakamura Triumphs in Super Rapidplay Open (PHOTOS)

The Super Rapidplay open has concluded in London yesterday as the start of the 6th London Chess Classic festival: before the main round-robin, the six invited super-GMs have warmed up in rapid chess accompanied by many other titled players as well as ordinary amateurs.

We've already reported on the first playing day; the second one was more exciting as the strongest began to face each other. 

However, this didn't stop Hikaru Nakamura: the only player to collect half-a-point from him was the British GM Matthew Sadler (currently residing in The Netherlands) who had been in the world top 20 back in the late 1990's.

After this 'setback' Nakamura won an impressive series of games, defeating Michael Adams, Anish Giri, Fabiano Caruana, and Viswanathan Anand.

Nakamura finished on 9.5 out of 10 which brought him a pretty penny of £ 8000.

"I offered draws to my opponents in the @londonchess2014 but they would have none of it!"

— Hikaru Nakamura (@GMHikaru) 7 Dec 2014

Anish Giri got the 2nd place with 8.5 points. One of his main achievements was the revenge against Vladimir Kramnik for the recent defeat in Qatar.

As for Kramnik himself, he has finished within the group of 7 players tied for the 3rd place with 8 points. Final standings

This evening (8th December at 19:00 GMT) the London Chess Classic festival will be continued by the Elite Player Blitz Tournament that is to determine the starting numbers for the players of the main round-robin. The FIDE Open is also starting today at 16:30.

Below you can find all the games by Nakamura from the Super Rapidplay Open.

[Event "6th LCC Super Rapidplay Open 2014"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2014.12.06"] [Round "2.1"] [White "Muter, Donny"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "0-1"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [WhiteElo "2206"] [BlackElo "2775"] [ECO "A41"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn"] [WhiteFideId "409170"] [BlackFideId "2016192"] [EventDate "2014.12.06"] 1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 f5 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. g3 Nh6 6. Bg2 Nf7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. e4 Nc6 11. Nc4 f4 12. a4 Be6 13. Qe2 g5 14. h3 g4 15. hxg4 Bxg4 16. gxf4 exf4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qd2 Bxf3 19. Qxd8 Raxd8 20. Bxf3 Ng5 21. Bg4 Nd4 22. Na3 f3 23. Kh2 Ne2 0-1 g4 20. Ke2 f5 21. Ba3+ Kd7 22. f3 Nf6 23. Bf7 e4 24. c4 Kc7 25. h3 exf3+ 26. gxf3 Nd7 27. Be6 Bf6 28. Bg8 Bg7 29. Bxh7 Nf8 30. Bg8 b6 31. Be7 Kd7 32. Bh4 Ne6 33. Bf7 Nf8 34. f4 c5 35. Kd3 Bh8 36. Bg5 Bg7 37. h4 Kd6 38. e4 fxe4+ 39. Kxe4 a6 40. f5 gxf5+ 41. Kxf5 Nh7 42. Bf4+ Ke7 43. Bd5 Bf6 44. h5 Bd4 45. h6 b5 46. Bg8 Nf6 47. Bg5 Kf8 48. Bxf6 Kxg8 49. cxb5 axb5 50. Bxd4 cxd4 51. Ke4 1-0 [Event "6th LCC Super Rapidplay Open 2014"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2014.12.06"] [Round "3.1"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Summerscale, Aaron P"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2416"] [ECO "D17"] [Opening "QGD Slav"] [Variation "Carlsbad variation"] [WhiteFideId "2016192"] [BlackFideId "400980"] [EventDate "2014.12.06"] 1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8. g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 f6 12. O-O Be6 13. Nxe5 fxe5 14. Be3 Nc5 15. b4 Nb3 16. Rb1 Rd8 17. Qc2 Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Ne4 Be7 20. b5 c5 21. b6 axb6 22. Qb2 O-O 23. Qxb6 Qxb6 24. Rxb6 Bd5 25. Nd2 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Rd7 27. Nc4 Ra8 28. a5 Ra7 29. Rfb1 Rc7 30. h4 g6 31. h5 gxh5 32. f4 Kg7 33. Kf3 Bd8 34. Rd6 Be7 35. Re6 Kf7 36. Rh6 Kg7 37. Rxh5 Ra6 38. Rd5 Rh6 39. e4 dxe3 40. Nxe3 Ra6 41. Nc4 Rh6 42. Rd2 Ra6 43. Rdb2 Ra7 44. g4 Rd7 45. g5 Kf8 46. Rh1 Kg8 47. Rbh2 Bf8 48. f5 Ra6 49. f6 Re6 50. Kf4 Re8 51. Rd2 Rxd2 52. Nxd2 Rd8 53. Ne4 c4 54. Ke5 Rc8 55. Kf5 c3 56. g6 hxg6+ 57. Kxg6 Rc6 58. Nxc3 Bg7 1-0 [Event "6th LCC Super Rapidplay Open 2014"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2014.12.06"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Adair, James R"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteTitle "IM"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [WhiteElo "2428"] [BlackElo "2775"] [ECO "B01"] [Opening "Scandinavian (centre counter) defence"] [WhiteFideId "406252"] [BlackFideId "2016192"] [EventDate "2014.12.06"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. h4 Nd7 9. Nc4 Qc7 10. h5 Bxc2 11. Qxc2 Ngf6 12. g5 Nd5 13. Bd2 Be7 14. Qe4 O-O-O 15. f4 Rhe8 16. O-O-O h6 17. gxh6 gxh6 18. Ne5 f5 19. Nxd5 cxd5+ 20. Qc2 Nf6 21. Ba5 Qxc2+ 22. Kxc2 b6 23. Be1 Kb7 24. Ng6 Bd6 25. Kd3 Rc8 26. Be2 Ne4 27. Bf3 Rc7 28. Rh2 Rec8 29. Bxe4 dxe4+ 30. Ke3 Rc1 31. Rxc1 Rxc1 32. Bh4 Rf1 33. Be7 Rf3+ 34. Ke2 Kc7 35. Bg5 hxg5 36. h6 gxf4 37. h7 Rd3 38. Nxf4 Bxf4 39. Rh4 Rd2+ 40. Ke1 e3 41. Rh3 Bg3+ 42. Rxg3 Rh2 43. d5 f4 0-1 [Event "6th LCC Super Rapidplay Open 2014"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2014.12.06"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Hawkins, Jonathan"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [BlackTitle "IM"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2552"] [ECO "A45"] [Opening "Trompovsky attack (Ruth, Opovcensky opening)"] [WhiteFideId "2016192"] [BlackFideId "412686"] [EventDate "2014.12.06"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 c5 5. Bd3 Qb6 6. Bxe4 Qxb2 7. Bxd5 Qxa1 8. Nf3 e6 9. Bb3 Nd7 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Bb4 12. Qd3 Qb2 13. c3 Be7 14. Bc1 Qa1 15. Qc2 1-0 [Event "6th LCC Super Rapidplay Open 2014"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2014.12.06"] [Round "6.1"] [White "Sadler, Matthew D"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [WhiteElo "2658"] [BlackElo "2775"] [ECO "B17"] [Opening "Caro-Kann"] [Variation "Steinitz variation"] [WhiteFideId "400173"] [BlackFideId "2016192"] [EventDate "2014.12.06"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 h6 6. Ne6 Qa5+ 7. Bd2 Qb6 8. Nxf8 Nxf8 9. Nf3 Nf6 10. Bd3 Qxb2 11. O-O Bg4 12. Rb1 Qxa2 13. Rxb7 Ne6 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Qd5 16. Qg3 O-O 17. Bxh6 Nh5 18. Qg4 Nf6 19. Qg3 Qxd4 20. Rxe7 Nd5 21. Rd7 Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Re1 Qf6 24. Bd2 Ndf4 25. Bc3 Qh6 26. Bc4 Nd5 27. Be5 Qg5 28. Qxg5 Nxg5 29. Ra1 Ra8 30. Ra5 Ne6 31. g3 Nb4 32. Bb3 Nd5 33. f4 Nd8 34. Bd4 a6 35. Bc4 Nc7 36. Bb6 Nb5 37. Bxd8 Rxd8 38. Rxa6 Rd2 39. Rxc6 Nd4 40. Rc8+ Kh7 41. Bd3+ g6 42. Kf1 Nf3 43. Be2 Nd4 44. Bd3 Rh2 45. Rc7 Kg7 46. Bc4 Rxc2 47. Rxf7+ Kh8 48. Bd3 Rc3 49. Bxg6 Rxg3 50. Be4 Rxh3 51. Kf2 Ne6 52. Bf5 Rh6 53. Ke3 Kg8 54. Re7 Ng7 55. Be4 Kf8 56. Ra7 Rf6 57. Kf3 Ne6 58. f5 Ng5+ 59. Kf4 Nxe4 60. Kxe4 Rh6 61. Ke5 Rb6 1/2-1/2 [Event "6th LCC Super Rapidplay Open 2014"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2014.12.07"] [Round "7.2"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Adams, Michael"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2745"] [ECO "A07"] [Opening "Reti"] [Variation "King's Indian attack, Yugoslav variation"] [WhiteFideId "2016192"] [BlackFideId "400041"] [EventDate "2014.12.06"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. g4 Bg6 9. Nh4 a5 10. e3 Na6 11. a3 Nd7 12. Nxg6 fxg6 13. d4 O-O 14. c4 Nc7 15. b3 Bf6 16. Bb2 Kh8 17. Qc2 Rc8 18. b4 e5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. bxa5 Na6 21. Bxe5 Nxe5 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. Qb2 Nd3 24. Qxb7 Nac5 25. Qxd5 Qxa5 26. Nb3 Qc3 27. Nxc5 Rxc5 28. Qd6 Rcc8 29. a4 Qc2 30. Be4 Rxf2 31. Bxd3 1-0 [Event "6th LCC Super Rapidplay Open 2014"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2014.12.07"] [Round "8.1"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Giri, Anish"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2768"] [ECO "D00"] [Opening "Queen's pawn, Mason variation"] [WhiteFideId "2016192"] [BlackFideId "24116068"] [EventDate "2014.12.06"] 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. exd4 a6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nc6 10. Ne2 Bd6 11. Be3 O-O 12. O-O Ne7 13. g3 Nf5 14. Bc1 Rc8 15. c3 b5 16. Qd3 Qc7 17. Bg5 Qc4 18. Rfd1 Be7 19. Nf4 Nd7 20. Bxe7 Nxe7 21. Qd2 a5 22. Be2 Qc6 23. Bd3 Qb6 24. a4 bxa4 25. Rxa4 Rb8 26. Bc2 Qc7 27. Rda1 g6 28. Nd3 Nc6 29. R4a2 Nb6 30. h4 Rfe8 31. Qf4 Qxf4 32. Nxf4 Rec8 33. Bd1 Nc4 34. Nd3 Rb6 35. Ba4 Kg7 36. Kg2 Rc7 37. Re1 Nd8 38. Bd1 Nc6 39. Re2 h6 40. Nc5 Re7 41. Ba4 Ra7 42. Bb3 Nd6 43. Bc2 Re7 44. Bd3 Rb8 45. Re1 Rb6 46. Bc2 Ra7 47. Rea1 Rc7 48. Re1 Ra7 49. g4 Nb5 50. Ba4 Nd6 51. Rea1 Nd8 52. Bc2 Rc7 53. Ba4 N6b7 54. Nd7 Rd6 55. Ne5 Rb6 56. Re1 Nd6 57. Nd7 Rbb7 58. Nc5 Rb6 59. Bc2 N6b7 60. Na4 Rbc6 61. Ra3 Nd6 62. Bd3 N8b7 63. Rb3 Nc4 64. Bxc4 Rxc4 65. Ra1 R4c6 66. Rb5 Kf6 67. Kf3 Ke7 68. Ke2 Kf6 69. Kd3 g5 70. hxg5+ Kxg5 71. f3 f5 72. gxf5 Kxf5 73. Rh1 Rh7 74. b3 h5 75. c4 Kf4 76. cxd5 exd5 77. Rxd5 h4 78. Rh3 Rg6 79. Nc3 Rg3 80. Ne2+ Kxf3 81. Nxg3 Kg4 82. Ne4 Kxh3 83. Ng5+ 1-0 [Event "6th LCC Super Rapidplay Open 2014"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2014.12.07"] [Round "9.1"] [White "Caruana, Fabiano"] [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [WhiteElo "2829"] [BlackElo "2775"] [ECO "B30"] [Opening "Sicilian"] [Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"] [WhiteFideId "2020009"] [BlackFideId "2016192"] [EventDate "2014.12.06"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ng6 7. Be2 Bc5 8. Nb3 Bb6 9. c4 d6 10. Nc3 a6 11. Kh1 e5 12. Nd5 Ba7 13. Bg4 O-O 14. Bxc8 Rxc8 15. Be3 Bxe3 16. Nxe3 Nge7 17. Rc1 a5 18. c5 dxc5 19. Nxc5 Nd4 20. Qd3 Qd6 21. Nb3 a4 22. Nxd4 Qxd4 23. Qb1 Qd2 24. Rcd1 Qb4 25. Rd7 Nc6 26. a3 Qb3 27. Rd3 Qb6 28. Nd5 Qb5 29. Rc1 Rcd8 30. b4 Nd4 31. Rc5 Qe8 32. Qd1 f5 33. exf5 Rxf5 34. f3 Rf8 35. Nc3 b6 36. Rc7 b5 37. Rc5 Rc8 38. Ne4 Rxc5 39. Nxc5 Qf7 40. h3 Qf5 41. Re3 h6 42. Qd2 Rd8 43. Re4 Kh7 44. Qf2 Rd5 45. Kh2 Nb3 46. Nxb3 axb3 47. Qe3 b2 48. Qe1 Rd4 0-1 [Event "6th LCC Super Rapidplay Open 2014"] [Site "London ENG"] [Date "2014.12.07"] [Round "10.1"] [White "Nakamura, Hikaru"] [Black "Anand, Viswanathan"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteTitle "GM"] [BlackTitle "GM"] [WhiteElo "2775"] [BlackElo "2793"] [ECO "A01"] [Opening "Nimzovich-Larsen attack"] [Variation "Indian variation"] [WhiteFideId "2016192"] [BlackFideId "5000017"] [EventDate "2014.12.06"] 1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 d5 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. d4 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3 dxc4 9. Qxd8 Rxd8 10. Bxc4 Bd7 11. Ke2 Be7 12. Nbd2 Bc6 13. Rhc1 Nbd7 14. Kf1 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Bd4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Bf6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Ke2 Kf8 20. Bd3 Rac8 21. Be4 b6 22. Bb7 Rb8 23. Bc6 Rd6 24. b4 Rbd8 25. Rc2 Ng8 26. Rac1 Ne7 27. Bb5 Rd5 28. a4 Rh5 29. Rc7 Rxh2 30. Rxa7 Nd5 31. a5 bxa5 32. bxa5 Rh5 33. Rb7 Nb4 34. a6 Nxa6 35. Bxa6 Rf5 36. Bd3 Rf6 37. Rh1 h6 38. f4 Ra8 39. Bb1 Rc8 40. Rh5 Ra8 41. Kf1 Rc8 42. Ke2 Rd8 43. Rhb5 Ra8 44. Rb8+ Rxb8 45. Rxb8+ Ke7 46. Rg8 g6 47. Rh8 h5 48. Ra8 1-0