There's no shortage of top chess going on right now with the FIDE World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk reaching its final stages, and the imminent start of the London Chess Classic, running 8th-15th December at the Olympia Conference Centre in Kensington.
This is one of the strongest tournament to be held in the U.K. in over 25 years. The star-studded field is headed by the young 19-year-old Norwegian world No.2, Magnus Carlsen, and includes the former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik of Russia, U.S. Champion Hikaru Nakamura, and Ni Hua of China completing the four world class players doing battle with the four highest-rated British Grandmasters, former World Championship challenger Nigel Short, Mickey Adams, Luke McShane and David Howell.
And Chess.FM have partnered with the London Chess Classic for your unrivaled coverage of this outstanding new event on the circuit! On the official site, you can access for FREE each day the Chess.FM commentary and Game of the Day videos - where non-members can win $50 trivia gift vouchers each day for Chess & Bridge Ltd! And to commemorate the link up with London, joining co-hosts Mig Greengard and WGM Jennifer Shahade everyday from 9am EST (2pm London) will be an Anglo-American commentary team with GM Joel Benjamin, GM Larry Christiansen, GM Gawain Jones, GM Nick De Firmian, GM Jon Speelman, and IM Andrew Martin.
Macauley Peterson is already in London and he'll be dealing with the official daily videos for the London Chess Classic official site. And in an eve-of-tournament special, you can listen for free now to IM Malcolm Pein, the organizer of the event, on a recent Chess Talk with IM John Watson on the London Chess Classic - and a sneak 10 min preview of this week's Chess Talk featuring one of the competitors, GM David Howell!
London Link Up Special
