The London Chess Classic
Gawain Jones, joint FIDE Open winner
Simon Williams, joint FIDE Open winner
Arlette van Weersel, Women's
Invitational winner
From 8th to 15th December, four of the world’s top grandmasters joined battle
with the top four English players in a thrilling all-play-all tournament, the 2nd
London Chess Classic. Andrew Farthing was fortunate enough to be invited to
attend during one of the rounds and offers his impressions of a stunning event.
(continued on Page 5 - photographs courtesy of Ray Morris-Hill ([email protected]) and Brendan O’Gorman (http://picasaweb.google.com/bpogorman))