Participants of the London Chess Cassic Were Awarded Additional Prizes

During today's live radio transmission at Chess-News, which lasted over an hour, the grandmaster and the President of the Association of Chess Professionals Emil Sutovsky talked about several important decisions made during the FIDE Presidential Board meeting in Elista. Sutovsky was present at the meeting and became an active participant during negotiations about the prize fund of the Grand Prix Series. Earlier, the minimal prize fund for each stage of the Grand Prix was set at €120K.

Following a short break after a peaceful conclusion of the fourth round game between Levon Aronian and Vladimir Kramnik, an additional rapidplay game has started in Zurich, billed as an exhibition game: it will not count towards the overall score of the match. Kramnik has the white pieces in the rapid.

The official website of the London Chess Classic reports that Levon Aronian became the third GM to confirm his participation in the super-tournament  which will take place in the capital of England from December 1st to December 10th 2012.

The official website of the London Super-Tournament reports that the World Champion Vishy Anand was first to confirm his participation in the forthcoming tournament. The competition will take place in the capital for the 4th time and will continue from December 1st to December 10th. Last year's winners were Magnus Carlsen (2009, 2010) and Vladimir Kramnik (2011).

The website Chessvibes asked some of the participants of the Candidates Tournament to comment on the confirmed dates of the tournament.

The 2nd stage of the French Rapid Grand Prix was held in Nancy on Saturday and Sunday. First, 7 participants were qualified in a 9 round Swiss. A "wild card" player GM Christian Bauer joined seven qualified players today to fight for the main prize

The closing ceremony of the 3rd London Chess Classic was held yesterday.

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