1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 d6 7.Be2 Nxd4 8.Qxd4 Bg7 9.Be3 0–0 10.Qd2 a5 (10...Bd7 11.0–0 Bc6) 11.Rd1 Be6 12.0–0 a4 13.f4 Qa5 14.Bd4 Rfc8 15.b3 axb3 16.axb3 Re8 17.Qe3 Ng4 18.Bxg4 Bxg4 19.Rd3 Bxd4 20.Qxd4 Bd7 (20...f6 21.f5) 21.Nd5 (Black has been forced back and has no defenders near his king) 21...Bc6 22.b4 Qd8 23.f5 Bxd5 24.exd5 Ra4 25.Rh3 Rf8 26.Qh4 h5 27.Qg5 e5 28.f6 1-0 Why did Black resign? See board above.
The 4th LCC started with a game on Twitter between the players and the world. Twittersphere blundered early on, and after that the players were just having fun:
London Chess Classic
Twittersphere
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.e4 h6 4.Bxf6 Qxf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Qd3 d6 7.0–0–0 0–0 8.Nf3 Nd7 9.Kb1 a6 10.g4 b5 11.g5 hxg5 12.Rg1 g4 13.Rxg4 e5??
14.Nd5 Qe6 15.Rh4 Ba5 16.Ng5 Qe8 17.Qh3 (17.Rh8+ Kxh8 18.Qh3+ Kg8 19.Qh7#) 17...g6 18.Rh8+ Kg7 19.Rh7+ Kg8 20.Nf6+ (20.Qxd7 Bxd7 21.Nf6#) 20...Nxf6 21.Qh6 Nxh7 22.Qxh7# 1–0
Answer:
28.f6 Kh7 29.Rxh5+ gxh5 30.Qg7#.
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