London Classic: First Players Confirmed

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Seven big-name players have been announced for the London Chess Classic, namely World Champion Viswanathan Anand, former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik, former title challenger Boris Gelfand, Judit Polgar, Peter Svidler and Fabiano Caruana.

Gelfand, Svidler and Caruana will all be making their London Classic debuts.

More names will be announced soon.