London Chess Classic 2011
2nd Dec - 12th December 2011 Open Tournament Women
Vladimir Kramnik drew comfortably in his final round game against Levon Aronian to take clear first place in the 3rd London Chess Classic. Kramnik beat the four English players and drew with the rest. Magnus Carlsen could have caught his points total but he was held to a draw by Nigel Short. Luke McShane was drained from the effort of the day before and took a quick draw against Viswanathan Anand who said he would almost immediately be starting to prepare for his match in May against Gelfand. He called his recent results a "disaster" for which he had no explanation. Hikaru Nakamura took a lot of risks using the King's Gambit against Michael Adams but after the latter missed a win in time trouble Nakamura brought home the full point to finish second.
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London Chess Classic London ENG Sat 3rd Dec 2011 - Mon 12th Dec 2011
Leading Final Round 9 Standings: |
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| Rk | Name | Ti | FED | Rtg | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Pts | TPR |
| 1 | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2800 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 2934 |
| 2 | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2758 | ½ | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 15 | 2887 |
| 3 | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2826 | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 14 | 2879 |
| 4 | McShane, Luke J | g | ENG | 2671 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 2852 |
| 5 | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2811 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 9 | 2740 |
| 6 | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2802 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 9 | 2741 |
| 7 | Short, Nigel D | g | ENG | 2698 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 6 | 2613 |
| 8 | Howell, David W L | g | ENG | 2633 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 4 | 2569 |
| 9 | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 2734 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 3 | 2498 |
Classic Pairing Schedule 2011
| Round 1, Sat Dec 3rd, 14:00 | Round 6, Fri Dec 9th, 14:00 | ||||||
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Vladimir Kramnik |
½-½ |
Hikaru Nakamura |
Michael Adams |
½-½ |
Levon Aronian |
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Levon Aronian |
½-½ |
Luke McShane |
Vishy Anand |
½-½ |
Vladimir Kramnik |
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Magnus Carlsen |
1-0 |
David Howell |
David Howell |
½-½ |
Nigel Short |
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Michael Adams |
½-½ |
Vishy Anand |
Luke McShane |
½-½ |
Hikaru Nakamura |
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Nigel Short (bye) - assisting commentary |
Magnus Carlsen (bye) - assisting commentary |
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| Round 2, Sun Dec 4th, 14:00 | Round 7, Sat Dec 10th, 14:00 | ||||||
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David Howell |
½-½ |
Michael Adams |
Nigel Short |
0-1 |
Luke McShane |
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Luke McShane |
½-½ |
Magnus Carlsen |
Vladimir Kramnik |
1-0 |
David Howell |
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Hikaru Nakamura |
1-0 |
Levon Aronian |
Levon Aronian |
½-½ |
Vishy Anand |
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Nigel Short |
0-1 |
Vladimir Kramnik |
Magnus Carlsen |
1-0 |
Michael Adams |
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Vishy Anand (bye) - assisting commentary |
Hikaru Nakamura (bye) - assisting commentary |
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| Round 3, Mon Dec 5th, 14:00 | Round 8, Sun Dec 11th, 14:00 | ||||||
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Levon Aronian |
1-0 |
Nigel Short |
Vishy Anand |
½-½ |
Magnus Carlsen |
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Magnus Carlsen |
1-0 |
Hikaru Nakamura |
David Howell |
½-½ |
Levon Aronian |
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Michael Adams |
0-1 |
Luke McShane |
Luke McShane |
0-1 |
Vladimir Kramnik |
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Vishy Anand |
½-½ |
David Howell |
Hikaru Nakamura |
½-½ |
Nigel Short |
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Vladimir Kramnik (bye) - assisting commentary |
Michael Adams (bye) - assisting commentary |
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| Round 4, Tue Dec 6th, 16:00 | Round 9, Mon Dec 12th, 12:00 | ||||||
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Magnus Carlsen |
½-½ |
Vladimir Kramnik |
Luke McShane |
½-½ |
Vishy Anand |
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Michael Adams |
0-1 |
Nigel Short |
Hikaru Nakamura |
1-0 |
Michael Adams |
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Vishy Anand |
0-1 |
Hikaru Nakamura |
Nigel Short |
½-½ |
Magnus Carlsen |
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David Howell |
0-1 |
Luke McShane |
Vladimir Kramnik |
½-½ |
Levon Aronian |
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Levon Aronian (bye) - assisting commentary |
David Howell (bye) - assisting commentary |
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| Round 5, Thur Dec 8th, 14:00 | |||||||
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Hikaru Nakamura |
1-0 |
David Howell |
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Nigel Short |
0-1 |
Vishy Anand |
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Vladimir Kramnik |
1-0 |
Michael Adams |
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Levon Aronian |
½-½ |
Magnus Carlsen |
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Luke McShane (bye) - assisting commentary |
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