London Classic

[Event "3rd London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2011.12.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "Anand,V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]
[ECO "B92"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Nb6 12. a5 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14.
Rfd1 Rc8 15. Bb6 Qe8 16. Nc1 d5 17. Nxd5 Nxe4 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Qe1 f5 20.
b3 Bf7 21. c4 Rfe8 22. f3 Nc5 23. Qe3 Nd7 24. Nd3 Nxb6 25. axb6 e4 26. fxe4
fxe4 27. Nf4 Rc6 28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 Qe6 30. Rad1 Rxb6 31. Rd8 Rc6 32.
R1d4 Rc8 33. Rxc8 Qxc8 34. Rxe4 Rxe4 35. Qxe4 Qd7 36. Kf2 h6 37. Ke3 a5 38.
h3 b6 39. Qe5 Qc6 40. Qe4 Qc5+ 41. Kd3 Qg1 42. Qe8+ Kh7 43. Qe4+ Kg8 44.
Qf3 Qc5 45. g4 Qd6+ 46. Ke3 Qe5+ 47. Kd3 Qd6+ 48. Ke3 Qe5+ 49. Kd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2011.12.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Howell,D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2826"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]
[ECO "C65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 Bf8 9. Nbd2 d6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bd3 Be7 14.
f4 Qb8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. e5 dxe5 17. Ne4 Qxb2 18. f5 Red8 19. Bc4 Be8 20.
Qh5 Rd6 21. Rab1 Qc2 22. Qg4 Kf8 23. h3 Rad8 24. Kh2 Qa4 25. Rb4 Qa3 26.
Rb7 R6d7 27. Qf3 Qa4 28. Qe2 Re7 29. Nxf6 gxf6 30. Qe3 Red7 31. Qc5+ Rd6
32. Rxc7 Qc2 33. Rc8 R8d7 34. Be6 Ke7 35. Bxd7 Bxd7 36. Rh8 Qd3 37. Rf3 Qd5
38. Qxa7 e4 39. Qb8 Qe5+ 40. Rg3 1-0

[Event "3rd London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2011.12.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik,V"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2800"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]
[ECO "E04"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nd5
8. Bxb4 Ndxb4 9. O-O Rb8 10. Na3 O-O 11. Qb5 b6 12. Qxc4 Ba6 13. Nb5 Qd5
14. Qxd5 Nxd5 15. a4 Na5 16. Ne5 Rbd8 17. Nxa7 Nb4 18. Rac1 Rxd4 19. Nb5
Bxb5 20. axb5 f6 21. e3 Rdd8 22. Nf3 Rf7 23. Bh3 Re7 24. Rc3 Kf7 25. Ra1
Rd3 26. Bf1 Rxc3 27. bxc3 Nd5 28. c4 Nc3 29. c5 Rd7 30. Nd4 Ne4 31. cxb6
cxb6 32. Rc1 Nc5 33. f4 Ke7 34. Nc6+ Nxc6 35. bxc6 Ra7 36. Rd1 Rc7 37. Bg2
e5 38. fxe5 fxe5 39. Rb1 e4 40. Rxb6 Kd6 41. Rb4 Kd5 42. Rd4+ Ke5 43. Rc4
Kd5 44. Rd4+ Ke5 45. Rc4 Kd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2011.12.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]
[ECO "D15"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Qb3 e6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8.
Be2 h6 9. Bh4 dxc4 10. Qxc4 b5 11. Qd3 Nbd7 12. a4 b4 13. Bxf6 Nxf6 14. Ne4
c5 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5 Bb7 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. Nd4 Bxg2 19. Rg1 Bd5 20. f3
Qc7 21. Rg3 Rfd8 22. Qxa6 Ra8 23. Qb6 Qe5 24. Kf2 Nh5 25. c6 Nxg3 26. hxg3
Qh5 27. Kg2 e5 28. e4 exd4 29. exd5 Re8 30. Qb5 Ra5 31. c7 Rxb5 32. Bxb5
Qg5 33. c8=Q Rxc8 34. Rxc8+ Kh7 35. d6 Qd2+ 36. Kh3 Qd1 37. d7 f5 38. Kg2
Qd2+ 39. Kg1 Qe1+ 40. Kg2 Qd2+ 41. Kg1 Qe1+ 42. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2011.12.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "McShane,L"]
[Black "Carlsen,M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2826"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]
[ECO "C78"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8.
a4 Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Qd3 O-O 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14.
Qxb5 Na7 15. Qa4 Qg6 16. Re1 Bh3 17. g3 Qf6 18. Nbd2 Rbd8 19. Qc4 g5 20.
Qd3 Bg4 21. Nc4 Nc6 22. Nxb6 cxb6 23. Re3 Kg7 24. Kg2 h5 25. h3 Bd7 26. Ba4
Ra8 27. Bxc6 Bxc6 28. Rxa8 Rxa8 29. Qc4 Rc8 30. Qa6 Rb8 31. d5 Bd7 32. h4
g4 33. Nd2 Qd8 34. Qa3 Qc7 35. Re1 b5 36. Ra1 b4 37. cxb4 Bb5 38. Qe3 f6
39. Qc3 Qb7 40. b3 Kg6 41. Rc1 Qb6 42. Kg1 Be2 43. Qc6 Qd8 44. Nc4 Rxb4 45.
Nxd6 Rb6 46. Qc2 Qxd6 47. Qxe2 Rxb3 48. Rd1 Rb4 49. Qc2 Rb8 50. Qc3 Ra8 51.
Qc6 Rd8 52. Rb1 Qd7 53. Kg2 Qd6 54. Rb3 Qd7 55. Rb1 Qd6 56. Rb3 Qd7 57. Qa6
Qc8 58. Qd3 Qc5 59. Rc3 Qb4 60. Rc4 Qe1 61. Qc3 Qxc3 62. Rxc3 Ra8 63. Rd3
Kf7 64. f3 Ra2+ 65. Kf1 Ra1+ 66. Kf2 Ra2+ 67. Kf1 Ra1+ 68. Ke2 Ra2+ 69. Rd2
gxf3+ 70. Ke1 Ra4 71. d6 Rxe4+ 72. Kf2 Ke8 73. Kxf3 Ra4 74. d7+ Kd8 75. Rd6
f5 76. Re6 Ra3+ 77. Kf2 e4 78. Rd6 Rf3+ 79. Kg2 f4 80. gxf4 Rxf4 81. Kg3
Rf3+ 82. Kg2 Rf4 83. Kg3 Rf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2011.12.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Black "Aronian,L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]
[ECO "D31"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 Nd7
8. Ng3 Bg6 9. Be2 Nb6 10. Be5 Nf6 11. h4 h6 12. h5 Bh7 13. Bd3 O-O 14.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qc2+ Kh8 16. Nf5 Nc4 17. b3 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Ng4 19. f4 Qd7 20.
O-O-O f6 21. e4 fxe5 22. Qe2 Nf6 23. Nh4 exf4 24. Ng6+ Kg8 25. Nxf8 Bxf8
26. exd5 cxd5 27. Qd3 Rd8 28. Kb1 Bc5 29. Rhf1 Be3 30. g3 d4 31. gxf4 Qe7
32. Rde1 Rd7 33. Nd1 Nd5 34. Nxe3 dxe3 35. Rc1 Rd8 36. Qf5 Qe8 37. Rfe1 b6
38. a3 Kh8 39. Kb2 a5 40. Rc4 Nf6 41. Qe5 Qf8 42. Qxe3 b5 43. Rd4 b4 44. a4
Rxd4 45. Qxd4 Nxh5 46. Re5 Nxf4 47. Rxa5 Ne6 48. Qd2 g5 49. Ra6 Qf6+ 50.
Ka2 Qe5 51. Qb2 Qxb2+ 52. Kxb2 Nf4 53. Rxh6+ Kg7 54. Rd6 1-0

[Event "3rd London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2011.12.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Howell,D"]
[Black "Adams,Mi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]
[ECO "C88"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8.
h3 Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxe5 Nd4 12. Bd2 c5 13. Nc3 Nxb3 14. axb3
Nb4 15. Ne4 Qd5 16. Nf3 Rfe8 17. Bxb4 cxb4 18. c4 bxc3 19. bxc3 a5 20. d4
Bf8 21. Ned2 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 a4 23. bxa4 bxa4 24. c4 Qa5 25. Qe3 a3 26. Ra2
Qa4 27. Qd3 h6 28. Nf1 Bxf3 29. gxf3 Rd8 30. Kg2 Bc5 31. d5 Rb8 32. Nd2 Qd1
33. Qf1 Qa4 34. Qd3 Qd1 35. Qf1 Qa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2011.12.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short,N"]
[Black "Kramnik,V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2698"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]
[ECO "C48"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6
Qxf6 8. dxc3 Bc5 9. Qe2+ Qe6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qf3 d6 12. Bg5 Qf5 13. Be7
Qxf3 14. gxf3 a6 15. Ba4 b5 16. b4 Re8 17. Rfe1 Bb6 18. Bb3 Bb7 19. Kg2 d5
20. Re5 c6 21. Rae1 Bc7 22. R5e2 Bc8 23. a4 Bd7 24. Bh4 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 Re8
26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27. Bg3 Bd8 28. Be5 f6 29. Bb8 Bg6 30. axb5 axb5 31. Kf1 Kf7
32. Ke2 Ke6 33. Ke3 Bb6+ 34. Ke2 Bh5 35. Ba2 g5 36. Bb3 f5 37. Ba2 f4 38.
Bb3 Kf5 39. Bd6 g4 40. Kf1 g3 41. fxg3 fxg3 42. Bxg3 Bxf3 43. Ba2 Be3 0-1

[Event "3rd London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2011.12.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen,M"]
[Black "Nakamura,Hi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2826"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]
[ECO "C50"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. Bb3 a6 7. Nbd2 Ba7 8.
Nf1 h6 9. Ng3 O-O 10. O-O Be6 11. h3 Qd7 12. Be3 Ne7 13. Nh4 Ng6 14. Nhf5
Ne7 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Bxa7 Rxa7 17. f4 c5 18. Bc2 b5 19. Qd2 Rb7 20. a3 a5
21. Rf2 b4 22. axb4 axb4 23. Raf1 bxc3 24. bxc3 exf4 25. Rxf4 Nh7 26. d4
cxd4 27. cxd4 Qg5 28. Kh2 Nf6 29. Bd1 Rfb8 30. h4 Qg6 31. Rxf6 gxf6 32. Qf4
Rb2 33. Bh5 Qg7 34. Bf3 Ra8 35. d5 Bc8 36. Nh5 Qf8 37. Nxf6+ Kh8 38. Rc1
Kg7 39. e5 dxe5 40. Nh5+ Kh7 41. Be4+ 1-0

[Event "3rd London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2011.12.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand,V"]
[Black "Howell,D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]
[ECO "D16"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8.
O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Nd5 12. Qe4 Nf6 13. Qh4 Nb4 14.
Bg5 b6 15. Bd3 Nxd3 16. Rxd3 Ba6 17. Rd2 Bb7 18. d5 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20.
Nd4 Qd7 21. Rd3 Rfe8 22. Rh3 h5 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Qxh5 g6 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26.
Qh6+ Kg8 27. Qd2 Re4 28. Rd3 Rae8 29. b3 Bxd4 30. Rxd4 Re2 31. Qd1 Qf5 32.
Qf1 R8e4 33. Rad1 Qe6 34. Rxe4 Qxe4 35. g3 Kg7 36. h4 a5 37. Rd4 Qe6 38.
Qg2 Re1+ 39. Kh2 Re4 40. Rxe4 dxe4 41. Qh1 Qxb3 42. Qxe4 Qb2 43. Kg2 b5 44.
h5 bxa4 45. Qxa4 Qb7+ 46. Kg1 Qb1+ 47. Kg2 Qb7+ 48. Kg1 Qd5 49. Qa1+ Kh7
50. hxg6+ Kxg6 51. Qa4 Kf5 52. Kh2 Ke6 53. Qe8+ Kd6 54. Qd8+ Kc6 55. Qa8+
Kd6 56. Qd8+ Ke5 57. Qg5+ Ke6 58. Qe3+ Qe5 59. Qb6+ Ke7 60. Qb7+ Kf6 61.
Qc6+ Kg7 62. Qc4 Qh5+ 63. Kg2 Qe5 64. Kh2 Qh5+ 65. Kg2 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2011.12.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams,Mi"]
[Black "McShane,L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]
[ECO "C65"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 Bb6 8.
Nc4 Ne7 9. Ba4 Ng6 10. h3 Be6 11. Bc2 h6 12. a4 c5 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. d4 Qc8
15. Re1 b5 16. Bd2 bxa4 17. Rxa4 Rxa4 18. Bxa4 Bxh3 19. Nh2 Bd7 20. Bb3 Be6
21. d5 Bd7 22. Nf1 b5 23. Qf3 Nh7 24. Ng3 Ne7 25. Qh5 f5 26. f4 Nf6 27. Qe2
c4 28. Bc2 fxe4 29. fxe5 dxe5 30. d6 Qc5+ 31. Be3 Qxd6 32. Nxe4 Nxe4 33.
Bxe4 Bf5 34. Rd1 Qg6 35. Bxf5 Rxf5 36. Rd7 Rf7 37. Bf2 Qb1+ 38. Be1 Ng6 39.
Rd6 Kh7 40. Kh2 Qf5 41. Bg3 Nf4 42. Qf3 Qc2 43. Re6 Rf5 44. Bxf4 Rxf4 45.
Qh5 Rf2 46. Qg4 Qd3 47. Rxe5 Rxb2 48. Qf4 Qg6 49. Qf3 Rd2 50. Rxb5 Qd6+ 51.
Kg1 Rd1+ 52. Kf2 Qd2+ 53. Kg3 Qe1+ 54. Kg4 Rd6 55. g3 Rf6 56. Rf5 Qe6 57.
Qd5 h5+ 58. Kg5 Rxf5+ 59. Qxf5+ Qxf5+ 60. Kxf5 Kh6 61. Kf4 Kg6 0-1

[Event "3rd London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2011.12.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian,L"]
[Black "Short,N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]
[ECO "E15"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Ba6 7. b3 O-O
8. Bg2 d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. O-O Qd6 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. Rac1 Rfe8 13. Qf4 Rad8
14. Rfe1 g6 15. a3 Kg7 16. Bf1 Na5 17. Qxd6 Rxd6 18. Nd2 Ne4 19. Ncxe4 dxe4
20. b4 Nc6 21. e3 Bxf1 22. Kxf1 Re7 23. Nc4 Rd8 24. Re2 f6 25. Rec2 Nb8 26.
a4 Na6 27. Nd2 c5 28. bxc5 bxc5 29. Nb3 cxd4 30. Nxd4 Nb4 31. Rc7 Rdd7 32.
Rxd7 Rxd7 33. a5 Kf7 34. g4 Nd5 35. Rc8 Ke7 36. h4 Rb7 37. h5 f5 38. hxg6
hxg6 39. gxf5 gxf5 40. Nxf5+ Kd7 41. Rc5 Nb4 42. Ng3 Nc6 43. Nxe4 Rb1+ 44.
Ke2 Ra1 45. f4 Rxa5 46. Rc2 Nb4 47. Rd2+ Ke7 48. Kf3 Rh5 49. Ng5 a5 50. e4
Rh1 51. e5 Rf1+ 52. Kg4 a4 53. e6 a3 54. Rd7+ Ke8 55. Ne4 Nd5 56. Rxd5 a2
57. Rd7 a1=Q 58. Nd6+ Kf8 59. e7+ Kg8 60. e8=Q+ 1-0


Standings
# Name ELO Pts S-B
1 GM Magnus Carlsen 7 8.5
2 GM Luke McShane 5 7.5
3 GM Hikaru Nakamura 4 6
GM Levon Aronian 4 2.5
GM Vladimir Kramnik 4 2
6 GM Michael Adams 2 2
GM Vishy Anand 2 2
GM David Howell 2 2
9 GM Nigel Short 0 0

day 6

[Event "3rd Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2011.12.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8.
O-O c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bxc4 Qxd1 11. Rfxd1 b6 12. Nd4 Bb7 13. f3 Rfc8 14. Rac1
a6 15. a3 Nh5 16. Be5 Nf6 17. Bg3 Kf8 18. e4 Ke8 19. Bf1 g6 20. Bf2 e5 21. Nc2
Nb3 22. Rb1 b5 23. Ne3 Rd8 24. a4 Nd2 25. axb5 Nxb1 26. Rxb1 Bc5 27. Nc4 Bxf2+
28. Kxf2 axb5 29. Nxb5 Kf8 30. Nxe5 Bxe4 31. fxe4 Nxe4+ 32. Kg1 Nd2 33. Rc1 Ra2
34. Na3 Rxb2 35. Nac4 Nxc4 36. Nxc4 Rc8 37. Ra1 Rc2 38. Ne5 Rc1 39. Rxc1 Rxc1
1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2011.12.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "McShane, L."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Rb1 d4 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. Nxc5
Qxc5 15. b4 Qb5 16. a4 Qxa4 17. b5 Ne7 18. Nxd4 Rfd8 19. c3 Qxd1 20. Rfxd1 Bd5
21. Bf1 a5 22. bxa6 bxa6 23. Re1 Kf8 24. c4 Nc6 25. Nb3 Be6 26. Bg2 Rac8 27.
Nc5 Bf5 28. Nb7 Bxb1 29. Nxd8 Nxd8 30. Rxb1 Rxc4 31. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2011.12.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Adams, Mi"]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Rxe8+ Nxe8 12. c3 d5 13. Bf4 Bg5 14. Qf3
Bxf4 15. Qxf4 Qd6 16. Qxd6 Nxd6 17. Nd2 a5 18. a4 Bf5 19. f3 f6 20. Kf2 Kf7 21.
h4 h5 22. Be2 Bg6 23. Nf1 Nf5 24. Ne3 c6 25. g3 Nxe3 26. Kxe3 Bf5 27. Kd2 Ke7
28. Bd3 Bxd3 29. Kxd3 Kd6 30. Ke3 Re8+ 31. Kd3 Ra8 32. Ke3 Re8+ 33. Kd3 Ra8 34.
Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2011.12.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Howell, D."]
[Black "Short, N."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Re1 Bg4 12. Be3 Re8 13. h3 Bh5 14. Bxb6
Qxb6 15. Bxc6 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 bxc6 17. Re2 Ng6 18. Rae1 Rxe2 19. Rxe2 Rd8 20. Nd4
c5 21. Nf5 d4 22. Qe4 h6 23. cxd4 cxd4 24. Rd2 Qa5 25. Rxd4 Rxd4 26. Nxd4 Qxa2
27. b3 Nf8 28. g3 g6 29. Kg2 a5 30. Qc6 Qd2 31. Qa4 Qd3 32. Nf3 Qd5 33. b4 axb4
34. Qxb4 Ne6 35. Qd2 Qxd2 36. Nxd2 Kg7 1/2-1/2

Kramnik beats McShane for sole lead
11.12.2011 – It was a dramatic round with two of the leaders, Kramnik and McShane, facing each other, while fellow leader Carlsen had to contend with Anand. Though he made a go for it, Carlsen was unable to do better than a draw, while McShane tried hard to force things in his favor, which turned out to be a mistake as Kramnik neutralized all attempts to confuse the issue.

[Event "3rd London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2011.12.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, V."]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2826"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 c5 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. Rb1 Bc6 14. O-O Nd7
15. Bb5 Qc7 16. Qc2 Rab8 17. Rfc1 Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Qc6 19. Nc3 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4
21. exd4 Rxb1 22. Nxb1 Qxc2 23. Rxc2 Rb8 24. Nd2 Nf8 25. g3 Ne6 26. Nb3 Rb4 27.
Rc6 Ra4 28. Nc5 Rc4 29. Rd6 Nxc5 30. dxc5 Rxc5 31. Ra6 Rc7 32. Rd6 Rc5 33. Ra6
Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2011.12.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "McShane, L."]
[Black "Kramnik, V."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. b3 Bg4 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8.
Bb2 f6 9. Nf1 Nf8 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Ne6 12. Ne3 Qd7 13. h4 a5 14. a4 O-O 15.
h5 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 c5 17. Qh3 Qc6 18. O-O Nf4 19. Qh2 Qe8 20. h6 g5 21. g3 Ne6
22. f4 gxf4 23. gxf4 Nxf4 24. Rxf4 exf4 25. Kf2 Rf7 26. Qh5 Qe6 27. Qxc5 Kh8
28. Qc4 Re8 29. Rh1 Qd7 30. Qb5 Re6 31. Qxd7 Rxd7 32. Rg1 Rc6 33. Kf3 Rd8 34.
Rg5 Rf8 35. Rg2 Rg8 36. Rh2 Rg1 37. d4 Rf1+ 38. Kg4 f3 39. d5 Rd6 40. c4 Kg8
41. c5 f5+ 42. Kxf5 Rg6 43. Bd4 Rd1 44. Be3 Rg2 45. Rh3 f2 46. Bxf2 Rxf2+ 47.
Ke6 Rf7 48. d6 c6 49. Ke5 Kf8 50. Rh2 Rg1 51. b4 axb4 52. Rb2 Rg5+ 53. Ke6 Rg6+
54. Ke5 Rxh6 55. a5 Rh5+ 56. Ke6 Rh6+ 57. Ke5 Rh5+ 58. Ke6 Ke8 59. a6 Rh6+ 60.
Ke5 bxa6 61. Rxb4 Ra7 62. Rb8+ Kf7 63. Rc8 Re6+ 64. Kf5 a5 65. Rh8 Rf6+ 66. Ke5
Kg7 67. Rc8 a4 68. Rxc6 a3 69. d7 a2 0-1

[Event "3rd London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2011.12.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Black "Short, N."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[PlyCount "179"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 f5 6. e3 Nf6 7. Nge2 a5 8. b3 c6
9. Bb2 Na6 10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. h3 Be6 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. d4 Rad8 15. Na4
b6 16. Qc1 Bf7 17. Qa1 Rd7 18. Nac3 g5 19. d5 c5 20. e4 f4 21. g4 h5 22. f3 Bg6
23. Kf2 Bf8 24. Ke1 Rh7 25. Kd2 Qd7 26. Rh1 Nc7 27. Rdg1 Kf7 28. Qf1 Bh6 29.
Nc1 Rb8 30. Nb5 Nxb5 31. cxb5 hxg4 32. hxg4 Bg7 33. Rxh7 Bxh7 34. a4 Rh8 35.
Nd3 Qc7 36. Nf2 Nd7 37. Rh1 Bg6 38. Nh3 Qd8 39. Bc3 Bf6 40. Kc1 Kg7 41. Kb2 Bf7
42. Ka2 Nf8 43. Rg1 Ng6 44. Qd3 Rh6 45. Ka3 Qh8 46. Qf1 Bd8 47. Nf2 Bc7 48. Nd3
Rh2 49. Nb2 Nf8 50. Nc4 Nd7 51. Be1 Kf6 52. Qf2 Ke7 53. Rf1 Rh6 54. Qg1 Bg6 55.
Ka2 Bf7 56. Rf2 Bg6 57. Rd2 Bf7 58. Bf2 Qb8 59. Qc1 Qa7 60. Rc2 Kf6 61. Bg1 Qa8
62. Nb2 Bd8 63. Bf1 Kg7 64. Nc4 Qb8 65. Bg2 Rh8 66. Bf2 Rh6 67. Be1 Rh8 68. Bc3
Rh6 69. Qe1 Qa7 70. Qg1 Qb8 71. Bf1 Bc7 72. Rh2 Rxh2+ 73. Qxh2 Qd8 74. Kb2 Bg6
75. Kc1 Bf7 76. Nb2 Qh8 77. Qg2 Qd8 78. Kd1 Qh8 79. Bd3 Qd8 80. Ke1 Bg6 81. Kf1
Kf7 82. Kg1 Kg7 83. Nc4 Bf7 84. Qh2 Bg6 85. Kf2 Bf7 86. Ke2 Bg6 87. Qh1 Bf7 88.
Qh2 Bg6 89. Qh1 Bf7 90. Qh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "3rd London Chess Classic"]
[Site "London ENG"]
[Date "2011.12.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Howell, D."]
[Black "Aronian, L."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2011.12.03"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Bg4 9. Kh1 Rb8 10. Bd2 Qc8 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd7 13. Bg5 Bxf3 14. gxf3 c4
15. Be2 f6 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Bf4 Ra8 18. Be5 Rd8 19. Qd4 Nb4 20. Qxc4 Nfxd5 21.
Rad1 Qc6 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Qe4 Nb6 24. Qxc6 bxc6 25. f4 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Bxe5 27.
fxe5 Rf8 28. Rd4 c5 29. Re4 Kg7 30. Kg1 g5 31. h4 h6 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Kg2 Rd8
34. Bd3 c4 35. Bxc4 Rd2+ 36. Kf3 Rxc2 37. Bb3 Rxb2 38. Rd4 Kg6 39. Rd8 Kf5 40.
Re8 Nd7 41. Rxe7 Nxe5+ 42. Kg3 Rd2 43. Rxa7 Rd3+ 44. Kg2 Rc3 45. Ra5 g4 46. Bd1
Kf4 47. Ra4+ Kf5 48. Ra5 Rc4 49. Kg3 Rc3+ 50. Kg2 Re3 51. Kf2 Rh3 52. Bxg4+
Kxg4 53. Rxe5 Rh2+ 54. Ke3 Rxa2 1/2-1/2

pgn:
http://www.chessbase.com/news/2011/london/games/lcc11-08.pgn




Standings

1 GM Vladimir Kramnik 15 40.5
2 GM Magnus Carlsen 13 40.5
3 GM Hikaru Nakamura 12 36
GM Luke McShane 12 28.5
5 GM Vishy Anand 8 26.5
GM Levon Aronian 8 25
7 GM Nigel Short 5 11
8 GM David Howell 4 12
9 GM Michael Adams 3 10