The second round of the London Chess Classic tournament was played today. Here are the results from the games:
(the player on top had the white pieces in the game):
Round 2, Thur Dec 9th, 16:00
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Vladimir Kramnik- 0-1
Hikaru Nakamura
David Howell ½-½
Vishy Anand
Magnus Carlsen 1-0
Michael Adams
Nigel Short 0-1
Luke McShane
You can play through all of the games from round 2, move-by-move by going to this website:
http://chessbase.com/news/2010/london/games/lcc02.htm
These results mean the following standings exist in the tournament after 2 rounds of play:
London Chess Classic 2nd 2010
1. McShane, 2645 2 points,
2. Nakamura, 2741 1.5 points,
3-7th Anand, 2804 Carlsen, 2802 , Kramnik, 2791
Adams, 2723 all have 1 point
5th Howell,2611 .5 point
6th Short, 2680 0 points
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Here are the pairings for round 3:
(the player on top has the white pieces)
Round 3, Fri Dec 10th, 14:00
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Luke McShane -
Vladimir Kramnik
Michael Adams -
Nigel Short
Vishy Anand -
Magnus Carlsen
Hikaru Nakamura -
David Howell
Best wishes to all the players for round 3!
