2nd London Chess Classic:round 5 results and standings,round 6 pairings

The fifth round of the 2nd London Chess Classic was played on Sunday. Here are the results from this round of play: (the player on the left had the white pieces in the game):

Round 5: Sunday, December 12, 2010
Michael Adams	½-½	Vladimir Kramnik
Viswanathan Anand	½-½	Luke McShane
Hikaru Nakamura	1-0	Nigel Short
David Howell	0-1	Magnus Carlsen

You can play through each of these games,move-by-move, by going to the following website:

http://www.chessbase.com/news/2010/london/games/lcc05.htm

These results mean the following standings existed after 5 rounds of play (using the scoring system which was created for this event):

Standings after round five

Nr	Sd	Name	Rating	Fed	Score	TPR		Born	Tiebreak
1	2	Carlsen, Magnus	2802	NOR	9	2728		1990	3 x black
2	1	Anand, Viswanathan	2804	IND	9	2902		1969	2 x black
3	7	McShane, Luke J	2645	ENG	9	2942		1984	2 x black
4	4	Nakamura, Hikaru	2741	USA	8	2752		1987	win over Kramnik
5	3	Kramnik, Vladimir	2791	RUS	8	2764		1975	loss to Nakamura
6	5	Adams, Michael	2723	ENG	6	2685		1971
7	8	Howell, David W L	2611	ENG	2	2572		1990
8	6	Short, Nigel D	2680	ENG	1	2419		1965

Round 6
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Round 6 of the tournament will be played on Tuesday (Monday was a rest day for the players). Here are the pairings for round 6 (the player on the left will have the white pieces in the game). Best wishes to all the players for round 6!

Round 6: Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Vladimir Kramnik	-	Magnus Carlsen
Nigel Short	-	David Howell
Luke McShane	-	Hikaru Nakamura
Michael Adams	-	Viswanathan Anand