Monday, December 12, 2011

Vladimir Kramnik first in the 2011 London Classic

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. Full report on TWIC.

Final standings (win/draw/loss/points/elo):
1. Kramnik Vladimir 4 / 4 / 0 / 16.0 / 2800
2. Nakamura Hikaru 4 / 3 / 1 / 15.0 / 2758
3. Carlsen Magnus 3 / 5 / 0 / 14.0 / 2826
4. McShane Luke 3 / 4 / 1 / 13.0 / 2671
5. Anand Viswanathan 1 / 6 / 1 / 9.0 black win / 2811
6. Aronian Levon 1 / 6 / 1 / 9.0 white win / 2802
7. Short Nigel 1 / 3 / 4 / 6.0 / 2698
8. Howell David 0 / 4 / 4 / 4.0 / 2633
9. Adams Michael 0 / 3 / 5 / 3.0 / 2734

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