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Monday, December 5, 2011

London Chess Classic 2011 R2: Nakamura, Carlsen, Kramnik lead

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The exciting Round 2 of the London Chess Classic saw Magnus Carlsen escape while Nakamura beat Aronian and Short lost to Kramnik.



The 2011 London Chess Classic is taking place in the Olympia Conference Centre from Saturday, December 3rd until Monday, December 12th, starting at 14:00h London time each day (final round 12:00h). Time controls are classical forty moves in two hours, then twenty moves in one hour and thirty minutes for the rest of the game. A win is counted as three points, a draw as one, and a loss zero.
Round two Results

David Howell ½ ½ Michael Adams
Luke McShane ½ ½ Magnus Carlsen
Hikaru Nakamura 1-0 Levon Aronian
Nigel Short 0-1 Vladimir Kramnik
Vishy Anand (bye) – assisting commentary

Standings after Round 2


1-3. Nakamura, Hikaru 4
1-3. Carlsen, Magnus 4
1-3. Kramnik, Vladimir 4
4-5. McShane, Luke 2
4-5. Adams, Michael 2
6. Anand, Viswanathan 1
7-8. Aronian, Levon 1
7-8. Howell, David 1
9. Short, Nigel 0

The 2011 London Chess Classic is taking place in the Olympia Conference Centre from Saturday, December 3rd until Monday, December 12th, starting at 14:00h London time each day (final round 12:00h). Time controls are classical forty moves in two hours, then twenty moves in one hour and thirty minutes for the rest of the game. A win is counted as three points, a draw as one, and a loss zero. You can access the official website at this link.





Nakamura, Hikaru (2758) - Aronian, Levon (2802)

Result: 1-0
Site: London
Date: 2011.12.04

[...] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.¤c3 ¥e7 4.cxd5 exd5 5.¥f4 c6 6.e3 ¥f5 7.¤ge2 ¤d7 8.¤g3 ¥g6 9.¥e2 ¤b6 10.¥e5 ¤f6 11.h4 h6 12.h5 ¥h7 13.¥d3 O-O 14.¥xh7+ ¢xh7 15.£c2+ ¢h8 16.¤f5 ¤c4 17.b3 ¤xe5 18.dxe5 ¤g4 19.f4 £d7 20.O-O-O f6 21.e4 fxe5 22.£e2 ¤f6 23.¤h4 exf4 24.¤g6+ ¢g8 25.¤xf8 ¥xf8 26.exd5 cxd5 27.£d3 ¦d8 28.¢b1 ¥c5 29.¦hf1 ¥e3 30.g3 d4 31.gxf4 £e7 32.¦de1 ¦d7 33.¤d1 ¤d5 34.¤xe3 dxe3 35.¦c1 ¦d8 36.£f5 £e8 37.¦fe1 b6 38.a3 ¢h8 39.¢b2 a5 40.¦c4 ¤f6 41.£e5 £f8 42.£xe3 b5 43.¦d4 b4 44.a4 ¦xd4 45.£xd4 ¤xh5 46.¦e5 ¤xf4 47.¦xa5 ¤e6 48.£d2 g5 49.¦a6 £f6+ 50.¢a2 £e5 51.£b2 £xb2+ 52.¢xb2 ¤f4 53.¦xh6+ ¢g7 54.¦d6 Black resigned



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