London Chess Classic 2012 Round 1 Pairings Announced

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Hi everyone,

The first-round pairings of the London Chess Classic 2012 have been announced. The 2012 London Chess Classic will take place in the Olympia Conference Centre from Saturday, December 1st until Monday, December 10th. Games start each day in general at 14:00h London time, except for round four (16:00h) and the final round (12:00h). A win is counted as three points, a draw as one, and a loss zero. There are nine players, including the three top-ranked in the world, make for a rating average of 2751. The player with a bye during each round will provide commentary on the games in progress.

Round 1: Saturday, Dec. 1st, 2012, 14:00h
Luke McShane - Magnus Carlsen
Levon Aronian - Hikaru Nakamura
Vladimir Kramnik - Judit Polgar
Gawain Jones - Michael Adams
Vishy Anand (bye) – assisting commentary

Round 2: Sunday, Dec. 2nd, 2012, 14:00hJudit Polgar - Gawain Jones 
Hikaru Nakamura - Vladimir Kramnik 
Magnus Carlsen - Levon Aronian 
Vishy Anand - Luke McShane 
Michael Adams (bye) – assisting commentary

Round 3: Monday, Dec. 3rd, 2012, 14:00h

Levon Aronian - Vishy Anand

Vladimir Kramnik - Magnus Carlsen

Gawain Jones - Hikaru Nakamura

Michael Adams - Judit Polgar

Luke McShane (bye) – assisting commentary

Round 4: Tuesday, Dec. 4th, 2012, 16:00h

Hikaru Nakamura - Michael Adams

Magnus Carlsen - Gawain Jones

Vishy Anand - Vladimir Kramnik

Luke McShane - Levon Aronian

Judit Polgar (bye) – assisting commentary

Round 5: Thursday, Dec. 6th, 2012, 14:00h

Vladimir Kramnik - Luke McShane

Gawain Jones - Vishy Anand

Michael Adams - Magnus Carlsen

Judit Polgar - Hikaru Nakamura

Levon Aronian (bye) – assisting commentary

Round 6: Friday, Dec. 7th, 2012, 14:00h

Magnus Carlsen - Judit Polgar

Vishy Anand - Michael Adams

Luke McShane - Gawain Jones 

Levon Aronian - Vladimir Kramnik

Hikaru Nakamura (bye) – assisting commentary

Round 7: Saturday, Dec. 8th, 2012, 14:00h

Gawain Jones - Levon Aronian

Michael Adams - Luke McShane

Judit Polgar - Vishy Anand

Hikaru Nakamura - Magnus Carlsen

Vladimir Kramnik (bye) – assisting commentary

Round 8: Sunday, Dec. 9th, 2012, 14:00h

Vishy Anand - Hikaru Nakamura

Luke McShane - Judit Polgar

Levon Aronian - Michael Adams

Vladimir Kramnik - Gawain Jones 

Magnus Carlsen (bye) – assisting commentary

Round 9: Monday, Dec. 10th, 2012, 12:00h

Michael Adams - Vladimir Kramnik

Judit Polgar - Levon Aronian 

Hikaru Nakamura - Luke McShane

Magnus Carlsen - Vishy Anand

Gawain Jones (bye) – assisting commentary

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