Despite a rocky start, Magnus Carlsen repeated his victory last year at the London Chess Classic (December 6-15) . In only decisive game of the final round he defeated GM Nigel Short, who had a very tough tournament.
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US #1 Hikaru Nakamura finished in the middle of the pack with Kramnik. See Hikaru's blog for his own thoughts on the event.
London Chess Classic
Final Standings (soccer-scoring, 3 points for a win, 1 for a draw)
|
1 |
2 |
|
GM |
Carlsen, Magnus |
2802 |
NOR |
13 |
|
2 |
1 |
|
GM |
Anand, Viswanathan |
2804 |
IND |
11 |
|
3 |
7 |
|
GM |
McShane, Luke J |
2645 |
ENG |
11 |
|
4 |
4 |
|
GM |
Nakamura, Hikaru |
2741 |
USA |
10 |
|
5 |
3 |
|
GM |
Kramnik, Vladimir |
2791 |
RUS |
10 |
|
6 |
5 |
|
GM |
Adams, Michael |
2723 |
ENG |
8 |
|
7 |
8 |
|
GM |
Howell, David W L |
2611 |
ENG |
4 |
|
8 |
6 |
|
GM |
Short, Nigel D |
2680 |
ENG |
2 |
