GM Hikaru Nakamura in a post-mordem with GM Nigel Short, Photo Cathy Rogers
GM Hikaru Nakamura scored his third draw in a row at the London Chess Classic , against GM Nigel Short. "I had a spatial advantage but during the game I didn't see anything special," Hikaru said at the press conference.
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GM Ian Rogers, who will be blogging for CLO later in the tournament, said, "Carlsen and Kramnik are looking in awesome form." Rogers said that earlier today, after Kramnik won a pretty game vs. Luke McShane.
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Carlsen on the other hand was up an exchange and looked sure to win over GM David Howell. But Howell pulled off a miracle marathon defense to give Carlsen his first nick of the tournament.
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Although I guess, 80 moves can't really considered a "marathon" in this tournament, in light of the McShane-Short round 1 battle which topped out at 160 moves! Macauley Peterson of the Internet Chess Club provides videos from the scene, including "Not Very Short" and a clip with in-depth analysis by Magnus Carlsen on his win over Kramnik.
Friday is a free day and Saturday, 12/12/09 is the much-awaited Carlsen-Nakamura faceoff. Watch it live on the official website starting at 9 AM EST or the Internet Chess Club, where CLO editor Jennifer Shahade will be commenting with IM Andrew Martin.