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London Chess Classic 2011: Round 8

Posted by 365Chess.com on December 12, 2011 in Chess news

Parcial Standings

Pos Name Fed Rtg Pts
1 Kramnik, Vladimir RUS 2800 15
2 Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2826 13
3 Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2758 12
4 McShane, Luke J ENG 2671 12
5 Anand, Viswanathan IND 2811 8
6 Aronian, Levon ARM 2802 8
7 Short, Nigel D ENG 2698 5
8 Howell, David W L ENG 2633 4
9 Adams, Michael ENG 2734 3

Aronian, L. (2802) – Anand, V. (2811) [D37]
3rd London Chess Classic London ENG (7), 2011-12-10
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8. O-O c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bxc4 a6 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. a3 Rc8 13. Rc1 Nce4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bd3 Rxc1 16. Qxc1 Nf6 17. Rd1 Qb6 18. Bc2 Rc8 19. Qb1 h6 20. Nf3 Be8 21. Be5 Bc6 22. Bd4 Qc7 23. Be5 Qb6 24. Bd4 Qc7 25. Be5  ½ – ½ (view game)

Carlsen, M. (2826) – Adams, Mi (2734) [E21]
3rd London Chess Classic London ENG (7), 2011-12-10
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 d5 8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. e3 Nbd7 10. b4 O-O 11. Bb2 a5 12. Bd3 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1+ 14. Bxa1 Qa2 15. O-O Nd5 16. Qe1 c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. b5 Ra8 19. Qc1 h6 20. h3 Qa3 21. Qd2 Qb4 22. Qc2 Qa4 23. Qb2 f6 24. Rc1 Nb4 25. Be2 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Nd5 27. f4 N7b6 28. Bg4 Kf7 29. Qb1 Qa3 30. Rd1 f5 31. Bf3 Ra4 32. Be5 Qb4 33. Qd3 Ra3 34. Qf1 g6 35. h4 Nc4 36. Rxd5 Nxe5 37. Rxe5 Qc3 38. Kg2  1 – 0 (view game)

Short, N. (2698) – McShane, L. (2671) [C34]
3rd London Chess Classic London ENG (7), 2011-12-10
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 h6 4. d4 g5 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 fxg3 7. hxg3 Bg7 8. Be3 Nf6 9. Qd3 Ng4 10. O-O-O c6 11. Re1 Nd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. Bh3 Nxe3 14. Rxe3 O-O 15. Ne4 Nf6 16. Bxc8 exd4 17. Bxb7 dxe3 18. Bxa8 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Qb6 20. Ne5 Rxa8 21. Qxc6 Qxc6 22. Nxc6 Re8 23. c3 Re6 24. Nxa7 Be5 25. Nb5 e2 26. Kd2 Bxg3 27. Re1 Bxe1+ 28. Kxe1 h5 29. Nd4 Ra6 30. a3 h4 31. Kxe2 g4 32. c4 h3 33. Kf2 h2 34. Kg2 Rh6 35. Kh1 g3 36. Nf5 g2+  0 – 1 (view game)

Kramnik, V. (2800) – Howell, D. (2633) [D27]
3rd London Chess Classic London ENG (7), 2011-12-10
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. a3 b5 9. Ba2 Bb7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Rd1 Rd8 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Be7 15. e4 O-O 16. g3 Na5 17. Bf4 Qc8 18. a4 b4 19. Rac1 Bc6 20. Bg5 Bxg5 21. Rxc5 Bf6 22. Rxa5 Bxd5 23. Raxd5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Qc1+ 25. Kg2 Bxb2 26. Qxa6 Qc2 27. Rd2 Qb3 28. a5 Bc3 29. Rd5 Qc2 30. Qb7 b3 31. a6 b2 32. Rb5 Qa4 33. a7 h6 34. e5 Kh7 35. Rb3 Qa2 36. h4 Kg8 37. h5 Qa5 38. Qb8 Qa2 39. Rxc3 b1=Q 40. Rc8  1 – 0 (view game)

Anand, V. (2811) – Carlsen, M. (2826) [D58]
3rd London Chess Classic London ENG (8), 2011-12-11
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 c5 12. bxc5 bxc5 13. Rb1 Bc6 14. O-O Nd7 15. Bb5 Qc7 16. Qc2 Rab8 17. Rfc1 Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Qc6 19. Nc3 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. exd4 Rxb1 22. Nxb1 Qxc2 23. Rxc2 Rb8 24. Nd2 Nf8 25. g3 Ne6 26. Nb3 Rb4 27. Rc6 Ra4 28. Nc5 Rc4 29. Rd6 Nxc5 30. dxc5 Rxc5 31. Ra6 Rc7 32. Rd6 Rc5 33. Ra6 Rc7  ½ – ½ (view game)

McShane, L. (2671) – Kramnik, V. (2800) [C65]
3rd London Chess Classic London ENG (8), 2011-12-11
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. b3 Bg4 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Bb2 f6 9. Nf1 Nf8 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Ne6 12. Ne3 Qd7 13. h4 a5 14. a4 O-O 15. h5 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 c5 17. Qh3 Qc6 18. O-O Nf4 19. Qh2 Qe8 20. h6 g5 21. g3 Ne6 22. f4 gxf4 23. gxf4 Nxf4 24. Rxf4 exf4 25. Kf2 Rf7 26. Qh5 Qe6 27. Qxc5 Kh8 28. Qc4 Re8 29. Rh1 Qd7 30. Qb5 Re6 31. Qxd7 Rxd7 32. Rg1 Rc6 33. Kf3 Rd8 34. Rg5 Rf8 35. Rg2 Rg8 36. Rh2 Rg1 37. d4 Rf1+ 38. Kg4 f3 39. d5 Rd6 40. c4 Kg8 41. c5 f5+ 42. Kxf5 Rg6 43. Bd4 Rd1 44. Be3 Rg2 45. Rh3 f2 46. Bxf2 Rxf2+ 47. Ke6 Rf7 48. d6 c6 49. Ke5 Kf8 50. Rh2 Rg1 51. b4 axb4 52. Rb2 Rg5+ 53. Ke6 Rg6+ 54. Ke5 Rxh6 55. a5 Rh5+ 56. Ke6 Rh6+ 57. Ke5 Rh5+ 58. Ke6 Ke8 59. a6 Rh6+ 60. Ke5 bxa6 61. Rxb4 Ra7 62. Rb8+ Kf7 63. Rc8 Re6+ 64. Kf5 a5 65. Rh8 Rf6+ 66. Ke5 Kg7 67. Rc8 a4 68. Rxc6 a3 69. d7 a2  0 – 1 (view game)

Nakamura, Hi (2758) – Short, N. (2698) [A21]
3rd London Chess Classic London ENG (8), 2011-12-11
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 f5 6. e3 Nf6 7. Nge2 a5 8. b3 c6 9. Bb2 Na6 10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. h3 Be6 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. d4 Rad8 15. Na4 b6 16. Qc1 Bf7 17. Qa1 Rd7 18. Nac3 g5 19. d5 c5 20. e4 f4 21. g4 h5 22. f3 Bg6 23. Kf2 Bf8 24. Ke1 Rh7 25. Kd2 Qd7 26. Rh1 Nc7 27. Rdg1 Kf7 28. Qf1 Bh6 29. Nc1 Rb8 30. Nb5 Nxb5 31. cxb5 hxg4 32. hxg4 Bg7 33. Rxh7 Bxh7 34. a4 Rh8 35. Nd3 Qc7 36. Nf2 Nd7 37. Rh1 Bg6 38. Nh3 Qd8 39. Bc3 Bf6 40. Kc1 Kg7 41. Kb2 Bf7 42. Ka2 Nf8 43. Rg1 Ng6 44. Qd3 Rh6 45. Ka3 Qh8 46. Qf1 Bd8 47. Nf2 Bc7 48. Nd3 Rh2 49. Nb2 Nf8 50. Nc4 Nd7 51. Be1 Kf6 52. Qf2 Ke7 53. Rf1 Rh6 54. Qg1 Bg6 55. Ka2 Bf7 56. Rf2 Bg6 57. Rd2 Bf7 58. Bf2 Qb8 59. Qc1 Qa7 60. Rc2 Kf6 61. Bg1 Qa8 62. Nb2 Bd8 63. Bf1 Kg7 64. Nc4 Qb8 65. Bg2 Rh8 66. Bf2 Rh6 67. Be1 Rh8 68. Bc3 Rh6 69. Qe1 Qa7 70. Qg1 Qb8 71. Bf1 Bc7 72. Rh2 Rxh2+ 73. Qxh2 Qd8 74. Kb2 Bg6 75. Kc1 Bf7 76. Nb2 Qh8 77. Qg2 Qd8 78. Kd1 Qh8 79. Bd3 Qd8 80. Ke1 Bg6 81. Kf1 Kf7 82. Kg1 Kg7 83. Nc4 Bf7 84. Qh2 Bg6 85. Kf2 Bf7 86. Ke2 Bg6 87. Qh1 Bf7 88. Qh2 Bg6 89. Qh1 Bf7 90. Qh2  ½ – ½ (view game)

Howell, D. (2633) – Aronian, L. (2802) [B09]
3rd London Chess Classic London ENG (8), 2011-12-11
1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5 Bg4 9. Kh1 Rb8 10. Bd2 Qc8 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd7 13. Bg5 Bxf3 14. gxf3 c4 15. Be2 f6 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Bf4 Ra8 18. Be5 Rd8 19. Qd4 Nb4 20. Qxc4 Nfxd5 21. Rad1 Qc6 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Qe4 Nb6 24. Qxc6 bxc6 25. f4 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Bxe5 27. fxe5 Rf8 28. Rd4 c5 29. Re4 Kg7 30. Kg1 g5 31. h4 h6 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. Kg2 Rd8 34. Bd3 c4 35. Bxc4 Rd2+ 36. Kf3 Rxc2 37. Bb3 Rxb2 38. Rd4 Kg6 39. Rd8 Kf5 40. Re8 Nd7 41. Rxe7 Nxe5+ 42. Kg3 Rd2 43. Rxa7 Rd3+ 44. Kg2 Rc3 45. Ra5 g4 46. Bd1 Kf4 47. Ra4+ Kf5 48. Ra5 Rc4 49. Kg3 Rc3+ 50. Kg2 Re3 51. Kf2 Rh3 52. Bxg4+ Kxg4 53. Rxe5 Rh2+ 54. Ke3 Rxa2  ½ – ½ (view game)

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