London Chess Classic 2011 Round 5 Results

Hikaru Nakamura defeated David Howell in the 6th Round at London Chess Classic. Nakamura Played english opening in reply david played traditional e5 variation. 

Hikaru Nakamura

David exchanged the King-side bishop for Knight to create structural weakness on the White's Queen side. But White played excellently with the double Bishop advantage.


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Round 5 Results
Hikaru Nakamura 1-0 David Howell;  Nigel Short 0-1 Vishy Anand; Vladimir Kramnik 1-0 Michael Adams; Levon Aronian ½-½ Magnus Carlsen; Luke McShane (bye) - assisting commentary.


Standings after 5th Round 

No Name                             Win Draw Loss Score / games Tie break Rating 1 Nakamura Hikaru 3 1 1 10.0 / 5 2758 2 Carlsen Magnus 2 3 0 9.0  / 5 2826 3 McShane Luke J 2 2 0 8.0  / 4 2 black wins 2671 4 Kramnik Vladimir 2 2 0 8.0  / 4 1 black win 2800 5 Anand Viswanathan 1 2 1 5.0  / 4 black win 2811 6 Aronian Levon 1 2 1 5.0  / 4  white win 2802 7 Short Nigel D 1 0 3 3.0  / 4 2698 8 Howell David W L 0 2 3 2.0  / 5 2633 Adams Michael 0 2 3 2.0  / 5 2734

                                        Pairing

Round 6, Fri Dec 9th, 14:00
Michael Adams	-	Levon Aronian
Vishy Anand	-	Vladimir Kramnik
David Howell	-	Nigel Short
Luke McShane	-	Hikaru Nakamura

Have a great Weekend Friends!