London Chess Classic 2011 Round 7 Results

Nakamura was the leader by two points before round seven, when he had the bye, but no fewer than three players leapfrogged over him by winning their games. Luke McShane is the new leader on tie-break with two rounds to go, by virtue of his wins with Black. He beat English colleague Nigel Short who tried a King's Gambit against him.

Vladimir Kramnik and Magnus Carlsen are on the same score of 12, having defeated David Howell and Mickey Adams respectively. The game between Aronian and Anand was a fairly sedate draw.

Round 7 Results:

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

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Former World Champion Garry Kasparov Visiting LCC and himself Signing copies of his newest book on Sunday 11th Dec.

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Standings after round 7 No Name                             Win Draw Loss Score / games Tie break Rating TPR 1 McShane Luke J 3 3 0 12.0 / 6 3 black wins 2671 2935 2 Kramnik Vladimir 3 3 0 12.0 / 6 1 black win 2800 2936 3 Carlsen Magnus 3 3 0 12.0 / 6 0 black win 2826 2926 4 Nakamura Hikaru 3 2 1 11.0 / 6 2758 2882 5 Anand Viswanathan 1 4 1 7.0  / 6 black win 2811 2738 6 Aronian Levon 1 4 1 7.0  / 6  white win 2802 2750 7 Short Nigel D 1 1 4 4.0  / 6 2698 2549 8 Howell David W L 0 3 4 3.0  / 7 2633 2527 Adams Michael 0 3 4 3.0  / 7 2734 2519

                                                                       Round 8 Pairing

Vishy Anand	-	Magnus Carlsen
David Howell	-	Levon Aronian
Luke McShane	-	Vladimir Kramnik
Hikaru Nakamura	-	Nigel Short
Michael Adams (bye) - assisting commentary

SOURCE: LONDON CHESS CLASSIC.COM