Round 3 results
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Luke McShane |
½–½ |
Vladimir Kramnik |
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Michael Adams |
½–½ |
Nigel Short |
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Vishy Anand |
1-0 |
Magnus Carlsen |
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Hikaru Nakamura |
½–½ |
David Howell |
Standings after 3
| 1 | GM | McShane, Luke J | 2645 | ENG | 7 | 3031 | |
| 2 | GM | Nakamura, Hikaru | 2741 | USA | 5 | 2860 | |
| 3 | GM | Anand, Viswanathan | 2804 | IND | 5 | 2843 | |
| 4 | GM | Kramnik, Vladimir | 2791 | RUS | 4 | 2689 | |
| 5 | GM | Adams, Michael | 2723 | ENG | 4 | 2698 | |
| 6 | GM | Carlsen, Magnus | 2802 | NOR | 3 | 2599 | |
| 7 | GM | Howell, David W L | 2611 | ENG | 2 | 2631 | |
| 8 | GM | Short, Nigel D | 2680 | ENG | 1 | 2447 |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Anand rules!
Anand proves again he’s a very worthy World Champion! As for Kramnik, why? Why play a Ruy Lopez Berlin against a lower rated oponent? Surely a Sicilian against McShane would’ve been the right choice? He makes it easy for lower rated players to draw with him. Crazy?
A very interesting event.
Shame about the scoring system they are using, looks like they doing a good job apart for this.
anand has played a nice game. his tactical shot Nh6 check shattered Carl’s king’s safety.
as for MacShane, he has done a houdini! but acc., to me, kramnik has missed his chances in this game. great going, London classic!
I like the scoring system. It gives more incentive to play for the win! Pro chess players would take a draw without making a move! Those who play the Ruy Lopez or Petrov might pay a high price later in the event. It favours the player that tries to win as many games as possible. This would be a great system for WC matches.
even i agree that this scoring system….like that in football and many other sports….encourages to fight for a win rather than settle for a boring easy draw.
definitely makes for more thrilling games.
There are not as many “boring” draws as people on this site often say. But who is no real expert watching chess only can see the result but not the way it is played.
So what.
I think the system is not okay.
By the way: Luke is playing sensational as ‘always’ in London chess classic.
Okay from germany
Definitely think the scoring system and Sofia draw rules here are making for more exciting, hard-fought games. And it doesn’t seem to be scaring the top-rated players away either (even Magnus).
Lots of hype regarding Carlsen throughout this year – world numero uno – the assassin on the chessboard – the destroyer of the chess elite (old guard in particular) – best player in the world etc etc. Vishy Anand – that Indian – what or who is he? Well Vishy has met Carlsen six times over the board in Classical chess this year – result 4 draws and two wins for Vishy – one with black and one with white. Result in their six game extended shootout Vishy wins by 4 points to 2. Argument settled in the World Champ’s favour for the year 2010.
amar
Kramnik playing the Berlin Defense against a lower rated player made perfect sense; he got his chances for a win but…
had he played a Sicilian instead it would have been a draw already at move 20 because McShane would probably have settled for one (easy with the white pieces for a GM) and he would not have tried to go all-out for a win against a calibre like Kramnik…