London Chess Classic pairings
pairings and schedule of the Chess Classic 2009 tournament
Report by Chessdom.com
The drawing of lots for the London Chess Classic took place at 13:50. The results of that and the pairings for all rounds are as follows.
Round 1, Tues Dec 8th, 14:00
Magnus Carlsen – Vladimir Kramnik
Hikaru Nakamura – Ni Hua
Luke McShane – Nigel Short
David Howell – Michael Adams
Round 2, Wed Dec 9th, 14:00
Vladimir Kramnik – Ni Hua
Michael Adams – Hikaru Nakamura
Nigel Short – David Howell
Magnus Carlsen – Luke McShane
Round 3, Thur Dec 10th, 14:00
Luke McShane – Vladimir Kramnik
David Howell – Magnus Carlsen
Hikaru Nakamura – Nigel Short
Ni Hua – Michael Adams
Round 4, Sat Dec 12th, 14:00
Vladimir Kramnik – Michael Adams
Nigel Short – Ni Hua
Magnus Carlsen – Hikaru Nakamura
Luke McShane – David Howell
Round 5, Sun Dec 13th, 14:00
David Howell – Vladimir Kramnik
Hikaru Nakamura – Luke McShane
Ni Hua – Magnus Carlsen
Michael Adams – Nigel Short
Round 6, Mon Dec 14th, 14:00
Vladimir Kramnik – Nigel Short
Magnus Carlsen – Michael Adams
Luke McShane – Ni Hua
David Howell – Hikaru Nakamura
Round 7, Sun Dec 15th, 12:00
Hikaru Nakamura – Vladimir Kramnik
Ni Hua – David Howell
Michael Adams – Luke McShane
Nigel Short – Magnus Carlsen
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Carlsen will score 7-0.
huh, didn’t realize how tall Kramnik is..
Krmanik gets an extra Black. 7 rounds seems awfully short. I would prefer a 14 round double round robin.
I hope Kramnik is as aggressive with black as he was at the Tal Memorial.
once again the tournament favoured Carlsen
Carlsen gets extra white, and gets white against the key players. Probably couldn’t have asked for a nicer schedule.
Nice to see Luke Mcshane once again. He is great, yes he is!
okay