Luke McShane is approaching 2700. He is the future of chess in England. He’s also tied for the lead with Magnus Carlsen after 4 rounds at the London Chess Classic.
Standings after 4 rounds
(crosstable by TWIC)
| 1. | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2826 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | . | . | . | . | 1 | 8 | 2908 |
| 2. | McShane, Luke | g | ENG | 2671 | ½ | * | . | . | ½ | . | . | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2941 |
| 3. | Nakamura, Hikaru | g | USA | 2758 | 0 | . | * | ½ | 1 | . | 1 | . | . | 7 | 2904 |
| 4. | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2800 | ½ | . | ½ | * | . | 1 | . | . | . | 5 | 2885 |
| 5. | Aronian, Levon | g | ARM | 2802 | . | ½ | 0 | . | * | 1 | . | . | . | 4 | 2709 |
| 6. | Short, Nigel | g | ENG | 2698 | . | . | . | 0 | 0 | * | . | 1 | . | 3 | 2653 |
| 7. | Anand, Viswanathan | g | IND | 2811 | . | . | 0 | . | . | . | * | ½ | ½ | 2 | 2583 |
| 8. | Adams, Michael | g | ENG | 2734 | . | 0 | . | . | . | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 2 | 2510 |
| 9. | Howell, David | g | ENG | 2633 | 0 | 0 | . | . | . | . | ½ | ½ | * | 2 | 256 |
Official website: http://londonchessclassic.com
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
He’s great.
Kind of misleading, he has only beat folk from England. Good anyhow
Luke has beaten Magnus. He’s the strongest amateur in the world. A great player. Pity Luke isn’t a full time professional. He’d be in the world top ten.