London Chess Classic: A Barn Burner

Carlsen and Kramnik went one-two at the London Chess Classic as expected. Magnus missed a win and then had to scramble to hold the game against Short. There was plenty of drama over the final few minutes, and when the smoke cleared there were only a pair of Kings left standing. The game can be seen at Chessdom. Howell was impressive as he didn't lose a game and finished above .500 even though he was seeded last. The tournament scoreboard wasn't kind to McShane, but you have to like his fight, and it was just a disappointing tournament for Nakamura and Short, who were the only two to not win a game.

Nr.	Title	Name	Fed.	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Score
1	GM	Carlsen, Magnus	NOR	2801		1	½	½	1	½	½	1	13
7	GM	McShane, Luke J	ENG	2615	0		½	1	0	0	1	0	7
8	GM	Howell, David W L	ENG	2597	½	½		½	1	½	½	½	9
3	GM	Nakamura, Hikaru	USA	2715	½	0	½		½	½	½	½	6
6	GM	Ni, Hua	CHN	2665	0	1	0	½		½	½	0	6
5	GM	Adams, Michael	ENG	2698	½	1	½	½	½		½	½	9
4	GM	Short, Nigel D	ENG	2707	½	0	½	½	½	½		0	5
2	GM	Kramnik, Vladimir	RUS	2772	0	1	½	½	1	½	1		12