London Chess Classic 2011 – Pairings

Thursday, 01 December 2011 02:46

The London Chess Classic 2011, the strongest tournament in the history of British chess, runs from 3-12 December 2011. The 2800 club makes yet another meeting right after the Tal Memorial and Carlsen, Anand, Aronian and Kramnik will face each other in a round robin tournament together with Nakamura, Adams, Short, McShane, and Howell. Live games with Grandmaster commentary Official website: www.londonchessclassic.com London Chess Classic – pairings London Chess Classic Round one: December 3rd, starting at 14.00 Vladimir Kramnik -Hikaru Nakamura, Levon Aronian -Luke McShane, Magnus Carlsen -David Howell, Michael Adams -Viswanathan Anand. Nigel Short bye, assisting the commentary London Chess Classic Round two: December 4th, starting at 14.00 David Howell -Michael Adams, Luke McShane -Magnus Carlsen, Hikaru Nakamura -Levon Aronian, Nigel Short -Vladimir Kramnik. Viswanathan Anand bye, assisting the commentary London Chess Classic Round three: December 5th, starting at 14.00 Levon Aronian -Nigel Short, Magnus Carlsen -Hikaru Nakamura, Michael Adams -Luke McShane, Viswanathan Anand -David Howell. Vladimir Kramnik bye, assisting the commentary London Chess Classic Round four: December 6th, starting at 16.00 Magnus Carlsen -Vladimir Kramnik, Michael Adams -Nigel Short, Viswanathan Anand -Hikaru Nakamura, David Howell -Luke McShane. Levon Aronian bye, assisting the commentary Rest day: December 7th London Chess Classic Round five: December 8th, starting at 14.00 Hikaru Nakamura -David Howell, Nigel Short -Viswanathan Anand, Vladimir Kramnik -Michael Adams, Levon Aronian -Magnus Carlsen. Luke McShane bye, assisting the commentary London Chess Classic Round six: December 9th, starting at 14.00 Michael Adams -Levon Aronian, Viswanathan Anand -Vladimir Kramnik, David Howell -Nigel Short, Luke McShane -Hikaru Nakamura. Magnus Carlsen bye, assisting the commentary London Chess Classic Round seven: December 10th, starting at 14.00 Nigel Short -Luke McShane, Vladimir Kramnik -David Howell, Levon Aronian -Viswanathan Anand, Magnus Carlsen -Michael Adams. Hikaru Nakamura bye, assisting the commentary London Chess Classic Round eight: December 11th, starting at 14.00 Viswanathan Anand -Magnus Carlsen, David Howell -Levon Aronian, Luke McShane -Vladimir Kramnik, Hikaru Nakamura -Nigel Short. Michael Adams bye, assisting the commentary London Chess Classic Round nine: December 12th, starting at 12.00 Luke McShane -Viswanathan Anand, Hikaru Nakamura -Michael Adams, Nigel Short -Magnus Carlsen, Vladimir Kramnik -Levon Aronian. David Howell bye, assisting the commentary