Tuesday 29 November 2011

London Classic: The Pairings

The pairings have been announced for the London Chess Classic.

Round 1: December 3rd, starting at 14.00

Vladimir Kramnik v Hikaru Nakamura,
Levon Aronian v Luke McShane,
Magnus Carlsen v David Howell,
Michael Adams v Viswanathan Anand.

Nigel Short bye, assisting the commentary

Round two: December 4th, starting at 14.00

David Howell v Michael Adams
Luke McShane v Magnus Carlsen
Hikaru Nakamura v Levon Aronian
Nigel Short v Vladimir Kramnik

Viswanathan Anand bye, assisting the commentary

Round three: December 5th, starting at 14.00

Levon Aronian v Nigel Short
Magnus Carlsen v Hikaru Nakamura
Michael Adams v Luke McShane
Viswanathan Anand v David Howell

Vladimir Kramnik bye, assisting the commentary

Round four: December 6th, starting at 16.00

Magnus Carlsen v Vladimir Kramnik
Michael Adams v Nigel Short
Viswanathan Anand v Hikaru Nakamura
David Howell v Luke McShane

Levon Aronian bye, assisting the commentary

Rest day: December 7th

Round five: December 8th, starting at 14.00

Hikaru Nakamura v David Howell
Nigel Short v Viswanathan Anand
Vladimir Kramnik v Michael Adams
Levon Aronian v Magnus Carlsen

Luke McShane bye, assisting the commentary

Round six: December 9th, starting at 14.00

Michael Adams v Levon Aronian
Viswanathan Anand v Vladimir Kramnik
David Howell v Nigel Short
Luke McShane v Hikaru Nakamura
Magnus Carlsen bye, assisting the commentary

Round seven: December 10th, starting at 14.00

Nigel Short v Luke McShane
Vladimir Kramnik v David Howell
Levon Aronian v Viswanathan Anand
Magnus Carlsen v Michael Adams
Hikaru Nakamura bye, assisting the commentary

Round eight: December 11th, starting at 14.00

Viswanathan Anand v Magnus Carlsen
David Howell v Levon Aronian
Luke McShane v Vladimir Kramnik
Hikaru Nakamura v Nigel Short

Michael Adams bye, assisting the commentary

Round nine: December 12th, starting at 12.00

Luke McShane v Viswanathan Anand
Hikaru Nakamura v Michael Adams
Nigel Short v Magnus Carlsen
Vladimir Kramnik v Levon Aronian

David Howell bye, assisting the commentary

Nigel Short and Magnus Carlsen will meet in the last round for the third consecutive Classic!

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