London Chess Classic round 7

In the last round GM Magnus Carlsen won against GM Nigel Short in the French Defence winning the tournament. GM Viswanathan Anand drew his game against GM Vladimir Kramnik in the Ruy Lopez Berlin Defence. GM Luke McShane drew his final game against GM David Howell in the Sicilian Defence Dragon variation. The game seemed to be losing for black however GM David Howell was in serious time trouble again and accepted the draw by three fold repetition. After a long game GM Hikaru Nakamura and GM Michael Adams drew their game. In order to win the tournament GM Luke McShane or GM Viswanathan Anand would have needed to win their game and GM Nigel Short would have needed to draw against GM Magnus Carlsen. Since this did not happen even if Anand or McShane had won their game, Carlsen would have won the tournament because he has played black more often. It was a great tournament congratulations to GM Magnus Carlsen on winning the tournament.

Vishy Anand	½-½	Vladimir Kramnik
Hikaru Nakamura	½-½	Michael Adams
David Howell	½-½	Luke McShane
Magnus Carlsen	1-0	Nigel Short