McShane beats Carlsen in London's first round
London Classic round 1 results
Vishy Anand - Hikaru Nakamura
Luke McShane 1-0 Magnus Carlsen
Nigel Short 0-1 Vladimir Kramnik
Michael Adams 1-0 David Howell
Official website: http://www.londonchessclassic.com
[Event "2nd London Chess Classic 2010"]
[White "Luke McShane"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nh6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Bxh6 Bxh6 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Rfd1 Nd7 12. Qa3 a5 13. b4 Ra6 14. b5 Ra8 15. e3 a4 16. Rab1 Bg7 17. Ne4 Qb6 18. Nc6 Re8 19. Nb4 f5 20. Nc3 Qc5 21. Nxa4 Qa7 22. Na6 bxa6 23. b6 Nxb6 24. Rxb6 Rb8 25. c5 Be6 26. Rdb1 dxc5 27. Rb7 Rxb7 28. Rxb7 Qa8 29. Nxc5 Qc8 30. Qxa6 Bf7 31. Bc6 Rd8 32. Nd7 Rxd7 33. Bxd7 Qc1+ 34. Qf1 Qxf1+ 35. Kxf1 Bc4+ 36. Kg1 Bxa2 37. Ba4 e5 38. f3 Bh6 39. Bb3+ 1-0
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Russian and Georgian Chess Queens eliminated
Russia's top female player, Tatiana Kosintseva, is eliminated after losing to IM Yelena Dembo by the score of 0.5 - 1.5. Former Georgian Chess Queen, Maia Chiburdanidze, is also eliminated after losing to GM Zhao Xue by the same score.
The event top rated player, GM Humpy Koneru, has safely advanced to the next round. American IM Anna Zatonskih also moved on after a decisive 2-0 win over GM Sebag of France.
Kosteniuk, Alexandra RUS GM 2507 ½ ½ Playoff tomorrow
Khukhashvili, Sopiko GEO IM 2430 ½ ½
Koneru, Humpy IND GM 2600 1 ½Houska, Jovanka ENG IM 2421 0 ½
Hou, Yifan CHN GM 2591 1 ½Romanko, Marina RUS IM 2414 0 ½
Kosintseva, Tatiana RUS GM 2581 0 ½
Dembo, Yelena GRE IM 2454 1 ½
Dzagnidze, Nana GEO GM2551 ½ ½ Playoff tomorrow
Skripchenko, Almira FRA IM 2460 ½ ½
Stefanova, Antoaneta BUL GM 2548 1 0 Playoff tomorrow
Huang, Qian CHN WGM 2402 0 1
Muzychuk, Anna SLOIM2530 1 *
Ovod, Evgenija RUS IM 2387 0 *
Yildiz, Betul Cemre TUR WIM 2225 0 0
Muzychuk, Mariya UKR IM 2462 1 1
Harika, Dronavalli IND IM 2525 1 1Shadrina, Tatiana RUS WGM 2384 0 0
Ju, Wenjun CHN WGM 2524 ½ 1Kovanova, Baira RUS WGM 2380 ½ 0
Lahno, Kateryna UKR GM 2522 ½ ½ Playoff tomorrow
Hoang Thanh Trang HUN GM 2473 ½ ½
Cmilyte, Viktorija LTU GM 2514 0 1 Playoff tomorrow
Paehtz, Elisabeth GER IM 2474 1 0
Chiburdanidze, Maia GEO GM 2502 0 ½
Zhao, Xue CHN GM 2474 1 ½
Socko, Monika POL GM 2495 ½ ½ Playoff tomorrow
Zhu, Chen QAT GM 2477 ½ ½
Sebag, Marie FRA GM 2494 0 0
Zatonskih, Anna USA IM 2478 1 1
Ruan, Lufei CHN WGM 2480 1 0 Playoff tomorrow
Zhang, Xiaowen CHN WGM 2339 0 1
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