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Tuesday, 29 November 2011 19:57
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Waqar Ahmad Madni
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The London Chess Classic pairings were drawn by the Chief Arbiter Albert Vasse and Tournament Director Malcolm Pein on the morning of Tuesday 29th November 2011. The event starts at 2pm GMT on Saturday 3rd December. Nigel Short will sit out the first round and be the first player to assist the commentary team. For clarification: As the lowest rated player has pairing number 7, according to the tournament regulations, the round this player has the “bye” has been moved to be played as round 9.
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The Classic
| Name |
Title |
Country |
Rating (1/11/11) |
World Ranking (1/11/11) |
D.O.B (dd/mm/yy) |
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| Magnus Carlsen |
grandmaster |
NOR |
2826 |
1 |
30.11.1990 |
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| Viswanathan Anand |
world champion |
IND |
2811 |
2 |
11.12.1969 |
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| Levon Aronian |
grandmaster |
ARM |
2802 |
3 |
06.10.1982 |
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| Vladimir Kramnik |
ex-world champion |
RUS |
2800 |
4 |
25.06.1975 |
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| Hikaru Nakamura |
grandmaster |
USA |
2758 |
10 |
09.12.1987 |
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| Michael Adams |
grandmaster |
ENG |
2734 |
17 |
17.11.1971 |
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| Nigel Short |
grandmaster |
ENG |
2698 |
48 |
01.06.1965 |
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| Luke McShane |
grandmaster |
ENG |
2671 |
74 |
07.01.1984 |
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| David Howell |
grandmaster |
ENG |
2633 |
139 |
14.11.1990 |
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| Round 1, Sat Dec 3rd, 14:00 |
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Round 6, Fri Dec 9th, 14:00 |
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| Vladimir Kramnik |
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Hikaru Nakamura |
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Michael Adams |
- |
Levon Aronian |
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| Levon Aronian |
- |
Luke McShane |
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Vishy Anand |
- |
Vladimir Kramnik |
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| Magnus Carlsen |
- |
David Howell |
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David Howell |
- |
Nigel Short |
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| Michael Adams |
- |
Vishy Anand |
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Luke McShane |
- |
Hikaru Nakamura |
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| Nigel Short (bye) |
- |
assisting commentary |
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Magnus Carlsen (bye) |
- |
assisting commentary |
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| Round 2, Sun Dec 4th, 14:00 |
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Round 7, Sat Dec 10th, 14:00 |
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| David Howell |
- |
Michael Adams |
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Nigel Short |
- |
Luke McShane |
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| Luke McShane |
- |
Magnus Carlsen |
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Vladimir Kramnik |
- |
David Howell |
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| Hikaru Nakamura |
- |
Levon Aronian |
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Levon Aronian |
- |
Vishy Anand |
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| Nigel Short |
- |
Vladimir Kramnik |
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Magnus Carlsen |
- |
Michael Adams |
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| Vishy Anand (bye) |
- |
assisting commentary |
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Hikaru Nakamura (bye) |
- |
assisting commentary |
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| Round 3, Mon Dec 5th, 14:00 |
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Round 8, Sun Dec 11th, 14:00 |
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| Levon Aronian |
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Nigel Short |
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Vishy Anand |
- |
Magnus Carlsen |
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| Magnus Carlsen |
- |
Hikaru Nakamura |
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David Howell |
- |
Levon Aronian |
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| Michael Adams |
- |
Luke McShane |
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Luke McShane |
- |
Vladimir Kramnik |
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| Vishy Anand |
- |
David Howell |
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Hikaru Nakamura |
- |
Nigel Short |
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| Vladimir Kramnik (bye) |
- |
assisting commentary |
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Michael Adams (bye) |
- |
assisting commentary |
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| Round 4, Tue Dec 6th, 16:00 |
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Round 9, Mon Dec 12th, 12:00 |
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| Magnus Carlsen |
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Vladimir Kramnik |
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Luke McShane |
- |
Vishy Anand |
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| Michael Adams |
- |
Nigel Short |
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Hikaru Nakamura |
- |
Michael Adams |
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| Vishy Anand |
- |
Hikaru Nakamura |
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Nigel Short |
- |
Magnus Carlsen |
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| David Howell |
- |
Luke McShane |
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Vladimir Kramnik |
- |
Levon Aronian |
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| Levon Aronian (bye) |
- |
assisting commentary |
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David Howell (bye) |
- |
assisting commentary |
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| Round 5, Thur Dec 8th, 14:00 |
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Wed 7th Dec is the rest day. |
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| Hikaru Nakamura |
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David Howell |
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| Nigel Short |
- |
Vishy Anand |
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| Vladimir Kramnik |
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Michael Adams |
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| Levon Aronian |
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Magnus Carlsen |
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| Luke McShane (bye) |
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assisting commentary |
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- Albert Vasse IA, Chief Arbiter
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