TWIC is 30. First issue 17th September 1994.
3rd London Chess Classic 2011 (Pairings)
Draw for London Chess Classic Pairings has been made
Mark Crowther - Tuesday 29th November 2011
London Chess Classic 2011. | http://www.londonchessclassic.com
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 when the games will be Kramnik-Nakamura, Aronian-McShane, Carlsen-Howell, Adams-Anand and Nigel Short assists in the commentary room. Almost all the tournaments are now full or almost full up. There is a full calendar of special events including on the rest day Wednesday 7th December including John Nunn on astronomy, Nick Murphy's ChessBase workshop and a showing of Bobby Fischer against the World. List of Special Event. See full list of pairings below.
| 3rd London Chess Classic Sat 3rd Dec - Mon 12th Dec 2011 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Pairing schedule | ||
| Round 1: December 3rd 2011 14.00 | ||
| Vladimir Kramnik | - | Hikaru Nakamura |
| Levon Aronian | - | Luke McShane |
| Magnus Carlsen | - | David Howell |
| Michael Adams | - | Viswanathan Anand |
| Nigel Short | - | bye - assisting the commentary |
| Round 2: December 4th 2011 14.00 | ||
| David Howell | - | Michael Adams |
| Luke McShane | - | Magnus Carlsen |
| Hikaru Nakamura | - | Levon Aronian |
| Nigel Short | - | Vladimir Kramnik |
| Viswanathan Anand | - | bye - assisting the commentary |
| Round 3: December 5th 2011 14.00 | ||
| Levon Aronian | - | Nigel Short |
| Magnus Carlsen | - | Hikaru Nakamura |
| Michael Adams | - | Luke McShane |
| Viswanathan Anand | - | David Howell |
| Vladimir Kramnik | - | bye - assisting the commentary |
| Round 4: 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 | ||
| Round 5: December 8th 2011 14.00 | ||
| Hikaru Nakamura | - | David Howell |
| Nigel Short | - | Viswanathan Anand |
| Vladimir Kramnik | - | Michael Adams |
| Levon Aronian | - | Magnus Carlsen |
| Luke McShane | - | bye - assisting the commentary |
| Round 6: December 9th 2011 14.00 | ||
| Michael Adams | - | Levon Aronian |
| Viswanathan Anand | - | Vladimir Kramnik |
| David Howell | - | Nigel Short |
| Luke McShane | - | Hikaru Nakamura |
| Magnus Carlsen | - | bye - assisting the commentary |
| Round 7: December 10th 2011 14.00 | ||
| Nigel Short | - | Luke McShane |
| Vladimir Kramnik | - | David Howell |
| Levon Aronian | - | Viswanathan Anand |
| Magnus Carlsen | - | Michael Adams |
| Hikaru Nakamura | - | bye - assisting the commentary |
| Round 8: December 11th 2011 14.00 | ||
| Viswanathan Anand | - | Magnus Carlsen |
| David Howell | - | Levon Aronian |
| Luke McShane | - | Vladimir Kramnik |
| Hikaru Nakamura | - | Nigel Short |
| Michael Adams | - | bye - assisting the commentary |
| Round 9: December 12th 11 12.00 | ||
| Luke McShane | - | Viswanathan Anand |
| Hikaru Nakamura | - | Michael Adams |
| Nigel Short | - | Magnus Carlsen |
| Vladimir Kramnik | - | Levon Aronian |
| David Howell | - | bye - assisting the commentary |
