London Chess Classic round 3 games

McShane, L (2615) – Kramnik, V (2772) [C24]
Chess Classic London ENG (3), 10.12.2009

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Bc5 4.Nf3 0–0 5.Nc3 d6 6.Na4 Bb6 7.c3 Be6 8.Bb3 Bxb3 9.axb3 Nbd7 10.b4 Bxf2+ 11.Kxf2 b5 12.Bd2 bxa4 13.Qxa4 c5 14.b5 d5 15.exd5 Nb6 16.Qc2 c4 17.Nxe5 Qxd5 18.d4 Ne4+ 19.Kg1 Rfe8 20.Nf3 Qxb5 21.h4 Qb3 22.Qb1 Nd5 23.Rh3 h6 24.Qc1 Qb6 25.Ra4 Rab8 26.Ra2 Qb3 27.Qa1 Rb6 28.Kh2 Ndf6 29.Be1 Ng4+ 30.Kg1 Nef6 31.d5 Nxd5 32.Rg3 Ndf6 33.Bd2 Rd6 34.Ra3 Qb6+ 35.Kh1 Nf2+ 36.Kh2 N6g4+ 0–1

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Ni Hua (2665) – Adams, Mi (2698) [C89]
Chess Classic London ENG (3), 10.12.2009

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 0–0 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 c6 12.d4 Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh3 15.Qe2 Bd7 16.Qf1 Qf5 17.Be3 Rae8 18.Nd2 Re7 19.Qg2 Rfe8 20.Qf3 Qg6 21.Bxd5 cxd5 22.a4 bxa4 23.Qxd5 h6 24.Nf3 Qf6 25.Ne5 Bxe5 26.dxe5 Qg6 27.Qd6 Qf5 28.Bd4 Bc8 29.Re3 Bb7 30.e6 Rxe6 31.Rxe6 Qxe6 32.Qxe6 Rxe6 33.Be3 Rd6 34.Bd4 Re6 35.Be3 Rd6 36.Bd4 ½–½

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Nakamura, H (2715) – Short, N (2707) [E44]
Chess Classic London ENG (3), 10.12.2009

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Nge2 Ne4 6.Bd2 Nxd2 7.Qxd2 Nc6 8.a3 Be7 9.Nf4 Bg5 10.b4 Bb7 11.d5 Ne5 12.Rc1 0–0 13.Be2 a5 14.0–0 axb4 15.axb4 Bxf4 16.exf4 Ng6 17.Rfe1 c6 18.g3 cxd5 19.cxd5 Ne7 20.Bf3 Ra3 21.Be4 Qa8 22.Rcd1 h6 23.Qd4 Nxd5 24.Nxd5 Bxd5 25.Bxd5 Qxd5 26.Qxd5 exd5 27.Rxd5 Ra7 28.Rd6 Rb7 29.f5 f6 30.Red1 Rc8 31.Kg2 Rc4 32.R1d4 Rxd4 33.Rxd4 Rc7 34.Kf3 Rc2 35.h4 h5 36.Rd5 Rc4 37.Rb5 Rc6 38.Rd5 Rc4 39.b5 Rb4 40.Ke3 Kf8 41.Rxd7 Rxb5 42.Rb7 Rxf5 43.Rxb6 ½–½

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