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The pairings for the round-robin London Chess Classic which starts from Saturday 3^rd December had been announced. The players drew following numbers: 1. Nigel Short 2. Vladimir Kramnik 3. Levon Aronian 4. Magnus Carlsen 5. Micky Adams 6. Viswanathan Anand 7. Davey Howel l8. Luke McShane 9. Hikaru Nakamura.

Тhe pairings for the first round: 
Kramnik — Nakamura 
Aronian — McShane 
Carlsen — Howell 
Adams — Anand 

One of the players fred have a bye in each round and fred make commentary for the games. The first to do so is Nigel Short.