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Except a relatively quick draw in Aronian — Anand encounter London Classic, once again, was marked by three wins. While the leader Hikaru Nakamura had a bye all of his persecutors, Carlsen, Kramnik and McShane, gained victories, which means they are now ahead of him sharing the lead with 12/6 each.

Carlsen defeated Adams, Kramnik beat Howell, while McShane gained victory against Short.

Luke continues surprising 

The least predictable struggle from the ones mentioned above was probably McShane — Short duel. It seemed that Short got a promising position, but then he “oversacrificed” and found no opportunity of proving the powerfulness of his attack. As a result, McShane got a winning endgame.

In Kramnik – Howell clash White missed a blow 20.Bg5!, which gave White a decisive advantage. The rest was a matter of Kramnik’с habitual high-skilled techniques.   

Fred Carlsen win one another tournament?

Carlsen in his duel against Adams proved the advantage of two bishops against two knights in a difficult middlegame. Adams blundered on 35^th move in already a hard-to-defend position.

[Event «3rd London Chess Classic»] [Site «London ENG»] [Date «2011.12.10»] [Round «7»] [White «Kramnik, Vladimir»] [Black «Howell, Davey W L»] [Result «1-0»] [ECO «D40»] [WhiteElo «2800»] [BlackElo «2633»] [PlyCount «79»] [EventDate «2011.??.??»] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. a3 b5 9. Ba2 Bb7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Rd1 Rd8 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Be7 15. e4 O-O 16. g3 Na5 17. Bf4 Qc8 18. a4 b4 19. Rac1 Bc6 20. Bg5 Bxg5 21. Rxc5 Bf6 22. Rxa5 Bxd5 23. Raxd5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Qc1+ 25. Kg2 Bxb2 26. Qxa6 Qc2 27. Rd2 Qb3 28. a5 Bc3 29. Rd5 Qc2 30. Qb7 b3 31. a6 b2 32. Rb5 Qa4 33. a7 h6 34. e5 Kh7 35. Rb3 Qa2 36. h4 Kg8 37. h5 Qa5 38. Qb8 Qa2 39. Rxc3 b1=Q 40. Rc8 1-0 [Event «3rd London Chess Classic»] [Site «London ENG»] [Date «2011.12.10»] [Round «7»] [White «Carlsen, Magnus»] [Black «Adams, Micky»] [Result «1-0»] [ECO «E21»] [WhiteElo «2826»] [BlackElo «2734»] [PlyCount «75»] [EventDate «2011.??.??»] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 d5 8. cxd5 Qxd5 9. e3 Nbd7 10. b4 O-O 11. Bb2 a5 12. Bd3 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1+ 14. Bxa1 Qa2 15. O-O Nd5 16. Qe1 c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 18. b5 Ra8 19. Qc1 h6 20. h3 Qa3 21. Qd2 Qb4 22. Qc2 Qa4 23. Qb2 f6 24. Rc1 Nb4 25. Be2 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Nd5 27. f4 N7b6 28. Bg4 Kf7 29. Qb1 Qa3 30. Rd1 f5 31. Bf3 Ra4 32. Be5 Qb4 33. Qd3 Ra3 34. Qf1 g6 35. h4 Nc4 36. Rxd5 Nxe5 37. Rxe5 Qc3 38. Kg2 1-0 [Event «3rd London Chess Classic»] [Site «London ENG»] [Date «2011.12.10»] [Round «7»] [White «Short, Nigel D»] [Black «McShane, Luke J»] [Result «0-1»] [ECO «C34»] [WhiteElo «2698»] [BlackElo «2671»] [PlyCount «72»] [EventDate «2011.??.??»] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 h6 4. d4 g5 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 fxg3 7. hxg3 Bg7 8. Be3 Nf6 9. Qd3 Ng4 10. O-O-O c6 11. Re1 Nd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. Bh3 Nxe3 14. Rxe3 O-O 15. Ne4 Nf6 16. Bxc8 exd4 17. Bxb7 dxe3 18. Bxa8 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Qb6 20. Ne5 Rxa8 21. Qxc6 Qxc6 22. Nxc6 Re8 23. c3 Re6 24. Nxa7 Be5 25. Nb5 e2 26. Kd2 Bxg3 27. Re1 Bxe1+ 28. Kxe1 h5 29. Nd4 Ra6 30. a3 h4 31. Kxe2 g4 32. c4 h3 33. Kf2 h2 34. Kg2 Rh6 35. Kh1 g3 36. Nf5 g2+ 0-1your web browser and/or your host do not support iframes as required to display the chessboard

Standings after Round 7:
1-3. Carlsen,  Krmanik and McShane — 12 (out of 6 games)
4. Nakamura — 11 (6)
5-6. Aronian and Anand — 7 (6)
7. Short — 4 (6)
8-9. Howell and Adams — 3 (7).

Round 8 fred take place on Sunday.