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Who will win London Chess Classic 2010?

Who will win London Chess Classic 2010?

Asked by: growthy in Sports » Other
Settled on 12/16/2010 07:26 Settled by Super Userkruijs
Winning option: Magnus Carlsen (NOR) Magnus Carlsen winner of the London Chess Classic

http://tournaments.chessdom.com/london-chess-classic-2010/round-7-report

Predictions
GM Viswanathan Anand (IND)
39.2% →
GM Luke J McShane (ENG)
18.5% →
GM Vladimir Kramnik (RUS)
14.4% →
GM Magnus Carlsen (NOR)
24.2% →
GM Hikaru Nakamura (USA)
2.1% →
GM Michael Adams (ENG)
1.6% →

Background

The tournament is an eight-player round-robin for seven rounds played at 40/2h + 20/1h + g/15'+30" using the Sofia Rules.

Prizes: 1st 50000 Euros, 2nd 25000 Euros, 3rd 15000 Euros, 4th 10000 Euros, 5th 10000 Euros, 6th 8000 Euros plus seven daily Best Game prizes of 1,000 Euros voted on by the public. To further incentivate combativity, there is a winners’ pool of 20,000 Euros for each game won. At the end of the tournament the number of wins is counted with a proportionate prize is awarded for each win, all of equal value. For example if there are twenty decisive games then the prize will be 1000 Euros per win.

Tie Breaks: In order of priority. 1. Number of games with Black. 2. Number of games won with Black. 3. Number of games won. 4. Ranking based on the games between the tied players only.

Tournament website: http://www.londonchessclassic.com/

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   growthy

@singularityisreal Tie Breaks: In order of priority. 1. Number of games with Black. 2. Number of games won with Black. 3. Number of games won. 4. Ranking based on the games between the tied players only.

   singularityisreal

What if one or two players are tied for the first place? u didnt give a choice for this??

   growthy

Standings after Round 5

GM Carlsen, Magnus 2802 NOR 9 points
GM Anand, Viswanathan 2804 IND 9 points
GM McShane, Luke J 2645 ENG 9 points
GM Nakamura, Hikaru 2741 USA 8 points
GM Kramnik, Vladimir 2791 RUS 8 points
GM Adams, Michael 2723 ENG 6 points

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