Round 2 of London Chess Classic 2009 ongoing at the moment.

 After Round 1 of the London Chess Classic 2009, which has a different scoring system than regular chess tournament, giving 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and 0 for a loss, normal is 1 point for a win, a half point, 0.5 or 1/2 as seen in reports, for a draw and 0 pts for a loss.  There were two decisive games yesterday in the 8 player double round robin tournament, winning were GM Magnus Carlsen and GM Luke McShane.  Draws were achieved by GM's Hikaru Nakamura, Ni Hua, Michael Adams and David Howell.  Former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik and Nigel Short both ended up on the losing end.

 For those who are not familiar with the tournament, the competitors are:

Standings after Round 1 with new pt system:


1-2  3 pts GM Magnus Carlsen 2801 (NOR)
1-2  3 pts GM Luke McShane 2615 (ENG)

3-6  1 pts GM Hikaru Nakamura 2715 (USA)
3-6  1 pts GM Michael Adams 2698 (ENG)
3-6  1 pts GM Ni Hua 2665 (CHN)
3-6  1 pts GM David Howell 2597 (ENG)

7-8  0 pts GM Vladimir Kramnik 2772 (RUS)
7-8  0 pts GM Nigel Short 2707 (ENG)

Round 1 Results:

• 1  GM Carlsen, Magnus NOR  1-0  2  GM Kramnik, Vladimir RUS
• 7  GM McShane, Luke  ENG  1-0  4  GM Short, Nigel ENG
• 8  GM Howell, David ENG  1/2-1/2  5  GM Adams, Michael ENG
• 3  GM Nakamura, Hikaru USA 1/2-1/2  6  GM Ni, Hua CHN
  

Round 2 Pairings/Results:

• 2  GM Kramnik, Vladimir RUS  * 6  GM Ni, Hua CHN
• 5  GM Adams, Michael  ENG  *  3  GM Nakamura, Hikaru USA
• 4  GM Short, Nigel  ENG  *  8  GM Howell, David ENG
• 1  GM Carlsen, Magnus  NOR  *  7  GM McShane, Luke ENG

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