Chess News
At 2nd London Chess Classic, Great Britain

Round 1 - Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Nigel Short 0-1 Vladimir Kramnik
Luke McShane 1-0 Magnus Carlsen
Michael Adams 1-0 David Howell
Viswanathan Anand ½-½ Hikaru Nakamura

Anand tried hard to win his game against Nakamura but couldn't break his resistance and agreed for draw after 74 moves ... In shocking result Carlsen lost against British McShane ... In second round Anand is facing David Howell. ½-½
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At Women's World Chess Championship 2010, Antakya, Turkey

Round 2
GM Humpy Koneru (IND,2600) bt IM Jovanka Houska (ENG,2421) 1½-½
IM Dronavalli Harika (IND,2525) bt WGM Tatiana Shadrina (RUS,2384) 2-0

Round 1
GM Humpy Koneru (IND,2600) bt WGM Melissa Greeff (RSA,2082) 2-0
IM Dronavalli Harika (IND,2525) bt WGM Kruttika Nadig (IND,2230) 1½-½
WGM Meenakshi Subbaraman (IND,2328) l GM Maia Chiburdanidze (GEO,2502) 0-2
WGM Soumya Swaminathan (IND,2332) l GM Monika Socko (POL,2495) ½-1½

Good promising start from Humpy and Harika ... Both scored comfortable wins in their first 2 matches ... From round 3 they will face tougher challenge.