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At 2nd London Chess Classic, Great Britain

Round 5 - Sunday, December 12, 2010
Michael Adams ½-½ Vladimir Kramnik
Viswanathan Anand ½-½ Luke McShane
Hikaru Nakamura 1-0 Nigel Short
David Howell 0-1 Magnus Carlsen

After 2 consecutive wins Anand decided to step back and agreed for early draw after 41 moves with McShane before only a day break in this tournament.

Carlsen joined the leaders with his 3rd win ... In this tournament Carlsen having 3 wins and 2 losses ... Kramnik will be facing Carlsen and Anand is last 2 rounds ... So next round Anand's match against Michael Adams is important for his title hope ... In last round Carlsen facing totally out of form Nigel Short.
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At Women's World Chess Championship 2010, Antakya, Turkey

Round 3
IM Mariya Muzychuk (UKR,2462) 0-1 IM Dronavalli Harika (IND,2525) 3-4

Quarter Final
GM Humpy Koneru (IND,2600) vs WGM Wenjun Ju (CHN,2524)
IM Mariya Muzychuk (UKR,2462) vs WGM Lufei Ruan (CHN,2480)

In tie-break Harika started well beating Muzychuk with Whites but lost next game playing with Blacks ... In Blitz Harika had bad start losing her game with Whites but she came back strongly beating Muzychuk with Blacks ... Harika played with Blacks in sudden-death game to won game and match, final score was 4-3.

So with that she joined Humpy in quarter-final of 2010 Women's World Chess Championship.

Here r comments about suddendeath game from chessbase -
The armageddon was also not your usual fare, and featured five minutes for white, and four for black, with a draw favoring black. So far so normal, but if the games should reach 60 moves, both players would then receive a 3-second increment per move thereafter. Since no one actually keeps track of the number of moves played in blitz game, this is only possible with electronic boards and clocks. Harika won the draw and chose black, but things went bad in an Italian, and she soon found herself in growing trouble. Both players were very tense, and despite being winning, Mariya knew that there was no room for error and absolutely had to win. Indecision grew and the miracle for Harika happened: Muzychuk overstepped her time and lost.