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At The London Super Sixteen rapid tournament (under London Chess Classic) 2013, England (December 11th to 15th, 2013)

Quarter Finals 1
GM Vladimir Kramnik (RUS,2794) ½-½ GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2775)
GM Michael Adams (ENG,2761) 1-0 GM Peter Svidler (RUS,2746)
GM Fabiano Caruana (ITA,2779) ½-½ GM Boris Gelfand (ISR,2764)
GM Nigel Short (ENG.2684) 0-1 GM Hikaru Nakamura (USA,2772)

Quarter Finals 2
GM Viswanathan Anand (IND,2775) 0-1 GM Vladimir Kramnik (RUS,2794)
GM Peter Svidler (RUS,2746) 1-0 GM Michael Adams (ENG,2761)
GM Boris Gelfand (ISR,2764) ½-½ GM Fabiano Caruana (ITA,2779)
GM Hikaru Nakamura (USA,2772) ½-½ GM Nigel Short (ENG,2684)

Quarter Finals Tie-break
[T1] GM Michael Adams (ENG,2761) 1-0 GM Peter Svidler (RUS,2746) (2-1)
[T1] GM Fabiano Caruana (ITA,2779) 0-1 GM Boris Gelfand (ISR,2764) (1-2)

[T2] GM Peter Svidler (RUS,2746) 0-1 GM Michael Adams (ENG,2761)(1-3)
[T2] GM Boris Gelfand (ISR,2764) 1-0 GM Fabiano Caruana (ITA,2779) (3-1

Anand draw first game with Black pieces ... But in the second game Anand used a relatively passive opening and Kramnik countered with an aggressive pawn sacrifice ... Anand did not accept and quickly lost after 27 moves ... So disappointing end of 2013 for Anand.