Good morning to anyone the U.S. and good afternoon to our European and Asian friends here on Chess.com . Here is the scheduled starting time for today's Round 4 plus the pairings table:

        9 AM - 3 PM EST (Starts at 2 PM in London)

Round 4, Sat Dec 11th, 14:00
Vladimir Kramnik	-	David Howell
Magnus Carlsen	-	Hikaru Nakamura
Nigel Short	-	Vishy Anand
Luke McShane	-	Michael Adams

 

   I am also going to be posting the crosstable after the first three rounds of the L.C.C.:     It's 3 points for a win, 1 pt. for a draw and 0 for a loss

Nr. Title Name Fed. Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8   tot TPR 6 GM Short, Nigel D ENG 2680   0 ½         0   1 2447 7 GM McShane, Luke J ENG 2645 1           1 ½   7 3031 5 GM Adams, Michael ENG 2723 ½         1 0     4 2698 1 GM Anand, Viswanathan IND 2804         ½ ½ 1     5 2843 4 GM Nakamura, Hikaru USA 2741       ½   ½   1   5 2860 8 GM Howell, David W L ENG 2611     0 ½ ½         2 2631 2 GM Carlsen, Magnus NOR 2802   0 1 0           3 2599 3 GM Kramnik, Vladimir RUS 2791 1 ½     0         4 2689

Anand will probably win this tournament

  Only if McShane goes cold during the event. Right now, all eyes are on him and Nakamura close by. After this round, the final rounds will definitely determine the winner. If someone runs away with it today and tomorrow, the door will most likely be closed on the rest of the field. 

   -Mark