Hello again everyone! After some technical glitches and a very bad WiFi signal, I am able to get online and do the recaps for today for the 6th Round of the London Chess Classic.

   Going into this round, there was a 3 way tie for first and a 2 way tie for second. None of the players, not one, changed positions in the overall standings. So without any more day dampening delays, here we go, starting with Anand and Adams:

  Next up is Luke McShane(W) vs. Hikaru Nakamura(B), which ended in a draw after 50.Qc7+ and an Benko's Opening game. I personally thought that Naka would have at least pulled away from the pack a little bit with a win here, but it's going to come down to the finale tomorrow, which begins at 12:00 London Time.

   Thirdly, we have the "Battle for the Basement" as David Howell and Nigel Short lock up, who, coming into this round, had 2 points and 1 point respectively. Today, they go to 3 and 2 points, after 41...Kf7 with a Berlin Defence.

   Finally, the big one, as Vladimir Kramnik(W) vs. Magnus Carlsen went head to head in one of the biggest games of the entire event. It was the longest game of the event, at 86 moves, and Magnus was lucky to even get away with a draw after 86.Bb3. This was a spectacular game:

   Tomorrow, on Chess.com/TV, IM David Pruess will have coverage of the final round, starting at around 8-8:30 EST! The matchups are like this:

Anand vs. Kramnik

Nakamura vs. Adams

Carlsen vs. Short

Howell and McShane

   Anand and Kramnik will most likely be a draw, but I am sure both players will be going for a win.

   Mags should be able to steamroll Nigel Short as he is not playing well but is always dangerous.

   And if Naka controls his aggression, we could see a very interesting standings table at the end of the event. Enjoy the final round festivities everyone!! 

   -Mark

   The standings going into the final event is as follows:

looking forward to it.As always, thankyou for the re cap Sir.:)

Doesn't he so a great job with this stuff, Paul? :D I think so!

Unfortunately it can be a very undervalued service by the members without much thanx.

For what must be a PASSION , i for one salute you for your HOURS of prep and personal insight.