Kramnik has won :D

Well played Luke :) despite the loss.

Watching the game between McShane and Kramnik - so far it's extra interesting. The Brit is playing really, really bravely and Kramnik has a tons of problems to solve at the moment. Although he still looks pretty calm... Luke is going for the kill, but if the attack doesn't work, than his chances for winning the tournament will disappear.

Kramnik looks done? I hope :D Come on Luke.

Damned Drawnand.

I wish Gashimov was here :O

Magnus vs Anand looks interesting!! 

Kramnik and mcshane will draw their final games, and carlsen will go 1 draw and 1 win and win the whole tournament. Although Nakamura is playing against the brits who have not played so solidly in this tournament. So it is not out of the question that naka could get 2 wins.

I don't think Carlsen just won because of one blunder (as many have said), before 35. ... Nc4 Houdini evaluated the position as +1.42 with best play from Adams, and Houdini is quite conservative with the evaluations. Carlsen considered his position to be winning before the 35th move, by the way.

I am fan for naka, came on naka,,,,,

I wish for Kramnik

but I want a result for Kramnik and McShane. anyone between them should win the title.

GO LUKE !!! 

He is about to see the real test coming up.  It will be nice to see a decisive victory.

eagleezy, why do you hate nakamura so much? Like you know the guy personally or something. And what makes his wins so lucky? Like carlsen hasn't gotten lucky this event? Was certainly in a losing position against mcshane but mcshane let the advantage slip. He just held on to draw against aronian, and just this round he won on a blunder by adams. So it's not like nakamura is the only one who profited from the luck of their opponents blundering. Get over yourself.

I have faith in Carlsen winning this tournament!!

Adams-Carlsen 35 ....Nc3 attacking both Rook & pawn

This will be really close......would be nice to see McShane pull off a major upset here.

Go Naka!  He still seems posed to win.   He plays Adams and Short next, who both have had a sub-par performance thus far. The current leaders Calsen, McShane and Kramnik, on the other hand, will likely face stiffer competition for these last couple of rounds.  Go Naka!

The reason the tournament is drawing so much interest is entirely due to the "lesser" players. The others know they must either pummel these "lesser" players or perish and pummel they do.

I find Naka somewhat arrogant once in a while but usually he's just honest. I was surprised when Naka didn't acknowledge that he was lost to Anand for a while...only to recover after Anand's blunder.

@chesspanzer i dont think nakas so much arrogant as he is brutally honest and very self confident. theres a difference. and also, when you really look at it, thats how most tournaments are won. just look at this tournament. everyone is sweeping the floor with howell, short, and adams, but almost no one at the top has beaten anand, or aronian, or kramnik. naka is one of the few this tournament who has actually won games against the elite. you could make the argument that naka didnt win those games, anand and aronian lost them, but i would disagree. carlsen only got a draw against mcshane because mcshane made a huge blunder. carlesens game with adams today was basically equal untill adams blundered. my point is that in chess, especially at the top level, most games are decided by a mistake. the real test is your ability to constantly be aware and be on your toes and the sieze the first opportunity you get, and naka did that in both games. i think he deserves the credit.

I hope Anand decides to play! He usually only does that against Carlsen.

Nice having it go into the 8 and 9th round and still have four players seriously challenging for the win. I'd like to see McShane, but Naka has two possible wins. The big game may be Annand and Carlsen if Annand decides to play.

Well Law, it's also a Carlsen year because we won Bilbao and Tal Memorial and his rating is approaching Kasparov's all time high rating!