Carlsen, Magnus (2801) - McShane, Luke (2615)
Chess Classic (London ENG), 12/09/2009
Round 2

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Na6 8.Re1 Qe8 9.Bf1 c6 10.Rb1 Bg4 11.d5 c5 12.Be2 Kh8 13.a3 Bd7 14.b4 b6 15.Bg5 Ng8 16.Nb5 f6 17.Bh4 Qe7 18.Nd2 Nh6 19.Nf1 Rfc8 20.Ne3 Nc7 21.bxc5 Nxb5 22.cxb5 Rxc5 23.f3 Rac8 24.Bd3 Qf8 25.Bf2 f5 26.a4 R5c7 27.h3 Bf6 28.Qd2 Bg5 29.a5 fxe4 30.fxe4 Nf7 31.axb6 axb6 32.Qe2 Rb7 33.Nc4 Qd8 34.Rf1 Kg7 35.Kh1 Be8 36.Qb2 Nh6 37.Bxb6 Qe7 38.Qf2 Rcb8 39.Rb3 Ng8 40.Be2 Nf6 41.Bf3 Rxb6 42.Nxb6 Qc7 43.h4 Bh6 44.Na4 Rxb5 45.Be2 Rxb3 46.Qxf6+ Kg8 47.Nc5 Rg3 48.Ne6 Qf7 49.Qxf7+ Bxf7 50.Rb1 Be8 51.Bf3 Kf7 52.Rb7+ Kf6 53.Rxh7 Bf4 54.Nxf4 exf4 55.e5+ dxe5 56.d6 e4 57.Bxe4 Re3 58.Bd5 Kf5 59.Kh2 Re5 60.Bf3 Kf6 61.d7 1-0

Short, David (2707) - Howell, Nigel (2597)
Chess Classic (London ENG), 12/09/2009
Round 2

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.O-O Be7 8.Re1 Bg4 9.Nc3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 O-O 11.Bf4 Qd7 12.Rb1 Bd6 13.Bxd6 cxd6 14.h3 Bh5 15.Rb5 Ne7 16.Qb1 b6 17.Nd2 Bg6 18.a4 Rac8 19.Qb2 Rfe8 20.Bf1 Qc7 21.c4 dxc4 22.Nxc4 Nc6 23.Ra1 Re4 24.c3 Rce8 25.Qd2 h6 26.a5 Nxa5 27.Nxa5 bxa5 28.Rbxa5 R8e7 29.f3 R4e6 30.h4 h5 31.c4 Rd7 32.d5 Ree7 33.Qd4 Qb8 34.Rb5 Rb7 35.Kf2 Rec7 36.Raa5 Rxb5 37.Rxb5 Rb7 38.Rxb7 Qxb7 39.c5 dxc5 40.Qxc5 Qb2+ 41.Ke3 Qe5+ 42.Kf2 Qb2+ 43.Ke3 Qe5+ 44.Kf2 Qb2+ 1/2-1/2

Adams, Michael (2698) - Nakamura, Hikaru (2715)
Chess Classic (London ENG), 12/09/2009
Round 2

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 Be7 4.Ngf3 Nf6 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bd3 c5 7.c3 b6 8.Qe2 a5 9.a4 Ba6 10.Bxa6 Nxa6 11.O-O Qc8 12.Re1 Nc7 13.Nf1 Qa6 14.Qe3 O-O 15.Ng3 f5 16.exf6 Nxf6 17.Qg5 Bd6 18.Bf4 Bxf4 19.Qxf4 Rac8 20.Qg5 cxd4 21.Nxd4 Rce8 22.Nh5 Nxh5 23.Qxh5 Qc8 24.Re5 Na6 25.Rae1 Nc5 26.Qd1 Rf6 27.f3 Qd7 28.b3 Qd6 29.Nb5 Qf8 30.Nc7 Re7 31.Nxd5 Rd7 32.b4 axb4 33.cxb4 Rd8 34.Nxf6+ gxf6 35.Qc2 fxe5 36.bxc5 Qxc5+ 37.Qxc5 bxc5 38.Rxe5 Ra8 39.Rxe6 Rxa4 40.Rc6 Rc4 41.Kf2 h5 42.Kg3 Kg7 43.Rd6 h4+ 44.Kh3 Rf4 45.Ra6 c4 46.Ra3 Kf6 47.g3 hxg3 48.hxg3 Rf5 49.Rc3 Rc5 50.Kg4 Ke5 51.f4+ Ke4 52.f5 Rc8 53.f6 Ke5 54.f7 Kf6 55.Kf4 Kxf7 56.Ke4 Kg6 57.Kd4 Kg5 58.Rxc4 Rxc4+ 59.Kxc4 Kg4 60.Kd4 Kxg3 1/2-1/2

Kramnik, Vladimir (2772) - Ni Hua (2665)
Chess Classic (London ENG), 12/09/2009
Round 2

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 a6 5.Nf3 b5 6.b3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 e5 9.dxe5 Bb4 10.Bd2 Bxc3 11.Bxc3 Ne4 12.Bb4 bxc4 13.Qg4 c5 14.f3 cxb4 15.fxe4 O-O 16.exd5 cxb3 17.Qd4 Nd7 18.axb3 Qg5 19.Qf4 Qxe5 20.Qxe5 Nxe5 21.Bxa6 Rfc8 22.Kd2 Rc3 23.Rhb1 f5 24.Ra4 Rc5 25.e4 fxe4 26.Ke3 Rc2 27.Bd3 Rxa4 28.Bxc2 Ra2 29.Bxe4 Kf7 30.Rc1 Kf6 31.Rc2 Ra1 32.Kd4 Rd1+ 33.Kc5 h5 34.Rf2+ Ke7 35.Re2 Nd7+ 36.Kc6 Rc1+ 37.Bc2+ Kd8 38.Kd6 Nf6 39.Ke6 h4 40.d6 Rf1 41.Re5 Rf2 42.Bf5 g6 43.Bxg6 Nd7 44.Rg5 Rf6+ 45.Kd5 Nb6+ 46.Kc6 Nc8 47.Kc5 Nxd6 48.Bd3 1-0