Magnus Carlsen wins the London Chess Classic!

Carlsen won the tournament with a +5 score and a 2994 Performance

Magnus Carlsen won the London Chess Classic with a 18 points from 8 rounds (6.5/8).  Carlsen is currently the highest rated player ever at 2861.4.  Vladimir Kramnik, who came in clear 2nd, became the World #2 in this tournament.

Round 8 Results:

Anand - Nakamura 1/2 (GOTD)

McShane - Polgar 0-1 (Polgar's first win of the LCC)

Aronian - Adams 1/2

Kramnik - Jones 1-0

Bye - Carlsen, analyzing with IM Lawrence Trent and GM Nigel Short

Round 9 Results:

Polgar - Aronian 1/2

Adams - Kramnik 1/2

Nakamura - McShane 1-0 (GOTD)

Carlsen - Anand 1/2

Final standings after 9 rounds (remember that each player played 8 games and had 1 bye):
3-1-0 Scoring:
1. Magnus Carlsen 18
2. Vladimir Kramnik 16
3-4. Mickey Adams, Hikaru Nakamura 13
5. Anand 9
6. Aronian 8
7. Judit Polgar 6
8. Luke McShane 5
9. Gawain Jones 3

Traditional Scoring:
1. Carlsen 6.5/8 (+5)
2. Kramnik 6.0 (+4)
3-4. Nakamura, Adams 5.0 (+2)
5. Anand 4.0 (=)
6. Aronian 3.5 (-1)
7. Polgar 2.5 (-3)
8. McShane 2.0 (-4)
9. Jones 1.5 (-5)

Final Performance Ratings:
1. Magnus Carlsen 2994
2. Vladimir Kramnik 2937
3. Mickey Adams 2845
4. Hikaru Nakamura 2839
5. Vishy Anand 2749
6. Levon Aronian 2701
7. Judit Polgar 2621
8. Luke McShane 2566
9. Gawain Jones 2511

Live FIDE Ratings:
World #1 Magnus Carlsen 2861.4
World #2 Vladimir Kramnik 2809.7
World #3 Levon Aronian 2802.2
World #7 Vishy Anand 2772.1
World #9 Hikaru Nakamura 2768.9
World #25 Mickey Adams 2722.7
Luke McShane ~2696.9
Judit Polgar ~2696
Gawain Jones ~2632

The London Chess Classic was a great tournament, and incredibly strong.  It is not often where you see the current World Champion at an even score and the (pre-tournament) World #2 at a minus score.  Congratulations to Magnus Carlsen, who won the event at an incredible +5, establishing him as the highest rated player in history, passing none other that Garry Kasparov.