Nakamura leads London Classic after defeating Howell in Round 5

Hikaru Nakamura defeated a dispirited David Howell in Round 5 of the London Chess Classic to take a clear lead on 10 points. Levon Aronian had a big position against Magnus Carlsen's original opening setup but a number of inaccuracies led to a draw. Both players agreed there were too many errors on the day. Vladimir Kramnik had to work hard initially against Michael Adams rare black setup but once things turned his way Adams lost fairly quickly. Nigel Short and Viswanathan Anand played an interesting offbeat Sicilian which was balanced for some time before Short's 34.Na6? wrecked his position. This is Anand's first win since beating Vallejo in the final round of Bilbao.