I was watching the London Classic games on ICC. It seemed that Carlsen was headed for his third straight win, up an exchange, a pawn, and a half hour on time against the lowest seed David Howell, however instead of trading rooks and going into a rook vs. a strong knight endgame, Carlsen kept the material on the board and ended up losing two pawns in the complications. A draw then became inevitable.
Carlsen still leads the event, both by conventional scoring (2.5/3) and by the Bilbao scoring (7), but Kramnik won his second game in a row and is now close behind (2.0/3) and 6.
Luke McShane is in last place from conventional scoring (1.0 with 1 Tie-break point), but is actually in 3rd place in Bilbao scoring with 3 Points where the first-tie breaker is # of wins. Since McShane is the only player aside from Kramnik and Carlsen with a win, he's currently in 3rd place!
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