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Live Games from the Tal Memorial, Moscow
5th - 18th
Nov
Participants:
Anand, Viswanathan g IND 2788; Aronian, Levon g
ARM 2786; Carlsen, Magnus g NOR 2801; Kramnik,
Vladimir g RUS 2772; Leko, Peter g HUN 2752; Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2758; Ivanchuk, Vassily g
UKR 2739; Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2750;
Svidler, Peter g RUS 2754; Ponomariov, Ruslan g
UKR 2739 (ave: 2764, category 21).
Games start 15:00 Moscow time (GMT+3); 12:00 UK
on 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th &
14th Nov. The World Blitz Championship will take
place immediately after this event on 16th, 17th
& 18th Nov.
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Official site
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Games in PGN
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Vladimir Kramnik
has won the Tal Memorial in Moscow. In the
final round he successfully defended a strong
kingside attack by Ivanchuk; the game ending in
a 29 move draw. Anand was beaten easily by Aronian, Ponomariov beat Morozevich and Svidler
and Gelfand drew. In the last game to finish
Magnus Carlsen beat Peter Leko with black and
will now be the world’s number one in the live
ratings ahead of Veselin Topalov.
Final standings: 1st Kramnik
RUS 2772 6/9; 2nd= Ivanchuk UKR 2739, Carlsen
NOR 2801 5½/9; 4th= Aronian ARM 2786, Anand IND
2788 5/9; 6th Gelfand ISR 2758 4½/9; 7th
Ponomariov UKR 2739 4/9; 8th Svidler RUS 2754
3½/9; 9th= Leko HUN 2752, GM Alexander
Morozevich RUS 2750 3/9.
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Final Table
(courtesy of
Chessbase)
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Kramnik- Winner 2009 |
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The playing area, with projection screens displaying the
positions on the boards
The winner, Vladimir Kramnik, during his final round
game against
Vassily Ivanchuk, with Boris Gelfand and Magnus
Carlsen in the background
Vassily Ivanchuk playing without a mask in round nine
(Levon Aronian in the background)
Magnus Carlsen, who finished the event as
(unofficial) number one in the world
Peter Leko, who lost to Carlsen in the final round
and had a terrible minus three tournament
World Champion Vishy Anand suffered a surprise defeat
in round nine at the hands of...
Armenian GM Levon Aronian, who won the game in 25
moves, with the black pieces
Alexander Morozevich (with Peter Svidler and Magnus
Carlsen in the background)
Former FIDE world champion Ruslan Ponomariov scored
his only win in the final round
Boris Gelfand playing Peter Svidler with black (in
the background Carlsen vs Leko)
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All photos above are by;
WGM Yana Melnikova,
Russia who is:
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a graduate of the N. Bauman
Moscow State Technical University,
management faculty;
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an organizers of chess
events for the Moscow Chess Federation;
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a member of German chess
club Bad Konigshofen;
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a Woman Grandmaster since
2005.
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Venue for the second half of the event and the
Blitz World Championship: GUM, Main (former State)
Department Store, Moscow.
The first four
games take place in the National Hotel (Mokhovaya
Street D15).
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Situated on a traditional
market site on the northeast side of Red Square
in Moscow, the building originally known as the
Upper Trading Arcade was designed by A.N.
Pomerantsev and built in 1889–93 in a
pseudo-Russian style over a hidden metal
skeleton. In its original form it housed more
than 1,000 shops.
Reconstructed in 1953, the
structure has three levels and now houses about
150 shops. The store, which functions more like
a Western-style shopping centre than a
department store, offers food, clothing, home
appliances, watches and cameras, and many other
goods. In addition to offering a full line of
products, GUM became a tourist attraction for
its remarkable size and ornate interior.
source:
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