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Tal Memorial R2: Kamsky beats Shirov

19 August 2008, 23.59 CET | Last modified: 0:01 | By Peter Doggers  | Filed under: Reports | Tags:

Perhaps the chess fans were treated a bit too much candy yesterday. In the second round of the Tal Memorial, the players were taking things more slowly, and besides four quiet draws, only one player won: Gata Kamsky beat Alexei Shirov.

The Tal Memorial takes place 17-31 August at the GUM Exhibition Hall, located close to the Red Square, in Moscow, Russia.

Results round 2, August 19, 2008
Shirov – Kamsky 0-1
Gelfand – Ivanchuk ?Ǭ?-?Ǭ?
Alekseev – Ponomariov ?Ǭ?-?Ǭ?
Mamedyarov – Morozevich ?Ǭ?-?Ǭ?
Kramnik – Leko ?Ǭ?-?Ǭ?

Tal Memorial Round 2 Standings

        1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0    
1 Ivanchuk,V 2781 +131 *         ½   1     1.5/2 1.50
2 Morozevich,A 2788 +127   *   ½         1   1.5/2 1.00
3 Kramnik,V 2788 +143     *   ½         1 1.5/2 0.50
4 Mamedyarov,S 2742 +22   ½   * ½           1.0/2 1.25
5 Leko,P 2741 +24     ½ ½ *           1.0/2 1.25
6 Gelfand,B 2720 +29 ½         * ½       1.0/2 1.25
7 Ponomariov,R 2718 -4           ½ *   ½   1.0/2 0.75
8 Kamsky,G 2723 +38 0             *   1 1.0/2 0.00
9 Alekseev,Evgeny 2708 -145   0         ½   *   0.5/2  
10 Shirov,A 2741 -785     0         0   * 0.0/2  

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Pairings round 3, August 20, 2008
Leko – Shirov
Morozevich – Kramnik
Ponomariov – Mamedyarov
Ivanchuk – Alekseev
Kamsky – Gelfand

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8 Responses to “Tal Memorial R2: Kamsky beats Shirov”

  1. Ines on August 20th, 2008 1:38 am

    Oh come on Rusik, no more short draws! I want my Ponomariov back (or else my money!)

  2. Lajos Arpad on August 20th, 2008 2:00 am

    L?ɬ©k?ɬ? won in Dortmund 2008. I would like if he could repeat his success here.

  3. Ron on August 20th, 2008 12:03 pm

    Kramnik-Leko was certainly not a “quiet draw”!!

  4. Euwe on August 20th, 2008 1:38 pm

    It’s amazing that Ivanchuk had an equal game after 17.Bxd4: it looks like a classical example of a strong bishop against a misplaces knight. But looks deceive, apparently.

  5. semipatz on August 20th, 2008 6:21 pm

    Incredible breaking news! Kramnik just got WIPED OFF THE BOARD!!!

  6. columbo on August 20th, 2008 8:05 pm

    hi Lajos !

    Leko won today … i agree with you, he deserves better, specially now that he is taking risks again …

    Moro seems to like the smell of the crown too …

  7. Bootvis on August 20th, 2008 8:41 pm

    What happened in Leko – Shirov?

    Is 16 .. Rxb6 ever going to win?

  8. Lajos Arpad on August 21st, 2008 1:31 pm

    Hello, Columbo.
    Moro is in form again. I think we can expect a great fight today, because L?ɬ©k?ɬ? wants to win this game with white and Moro is always playing for a win.

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