Archive for Tal Memorial
Thursday, July 05, 2012 8:43
Magnus and McShane, 60 Tomashevsky Seconds, Fix Yasser Seirawan's Wiki. Or, in other words: The Full English Breakfast #23 is out!
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Monday, June 18, 2012 18:38
Magnus Carlsen won yet another top tournament. On Monday he defeated Luke McShane with Black, and because Fabiano Caruana lost to Levon Aronian the Norwegian finished clear first at the Tal Memorial with 5.5/9. Caruana came second as he edged out Teimour Radjabov on the tie-break rule of higher number of black games.
Numbers 3, 1, 2 L-R: Radjabov...
Sunday, June 17, 2012 20:10
With one round to go, Fabiano Caruana is half a point ahead of the field at the Tal Memorial in Moscow. On Sunday the Italian beat Vladimir Kramnik. Luke McShane won again; the Englishman inflicted the third consecutive loss upon Alexander Morozevich. Alexander Grischuk won against Hikaru Nakamura.
Fabiano Caruana, close to achieving his career's...
Saturday, June 16, 2012 22:31
With two rounds to go, anything can happen at the Tal Memorial in Moscow as co-leaders Alexander Morozevich and Vladimir Kramnik both lost on Saturday. Morozevich was defeated by Evgeny Tomashevsky, while Kramnik went down againt Luke McShane in a game that lasted almost seven hours.
At move 94 Kramnik resigns to McShane, after 6 hours and 53...
Thursday, June 14, 2012 20:21
Tournament leader Alexander Morozevich took risks, and eventually went down againt Hikaru Nakamura, on Thursday at the Tal Memorial in Moscow. The Russian now shares the lead with Vladimir Kramnik, who won the longest game of the round against Evgeny Tomashevsky. The top encounter Carlsen-Aronian ended in a draw, just like Grischuk-Radjabov, while...
Wednesday, June 13, 2012 19:04
After the 5th round Alexander Morozevich has a full point lead over his closest rivalst at the Tal Memorial in Moscow. On Wednesday the Russian grandmaster defeated Levon Aronian with the Black pieces, while co-leader Teimour Radjabov lost with white against Magnus Carlsen.
Alexander Morozevich in firm lead in Moscow | Images by Eteri Kublashvil...
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 18:19
In the only decisive game of the round, Fabiano Caruana beat Evgeny Tomashevsky on Tuesday to get back to a 50% score at the Tal Memorial in Moscow. The two leaders, Alexander Morozevich and Teimour Radjabov, drew their game and so did all the others. The most exciting encounter was the one between Magnus Carlsen and Alexander Grischuk, where "...
Sunday, June 10, 2012 19:03
In a wild game Alexander Morozevich defeated Alexander Grischuk on Sunday to join Teimour Radjabov, who drew with Vladimir Kramnik, in first place at the Tal Memorial in Moscow. Tail-ender Luke McShane managed to beat world number 2 Levon Aronian with the black pieces, sacrificing an exchange in the opening and avoiding a repetition of moves a few...
Saturday, June 09, 2012 23:25
Teimour Radjabov is leading the Tal Memorial in Moscow after two rounds. The Azerbaijani is the only player who started with two wins – today he inflicted the second loss upon Luke McShane. Vladimir Kramnik showed good preparation in a convincing win against Alexander Grischuk.
The second round in progress | Images by Eteri Kublashvil &...
Friday, June 08, 2012 19:21
The first round of the Tal Memorial in Moscow saw no less than four decisive results. The first winner of the day was Teimour Radjabov, who profited from his opponent Evgeny Tomashevsky dropping a full piece in the middlegame. Levon Aronian defeated Hikaru Nakamura, who, in a good position, missed a tricky bishop move.
The playing hall in the...
