10th Tal Memorial 2016

Ranking Crosstable after Round 8 Rank SNo.   Name Rtg FED Pts SB 1 2 GM Nepomniachtchi Ian 2740 RUS 5½ 22.00 2 4 GM Giri Anish 2755 NED 5 17.50 3 3 GM Aronian Levon 2795 ARM 4½ 18.00 4 10 GM Kramnik Vladimir 2808 RUS 4½ 16.25 5 7 GM Anand Viswanathan 2776 IND 4½ 15.75 6 1 GM Svidler Peter 2745 RUS 4 16.00 7 6 GM Li Chao B 2746 CHN 4 14.25 8 5 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2761 AZE 3½ 11.75 9 9 GM Tomashevsky Evgeny 2731 RUS 3 11.25 10 8 GM Gelfand Boris 2743 ISR 1½ 5.75 Х международный турнир по шахматам "Мемориал Михаила Таля"
Tal Memorial 2016
Round 1 on 2016/09/26 at 15.00
SNo.		Name	Rtg	Res.		Name	Rtg	SNo.
1	GM	Svidler Peter	2745	½  -  ½	GM	Kramnik Vladimir	2808	10
2	GM	Nepomniachtchi Ian	2740	1  -  0	GM	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2731	9
3	GM	Aronian Levon	2795	½  -  ½	GM	Gelfand Boris	2743	8
4	GM	Giri Anish	2755	½  -  ½	GM	Anand Viswanathan	2776	7
5	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2761	½  -  ½	GM	Li Chao B	2746	6
Round 2 on 2016/09/27 at 15.00
SNo.		Name	Rtg	Res.		Name	Rtg	SNo.
10	GM	Kramnik Vladimir	2808	½  -  ½	GM	Li Chao B	2746	6
7	GM	Anand Viswanathan	2776	1  -  0	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2761	5
8	GM	Gelfand Boris	2743	0  -  1	GM	Giri Anish	2755	4
9	GM	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2731	½  -  ½	GM	Aronian Levon	2795	3
1	GM	Svidler Peter	2745	½  -  ½	GM	Nepomniachtchi Ian	2740	2
Round 3 on 2016/09/29 at 15.00
SNo.		Name	Rtg	Res.		Name	Rtg	SNo.
2	GM	Nepomniachtchi Ian	2740	1  -  0	GM	Kramnik Vladimir	2808	10
3	GM	Aronian Levon	2795	½  -  ½	GM	Svidler Peter	2745	1
4	GM	Giri Anish	2755	1  -  0	GM	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2731	9
5	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2761	1  -  0	GM	Gelfand Boris	2743	8
6	GM	Li Chao B	2746	½  -  ½	GM	Anand Viswanathan	2776	7
Round 4 on 2016/09/30 at 15.00
SNo.		Name	Rtg	Res.		Name	Rtg	SNo.
10	GM	Kramnik Vladimir	2808	1  -  0	GM	Anand Viswanathan	2776	7
8	GM	Gelfand Boris	2743	0  -  1	GM	Li Chao B	2746	6
9	GM	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2731	½  -  ½	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2761	5
1	GM	Svidler Peter	2745	0  -  1	GM	Giri Anish	2755	4
2	GM	Nepomniachtchi Ian	2740	½  -  ½	GM	Aronian Levon	2795	3
Round 5 on 2016/10/01 at 15.00
SNo.		Name	Rtg	Res.		Name	Rtg	SNo.
3	GM	Aronian Levon	2795	½  -  ½	GM	Kramnik Vladimir	2808	10
4	GM	Giri Anish	2755	½  -  ½	GM	Nepomniachtchi Ian	2740	2
5	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2761	½  -  ½	GM	Svidler Peter	2745	1
6	GM	Li Chao B	2746	½  -  ½	GM	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2731	9
7	GM	Anand Viswanathan	2776	1  -  0	GM	Gelfand Boris	2743	8
Round 6 on 2016/10/02 at 15.00
SNo.		Name	Rtg	Res.		Name	Rtg	SNo.
10	GM	Kramnik Vladimir	2808	1  -  0	GM	Gelfand Boris	2743	8
9	GM	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2731	½  -  ½	GM	Anand Viswanathan	2776	7
1	GM	Svidler Peter	2745	1  -  0	GM	Li Chao B	2746	6
2	GM	Nepomniachtchi Ian	2740	1  -  0	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2761	5
3	GM	Aronian Levon	2795	1  -  0	GM	Giri Anish	2755	4
Round 7 on 2016/10/04 at 15.00
SNo.		Name	Rtg	Res.		Name	Rtg	SNo.
4	GM	Giri Anish	2755	½  -  ½	GM	Kramnik Vladimir	2808	10
5	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2761	½  -  ½	GM	Aronian Levon	2795	3
6	GM	Li Chao B	2746	½  -  ½	GM	Nepomniachtchi Ian	2740	2
7	GM	Anand Viswanathan	2776	½  -  ½	GM	Svidler Peter	2745	1
8	GM	Gelfand Boris	2743	½  -  ½	GM	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2731	9
Round 8 on 2016/10/05 at 15.00
SNo.		Name	Rtg	Res.		Name	Rtg	SNo.
10	GM	Kramnik Vladimir	2808	½  -  ½	GM	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2731	9
1	GM	Svidler Peter	2745	½  -  ½	GM	Gelfand Boris	2743	8
2	GM	Nepomniachtchi Ian	2740	½  -  ½	GM	Anand Viswanathan	2776	7
3	GM	Aronian Levon	2795	½  -  ½	GM	Li Chao B	2746	6
4	GM	Giri Anish	2755	½  -  ½	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2761	5
Round 9 on 2016/10/06 at 13.00
SNo.		Name	Rtg	Res.		Name	Rtg	SNo.
5	GM	Mamedyarov Shakhriyar	2761	-	GM	Kramnik Vladimir	2808	10
6	GM	Li Chao B	2746	-	GM	Giri Anish	2755	4
7	GM	Anand Viswanathan	2776	-	GM	Aronian Levon	2795	3
8	GM	Gelfand Boris	2743	-	GM	Nepomniachtchi Ian	2740	2
9	GM	Tomashevsky Evgeny	2731	-	GM	Svidler Peter	2745	1

[Event "10th Tal Memorial 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.04"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Be7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
c6 9. Bf4 b6 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Nc6 Nh5 14. Bc1 Nb8 15.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Qd2 Nc6 17. b3 Rfd8 18. Ba3 Qd7 19. Nc3 Nf6 20. Bb2 h6 21. Rac1
Qe7 22. Rc2 Qe8 23. Qe1 Rd7 24. Qd2 Rdd8 25. Qe1 Rd7 26. Qd2 Rdd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "10th Tal Mem 2016"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2016.10.04"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Qc2
c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Be2 Bg4 14. O-O
Rac8 15. Rad1 Rfd8 16. Nd4 Ne6 17. Qd3 Nxd4 18. Bxg4 Ne6 19. Qb3 Rc4 20. Bf3 Rb4
21. Qa3 d4 22. Rd3 a5 23. Qxa5 Rxb2 24. Qe5 Qb4 25. exd4 Rxd4 26. a3 Qc4 27.
Rdd1 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Qb3 29. Qb8+ Kh7 30. Qd6 Qc2 31. Qd3+ Qxd3 32. Rxd3 Nc5 33.
Rd1 g5 34. h4 b6 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Rd6 Kg7 37. g3 f5 38. g4 f4 39. Bc6 Rb1+ 40.
Kg2 Rb3 41. Rd5 Kh6 42. Rd6+ Kg7 43. Rd5 Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Round "7.3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bf5 12. Be2 Bf6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Nd4
Ne6 15. Nxf5 Qxf5 16. O-O Qe5 17. Qd2 d4 18. Bc4 dxe3 19. Qxe3 Qxe3 20. fxe3
Rae8 21. Rad1 Re7 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Rd8+ Re8 25. Rxe8+ Kxe8 26.
Kf2 Ke7 27. Kf3 e5 28. Kg4 Kf6 29. e4 g6 30. b4 b5 31. Kh4 Kg7 32. Kg5 h6+ 33.
Kg4 Kf6 34. h3 Kf7 35. h4 Ke6 36. h5 g5 37. Kf3 Kf7 38. Kg4 Ke6 39. Kf3 Kf7 40.
Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Round "7.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Be6 11. Nbd2 Bxb3 12. Nxb3 Re8 13. h3 h6 14. Nh4 Bf8 15. Nf5
Ne7 16. Ne3 Qd7 17. Ng4 Nh7 18. d4 exd4 19. Nxd4 c5 20. Ne2 h5 21. Ne3 Nf6 22.
Ng3 h4 23. Nh5 Nxh5 24. Qxh5 Qe6 25. Qxh4 Ng6 26. Qg4 Qxe4 27. Qxe4 Rxe4 28. Rd1
Rae8 29. Kf1 Be7 30. g3 Ne5 31. Nf5 Rc4 32. c3 bxc3 33. bxc3 Rxc3 34. Nxd6 Bxd6
35. Rxd6 Nc4 36. Rxa6 Rc2 37. Rc6 Ree2 38. Be3 Nxe3+ 39. fxe3 Rh2 40. Kg1 Rcg2+
41. Kf1 Rxg3 42. a6 Rxe3 43. Kg1 Rexh3 44. Ra4 Rh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Round "7.5"]
[White "Li, Chao b"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Na4 Bf5 7. Nh4 Bd7 8. e4
e5 9. Nf3 exd4 10. exd5 O-O 11. Be2 d3 12. Qxd3 Bxa4 13. O-O c6 14. Qe4 Qe8 15.
Qxa4 Qxe2 16. Qb3 Na6 17. Be3 Qxb2 18. Qxb2 Bxb2 19. Rab1 Ba3 20. Rxb7 cxd5 21.
Rd1 Nc5 22. Rc7 Ne6 23. Rd7 Rfc8 24. h4 Bc5 25. Bxc5 Nxc5 26. R7xd5 Kg7 27. g4
Rab8 28. g5 h6 29. gxh6+ Kxh6 30. Ng5 Kg7 31. Rc1 Ne6 32. Nxe6+ fxe6 33. Rd7+
Kf6 34. Rxc8 Rxc8 35. Rxa7 Rc4 36. a4 Rxh4 37. a5 Ra4 38. a6 e5 39. Ra8 e4 40.
a7 Kg7 41. Kf1 Ra2 42. Ke1 Kh7 43. Kd1 Kg7 44. Kc1 Kh7 45. Kb1 Ra6 46. Kb2 Kg7
47. Kc3 Ra4 48. Kb3 Ra1 49. Kc4 Kh7 50. Kd5 Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Round "8.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Li, Chao b"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nxd5 Be4 8.
Nc3 Bxf3 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. gxf3 Qxd4 11. e3 Qf6 12. Nd5 Qd6 13. Qb3 Nge7 14. Nxe7
Nxe7 15. Rd1 Qf6 16. Qa4+ Nc6 17. Qe4+ Kf8 18. Bb5 Re8 19. Qc2 Qxf3 20. Qc5+ Kg8
21. Rg1 Qf6 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Rd2 g6 24. Rg4 Kg7 25. Rc4 Rd8 26. Rf4 Qe6 27.
Rfd4 Rb8 28. Rd7 Qf6 29. b3 Rb7 30. Qe7 a5 31. R2d4 Rf8 32. Ke2 Qxe7 33. Rxe7
Kf6 34. Ree4 Ra8 35. Rf4+ Ke7 36. Rfe4+ Kf6 37. Rf4+ Ke7 38. Rde4+ Kf8 39. Re6
g5 40. Rf3 g4 41. Rf4 Rb4 42. Ref6 Rxf4 43. Rxf4 h5 44. Rf5 a4 45. Rxh5 Ke7 46.
b4 a3 47. Kd3 Rd8+ 48. Kc2 Ke6 49. Rc5 Rh8 50. Rxc6+ Ke5 51. Rxc7 Rxh2 52. Rxf7
g3 53. Kb3 Rxf2 54. Rg7 g2 55. Kxa3 Ke4 56. Rg3 Re2 57. Ka4 Rxa2+ 58. Kb5 Kd3
59. Kc6 Rc2+ 60. Kb6 Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Round "8.2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Bc5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Nc3 d6 6. e3 Bb4 7. d4 e4 8. Nd2
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nf6 10. f3 exf3 11. Qxf3 O-O 12. h3 Qa5 13. Bb2 Qf5 14. Ba3 Re8 15.
Qxf5 Bxf5 16. Kf2 Rd8 17. Kf3 c5 18. g4 Bg6 19. Bg2 h6 20. Kf4 Nc6 21. Bxc6 bxc6
22. e4 Nd7 23. Nb3 Re8 24. Rhe1 Re6 25. Re3 Rae8 26. Rae1 Rf6+ 27. Kg3 Rfe6 28.
Kf4 Rf6+ 29. Kg3 Rfe6 1/2-1/2

[Round "8.3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 e5 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 Bc5 10. Nd2 Qe7 11. a4 a5 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Nc4 Qe6 14. Kg2 Nb6 15.
Ne3 Rfd8 16. b3 Nc8 17. Bb2 Bd4 18. Rad1 Nd6 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Rxd4 Ndxe4 21.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Nc4 b5 23. axb5 cxb5 24. Nxa5 Rd2 25. Qxb5 h6 26. Nc4 Rxc2 27.
Qb8+ Kh7 28. Qe5 Qxe5 29. Nxe5 Rb2 30. Bd1 Nd5 31. Nc4 Ra2 32. Bf3 Ndc3 33. h4
g5 34. h5 Kg7 35. b4 Ra4 36. Bxe4 Nxe4 37. Rb1 Nc3 38. Rc1 Ne2 39. Rc2 Nd4 40.
Rd2 Nc6 41. Ne3 Rxb4 42. Nf5+ Kh7 43. Rd6 Ne5 44. Rxh6+ Kg8 45. Ra6 Ng4 46. Ra8+
Kh7 47. Ra7 Nh6 48. Nd6 Kg7 49. Kf3 g4+ 50. Kg2 Rb6 51. Ne8+ Kh7 52. Ra5 Re6 53.
Nc7 Rf6 54. Kf1 Rf5 55. Rd5 Rf6 56. Rd7 Rf5 57. Nd5 Kg7 58. Nf4 Re5 59. Rd5 Re4
60. Ng2 Kf6 61. Ne3 Ra4 62. Ke2 Ra3 63. Rc5 Rb3 64. Nd5+ Kg7 65. Nc3 Rb6 66.
Rg5+ Kf8 67. Re5 Kg7 68. Ke3 Rb3 69. Rc5 Rb2 70. Rg5+ Kf8 71. Rb5 Rc2 72. Ne4
Kg7 73. Rg5+ Kf8 74. Nf6 Rc3+ 75. Ke4 Rc4+ 76. Kd3 Ra4 77. Nh7+ Ke7 78. Re5+ Kd6
79. Rb5 Kc6 80. Rb8 Ra2 81. Ke3 Ra5 82. Nf6 Rf5 83. Ne4 Rxh5 84. Rd8 Kc7 85. Re8
Rf5 86. Rh8 Rf3+ 87. Kd4 Nf5+ 88. Ke5 Ne7 89. Rh7 Ng6+ 90. Kd4 Kd8 91. Ng5 Rxf2
92. Nxf7+ Ke8 93. Ng5 Rf5 94. Ne6 Rf7 95. Rh6 Ne7 96. Rh8+ Kd7 97. Nc5+ Kc7 98.
Ra8 Nc6+ 99. Kc4 Rf1 100. Ne4 Rd1 101. Re8 Re1 102. Kd5 Rd1+ 103. Ke6 Rd8 104.
Rxd8 Kxd8 105. Nc3 Nd4+ 106. Ke5 Nf3+ 107. Kf4 Nh2 108. Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Round "8.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8. h3
d5 9. d3 c4 10. dxc4 dxe4 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Rxe4 Nf5 13. Re1 c5 14. Nbd2 Bb7 15.
Ne4 Rac8 16. Ng3 Nd6 17. Rxe7 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nxc4 19. Bg5 Nxb2 20. Rxa7 Ra8 21.
Rb7 Rd1+ 22. Rxd1 Nxd1 23. Ne4 Nxc3 24. Nxc5 h6 25. Be3 Rxa2 26. Rb8+ Kh7 27.
Rb7 Kg8 28. Rb8+ Kh7 29. Rb7 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Round "8.5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. Nbd2
a6 9. Nf1 Na5 10. b4 Nxc4 11. bxc5 Na5 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. a4 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15.
Rb1 Qc7 16. Bd2 Re8 17. h3 Nb7 18. Nh4 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Rxb5 Nxc3 21. Bxc3
Qxc3 22. Nf3 Ra5 23. Rxa5 Qxa5 24. Qd2 Qb5 25. Qc3 f6 26. d4 exd4 27. Nxd4 Qd7
28. Rxe8+ Qxe8 29. Ne3 Nd6 30. Qc5 Qe5 31. Qxe5 fxe5 32. Nc6 e4 33. Kh2 Kf7 34.
Kg3 g5 35. h4 Nf5+ 36. Nxf5 Bxf5 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Ne5+ Kf6 39. Nc4 Be6 40. Ne3 1/2-1/2