Tal Memorial 04

Tal Memorial in Moscow

The Tal Memorial is taking place from August 17th to 31st 2008 in the Exhibition Hall of GUM mall, located directly on the Red Square. The players are former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik, Alexander Morozevich, Vassily Ivanchuk, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov , Alexei Shirov , Peter Leko , Gata Kamsky , Boris Gelfand, Ruslan Ponomariov , and Evgeny Alekseev (26th).

Time controls are two hours for the first 40 moves, one hour for the next 20 moves and 15 minutes for the rest of the game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move after move 61. There is a blitz tournament on August 29th-30th, with a qualifier two days earlier. Magnus Carlsen and Antoly Karpov are seeded invitees.

Round 1: Monday, August 18, 2008 Vladimir Kramnik 1-0 Alexei Shirov Peter Leko ½-½ Shak. Mamedyarov Alex. Morozevich 1-0 Evgeny Alekseev Ruslan Ponomariov ½-½ Boris Gelfand Vassily Ivanchuk 1-0 Gata Kamsky	Round 2: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 Alexei Shirov 0-1 Gata Kamsky Boris Gelfand ½-½ Vassily Ivanchuk Evgeny Alekseev ½-½ Ruslan Ponomariov Shak. Mamedyarov ½-½ Alex. Morozevich Vladimir Kramnik ½-½ Peter Leko
Round 3: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 Peter Leko 1-0 Alexei Shirov Alex. Morozevich 1-0 Vladimir Kramnik Ruslan Ponomariov ½-½ Shak. Mamedyarov Vassily Ivanchuk ½-½ Evgeny Alekseev Gata Kamsky ½-½ Boris Gelfand	Round 4: Thursday, August 21, 2008 Alexei Shirov ½-½ Boris Gelfand Evgeny Alekseev ½-½ Gata Kamsky Shak. Mamedyarov ½-½ Vassily Ivanchuk Vladimir Kramnik ½-½ Ruslan Ponomariov Peter Leko ½-½ Alex. Morozevich