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Thursday, August 21, 2008

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

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