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The Alekhine Memorial is taking place from April 20th to May 1st 2013. The first part of the event takes place in Paris, France, (April 21-26, rounds one to five), the second in Saint Petersburg, Russia, (April, 26-May 1, rounds six to nine). The super tournament is dedicated to a great Russian chess player Alexander Alexandrovich Alekhine, a citizen of Russia and France, and is held at the initiative and with the support of Russian businessmen Gennady Timchenko and Andrey Filatov. Ten grandmasters from seven countries are playing in the Memorial starts with with five rounds in the Louvre Museum in Paris and ends with four rounds in Saint Michael’s Castle in Saint-Petersburg.
The players took a charter flight from Paris to Saint Petersburg where, after two rest days, they continue their fight at the Alekhine Memorial. The Russians held their own inauguration ceremony for their part of the tournament:
Glinka, Balakirev, Tchaikovsky are just some of the famous composers from Saint Petersbug
FIDE president Kirsan Ilyuzhimov flew in for the concerto and to give Kramnik opening advice...
...While Anand and his wife Aruna keep an eye on them
The players went for a positional and somewhat passive approach today and most of the games were nothing too exciting. Hopefully the fire that they had in Paris will be rekindled soon.
Round 06 – April 28 2013, 14:00h | ||||
Laurent Fressinet | 2706 |
½-½
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Nikita Vitiugov | 2712 |
Levon Aronian | 2809 |
½-½
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Michael Adams | 2727 |
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2722 |
½-½
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Boris Gelfand | 2739 |
Ding Liren | 2707 |
½-½
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Peter Svidler | 2747 |
Vladimir Kramnik | 2801 |
½-½
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Viswanathan Anand | 2783 |
Fressinet, Laurent - Vitiugov, Nikita 1/2-1/2
A symmetrical variation in the English left White with perhaps a little less than nothing. After simplifying into a rook ending the game was drawn without anything actually happening but mass simplification.
Levon, Aronian - Adams, Michael 1/2-1/2
Definitely the highlight of the day. Aronian sacrificed a piece for very murky compensation that was granted by Black's exposed king. However this was certainly not enough, and the attack was slowly repelled. In time trouble, Adams is one move away from sealing the game, but he makes a crucial mistake and out of nowhere White's remaining pieces coordinated and start threatening the Black king. Adams simplified into a rook endgame but it wasn't sufficient to win.
Aronian has just played his last hope, while Vachier and Gelfand take a quick glance after drawing their game
Vachier Lagrave, Maxime - Gelfand, Boris 1/2-1/2
A symmetrical game ended in a completely locked pawn structure with no winning chances. Maybe White had a slight pull out of the opening, but Gelfand was never in any danger.
Ding Liren - Svidler, Peter 1/2-1/2
A bizarre game that had many unusual looking moves (6...h5, 8.Rb1!?) surprisingly also ended in a locked up position in which White had a symbolic advantage with his control of the b-file but that clearly was going nowhere, so the players agreed to a draw.
Kramnik-Anand 1/2-1/2
Kramnik at some point was able to win a queen for a rook, bishop and pawn. However Black's position remained extremely solid, and by move 25 it was clear that Kramnik would most likely never break through. This was exactly what happened, and only eight moves later the Russian gave up a piece to force a perpetual.
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You can watch live video of the games, with GM commentary in English, in the above player. Video streams of past rounds can be reviewed on this page. Information and videos provided by Mark Gluhovsky, press attaché of the Alekhine Memorial
Round 01 – April 21 2013, 14:00h | ||||
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2706 |
½-½
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Laurent Fressinet | 2709 |
Ding Liren | 2707 |
1-0
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Levon Aronian | 2809 |
Vladimir Kramnik | 2801 |
1-0
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Nikita Vitiugov | 2712 |
Viswanathan Anand | 2783 |
0-1
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Michael Adams | 2727 |
Peter Svidler | 2747 |
½-½
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Boris Gelfand | 2739 |
Round 02 – April 22 2013, 14:00h | ||||
Laurent Fressinet | 2706 |
½-½
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Boris Gelfand | 2739 |
Michael Adams | 2727 |
1-0
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Peter Svidler | 2747 |
Nikita Vitiugov | 2712 |
½-½
|
Viswanathan Anand | 2783 |
Levon Aronian | 2809 |
1-0
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Vladimir Kramnik | 2801 |
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2722 |
1-0
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Ding Liren | 2707 |
Round 03 – April 23 2013, 14:00h | ||||
Ding Liren | 2707 |
½-½
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Laurent Fressinet | 2706 |
Vladimir Kramnik | 2801 |
½-½
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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2722 |
Viswanathan Anand | 2783 |
½-½
|
Levon Aronian | 2809 |
Peter Svidler | 2747 |
½-½
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Nikita Vitiugov | 2712 |
Boris Gelfand | 2739 |
1-0
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Michael Adams | 2727 |
Round 04 – April 24 2013, 14:00h | ||||
Laurent Fressinet | 2706 |
½-½
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Michael Adams | 2727 |
Nikita Vitiugov | 2712 |
½-½
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Boris Gelfand | 2739 |
Levon Aronian | 2809 |
1-0
|
Peter Svidler | 2747 |
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2722 |
½-½
|
Viswanathan Anand | 2783 |
Ding Liren | 2707 |
½-½
|
Vladimir Kramnik | 2801 |
Round 05 – April 25 2013, 14:00h | ||||
Vladimir Kramnik | 2801 |
0-1
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Laurent Fressinet | 2706 |
Viswanathan Anand | 2783 |
1-0
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Ding Liren | 2707 |
Peter Svidler | 2747 |
0-1
|
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2722 |
Boris Gelfand | 2739 |
½-½
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Levon Aronian | 2809 |
Michael Adams | 2727 |
½-½
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Nikita Vitiugov | 2712 |
Round 06 – April 28 2013, 14:00h | ||||
Laurent Fressinet | 2706 |
½-½
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Nikita Vitiugov | 2712 |
Levon Aronian | 2809 |
½-½
|
Michael Adams | 2727 |
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2722 |
½-½
|
Boris Gelfand | 2739 |
Ding Liren | 2707 |
½-½
|
Peter Svidler | 2747 |
Vladimir Kramnik | 2801 |
½-½
|
Viswanathan Anand | 2783 |
Round 07 – April 29 2013, 14:00h | ||||
Viswanathan Anand | 2783 |
-
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Laurent Fressinet | 2706 |
Peter Svidler | 2747 |
-
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Vladimir Kramnik | 2801 |
Boris Gelfand | 2739 |
-
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Ding Liren | 2707 |
Michael Adams | 2727 |
-
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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2722 |
Nikita Vitiugov | 2712 |
-
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Levon Aronian | 2809 |
Round 08 – April 30 2013, 14:00h | ||||
Laurent Fressinet | 2706 |
-
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Levon Aronian | 2809 |
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2722 |
-
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Nikita Vitiugov | 2712 |
Ding Liren | 2707 |
-
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Michael Adams | 2727 |
Vladimir Kramnik | 2801 |
-
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Boris Gelfand | 2739 |
Viswanathan Anand | 2783 |
-
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Peter Svidler | 2747 |
Round 09 – May 01 2013, 14:00h | ||||
Peter Svidler | 2747 |
-
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Laurent Fressinet | 2706 |
Boris Gelfand | 2739 |
-
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Viswanathan Anand | 2783 |
Michael Adams | 2727 |
-
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Vladimir Kramnik | 2801 |
Nikita Vitiugov | 2712 |
-
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Ding Liren | 2707 |
Levon Aronian | 2809 |
-
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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 2722 |
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