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The Eighth International Tal Memorial Chess Tournament is being held from June, 13 to 24, 2013, with a rest day on June 16. The rounds generally start at 15:00h (=3 p.m.) Moscow time, with the first round starting at 6 p.m. and the final round at 1 p.m. Accommodation is in the Ritz-Carlton, Moscow, Tverskaya str. 3, while the event takes place in the in New Technologies Center Digital October, Bersenevskaya Embankment 6, in Moscow. The tournament has ten invited players and is a round robin with time controls of one hour and 40 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 50 minutes for next 20 moves and then 15 minutes for the rest of the game, with an increment of 30 seconds for each move starting from move one. Full information on special rules, regulation, prize money, etc. can be found in our initial report.
Blitz Tournament
The draw for the tournament starting positions was determined by the Tal Memorial Blitz, which had its own prize fund of 15.000 euros. The time control was 3 minutes with 2 seconds increment. The blitz attracted a big number of espectators, among which was former World Champion Boris Spassky and former World Women's Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk.
Nakamura demolished Morozevich in the first round of the blitz with a relatively quiet opening.
No strangers to battling each other: Anand vs. Gelfand ended in a draw in which Gelfand had strong winning chances.
Mamedyarov won the recent Rapid World Championship, but was not up to par in this blitz.
From the very start of the tournament the lead was captured by American grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura. After three rounds he had 2.5/3, but he drew three rounds in a row and allowed Vladimir Kramnik, Magnus Carlsen and Vishy Anand to catch up with him. Sensing that he couldn't afford more draws, the American finished brilliantly with three victories and ended half a point ahead of Vishy Anand. Kramnik lost to Karjakin and was relegated to third place while Carlsen, who had a less than stellar blitz showing, came tied for fourth.
Carlsen was the focus of attention, as usual.
Caruana consulting with his coach, GM Chuchelov, prior to the start of the blitz.
Blitz Final Standings
All Blitz Games
No.
|
Player | Country |
Rating
|
w-rank
|
1
|
Magnus Carlsen | Norway |
2864
|
1
|
2
|
Vladimir Kramnik | Russia |
2803
|
3
|
3
|
Viswanathan Anand | India |
2786
|
4
|
4
|
Hikaru Nakamura | USA |
2784
|
5
|
5
|
Sergey Karjakin | Russia |
2782
|
7
|
6
|
Fabiano Caruana | Italy |
2774
|
9
|
7
|
Alexander Morozevich | Russia |
2760
|
10
|
8
|
Boris Gelfand | Israel |
2755
|
12
|
9
|
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | Azerbaidjan |
2753
|
14
|
10
|
Dmitry Andreikin | Russia |
2713
|
29
|
Schedule
Round 01 – June 13 2013, 15:00h | ||||
Dmitry Andreikin | 2713 |
-
|
Alexander Morozevich | 2760 |
Vishy Anand | 2786 |
-
|
Fabiano Caruana | 2774 |
Boris Gelfand | 2755 |
-
|
Sergey Karjakin | 2782 |
Magnus Carlsen | 2864 |
-
|
Vladimir Kramnik | 2803 |
Hikaru Nakamura | 2784 |
-
|
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2753 |
Round 02 –June 14 2013, 15:00h | ||||
Alexander Morozevich | 2760 |
-
|
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2753 |
Boris Gelfand | 2755 |
-
|
Hikaru Nakamura | 2784 |
Sergey Karjakin | 2782 |
-
|
Magnus Carlsen | 2864 |
Fabiano Caruana | 2774 |
-
|
Boris Gelfand | 2755 |
Dmitry Andreikin | 2713 |
-
|
Vishy Anand | 2786 |
Round 03 – June 15 2013, 15:00h | ||||
Vishy Anand | 2786 |
-
|
Alexander Morozevich | 2760 |
Boris Gelfand | 2755 |
-
|
Dmitry Andreikin | 2713 |
Magnus Carlsen | 2864 |
-
|
Fabiano Caruana | 2774 |
Hikaru Nakamura | 2784 |
-
|
Sergey Karjakin | 2782 |
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2753 |
-
|
Vladimir Kramnik | 2803 |
Round 04 – June 17 2013, 15:00h | ||||
Alexander Morozevich | 2760 |
-
|
Vladimir Kramnik | 2803 |
Sergey Karjakin | 2782 |
-
|
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2753 |
Fabiano Caruana | 2774 |
-
|
Hikaru Nakamura | 2784 |
Dmitry Andreikin | 2713 |
-
|
Magnus Carlsen | 2864 |
Vishy Anand | 2786 |
-
|
Boris Gelfand | 2755 |
Round 05 – June 18 2013, 15:00h | ||||
Boris Gelfand | 2755 |
-
|
Alexander Morozevich | 2760 |
Magnus Carlsen | 2864 |
-
|
Vishy Anand | 2786 |
Hikaru Nakamura | 2784 |
-
|
Dmitry Andreikin | 2713 |
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2753 |
-
|
Fabiano Caruana | 2774 |
Michael Adams | 2727 |
-
|
Sergey Karjakin | 2782 |
Round 06 – June 19 2013, 15:00h | ||||
Alexander Morozevich | 2760 |
-
|
Sergey Karjakin | 2782 |
Fabiano Caruana | 2774 |
-
|
Vladimir Kramnik | 2803 |
Dmitry Andreikin | 2713 |
-
|
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2753 |
Vishy Anand | 2786 |
-
|
Hikaru Nakamura | 2784 |
Boris Gelfand | 2755 |
-
|
Magnus Carlsen | 2864 |
Round 07 – June 21 2013, 15:00h | ||||
Magnus Carlsen | 2864 |
-
|
Alexander Morozevich | 2760 |
Hikaru Nakamura | 2784 |
-
|
Boris Gelfand | 2755 |
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2753 |
-
|
Vishy Anand | 2786 |
Vladimir Kramnik | 2803 |
-
|
Dmitry Andreikin | 2713 |
Sergey Karjakin | 2782 |
-
|
Fabiano Caruana | 2774 |
Round 08 – June 22 2013, 15:00h | ||||
Alexander Morozevich | 2760 |
-
|
Fabiano Caruana | 2774 |
Dmitry Andreikin | 2713 |
-
|
Sergey Karjakin | 2782 |
Vishy Anand | 2786 |
-
|
Vladimir Kramnik | 2803 |
Boris Gelfand | 2755 |
-
|
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2753 |
Magnus Carlsen | 2864 |
-
|
Hikaru Nakamura | 2784 |
Round 09 – June 23 2013, 13:00h | ||||
Hikaru Nakamura | 2784 |
-
|
Alexander Morozevich | 2760 |
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2753 |
-
|
Magnus Carlsen | 2864 |
Vladimir Kramnik | 2803 |
-
|
Boris Gelfand | 2755 |
Sergey Karjakin | 2782 |
-
|
Vishy Anand | 2786 |
Fabiano Caruana | 2774 |
-
|
Dmitry Andreikin | 2713 |
All pictures by Etery Kublashvili
Links
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