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Tal Memorial 2009
The Tal Memorial, which will take place from November 4th to 19th, is the strongest
tournament of the year, and at category 21 (average Elo 2764) one of the strongest
of all time. It is a ten-player round robin with classical time controls. The
first four games take place in the National Hotel (Mokhovaya Street D15), the
last five in the mall GUM (Red Square 3). The games start at 15:00h local Moscow
time, which is 13:00h EST (Berlin, Paris), 12:00h London, 7:00 a.m. New York,
5:30 p.m. New Delhi, 11:00 p.m. Sydney. You can find the exact starting time
at your location here.
The World Blitz Championship (see below) takes part after the main event, from
November 16-18 2009 in GUM.
Venue of the second half of the Tal Memorial 2009 and the World Blitz Champion:
the department store "Glavnyi Universalnyi Magazin" or GUM (pronounced
"goom") on the Red Square in Moscow [Photo Wikipedia]
Participants of the Tal Memorial
WRn |
Player |
Nat. |
Rtng |
DoB |
2 |
Magnus Carlsen |
NOR |
2801 |
1990 |
3 |
Viswanathan Anand |
IND |
2788 |
1969 |
4 |
Levon Aronian |
ARM |
2786 |
1982 |
5 |
Vladimir Kramnik |
RUS |
2772 |
1975 |
7 |
Boris Gelfand |
ISR |
2758 |
1968 |
8 |
Peter Svidler |
RUS |
2754 |
1976 |
9 |
Peter Leko |
HUN |
2752 |
1979 |
10 |
Alexander Morozevich |
RUS |
2750 |
1977 |
12 |
Vassily Ivanchuk |
UKR |
2739 |
1969 |
13 |
Ruslan Ponomariov |
UKR |
2739 |
1983 |
Category XXI – Average Elo
2763.9 |
World Blitz Championship
This will be held on November 16, 17 and 18 in the showroom of GUM. A total
of 22 grandmaster will take part. They include the ten participants of the Tal
Memorial, plus the following players:
| Qualifiers Aeroflot Blitz |
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Invitees |
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| Sergey Karjakin |
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Anatoly Karpov |
12th World Champion |
| Vugar Gashimov |
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Alexandra Kosteniuk |
Women's World Champion |
| Shakhriyar Mamedyarov |
|
Leinier Dominguez |
Current World Blitz Champion |
| Evgeny Bareev |
|
Alexander Grischuk |
2006 World Blitz Champion |
| Vladislav Tkachiev |
|
Dmitri Jakovenko |
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| Zhou Jianchao |
|
Judit Polgar |
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Live broadcast on Playchess
The games of the Tal Memorial and, if they are available, of the World Blitz
Championship, will be broadcast live on the Playchess
server, which during the event is expected to celebrate an impressive anniversary:
400 million games played online – you better believe it. Currently the
number is 397,280,837 games (at 00:00h on November 5th 2008). The player with
the most games is a member who created his account in 2004 and has played 199,404
games. Come to think he will celebrate an anniversary soon too...
Schedule and results
| Round 1: Thursday, November 5, 2009 |
| Magnus Carlsen |
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Vladimir Kramnik |
Alex. Morozevich |
- |
Peter Leko |
Boris Gelfand |
- |
Ruslan Ponomariov |
Levon Aronian |
- |
Peter Svidler |
Vassily Ivanchuk |
- |
Vishy Anand |
| Games – Report
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| Round 2: Friday, November 6, 2009 |
Vladimir Kramnik |
- |
Vishy Anand |
Peter Svidler |
- |
Vassily Ivanchuk |
Ruslan Ponomariov |
- |
Levon Aronian |
Peter Leko |
- |
Boris Gelfand |
Magnus Carlsen |
- |
Alex. Morozevich |
| Games – Report
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| Round 3: Saturday, November 7, 2009 |
Alex. Morozevich |
- |
Vladimir Kramnik |
Boris Gelfand |
- |
Magnus Carlsen |
Levon Aronian |
- |
Peter Leko |
Vassily Ivanchuk |
- |
Ruslan Ponomariov |
Vishy Anand |
- |
Peter Svidler |
| Games – Report
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| Round 4: Sunday, November 8, 2009 |
Vladimir Kramnik |
- |
Peter Svidler |
Ruslan Ponomariov |
- |
Vishy Anand |
Peter Leko |
- |
Vassily Ivanchuk |
Magnus Carlsen |
- |
Levon Aronian |
Alex. Morozevich |
- |
Boris Gelfand |
| Games – Report
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Monday, November 9, 2009
Free day |
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| Round 5: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 |
Boris Gelfand |
- |
Vladimir Kramnik |
Levon Aronian |
- |
Alex. Morozevich |
Vassily Ivanchuk |
- |
Magnus Carlsen |
Vishy Anand |
- |
Peter Leko |
Peter Svidler |
- |
Ruslan Ponomariov |
| Games – Report
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| Round 6: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 |
Vladimir Kramnik |
- |
Ruslan Ponomariov |
Peter Leko |
- |
Peter Svidler |
Magnus Carlsen |
- |
Vishy Anand |
Alex. Morozevich |
- |
Vassily Ivanchuk |
Boris Gelfand |
- |
Levon Aronian |
| Games – Report
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| Round 7: Thursday, November 12, 2009 |
Levon Aronian |
- |
Vladimir Kramnik |
Vassily Ivanchuk |
- |
Boris Gelfand |
Vishy Anand |
- |
Alex. Morozevich |
Peter Svidler |
- |
Magnus Carlsen |
Ruslan Ponomariov |
- |
Peter Leko |
| Games – Report
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| Round 8: Friday, November 13, 2009 |
Vladimir Kramnik |
- |
Peter Leko |
Magnus Carlsen |
- |
Ruslan Ponomariov |
Alex. Morozevich |
- |
Peter Svidler |
Boris Gelfand |
- |
Vishy Anand |
Levon Aronian |
- |
Vassily Ivanchuk |
| Games – Report
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| Round 9: Saturday, November 14, 2009 |
|
Vassily Ivanchuk |
- |
Vladimir Kramnik |
Vishy Anand |
- |
Levon Aronian |
Peter Svidler |
- |
Boris Gelfand |
Ruslan Ponomariov |
- |
Alex. Morozevich |
Peter Leko |
- |
Magnus Carlsen |
| Games – Report
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Links
The games are being broadcast live on the official web site and on the
chess server Playchess.com.
If you are not a member you can download the free PGN reader ChessBase
Light, which gives you immediate access. You can also use the program
to read, replay and analyse PGN games. New and enhanced: CB Light 2009! |
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