
The second Mikhail Tal Memorial Tournament is being held in Moscow from November
9 to 23, 2007 at the historic Moscow Central Chess Club, with ten players in
the main event (average Elo 2740, Category 20). Play starts each day at 15.00h
Moscow time (13.00 European time). Games are being broadcast live on Playchess.com.
Round six and seven summaries
Round 6: Friday, November 16th, 2007 |
Vladimir Kramnik |
1-0 |
Evgeny Alekseev |
Alexei Shirov |
1-0 |
Magnus Carlsen |
Boris Gelfand |
½-½ |
Vassily Ivanchuk |
Peter Leko |
½-½ |
Shak. Mamedyarov |
Gata Kamsky |
0-1 |
Dmitry Jakovenko |
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Round 7: Saturday, November 17th, 2007 |
Dmitry Jakovenko |
½-½ |
Vladimir Kramnik |
Shak. Mamedyarov |
0-1 |
Gata Kamsky |
Vassily Ivanchuk |
½-½ |
Peter Leko |
Evgeny Alekseev |
0-1 |
Alexei Shirov |
Magnus Carlsen |
½-½ |
Boris Gelfand |
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Round six: Vladimir Kramnik increased his lead to a full point
when he beat Evgeny Alexseev, while at the same time one of his main rivals,
Magnus Carlsen, lost to Alexei Shirov. Gata Kamsky sacrificed the exchange against
Dmitry Jakovenko but let his initial advantage go and in the end lost the 90-move
game.
Round seven: A fine black-piece victory by Alexei Shirov put
im him in clear second, while Gata Kamsky came back strongly with a black-piece
win against Shakhriyar Mamedyarov. Vladimir Kramnik drew his game against Dmitry
Jakovenko to retain his one-point lead over the field. Kramnik's performance
so far has been a stunning 2885.
Current standings
Draw statistics
