
The International Tashir tournament in the memory Tigran Petrosian is being held in Moscow from November 3rd to November 11th. The format of the event is a seven-round Round Robin. The time control: 100 minutes for 40 moves + 50 minutes for 20 moves + 15 minutes to the end of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from the first.
Round Seven
Round 07 – November 11 |
Grischuk, Alexander |
2795 |
½-½
|
Kramnik, Vladimir |
2760 |
Inarkiev, Ernesto |
2688 |
0-1
|
Aronian, Levon |
2797 |
Gelfand, Boris |
2759 |
1-0
|
Leko, Peter |
2731 |
Morozevich, Alexander |
2724 |
½-½
|
Ding Liren |
2730 |
Grischuk, Alexander ½-½ Kramnik, Vladimir
Certainly disappointing, but since Grischuk just needed a draw it is understandable that he forced an early repetition.
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 c6 6.Ne5 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 Qxd4 8.Bxb4 Qxe5 9.Na3 b5 10.Bc3 Qc5 11.Bd4 Qb4+ 12.Bc3 Qc5 13.Bd4 Qb4+ 14.Bc3 Qc5 ½–½
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Grischuk,A | 2795 | Kramnik,V | 2760 | ½–½ | 2014 | E04 | Petrosian Memorial 2014 | 7.1 |
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A quick draw gave Grischuk more laurels than he could carry!

Grischuk, Kramnik and Gelfand did the 1-2-3 (Gelfand on tiebreaks over Aronian)
Inarkiev, Ernesto 0-1 Aronian, Levon
A pretty nice game from Aronian. He saw the opportunity to take a risk and it paid of handsomely. He entered a superior endgame and his technique was flawless.
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.c3 0-0 6.0-0 Re8 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 Be7 9.Re1 9.Bxc6 dxc6 10.Nxe5 Nxe4 11.Bxe7 Qxe7 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.dxe4 Qxe4= 9...d6 10.Nbd2 g5 11.Bg3 g4!? 12.Nh4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 Bxh4 14.Bxh4 Qxh4 15.d4 f5 16.Ng3 f4 17.Qd3 Kg7 17...fxg3 18.Qg6+ Kf8 19.fxg3 18.d5 fxg3 19.hxg3 Qg5 20.dxc6 Bf5 21.Qe3 b6 22.Qxg5+?! hxg5 23.Rad1 Rh8 24.Bc4 a5 25.b3 Rh6 26.Bd5 Rah8 27.Kf1 Bc2 28.Rd2 Rh1+ 29.Ke2 Rxe1+ 30.Kxe1 Rh1+ 31.Ke2 Rc1 32.c4 a4 33.bxa4 Bxa4 34.Rb2 Kf6 35.Kd2 Rd1+ 36.Ke2 36.Kc3! b5 36...Rd4 37.Rd2 b5 38.Ke3 Rxd2 39.Kxd2 bxc4 40.f3 40.Kc3 e4! 41.Kxc4 Ke5 42.a3 Bb3+!-+ 40...Kf5 41.Kc3 gxf3 42.gxf3 g4 43.Be4+ Kg5 44.Kxc4 Bd1 45.Kd3 Bxf3 46.a4 46.Ke3 Bd1 47.Kd2 Ba4 48.Kc3 Kf6 46...d5 47.Bxf3 gxf3 48.a5 e4+ 49.Kd2 d4 50.a6 e3+ 51.Kc2 f2 52.a7 f1Q 53.a8Q Qc4+ 54.Kb2 e2 55.Qd8+ Kg4 56.Qh4+ Kf3 57.Qf4+ Kg2 58.Qe4+ Kg1 59.Qb1+ Kf2 60.Qf5+ Ke1 61.Qg6 Kd1 62.Qg4 Qc3+ 63.Ka2 Kc1 64.Qxe2 Qc2+ 65.Qxc2+ Kxc2 0–1
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Inarkiev,E | 2688 | Aronian,L | 2797 | 0–1 | 2014 | C65 | Petrosian Memorial 2014 | 7.4 |
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Aronian won a nice last round game against
Inarkiev, who tied for last with Morozevich
Gelfand, Boris 1-0 Leko, Peter
Gelfand repeated a variation that has yielded Radjabov a couple of easy draws in the recent past. His slight deviation actually proved to be rather dangerous and the endgame seemed to be difficult for Black. Both sides lost their way at some point, but Gelfand wrapped it up with his passed pawns after some struggle.
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1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.g3 d5 5.d4 e6 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.Bg2 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Nxc3 9.bxc3 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 Qxd4 11.cxd4 Bb4+ 12.Bd2 Bxd2+ 13.Kxd2 Ke7 14.Rhc1 Rd8 15.Rc7+ Rd7 16.Rac1 Kd8 17.Rxd7+ Kxd7 18.g4 h6 19.h4 19.f4 19...Rb8 20.f4 b6 21.Bc6+ Kd8 22.e4 Bd7 23.h5 b5 23...Rc8 24.Bxd7 Rxc1 25.Kxc1 Kxd7 26.Kd2 b5 26...a6 27.e5 27.Kc3 a5 28.f5 24.Bxd7 Kxd7 25.Rc5 Rb6 26.Kc3 a5 27.e5 g6 28.hxg6 fxg6 29.a4 b4+ 29...h5! 30.Kb3 Ra6 31.f5?! gxf5 32.gxf5 exf5 33.d5 h5? 33...Ra7! 34.Rc6 f4! 35.Rf6 Rc7! 34.e6+ Kd6 35.Kc4! Ke5 36.e7 Ra8 37.Rc6 1–0
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Gelfand,B | 2759 | Leko,P | 2731 | 1–0 | 2014 | A35 | Petrosian Memorial 2014 | 7.2 |
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Gelfand (middle) was in high spirits! He tied for third with Aronian

Leko didn't have the tournament of his life, but who can
pass an opportunity to get an autograph from him?
Morozevich, Alexander ½-½ Ding Liren
The Chinese player's handling of the opening was probably questionable. Morozevich certainly had the opportunity to seize the intiative at some point, especially had he planted the correct rook on d1. As it was, Ding Liren stabilized and the position ended in a draw after Black's king was blasted open and White had nothing better than a perpetual.
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Be3 Qa5 9.Nd2 0-0 9...cxd4 10.Nc4!? 10.Rc1 10.Be2 10...cxd4 11.Nc4 Qxa2 12.cxd4 Qa6 13.Be2 Qe6 14.Qd3 f5 15.0-0 Qxe4 16.Qa3 Nc6 17.Nd2 Qh4 18.Nf3 Qf6 19.d5 Ne5 20.Rfd1 Nxf3+ 21.Bxf3 Re8 22.Rc7 Qd6 23.Qa4 Rd8 24.Bf4 Bd7 25.Qc4 Be5 26.Bxe5 Qxe5 27.Rxb7 Qd6 28.g3 Rab8 28...a5 29.Re1 a4 30.Rb6!∞ Qxb6 31.d6+ e6 32.Rxe6 Bxe6 33.Qxe6+= 29.Rxa7 Ra8 30.Rb7 Rab8 31.Ra7 Ra8 32.Rb7 Rab8 33.Ra7 ½–½
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Aronian,L | 2797 | Grischuk,A | 2795 | ½–½ | 2014 | D85 | Petrosian Memorial 2014 | 6.3 |
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President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has a busy schedule!
One day in Sochi, the next in Moscow...

Karpov attended the closing ceremony and gave a motivational speech
Photos by Eteri Kublashvili and Boris Dolmatovsky
Standings

Round Seven Games

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Schedule
Round 01 – November 04 |
Ding Liren |
2730 |
½-½
|
Kramnik, Vladimir |
2760 |
Leko, Peter |
2731 |
½-½
|
Morozevich, Alexander |
2724 |
Aronian, Levon |
2797 |
½-½
|
Gelfand, Boris |
2759 |
Grischuk, Alexander |
2795 |
1-0
|
Inarkiev, Ernesto |
2688 |
Round 02 – November 05 |
Kramnik, Vladimir |
2760 |
1-0
|
Inarkiev, Ernesto |
2688 |
Gelfand, Boris |
2759 |
0-1
|
Grischuk, Alexander |
2795 |
Morozevich, Alexander |
2724 |
½-½
|
Aronian, Levon |
2797 |
Ding Liren |
2730 |
½-½
|
Leko, Peter |
2731 |
Round 03 – November 06 |
Leko, Peter |
2731 |
½-½
|
Kramnik, Vladimir |
2760 |
Aronian, Levon |
2797 |
½-½
|
Ding Liren |
2730 |
Grischuk, Alexander |
2795 |
1-0
|
Morozevich, Alexander |
2724 |
Inarkiev, Ernesto |
2688 |
½-½
|
Gelfand, Boris |
2759 |
Round 04 –November 08 |
Kramnik, Vladimir |
2760 |
½-½
|
Gelfand, Boris |
2759 |
Morozevich, Alexander |
2724 |
½-½
|
Inarkiev, Ernesto |
2688 |
Ding Liren |
2730 |
½-½
|
Grischuk, Alexander |
2795 |
Leko, Peter |
2731 |
½-½
|
Aronian, Levon |
2797 |
Round 05 – November 09 |
Aronian, Levon |
2797 |
½-½
|
Kramnik, Vladimir |
2760 |
Grischuk, Alexander |
2795 |
1-0
|
Leko, Peter |
2731 |
Inarkiev, Ernesto |
2688 |
½-½
|
Ding Liren |
2730 |
Gelfand, Boris |
2759 |
1-0
|
Morozevich, Alexander |
2724 |
Round 06 – November 10 |
Kramnik, Vladimir |
2760 |
1-0
|
Morozevich, Alexander |
2724 |
Ding Liren |
2730 |
½-½
|
Gelfand, Boris |
2759 |
Leko, Peter |
2731 |
½-½
|
Inarkiev, Ernesto |
2688 |
Aronian, Levon |
2797 |
½-½
|
Grischuk, Alexander |
2795 |
Round 07 – November 11 |
Grischuk, Alexander |
2795 |
½-½
|
Kramnik, Vladimir |
2760 |
Inarkiev, Ernesto |
2688 |
0-1
|
Aronian, Levon |
2797 |
Gelfand, Boris |
2759 |
1-0
|
Leko, Peter |
2731 |
Morozevich, Alexander |
2724 |
½-½
|
Ding Liren |
2730 |
