Mamedyarov Leads Tal Memorial

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Shakhriyar Mamedyarov leads the Tal Memorial in Moscow with just one round remaining.
But first, the most surprising result of the tournament came in round seven when Boris Gelfand committed one of the worst chess sins: resigning in a drawn position. The draw was by no means certain, but Wang Hao was the grateful beneficiary. All the other games in the round were drawn, including Mamedyarov holding Kramnik, and Nakamura holding Aronian.
In the penultimate round, Shirov finally bagged his first win of the event by crushing fellow straggler Eljanov.  Karjakin also scored a win against Kramnik, and made it look easy to boot.  By his own high standards, Kramnik has had a disappointing tournament.
So it was left to Mamedyarov to take the sole lead on 5.5/8 by beating Wang Hao.
The standings going into the final round:

Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	AZE	2763	5½
Aronian, Levon	ARM	2801	5
Karjakin, Sergey	RUS	2760	5
Grischuk, Alexander	RUS	2771	4½
Nakamura, Hikaru	USA	2741	4½
Wang Hao	CHN	2727	4½
Kramnik, Vladimir	RUS	2791	3½
Shirov, Alexei	ESP	2735	3
Gelfand, Boris	ISR	2741	2½
Eljanov, Pavel	UKR	2742	2

The three contenders for first place all have black in the final round: Mamedyarov plays Gelfand, Aronian plays Eljanov, and Karjakin plays Wang Hao.
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Wang Hao (2727) vs. Gelfand,B (2741)

Tal Memorial | Moscow RUS | Round 7| 12 Nov 2010 | ECO: D43 | 1-0

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1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. O-O Qe7 11. Ne4 Bc7 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Rfd1 b6 14. Qe2 a6 15. Rac1 Bb7 16. Bd3 Rfd8 17. a3 a5 18. h3 Rab8 19. Ned2 e5 20. Be4 exd4 21. Nxd4 Nc5 22. Bf3 Be5 23. Nc4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. exd4 Qxe2 26. Bxe2 Nb3 27. Rd1 Ba6 28. Bf1 a4 29. f3 f6 30. d5 cxd5 31. Rxd5 Rc8 32. Ne3 Bxf1 33. Kxf1 Nc5 34. h4 Kf7 35. Rd6 h5 36. Rxb6 Nd3 37. Rb7+ Kg6 38. Nd5 Re8 39. Ne7+ Kh7 40. g3 Nxb2 41. Nd5 Rd8 42. Nxf6+ Kh6 43. Nxh5 Kxh5 44. Rxb2 Rd3 45. Kg2 Rxa3 46. Rb6 Rb3 47. Ra6 a3 48. Ra5+ Kg6 49. g4 Rb2+ 50. Kg3 a2 51. h5+ Kf7 52. f4 Rc2 53. Ra7+ Kf6 54. Ra6+ Kf7 55. g5 Rb2 56. Kg4 Rc2 57. Ra7+ Kg8 58. Kf5 Rb2 59. Kg4 Rg2+ 60. Kh3 Rb2 61. g6 Kf8 62. Kg4 Rc2 63. Kg5 Rg2+ 64. Kf5 Rb2 65. Ra8+ Ke7 66. Ra6 Rb5+ 67. Kg4 Rb2 68. Ra7+ Kf8 69. Kf5 Rh2 70. h6 Rxh6 71. Rxa2 Rh1 72. Ra8+ Ke7 73. Rg8 Rh5+ 74. Kg4 Rh1 75. Kg5

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Kramnik,V (2791) vs. Mamedyarov,S (2763)

Tal Memorial | Moscow RUS | Round 7| 12 Nov 2010 | ECO: D85 | 1/2-1/2

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd2+ 11. Bxd2 O-O 12. Nf3 e6 13. Bb5 Nc6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. O-O Ba6 16. Rfe1 Bb5 17. Bb4 Rfd8 18. Bc5 a5 19. h4 a4 20. Rc3 f6 21. e5 fxe5 22. Nxe5 Rd5 23. f4 Bxe5 24. fxe5 Rd7 25. a3 Rf7 26. Kh2 Rb8 27. Kg3 Rbb7 28. Bd6 h5 29. Rb1 Kh7 30. Rc5 g5 31. d5 gxh4+ 32. Kh2 exd5 33. e6 Rg7 34. Re1 Rg8 35. Rc3 Rbg7 36. Rf3 Rxg2+ 37. Kh3 c5 38. Rf7+ R2g7 39. Bxc5 Be8 40. Ref1 d4 41. Kxh4 d3 42. R1f5 d2 43. Rxh5+ Kg6 44. Rg5+ Kh7 45. Rh5+ Kg6 46. Rf1 Rh7 47. Rg1+ Kf6 48. Rf1+ Kg6 49. Rg1+ Kf6 50. Rf1+ Kg6 51. Rg1+

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Aronian,L (2801) vs. Nakamura,Hi (2741)

Tal Memorial | Moscow RUS | Round 7| 12 Nov 2010 | ECO: E63 | 1/2-1/2

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 Bh6 13. Ba1 Bf5 14. e4 Bg4 15. f3 Be3+ 16. Kh1 Bd7 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Ne2 e5 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. e5 dxe5 21. Bxe5 Rc8 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Ne4 Qe7 24. Qd3 Bh6 25. f4 Bc6 26. Rbd1 Nb7 27. Qe3 b4 28. Nc1 Bd5 29. Nd3 c4 30. bxc4 Bxc4 31. Qb6 Rfd8 32. Nxb4 Bxf1 33. Rxf1 Rf8 34. a4 Kh8 35. h4 Bg7 36. a5 Qc7 37. Ng5 Nxa5 38. Qxc7 Rxc7 39. Nxe6 Rc3 40. Nd5 Rxg3 41. Nxf8 Bxf8 42. Rc1 Rg4 43. Kh2 Rxh4+ 44. Kg3 g5 45. Rc8 Kg7 46. Ra8 Nc6 47. fxg5 Rd4 48. Nf6 Ne7 49. Be4 h6 50. Nh5+ Kf7 51. Bb1 hxg5 52. Ba2+ Kg6 53. Ra6+ Kxh5 54. Bf7+ Ng6 55. Rxg6 Rd3+ 56. Kg2 Kh4 57. Be6 Rg3+ 58. Kh2 Rc3 59. Kg2 Rc6 60. Bf5 Rxg6

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Shirov,A (2735) vs. Eljanov,P (2742)

Tal Memorial | Moscow RUS | Round 8| 13 Nov 2010 | ECO: B12 | 1-0

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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Nd7 7. O-O Ne7 8. c4 dxc4 9. Na3 c3 10. Nb5 Nd5 11. Nxc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Be7 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Qa4 Bxe3 15. Rad1 a6 16. fxe3 b5 17. Qf4 Qc7 18. g4 Bg6 19. h4 h5 20. Rd6 hxg4 21. Nd4 Nc5 22. Qxg4 Qe7 23. Bf3 Rxh4 24. Bc6+ Kf8 25. Qxg6

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Karjakin,Sergey (2760) vs. Kramnik,V (2791)

Tal Memorial | Moscow RUS | Round 8| 13 Nov 2010 | ECO: C42 | 1-0

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. h4 c6 11. c4 Be6 12. Ng5 Bf5 13. Kb1 Re8 14. f3 h6 15. Be2 d5 16. g4 Bg6 17. f4 dxc4 18. Qc3 Nd3 19. f5 Bxg5 20. fxg6 Rxe3 21. gxf7+ Kf8 22. Qxc4 Rxe2 23. hxg5 Qxg5 24. Qxd3 Qe3 25. Qh7 Qe4 26. Qg8+ Ke7 27. Qxg7 Qxc2+ 28. Ka1 Rf8 29. Rhf1 Rd2 30. Rfe1+ Re2 31. Qc3 Kxf7 32. Qf3+

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Mamedyarov,S (2763) vs. Wang Hao (2727)

Tal Memorial | Moscow RUS | Round 8| 13 Nov 2010 | ECO: D38 | 1-0

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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. exd4 Nc6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Qe2 Rd8 14. Rfd1 Bd7 15. Bd3 Be8 16. Bb1 Ba5 17. Nc5 Bb6 18. a3 Bxc5 19. Qc2 f5 20. Qxc5 Qxc5 21. Rxc5 Rd6 22. d5 Bh5 23. Rd3 exd5 24. Rcxd5 Rf6 25. b4 Bf7 26. Rd7 Bc4 27. Rd2 Re8 28. h4 b5 29. Rc7 Ne5 30. Nxe5 Rxe5 31. Kh2 a6 32. g4 Be6 33. g5 hxg5 34. hxg5 Rf8 35. Re7 Re1 36. Ba2

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