Tal Memorial Round Four
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Round four at the Tal Memorial produced plenty of exciting chess, but for the first time there were no decisive games as a result of the action.Nakamura threw everything he could at Kramnik's Petroff defence, but the Russian managed to hold on for a draw.
Cellar-dwellers Shirov and Eljanov both had black today and both gamely held on for draws to get their first points on the scoreboard.
Gelfand and Grischuk fought an incredibly complicated game, and this time it was the black pieces of Grischuk that held the upper hand. However, Gelfand slipped from his grasp for a remarkable draw.
Mamedyarov and Aronian had a more workmanlike encounter which also ended all-square. Fans of the Armenian will be happy to hear that as a result of his strong start in Moscow, Aronian has moved up one place to #2 on the unofficial live ratings list, pushing world champion Anand back down to #3.
Tomorrow (Tuesday) is the first and only rest day of the event, so round five is on Wednesday.
The standings after round four:
| Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2801 | 3 |
| Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | AZE | 2763 | 2½ |
| Karjakin, Sergey | RUS | 2760 | 2½ |
| Nakamura, Hikaru | USA | 2741 | 2½ |
| Grischuk, Alexander | RUS | 2771 | 2½ |
| Wang Hao | CHN | 2727 | 2½ |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | RUS | 2791 | 2 |
| Gelfand, Boris | ISR | 2741 | 1½ |
| Eljanov, Pavel | UKR | 2742 | ½ |
| Shirov, Alexei | ESP | 2735 | ½ |
Kramnik held for a draw against Nakamura
Mamedyarov couldn't make a dent in Aronian's armour
Nakamura,Hi (2741) vs. Kramnik,V (2791)
Tal Memorial | Moscow RUS | Round 4| 8 Nov 2010 | ECO: C42 | 1/2-1/2
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 Re8 10. h4 c6 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. Rde1 d5 13. Bd4 c5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Qf4 Be6 16. Ng5 g6 17. Bb5 Rf8 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Rxe6 Bxc3 20. Qg4 Bg7 21. h5 c4 22. hxg6 h6 23. Rd1 Qa5 24. Rxd5 Qxa2 25. Bxc4 Qxb2+ 26. Kd1 Kh8 27. f3 a5 28. Rd7 a4 29. Qh4 Qb1+ 30. Kd2 Qb4+ 31. Kd1 Qb1+ 32. Kd2 Qb4+ 33. Kd1 Qb1+
Karjakin,Sergey (2760) vs. Shirov,A (2735)
Tal Memorial | Moscow RUS | Round 4| 8 Nov 2010 | ECO: C78 | 1/2-1/2
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4 Bb6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Bg5 exd4 13. Bd5 dxc3 14. Bxc6 cxd2 15. Bxa8 Qxa8 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qxd2 Qxe4 18. Rfe1 Qf5 19. Nh4 Qg5 20. Qxg5+ fxg5 21. Nf5 Bg6 22. Ne7+ Kg7 23. Nd5 Rb8 24. Rad1 Kf8 25. g4 c5 26. h4 gxh4 27. f4 f5 28. g5 Bf7 29. Nf6 c4+ 30. Kg2 Rd8 31. Nxh7+ Kg7 32. Nf6 b4 33. Re7 c3 34. bxc3 bxc3 35. Nd7 Ba5 36. g6 Kxg6 37. Kh3 Rxd7 38. Rxd7 Bb4 39. Kxh4 Bxa2 40. R1xd6+ Bxd6 41. Rxd6+ Kf7 42. Rc6 a5 43. Rxc3 a4 44. Rc6 Ke7 45. Kg3 Kd7 46. Ra6 Bb3 47. Kf2 Kc7 48. Ke1 Kb7 49. Rh6 Kc7 50. Kd2 a3 51. Kc3 a2 52. Kb2 Kd7 53. Ra6 Bc4 54. Ra5 Be6 55. Ra7+ Kc6 56. Ra6+ Kd7 57. Kc3 Kc7 58. Kd4 Kb7 59. Ra3 Kb6 60. Ke5 Bc4 61. Kxf5 Kc5 62. Kg6 Kb4 63. Rxa2 Bxa2
Wang Hao (2727) vs. Eljanov,P (2742)
Tal Memorial | Moscow RUS | Round 4| 8 Nov 2010 | ECO: A29 | 1/2-1/2
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. Qb3 Bc5 8. O-O O-O 9. Na4 Be7 10. d4 d6 11. Rd1 exd4 12. Rxd4 Nd7 13. Bf4 Bf6 14. Rd2 Be5 15. Be3 Qe7 16. Nc3 Nf6 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 b6 19. Rc1 Bf5 20. Qc4 Rfc8 21. Bd4 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 a5 23. b3 Ra7 24. Kg2 Re8 25. Rf4 Bd7 26. a3 Qd8 27. h4 Re5 28. e3 Qe8 29. Rd4 Re7 30. Qc3 Bf5 31. Rc4 Bc8 32. Qd4 Ba6 33. R4c3 Bc8 34. Qf4 Qd7 35. e4 Qe8 36. Re3 f6 37. h5 Rf7 38. Rec3 Qe5 39. Qe3 h6 40. Rh1 Re7 41. Rh4 Qg5 42. Qe2 Qe5 43. Qc2 b5 44. Qd2 Bd7 45. Rh1 Ra8 46. g4 Rb8 47. b4 a4 48. Rhc1 Rb7 49. Qe3 Be8 50. Kf1 Qg5 51. Be2 Qxe3 52. Rxe3 Kf8 53. f3 Rb6 54. Rec3 c6 55. Kf2 cxd5 56. exd5 Rb8 57. Bd3 Re5 58. Rc8 Rxc8 59. Rxc8 Rxd5 60. Bg6 Re5 61. f4 Re7 62. Rd8 Re6 63. Kf3 Re1 64. Rb8 d5 65. Kf2 Re6 66. Bf5 Re7 67. Bd3 Kf7 68. Bg6+ Kf8 69. Rd8 d4 70. Bd3 Rb7 71. Bg6 Re7 72. Rb8 Re3 73. Rc8 Re6 74. Rd8 Re7 75. Rxd4 Rd7 76. Ke3 Rxd4 77. Kxd4 Bxg6 78. hxg6 Ke7 79. f5
Gelfand,B (2741) vs. Grischuk,A (2771)
Tal Memorial | Moscow RUS | Round 4| 8 Nov 2010 | ECO: D02 | 1/2-1/2
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. Bf4 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Rd1 Ba6 11. b3 Rc8 12. Nc3 Re8 13. e4 dxc4 14. Nd2 b5 15. bxc4 bxc4 16. Bf1 Nb6 17. Rab1 h6 18. a4 c5 19. Nf3 cxd4 20. Rxd4 Nbd7 21. e5 Bc5 22. Rdd1 Nd5 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Rxd5 Qe7 25. Bh3 Nb6 26. Rd6 Bb7 27. a5 Bxf3 28. axb6 axb6 29. Rd7 Qf8 30. e6 fxe6 31. Bxh6 Re7 32. Bxe6+ Rxe6 33. Rxg7+ Qxg7 34. Bxg7 Be4 35. Qe2 Kxg7 36. Qg4+ Kf7 37. Re1 Rce8 38. Rxe4 Rxe4 39. Qf5+ Kg7 40. Qg5+ Kf7 41. Qf5+
Mamedyarov,S (2763) vs. Aronian,L (2801)
Tal Memorial | Moscow RUS | Round 4| 8 Nov 2010 | ECO: D11 | 1/2-1/2
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. e3 e5 11. Nc3 Qc7 12. h3 Rfe8 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. e4 Be6 16. Qe2 Bb4 17. f4 Qa5 18. Be3 Rad8 19. Qf2 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Qa4 22. Rd4 Bc4 23. Qd2 c5 24. Rd8 Rxd8 25. Qxd8+ Qe8 26. Qd6 b6 27. e5 Qd7 28. Qb8+ Ne8 29. Qa8 Kf8 30. a3 Qd3 31. Bf2 Qd1+ 32. Kh2 Qc2 33. Kg1 Qd1+ 34. Kh2 Qc2 35. Kg1
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