Tal Memorial Rounds 5 & 6
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The action continues at the Tal Memorial, but the decisive games were a rare breed in rounds 5 and 6.Round 5 had several promising attempts to disturb the equilibrium, but only Eljanov converted to earn his first victory of the event against Gelfand.
Nakamura achieved a better position with the black pieces against Shirov, but despite a long game he didn't quite get a full point to reward his efforts.
Eljanov's joy was short-lived when in round 6 when he followed up his first win with his fourth loss to sink to the bottom of the standings once more. It was Shakhriyar Mamedyarov who put him there, and in doing so elevated himself alongside Aronian at the top of the leaderboard.
The standings after six rounds out of nine:
| Aronian, Levon | ARM | 2801 | 4 |
| Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | AZE | 2763 | 4 |
| Karjakin, Sergey | RUS | 2760 | 3½ |
| Grischuk, Alexander | RUS | 2771 | 3½ |
| Nakamura, Hikaru | USA | 2741 | 3½ |
| Wang Hao | CHN | 2727 | 3½ |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | RUS | 2791 | 3 |
| Gelfand, Boris | ISR | 2741 | 2 |
| Shirov, Alexei | ESP | 2735 | 1½ |
| Eljanov, Pavel | UKR | 2742 | 1½ |
The other games in round six were rather less memorable as the tournament suffered its first, and hopefully only, dull round. Tomorrow, Aronian has white against Nakamura, while Mamedyarov has black against Kramnik.
How does this opening go again? Nakamura in round six...
Eljanov,P (2742) vs. Gelfand,B (2741)
Tal Memorial | Moscow RUS | Round 5| 10 Nov 2010 | ECO: D48 | 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 a6 9. e4 c5 10. d5 Bb7 11. O-O Qc7 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Bc2 c4 14. Ne2 e5 15. Ng3 Bc5 16. b3 c3 17. a3 b4 18. Ng5 Qc6 19. axb4 Bxb4 20. Ba3 Bxa3 21. Rxa3 h6 22. Nf3 O-O 23. b4 Qc7 24. Qb1 Rac8 25. Ne2 Kh8 26. Rxc3 Qb6 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Bd3 Nh5 29. Nd2 Qf6 30. Qb2 Nf4 31. Nxf4 exf4 32. Qxf6 gxf6 33. Nf3 Ne5 34. Nxe5 fxe5 35. f3 Rc3 36. Be2 Rb3 37. b5 Rb2 38. bxa6 Rxe2 39. axb7 Rb2 40. Rd1 Rxb7 41. g3 fxg3 42. hxg3 Kg7 43. Rd5 Re7 44. Kf2 Kf6 45. Rd6+ Kg7 46. Ke3 Ra7 47. f4 Ra3+ 48. Rd3 Ra5 49. Kf3 Kf6 50. Rd6+ Kg7 51. Re6 Ra3+ 52. Kg4 h5+ 53. Kxh5
Shirov,A (2735) vs. Nakamura,Hi (2741)
Tal Memorial | Moscow RUS | Round 5| 10 Nov 2010 | ECO: C67 | 1/2-1/2
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Ng5 Ke7 11. Rd1 h6 12. Nge4 Rd8 13. Bf4 b6 14. h3 g6 15. g4 Nd4 16. Bg3 g5 17. f4 Nxc2 18. Rac1 Ne3 19. Re1 Rd3 20. Nf2 Rxc3 21. bxc3 gxf4 22. Bxf4 Nc4 23. Ne4 Kd8 24. Nf6 Kc8 25. Kg2 a5 26. Kg3 a4 27. Re2 a3 28. Rcc2 b5 29. h4 c5 30. h5 Kb7 31. g5 hxg5 32. Bxg5 Bg7 33. Kf4 Nb2 34. Rxb2 axb2 35. Rxb2 Bxf6 36. Bxf6 Rxh5 37. Rxb5+ Kc6 38. Ra5 Rh3 39. Ra3 Bd5 40. Bd8 Kb6 41. Be7 Rf3+ 42. Kg4 Re3 43. Kf4 Re4+ 44. Kf5 Re2 45. Kf6 Rg2 46. Bd8 Rf2+ 47. Kg7 Be6 48. Kf8 Re2 49. Bf6 Re3 50. Ke8 Rd3 51. Bd8 Re3 52. Bf6 Rg3 53. Kd8 Rg2 54. Ke8 Kc6 55. Ra6+ Kd5 56. Kd8 Rc2 57. Ra3 Kc6 58. Ra6+ Kb7 59. Ra3 Rd2+ 60. Ke8 Kc6 61. Bd8 Rd5 62. Bf6 Rd1 63. Bd8 Re1 64. Bf6 Rb1 65. Ra6+ Kd5 66. Kd8 Rc1 67. Ra3 Kc6 68. Ra6+ Kb5 69. Ra3 c6 70. Be7 Rc2 71. Ke8 Bd5 72. Bd6 Re2 73. Kf8 Kc4 74. Ra5 Kxc3 75. Rxc5+ Kd4 76. a4 Rxe5 77. Rxc6 Bxc6 78. Bxe5+ Kxe5 79. Kxf7 Bxa4
Aronian,L (2801) vs. Karjakin,Sergey (2760)
Tal Memorial | Moscow RUS | Round 5| 10 Nov 2010 | ECO: E21 | 1/2-1/2
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ne4 7. Qd3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. Nb5 Nc6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. Bf4 e5 12. Bc1 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. Rd1 Na5 15. Bxb7 Nxb7 16. Qxd7 Nc5 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. Be3 Rdc8 19. a4 Bf8 20. Rd5 Ne6 21. Rxe5 Rxc4 22. a5 bxa5 23. Rxa5 a6 24. Kg2 h6 25. h4 Rcc8 26. Nd4 Nc5 27. Ra2 Nb7 28. Bd2 Nd6 29. Nf5 Nc4 30. Ne7+ Bxe7 31. Rxe7 h5 32. Bc1 a5 33. Rd7 a4 34. Ba3 Nxa3 35. Rxa3 Rab8 36. Rxa4 Rxc3 37. Raa7 Rf8 38. e4 Rcc8 39. e5 Rce8 40. f4 Rd8 41. e6 Rxd7 42. exd7 Rd8 43. g4 hxg4 44. f5 f6 45. Kg3 Kf7 46. Kxg4 Ke7 47. Rc7 Kf7 48. h5 Ke7 49. Kh4 Kf7 50. Rb7 Ke7 51. h6 gxh6 52. Kh5 Kf7 53. Rb6 Rxd7 54. Kxh6 Re7 55. Rb8 Rd7 56. Kh7
Grischuk,A (2771) vs. Mamedyarov,S (2763)
Tal Memorial | Moscow RUS | Round 5| 10 Nov 2010 | ECO: D70 | 1/2-1/2
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 10. h4 Rd8 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. h5 a6 13. Nc3 Nxd4 14. hxg6 fxg6 15. g4 Qc6 16. Qf2 Ne6 17. Rxd8+ Nxd8 18. Ne2 Nf7 19. Qh4 h6 20. Qxe7 Qd7 21. Qxd7 Bxd7 22. Bg2 Nc4 23. Bf2 Bb5 24. Nd4 Nce5 25. Be3 Bd7 26. Rd1 Rf8 27. Nd5 Kh7 28. Kb1 Nc4 29. Bc1 c6 30. Nc3 Bc8 31. Bf1 Nce5 32. Be2 c5 33. Nc2 b5 34. Nd5 c4 35. Nce3 Nd3 36. Bxd3 cxd3 37. f4 Nd6 38. f5 gxf5 39. exf5 Ne4 40. Nf4 Nf6 41. Nxd3 Re8 42. Rg1 Bf8 43. g5 hxg5 44. Rxg5 Bh6 45. Rg6 Bxe3 46. Rxf6 Kg7 47. Rd6 Bxf5 48. Bxe3 Rxe3 49. Kc2
Mamedyarov,S (2763) vs. Eljanov,P (2742)
Tal Memorial | Moscow RUS | Round 6| 11 Nov 2010 | ECO: D11 | 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9. e3 O-O 10. Rd1 e5 11. Nc3 Qc7 12. h3 Bg6 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. e4 Qe6 16. Qxe6 fxe6 17. Be3 Rfd8 18. Rxd8+ Bxd8 19. Rd1 Ba5 20. f3 e5 21. Na4 Bf7 22. Nc5 b6 23. Na6 c5 24. Bf1 Rc8 25. h4 Be6 26. b3 Bc3 27. Rd6 Bd7 28. Bg5 Rc6 29. Bc4+ Kf8 30. Rxc6 Bxc6 31. Nc7 h6 32. Bc1 Ke7 33. Kg2 Bd4 34. a4 a5 35. g4 Kd7 36. Ne6 Ne8 37. h5 Kd6 38. g5 hxg5 39. Nxg7 Nxg7 40. h6 Nh5 41. h7 Nf4+ 42. Kg3 Ng6 43. Kg4 Be8 44. Bxg5 Nh8 45. Bf6 Ng6 46. Kf5 Be3 47. h8=Q Nxh8 48. Bxe5+ Ke7 49. Bf6+
Karjakin,Sergey (2760) vs. Grischuk,A (2771)
Tal Memorial | Moscow RUS | Round 6| 11 Nov 2010 | ECO: B90 | 1/2-1/2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Nbc6 13. Nd5 e6 14. fxe6 fxe6 15. Ne3 Qa5+ 16. c3 Nf3+ 17. Qxf3 Bxc3+ 18. Kd1 Qa4+ 19. Nc2 Bxb2 20. Rc1 Rc8 21. Bd3 Rf8 22. Qg4 Nd4 23. Re1 Qxa2 24. Re4 Bxc1 25. Rxd4 Bf4 26. Bxf4 Rxf4 27. Rxf4 gxf4 28. Qg8+ Kd7 29. Qf7+ Kd8 30. Qf8+ Kd7 31. Qxf4 Qd5 32. Qf7+ Kd8 33. Ke2 Rxc2+ 34. Bxc2 Qe5+ 35. Kd2 Qa5+ 36. Kd1 Qa1+ 37. Ke2 Qe5+ 38. Kd3 Qd5+ 39. Kc3 Qc5+ 40. Kb2 Qe5+ 41. Kc1 Qe1+ 42. Kb2 Qe5+ 43. Kb3 Qb5+ 44. Kc3 Qc5+ 45. Kd2 Qa5+ 46. Ke2
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