Tal Memorial Starts With A Bang
Submitted by SonofPearl Chess.Com
In the battle of the top two seeds, Lev Aronian beat Vladimir Kramnik to get off to a great start. There were also wins for Grischuk, Karjakin and Wang Hao.
The official site (in Russian) is here. Live coverage of the games is at this link, while there is excellent live video coverage with Russian commentary here.
Round two is currently underway!
Aronian,L (2801) vs. Kramnik,V (2791)
Tal Memorial | Moscow RUS | Round 1| 5 Nov 2010 | ECO: D38 | 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. dxc5 Nbd7 9. Rc1 Qa5 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. Rxc3 Ne4 12. b4 Nxc3 13. Qa1 Qa4 14. Qxc3 O-O 15. e3 a5 16. b5 Nxc5 17. Qxc5 Bf5 18. Qd4 Qxa3 19. Be2 Qb4+ 20. Qxb4 axb4 21. Nd4 Ra1+ 22. Bd1 Bh7 23. Nb3 Rb1 24. Nd2 Rb2 25. Bg3 Rc8 26. Be5 Ra2 27. Nb3 Bc2 28. Bxc2 Rcxc2 29. O-O f6 30. Bd4 Ra3 31. Na1 Rd2 32. h3 Rad3 33. Kh2 Ra3 34. b6 h5 35. Rb1 Rxf2 36. Nb3 Raa2 37. Rg1 Kh7 38. Nc5 Rfd2 39. Nxb7 b3 40. Nc5 b2 41. Rb1
Grischuk,A (2771) vs. Eljanov,P (2742)
Tal Memorial | Moscow RUS | Round 1| 5 Nov 2010 | ECO: E00 | 1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. Bg2 c6 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. O-O b6 9. Rc1 Bb7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. f4 O-O 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Na3 a5 15. Nb5 Nc5 16. Rc2 f6 17. Qe3 fxe5 18. Qxe5 Rf5 19. Qd6 Rf6 20. Qe5 Rf5 21. Qe3 Qe7 22. Nd4 Rff8 23. Rac1 Qd6 24. b3 Rfe8 25. Qe5 Qxe5 26. fxe5 Bc8 27. Rc3 Bd7 28. a3 Rac8 29. Bh3 Kf7 30. b4 axb4 31. axb4 Na6 32. Rf1+ Ke7 33. Rcf3 Rf8 34. Rxf8 Rxf8 35. Rxf8 Kxf8 36. Bxe6 Be8 37. Nc2 Nc7 38. Bf5 g6 39. Bd3 Ke7 40. Nd4 Ne6 41. Nf3 Nd8 42. Kf2 Nc6 43. b5 Nd8 44. Ke3 Ne6 45. h4 h6 46. Nh2 Nc7 47. Ng4 Nxb5 48. Nxh6 Ke6 49. Ng4 d4+ 50. Kd2 Na3 51. e3 dxe3+ 52. Kxe3 b5 53. Kd4 b4 54. Nf6 Ba4 55. Nd5 b3 56. Nf4+ Kf7 57. Kc3 Nc2 58. Bxg6+ Kg7 59. Bxc2 bxc2 60. Kd2
Karjakin,Sergey (2760) vs. Gelfand,B (2741)
Tal Memorial | Moscow RUS | Round 1| 5 Nov 2010 | ECO: C42 | 1-0
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. Kb1 Bg4 12. Be2 Nxf3 13. gxf3 Bh5 14. f4 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Bf6 16. Rhg1 Re8 17. f5 Kh8 18. h5 h6 19. Qd2 Kh7 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Rad8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Bxa7 Rd5 24. Be3 Rxf5 25. Rh1 Bg5 26. f4 Bf6 27. Kc1 Rb5 28. Rh3 g6 29. hxg6+ fxg6 30. a4 Ra5 31. b3 Rh5 32. Rxh5 gxh5 33. Kd2 h4 34. c4 h3 35. Bg1 Kg6 36. Ke3 Kf5 37. Kf3 Bc3 38. Be3 Be1 39. Bc5 h2 40. Kg2 Kxf4 41. b4 h1=Q+ 42. Kxh1 Kf3 43. b5 cxb5 44. cxb5 Ke4 45. Bb6 Kd5 46. a5 Bg3 47. Kg2 Bb8 48. a6 bxa6 49. bxa6 Kc4 50. Kf3 Kc3 51. Ke4 h5 52. Bd4+ Kxc2 53. Bf6 Kd2 54. Kd5 Ke2 55. Kc6 Ba7 56. Bd8 Kf1 57. Bb6
Mamedyarov,S (2763) vs. Nakamura,Hi (2741)
Tal Memorial | Moscow RUS | Round 1| 5 Nov 2010 | ECO: D56 | 1/2-1/2
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Be2 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O b6 14. Bd3 c5 15. Be4 Rb8 16. Qc2 Nf6 17. dxc5 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 bxc5 19. Qc2 Bb7 20. e4 f5 21. exf5 Rxf5 22. Nd2 Qf6 23. Nc4 Ba6 24. b3 Rf4 25. Rc1 Rd8 26. h3 Bxc4 27. Rxc4 Rxc4 28. Qxc4 Rd2 29. Qxc5 Rxa2 30. Rc4 Ra1+ 31. Kh2 Ra2 32. Kg1 Ra1+ 33. Kh2 Ra2 34. f4 a5 35. Qc6 Kh7 36. Qe4+ Qf5 37. Qxf5+ exf5 38. Rc5 Kg6 39. Rc6+ Kf7 40. Rc7+ Kf6 41. Rc6+ Kf7 42. Rc7+ Kf6 43. Rc6+
Shirov,A (2735) vs. Wang Hao (2727)
Tal Memorial | Moscow RUS | Round 1| 5 Nov 2010 | ECO: C11 | 0-1
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 h6 8. Be3 Nd5 9. Bd2 c5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. c4 Nb6 13. Rc1 Be7 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. b4 Be7 16. c5 Nd5 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Qa4+ Kf8 19. f4 g6 20. O-O Kg7 21. Qb3 Rhd8 22. Rce1 Bf6 23. Ng4 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 h5 25. Ne5 b6 26. cxb6 Qxb6 27. b5 Bxe5 28. fxe5 a6 29. a4 axb5 30. axb5 Rab8 31. Rb1 Qd4 32. Qb2 Qa4 33. h3 Rdc8 34. Bg5 Rb7 35. Qb3 Qe4 36. Bf6+ Kh7 37. Rfe1 Qd4 38. Red1 Qb6 39. Bh4 Rc3 40. Qa2 Qc7 41. Bf2 Rc2 42. Rb2 Rxf2 43. Rxf2 Nc3 44. Rc1 Nxa2 45. Rxc7 Rxc7 46. Rxa2 Rc1+ 47. Kh2 Rb1 48. h4 Rxb5 49. Re2 Rb1 50. Kg3 Rf1 51. Re3 Kh6
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