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Three rounds of deadlock were finally broken in round seven at the Tal Memorial when Vassily Ivanchuk took full advantage of some poor opening and middlegame play from Hikaru Nakamura to win with the black pieces.

So with just two rounds remaining Ivanchuk joins Aronian, Nepomniachtchi, Carlsen and Karjakin in a five-way tie for first place on 4/7 points.

The other games in round seven were not without interest or fighting spirit, but all ended as draws.

In such a close contest, the tie-break calculation could be vital. In the case of tied scores, the following tie-break methods are used:

1. Number of games with black
2. Result of direct encounter
3. Coya system
4. Sonnenborn-Berger
5. Number of wins

The players who will have had 5 blacks and 4 whites when the tournament is completed are: Carlsen, Nepomniachtchi, Svidler, Karjakin and Gelfand.

To many draws in the Moscow 'hood? Who you gonna call? I-van-chuk!

Nakamura,Hi (2758) vs. Ivanchuk,V (2775)

6th Tal Memorial | Moscow RUS | Round 7| 23 Nov 2011 | ECO: D83 | 0-1

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nbd7 8. Nb5 c6 9. Bc7 Qe8 10. Nc3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Be2 Bf5 13. Nf3 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Rc8 15. Bg3 Ne4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. O-O Rd8 18. Qa4 Bd3 19. Rfd1 b5 20. Qa5 Rd7 21. Rd2 Qe7 22. Rcd1 Rfd8 23. a3 h5 24. h3 h4 25. Bh2 Kh7 26. Bc7 Rxc7 27. Rxd3 Rxd3 28. Rxd3 Bf6 29. Rd2 Rd7 30. Rc2 Qe6 31. Qb4 a5 32. Qf4 Kg7 33. Rc1 a4 34. Qb4 Rd3 35. Rc2 Qb3 36. Qxb3 axb3 37. Rc1 Bxc3 38. bxc3 c5 39. Kf1 c4 40. Ke2 Rxc3

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Best of friends? Vishy Anand (left) and Magnus Carlsen at the post-match press conference

Anand,V (2811) vs. Carlsen,M (2826)

6th Tal Memorial | Moscow RUS | Round 7| 23 Nov 2011 | ECO: D85 | 1/2-1/2

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8. Qd2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. Be2 Rc8 13. O-O Qa5 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Na5 17. e5 Nc4 18. Rd3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Rc7 20. Be4 Rfc8 21. Rb3 b6 22. Kf2 f6 23. exf6 Bxf6 24. Ke2 Kg7 25. Rd1 Rc3 26. Rd3 Rc2+ 27. Rd2 R2c3 28. Rd3 Rc2+ 29. Rd2 R2c3

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Lev Aronian (left) and Sergey Karjakin were evenly matched in their game

Karjakin,Sergey (2763) vs. Aronian,L (2802)

6th Tal Memorial | Moscow RUS | Round 7| 23 Nov 2011 | ECO: C84 | 1/2-1/2

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Nbd2 dxe4 11. dxe4 Be6 12. h3 Bc5 13. a4 Ba7 14. Nf1 h6 15. Ne3 Qd6 16. Qe2 Bxe3 17. Bxe3 Bc4 18. Qd2 Rfd8 19. b4 Qe6 20. Qc1 a5 21. bxa5 bxa4 22. Rxa4 Bb5 23. Ra3 Rxa5 24. Rxa5 Nxa5 25. Qa3 Nc4 26. Qc5 c6 27. Qb4 Nxe3 28. Rxe3 Rd7 29. Re1 Qe7 30. Rb1 Rb7 31. c4 c5 32. Qc3 Bc6 33. Qxe5 Rxb1+ 34. Bxb1 Qxe5 35. Nxe5 Bxe4 36. Bxe4 Nxe4 37. Nd3 Nd6 38. Nxc5 Nxc4

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Ivanchuk and Aronian take a close interest in Kramnik's game with Gelfand

Gelfand,B (2744) vs. Kramnik,V (2800)

6th Tal Memorial | Moscow RUS | Round 7| 23 Nov 2011 | ECO: D37 | 1/2-1/2

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 dxc4 8. O-O c5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bxc4 Qxd1 11. Rfxd1 b6 12. Nd4 Bb7 13. Rac1 a6 14. b4 Nce4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. a3 Rfc8 17. f3 Bb7 18. e4 a5 19. Nxe6 axb4 20. axb4 b5 21. Nc7 bxc4 22. Nxa8 Bxa8 23. Bd6 Kf8 24. Bxe7+ Kxe7 25. Rd4 c3 26. Rd3 c2 27. Rd2 Nxe4 28. Rdxc2 Rxc2 29. Rxc2 Nd6 30. Kf2 Kd7 31. Ke3 Nb5 32. Rc5 Bc6 33. Kd3 f6 34. Rh5 h6 35. Kc4 Nc7 36. Ra5 Kd6 37. Kd4 g5 38. Ra1 f5 39. h4 f4 40. hxg5 hxg5 41. Rh1 g4 42. fxg4 Bxg2 43. Rh6+ Ne6+ 44. Kd3 Bf3 45. Rf6 Bxg4 46. Ke4 f3 47. Ke3 Ke5 48. Rxf3 Bxf3

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Svidler,P (2755) vs. Nepomniachtchi,I (2730)

6th Tal Memorial | Moscow RUS | Round 7| 23 Nov 2011 | ECO: A04 | 1/2-1/2

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 d5 6. d4 exd4 7. exd4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 dxc4 9. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 10. Nxd1 bxc6 11. Bxc4 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Ne4+ 14. Kc2 O-O 15. Re1 Nd6 16. Bd3 Nb5 17. b3 Rd8 18. Nc3 Be6 19. Rad1 Nd4+ 20. Kb2 c5 21. Ne4 Rac8 22. Ng5 g6 23. Nxe6 Nxe6 24. Bc4 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Nd4 26. Kc3 a5 27. a3 Kf8 28. Re1 Nf5 29. Re4 Nd6 30. Rh4 h5 31. Bd3 Ke7 32. Ra4 Ra8 33. Kd2 f5 34. h4 Kf6 35. b4 cxb4 36. axb4 Nb7 37. g3 g5 38. f4 gxf4 39. gxf4 Kg6 40. Ra3 Kf6 41. Ra1 Ke6 42. Ra4 Kf6 43. Ra3 Ke7 44. Ke3 Kf6 45. b5 Re8+ 46. Kd4 Rd8+ 47. Kc4 Ke6 48. Be2 Rc8+ 49. Kd4 Rd8+ 50. Ke3 Rb8 51. Bxh5 Rh8 52. Bf3 Nd6 53. Be2 Rxh4 54. Rxa5 Kd5 55. Ra6 Nc4+ 56. Kf3 Rh3+ 57. Kg2 Rb3 58. Bxc4+

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The standings after seven rounds:

Aronian, Levon	ARM	2802	4
Nepomniachtchi, Ian	RUS	2730	4
Carlsen, Magnus	NOR	2826	4
Karjakin, Sergey	RUS	2763	4
Ivanchuk, Vassily	UKR	2775	4
Anand, Viswanathan	IND	2811	3½
Svidler, Peter	RUS	2755	3½
Kramnik, Vladimir	RUS	2800	3
Nakamura, Hikaru	USA	2758	2½
Gelfand, Boris	ISR	2744	2½

The pairings for round eight:

Magnus Carlsen	v	Ian Nepomniachtchi
Levon Aronian	v	Peter Svidler
Vladimir Kramnik	v	Sergey Karjakin
Vassily Ivanchuk	v	Boris Gelfand
Vishy Anand	v	Hikaru Nakamura

The pairings for round nine:

Hikaru Nakamura	v	Magnus Carlsen
Boris Gelfand	v	Vishy Anand
Sergye Karjakin	v	Vassily Ivanchuk
Peter Svidler	v	Vladimir Kramnik
Nepomniachtchi	v	Levon Aronian

Chess.com will have live coverage of the final round (round 9) at www.chess.com/tv.

The 2011 Tal Memorial runs from 16-25 November in Moscow. Games start at 15:00 local time (11:00 UTC), except the last round which is 2 hours earlier. The time control is 40 moves in 100 minutes, followed by 20 moves in 50 minutes, then 15 minutes to finish, with a 30 second increment from the start of the game. The total prize fund is €100,000 with the winner receiving €30,000.

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