In the second round of the Tal Memorial, Hikaru Nakamura bounced back from his quick loss. And how! With the black pieces the American grandmaster defeated Vladimir Kramnik of Russia, who thus started with two consecutive losses. Fabiano Caruana, who began his tournament with an splendid win against the World Champion, was on the losing side the next day. In a very theoretical game, the Italian was outplayed by Boris Gelfand of Israel. The other three games ended in draws.
The game went far from smooth for Nakamura. White got out of the opening, a Fianchetto King's Indian, with a clear advantage. However, from move 24 onwards Kramnik started to play a bit strangely, and he allowed his opponent to get back into the game. It went from bad to worse for Kramnik, who found himself in a lost ending after the time control.
[Event "8th Tal Mem"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, V."]
[Black "Nakamura, Hi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[Annotator "Peter"]
[Plycount "117"]
[Eventdate "2013.06.13"]
{ [Annotations courtesy of ChessVibes] } 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 O-O 5.d4 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.b3 Re8 9.e4 c6 10.Be3 exd4 11.Nxd4 Nc5 12.f3 Qe7!? ( { The normal move here is } 12...a5 { e.g. } 13.Qc2 h5 14.Rad1 Qe7 15.Nde2 Nh7 16.Qd2 Bf8 17.Bh6 Bxh6 18.Qxh6 a4 { Delchev,A (2587)-Moreno Carnero,J (2506)/France 2001 } ) 13.Re1 a5 ( { "For some reason this morning I was reading Kasparov's Predecessors book on
Tal. I wasted some time and I had these hallucinations of trying to sac my
queen: } 13...d5 14.exd5 Qxe3+ 15.Rxe3 Rxe3 16.Nde2 { but unfortunately I
think it's not enough!" (Nakamura) } ) 14.Qc2 { Nakamura wasn't sure about this
afterwards. } 14...Be6 15.Rad1 a4 16.b4 Ncd7 17.Nxe6 Qxe6 18.Nxa4 Ne5 19.c5 Qc4 20.Qb3 { "I basically just miscalculated all these lines." (Nakamura) } 20...dxc5 21.Nb6 ( 21.f4 { "is also strong in this position." (Nakamura) } ) 21...Qxb3 22.axb3 Rad8 { A "practical decision." (Nakamura) } ( { "I kept analysing f4 in the
wrong order." } 22...Ra3 23.f4 ( 23.Bxc5 Rxb3 24.f4 Nd3 ) 23...Neg4 24.Bxc5 Rxb3 25.e5 ( 25.h3 Rxg3 ) 25...Nh5 26.Bh3 { and I can almost resign I think."
(Nakamura) } 26...f5 ( 26...Nh6 27.Bd7 Rf8 28.Rb1 ) 27.Bf1 ) 23.bxc5 Nfd7 24.Na4 { "A bit strange." (Nakamura) } ( 24.Nxd7 Nxd7 { and "White should be better."
(Nakamura) } ) 24...Nf8 25.Rd6 ( 25.h3 ) 25...Ne6 26.Red1 Ra8 { "Here it's
already getting a bit complicated." (Nakamura) } 27.h3 { "Very strange."
(Nakamura) } 27...Nc4 28.bxc4 ( 28.Bf2 Nxd6 29.cxd6 { was "a more practical
decision." (Nakamura) } 29...g5 ) 28...Rxa4 29.Rd7? ( 29.Rb1 { Nakamura } ) 29...Rb4 30.f4 Bf8 { "After this I think Vladimir is in quite a bit of trouble."
(Nakamura) } 31.Kh2 Bxc5 32.Bc1 ( 32.f5 Bxe3 33.fxe6 fxe6 ( 33...Rxe6 34.Rf1 ) 34.Rf1 { with "still some chances for a draw." (Nakamura) } ) 32...Ra8 { "Now
it's just very very dangerous." (Nakamura) } 33.f5 Nf8 34.R7d3 ( 34.Rd8 Rxd8 35.Rxd8 Rb1 36.Bh6 Bg1+ 37.Kh1 Bb6+ { Nakamura } ) 34...Rxc4 35.Bh6 Be7 36.R1d2 b5 37.Rf3 b4 38.e5 gxf5 39.Rxf5 Ng6 40.Rdf2 Bf8 { "I think it's just
losing." (Nakamura) } ( 40...b3 41.Rb2 Ra2 42.Rxb3 Rcc2 43.Rb8+ Bf8 44.Rg5 { Nakamura } ) 41.Bg5 b3 42.Rxf7 Rb8 43.Bf1 Rc3 44.e6 b2 45.Bf6 b1=Q 46.Bxc3 Qb3 47.R7f3 Bc5 ( { "I'm sure the computer says } 47...Qxe6 48.Re2 Qd5 49.Bg2 Bg7 { and this should be winning." (Nakamura) } ) 48.Rb2 ( 48.Rd2 Rf8 ) 48...Qxb2+ 49.Bxb2 Rxb2+ 50.Bg2 Be7 51.h4 Re2 52.Rc3 c5 53.Kh3 Kg7 54.Bd5 Ne5 { "As long as I don't allow the rook to d7 or f7 it's just a technical win."
(Nakamura) } 55.g4 Ng6 56.Rf3 Bd6 57.Rf7+ Kh8 58.g5 Rh2+ 59.Kg4 { and
Kramnik resigned after playing this move. }
0-1
It was a good day for the black pieces because the second decisive game, Caruana-Gelfand, was another '0-1'. The players didn't shy away from great complications in one of the most theoretical lines of the Najdorf, English Attack. In fact, these days it is mostly seen in correspondence games!
Only at move 26 the first new move was played, but it is unlikely that Caruana was aware of that. From that moment it became clear that black's knights were stronger than white's bishops, and Gelfand's king was safer too. Caruana had one chance to trade queens, which he probably should have taken.
[Event "8th Tal Mem"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, F."]
[Black "Gelfand, B."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Peter"]
[Plycount "82"]
[Eventdate "2013.06.13"]
{ [Annotations courtesy of ChessVibes] } 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 Be7 9.Qd2 O-O 10.O-O-O Nbd7 11.g4 b5 { This line has been played many times
by Dutch grandmaster Loek van Wely, against the best players of the world. } 12.g5 ( { An important alternative is } 12.Rg1 { played against Van Wely by Anand
and Dominguez. } ) 12...b4 ( 12...Nh5 13.Nd5 Bxd5 14.exd5 f5 15.gxf6 Bxf6 16.Na5 Nf4 17.Nc6 Qc7 18.c4 { Svidler,P (2743)-Ponomariov,R (2738)/Sofia 2006 } ) 13.Ne2 ( 13.gxf6 bxc3 14.Qxc3 Nxf6 15.Na5 Rc8 16.Nc6 Qe8 17.Nxe7+ Qxe7 18.Qa5 Rc6 19.Rg1 Rfc8 20.Rg2 Bh3 21.Rgd2 Bxf1 22.Rxf1 Qe6 23.Rff2 h6 { Anand,
V (2810)-Grischuk,A (2773)/Wijk aan Zee 2011 } ) 13...Ne8 14.f4 a5 15.f5 a4 16.fxe6!? ( { Here the main line goes } 16.Nbd4 exd4 17.Nxd4 b3 18.Kb1 bxc2+ 19.Nxc2 Bb3 20.axb3 axb3 21.Na3 Ne5 22.h4 Ra4 { and the theory only starts
here! (And two draws against Svidler and a draw against Shirov from this
position is not a bad score for Van Wely!) } ) 16...axb3 17.cxb3!? ( { And here } 17.exf7+ { is more popular, e.g. } 17...Rxf7 18.Kb1 bxc2+ 19.Kxc2 Nb6 20.Nc1 d5 21.exd5 Nd6 22.Kb1 { Topalov,V (2757)-Vallejo Pons,F (2686)/Linares 2005 } ) 17...fxe6 18.Bh3 Rxa2 ( 18...Nc7 19.Kb1 Qc8 20.Rhf1 Qa6 21.Nc1 Qa5 22.Rxf8+ Nxf8 23.Qf2 Qb5 { Kryvoruchko,Y (2676)-Wojtaszek,R (2717)/Warsaw 2012 } ) 19.Bxe6+ Kh8 20.Ng3 Nc7 21.Bc4 ( { Gelfand mentioned } 21.Kb1 Ra5 ( { but } 21...Nxe6 22.Kxa2 Qa5+ 23.Kb1 Ra8 24.Kc2 Qa2 25.Qxb4 Rc8+ 26.Kd2 Qxb2+ 27.Ke1 Rc3 { as played in Hayakawa,S (2358)-Noble,M (2511)/ICCF 2008 looks OK as well. } ) ) 21...Qa8 22.Rhf1 Rxf1 23.Rxf1 Ra1+ 24.Kc2 Rxf1 25.Bxf1 d5 26.h4 { A dubious novelty. } ( 26.Qf2 g6 27.exd5 Nxd5 28.Bd2 Kg7 29.h4 Qc6+ 30.Kb1 N5b6 31.h5 Qd5 32.Qe3 Bc5 33.Qd3 Be7 34.Qe3 Bc5 { 1/2 Fagerstrom,B
(2578) -Mueller,G (2567)/ ICCF 2012 } ) 26...d4 27.Bg1 Ne6 28.Qe2?! { And
this is not handy either. } ( { Gelfand suggested } 28.Kb1 { and } ) ( 28.Bh3 Qa6 29.Kb1 Ndc5 ) 28...Ndc5 29.Qc4 ( 29.Qb5 Qa2 30.Qxb4 ( 30.Bc4? d3+! ) 30...d3+! 31.Bxd3 Qxb2+ 32.Kxb2 Nxd3+ 33.Kc3 Nxb4 { Gelfand } ) 29...Nf4 ( { Houdini likes } 29...h6 { which looks risky to the human eye. } ) 30.Qf7 ( 30.Qxb4 Bf8! ( 30...Ncd3 31.Qa4 ) 31.Qc4 { (Gelfand) and now } 31...Qa1! { looks
crushing. } ) 30...Qf8 31.Qc4 ( { Perhaps } 31.Qxf8+ Bxf8 { was a better chance,
e.g. } 32.Bf2 ( 32.Bc4 Nh3 33.Bh2 Nf2 ) 32...d3+ ( 32...g6 ) 33.Kd1 Nxb3 34.Nf5 Bc5 { Svidler/Gelfand } ) 31...g6 32.Bf2? { This loses by force. } ( { White's last chance was } 32.Qxb4 Nfd3 33.Bxd3 Nxd3 34.Qb5 Nb4+ 35.Kd1! { and it's not over yet. } ( { But not } 35.Kb1? Qc8! 36.Qxe5+ Kg8 ) ) 32...Ne2! { Killing. } ( 32...d3+ { was also strong. } ) 33.Nh1 d3+ 34.Kd1 Qf3 35.Bxc5 Qxf1+ 36.Kd2 Nf4 ( { In fact } 36...Nc3! { was mate in four here. } ) 37.Ng3 Qg2+ 38.Kc1 Qxg3 39.Kb1 Ne2 40.Qf7 ( 40.Bxe7 Qg1+ 41.Ka2 Nc1+ 42.Kb1 Nxb3+ 43.Ka2 Nc1+ 44.Kb1 Ne2+ 45.Ka2 Qa7+ ) 40...Qe1+ 41.Ka2 Nc3+! ( 41...Nc3+ 42.bxc3 Qd2+ 43.Kb1 Qc2+ 44.Ka1 Qxc3+ { picks up the bishop. } )
0-1
An excellent Najdorf by Boris Gelfand
Viswanathan Anand started his tournament with a loss, and in the second round he looked shaky again. Well, at least his king did! The Indian got three pawns in return for some scary moments, but found a way to reach a rook ending where had much less to worry about. Afterwards the players agreed that with 23.Rd1!? White would have had slightly better winning chances.
[Event "8th Tal Mem"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Andreikin, D."]
[Black "Anand, V."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Peter"]
[Plycount "67"]
[Eventdate "2013.06.13"]
{ [Annotations courtesy of ChessVibes] } 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Qd3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qd3 Bb7!? { "Recommended in at least one book that I can remember." (Anand) } 8.e4 b4 9.Na4 Qa5 ( 9...Nbd7 10.Bg5 Qa5 11.b3 c5 12.Bxf6 gxf6 13.Be2 c4 14.Qxc4 Bxe4 15.O-O Bd6 { Ipatov,A (2588)-Grachev,B (2687)/Legnica 2013 } ) 10.b3 c5 11.Ne5 { "I couldn't remember what to do after [this]." (Anand) The move is a
novelty. } ( 11.Qb5+ Qxb5 12.Bxb5+ Bc6 13.Bxc6+ Nxc6 14.dxc5 Nxe4 15.Be3 Be7 16.Nd4 Bf6 17.Rd1 Nxd4 18.Bxd4 O-O-O { Meynard,T (2234)-Flear,G (2470)/
Montpellier 2006 } ) 11...cxd4 { "Finally I decided to close my eyes and go for
this." (Anand) } ( { "I wasn't sure what's happening here: } 11...Nc6 12.Qb5 Qc7 13.Bf4 { " (Anand) } ) 12.Qb5+ Qxb5 13.Bxb5+ Ke7 { "It's incredibly risky to
play with a king like this but Black is also threatening to free himself."
(Anand) } ( { Anand refrained from } 13...Nbd7 14.Bg5 a6 15.Bxd7+ Nxd7 16.Nxd7 Kxd7 17.Nb6+ Kc6 18.Nxa8 Bc5 { because of } 19.Rc1! f6 20.Nc7! ) ( 13...Nfd7 14.Bb2 ) 14.Nc5 { "Putting Black under a lot of pressure." (Anand) } ( 14.f3 a6 15.Bc4 Nfd7 { Andreikin } ) 14...Bxe4 15.Bb2 Bxg2 { "I still had not
decided if Bc6 was really necessary." (Anand) } 16.Rg1 Bc6 ( 16...Bh3 17.Bxd4 Nd5 18.Ncd3 Bf5 19.Rc1 { "remains very unpleasant as I still can't play ...f6.
" (Anand) } ) ( 16...Bd5 17.Bxd4 Ne8 18.Ncd3 { and again Black cannot play f6.
"I need both my knight and my bishop to sit on d5, like a Shogi piece or
something, but at the moment that doesn't seem possible!" (Anand) } ) 17.Bxc6 Nxc6 18.Nxc6+ Kd6 19.Rc1 ( 19.Nd8 Kxc5 20.Rc1+ Kb5 21.Nxf7 Rg8 22.Bxd4 Be7 23.Rc7 Nd5 { Andreikin } ) 19...Kxc6 20.Nxe6+ Kd7 21.Nxf8+ Rhxf8 22.Bxd4 Rac8 ( { Afterwards the players thought Black could have played } 22...Nh5 23.Rg5 Nf4 24.Rd1 Rfe8+ 25.Kf1 Ne6 26.Bxg7+ Ke7 ( 26...Kc6 27.Rg4 ) 27.Rg3 Rad8 ) 23.Rxc8 ( { White should have tried } 23.Rd1! { which keeps a tiny edge, e.g. } 23...Ke6 24.Rxg7 ( 24.Rg5 Nd7!? { Anand } ) 24...Rg8 25.Bxf6 Kxf6 26.Rxg8 Rxg8 27.Rd6+ Ke5 28.Ra6 ) 23...Rxc8 24.Rxg7 Ke6 25.Bxf6 Kxf6 26.Rxh7 Kg6! { "I
think I saw this move a few minutes earlier than him. It saves the game."
(Anand) } ( 26...Rc1+ 27.Kd2 Ra1 28.Rh6+ Ke5 29.Ra6 { Anand } ) 27.Rh4 Rc2 28.Rxb4 Rxa2 29.Kf1 ( { "I thought that after } 29.Ra4 Rb2 30.b4 f5 31.Kf1 Kg5 32.Kg2 Rb3 { it was impossible for White to make any real progress." (Anand) } ) 29...Ra3 30.Ke2 a5 31.Rb6+ f6 32.Rb5 a4 33.bxa4 Rxa4 34.Kf3
1/2-1/2
Karjakin-Carlsen, the game between the best players on the planet born in 1990, was a bit of a dull draw. This is usually what happens in the 5.Re1 line of the Berlin Ruy Lopez, but not before Black has suffered a bit. Carlsen himself was one of the first top players to demonstrate that Black has to be careful, in his white game against Anand, in 2010 in Nanjing.
In this game the Norwegian wasn't careful enough, because his plan to run with the a-pawn was "very dubious", as he said after the game. Opening the a-file turned out to be good for White, but still Karjakin didn't find a good way to make progress.
[Event "8th Tal Mem"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Carlsen, M."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2864"]
[Annotator "Peter"]
[Plycount "75"]
[Eventdate "2013.06.13"]
{ [Annotations courtesy of ChessVibes] } 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O 9.d4 Ne8 10.d5 Bc5 ( 10...d6 11.Re1 Bg5 12.Nc3 Bxc1 13.Rxc1 Nf6 14.Qd4 Bd7 15.Ne4 Re8 16.Nxf6+ Qxf6 17.Qxf6 gxf6 18.Red1 a5 { Leko,P
(2735)-Carlsen,M (2861)/Wijk aan Zee 2013 } ) 11.Re1 ( 11.Be3 d6 12.Bxc5 dxc5 13.Nc3 Nd6 14.Qd2 Bd7 15.Rae1 Re8 16.f4 f6 17.Rxe8+ Bxe8 { Sevillano,
E (2550)-Vigorito,D (2372)/Los Angeles 2004 } ) 11...d6 12.Nc3 Bf5 13.Bd3 Bxd3 14.Qxd3 Nf6 15.Na4 Re8 16.Bd2 Rxe1+ 17.Rxe1 Qd7 18.Nxc5 dxc5 19.c4 Re8 20.f3 Rxe1+ 21.Bxe1 b6 ( 21...Ne8!? { Karjakin } ) 22.g4 Ne8 23.Bg3 Nd6 24.b3 a5?! 25.Kf2 a4 { Afterwards Carlsen that this plan of running with the
a-pawn was "very dubious". } 26.Qe3 Kf8 27.h4 axb3 28.axb3 Qe7 29.Qc3 f6 30.h5 Kf7 { "I thought such positions would be a fortress but the problem is that
the a-file is open." (Carlsen) } 31.Bf4 g6 32.Qa1 Ke8 33.h6?! { Karjakin
admitted that this was a strange move but he "didn't see a way to make
progress". } ( 33.Qa8+ Qd8 34.Qc6+ Kf7 35.Ke3 Qe8+ { Carlsen } ) 33...Kf7 34.Bg3 ( { Karjakin's idea was } 34.g5 { but here he saw that Black can even play } 34...fxg5 { and there is nothing for White. Carlsen added } 35.Bxd6 cxd6 36.Qh8 Qf6 37.Qxh7+ Kf8 38.Qd7 Qd4+ { and Black gives a perpetual. } ) 34...Ke8 35.Bh4 Kf7 36.Bg3 Ke8 37.Bh4 Kf7 38.Bg3
1/2-1/2
A draw between the two sponsored players from 1990
Alexander Morozevich and Shakhriyar Mamedyarov also split the point, but they played a very interesting game. In this Caro-Kann Advance, White's pawn sacrifice looked quite promising but it seems that Morozevich missed a good follow-up. The endgame was probably about even all the time.
[Event "8th Tal Mem"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "2013.06.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich, A."]
[Black "Mamedyarov, S."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Peter"]
[Plycount "98"]
[Eventdate "2013.06.13"]
{ [Annotations courtesy of ChessVibes] } 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Ne7 6.c3 h6 7.O-O Nd7 8.Nbd2 c5 ( 8...Ng6 9.Nb3 a5 10.a4 h5 11.h3 h4 12.Nh2 f6 13.Re1 fxe5 14.dxe5 Bc5 15.Nxc5 Nxc5 16.Nf3 Ne4 { Caruana,F (2714)-Sasikiran,K (2676)/New Delhi 2011 } ) 9.dxc5 Nxc5 10.Nd4 ( 10.Bb5+ Nd7 11.Nd4 Bh7 12.Re1 a6 13.Ba4 Qc7 14.c4 dxc4 15.Bxd7+ Qxd7 16.Nxc4 Nd5 { Zagema,W (2370)-Van de Griendt,J (2450)/
Enschede 1991 } ) 10...Bh7 11.N2b3 Nc6 12.Be3 Nxb3 13.axb3 ( { Morozevich also
considered } 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.axb3 a5 15.Qd4 Be7 16.Qa4 O-O 17.Qxc6 Qb8 18.Qd7 ) 13...Nxe5 14.Bb5+ ( 14.f4 Nc6 15.f5 e5 ) 14...Nd7 15.Qh5 ( 15.c4?! { doesn't really work here: } 15...a6 16.cxd5 axb5 17.dxe6 ( 17.Rxa8 Qxa8 18.dxe6 Nf6 ) 17...Rxa1 18.exf7+ Ke7 19.Qxa1 Kxf7 { (Mameyarov) } ) ( { At the press
conference Morozevich looked at } 15.Qg4!? { for a long time and indeed it
looks promising, e.g. } 15...Bg8 ( 15...a6? 16.Nxe6! fxe6 17.Qxe6+ Be7 18.Bb6! Bg8 { and now Houdini's } 19.Qe3! { and White will win big material. } ( 19.Qg6+?! Bf7 20.Qxg7 Rg8 21.Qxh6 Rg6 { Morozevich } ) ) 16.c4 a6 17.Ba4 { and
Black barely has moves left. } ) 15...Bg6 16.Qe5 Qb8 17.Qxb8+ Rxb8 18.Rxa7 Bd6 19.b4 ( 19.c4 e5 { Morozevich } ) 19...Ke7 20.f4 ( 20.Nb3 Rhc8 21.Na5 Rc7 { Morozevich } ) 20...Be4 21.f5 e5 22.f6+ gxf6 23.Nf5+ Bxf5 24.Rxf5 Nf8 25.Rf1 Ne6 26.Bc6 d4 27.Bd2 Rhd8 28.Bxh6 dxc3 29.bxc3 Rdc8 30.Rxb7+ Rxb7 31.Bxb7 Rxc3 32.Rb1 f5 33.b5 f4 34.b6 Kf6 35.Be4 Rc8 36.h4 Rh8 37.Bg5+ Nxg5 ( 37...Kg7 38.Rd1 ( 38.Bf5 Nd4 ) 38...Nd4 ( 38...Bc5+ 39.Kf1 Bxb6 40.Rd6 ) 39.Kf1 { Morozevich } ) 38.hxg5+ Kxg5 39.Rb5 f5 40.Bd5 Kf6 41.b7 e4 42.Bc6 Bb8 43.Ra5 Rd8 44.Rd5 Rg8 45.Kf1 Rh8 46.Bd7 Rh1+ 47.Ke2 Rh2 48.Kf1 Rh1+ 49.Ke2 Rh2
1/2-1/2
This means that Gelfand, Mamedyarov and Carlsen are sharing the lead after two rounds, with 1.5 points. Except Anand and Kramnik, all other players have 1 point.
2013 Tal Memorial | Results & pairings
| Round 1 | 15:00 MSK | 13.06.13 | Round 2 | 15:00 MSK | 14.06.13 | |
| Andreikin | ½-½ | Morozevich | Morozevich | ½-½ | Mamedyarov | |
| Anand | 0-1 | Caruana | Kramnik | 0-1 | Nakamura | |
| Gelfand | ½-½ | Karjakin | Karjakin | ½-½ | Carlsen | |
| Carlsen | 1-0 | Kramnik | Caruana | 0-1 | Gelfand | |
| Nakamura | 0-1 | Mamedyarov | Andreikin | ½-½ | Anand | |
| Round 3 | 15:00 MSK | 15.06.13 | Round 4 | 15:00 MSK | 17.06.13 | |
| Anand | - | Morozevich | Morozevich | - | Kramnik | |
| Gelfand | - | Andreikin | Karjakin | - | Mamedyarov | |
| Carlsen | - | Caruana | Caruana | - | Nakamura | |
| Nakamura | - | Karjakin | Andreikin | - | Carlsen | |
| Mamedyarov | - | Kramnik | Anand | - | Gelfand | |
| Round 5 | 15:00 MSK | 18.06.13 | Round 6 | 15:00 MSK | 19.06.13 | |
| Gelfand | - | Morozevich | Morozevich | - | Karjakin | |
| Carlsen | - | Anand | Caruana | - | Kramnik | |
| Nakamura | - | Andreikin | Andreikin | - | Mamedyarov | |
| Mamedyarov | - | Caruana | Anand | - | Nakamura | |
| Kramnik | - | Karjakin | Gelfand | - | Carlsen | |
| Round 7 | 15:00 MSK | 21.06.13 | Round 8 | 15:00 MSK | 22.06.13 | |
| Carlsen | - | Morozevich | Morozevich | - | Caruana | |
| Nakamura | - | Gelfand | Andreikin | - | Karjakin | |
| Mamedyarov | - | Anand | Anand | - | Kramnik | |
| Kramnik | - | Andreikin | Gelfand | - | Mamedyarov | |
| Karjakin | - | Caruana | Carlsen | - | Nakamura | |
| Round 9 | 13:00 MSK | 23.06.13 | ||||
| Nakamura | - | Morozevich | ||||
| Mamedyarov | - | Carlsen | ||||
| Kramnik | - | Gelfand | ||||
| Karjakin | - | Anand | ||||
| Caruana | - | Andreikin |
2013 Tal Memorial | Round 2 standings
| # | Player | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | Points | SB |
| 1 | Gelfand,B | 2755 | * | ½ | 1 | 1.5/2 | 1.50 | |||||||
| 2 | Mamedyarov,S | 2753 | * | ½ | 1 | 1.5/2 | 1.50 | |||||||
| 3 | Carlsen,M | 2864 | * | ½ | 1 | 1.5/2 | 0.50 | |||||||
| 4 | Karjakin,S | 2782 | ½ | ½ | * | 1.0/2 | 1.50 | |||||||
| 5 | Morozevich,A | 2760 | ½ | * | ½ | 1.0/2 | 1.25 | |||||||
| 6 | Andreikin,D | 2713 | ½ | * | ½ | 1.0/2 | 0.75 | |||||||
| 7 | Caruana,F | 2774 | 0 | * | 1 | 1.0/2 | 0.50 | |||||||
| 8 | Nakamura,H | 2784 | 0 | * | 1 | 1.0/2 | 0.00 | |||||||
| 9 | Anand,V | 2786 | ½ | 0 | * | 0.5/2 | ||||||||
| 10 | Kramnik,V | 2803 | 0 | 0 | * | 0.0/2 |
The 8th Tal Memorial takes place June 12-23, 2013 at the technology center Digital October in Moscow, Russia. The total prize fund is 100,000 EUR. The official website is providing live games,streaming video and commentary in Russian by GMs Alexander Grischuk, Peter Svidler, Sergey Rublevsky and Sergey Shipov. The games start each day at 15:00 local time which is 16:00 CET, 10:00 EDT and 07:00 PDT. The last round starts two hours earlier. Photos © Eteri Kublashvili courtesy of the Russian Chess Federation. Games via TWIC.
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