Tal Memorial Tournament - Kramnik is in his best
Date 2007/11/18 | Topic: Chess news
| Former world champion Vladimir Kramnik won Tal Memorial 2007 tournament after his victory in 8-th round against Shakhriar Mamedyarov. Round before the finish Russian grandmaster has 1,5 points over the second - Aleksey Shirov and take the sole lead. Mamedyarov had tried an unusual chess opening with black bishop fiancceto in answer of an 1. d4, but this was not enought according Vladimir's experiance.
All other games were draw finished.
Results (Round 8; 18.11.2007):
| Tal Memorial Moscow RUS (RUS), 10-19th November 2007 cat. XX (2741) |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 1-0 | Unusual Replies to 1.d4 | | Shirov, Alexei | - Gelfand, Boris | Ѕ-Ѕ | Petroff's Defence | | Lйkу, Peter | - Carlsen, Magnus | Ѕ-Ѕ | Ruy Lopez Exchange | | Kamsky, Gata | - Ivanchuk, Vassily | Ѕ-Ѕ | English Symmetrical | | Alekseev, Evgeny | - Jakovenko, Dmitry | Ѕ-Ѕ | Queens Gambit Lasker's Defence |
Standings (after 8-th round):
| Tal Memorial Moscow RUS (RUS), 10-19th November 2007 cat. XX (2741) |
| 1. | Kramnik, Vladimir | g | RUS | 2785 | 6 | | 2. | Shirov, Alexei | g | ESP | 2739 | 4Ѕ | | 3. | Carlsen, Magnus | g | NOR | 2714 | 4 | | 4. | Gelfand, Boris | g | ISR | 2736 | 4 | | 5. | Jakovenko, Dmitry | g | RUS | 2710 | 4 | | 6. | Lйkу, Peter | g | HUN |
2755 | 4 | | 7. | Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | g | AZE | 2752 | 3Ѕ | | 8. | Kamsky, Gata | g | USA | 2714 | 3Ѕ | | 9. | Ivanchuk, Vassily | g | UKR | 2787 | 3Ѕ | | 10. | Alekseev, Evgeny | g | RUS | 2716 | 3 |
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