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Monday, November 8, 2010

Tal Memorial Chess: Nice games from Round 3

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Hello Everyone,

The Tal Memorial is being held in Moscow, Russia and Levon Aronian leads after three rounds.

Round 3 results
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Aronian, Levon - Gelfand, Boris 1-0
Karjakin, Sergey - Nakamura, Hikaru ½
Grischuk, Alexander - Wang Hao ½
Eljanov, Pavel - Kramnik, Vladimir 0-1
Shirov, Alexei - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar 0-1

Standings after 3
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1. Aronian, Levon g ARM 2801 2½
2. Karjakin, Sergey g RUS 2760 2
3. Wang Hao g CHN 2727 2
4. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2763 2
5. Nakamura, Hikaru g USA 2741 2
6. Grischuk, Alexander g RUS 2771 2
7. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2791 1½
8. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2741 1
9. Eljanov, Pavel g UKR 2742 0
10. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2735 0

Here are the nice games from Round 3. You can run them in our pgnplayer or watch in flash below. You can find a fantastic live video telecast of the event in high resolution here.

PGN: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qd3 Nbd7 6. g3 Bd6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Qxc4 e5 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Nh4 Nb6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qb3 Bc7 15. d5 cxd5 16. Bxd5 Kh8 17. Rac1 Qe7 18. Qc2 Rb8 19. a4 Bh3 20. Bg2 Be6 21. a5 Na8 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Qe6 24. b4 Bd8 25. Nf5 g6 26. Nd6 Nc7 27. Rdd1 b6 28. Nb7 Na6 29. Rd6 Qg4 30. Qb2 Qxb4 31. Qxe5+ Kh7 32. Rd7 Bg5 33. Rcd1 Nc5 34. Nxc5 Qxc5 35. Qxc5 bxc5 36. Rxa7 c4 37. a6 c3 38. Rc7 Rbc8 39. Rxc8 Rxc8 40. e3 Be7 41. Rc1 1-0


PGN: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. e3 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Qxc5 13. Rc1 Qe7 14. Nf3 O-O 15. b4 Rd8 16. Qb2 Bd7 17. O-O Qf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Be2 a5 20. b5 Ne7 21. Rfd1 Nd5 22. e4 Nf4 23. Bf1 e5 24. Nh4 Bg4 25. f3 Be6 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27. exf5 Nd5 28. Rd3 Nf4 29. Rdd1 Rd7 30. Rc4 Nd5 31. Rd3 Rad8 32. Ra4 b6 33. Rg4+ Kf8 34. Rh4 Ne7 35. Rxd7 Rxd7 36. Rxh7 Nxf5 37. Rh5 Ne3 38. Kf2 Nc2 39. f4 e4 40. Rh8+ Kg7 41. Rc8 Rd2+ 42. Be2 Nxa3 43. Ke3 Rb2 44. Rb8 f5 45. Bf1 Rb1 46. Be2 Rb3+ 47. Kf2 Nxb5 48. Rxb6 e3+ 49. Kg3 Nd4 50. Rxb3 Nxb3 51. Kf3 a4 0-1


PGN: 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8. Ne5 a5 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Nc4 e6 11. f3 Bb4 12. e4 Bg6 13. Be2 Nb6 14. Ne3 O-O 15. O-O Nfd7 16. Qb3 Qe7 17. Kh1 Kh8 18. Rd1 f6 19. Na2 Bd6 20. Nc3 Bb4 21. Na2 Bd6 22. Nc3 1/2-1/2


PGN: 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 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Bc4 14. Rfe1 Rd8 15. b3 Bd5 16. Nce4 Bxe4 17. Rxd8+ Bxd8 18. Rxe4 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 h4 20. Rf4 Rh5 21. Rxf5 g6 22. Rf4 Rxg5 23. e6 fxe6 24. Rxh4 Rd5 25. Kf1 Rd2 26. Rc4 Rd1+ 27. Ke2 Rc1 28. Kf3 Ke7 29. Kg4 Kf6 30. f4 Rd1 31. g3 Rd2 32. h4 Rf2 33. a4 a5 34. Rc5 Rd2 35. Rxa5 Rxc2 36. Ra7 b6 37. Rxc7 Rb2 38. Rxc6 Rxb3 39. Rc4 b5 40. axb5 Rxb5 41. Rc3 Ra5 42. Re3 Rb5 43. Kf3 Ra5 44. g4 Ra7 45. Rb3 Kf7 46. Rb4 Ke7 47. Ke4 Kf6 48. Rc4 Ra5 49. g5+ Kf7 50. Rc7+ Kf8 51. Rh7 Rf5 52. h5 gxh5 53. Rxh5 Kg7 54. Rh6 Kf7 55. Rh7+ Ke8 56. Rb7 Kf8 57. Rb6 Ke7 58. Ra6 Kf7 59. Ra1 Kg7 60. Re1 Kg6 61. Ra1 Kf7 62. Ra7+ Ke8 63. g6 Kf8 64. Rb7 Rf6 65. g7+ Kg8 66. Re7 Kh7 67. Ke5 Rf5+ 68. Ke4 Rf6 69. Ke5 Rf5+ 70. Ke4 Rf6 1/2-1/2



PGN: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 Bg7 16. Bd3 d5 17. Bg5 b4 18. cxb4 h6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Rc1 Qd6 21. b5 axb5 22. Bxb5 c6 23. Bf1 exd4 24. Nxd4 Rab8 25. b3 Ba8 26. Nf3 Nc5 27. Rb1 Ne6 28. Qd2 Rb4 29. exd5 cxd5 30. Bb5 Rd8 31. Red1 Rf4 32. Ne1 Bd4 33. Nh1 Ba7 34. Nd3 Rh4 35. Re1 Ng5 36. Qe2 Ne4 37. Rbc1 Bb8 38. f4 g5 39. g3 Rxh3 40. Qg4 Qe6 41. Qxe6 fxe6 42. Bd7 Kf7 43. Kg2 Rh5 44. f5 exf5 45. Bxf5 Nf6 46. Nhf2 d4+ 47. Kg1 Bxg3 48. Ne5+ Bxe5 49. Rxe5 g4 50. Be6+ Kg6 51. Rcc5 g3 52. Nh3 Rxe5 53. Rxe5 Ne4 54. Bg4 Rf8 55. Re6+ Kg7 56. Re7+ Kh8 57. Be2 Nd2 58. Nf4 Rxf4 59. Re8+ Kg7 60. Rxa8 Rf2 61. Bh5 Rh2 62. Bd1 Ne4 63. Bf3 Ng5 64. Bg2 h5 65. Rd8 Ne6 66. Rd7+ Kf6 67. a5 Nf4 68. Bf1 d3 69. Rd6+ Ke5 70. Rd8 g2 71. Re8+ Kd6 0-1


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2 Comments:

  • At November 8, 2010 at 10:55 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    nothing can be said early but i expect Nakamura winning this.

     

  • At November 15, 2010 at 5:17 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    I think that there is a mistake in the game between Eljanov and Kramnik in the move number(29)it is Rd7 because I think that if Rxd7 black is losing.
    Abd El-Rahman Allam(10 years)
    Alexandria,Egypt

     

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