8th Tal Chess Memorial 2013 Begins; Hikaru Nakamura Wins Pairings Blitz
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The eighth edition of the Tal Chess Memorial is taking place from June 12-24 in Moscow. Hikaru Nakamura won the pairings blitz on Monday comfortably. The players include Magnus Carlsen, Vladimir Kramnik, Sergey Karjakin, Viswanathan Anand, Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Alexander Morozevich, Boris Gelfand and Dmitry Andreikin
The blitz chess tournament pairings system was introduced at the event last year. Instead of the traditional drawing of lots, a short tournament is held to decide the pairings. Hikaru Nakamura took clear first place with 7/9. World Champion Viswanathan Anand was second with 6.5/9. The players were allowed to choose their draw number. Nakamura chose 5 getting white in the first and last rounds. Vladimir Kramnik gets the most blacks. The commentary team for the English video includes Peter Svidler and Alexander Grischuk.
Final Round 9 Standings: Nakamura 7, Anand 6.5, Kramnik 5.5, Gelfand 4.5, Carlsen 4.5, Andreikin 4, Mamedyarov 4, Karjakin 3.5, Morozevich 3, Caruana 2.5.
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Hi everyone,
Remembering the legend: Mikhail Tal
The eighth edition of the Tal Chess Memorial is taking place from June 12-24 in Moscow. Hikaru Nakamura won the pairings blitz on Monday comfortably. The players include Magnus Carlsen, Vladimir Kramnik, Sergey Karjakin, Viswanathan Anand, Fabiano Caruana, Hikaru Nakamura, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Alexander Morozevich, Boris Gelfand and Dmitry Andreikin
The blitz chess tournament pairings system was introduced at the event last year. Instead of the traditional drawing of lots, a short tournament is held to decide the pairings. Hikaru Nakamura took clear first place with 7/9. World Champion Viswanathan Anand was second with 6.5/9. The players were allowed to choose their draw number. Nakamura chose 5 getting white in the first and last rounds. Vladimir Kramnik gets the most blacks. The commentary team for the English video includes Peter Svidler and Alexander Grischuk.
Final Round 9 Standings: Nakamura 7, Anand 6.5, Kramnik 5.5, Gelfand 4.5, Carlsen 4.5, Andreikin 4, Mamedyarov 4, Karjakin 3.5, Morozevich 3, Caruana 2.5.
From Alexandra Kosteniuk's
www.chessblog.com
Also see her personal blog at
www.chessqueen.com
Don't miss Chess Queen™
YouTube Channel
Labels: Hikaru nakamura, tal chess memorial 2013, Viswanathan Anand, vladimir kramnik
posted by Chess Blog Admin @ 4:11 PM
2 Comments:
At June 12, 2013 at 4:18 PM ,
Alexis Cochran, NZ said...
Whoa good chess coming up am happy
At June 12, 2013 at 11:40 PM ,
T.N said...
Great chess show here indeed. Looking forward to the games and was very happy to hear you Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk in the hall. Thanks.
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