Tal Memorial 2012 / Round 5
by National Life Master Loal Davis
Radjabov started to shuffle his pieces without a plan after the 25th move and was outplayed in the ensuing ending; Carlsen’s first win. The game of the round was Alexander Morozevich versus Levon Aronian (number 2 rated in the world). It was a ruff and tumble affair with the balance of the game (if you can call it that) swinging from side to side. When the dust settled, Morozevich was on top. See annotated game. This guy is fearless.
Alexander Morozevich
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[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.13"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
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[Date "2012.06.13"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
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[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.13"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
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[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.13"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 d5 7. Bf4 e5 8.
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