Tal Memorial 2012 / Round 7
It wasn’t so much a game of winning today as it was a game of losing.
Both tournament leaders (Morozevich – first diagram and Kramnik – second diagram) lost their games today.
It looks as though the tension is getting palpable as we approach the finish line.
All of the remaining games were drawn.
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[Event "7th Tal Memorial 2012"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.16"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Bxd2 Rd8 13. d5 Na6 14. Rc1 f5 15. e5 h6 16. Bc4 Kh8 17. O-O g5 18. Rfd1 f4 19. Bxa6 bxa6 20. Ba5 Rg8 21. e6 Rb8 22. a4 Bb7 23. Rc7 g4 24. Nh4 Bf6 25. Nf5 Bxd5 26. Nxe7 Bxe7 27. Rxe7 Rg5 28. Bc7 Rb4 29. Re8+ Rg8 30. Be5+ Kh7 31. Re7+ Kg6 32. Rxa7 Re4 33. Bxf4 Bb3 34. Rb1 Bxa4 35. Be3 Bb5 36. e7 Re8 37. Bc5 Rc8 38. Be3 Re8 39. Rd1 h5 40. Rd5 h4 41. h3 gxh3 42. gxh3 R4xe7 43. Rxe7 Rxe7 44. Rg5+ Kf6 45. Rg4 Rh7 46. Bg5+ Kf7 47. Bxh4 Bd7 48. Rf4+ Kg8 49. Kh2 a5 50. Kg3 Rg7+ 51. Kh2 Rh7 52. Rd4 a4 53. Rd3 a3 54. Bf6 a2 55. f4 Rf7 56. Be5 Rh7 57. Ra3 Be6 58. Kg2 Kf7 59. Ra7+ Kg8 60. Ra6 Bxh3+ 61. Kg3 Bd7 62. Rxa2 Rh3+ 63. Kg2 Rd3 1/2-1/2
[Event "7th Tal Memorial 2012"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.16"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Ba6 7. b3 c6 8.
Nc3 d5 9. e4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ng5 c5 12. Bg2 Nc6 13. dxc5 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2 f5 15. Nxe6 Kf7 16. Nf4 bxc5 17. f3 Rad8+ 18. Kc3 e3 19. Nd3 Rhe8 20. Nxc5 e2 21. Nxa6 Re3+ 22. Kc2 Red3 23. Rae1 Rd2+ 24. Kc1 Rxa2 25. f4 Rdd2 26. Bxc6 Rac2+ 27. Kb1 Rb2+ 28. Ka1 Ra2+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "7th Tal Memorial 2012"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.16"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Qc2 c6 8. O-O b6 9. Bf4 Bb7 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Nxc4 Nxf4 14. gxf4 Qc7 15. e3 Rad8 16. Rd2 Nf6 17. Rad1 c5 18. d5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 g6 21. Ne5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Rd8 24. Qc4 Rxd5 25. Qxd5 Bf6 26. Nd7 Kg7 27. b3 Bc3 28. a4 Qd8 29. Qd6 Bf6 30. Kf1 Qe7 31. Qd5 Bc3 32. Ke2 Qh4 33. Kd3 Ba1 34. Ne5 Bxe5 35. Qxe5+ Kh6 36. Qc7 Qxf2 37. Qxf7 Qf1+ 38. Ke4 Qb1+ 39. Kf3 Qh1+ 40. Kg3 Qg1+ 41. Kf3 Qh1+ 42. Kg3 Qg1+ 43. Kf3 Qh1+ 1/2-1/2