Tal Memorial 2012 / Round 8
Three BIG WINS today.
Caruana, playing White, inflicted a convincing win against Kramnik who suffered his second defeat in a row.
Luke McShane pulled another upset against Alexander Morozevich who, although ‘convincingly’ leading the tournament at one point, appears to be having trouble in the final stretch.
Alexander Grischuk blew away Hikaru Nakamura’s Dragon Sicilian.
For the remaining games – See Comments.
 Fabiano Caruana |
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. . . . . . . . . . Luke McShane |
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 Alexander Grischuk |
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[Event "7th Tal Memorial 2012"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.17"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2825"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 c6 5. O-O Nd7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Qb3 Qb6 8.
Qxb6 Nxb6 9. Nc3 a6 10. d3 Nf6 11. Ne5 Bh5 12. Be3 Nbd7 13. Nxd7 Nxd7 14. f4 Bb4 15. Kf2 O-O 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. h3 Bg6 18. g4 h5 19. Bf3 Bh7 20. gxh5 Kf8 21. Rg1 Rc7 22. Rg2 Be7 23. Bd4 Bf6 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Rag1 Ne8 26. Rg4 d4 27. Na4 Rd8 28. Rg5 Bf5 29. b4 Rc2 30. Nc5 b6 31. Ne4 Rxa2 32. Rc1 Rb2 33. Ra1 Nc7 34. Rag1 Nd5 35. Rxg7 Nxf4 36. Rg8+ Ke7 37. Rxd8 Nxh3+ 38. Kg3 Nxg1 39. Rb8 Nxe2+ 40. Bxe2 Rxe2 41. Rb7+ Kf8 42. Nd6 Bxd3 43. Rxf7+ Kg8 44. h6 Re5 45. Rg7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2
[Event "7th Tal Memorial 2012"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.06.17"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2012.??.??"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a3 O-O 8. b4
Ba7 9. d3 h6 10. Bb2 Rb8 11. Rc1 Be6 12. Nd2 Ne7 13. e3 Qd7 14. Ne2 Bg4 15. Re1 Ng6 16. Qc2 c6 17. d4 Rbe8 18. c5 Bb8 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Nc4 Bh3 21. Rcd1 Qe6 22. Na5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Re7 24. e4 Qg4 25. Ng1 Nh4+ 26. Kh1 Nf3 27. Nxf3 Qxf3+ 28. Kg1 Qg4 29. Rd3 Qc8 30. Nc4 Qe6 31. f3 Bc7 32. Red1 Rd7 33. Nd6 Bxd6 34. Rxd6 Rxd6 35. Rxd6 Qa2 36. Kg2 Re8 37. Qc3 Nh7 38. Rd2 Nf8 39. Bc1 Qe6 40. Rd6 Qa2+ 41. Qb2 Qxb2+ 42. Bxb2 f6 43. Kh3 Re7 44. Kg4 Kf7 45. Bc1 Rd7 46. Be3 Rxd6 47. cxd6 Nd7 48. a4 b6 49. a5 bxa5 50. bxa5 c5 51. Kh5 Kg8 52. f4 exf4 53. gxf4 Kf7 54. Bd2 Nf8 55. Be3 Nd7 56. f5 c4 57. Bd4 Ke8 58. Kg6 Kf8 59. Bc3 Kg8 60. Bd4 Kf8 61. h3 Kg8 62. Bc3 Kf8 63. h4 Kg8 64. e5 fxe5 65. f6 gxf6 66. h5 f5 67. Kxf5 Kf7 68. Bb4 e4 69. Kxe4 Ke6 70. Kd4 Nf6 71. Kxc4 Nxh5 72. Kc5 Nf6 73. Kc6 Nd7 74. Be1 h5 75. Bg3 Nf8 76. Kb7 h4 77. Bh2 Kd5 78. Kxa6 Kc6 79. Ka7 Nd7 80. a6 Nc5 81. Bf4 h3 82. Bg3 Kb5 83. Bh2 Kc6 84. Bg3 Kb5 85. Bh2 1/2-1/2