The Tal Memorial Qualifying Blitz Tournament is heading into the final round today. After 8 rounds, here are some of the leaders:
1 GM Volokitin, Andrei 6.5 UKR 2671
2 GM Grischuk, Alexander 6.0 RUS 2728
3 GM Mamedov, Rauf 6.0 AZE 2627
4 GM Zhou, Jianchao 6.0 CHN 2604
5 GM Aleksandrov, Aleksej 6.0 BLR 2574
6 GM Karjakin, Sergey 5.5 UKR 2727
7 GM Dreev, Alexey 5.5 RUS 2657
8 GM Sutovsky, Emil 5.5 ISR 2654
9 GM Nepomniachtchi, Ian 5.5 RUS 2602
10 GM Popov, Valerij 5.5 RUS 2524
11 GM Movsesian, Sergei 5.0 SVK 2723
12 GM Rublevsky, Sergei 5.0 RUS 2699
13 GM Efimenko, Zahar 5.0 UKR 2670
14 GM Van Wely, Loek 5.0 NED 2644
15 GM Grachev, Boris 5.0 RUS 2640
16 GM Khismatullin, Denis 5.0 RUS 2613
17 GM Dlugy, Maxim 5.0 USA 2518
Here are the full standings: http://www.russiachess.org/games/2008/blitz_sf/index.html
Very strong tournament.
Last year, the qualifiers for blitz cup were also joined by players in the tal memorial. Is it the same this year as well??
Yes, apparently it’s the same this year. Besides, Carlsen, Svidler, Karpov and Tkachev were invited.
The final standings of the qualifier are here.