A quick 12 move draw against Shirov in the final round has assured Ivanchuk of the Tal Memorial title. The battle for 2nd place is still on going.
Mamedyarov, S (2742) – Kramnik, V (2788) [E15]
2008 Tal Memorial (9), 27.08.2008
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5 9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 0–0 12.0–0 Rc8 13.e4 c5 14.exd5 exd5 15.dxc5 dxc4 16.cxb6 Nxb6 17.Re1 cxb3 18.Qxb3 Nd7 19.Ne4 Nc5 20.Nxc5 Bxc5 21.Rad1 Qb6 22.Qxb6 ½–½
Ivanchuk, V (2781) – Shirov, A (2741) [D27]
2008 Tal Memorial (9), 27.08.2008
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 c5 5.Bxc4 e6 6.0–0 a6 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Ne5 Ke7 10.Be2 Bd7 11.Bf3 Nc6 12.Nxc6+ ½–½
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Best moment of Tal Memorial:
http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=4864
Scroll down for the video “Tal Memorial R7”.
10 moves in 20 seconds!!!
yeap ! that was insane too watch also !!! what a fantastic player
two super T in one year
super chuk chuk
Two super T in a year (corus and Sochi), and The Amber tournament too: Here we are with the more exciting player-
Mr. Levon Aronian.
okay