Leko, P (2741) – Morozevich, A (2788) [C69]Tal Memorial, (4), 21.08.2008 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.0–0 Bg4 6.h3 h5 7.d3 Qf6 8.Nbd2 Ne7 9.Re1 Ng6 10.d4 Nf4 11.dxe5 Qg6 12.Nh4 Bxd1 13.Nxg6 fxg6 14.Rxd1 0–0–0...
Leaders to face in round 4
Kramnik, who lost to Morozevich in round 3, is looking to rebound against Ponomariov in round 4. Round 4 – Tal Memorial Peter Leko – Alexander MorozevichVladimir Kramnik – Ruslan PonomariovS. Mamedyarov – Vassily IvanchukEvgeny Alekseev – Gata KamskyAlexei...
Less than 2 points from world’s #1
After 3 rounds, Morozevich is in clear first at the 2008 Tal Memorial with a performance of 3019! With this results, he is closing the gap to the world’s number 1 ranking. According to the LIVE rating, Anand is...
Morozevich overwhelms Kramnik
Morozevich, A (2788) – Kramnik, V (2788) [D45]2008 Tal Memorial Moscow RUS (rd 3), 20.08.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.g4 Nxg4 8.Rg1 Nxh2 9.Nxh2 Bxh2 10.Rxg7 Nf8 11.Rg2 Bd6 12.e4 Ng6...
Kramnik, Ivanchuk, Morozevich win
Tal Memorial Round 1 Results:Ivanchuk, Vassily – Kamsky, Gata 1-0Morozevich, Alexander – Alekseev, Evgeny 1-0Kramnik, Vladimir – Shirov, Alexei 1-0Ponomariov, Ruslan – Gelfand, Boris ½-½Leko, Peter – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar ½-½ Official website: Official site: http://www.russiachess.org/ Chess Daily News from...
Inching toward 2800
GM Morozevich (2788) – GM Alekseev (2708) [A45]2008 Tal Memorial – 18.08.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 e6 3.Nd2 h6 4.Bh4 d5 5.e3 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Ngf3 Bd6 8.Bd3 0–0 9.0–0 e5 10.dxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.f4 Bd6 13.e4 c4 14.Be2...
Morozevich – Navara match
Navara – Morozevich matchunspecified illnes of Morozevich interrupts the event Morozevich and Navara started their friendly match this week in Prague. The match is part of both players preparation for upcoming events. The time control was 100 minutes for...
Another interesting one by Morozevich
Akopian – Morozevich [D38]14.06.2008, Yerevan 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 c5 7.dxc5 Nbd7 8.Qc2 Qa5 9.Bd2 Qxc5 10.e3 Qe7 11.a3 Bc5 12.Be2 0–0 13.0–0 a6 14.Rac1 b6 15.Na4 Bd6 16.Bc3 b5 17.Bxf6 Qxf6...
Morozevich versus Akopian
Morozevich – Akopian [B84]14.06.2008 – Asrian Memorial 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.Be3 Qc7 8.Qd2 b5 9.a3 Bb7 10.f3 Nbd7 11.0–0–0 d5 12.exd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 Bxd5 14.Bf4 Qb6 15.Rhe1 Bc5 16.Nf5 0–0...
Morozevich, Leko lead Yerevan Chess Giants
Round 1 (June 9, 2008)Morozevich, Alexander – Gelfand, Boris 1-0Bu Xiangzhi – Leko, Peter ½-½Sargissian, Gabriel – Adams, Michael ½-½Aronian, Levon – Akopian, Vladimir ½-½ Round 2 (June 9, 2008) Gelfand, Boris – Morozevich, Alexander ½-½Leko, Peter – Bu...