Gelfand has drawn every game so far at the 2008 Tal Memorial. But a sharp game today against Mamedyarov earned him the first win and perhaps a tie for 2nd behind Morozevich.
Mamedyarov, S (2742) – Gelfand, B (2720) [D43]
2008 Tal Memorial (6), 24.08.2008
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 e6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.Bg3 b5 9.Be2 Bb7 10.e5 Nd5 11.0–0 Nd7 12.Nd2 Qb6 13.a4 a6 14.Nde4 0–0–0 15.Bh5 Nf4 16.Bxf7 Nxe5 17.Bxe6+ Kb8 18.Ne2 Bg7 19.Nxf4 gxf4 20.Bxf4 Rxd4 21.a5 Qd8 22.Qe2 Re8 23.Rad1 Ka8 24.Be3 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Nd3 26.Bf5 Qd5 27.Qg4 Bxb2 28.h4 Bd4 29.Bg6 Rg8 30.Bxd4 Qxd4 31.Qe6 Qd5 32.Qe7 c5 33.f3 Qd4+ 34.Kh1 Qg7 35.Qxg7 Rxg7 36.h5 b4 37.Kg1 Bxe4 0–1
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Yeah Boris!
Ah!, Mamedyarov back to 50%, that’s how I know him.
Znam da bi te i Gelfand rado u sočnu macu…Vidi mu se na faci.
A izgleda isto da nije jedini na toj fotki koji bi tvog meda .
Please delete the last comment from Anonymous Sunday, August 24, 2008 3:45:00 PM CDT
It’s inapropriate.