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 at 2798 and
Morozevich is at 2796.3! Poor Shirov has lost 3 straight. US W Ch Kamsky
hopeful lsot the first game with white, won the next with black, drew 3rd.

Standings after 3 round:

1. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2788 2½

2. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2781 2
3. Leko, Peter g HUN 2741 2

4. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2742 1½
5. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2720 1½
6. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2718 1½
7. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2788 1½
8. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2723 1½

9. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2708 1

10. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2741 0

Round 1
Kramnik - Shirov 1-0
Leko - Mamedyarov 1/2
Morozevich - Alekseev 1-0
Ponomariov - Gelfand 1/2
Ivanchuk - Kamsky 1-0
Round 2
Kramnik - Leko 1/2
Gelfand - Ivanchuk 1/2
Mamedyarov - Morozevich 1/2
Alekseev - Ponomariov 1/2
Shirov - Kamsky 0-1
Round 3
Morozevich - Kramnik 1-0
Ivanchuk - Alekseev 1/2
Leko - Shirov 1-0
Ponomariov - Mamedyarov 1/2
Kamsky - Gelfand 1/2

[Ernie, where are you?]

Phil Innes

On Aug 21, 3:29*am, "Chess One" wrote:
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 at 2798 and
Morozevich is at 2796.3! Poor Shirov has lost 3 straight. US W Ch Kamsky
hopeful lsot the first game with white, won the next with black, drew 3rd..

Standings after 3 round:

1. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2788 2½

2. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2781 2
3. Leko, Peter g HUN 2741 2

4. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2742 1½
5. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2720 1½
6. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2718 1½
7. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2788 1½
8. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2723 1½

9. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2708 1

10. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2741 0

* * * Round 1
* * * Kramnik - Shirov 1-0
* * * Leko - Mamedyarov 1/2
* * * Morozevich - Alekseev 1-0
* * * Ponomariov - Gelfand 1/2
* * * Ivanchuk - Kamsky 1-0
* * * *Round 2
* * * Kramnik - Leko 1/2
* * * Gelfand - Ivanchuk 1/2
* * * Mamedyarov - Morozevich 1/2
* * * Alekseev - Ponomariov 1/2
* * * Shirov - Kamsky 0-1
* * * *Round 3
* * * Morozevich - Kramnik 1-0
* * * Ivanchuk - Alekseev 1/2
* * * Leko - Shirov 1-0
* * * Ponomariov - Mamedyarov 1/2
* * * Kamsky - Gelfand 1/2

[Ernie, where are you?]

Phil Innes

Not to worry I am alive and well. And yes I am following the Tal
Memorial. A big win for Morozevich vs Kramnik the other day !!!

On Aug 21, 6:29*am, "Chess One" wrote:

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 at 2798 and
Morozevich is at 2796.3! Poor Shirov has lost 3 straight.


Can someone please relay the following
message -- in Russian -- to Mr. Shirov?

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"Fire on board? Stop, drop, and roll."
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-- help bot

GM Kamsky (2723) - GM Mamedyarov (2742) [B46]
22.08.2008 - 2008 Tal Memorial - Round 5

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 d6 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Be3 Be7
9.f4 0-0 10.Qe1 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.a3 Bb7 13.Qg3 g6 14.Bf3 a5 15.b4 Rc8
16.Rad1 axb4 17.axb4 Rc4 18.Kh1 Nd7 19.Be2 Rxb4 20.Nxb5 Bxe4 21.Bg7 Bxc2
22.Bxf8 Qxf8 23.Rd4 d5 24.Rxb4 Bxb4 25.Rc1 Be4 26.Rc7 Qd8 27.Qe3 Qh4 28.Qg3
Qf6 29.Qe3 Qa1+ 30.Qc1 Qa2 31.Rc8+ Kg7 32.Qd1 Nf6 33.h3 Bd2 34.Qf1 Bxf4
35.Nc7 Qd2 36.Ne8+ Nxe8 37.Rxe8 Qe3 38.Bf3 Bxf3 39.gxf3 Qd2 40.Qg1 Qe2 Black
wins 0-1


- Game score from Susan Polgar

Standing before this reound [still in prog] were

Round 4 standings
1 Morozevich - 3.0
2-3 Ivanchuk, Leko - 2.5
4-8 Mamedyarov, Gelfand,Ponomariov,Kramnik, Kamsky - 2.0
9 Alekseev - 1.5
10 Shirov - 0.5

Phil Innes

On Aug 22, 8:28*am, "Chess One" wrote:
GM Kamsky (2723) - GM Mamedyarov (2742) [B46]
22.08.2008 - 2008 Tal Memorial - Round 5

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 d6 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Be3 Be7
9.f4 0-0 10.Qe1 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.a3 Bb7 13.Qg3 g6 14.Bf3 a5 15.b4 Rc8
16.Rad1 axb4 17.axb4 Rc4 18.Kh1 Nd7 19.Be2 Rxb4 20.Nxb5 Bxe4 21.Bg7 Bxc2
22.Bxf8 Qxf8 23.Rd4 d5 24.Rxb4 Bxb4 25.Rc1 Be4 26.Rc7 Qd8 27.Qe3 Qh4 28.Qg3
Qf6 29.Qe3 Qa1+ 30.Qc1 Qa2 31.Rc8+ Kg7 32.Qd1 Nf6 33.h3 Bd2 34.Qf1 Bxf4
35.Nc7 Qd2 36.Ne8+ Nxe8 37.Rxe8 Qe3 38.Bf3 Bxf3 39.gxf3 Qd2 40.Qg1 Qe2 Black
wins 0-1

- Game score from Susan Polgar

Standing before this reound [still in prog] were

Round 4 standings
1 Morozevich - 3.0
2-3 Ivanchuk, Leko - 2.5
4-8 Mamedyarov, Gelfand,Ponomariov,Kramnik, Kamsky - 2.0
9 Alekseev - 1.5
10 Shirov - 0.5

Phil Innes

Not a good way to be prepared for Topalov...

More games courtesy SP: - remarkably Shirov with the black bits holds Moro.

Ivanchuk, V (2781) - Kramnik, V (2788) [C42]
2008 Tal Memorial (5), 22.08.2008

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bf4 Nc6 8.Qd2
Be6 9.0-0-0 Qd7 10.Kb1 0-0-0 11.Bb5 a6 12.Ba4 Bf6 13.Bg5 Bxg5 14.Qxg5 b5
15.Bb3 f6 16.Bxe6 Qxe6 17.Qf4 h5 18.h3 g5 19.Nd4 Qd5 20.Nxc6 Qxd1+ 21.Rxd1
gxf4 22.Nxd8 Kxd8 23.Kc1 Rg8 24.Rg1 f3 25.g3 Re8 26.Rd1 Re2 27.Rd2 Re1+
28.Rd1 Re2 ½-½

Morozevich, A (2788) - Shirov, A (2741) [B33]
2008 Tal Memorial (5), 22.08.2008

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.Nd5 Be7 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.c4 b4 12.Nc2 a5 13.g3 0-0 14.h4 Be6 15.Bg2 g6
16.Nxf6+ Qxf6 17.b3 a4 18.0-0 axb3 19.axb3 Rxa1 20.Qxa1 Qd8 21.Rd1 Qa5 22.h5
Qxa1 23.Rxa1 gxh5 24.Ra6 Rc8 25.Kh2 Kf8 26.Bh3 Ke7 27.Rb6 Kd7 28.Nxb4 Nxb4
29.Rxb4 Kc6 30.Rb5 Ra8 31.Bxe6 fxe6 32.f4 Ra2+ 33.Kh3 exf4 34.gxf4 Re2 35.e5
d5 36.Rb8 d4 37.Rd8 Kc5 38.Rd6 Re4 39.Kg3 h4+ 40.Kxh4 Rxf4+ 41.Kg3 Re4
42.Rxe6 Re3+ 43.Kf4 Rxb3 44.Re7 ½-½ Chess news from Susan Polgar

"Chess One" wrote in message
news
GM Kamsky (2723) - GM Mamedyarov (2742) [B46]
22.08.2008 - 2008 Tal Memorial - Round 5

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 d6 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Be3
Be7 9.f4 0-0 10.Qe1 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 b5 12.a3 Bb7 13.Qg3 g6 14.Bf3 a5 15.b4
Rc8 16.Rad1 axb4 17.axb4 Rc4 18.Kh1 Nd7 19.Be2 Rxb4 20.Nxb5 Bxe4 21.Bg7
Bxc2 22.Bxf8 Qxf8 23.Rd4 d5 24.Rxb4 Bxb4 25.Rc1 Be4 26.Rc7 Qd8 27.Qe3 Qh4
28.Qg3 Qf6 29.Qe3 Qa1+ 30.Qc1 Qa2 31.Rc8+ Kg7 32.Qd1 Nf6 33.h3 Bd2 34.Qf1
Bxf4 35.Nc7 Qd2 36.Ne8+ Nxe8 37.Rxe8 Qe3 38.Bf3 Bxf3 39.gxf3 Qd2 40.Qg1
Qe2 Black wins 0-1


- Game score from Susan Polgar

Standing before this reound [still in prog] were

Round 4 standings
1 Morozevich - 3.0
2-3 Ivanchuk, Leko - 2.5
4-8 Mamedyarov, Gelfand,Ponomariov,Kramnik, Kamsky - 2.0
9 Alekseev - 1.5
10 Shirov - 0.5

Phil Innes

Another big score for Moro, defeating Pono in rd 6 [game score courtesy
Chessville] //Phil Innes

Morozevich,A - Ponomariov,R, Tal Memorial, Moscow (6), 2008

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 0-0 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Na6 7.c6 dxc6 8.a3
Bxc3+ 9.Qxc3 Nc5 10.Be3 Nce4 11.Qe5 b5 12.g4 c5 13.g5 Qa5+ 14.b4 cxb4
15.gxf6 Bb7 16.Bd2 Rfc8 17.Bxb4 Qb6 18.c5 Qd8 19.Rg1 g6 20.Rd1 Qxf6 21.c6
Bxc6 22.Rg4 Qxe5 23.Nxe5 f5 24.Nxc6 Rxc6 25.Bg2 a5 26.Bxe4 fxe4 27.Bd2 Rc4
28.Rg5 Ra4 29.Rxb5 Rxa3 30.Rb7 a4 31.Bf4 Rb3 32.Rxb3 axb3 33.Rb1 e3 34.Bxe3
Rb8 35.Kd2 Rb4 36.f3 e5 37.Bf2 1-0

Overall Standings [inc rd 6]

1. Morozevich, Alexander g RUS 2788 4½
2. Ivanchuk, Vassily g UKR 2781 4
3. Gelfand, Boris g ISR 2720 3½
4. Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar g AZE 2742 3
5. Ponomariov, Ruslan g UKR 2718 3
6. Kramnik, Vladimir g RUS 2788 3
7. Alekseev, Evgeny g RUS 2708 2½
8. Leko, Peter g HUN 2741 2½
9. Kamsky, Gata g USA 2723 2½
10. Shirov, Alexei g ESP 2741 1½

Round 7 has 4 from 5 games being decisive, and poor Kamsky was defeated by
Leko's with black. Kamsky is not exactly looking like world championship
material at this tournament. Meanwhile Ivanchuk's win over dynamic Moro puts
him clear in first place.



Round 7
Ivanchuk - Morozevich 1-0
Gelfand - Kramnik 1/2
Ponomariov - Shirov 1-0
Alekseev - Mamedyarov 1-0
Kamsky - Leko 0-1



Round 7 standings
1 Ivanchuk - 5.0
2 Morozevich - 4.5
3-4 Gelfand, Ponomariov - 4.0
5-7 Alekseev, Kramnik, Leko - 3.5
8 Mamedyarov - 3.0
9 Kamsky - 2.5
10 Shirov - 1.5

I see that www.chessbase.com are covering the event with articles in
English - though the results above were obtained from www.ruschess.com

which is worth a look if you want to use their game replay engine or
download scores as .pgn

the official site is http://www.russiachess.org/ which often works [maybe
not enough band-width to accommodate all the attention?]

Phil Innes