Das Tal Memorial wird an zwei Tagen wird mit Hin- und Rückrunde ausgetragen. Der Gesamtpreisfonds beträgt 100.000 Dollar, davon entfallen 20.000 auf den Sieger. Nach dem ersten Tag führte Shakhryar Mamedyarov in diesem Klassefeld mit sagenhaften 10 aus 11. Alexandra Kosteniuk war die einzige Frau am Start und konnte am ersten Tag nur einen Punkt holen, den allerdings durch einen Sieg gegen Kramnik.
Am zweiten Tag war Mamedyarov nicht so überlegen, kam am Ende aber mit einem halben Punkt Vorsprung vor Grischuk ins Ziel.
Shakhriyar Mamedyrov
Alexander Grischuk
Arkady Dvorkovich als Zuschauer
Kramnik gut gelaunt
Ebenso Sergey Karjakin
Einzige Frau im Feld, Alexandra Kosteniuk
Maria Emelianov mit großem Fotoapperat
Evgeny Tomashevsky
Partien:
1. Tag
| Runde 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | - Inarkiev, Ernesto | 1-0 |
| Morozevich, Alexander | - Leko, Peter | 0-1 |
| Svidler, Peter | - Gelfand, Boris | 1-0 |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | - Karjakin, Sergey | 1-0 |
| Tomashevsky, Evgeny | - Grischuk, Alexander | 0-1 |
| Nepomniachtchi, Ian | - Kosteniuk, Alexandra | 1-0 |
| Runde 2 | ||
| Leko, Peter | - Kramnik, Vladimir | ½-½ |
| Gelfand, Boris | - Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 1-0 |
| Karjakin, Sergey | - Svidler, Peter | ½-½ |
| Inarkiev, Ernesto | - Morozevich, Alexander | 0-1 |
| Nepomniachtchi, Ian | - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 0-1 |
| Kosteniuk, Alexandra | - Grischuk, Alexander | 0-1 |
| Runde 3 | ||
| Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | - Kosteniuk, Alexandra | 1-0 |
| Grischuk, Alexander | - Gelfand, Boris | 1-0 |
| Morozevich, Alexander | - Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 1-0 |
| Svidler, Peter | - Leko, Peter | 1-0 |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | - Inarkiev, Ernesto | ½-½ |
| Tomashevsky, Evgeny | - Karjakin, Sergey | ½-½ |
| Runde 4 | ||
| Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | - Morozevich, Alexander | ½-½ |
| Leko, Peter | - Tomashevsky, Evgeny | ½-½ |
| Karjakin, Sergey | - Grischuk, Alexander | 0-1 |
| Inarkiev, Ernesto | - Svidler, Peter | 1-0 |
| Nepomniachtchi, Ian | - Kramnik, Vladimir | 0-1 |
| Kosteniuk, Alexandra | - Gelfand, Boris | 0-1 |
| Runde 5 | ||
| Grischuk, Alexander | - Leko, Peter | ½-½ |
| Morozevich, Alexander | - Kosteniuk, Alexandra | 1-0 |
| Svidler, Peter | - Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 1-0 |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 0-1 |
| Tomashevsky, Evgeny | - Inarkiev, Ernesto | 1-0 |
| Gelfand, Boris | - Karjakin, Sergey | ½-½ |
| Runde 6 | ||
| Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | - Svidler, Peter | ½-½ |
| Morozevich, Alexander | - Kramnik, Vladimir | 1-0 |
| Leko, Peter | - Gelfand, Boris | ½-½ |
| Inarkiev, Ernesto | - Grischuk, Alexander | ½-½ |
| Nepomniachtchi, Ian | - Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 0-1 |
| Kosteniuk, Alexandra | - Karjakin, Sergey | 0-1 |
| Runde 7 | ||
| Grischuk, Alexander | - Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 1-0 |
| Svidler, Peter | - Morozevich, Alexander | ½-½ |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | - Kosteniuk, Alexandra | 0-1 |
| Tomashevsky, Evgeny | - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 0-1 |
| Gelfand, Boris | - Inarkiev, Ernesto | 1-0 |
| Karjakin, Sergey | - Leko, Peter | ½-½ |
| Runde 8 | ||
| Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | - Grischuk, Alexander | 1-0 |
| Morozevich, Alexander | - Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 1-0 |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | - Svidler, Peter | 1-0 |
| Inarkiev, Ernesto | - Karjakin, Sergey | 0-1 |
| Nepomniachtchi, Ian | - Gelfand, Boris | ½-½ |
| Kosteniuk, Alexandra | - Leko, Peter | 0-1 |
| Runde 9 | ||
| Grischuk, Alexander | - Morozevich, Alexander | 1-0 |
| Svidler, Peter | - Kosteniuk, Alexandra | 1-0 |
| Leko, Peter | - Inarkiev, Ernesto | ½-½ |
| Tomashevsky, Evgeny | - Kramnik, Vladimir | 1-0 |
| Gelfand, Boris | - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 0-1 |
| Karjakin, Sergey | - Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 0-1 |
| Runde 10 | ||
| Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | - Karjakin, Sergey | 1-0 |
| Morozevich, Alexander | - Gelfand, Boris | 1-0 |
| Svidler, Peter | - Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 1-0 |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | - Grischuk, Alexander | 1-0 |
| Nepomniachtchi, Ian | - Leko, Peter | 1-0 |
| Kosteniuk, Alexandra | - Inarkiev, Ernesto | 0-1 |
| Runde 11 | ||
| Grischuk, Alexander | - Svidler, Peter | 1-0 |
| Leko, Peter | - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 0-1 |
| Tomashevsky, Evgeny | - Kosteniuk, Alexandra | 1-0 |
| Gelfand, Boris | - Kramnik, Vladimir | 1-0 |
| Karjakin, Sergey | - Morozevich, Alexander | 1-0 |
| Inarkiev, Ernesto | - Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 1-0 |
Ergebnisse des 2. Tages
| Runde 12 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | - Leko, Peter | 1-0 |
| Morozevich, Alexander | - Karjakin, Sergey | ½-½ |
| Svidler, Peter | - Grischuk, Alexander | ½-½ |
| Nepomniachtchi, Ian | - Inarkiev, Ernesto | 1-0 |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | - Gelfand, Boris | 0-1 |
| Kosteniuk, Alexandra | - Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 1-0 |
| Runde 13 | ||
| Grischuk, Alexander | - Tomashevsky, Evgeny | ½-½ |
| Gelfand, Boris | - Svidler, Peter | 0-1 |
| Karjakin, Sergey | - Kramnik, Vladimir | 1-0 |
| Leko, Peter | - Morozevich, Alexander | ½-½ |
| Inarkiev, Ernesto | - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | ½-½ |
| Kosteniuk, Alexandra | - Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 0-1 |
| Runde 14 | ||
| Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | - Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 0-1 |
| Grischuk, Alexander | - Kosteniuk, Alexandra | 1-0 |
| Morozevich, Alexander | - Inarkiev, Ernesto | ½-½ |
| Svidler, Peter | - Karjakin, Sergey | 0-1 |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | - Leko, Peter | ½-½ |
| Tomashevsky, Evgeny | - Gelfand, Boris | 1-0 |
| Runde 15 | ||
| Gelfand, Boris | - Grischuk, Alexander | ½-½ |
| Karjakin, Sergey | - Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 1-0 |
| Nepomniachtchi, Ian | - Morozevich, Alexander | ½-½ |
| Leko, Peter | - Svidler, Peter | 0-1 |
| Inarkiev, Ernesto | - Kramnik, Vladimir | 0-1 |
| Kosteniuk, Alexandra | - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 0-1 |
| Runde 16 | ||
| Grischuk, Alexander | - Karjakin, Sergey | 1-0 |
| Morozevich, Alexander | - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 1-0 |
| Gelfand, Boris | - Kosteniuk, Alexandra | 1-0 |
| Svidler, Peter | - Inarkiev, Ernesto | 0-1 |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | - Nepomniachtchi, Ian | 0-1 |
| Tomashevsky, Evgeny | - Leko, Peter | ½-½ |
| Runde 17 | ||
| Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | - Kramnik, Vladimir | 1-0 |
| Karjakin, Sergey | - Gelfand, Boris | 0-1 |
| Nepomniachtchi, Ian | - Svidler, Peter | 1-0 |
| Leko, Peter | - Grischuk, Alexander | 1-0 |
| Inarkiev, Ernesto | - Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 1-0 |
| Kosteniuk, Alexandra | - Morozevich, Alexander | 0-1 |
| Runde 18 | ||
| Grischuk, Alexander | - Inarkiev, Ernesto | ½-½ |
| Gelfand, Boris | - Leko, Peter | ½-½ |
| Karjakin, Sergey | - Kosteniuk, Alexandra | 1-0 |
| Svidler, Peter | - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 1-0 |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | - Morozevich, Alexander | 1-0 |
| Tomashevsky, Evgeny | - Nepomniachtchi, Ian | ½-½ |
| Runde 19 | ||
| Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | - Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 1-0 |
| Morozevich, Alexander | - Svidler, Peter | 1-0 |
| Nepomniachtchi, Ian | - Grischuk, Alexander | ½-½ |
| Leko, Peter | - Karjakin, Sergey | 0-1 |
| Inarkiev, Ernesto | - Gelfand, Boris | 0-1 |
| Kosteniuk, Alexandra | - Kramnik, Vladimir | 0-1 |
| Runde 20 | ||
| Grischuk, Alexander | - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 1-0 |
| Gelfand, Boris | - Nepomniachtchi, Ian | ½-½ |
| Karjakin, Sergey | - Inarkiev, Ernesto | 1-0 |
| Svidler, Peter | - Kramnik, Vladimir | 0-1 |
| Leko, Peter | - Kosteniuk, Alexandra | 1-0 |
| Tomashevsky, Evgeny | - Morozevich, Alexander | ½-½ |
| Runde 21 | ||
| Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | - Gelfand, Boris | ½-½ |
| Morozevich, Alexander | - Grischuk, Alexander | 0-1 |
| Nepomniachtchi, Ian | - Karjakin, Sergey | 0-1 |
| Kramnik, Vladimir | - Tomashevsky, Evgeny | 1-0 |
| Inarkiev, Ernesto | - Leko, Peter | ½-½ |
| Kosteniuk, Alexandra | - Svidler, Peter | 0-1 |
| Runde 22 | ||
| Grischuk, Alexander | - Kramnik, Vladimir | 1-0 |
| Gelfand, Boris | - Morozevich, Alexander | 1-0 |
| Karjakin, Sergey | - Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar | 0-1 |
| Leko, Peter | - Nepomniachtchi, Ian | ½-½ |
| Inarkiev, Ernesto | - Kosteniuk, Alexandra | 1-0 |
| Tomashevsky, Evgeny | - Svidler, Peter | 0-1 |
Fotos: Russischer schachverband (Maria Emelianova, Eteri Kublashvili, Vladimir Barsky)
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