Vladimir Kramnik won the Tal Memorial with
6.0/9 and a 2883 performance. He successfully defended the kingside attack
by Vassily Ivanchuk in the last round. Anand blundered against Aronian, as
a result Kramnik secured clear first place. Carlsen defeated Leko to share
the second spot and to become the world’s number one in the live ratings!
The
2009 Tal Memorial took place on 5-14th November in Moscow, Russia. Ten out
of thirteen top players participated in this prestigious event.
The category 21 round-robin chess event with players Viswanathan Anand
(India, 2788), Levon Aronian (Armenia, 2786), Magnus Carlsen (Norway,
2801), Vladimir Kramnik (Russia, 2772), Peter Leko (Hungary, 2752), Boris
Gelfand (Israel, 2758), Vassily Ivanchuk (Ukraine, 2739) Alexander
Morozevich (Russia, 2750), Peter Svidler (Russia, 2754) and Ruslan
Ponomariov (Ukraine, 2739).
Tal Memorial
09 : Games
* Round 1
* Round 2
* Round 3
* Round 4
* Round 5
* Round 6
* Round 7
* Round 8
* Round 9
Videos
Reference:
-- Official
tournament site (in Russian language)
