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caknight 26-Nov-11, 16:23	Magnus Carlsen Wins Tal Memorial Magnus Carlsen Wins Tal Memorial Magnus Carlsen pulled an all-important last round victory with black against Hikaru Nakamura to take the winner’s trophy at the 6th Mikhail Tal Memorial in Moscow. Carlsen shared the first place with Levon Aronian but had a better tie-break due to more games with black pieces. Aronian entered the final round as a sole leader, but he had to play with black against the inspired attacker Ian Nepomniachtchi. Indeed, Nepomniachtchi sacrificed an exchange and gained a long-term pressure. Aronian was on the defending side for more than 60 moves but he managed to obtain a draw and repeat the success from 2006 and 2010 when he also shared the first place. In the other games of the last round, Peter Svidler defeated Vladimir Kramnik, while Sergey Karjakin sacrificed a pawn against Vassily Ivanchuk, but after a lively fight a draw was the end result. Vishy Anand completed the tournament with his ninth draw from nine games, this time against his challenger for the world title next year, Boris Gelfand. Anand, Carlsen, Aronian, Kramnik and Nakamura continue the tour with the 3rd London Chess Classic starting next Saturday. Final standings: 1-2. Carlsen Magnus NOR 2826 and Aronian Levon ARM 2802 – 5½ 3-5. Karjakin Sergey RUS 2763, Nepomniachtchi Ian RUS 2730 and Ivanchuk Vassily UKR 2775 – 5.0 6-7. Anand Viswanathan IND 2811 and Svidler Peter RUS 2755 – 4½ 8. Kramnik Vladimir RUS 2800 and Gelfand Boris ISR 2744 – 3½ 10. Nakamura Hikaru USA 2758 – 3.0 6th Tal Memorial | Moscow RUS | Round 9| 25 Nov 2011 Nakamura,Hi (2758) vs. Carlsen,M (2826) 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.O-O d5 9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.cxd5 cxd5 11.Bf4 Nxe5 12.dxe5 O-O 13.Rd1 Bb7 14.Nd2 Nc6 15.Nf3 g5 16.Be3 g4 17.Nd4 Nxe5 18.Bh6 Re8 19.e4 Bc5 20.Nb3 Rc8 21.Nxc5 Rxc5 22.Qa4 Bc6 23.Qd4 Qf6 24.Bf4 dxe4 25.Bxe4 Nf3+ 26.Bxf3 Qxd4 27.Rxd4 Bxf3 28.Rd7 Rd5 29.Rxd5 exd5 30.Be3 Re4 31.Re1 d4 32.Bd2 Rxe1+ 33.Bxe1 Be2 34.f4 gxf3 35.Bf2 d3 36.Be1 Kg7 37.Kf2 Kf6 38.Ke3 Kf5 39.h3 h5 40.Bd2 Bf1 41.Be1 Bxh3 42.Kxd3 Bf1+ 43.Ke3 Kg4 44.Kf2 Bb5 45.Bc3 Bc6 46.Be5 b5 47.Bb8 a6 48.Bc7 f5 49.b3 Bd5 50.Bd6 f4 51.gxf4 h4 52.f5 Kxf5 53.Ke3 Kg4 54.Kf2 h3 55.Ke3 Be4 56.Kf2 Bb1 57.a3 Ba2 58.b4 Bf7 0-1 Svidler,P (2755) vs. Kramnik,V (2800) 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 e6 3.g3 dxc4 4.Qa4+ Nd7 5.Bg2 a6 6.Qxc4 b5 7.Qb3 Bb7 8.O-O Ngf6 9.Nc3 Be7 10.d3 O-O 11.a4 b4 12.Nb1 Nc5 13.Qc2 e5 14.Be3 e4 15.Bxc5 Bxc5 16.dxe4 Nxe4 17.Nfd2 Bxf2+ 18.Rxf2 Nxf2 19.Bxb7 Ng4 20.Nf3 Rb8 21.Bxa6 Qf6 22.Bd3 Qb6+ 23.Kh1 Nf2+ 24.Kg2 Nxd3 25.exd3 Rfe8 26.a5 Qf6 27.Qf2 Rbd8 28.Ra4 c5 29.a6 Rxd3 30.a7 Qc6 31.Ra5 Qa8 32.Nd2 Rde3 33.Nc4 R3e6 34.Kg1 f6 35.Ncd2 c4 36.Nxc4 Qe4 37.Nd4 R6e7 38.Nd6 Qb1+ 39.Kg2 Ra8 40.Qf3 Raxa7 41.Qa8+ 1-0
johnclark 28-Nov-11, 18:40	Magnus Carlsen Wins Tal Memorial Thanks for the post. Who's favored for the title?

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