page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Ivanchuk vs Svidler 1-0 56 2011 Tal Memorial D80 Grunfeld 2. Aronian vs Carlsen ½-½ 57 2011 Tal Memorial E15 Queen's Indian 3. Nakamura vs Gelfand ½-½ 34 2011 Tal Memorial D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 4. Anand vs Karjakin ½-½ 42 2011 Tal Memorial E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 5. Kramnik vs I Nepomniachtchi 0-1 53 2011 Tal Memorial A37 English, Symmetrical 6. Karjakin vs Nakamura ½-½ 43 2011 Tal Memorial B92 Sicilian, Najdorf, Opocensky Variation 7. Carlsen vs Gelfand 1-0 38 2011 Tal Memorial D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 8. Svidler vs Anand ½-½ 23 2011 Tal Memorial B12 Caro-Kann Defense 9. I Nepomniachtchi vs Ivanchuk ½-½ 76 2011 Tal Memorial B32 Sicilian 10. Aronian vs Kramnik ½-½ 49 2011 Tal Memorial D40 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch 11. Anand vs I Nepomniachtchi ½-½ 27 2011 Tal Memorial D97 Grunfeld, Russian 12. Ivanchuk vs Aronian 0-1 57 2011 Tal Memorial C67 Ruy Lopez 13. Kramnik vs Carlsen ½-½ 41 2011 Tal Memorial A20 English 14. Nakamura vs Svidler 0-1 48 2011 Tal Memorial D86 Grunfeld, Exchange 15. Gelfand vs Karjakin 0-1 59 2011 Tal Memorial E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 16. I Nepomniachtchi vs Nakamura ½-½ 85 2011 Tal Memorial B72 Sicilian, Dragon 17. Kramnik vs Ivanchuk ½-½ 57 2011 Tal Memorial D15 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 18. Aronian vs Anand ½-½ 60 2011 Tal Memorial D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 19. Svidler vs Gelfand ½-½ 40 2011 Tal Memorial A13 English 20. Carlsen vs Karjakin ½-½ 67 2011 Tal Memorial E12 Queen's Indian 21. Nakamura vs Aronian ½-½ 53 2011 Tal Memorial D31 Queen's Gambit Declined 22. Gelfand vs I Nepomniachtchi ½-½ 62 2011 Tal Memorial D80 Grunfeld 23. Anand vs Kramnik ½-½ 36 2011 Tal Memorial D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 24. Karjakin vs Svidler ½-½ 26 2011 Tal Memorial B42 Sicilian, Kan 25. Ivanchuk vs Carlsen ½-½ 74 2011 Tal Memorial D82 Grunfeld, 4.Bf4  page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 45    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 36 OF 47 ·  Later Kibitzing> Nov-24-11    Billy Vaughan: <I think a higher level of understanding from the fans is the answer.> Well let's not ask the impossible :p Nov-24-11    frogbert: <I think a higher level of understanding from the fans is the answer.> get real... ;o) Nov-24-11    bronkenstein: <Understanding> and <fans> together , composing a meaningful sentence? I screenshotted it just in case. Nov-24-11    vsaluki: JoergWalter: "May Chucky win! I like this guy." He has the fewest draws. His games tend to go longer. You get the impression that he is putting the effort in every day. I think of Chuky as Mr. Blue Collar; Mr Lunch Bucket. He shows up for work and he puts in a hard day. Other than the fact that he picks his nose during the games, I can't help but like him. Nov-24-11    notyetagm: What is it with Aronian and his <PASSED> <PAWN> <BRILLIANCIES>? :-) Aronian vs Svidler, 2011 click for larger view 42 h8xh4!! click for larger view 54 g6xf6 1-0 click for larger view Aronian vs Anand, 2007 click for larger view 42 d6-d7! click for larger view Nov-24-11    YouRang: Fantastic knight-sac & win by Aronian. He deserves to win this tournament for that alone. Nov-24-11    siamesedream: It should be Anand - Aronian WCh match. Nov-24-11    JoergWalter: I guess Nakamura vs. Carlsen will be interesting. And it is just a rumor that if Nakamura wins he will be given 3 points. Nov-24-11    nok: Levon is da man. Nov-24-11    tacticalmonster: honestly, Anand shouldn't play any chess tournament before the WC match. Ultra solid and conservative play from Anand. Nov-24-11    JoergWalter: <tacticalmonster> bilbao 2008 was destrastrous for Anand but he did pretty well in his match with Kramnik. Nov-24-11    siamesedream: <Magnus Carlsen`s Blog Tal Memorial 2011 Penultimate Round In the game as white against co-leader Ian Nepomniachtchi I went for 1.e4 and 3.Bb5 against the Sicilian. As planned I got a small but pleasant advantage out of the opening, and my opponent spent quite some time early on (at least compared to his normal rapid mode of play). He quickly managed to improve his position by playing d5, but it was still somewhat tricky for black. My problem was that I struggled finding a proper plan. He had two pawn weaknesses against my single weakness on the queenside. This left him tied up at the queen side, but my own king was far to vulnerable to facilitate an efficient kingside attack. He defended very well and when I finally could win a pawn he had sufficient counterplay. I had the choice between taking on a5 or c6. The latter would at best give me a rook ending a pawn up (that he most probably would be able to draw), and I went for Rxa5 instead having missed his immediate combinational counterplay yielding a perpetual check. Draw. Aronian played a fine game against Svidler to take the sole lead before the last round. I'm shared 2nd and has black against Nakamura tomorrow at 1pm local time. Magnus Carlsen, Moscow, November 24th, 2011 2011-11-24 21:39:38> http://www.arcticsec.no/index.php?b... ------ NOTE! Last round <2 hours earlier>. Nov-24-11    harrylime: Is Svidler still wearing his ear ring ? Nov-24-11    harrylime: 'Historically to me this looks like the tournament of the passing of the 'old' guard to the 'new' .. ' Would've loved to have thought this was real. But ofcourse it's not .. It's all a bit of 'Primus inter Pares' ... Nepo maybe the one breaking thru here tho and making a statement for the future. Anand drifting on a sea of draws. The Indian Petrosian. Nov-24-11    siamesedream: <Is Svidler still wearing his ear ring ?> http://www.chessbase.com/news/2011/... Nov-24-11    AuN1: i like karjakin's chances tomorrow. hopefully he'll be able to catch up to aronian. that's be humorous: shared first two years in a row. Nov-24-11    theodor: naka se naaka Nov-24-11    messachess: Round 9 pairings Nepomniachtchi - Aronian Svidler - Kramnik Karjakin - Ivanchuk Gelfand - Anand Nakamura - Carlsen Looks like some wild play coming up. Nov-24-11    messachess: Anyone know if there's a tie-break format? Nov-24-11    bronkenstein: <Tiebreak systems: most blacks, head-to-head, Coya, S-B, number of wins - in that order> , http://www.chessvibes.com/reports/t.... Nov-24-11    HeMateMe: Did Chuckie ever get his suitcase back? Nov-24-11    wordfunph: <HeMateMe> no news about it, i guess not :( Nov-24-11    knighterrant999: I predict Carlsen will destroy Nakamura, giving him a share of first after a quick draw by Nepo and Aronian. Nov-24-11    parmetd: Who all is in the Tal memorial blitz Nov-24-11    selfmate: I've heard Tal himself might be playing in the blitz this year. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 47) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 36 OF 47 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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