The Tal Memorial is an annual chess tournament played in Moscow from 2006 to 2018 with the exception of 2015, to honour the memory of the former World Champion Mikhail Tal (1936–1992).
Many of the world's strongest players compete. In 2014 it was held only as a blitz tournament and the classical event was replaced by the TASHIR Petrosian Memorial. It returned in October 2016.
Format
editThe inaugural Tal Memorial was held as a ten-player single round robin event with a classical time control of two hours for the first 40 moves, one hour for the next 20 moves, then 15 minutes for the rest of the game and 30 seconds added per move from move 60. The time control changed for subsequent editions to 100 minutes for 40 moves, then 50 minutes for the next 20 moves, then 15 minutes with 30 seconds added per move from move one. Draws could not be agreed before move 40.
For 2012 and 2013, a round-robin blitz tournament was held in order to decide the pairings for the main event with time control of 3 minutes plus two seconds per move. In 2014, the classical part did not take place and the Tal Memorial became solely a blitz tournament with the time control of 4 minutes plus 2 seconds per move in a double round robin of twelve players.[1][2]
In case of a tie the placings were decided by: number of games played with Black, number of wins, direct encounter, Koja co-efficient and Sonneborn-Berger score. In 2010 Levon Aronian and Sergey Karjakin shared the title as their tiebreaks were all equal.
Tournament winners
edit| # | Year | Avg. Elo | Winner | Rounds | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2006 | 2727 |  Peter Leko (Hungary)  Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine)  Levon Aronian (Armenia)
|
9 | 5½[3] |
| 2 | 2007 | 2741 |  Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) |
9 | 6½[4] |
| 3 | 2008 | 2738 | Vasyl Ivanchuk (Ukraine) |
9 | 6[5] |
| 4 | 2009 | 2761 | Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) |
9 | 6 |
| 5 | 2010 | 2757 | Levon Aronian (Armenia) Sergey Karjakin (Russia)  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)
|
9 | 5½ |
| 6 | 2011 | 2776 |  Magnus Carlsen (Norway) Levon Aronian (Armenia)
|
9 | 5½ |
| 7 | 2012 | 2777 | Magnus Carlsen (Norway) |
9 | 5½ |
| 8 | 2013 | 2777 |  Boris Gelfand (Israel) |
9 | 6 |
| 9 | 2014 (blitz) | 2777 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) |
22 | 16 |
| 10 | 2016 | 2760 | Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) |
9 | 6 |
| 11 | 2018 (rapid) 2018 (blitz) |
2757.1 2781.5 |
 Viswanathan Anand (India) Sergey Karjakin (Russia)
|
9 13 |
6 10 |
Results
edit2006
edit1st Tal Memorial, 6–16 November 2006, Moscow, Russia, Category XX (2727) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points SB TPR 1 
Peter Leko (Hungary)2741 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5½ 23.75 2806 2 
Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine)2703 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 5½ 23.50 2810 3 
Levon Aronian (Armenia)2741 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 5½ 22.50 2806 4 
Boris Gelfand (Israel)2733 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 5 2769 5 
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)2728 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 20.25 2727 6 
Alexander Grischuk (Russia)2710 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 0 4½ 20.00 2729 7 Peter Svidler (Russia)2750 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 4½ 19.75 2725 8 
Alexei Shirov (Spain)2720 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 3½ 15.75 2648 9 
Magnus Carlsen (Norway)2698 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 3½ 15.50 2650 10 Alexander Morozevich (Russia)2747 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 3 2600
Jobava, Karjakin (both — 12 points out of 18), Radjabov, Jakovenko, 
Bologan and Timofeev (all — 11½ out of 18) qualified as the winners of 40-players 9-round (two games per round) qualification tournament taken place 16–17 November 2006.
1st Tal Memorial Blitz Cup, 18–19 November 2006, Moscow, Russia Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Points SB 1 
Viswanathan Anand (India)2779 1 1½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 1 1 1½ 1 1 1½ 1½ 1 1½ 1½ 2 23 2 Levon Aronian (Armenia)2741 1 1½ ½ 2 1½ 1 2 1½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 21 3 Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan)2729 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1½ 1 2 2 1 1 1 1½ 1½ 2 1½ 20½ 324.75 4 Peter Svidler (Russia)2750 ½ 1½ 1 0 ½ 0 2 1½ 1½ ½ 2 ½ 1½ 2 1½ 2 2 20½ 321.50 5 Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine)2703 ½ 0 1½ 2 1 ½ 1 2 ½ 1½ 1 1½ 1 1½ 1½ 1½ 1 19½ 6 Alexander Morozevich (Russia)2747 ½ ½ 1 1½ 1 1½ 1 1 2 1 1 1½ ½ 1½ 0 1½ 1 18 305.25 7 Alexander Grischuk (Russia)2710 ½ 1 1 2 1½ ½ 1 0 0 1 1 1½ ½ 1½ 1 2 2 18 289.75 8 Boris Gelfand (Israel)2733 1 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 1 1½ 1 1 1 1 1½ 1½ 2 2 18 277.00 9 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)2698 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 2 1 1 ½ ½ 2 1 1½ 1½ ½ 2 17½ 283.25 10 Anatoly Karpov (Russia)2668 ½ 1 0 ½ 1½ 0 2 ½ 1 ½ 2 1 1 1½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 17½ 278.00 11 Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine)2672 1 2 0 1½ ½ 1 1 1 1½ 1½ 0 ½ 2 ½ 1 1 1 17 290.75 12 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)2728 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1½ 0 2 1 1 1 2 1 ½ 17 282.75 13 Judit Polgár (Hungary)2710 ½ 1 1 1½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 1½ 1 1 1 2 2 1 17 271.50 14 Peter Leko (Hungary)2741 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1½ 1½ 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1½ 1 1 16½ 15 Dmitry Jakovenko (Russia)2671 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1½ 1 1 1 2 1½ 2 15½ 16 
Victor Bologan (Moldova)2659 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 2 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 10½ 17 Artyom Timofeev (Russia)2662 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1½ ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ 1½ 1½ 10 18 
Baadur Jobava (Georgia)2650 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 0 0 0 ½ 1 1½ 1 1 0 1 ½ 9
2007
edit2nd Tal Memorial, 10–19 November 2007, Moscow, Russia, Category XX (2742) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points TPR 1 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2785 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 6½ 2902 2 Alexei Shirov (Spain)2739 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 5 2784 3-6 Boris Gelfand (Israel)2736 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 2741 3-6 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)2714 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 2744 3-6 Dmitry Jakovenko (Russia)2710 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 4½ 2744 3-6 Peter Leko (Hungary)2755 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 2739 7-9 Vasyl Ivanchuk (Ukraine)2787 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 4 2693 7-9 
Gata Kamsky (United States)2714 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 4 2701 7-9 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)2752 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 4 2697 10 Evgeny Alekseev (Russia)2716 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 3½ 2664
2008
edit3rd Tal Memorial, 19–28 August 2008, Moscow, Russia, Category XX (2745) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points TPR 1 Vasyl Ivanchuk (Ukraine)2781 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 6 2866 2 Alexander Morozevich (Russia)2788 0 1 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 5 2783 3 Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine)2718 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 5 2791 4 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2788 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 5 2783 5 Boris Gelfand (Israel)2720 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 5 2791 6 Peter Leko (Hungary)2741 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 4½ 2745 7 Gata Kamsky (United States)2723 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 4 2704 8 Evgeny Alekseev (Russia)2708 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 4 2706 9 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)2742 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 0 3½ 2665 10 Alexei Shirov (Spain)2741 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 3 2620
Grischuk, 
Movsesian (both — 12½ points out of 18), Grachev, Karjakin and Eljanov (all — 12 out of 18) qualified as the winners of 60-players qualification blitz tournament taken place 27–28 August 2008. Carlsen and Karpov were invited by the organizers.
3rd Tal Memorial Blitz, 29–30 August 2008, Moscow, Cat. XX (2726) Player Rating Points TPR 1 Vasyl Ivanchuk (Ukraine)2781 23½ 2863 2 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2788 22½ 2839 3 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)2775 21 2810 4 Peter Svidler (Russia)2738 20 2790 5 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)2742 20 2790 6 Peter Leko (Hungary)2741 18 2746 7 Alexander Grischuk (Russia)2728 18 2747 8 Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine)2727 18 2747 9 Gata Kamsky (United States)2723 17½ 2733 10 Boris Gelfand (Israel)2720 17½ 2733 11 Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine)2718 17 2726 12 Boris Grachev (Russia)2640 14½ 2681 13 Evgeny Alekseev (Russia)2708 14 2662 14 Anatoly Karpov (Russia)2651 14 2665 15 Alexander Morozevich (Russia)2788 14 2657 16 
Sergei Movsesian (Slovakia)2723 12½ 2631 17 Pavel Eljanov (Ukraine)2716 12½ 2631 18 
Vladislav Tkachiev (France)2664 11½ 2612
2009
editThe 2009 competition was held from 5 to 14 November, with 10 of the 13 highest rated players participating: Viswanathan Anand, then the World Champion, Levon Aronian, Vladimir Kramnik, former world champion, Magnus Carlsen, the world champion of 2013, Peter Leko, Vasyl Ivanchuk, Boris Gelfand, Alexander Morozevich, Ruslan Ponomariov and Peter Svidler. The Elo average was 2761 (Category XXI), which was the highest ever reached by the tournament, trailing only the 2011, 2012, and 2013 tournaments. It was won solidly by Vladimir Kramnik with a +3 score, i.e. three wins and six draws. Ivanchuk and Carlsen shared second place with +2.[6]
| Player | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Points | TPR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)
|
2772 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 6 | 2888 | |
| 2 | Vasyl Ivanchuk (Ukraine)
|
2739 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5½ | 2847 | |
| 3 | Magnus Carlsen (Norway)
|
2801 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5½ | 2840 | |
| 4 | Levon Aronian (Armenia)
|
2786 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5 | 2804 | |
| 5 | Viswanathan Anand (India)
|
2788 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 5 | 2804 | |
| 6 | Boris Gelfand (Israel)
|
2758 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4½ | 2765 | |
| 7 | Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine)
|
2739 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4 | 2724 | |
| 8 | Peter Svidler (Russia)
|
2754 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 3½ | 2685 | |
| 9 | Peter Leko (Hungary)
|
2752 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 3 | 2640 | |
| 10 | Alexander Morozevich (Russia)
|
2750 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 3 | 2640 |
2010
editThe 2010 competition was held from 4 to 18 November, at the GUM Exhibition Hall in Red Square, Moscow. Many of the world's top players participated: in order of Elo rating, Levon Aronian, Vladimir Kramnik, Alexander Grischuk, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Sergey Karjakin, Pavel Eljanov, Boris Gelfand, Hikaru Nakamura, Alexei Shirov, and Wang Hao. Aronian and Karjakin shared first place with 5½/9. Mamedyarov scored the same number of points, but due to his loss to Gelfand was awarded third place on tie-break. The average Elo was 2757 (Category XXI).[7]
| Player | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Points | TPR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-2 | Levon Aronian (Armenia)
|
2801 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 5½ | 2832 | |
| 1-2 | Sergey Karjakin (Russia)
|
2760 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 5½ | 2837 | |
| 3 | Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)
|
2763 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5½ | 2837 | |
| 4 | Alexander Grischuk (Russia)
|
2771 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5 | 2799 | |
| 5 |  Hikaru Nakamura (United States)
|
2741 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5 | 2802 | |
| 6 |  Wang Hao (China)
|
2727 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 5 | 2804 | |
| 7 | Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)
|
2791 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4½ | 2753 | |
| 8 | Boris Gelfand (Israel)
|
2741 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 3½ | 2679 | |
| 9 |  Alexei Shirov (Spain)
|
2735 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2635 | |
| 10 | Pavel Eljanov (Ukraine)
|
2742 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2½ | 2593 |
2011
editThe 2011 competition was held from 16 to 25 November. Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand, Levon Aronian and Vladimir Kramnik; all four rated 2800+ at the time of the tournament participated. Seven out of the world's top ten players participated in the tournament, and its average Elo of 2776 (Category 22) was at the time the highest in history. Both Magnus Carlsen and Levon Aronian finished on 5½/9 (a +2 score, two wins and seven draws). Due to the tie-break rules of the tournament Magnus Carlsen was declared the winner because he played the black pieces five times, while Levon Aronian played the black pieces only four times.[8][9]
| Player | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Points | Black | TPR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnus Carlsen (Norway)
|
2826 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5½ | 5 | 2851 | |
| 2 | Levon Aronian (Armenia)
|
2802 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 5½ | 4 | 2854 | |
| 3-4 | Sergey Karjakin (Russia)
|
2763 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5 | 5 | 2821 | |
| 3-4 | Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia)
|
2730 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 5 | 5 | 2825 | |
| 5 | Vasyl Ivanchuk (Ukraine)
|
2775 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2820 | |
| 6 | Peter Svidler (Russia)
|
2755 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 4½ | 5 | 2779 | |
| 7 | Viswanathan Anand (India)
|
2811 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 4½ | 4 | 2773 | |
| 8 | Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)
|
2800 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 3½ | 4 | 2694 | |
| 9 | Boris Gelfand (Israel)
|
2744 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 3½ | 4 | 2700 | |
| 10 | Hikaru Nakamura (United States)
|
2758 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 3 | 2653 |
2012
editThe Tal Memorial 2012 took place from 7 to 18 June 2012, with participants Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian, Vladimir Kramnik, Teimour Radjabov, Alexander Grischuk, Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Alexander Morozevich, Evgeny Tomashevsky and Luke McShane. This tournament was a Category 22 event (average Elo rating of 2776.4). A blitz chess tournament on June 7 preceded the main with a separate prize fund to determine the numbering of the players in the main tournament.[10]
7th Tal Memorial Blitz, 7 June 2012, Moscow, Russia Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points Black Wins H2H Koya 1 Alexander Morozevich (Russia)
2769 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 6½ 5 2 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)
2835 0 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 6½ 4 3 Alexander Grischuk (Russia)
2761 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 5½ 5 4 Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan)
2784 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 0 ½ 5½ 4 5 Levon Aronian (Armenia)
2825 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 5 4 3 ½ 18.25 6 Hikaru Nakamura (United States)
2775 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 5 4 3 ½ 9.00 7 Evgeny Tomashevsky (Russia)
2738 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 3½ 8 
Luke McShane (England)
2706 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 3 9 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)
2801 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 0 1 2½ 10 
Fabiano Caruana (Italy)
2770 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ 0 2
7th Tal Memorial, 8–19 June 2012, Moscow, Russia, Category XXII (2777) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points Black Wins H2H Koya TPR 1 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)
2835 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 5½ 2850 2 Fabiano Caruana (Italy)
2770 ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 5 5 3 2820 3 Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan)
2784 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 5 4 2 2819 4 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)
2801 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 4½ 5 2774 5 Alexander Morozevich (Russia)
2769 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 0 0 0 4½ 4 3 2777 6 Levon Aronian (Armenia)
2825 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 4½ 4 2 ½ 2 2771 7 Alexander Grischuk (Russia)
2761 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 4½ 4 2 ½ 1½ 2778 8 Luke McShane (England)
2706 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 ½ ½ 4 5 3 2741 9 Hikaru Nakamura (United States)
2775 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ 4 5 1 2734 10 Evgeny Tomashevsky (Russia)
2738 ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 3½ 2701
2013
editThe Tal Memorial 2013 took place from 13 to 24 June 2013, with participants Magnus Carlsen, Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand, Hikaru Nakamura, Sergey Karjakin, Fabiano Caruana, Alexander Morozevich, Boris Gelfand, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, and Dmitry Andreikin. As in 2011, seven of the world's top ten players participated. The Elo average for the tournament is 2777, making it a Category 22 event and one of the highest rated tournaments of all time. A blitz chess tournament on June 12 preceded the main event with a separate prize fund to determine the numbering of the players in the main tournament.
8th Tal Memorial Blitz, 12 June 2013, Moscow, Russia Player Blitz rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points Black Wins H2H 1 Hikaru Nakamura (United States)2844 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 7 2 Viswanathan Anand (India)2786 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 6½ 3 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2752 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 5½ 4 Boris Gelfand (Israel)2694 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 0 4½ 5 5 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)2856 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 4½ 4 6 Dmitry Andreikin (Russia)2824 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 4 5 3 1 7 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)2777 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 ½ 0 1 4 5 3 0 8 Sergey Karjakin (Russia)2873 0 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 3½ 9 Alexander Morozevich (Russia)2756 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 1 ½ 0 3 10 Fabiano Caruana (Italy)2718 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2½
8th Tal Memorial, 13–23 June 2013, Moscow, Russia, Category XXII (2777) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points Black Wins TPR 1 Boris Gelfand (Israel)2755 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 6 2905 2 Magnus Carlsen (Norway)2864 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 5½ 2848 3 Fabiano Caruana (Italy)2774 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 5 5 3 2821 4 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)2753 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 5 5 1 2823 5 Dmitry Andreikin (Russia)2713 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5 4 2828 6 Hikaru Nakamura (United States)2784 0 0 1 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 4½ 2777 7 Sergey Karjakin (Russia)2782 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 4 2734 8 Alexander Morozevich (Russia)2760 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 3½ 5 2699 9 Viswanathan Anand (India)2786 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 3½ 4 2696 10 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2803 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 3 2650
2014
editIn 2014 the classical event was replaced by the TASHIR Petrosian Memorial, sponsored by Tashir Group,[11] which took place from 3 to 11 November. This tournament was a category 20 event (average Elo rating of 2748) and it was won by Alexander Grischuk.[12]
On 13 and 14 November the Tal Memorial Blitz tournament took place in Sochi, during the World Chess Championship 2014. It was a 12-player double round-robin event and it was won by Shakhriyar Mamedyarov.[13]
9th Tal Memorial, Blitz chess, 13–14 November 2014, Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia Player Blitz rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Points H2H 1 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)2824 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 16 2 Alexander Grischuk (Russia)2724 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 15½ 3 Boris Gelfand (Israel)2719 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 1 1 12½ 2½ 4 Sergey Karjakin (Russia)2701 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 12½ 2 5 Alexander Morozevich (Russia)2811 ½ 1 0 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 12½ 1½ 6 Peter Svidler (Russia)2756 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 12 7 Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia)2880 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 1 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 11 8 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2757 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 1 10½ 9 Peter Leko (Hungary)2682 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 10 10 Ernesto Inarkiev (Russia)2648 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 9½ 11 Evgeny Tomashevsky (Russia)2725 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 8 12 Alexandra Kosteniuk (Russia)2548 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
2016
edit10th Tal Memorial Blitz, 25 September 2016, Moscow, Russia Player Blitz rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points H2H 1 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)2748 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 7½ 2 Levon Aronian (Armenia)2826 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 5½ 3 Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia)2840 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 5 1½ 4 Peter Svidler (Russia)2795 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ 5 1 5 
Anish Giri (Netherlands)2766 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 5 ½ 6 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2713 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 4½ 7 Boris Gelfand (Israel)2765 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 3½ 8 Evgeny Tomashevsky (Russia)2793 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 3 1½ 9 
Li Chao (China)2624 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 1 3 1 10 Viswanathan Anand (India)2790 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 3 ½
10th Tal Memorial, 26 September – 6 October 2016, Moscow, Russia, Category XXI (2760) Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points H2H SB TPR 1 Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia)2740 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 6 2887 2 Anish Giri (Netherlands)2755 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5½ 2840 3 Levon Aronian (Armenia)2795 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5 ½ 22.75 2799 4 Viswanathan Anand (India)2776 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 5 ½ 21.00 2801 5 Peter Svidler (Russia)2745 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 19.75 2761 6 Li Chao (China)2746 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 4½ 19.00 2761 7 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2808 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 4½ 18.50 2754 8 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)2761 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 4½ 18.00 2759 9 Evgeny Tomashevsky (Russia)2731 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 3½ 2683 10 Boris Gelfand (Israel)2743 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ 2 2541
2018
edit11th Tal Memorial, Rapid chess, 2–4 March 2018, Moscow, Russia Player Rapid rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points H2H SB 1 Viswanathan Anand (India)2805 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 6 2 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)2755 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 5 1½ 22.75 3 Sergey Karjakin (Russia)2724 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 5 1½ 22.00 4 Hikaru Nakamura (United States)2820 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 5 1½ 21.00 5 Boris Gelfand (Israel)2644 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 4½ ½ 19.75 6 Alexander Grischuk (Russia)2792 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 4½ ½ 19.25 7 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2795 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 4 1 8 Daniil Dubov (Russia)2663 0 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 4 0 9 Peter Svidler (Russia)2770 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 3½ ½ 16.25 10 Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia)2803 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 3½ ½ 15.25
11th Tal Memorial, Blitz chess, 5 March 2018, Moscow, Russia Player Blitz rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Points H2H SB 1 Sergey Karjakin (Russia)2868 1 1 1 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 10 2 Hikaru Nakamura (United States)2842 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 8½ 3 Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia)2768 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 7½ 4 Vladislav Artemiev (Russia)2834 0 ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ 7 2 5 Alexander Grischuk (Russia)2846 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 7 1 6 Vladimir Kramnik (Russia)2784 1 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 7 0 7 Daniil Dubov (Russia)2767 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 6½ ½ 41.25 8 Dmitry Andreikin (Russia)2828 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 6½ ½ 38.75 9 Viswanathan Anand (India)2801 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 6 ½ 38.00 10 Peter Svidler (Russia)2793 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 6 ½ 34.50 11 Alexander Morozevich (Russia)2663 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 5 1½ 12 Vladimir Fedoseev (Russia)2688 ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 1 13 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan)2714 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 1 5 ½ 14 Boris Gelfand (Israel)2745i 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 0 4
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External links
edit- Presentation of the 2009 competition by Chessdom
- Final report of the 2010 competition by ChessBase
- Official page of the 2011 Tal Memorial (in Russian)