The israeli grandmaster Boris Gelfand won in great style against the italian stallione
Fabiano Caruana in the 2nd round of the Tal Memorial. Gelfand has joined the leader
group with 1,5 points.Up there is also GM Magnus Carlsen who played a solid draw against
GM Sergej Karjakin with the black pieces in the Berlin-defence. Exworldcahampion Vladimir
Kramnik lost the thread in the middlegame against GM Hikaru Nakamura and suffered his
second defeat.The games Andreikin-Anand and Morozevich-Mamedyarov ended draw.
After two rounds Carlsen, Gelfand and Mamedyarov are the leaders with 1,5 points.
The 3rd round starts today at 1 pm (13.00 CET).The games are Carlsen-Caruana, Anand-
Morozevich, Gelfand-Andreikin, Nakamura-Karjakin and Mamedyarov-Kramnik. Follow
the games live on ChessBomb. Read the report from the second round in Chessvibes.
http://chessbomb.com/site/
http://www.chessvibes.com/tal-r2-kramnik-loses-again-to-nakamura-gelfand-beats-caruana
Photos: Lennart Ootes
Fredagsnøtta
Fredagsnøtta.Li Chao-Zhou Jiancho,
kinesisk mesterskap 2013. Hvit trekker
og vinner. Løsningen kommer lørdag.
Løsning på torsdagsnøtta
Her er løsningen på torsdagsnøtta.Gibbs-Schmid:1.-Sd4! 2.Lxd5 Dxd5 3.f3 Dxf3 4.Tf1 Dg2 0-1.
Hannes Stefansson icelandic champion
Grandmaster Hannes Stefansson has won his 12th
icelandic cheampionship title in his last 13 attempts! He
beat IM Bjorn Thorfinsson in a rapid tiebreaker after both
had finished on 8/10 in the main tournament. IM Hjorvar
Stein Gretarsson finished 3rd with 7,5 points. Read more
on Chessvibes.
Torsdagsnøtta
Torsdagsnøtta.G.Gibbs-L.Schmid, sjakk-OL
Lugano 1968. Svart trekker og vinner.
Løsningen kommer fredag.
Die Lösung der Kombination
Die Lösung der Kombination von gestern:L.Schmid-E.Szabados:1Txf6! 1-0.
Magnus innledet med seier
GM Magnus Carlsen mottok Chess Oscar for 2012 og dette virket som en vitamininnsprøytning,
for Magnus vant over eksverdensmester Vladimir Kramnik i 1.runde av Tal Memorial i Moskva
i dag. Magnus spilte Trompovsky som hvit. Stillingen var i balanse frem til Kramnik bukket med
42.-h4? og 44.-Tf6? hvorpå Magnus fikk byttet ned til et løpersluttspill med to sammenhengende
fribønder som han vant lett. En perfekt start for Magnus. I 1.runde merker vi oss at verdensmester
Vishy Anand tapte mot GM Fabiano Caruana med hvit. Caruana reiste seg etter den svake
innsatsen i lynsjakken i går. Ellers merker vi oss at lynvinneren GM Hikaru Nakamura måtte ned
mot GM Shak Mamedyarov.Partiene Andreikin-Morozevich og Gelfand-Karjakin endte remis.
2.runde spilles i morgen kl.13.Partiene er Morozevich-Mamedyarov, Kramnik-Nakamura,
Karjakin-Carlsen, Caruana-Gelfand og Andreikin-Anand. Følg med på hjemmesiden eller ChessBomb
med live Houdini-analyser.
Kombination
Kombination.L.Schmid-E.Szabados,
Zürich 1954. Weiss am Zug. Die Lösung
folgt am Donnerstag.
Løsning på tirsdagsnøtta
Her er løsningen på tirsdagsnøtta.Bondarewski-Lloyd:1.Db6+ Ka4 2.Te8 1-0. Hvit vinner svarts dame
eller setter matt.
Nakamura won Tal Memorial blitz
The American grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura won
the Tal Memorial blitz 2013 with 7 points from nine
rounds.World Champion Vishy Anand was second with
6,5 points while exchampion Vladimir Kramnik was third
with 5,5 points. The world number one, Magnu Carlsen,
ended on 5th place with 4,5 points. The main tournament,
the 8th Tal Memorial starts tomorrow. The pairings are
Andreikin-Morozevich, Anand-Caruana,Gelfand-Karjakin,
Carlsen-Kramnik and Nakamura-Mamedyarov.Carlsen
and Anand meets in the 5th round in a game where Carlsen
has the white pieces. The first round starts Friday 13.00
CET. Follow the games live on the homepage or on
ChessBomb. Read the report from the blitz tournament
on Chessvibes.Foto:Chess.tv
http://russiachess.org/championship/detail/2013/vosmoi_memorial_talya/
http://online.russiachess.org/
http://chessbomb.com/site/
http://www.chessvibes.com/tal-memorial-nakamura-wins-the-blitz-full-pairings-now-known