There is no chance for the top players to take a bit of vacation! Few days after the FIDE Grand Prix in Thessaloniki, Greece, they will gather again in Moscow, for one of the classic tournaments of the year: the Tal Memorial. From June 13-23, some of the best players in the world will play the 8th edition of the tournament which honour the memory of the former World Champion Mikhail Tal, who died in 1992
The peripatetic circus is yet again ready to make all of us chess fans enjoy the game.
The line-up is amazing, and promises some fireworks show.
Games start at 7AM ICC time -. Last Round 5AM. ICC will have live coverage of the games, and Radio Broadcast with the GMs Dream team! ICC members will also be provided with GOTD service.
Donwload all the games in PGN format.
Round | Date | Host | Play |
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1 | June 13 |
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2 | June 14 |
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3 | June 15 |
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4 | June 17 |
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5 | June 18 |
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6 | June 19 |
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7 | June 21 |
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8 | June 22 |
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9 | June 23 |
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Round | Date | Host | Analyst |
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1 | Thu, June 13 | Ronen Har-Zvi | John Fedorowicz |
2 | Fri, June 14 | Daniel King | Gregory Kaidanov |
3 | Sat, June 15 | Varuzhan Akobian | David Smerdon |
4 | Mon, June 17 | Ronen Har-Zvi | Joel Benjamin |
5 | Tue, June 18 | Daniel King | Miguel Illescas |
6 | Wed, June 19 | Joel Benjamin | Larry Christiansen |
7 | Fri, June 21 | Alex Yermolinsky | Jonathan Speelman |
8 | Sat, June 22 | Mark Crowther | Benjamin Finegold |
9 | Sun, June 23 | AlexYermolinsky | Lars Bo Hansen |
Name | Rating | Fed. |
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GM Magnus Carlsen | 2868 |
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GM Vladimir Kramnik | 2811 |
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GM Viswanathan Anand | 2783 |
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GM Hikaru Nakamura | 2775 |
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GM Fabiano Caruana | 2774 |
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GM Sergey Karjakin | 2767 |
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GM Alexander Morozevich | 2760 |
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GM Boris Gelfand | 2744 |
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GM Shakhriyar Mamedyarov | 2753 |
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GM Dmitry Andreikin | 2724 |
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Table from wikipedia
Round | 1 month | 3 month | GOTD 3 month |
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1 | Abel | Leijona | pinak |
2 | bingram | Jonmeista | MagPet |
3 | Gambit101 | Deadcatbouncer | Excaliber7 |
4 | izit | Pagliacci | NewYork1924 |
5 | ActiveKids | MikeAngelo | SudhirT |
6 | ElScorcho | Mataleo | ChrisWainscott |
7 | Abel | bioniclime | Laurence |
8 | tknight | Leijona | ccortese |
9 | MichaelJordan | Leijona | Mormegil |
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