Yes,General Lee,e-4 probaly not used,because,maybe these players like to try something different and to some,successful. Krammik,most likely,not be champion anymore,outside russia.

Am I the only one who's noticed that 1. e4 seems to be extinct in this tournament? It's the Tal memorial! Let's see some fireworks!!

Round 4: All draws, except Kramnik beats Svidler!

game of tournament would be carrlsen vs anand,but in spite of all these plyrs aronion is the most consistent of all now adays even though carlsen had a magic run in china

Things aren't looking too bright for Carlsen. I mean after 4 rounds, he has 4 draws. And 3 of those 4 are with the white pieces. Its definitely going to be tough for him, especially considering Kramnik has now already won 2 games. 

I would say that the three who have escaped Carlsen with a draw are lucky, except that by all rights Kramnik should have won his game against him in Round 2. Hopefully Magnus begins to pick up the pace in these later rounds...

bertvl: I think it's just to prepare Nf3 without worrying a Bg4 pin. Especially important since the fight to control e5 and d4 is critical in this position.

just great..

go anand ur thw best

Why only d4?

Anand is a e4 player but now he is also playing d4!

Can someone shine some light on Anand's 8.h3, I have stared at that but do not get the why.

Why is the Grunfeld so popular all of a sudden? OK, I know e4 has been out of style at super-GM level lately, but I thought everyone was playing semi-Slavs or Queen's Indian.

And bravo to Kramnik. Every once in a while he pulls out a game like this to let the world know that yes, he is still freaking awesome at chess. If he could play like that all the time, he would be a much bigger obstacle to Carlsen's world championship ambitions.

i like to play too!!!

Interesting, All five games start with D4. My opening.

kramnick nice exchange bishop for knight, I see he has been studying lots on Lasker for his famous ruy lopez exchange bishop for knight to mess pawn structure that beat capablanca

Exciting stuff!

what country is the local time refering to, australia???

Kramnik checkmates Moro as follows:

46. Ke2 Re1+

47. Kd2 Qe3+

48. Kc2 Rc1+

49. Kb2 Qc3+

50. Ka2 Ra1#

I don't know if this mating pattern has a name, but I like to think of it as the "Queen-Rook Frog March."  

queens gambit x 5

Kramnik already has played Carlsen (Round 1) and Anand (Round 2). Both games ended in a draw, though he had very good winning chances in the game against Carlsen