Tal Memorial 2011
The 2011 Tal Memorial will run from 16-25 November in Moscow, and will feature 10 of the very best players in the world in a single round-robin competition.
There will be one rest day on 21 November, and games start at 15:00 local time (11:00 UTC), except the last round which is 2 hours earlier.
The tournament is arguably the strongest tournament of 2011 so far, and Chess.com/TV will be providing live coverage of many of the rounds. First round coverage from IM Danny Rensch is open to ALL Chess.com members! Tune in on 16 November at 04:00 Pacific/07:00 Eastern/12:00 GMT.
The full line-up with rankings on the official November 2011 list:
| Name | Nat | Rank | Elo |
| Magnus Carlsen | NOR | 1 |
2826 |
| Viswanathan Anand | IND | 2 | 2811 |
| Levon Aronian | ARM | 3 | 2802 |
| Vladimir Kramnik | RUS | 4 | 2800 |
| Vassily Ivanchuk | UKR | 6 | 2775 |
| Sergey Karjakin |
RUS | 8 | 2763 |
| Hikaru Nakamura | USA | 10 | 2758 |
| Peter Svidler | RUS | 12 | 2755 |
| Boris Gelfand |
ISR | 14 | 2744 |
| Ian Nepomniachtchi | RUS | 20 | 2730 |
The time control is 40 moves in 100 minutes, followed by 20 moves in 50 minutes, then 15 minutes to finish, with a 30 second increment from the start of the game.
The total prize fund is €100,000 with the winner receiving €30,000.
The draw for the first round:
| Lev Aronian | v | Magnus Carlsen |
| Vladimir Kramnik | v | Ian Nepomniachtchi |
| Vassily Ivanchuk | v | Peter Svidler |
| Viswanathan Anand | v | Sergey Karjakin |
| Hikaru Nakamura | v | Boris Gelfand |
The official site (in Russian) also promises live webcam coverage of the playing hall.
