Tal Memorial, strongest tournament of 2011, starts today - full pairings
Today the strongest tournament of 2011 and highest rated 10-player round robin tournament in chess history starts: the Tal Memoral, in Moscow, Russia. The players' field with Magnus Carlsen (2823, Norway), Vishy Anand (2817, India), Levon Aronian (2802, Armenia), Vladimir Kramnik (2800, Russia), Vassily Ivanchuk (2775, Ukraine), Sergey Karjakin (2763, Russia), Hikaru Nakamura (2753, USA), Peter Svidler (2755, Russia), Boris Gelfand (2746, Israel) and Ian Nepomniachtchi (2730, Russia) results in an average rating of 2776, making this event a record Category-22 tournament.
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The tournament takes place in the Pashkov House, one of the most renowned Classicist buildings in Moscow, currently owned by the Russian State Library. It is believed to be built by Vasili Bazhenov and is located at 3/5 Vozdvizhenka Street, Moscow. It was erected in 1784-1786 by Pyotr Pashkov, retired Captain Lieutenant of the Guards Semenovsky Regiment and son of the batman of Peter the Great. The building was designed by Russian architect Vasili Bazhenov.
Keep an eye on the official website, which again will have video webcast with live commentary by GM Emil Sutovsky and invited guests. Among them are Victor Shenderovich, Vladimir Solovyov, Maxim Potashev, Ilya Novikov, Nikolai Lugansky and others.
Schedule and pairings
| Round 1 | 16.11.11 | 12:00 CET | Round 2 | 17.11.11 | 12:00 CET | |
| Aronian | - | Carlsen | Carlsen | - | Gelfand | |
| Kramnik | - | Nepomniachtchi | Karjakin | - | Nakamura | |
| Ivanchuk | - | Svidler | Svidler | - | Anand | |
| Anand | - | Karjakin | Nepomniachtchi | - | Ivanchuk | |
| Nakamura | - | Gelfand | Aronian | - | Kramnik | |
| Round 3 | 18.11.11 | 12:00 CET | Round 4 | 19.11.11 | 12:00 CET | |
| Kramnik | - | Carlsen | Carlsen | - | Karjakin | |
| Ivanchuk | - | Aronian | Svidler | - | Gelfand | |
| Anand | - | Nepomniachtchi | Nepomniachtchi | - | Nakamura | |
| Nakamura | - | Svidler | Aronian | - | Anand | |
| Gelfand | - | Karjakin | Kramnik | - | Ivanchuk | |
| Round 5 | 20.11.11 | 12:00 CET | Round 6 | 22.11.11 | 12:00 CET | |
| Ivanchuk | - | Carlsen | Carlsen | - | Svidler | |
| Anand | - | Kramnik | Nepomniachtchi | - | Karjakin | |
| Nakamura | - | Aronian | Aronian | - | Gelfand | |
| Gelfand | - | Nepomniachtchi | Kramnik | - | Nakamura | |
| Karjakin | Svidler | Ivanchuk | - | Anand | ||
| Round 7 | 23.11.11 | 12:00 CET | Round 8 | 24.11.11 | 12:00 CET | |
| Anand | - | Carlsen | Carlsen | - | Nepomniachtchi | |
| Nakamura | - | Ivanchuk | Aronian | - | Svidler | |
| Gelfand | - | Kramnik | Kramnik | - | Karjakin | |
| Karjakin | - | Aronian | Ivanchuk | - | Gelfand | |
| Svidler | - | Nepomniachtchi | Anand | - | Nakamura | |
| Round 9 | 25.11.11 | 10:00 CET | ||||
| Nakamura | - | Carlsen | ||||
| Gelfand | - | Anand | ||||
| Karjakin | - | Ivanchuk | ||||
| Svidler | - | Kramnik | ||||
| Nepomniachtchi | - | Aronian |
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