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The Tal Memorial is an annual chess tournament played in Moscow from 2006 to 2018 with the exception of 2015, to honour the memory of the former World Champion Mikhail Tal (1936–1992).

Many of the world's strongest players compete. In 2014 it was held only as a blitz tournament and the classical event was replaced by the TASHIR Petrosian Memorial. It returned in October 2016.

Format[edit]

The inaugural Tal Memorial was held as a ten-player single round robin event with a classical time control of two hours for the first 40 moves, one hour for the next 20 moves, then 15 minutes for the rest of the game and 30 seconds added per move from move 60. The time control changed for subsequent editions to 100 minutes for 40 moves, then 50 minutes for the next 20 moves, then 15 minutes with 30 seconds added per move from move one. Draws could not be agreed before move 40.

For 2012 and 2013, a round-robin blitz tournament was held in order to decide the pairings for the main event with time control of 3 minutes plus two seconds per move. In 2014, the classical part did not take place and the Tal Memorial became solely a blitz tournament with the time control of 4 minutes plus 2 seconds per move in a double round robin of twelve players.[1][2]

In case of a tie the placings were decided by: number of games played with Black, number of wins, direct encounter, Koja co-efficient and Sonneborn-Berger score. In 2010 Levon Aronian and Sergey Karjakin shared the title as their tiebreaks were all equal.

Tournament winners[edit]

Tal Memorial
# Year Avg. Elo Winner Rounds Score
1 2006 2727  Peter Leko (Hungary)
 Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine)
 Levon Aronian (Armenia) 		9 5½[3]
2 2007 2741  Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 9 6½[4]
3 2008 2738  Vasyl Ivanchuk (Ukraine) 9 6[5]
4 2009 2761  Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 9 6
5 2010 2757  Levon Aronian (Armenia)
 Sergey Karjakin (Russia)
 Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) 		9 5½
6 2011 2776  Magnus Carlsen (Norway)
 Levon Aronian (Armenia) 		9 5½
7 2012 2777  Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 9 5½
8 2013 2777  Boris Gelfand (Israel) 9 6
9 2014 (blitz) 2777  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) 22 16
10 2016 2760  Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 9 6
11 2018 (rapid)
2018 (blitz)		 2757.1
2781.5 		 Viswanathan Anand (India)
 Sergey Karjakin (Russia) 		9
13		 6
10

Results[edit]

2006[edit]

1st Tal Memorial, 6–16 November 2006, Moscow, Russia, Category XX (2727)
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points SB TPR
1  Peter Leko (Hungary) 2741 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5½ 23.75 2806
2  Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine) 2703 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 5½ 23.50 2810
3  Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2741 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 5½ 22.50 2806
4  Boris Gelfand (Israel) 2733 0 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 5 2769
5  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) 2728 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 20.25 2727
6  Alexander Grischuk (Russia) 2710 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 1 1 ½ 0 4½ 20.00 2729
7  Peter Svidler (Russia) 2750 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 0 Does not appear ½ ½ 1 4½ 19.75 2725
8  Alexei Shirov (Spain) 2720 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 3½ 15.75 2648
9  Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2698 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 3½ 15.50 2650
10  Alexander Morozevich (Russia) 2747 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ Does not appear 3 2600

Georgia (country) Jobava, Ukraine Karjakin (both — 12 points out of 18), Azerbaijan Radjabov, Russia Jakovenko, Moldova Bologan and Russia Timofeev (all — 11½ out of 18) qualified as the winners of 40-players 9-round (two games per round) qualification tournament taken place 16–17 November 2006.

1st Tal Memorial Blitz Cup, 18–19 November 2006, Moscow, Russia
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Points SB
1  Viswanathan Anand (India) 2779 Does not appear 1 1½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 1 1 1½ 1 1 1½ 1½ 1 1½ 1½ 2 23
2  Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2741 1 Does not appear 1½ ½ 2 1½ 1 2 1½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 21
3  Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) 2729 ½ ½ Does not appear 1 ½ 1 1 1½ 1 2 2 1 1 1 1½ 1½ 2 1½ 20½ 324.75
4  Peter Svidler (Russia) 2750 ½ 1½ 1 Does not appear 0 ½ 0 2 1½ 1½ ½ 2 ½ 1½ 2 1½ 2 2 20½ 321.50
5  Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine) 2703 ½ 0 1½ 2 Does not appear 1 ½ 1 2 ½ 1½ 1 1½ 1 1½ 1½ 1½ 1 19½
6  Alexander Morozevich (Russia) 2747 ½ ½ 1 1½ 1 Does not appear 1½ 1 1 2 1 1 1½ ½ 1½ 0 1½ 1 18 305.25
7  Alexander Grischuk (Russia) 2710 ½ 1 1 2 1½ ½ Does not appear 1 0 0 1 1 1½ ½ 1½ 1 2 2 18 289.75
8  Boris Gelfand (Israel) 2733 1 0 ½ 0 1 1 1 Does not appear 1 1½ 1 1 1 1 1½ 1½ 2 2 18 277.00
9  Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2698 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 2 1 Does not appear 1 ½ ½ 2 1 1½ 1½ ½ 2 17½ 283.25
10  Anatoly Karpov (Russia) 2668 ½ 1 0 ½ 1½ 0 2 ½ 1 Does not appear ½ 2 1 1 1½ 1½ 1½ 1½ 17½ 278.00
11  Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine) 2672 1 2 0 1½ ½ 1 1 1 1½ 1½ Does not appear 0 ½ 2 ½ 1 1 1 17 290.75
12  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) 2728 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1½ 0 2 Does not appear 1 1 1 2 1 ½ 17 282.75
13  Judit Polgár (Hungary) 2710 ½ 1 1 1½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 1½ 1 Does not appear 1 1 2 2 1 17 271.50
14  Peter Leko (Hungary) 2741 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1½ 1½ 1 1 1 0 1 1 Does not appear 1 1½ 1 1 16½
15  Dmitry Jakovenko (Russia) 2671 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1½ 1 1 1 Does not appear 2 1½ 2 15½
16  Victor Bologan (Moldova) 2659 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 2 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½ 0 Does not appear ½ 1 10½
17  Artyom Timofeev (Russia) 2662 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1½ ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ 1½ Does not appear 1½ 10
18  Baadur Jobava (Georgia) 2650 0 0 ½ 0 1 1 0 0 0 ½ 1 1½ 1 1 0 1 ½ Does not appear 9

2007[edit]

2nd Tal Memorial, 10–19 November 2007, Moscow, Russia, Category XX (2742)
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points TPR
1  Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 2785 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 6½ 2902
2  Alexei Shirov (Spain) 2739 0 Does not appear ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 5 2784
3-6  Boris Gelfand (Israel) 2736 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 2741
3-6  Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2714 ½ 0 ½ Does not appear 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 2744
3-6  Dmitry Jakovenko (Russia) 2710 ½ ½ ½ 0 Does not appear ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 4½ 2744
3-6  Peter Leko (Hungary) 2755 0 1 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 2739
7-9  Vasyl Ivanchuk (Ukraine) 2787 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 0 ½ 4 2693
7-9  Gata Kamsky (United States) 2714 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ Does not appear 1 ½ 4 2701
7-9  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) 2752 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 Does not appear ½ 4 2697
10  Evgeny Alekseev (Russia) 2716 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 3½ 2664

2008[edit]

3rd Tal Memorial, 19–28 August 2008, Moscow, Russia, Category XX (2745)
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points TPR
1  Vasyl Ivanchuk (Ukraine) 2781 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 6 2866
2  Alexander Morozevich (Russia) 2788 0 Does not appear 1 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 5 2783
3  Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine) 2718 ½ 0 Does not appear ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 5 2791
4  Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 2788 ½ 0 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 5 2783
5  Boris Gelfand (Israel) 2720 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 5 2791
6  Peter Leko (Hungary) 2741 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ Does not appear 1 ½ ½ 1 4½ 2745
7  Gata Kamsky (United States) 2723 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 Does not appear ½ 0 1 4 2704
8  Evgeny Alekseev (Russia) 2708 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 1 ½ 4 2706
9  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) 2742 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 Does not appear 0 3½ 2665
10  Alexei Shirov (Spain) 2741 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 Does not appear 3 2620

Russia Grischuk, Slovakia Movsesian (both — 12½ points out of 18), Russia Grachev, Ukraine Karjakin and Ukraine Eljanov (all — 12 out of 18) qualified as the winners of 60-players qualification blitz tournament taken place 27–28 August 2008. Norway Carlsen and Russia Karpov were invited by the organizers.

3rd Tal Memorial Blitz, 29–30 August 2008, Moscow, Cat. XX (2726)
Player Rating Points TPR
1  Vasyl Ivanchuk (Ukraine) 2781 23½ 2863
2  Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 2788 22½ 2839
3  Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2775 21 2810
4  Peter Svidler (Russia) 2738 20 2790
5  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) 2742 20 2790
6  Peter Leko (Hungary) 2741 18 2746
7  Alexander Grischuk (Russia) 2728 18 2747
8  Sergey Karjakin (Ukraine) 2727 18 2747
9  Gata Kamsky (United States) 2723 17½ 2733
10  Boris Gelfand (Israel) 2720 17½ 2733
11  Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine) 2718 17 2726
12  Boris Grachev (Russia) 2640 14½ 2681
13  Evgeny Alekseev (Russia) 2708 14 2662
14  Anatoly Karpov (Russia) 2651 14 2665
15  Alexander Morozevich (Russia) 2788 14 2657
16  Sergei Movsesian (Slovakia) 2723 12½ 2631
17  Pavel Eljanov (Ukraine) 2716 12½ 2631
18  Vladislav Tkachiev (France) 2664 11½ 2612

2009[edit]

The 2009 competition was held from 5 to 14 November, with 10 of the 13 highest rated players participating: Viswanathan Anand, then the World Champion, Levon Aronian, Vladimir Kramnik, former world champion, Magnus Carlsen, the world champion of 2013, Peter Leko, Vasyl Ivanchuk, Boris Gelfand, Alexander Morozevich, Ruslan Ponomariov and Peter Svidler. The Elo average was 2761 (Category XXI), which was the highest ever reached by the tournament, trailing only the 2011, 2012, and 2013 tournaments. It was won solidly by Vladimir Kramnik with a +3 score, i.e. three wins and six draws. Ivanchuk and Carlsen shared second place with +2.[6]

4th Tal Memorial, 4–14 November 2009, Moscow, Russia, Category XXI (2764)
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points TPR
1  Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 2772 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 6 2888
2  Vasyl Ivanchuk (Ukraine) 2739 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 5½ 2847
3  Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2801 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 5½ 2840
4  Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2786 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 1 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 5 2804
5  Viswanathan Anand (India) 2788 ½ ½ ½ 0 Does not appear ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 5 2804
6  Boris Gelfand (Israel) 2758 ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 2765
7  Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine) 2739 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 1 4 2724
8  Peter Svidler (Russia) 2754 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 3½ 2685
9  Peter Leko (Hungary) 2752 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 3 2640
10  Alexander Morozevich (Russia) 2750 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ Does not appear 3 2640

2010[edit]

The 2010 competition was held from 4 to 18 November, at the GUM Exhibition Hall in Red Square, Moscow. Many of the world's top players participated: in order of Elo rating, Levon Aronian, Vladimir Kramnik, Alexander Grischuk, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Sergey Karjakin, Pavel Eljanov, Boris Gelfand, Hikaru Nakamura, Alexei Shirov, and Wang Hao. Aronian and Karjakin shared first place with 5½/9. Mamedyarov scored the same number of points, but due to his loss to Gelfand was awarded third place on tie-break. The average Elo was 2757 (Category XXI).[7]

5th Tal Memorial, 5–14 November 2010, Moscow, Russia, Category XXI (2757)
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points TPR
1-2  Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2801 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 5½ 2832
1-2  Sergey Karjakin (Russia) 2760 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 5½ 2837
3  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) 2763 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 5½ 2837
4  Alexander Grischuk (Russia) 2771 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5 2799
5  Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 2741 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5 2802
6  Wang Hao (China) 2727 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 1 1 ½ 5 2804
7  Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 2791 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 1 1 4½ 2753
8  Boris Gelfand (Israel) 2741 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ Does not appear 1 0 3½ 2679
9  Alexei Shirov (Spain) 2735 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 Does not appear 1 3 2635
10  Pavel Eljanov (Ukraine) 2742 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 0 Does not appear 2½ 2593

2011[edit]

The 2011 competition was held from 16 to 25 November. Magnus Carlsen, Viswanathan Anand, Levon Aronian and Vladimir Kramnik; all four rated 2800+ at the time of the tournament participated. Seven out of the world's top ten players participated in the tournament, and its average Elo of 2776 (Category 22) was at the time the highest in history. Both Magnus Carlsen and Levon Aronian finished on 5½/9 (a +2 score, two wins and seven draws). Due to the tie-break rules of the tournament Magnus Carlsen was declared the winner because he played the black pieces five times, while Levon Aronian played the black pieces only four times.[8][9]

6th Tal Memorial, 16–25 November 2011, Moscow, Russia, Category XXII (2776)
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points Black TPR
1  Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2826 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5½ 5 2851
2  Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2802 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 5½ 4 2854
3-4  Sergey Karjakin (Russia) 2763 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 5 5 2821
3-4  Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 2730 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 5 5 2825
5  Vasyl Ivanchuk (Ukraine) 2775 ½ 0 ½ ½ Does not appear 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 5 4 2820
6  Peter Svidler (Russia) 2755 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 Does not appear ½ 1 ½ 1 4½ 5 2779
7  Viswanathan Anand (India) 2811 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 4½ 4 2773
8  Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 2800 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 3½ 4 2694
9  Boris Gelfand (Israel) 2744 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 3½ 4 2700
10  Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 2758 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 3 2653

2012[edit]

The Tal Memorial 2012 took place from 7 to 18 June 2012, with participants Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian, Vladimir Kramnik, Teimour Radjabov, Alexander Grischuk, Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana, Alexander Morozevich, Evgeny Tomashevsky and Luke McShane. This tournament was a Category 22 event (average Elo rating of 2776.4). A blitz chess tournament on June 7 preceded the main with a separate prize fund to determine the numbering of the players in the main tournament.[10]

7th Tal Memorial Blitz, 7 June 2012, Moscow, Russia
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points Black Wins H2H Koya
1  Alexander Morozevich (Russia) 2769 Does not appear 1 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 6½ 5
2  Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2835 0 Does not appear 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 1 6½ 4
3  Alexander Grischuk (Russia) 2761 0 0 Does not appear ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 5½ 5
4  Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) 2784 ½ 0 ½ Does not appear 1 1 1 1 0 ½ 5½ 4
5  Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2825 1 1 ½ 0 Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 0 5 4 3 ½ 18.25
6  Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 2775 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ Does not appear ½ 1 1 1 5 4 3 ½ 9.00
7  Evgeny Tomashevsky (Russia) 2738 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ Does not appear 0 1 1 3½
8  Luke McShane (England) 2706 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 Does not appear 1 ½ 3
9  Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 2801 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 0 0 Does not appear 1 2½
10  Fabiano Caruana (Italy) 2770 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ 0 Does not appear 2
7th Tal Memorial, 8–19 June 2012, Moscow, Russia, Category XXII (2777)
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points Black Wins H2H Koya TPR
1  Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2835 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 5½ 2850
2  Fabiano Caruana (Italy) 2770 ½ Does not appear ½ 1 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 5 5 3 2820
3  Teimour Radjabov (Azerbaijan) 2784 0 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 5 4 2 2819
4  Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 2801 ½ 0 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 4½ 5 2774
5  Alexander Morozevich (Russia) 2769 ½ 1 ½ ½ Does not appear 1 1 0 0 0 4½ 4 3 2777
6  Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2825 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 Does not appear ½ 0 1 ½ 4½ 4 2 ½ 2 2771
7  Alexander Grischuk (Russia) 2761 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ Does not appear 1 1 ½ 4½ 4 2 ½ 1½ 2778
8  Luke McShane (England) 2706 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 Does not appear ½ ½ 4 5 3 2741
9  Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 2775 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½ Does not appear ½ 4 5 1 2734
10  Evgeny Tomashevsky (Russia) 2738 ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 3½ 2701

2013[edit]

The Tal Memorial 2013 took place from 13 to 24 June 2013, with participants Magnus Carlsen, Vladimir Kramnik, Viswanathan Anand, Hikaru Nakamura, Sergey Karjakin, Fabiano Caruana, Alexander Morozevich, Boris Gelfand, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, and Dmitry Andreikin. As in 2011, seven of the world's top ten players participated. The Elo average for the tournament is 2777, making it a Category 22 event and one of the highest rated tournaments of all time. A blitz chess tournament on June 12 preceded the main event with a separate prize fund to determine the numbering of the players in the main tournament.

8th Tal Memorial Blitz, 12 June 2013, Moscow, Russia
Player Blitz rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points Black Wins H2H
1  Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 2844 Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 1 7
2  Viswanathan Anand (India) 2786 ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 6½
3  Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 2752 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 1 1 5½
4  Boris Gelfand (Israel) 2694 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 1 0 1 ½ 0 4½ 5
5  Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2856 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 0 1 0 1 4½ 4
6  Dmitry Andreikin (Russia) 2824 0 0 0 0 ½ Does not appear 1 ½ 1 1 4 5 3 1
7  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) 2777 0 0 ½ 1 1 0 Does not appear ½ 0 1 4 5 3 0
8  Sergey Karjakin (Russia) 2873 0 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 1 3½
9  Alexander Morozevich (Russia) 2756 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 1 ½ Does not appear 0 3
10  Fabiano Caruana (Italy) 2718 0 ½ 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 Does not appear 2½
8th Tal Memorial, 13–23 June 2013, Moscow, Russia, Category XXII (2777)
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points Black Wins TPR
1  Boris Gelfand (Israel) 2755 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 6 2905
2  Magnus Carlsen (Norway) 2864 ½ Does not appear 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 5½ 2848
3  Fabiano Caruana (Italy) 2774 0 1 Does not appear ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 5 5 3 2821
4  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) 2753 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 5 5 1 2823
5  Dmitry Andreikin (Russia) 2713 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 5 4 2828
6  Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 2784 0 0 1 0 ½ Does not appear 1 0 1 1 4½ 2777
7  Sergey Karjakin (Russia) 2782 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 4 2734
8  Alexander Morozevich (Russia) 2760 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ Does not appear 0 ½ 3½ 5 2699
9  Viswanathan Anand (India) 2786 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 Does not appear ½ 3½ 4 2696
10  Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 2803 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 3 2650

2014[edit]

In 2014 the classical event was replaced by the TASHIR Petrosian Memorial, sponsored by Tashir Group,[11] which took place from 3 to 11 November. This tournament was a category 20 event (average Elo rating of 2748) and it was won by Alexander Grischuk.[12]

On 13 and 14 November the Tal Memorial Blitz tournament took place in Sochi, during the World Chess Championship 2014. It was a 12-player double round-robin event and it was won by Shakhriyar Mamedyarov.[13]

9th Tal Memorial, Blitz chess, 13–14 November 2014, Sochi, Krasnodar Krai, Russia
Player Blitz rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Points H2H
1  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) 2824 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 16
2  Alexander Grischuk (Russia) 2724 0 1 Does not appear 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 15½
3  Boris Gelfand (Israel) 2719 0 ½ 0 ½ Does not appear ½ 1 0 1 0 0 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 0 1 1 12½ 2½
4  Sergey Karjakin (Russia) 2701 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 Does not appear 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 12½ 2
5  Alexander Morozevich (Russia) 2811 ½ 1 0 0 1 0 0 ½ Does not appear ½ 1 1 ½ 1 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 12½ 1½
6  Peter Svidler (Russia) 2756 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 Does not appear 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 12
7  Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 2880 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½ 0 1 Does not appear 0 1 1 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 1 1 11
8  Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 2757 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 1 10½
9  Peter Leko (Hungary) 2682 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 10
10  Ernesto Inarkiev (Russia) 2648 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 1 1 1 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ Does not appear 0 1 1 1 9½
11  Evgeny Tomashevsky (Russia) 2725 0 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 Does not appear 1 0 8
12  Alexandra Kosteniuk (Russia) 2548 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Does not appear 2

2016[edit]

10th Tal Memorial Blitz, 25 September 2016, Moscow, Russia
Player Blitz rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points H2H
1  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) 2748 Does not appear 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 7½
2  Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2826 0 Does not appear 1 ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 5½
3  Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 2840 0 0 Does not appear ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 5 1½
4  Peter Svidler (Russia) 2795 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 1 1 0 ½ ½ 5 1
5  Anish Giri (Netherlands) 2766 ½ 1 0 ½ Does not appear 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 5 ½
6  Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 2713 0 ½ ½ 0 1 Does not appear 1 ½ ½ ½ 4½
7  Boris Gelfand (Israel) 2765 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 Does not appear 1 1 1 3½
8  Evgeny Tomashevsky (Russia) 2793 0 0 0 1 0 ½ 0 Does not appear 1 ½ 3 1½
9  Li Chao (China) 2624 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 Does not appear 1 3 1
10  Viswanathan Anand (India) 2790 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 Does not appear 3 ½
10th Tal Memorial, 26 September – 6 October 2016, Moscow, Russia, Category XXI (2760)
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points H2H SB TPR
1  Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 2740 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 6 2887
2  Anish Giri (Netherlands) 2755 ½ Does not appear 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 5½ 2840
3  Levon Aronian (Armenia) 2795 ½ 1 Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 5 ½ 22.75 2799
4  Viswanathan Anand (India) 2776 ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 5 ½ 21.00 2801
5  Peter Svidler (Russia) 2745 ½ 0 ½ ½ Does not appear 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 4½ 19.75 2761
6  Li Chao (China) 2746 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 4½ 19.00 2761
7  Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 2808 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ Does not appear 0 ½ 1 4½ 18.50 2754
8  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) 2761 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 Does not appear ½ 1 4½ 18.00 2759
9  Evgeny Tomashevsky (Russia) 2731 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear ½ 3½ 2683
10  Boris Gelfand (Israel) 2743 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ Does not appear 2 2541

2018[edit]

11th Tal Memorial, Rapid chess, 2–4 March 2018, Moscow, Russia
Player Rapid rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Points H2H SB
1  Viswanathan Anand (India) 2805 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 6
2  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) 2755 1 Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 5 1½ 22.75
3  Sergey Karjakin (Russia) 2724 ½ ½ Does not appear ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 5 1½ 22.00
4  Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 2820 0 ½ ½ Does not appear 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 5 1½ 21.00
5  Boris Gelfand (Israel) 2644 ½ ½ ½ 0 Does not appear ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 4½ ½ 19.75
6  Alexander Grischuk (Russia) 2792 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 1 ½ ½ ½ 4½ ½ 19.25
7  Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 2795 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 Does not appear 1 1 ½ 4 1
8  Daniil Dubov (Russia) 2663 0 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 0 Does not appear ½ ½ 4 0
9  Peter Svidler (Russia) 2770 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ Does not appear ½ 3½ ½ 16.25
10  Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 2803 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ Does not appear 3½ ½ 15.25
11th Tal Memorial, Blitz chess, 5 March 2018, Moscow, Russia
Player Blitz rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Points H2H SB
1  Sergey Karjakin (Russia) 2868 1 1 1 1 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 10
2  Hikaru Nakamura (United States) 2842 0 Does not appear 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 8½
3  Ian Nepomniachtchi (Russia) 2768 0 0 Does not appear ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 7½
4  Vladislav Artemiev (Russia) 2834 0 ½ ½ Does not appear 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ 7 2
5  Alexander Grischuk (Russia) 2846 0 0 ½ 0 Does not appear 1 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 7 1
6  Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) 2784 1 0 ½ 0 0 Does not appear 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 7 0
7  Daniil Dubov (Russia) 2767 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 Does not appear ½ 1 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 6½ ½ 41.25
8  Dmitry Andreikin (Russia) 2828 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 ½ Does not appear ½ 0 ½ 1 1 1 6½ ½ 38.75
9  Viswanathan Anand (India) 2801 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ Does not appear ½ 1 0 1 ½ 6 ½ 38.00
10  Peter Svidler (Russia) 2793 0 ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ Does not appear 1 1 0 1 6 ½ 34.50
11  Alexander Morozevich (Russia) 2663 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 0 Does not appear 1 ½ 0 5 1½
12  Vladimir Fedoseev (Russia) 2688 ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 Does not appear 1 0 5 1
13  Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan) 2714 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 Does not appear 1 5 ½
14  Boris Gelfand (Israel) 2745i 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 1 1 0 Does not appear 4

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