Tal Memorial

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

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

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

2006

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

Jobava, Karjakin (both — 12 points out of 18), Radjabov, Jakovenko, Bologan and 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

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

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

Grischuk, Movsesian (both — 12½ points out of 18), Grachev, Karjakin and Eljanov (all — 12 out of 18) qualified as the winners of 60-players qualification blitz tournament taken place 27-28 August 2008. Carlsen and 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

References

^ "Elite Round-Robin Petrosian Memorial to Take Place in Novotel Moscow City". Chess-News.ru. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
^ Silver, Albert (19 November 2014). "Tal Memorial blitz won by Mamedyarov". ChessBase. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
^ Crowther, Mark (20 November 2006). "The week in chess 628 - Mikhail Tal Memorial". chess.co.uk. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
^ Crowther, Mark (19 November 2007). "The week in chess 680 - Tal Memorial". chess.co.uk. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
^ Crowther, Mark (1 September 2008). "The week in chess 721 - Tal Memorial". chess.co.uk. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
^ "Kramnik wins Tal Memorial 2009, Carlsen number one". chessbase.com. 14 November 2009. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
^ "The Week In Chess - Tal Memorial 2010". Retrieved 29 June 2013.
^ "Magnus Carlsen Wins Mikhail Tal Memorial 2011". chessdom.com. 26 November 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
^ "Tal Memorial R9 – Aronian, Carlsen tie for first; Carlsen wins on tiebreak". Chess News. 25 November 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
^ Дом Пашкова вновь примет участников Мемориала Таля. russiachess.org (in Russian). 4 June 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
^ ""Tashir" Tigran Petrosian Memorial". Chessdom. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
^ Crowther, Mark (11 November 2014). "Tigran Petrosian Memorial 2014". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
^ Crowther, Mark (14 November 2014). "Tal Memorial Blitz 2014". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 20 March 2016.

External links

Presentation of the 2009 competition by Chessdom
Final report of the 2010 competition by ChessBase
Official page of the 2011 Tal Memorial (in Russian)

[1] "Elite Round-Robin Petrosian Memorial to Take Place in Novotel Moscow City". Chess-News.ru. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2016.

[2] Silver, Albert (19 November 2014). "Tal Memorial blitz won by Mamedyarov". ChessBase. Retrieved 12 March 2016.

[3] Crowther, Mark (20 November 2006). "The week in chess 628 - Mikhail Tal Memorial". chess.co.uk. Retrieved 3 June 2013.

[4] Crowther, Mark (19 November 2007). "The week in chess 680 - Tal Memorial". chess.co.uk. Retrieved 3 June 2013.

[5] Crowther, Mark (1 September 2008). "The week in chess 721 - Tal Memorial". chess.co.uk. Retrieved 3 June 2013.

[6] "Kramnik wins Tal Memorial 2009, Carlsen number one". chessbase.com. 14 November 2009. Retrieved 3 June 2013.

[7] "The Week In Chess - Tal Memorial 2010". Retrieved 29 June 2013.

[8] "Magnus Carlsen Wins Mikhail Tal Memorial 2011". chessdom.com. 26 November 2011. Retrieved 3 June 2013.

[9] "Tal Memorial R9 – Aronian, Carlsen tie for first; Carlsen wins on tiebreak". Chess News. 25 November 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2016.

[10] Дом Пашкова вновь примет участников Мемориала Таля. russiachess.org (in Russian). 4 June 2012. Retrieved 3 June 2013.

[11] ""Tashir" Tigran Petrosian Memorial". Chessdom. 16 October 2014. Retrieved 20 March 2016.

[12] Crowther, Mark (11 November 2014). "Tigran Petrosian Memorial 2014". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 20 March 2016.

[13] Crowther, Mark (14 November 2014). "Tal Memorial Blitz 2014". The Week in Chess. Retrieved 20 March 2016.

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