Monday, June 24, 2013

Chess News
At the 8th Tal Memorial Chess Tournament, Moscow, Russia

Round 09 – June 23 2013
Hikaru Nakamura (USA,2784) 0-1 Alexander Morozevich (RUS,2760)
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE,2753) ½-½ Magnus Carlsen (NOR,2864)
Vladimir Kramnik (RUS,2803) ½-½ Boris Gelfand (ISR,2755)
Sergey Karjakin (RUS,2782) ½-½ Viswanathan Anand (IND,2786)
Fabiano Caruana (ITA,2774) ½-½ Dmitry Andreikin (RUS,2713)

In the final game Anand hold Karjakin with black ... Anand finished on 9th position with 3½ pts, just above Kramnik, who finished on last position with 3 pts ... This was Anand's one of the poorest result in recent tournaments ... Anand will loose chunk of points and will be outside of top 5 ranking with rating around 2774 ... He need to regroup as World championship is four and half months away.

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