Mikhail Tal Memorial

Mikhail Tal Memorial
Vassily Ivanchuk, winner of the 2008 edition

The Mikhail Tal Memorial is a chess tournament played in Moscow each year since 2006, to honour the memory of the former World Champion Mikhail Tal who died in 1992.

It is usually played in the first half of November, with many of the world's strongest players competing. The first three editions all reached Category XX (overall Elo average 2735).

Tournament winners

Mikhail Tal Memorial
# Year Elo
average
Winner Country  Score  
I
 2006 
2727
 Levon Aronian
 Peter Leko
 Ruslan Ponomariov  
 Armenia
 Hungary    
 Ukraine
5½ /9
II
2007
2741
 Vladimir Kramnik  Russia
6½ /9
 III 
2008
2738
 Vassily Ivanchuk  Ukraine
6 /9
IV
2009
2761
 Vladimir Kramnik  Russia
6½ /9
V
 2010 
2757
 Levon Aronian
 Sergey Karjakin
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
 Armenia
 Russia
 Azerbaijan
5½ /9

The 2009 edition was held from November 5 to November 14, with 10 of the 13 highest rated players participating: Viswanathan Anand, the current World Champion, Levon Aronian, Vladimir Kramnik, Magnus Carlsen, Peter Leko, Vassily Ivanchuk, Boris Gelfand, Alexander Morozevich, Ruslan Ponomariov and Peter Svidler. The Elo average will be 2761 (Cat. XXI), the highest ever reached by this tournament. 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.

Photo-gallery of winners

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