- Mikhail Tal Memorial
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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
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Mikhail Tal Memorial # Year Elo
averageWinner Country Score I 2006 2727 Levon Aronian
Peter Leko
Ruslan Ponomariov
Armenia
Hungary
Ukraine5½ /9 II 2007 2741 Vladimir Kramnik 
Russia6½ /9 III 2008 2738 Vassily Ivanchuk Ukraine6 /9 IV 2009 2761 Vladimir Kramnik Russia6½ /9 V 2010 2757 Levon Aronian
Sergey Karjakin
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Armenia
Russia
Azerbaijan5½ /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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Levon Aronian,
co-winner in 2006 and 2010 -
Peter Leko,
co-winner in 2006 -
Ruslan Ponomariov,
co-winner in 2006 -
Vladimir Kramnik,
winner in 2007 and 2009 -
Sergey Karjakin,
co-winner in 2010 -
Shakhriyar Mamedyarov
co-winner in 2010
External links
Categories:- Chess competitions
- Chess in Russia
- Recurring events established in 2006
- Sport in Moscow
- Chess memorial tournaments
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