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Mamedyarov was giving an interview at Tata Steel today about his third-place finish in the tournament.
He was asked about any tournaments he would be playing in before the Candidates and said "The Tal Memorial". That caught event-watchers off guard because it is not in the list of 2018 tournaments so far.
Jonathan Tisdall - Is that a surprise? I assumed there must be one when he said it..
Mark Crowther - I know nothing about this even. It's not in the Russian Chess Federation calendar
Martin Bennedik - He said he'll play it before the Candidates, so it must be in February.
Then, a tweet from ChessBase:
The Tal Memorial will be a 10-player rapid and blitz tournament in Moscow from March 2nd-5th with Mamedyarov, Nakamura, Anand, Svidler and six other players to be determined.
(The Candidates is in Berlin, March 10 to March 28)
The 2018 Mikhail Tal Memorial will take place from 1-5th March at the Central Chess Club in Moscow.
The qualification tournament with reigning European champion Maxim Matlakov, Daniil Dubov, Grigoriy Oparin and Andrey Esipenko is scheduled for 18th February at the same venue.
The playing format will be double round robin with rapid time control 15'+10". The winner qualifies for the main event, of which the details will be announced soon.
GM Sergei Shipov will provide live online commentary.
Last edited by Wayne Komer; Tuesday, 20th February, 2018, 12:51 AM.
On February 18, the Central House of Chess held the qualifying tournament for the Tal Memorial.
Maxim Matlakov, Daniil Dubov, Grigory Oparin and Andrei Yesipenko played two rounds of rapid chess.
Daniil Dubov scored 5 points out of 6 for a clear first place and became the tenth member of the Tal Memorial. 2.5 points were scored by Maxim Matlakov and Gregory Oparin and 2 points by Andrei Yesipenko
The Tal Memorial will take place at the Museum of Russian Impressionism from 1 to 5 March. The super-tournament will be attended by: Vladimir Kramnik, Alexander Grischuk, Peter Svidler, Sergey Karjakin, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Daniil Dubov (all - Russia), Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (Azerbaijan), Hikaru Nakamura (US), Viswanathan Anand (India) and Boris Gelfand (Israel).
The Canadian version, commemorating the last chess appearance of Keres, will take place in Vancouver 19-21 May. The Keres is part of the trilogy of large BC tournaments. The BC Open which took place a week ago, the Grand Pacific Open coming on Easter weekend in Victoria and the 2018 Keres. http://keresmemorial.pbworks.com/w/p...5469/FrontPage
The Canadian version, commemorating the last chess appearance of Paul Keres in 1975, will take place in Vancouver 19-21 May. The Keres is part of the trilogy of large BC tournaments - the BC Open which took place a week ago, the Grand Pacific Open coming on Easter weekend in Victoria and the 2018 Keres. The Keres Memorial has been running continuously since 1975. http://keresmemorial.pbworks.com/w/p...5469/FrontPage
Grandmasters will play 9 rounds in rapid chess and 13 rounds in blitz (both tournaments are round-robin events). Four more participants, whose names will be announced later, will join the blitz tournament, which will take place in the Central Chess Club in Moscow (Gogolevsky Boulevard, 14, bld. 1).
The total prize fund is $150,000.
President of the Russian Chess Federation Andrey Filatov: "The tournament dedicated to the memory of Mikhail Tal, one of the most remarkable Soviet chess players, is always highly expected by the spectators. It is very pleasant to us that the tournament will take place in the Museum of the Russian Impressionism in Moscow for the second time. We are very grateful to our sponsors and Boris Mints, the founder of the Museum, for this unique opportunity and our effective cooperation. Thank to our collaborative effort, the super tournament named after Mikhail Tal has become a bright part of the international programme Chess in Museums".
Founder of the Museum of the Russian Impressionism Boris Mints: "Tal Memorial is one of the strongest chess tournaments in the world, and it is a great honour for us to host it in the Museum of the Russian Impressionism for the second time. O1 Group actively supports the Russian Chess Federation and the Russian chess players, and contributes to hold tournaments not only in Moscow, but in other countries as well.
It is an important event also from the point of view of developing the Museum as a platform, for initially we were aspiring to make it not only an exhibition space, but also a significant cultural point on the city map, a place for meetings, communication, and launching social projects. Holding chess events in the Museums becomes increasingly popular and attracts many spectators.
I hope that this event will repeat the success of previous projects and will become a real festival for Muscovites and the guests of our city. I am a big fan of chess myself and I am sure that the tournament will attract admirers of this beautiful play, while the youngest spectators will be its future participants. We will do our best to hold the tournament on the highest level possible".
Pre-start press conference will take place on March 1 at 7:30 p.m., the Opening Ceremony starts at 8 p.m. (Moscow time).
The match days: Rapid - March 2-4 (Museum of the Russian Impressionism, three rounds per day, the games begin at 3 p.m.), blitz - March 5 (Central Chess Club, the games start at 2 p.m.). The Closing Ceremony will be held in the Central Chess Club on March 5 at 7 p.m. (Moscow time).
Address of the Museum of the Russian Impressionism: Leningradsky Prospect, 15, bld. 11; Belorusskaya metro station.
There is the unexpected pleasure of having Alexander Morozevich commentating with Evgeny Miroshnichenko. I didn't recognize Moro at first because he has shoulder-length hair and mustache and goatee.
The broadcast is from the Museum of Russian Impressionism and there are paintings on the wall that are a bit distracting. Behind Anand and Nepo is an oil of an open window with a vase of lilacs on the inside.
A lovely venue.
After the first three rounds, Mamedyarov, who beat Anand and Svidler, and drew with Kramnik, is the leader with 2.5 points.
For the blitz, on Monday, March 5, four more players will be added: GMs Vladislav Artemiev, Dmitry Andreikin, Vladimir Fedoseev and Alexander Morozevich. That will also be a single round robin, of 13 rounds, with a time control of 5 minutes and 3 seconds increment. That tournament will take place in the Central Chess Club in Moscow on Gogolevsky Boulevard.
The commentators today are Victor Bologan and Evgeny Miroshnichenko. Both are experienced. I think we may have seen Victor commentating at the Moscow Grand Prix last May.
Nothing changes after Round Four with its five draws:
25+10, Rapid
Round 4, Mar. 3, 2018
Kramnik, Vladimir - Gelfand, Boris
A04 Reti Opening
The blitz tournament (13 rounds) takes place tomorrow. It starts one hour earlier, at 6:00AM Toronto/Montreal time.
The participants are Karjakin, Nakamura, Grischuk, Artemiev, Andreikin, Anand, Svidler, Kramnik, Nepomniachtchi, Dubov, Gelfand, Mamedyarov, Fedoseev and Morozevich.
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Just an aside - One of the sponsors of the Tal Memorial has a logo that appears to be DOH. This is the well-known exclamation of Homer Simpson and I have thought of phoning up the company to hear the secretary answer the call with a "D'oh".
Looking up the sponsor on the Russian Chess Federation site, I found that the company is actually Construction Group "DON" or Donaerodorstroy and it constructs roads with asphalt pavement and does airfield pavements and waterworks. It is unlikely that it has anything to do with Homer Simpson.
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