Tal Memorial 2012 – day one – IM/WGM Yelena Dembo's Chess Academy

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This highly prestigious event started yesterday in Moscow. The first round was an incredible blow to Black pieces as White won 4 games and drew once.
First, Carlsen drew rather quickly against Kramnik (Annotations are taken from the official website of the tournament):

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.06.08"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Carlsen, Magnus"]  [Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2835"]  [BlackElo "2801"]  [PlyCount "46"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:42:00"]  [BlackClock "0:19:16"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. e3 b6 8.  cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 {N} (9. Nf3 Ne4 10. Qc2 Bf5 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. Qe2 c5 13. O-O c4  14. Bc2 b5 15. Ne1 Re8 16. f3 Nd6 17. Bd2 a5 18. Bxf5 Nxf5 19. Nc2 Qb6 {[%eval  4402,0] ... 1/2-1/2, Vasilevich Tatjana (UKR) 2399 - Galojan Lilit (ARM) 2373,  Plovdiv (Bulgaria)}) 9... Ba6 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Qd3 Qc8 12. Ne2 c5 13. b3 cxd4  14. Qxd4 Nc5 15. Qd1 Qa6 16. Nf4 {?!} (16. O-O Nxb3 17. Qxb3 Qxe2 18. Bb2 Qc4  19. Qd1 Nd7 20. Qh5 Qe4 21. Rad1 Rad8 22. Qxd5 Qxd5 23. Rxd5 Nc5 24. Rfd1 Rxd5  25. Rxd5 f6 26. Kf1 Rc8 27. Bd4 Ne6 28. Rd7 Rc7 29. Rxc7 Nxc7 30. Ke2 Kf7 31.  Kd3 Ke6 32. h4 h5 33. e4 Nb5 {<font color=red>-0.10|d24</font> $11}  ) 16... d4 17. b4 dxe3 18. bxc5 Qa5+ 19. Kf1 Rad8 20. Qc2 Qb5+ 21. Ke1 Qa5+ 22.  Kf1 Qb5+ 23. Ke1 Qa5+ {?! Z0} (23... g5 24. fxe3 gxf4 25. Rf1 Nd7 26. Rxf4 Ne5  27. a4 Qd3 28. Rf2 bxc5 29. Ra3 Qa6 30. Rf5 f6 31. Kf2 {<font color=red>  -0.76|d18</font> $17}) ({Kf1 Qb5+ Ke1} 23... g5 24. fxe3 gxf4 25. Rf1 Nd7  26. Rxf4 Ne5 27. a4 Qd3 28. Rf2 bxc5 29. Ra3 Qa6 {Houdini Aquarium (0:00:00)  <font color=red>+0.00|d22</font> $11}) 1/2-1/2

Then the rest of the games was very dramatic:

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.06.08"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Morozevich, Alexander"]  [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Result "1-0"]  [WhiteElo "2769"]  [BlackElo "2770"]  [PlyCount "111"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:02:45"]  [BlackClock "0:03:40"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5  Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 Na5 11. c3 Nxb3 12. axb3 O-O 13. Nd4 Qe8 {N} (13... Qd7  14. f3 Nc5 15. Be3 f6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Nd2 Bf7 18. b4 Na4 19. Nf1 Rfe8 20. Qd2  c5 21. bxc5 Nxc5 22. Ra3 a5 23. Nc2 Na4 24. Nd4 Nb6 {... 1/2-1/2, Guseinov  Aidyn (AZE) 2489 - Levit Roman (USA) 2275, Moscow (Russia) 1979}) 14. f3 Nc5  15. b4 Nb7 16. Be3 Bd7 17. Na3 c6 18. Nac2 a5 19. f4 Qc8 20. h3 Re8 21. Bf2 Bf8  22. Qf3 Ra6 (22... axb4 {!?} 23. Rxa8 {Houdini Aquarium (0:00:21) <font  color=red>+0.36|d21</font> $14}) 23. Ne3 (23. Ra2 {!?} Ra8 {Houdini  Aquarium (0:02:52) <font color=red>+0.45|d21</font> $14}) 23... Qa8  (23... Ra8 {!?} 24. Rac1 Nd8 25. bxa5 Rxa5 26. b4 Ra3 27. Qg3 Qb8 28. Ng4 Kh8  29. f5 Qc8 30. Qf4 Qc7 31. Bg3 {Houdini Aquarium (0:03:58) <font  color=red>+0.40|d22</font> $14}) 24. Ndc2 Qd8 {?!} (24... Nd8 25. bxa5  Rxa5 26. Rxa5 Qxa5 27. Ra1 Qc7 28. b4 Qb7 29. Ra5 Qb8 30. Qg3 h5 31. Ra1 Qb7  32. Nf1 {Houdini Aquarium (0:00:33) <font color=red>+0.54|d19</  font> $14}) 25. bxa5 Nc5 26. b4 Ne4 27. Rd3 f6 28. Bh4 {?!} (28. exf6 Qxf6  29. Ng4 Bxg4 30. hxg4 Bd6 31. g3 Bb8 32. Bd4 Ba7 33. Bxa7 Rxa7 34. g5 Qf8 35.  Qe3 Ra6 {<font color=red>+0.77|d20</font> $16}) 28... g5 29. fxg5  fxg5 30. Bg3 Bg7 31. Bh2 (31. Ng4 {!?} Rf8 {Houdini Aquarium (0:00:14) <  font color=red>+0.44|d18</font> $14}) 31... Rf8 32. Qe2 Rf2 33. Qe1 g4  {?!} (33... Qe7 34. Nd4 {<font color=red>+0.55|d19</font> $14}) 34.  Rd4 {?!} (34. hxg4 Qg5 35. Nd4 Bxg4 36. Nxg4 Qxg4 37. Rg3 Nxg3 38. Qxf2 Bxe5  39. Bxg3 Qxg3 40. Qxg3+ Bxg3 41. Rf1 Be5 {<font color=red>+1.49|d18</  font> $16}) 34... Rf8 35. Rad1 Qe8 {?!} (35... Qe7 36. Rxe4 dxe4 37. hxg4  Bc8 38. Nf5 Bxf5 39. gxf5 Bxe5 40. Ne3 Bxh2+ 41. Kxh2 Kh8 42. Kg1 c5 43. Rd5 {  Houdini Aquarium (0:00:47) <font color=red>+0.72|d19</font> $14})  36. Nxg4 Bf5 37. Nce3 Bg6 38. Nf1 {?} (38. c4 bxc4 39. b5 cxb5 40. Nxd5 h5 41.  Nc7 Qc8 42. Nf6+ Bxf6 43. Nxa6 Be7 44. Rxe4 Qxa6 45. Rf4 b4 {<font  color=red>+1.74|d18</font> $16}) 38... h5 39. Nge3 Ra7 {?!} (39... Qe6  40. Rxe4 Bxe4 41. Nd2 Bxe5 42. Nxe4 Bxh2+ 43. Kxh2 Qxe4 44. Qg3+ Kh7 45. Qc7+  Kg8 46. Rf1 Qxe3 47. Rxf8+ {<font color=red>+0.00|d19</font> $11})  40. Ng3 {?!} (40. c4 {<font color=red>+0.56|d18</font> $14}) 40...  Bxe5 41. Nxe4 Bxd4 42. cxd4 Qxe4 {?!} (42... Bxe4 43. Bd6 {<font  color=red>+0.09|d23</font> $11}) 43. Be5 Kh7 44. Rc1 Raf7 {?!} (44...  Be8 45. Kh2 Raf7 46. a6 Bd7 47. Qe2 Kg6 48. Ra1 Ra8 49. Qd2 Kh7 50. a7 Qg6 51.  Bb8 h4 52. Ra6 {<font color=red>+0.76|d25</font> $16}) 45. Kh2 Rf2  46. Rxc6 {?!} (46. a6 Qf3 47. Rxc6 Be4 48. Rc7+ Rf7 49. Rxf7+ Qxf7 50. Qc3 Re2  51. h4 Ra2 52. Qc8 Ra3 53. Nc2 Ra2 {<font color=red>+1.37|d23</  font> $16}) 46... R8f3 47. Rc7+ Bf7 {??} (47... Kh6 48. Re7 Qh4 49. Kh1  Rxh3+ 50. gxh3 Be4+ 51. Kg1 Qxh3 52. Qc1 Qh1+ 53. Kxf2 Qxc1 54. Bf4+ Kg6 55.  Rg7+ {<font color=red>+0.43|d19</font> $14}) 48. Kh1 (48. a6 {  Houdini Aquarium (0:16:02) <font color=red>+12.08|d21</font> $18})  48... Rf1+ 49. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 50. Nxf1 Kg6 51. Rc6+ Kh7 52. Ng3 {?!} (52. Kg1 Qd3  53. Rc7 Kg6 54. a6 Qa3 55. a7 h4 56. Kh2 Qa6 57. Rd7 Be6 58. Rg7+ Kh6 59. Ne3  Qc6 {<font color=red>+4.71|d23</font> $18}) 52... Qb1+ 53. Kh2 h4  54. Ne2 Qxb4 55. Rc7 Kg8 56. a6 {1-0 Z0} ({Qf8} 56. Rb7 Be8 57. Nf4 Bc6 58.  Rb8+ {Qxb8 Bxb8 b4 a7 b3 Nd3 Kg7 Be5+ Kg6 g3 Houdini Aquarium (0:00:08) <  font color=red>+7.60|d21</font> $18}) 1-0

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.06.08"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Radjabov, Teimour"]  [Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]  [Result "1-0"]  [WhiteElo "2784"]  [BlackElo "2738"]  [PlyCount "61"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:00:16"]  [BlackClock "0:00:46"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Qe2 Nge7 8.  Be3 O-O 9. O-O-O f5 10. exf5 Bxf5 {N} (10... Nxf5 11. Bxb6 axb6 12. Kb1 Qf6 13.  f4 Kh8 14. Nd5 Qf7 15. c4 Nfe7 16. Nxc7 Bf5+ 17. Ka1 Nb4 18. a3 Nec6 19. Nxa8  Nc2+ 20. Ka2 N6b4+ {... 0-1, Tatai Stefano (ITA) 2455 - Kraidman Yair (ISR)  2455, Beer-Sheva (Israel) 1978}) 11. h3 Bd7 12. Qd2 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 Kh8 14. Bd3  Qe8 15. f4 Qf7 16. Rhf1 Rae8 17. Qd2 Nb4 18. Be4 Bc6 19. Rde1 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Qc4  21. a3 Nbc6 22. Qc3 Qd5 23. Nbd2 Nf5 {?!} (23... b5 24. g4 a5 25. Ng5 b4 26.  Qe3 Qg8 27. Qd3 Ng6 28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Kb1 bxa3 30. f5 a2+ 31. Ka1 {Houdini  Aquarium (0:02:32) <font color=red>+0.28|d21</font> $14}) 24. g4  Nfd4 25. Qd3 b5 {?!} (25... Qa2 26. Nc3 {<font color=red>+0.73|d21</  font> $14}) 26. Kb1 {?!} (26. Nc3 Qg8 27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Nxb5 Nxb5 29. Qxb5  Nd4 30. Qa4 Qe6 31. Kb1 c5 32. Qxa7 Qe2 33. Qd7 d5 {<font color=red>+1.  19|d21</font> $16}) 26... b4 27. a4 h6 {?!} (27... Qf7 28. f5 {<font  color=red>+0.77|d22</font> $16}) 28. Nb3 {?} (28. Nf3 a6 29. Nh4 Qf7  30. f5 Kg8 31. Ng6 b3 32. cxb3 Qxb3 33. Qxb3+ Nxb3 34. Nxf8 Kxf8 35. Kc2 Nbd4+  {<font color=red>+1.80|d20</font> $16}) 28... Re7 {?} (28... Re6  29. Re2 Re5 30. Re3 Re7 31. Rfe1 Rxf4 32. Nf6 Rxf6 33. Rxe7 Nxe7 34. Rxe7 Qh1+  35. Ka2 Ne6 36. Nd4 {<font color=red>+1.04|d23</font> $16}) 29.  Ned2 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 g5 31. f5 {1-0 Z0} ({Kg8} 31. Re4 {Houdini Aquarium (0:00:  03) <font color=red>+5.80|d16</font> $18}) 1-0

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.06.08"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Grischuk, Alexander"]  [Black "McShane, Luke J"]  [Result "1-0"]  [WhiteElo "2761"]  [BlackElo "2706"]  [PlyCount "125"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:17:15"]  [BlackClock "0:16:16"]   1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. e3 a6 8. d4  Ba7 9. h3 Rb8 10. dxe5 {N} (10. b3 b5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. Qe2 b4  14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Bc5 16. Bb2 Qe7 17. Rac1 Bd6 18. f4 f6 19. fxe5 fxe5 20.  Rxf8+ Qxf8 21. Be4 {[%eval 4000,0] ... 1/2-1/2, Damljanovic Branko (SRB) 2595  - Miladinovic Igor (SRB) 2598, Zlatibor (Serbia)}) 10... Nxe5 11. b3 Nxf3+ 12.  Qxf3 b5 13. Qe2 bxc4 (13... b4 {!?} 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5 Qg5 16. Bb2 a5 17.  Rac1 Bb6 18. h4 Qg6 19. Bd4 Bg4 20. Qc4 Rbc8 21. Rfe1 {Houdini Aquarium (0:02:  09) <font color=red>+0.43|d21</font> $14}) 14. Qxc4 a5 15. Bb2 Bd7  16. Rac1 Bc5 17. Rfd1 Re8 {?!} (17... Qe8 18. Qf4 h6 19. Ne2 Rb4 20. Nd4 Rb8  21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. Qxf5 {Houdini Aquarium (0:00:09) <font color=red>+1.  05|d20</font> $16}) 18. Na4 Bxa4 19. Qxa4 Bb6 20. Bc6 Re7 {?!} (20... Re6  21. Bc3 {<font color=red>+1.50|d18</font> $16}) 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22.  Qg4+ Kh8 23. Rc4 Re5 24. Rd5 Qe7 25. Qf3 Rg8 26. Kg2 Rg6 27. b4 axb4 28. Rxb4  Kg7 29. a4 Qe6 30. h4 f5 31. Rf4 {?!} (31. Rbb5 {<font color=red>+1.  67|d21</font> $16}) 31... Rf6 32. Kh2 h6 33. h5 Kf8 34. Kg2 Kg7 35. Kh2  Kf8 36. Kg2 Kg7 37. Qd1 Kf8 {?!} (37... Ba5 38. Rb5 Bb6 39. Bd5 Qe8 40. Qf3 Bc5  41. Bc6 Qe6 42. Kh2 {<font color=red>+1.49|d22</font> $16}) 38. Kf1  {?!} (38. Qd2 Bc5 {<font color=red>+2.27|d21</font> $18}) 38... Qc8  39. Qd3 Kg7 {?!} (39... Qe6 40. Rb5 Rxb5 41. axb5 Bc5 42. Bd5 Qe5 43. Kg1 Kg7  44. Bc6 Qe6 45. Bg2 Qe5 46. Bh3 d5 47. Kg2 {<font color=red>+1.54|d21<  /font> $16}) 40. Kg2 {?!} (40. Qb5 Qe6 41. a5 Ba7 42. a6 Bb6 43. Kg2 Qe7 44.  Ra4 Re4 45. Ra2 Ba7 46. Rdd2 d5 47. Qxd5 Ree6 {<font color=red>+2.  72|d19</font> $18}) 40... Rxd5 41. Bxd5 Qe8 42. Rxf5 Rxf5 43. Qxf5 Qe7  44. Bb3 Qf6 45. Qd5 c5 {?!} (45... Qe6 46. Qd1 Qe4+ 47. Kg1 Qf5 48. Bd5 Ba5 49.  Kg2 Kf8 50. Bb7 Ke7 51. Bf3 Qc5 52. Qb1 Qe5 53. Qb3 {<font color=red>+1.  45|d26</font> $16}) 46. Bc4 Ba5 47. f4 Qe7 48. Kf2 Bc3 49. Ke2 Bb4 {?!} (  49... Ba5 50. g4 Bd8 51. Kd3 Qf6 52. Qb7 Ba5 53. Ke2 Bd8 54. Bd5 Kf8 55. Qb8  Kg7 56. Qa7 Qe7 57. Qxe7 {Houdini Aquarium (0:00:24) <font color=red>+1.  85|d21</font> $16}) 50. g4 Qd7 51. Kd3 Qe7 {?!} (51... Qe6 52. Qb7 {  Houdini Aquarium (0:01:14) <font color=red>+2.81|d23</font> $18})  52. g5 hxg5 53. fxg5 Be1 54. g6 fxg6 55. Qg8+ Kf6 56. Qxg6+ Ke5 57. h6 d5 58.  Qg7+ Qf6 59. Bxd5 Bh4 60. Kc4 Kd6 61. Qxf6+ Bxf6 62. a5 Kc7 63. h7 {Z0} ({Kb8}  63. Kxc5 Be7+ {Kc6 Bf6 a6 Ka7 Bc4 Bh8 e4 Bb2 Kd5 Bg7 e5 Kb6 e6 Houdini  Aquarium (0:00:03) <font color=red>+299.85|d24</font> $18}) 1-0

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.06.08"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Aronian, Levon"]  [Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]  [Result "1-0"]  [WhiteElo "2825"]  [BlackElo "2775"]  [PlyCount "105"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:50:44"]  [BlackClock "0:03:57"]   {Rf1 Rxh2+ Houdini Aquarium (0:01:03) <font color=red>+14.84|d25</  font> $18} 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6  7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. Be3 f5 10. Rc1 Kh8 11. a3 Bf6 12. Bc5 Re8 13. b4 Be6  14. Re1 {N} (14. Nd2 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. e4 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Be7 18. Be3 Nd4 19.  Qh5 c6 20. Kh1 a5 21. Qxe5 Nb3 22. Rb1 Bxb4 23. Qh5 Be7 24. Nc3 {... 1-0,  Onischuk Alexander (USA) 2495 - Fogarasi Tibor (HUN) 2440, Budapest (Hungary)  1993}) 14... Qd7 (14... Nd7 {!?} 15. Na4 Nb6 16. Be3 e4 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. dxe4  fxe4 19. Qxd8 Bxd8 20. Ng5 Bd5 21. Red1 Bb3 22. Rd7 {Houdini Aquarium (0:19:05)  <font color=red>+0.23|d25</font> $11}) 15. e4 a6 16. Bh3 g6 17. Be3  Qg7 18. Ng5 {?!} (18. Bg2 Rad8 {<font color=red>+0.05|d22</font>  $11}) 18... Bg8 {?!} (18... Bxg5 19. Bxg5 {<font color=red>-0.39|d25</  font> $15}) 19. Nf3 f4 {?!} (19... Be6 20. Qc2 Rad8 21. Bg2 Rd7 22. Bg5 Red8  23. Red1 h6 24. exf5 gxf5 25. Be3 Nd4 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. Ne2 {<font  color=red>+0.15|d21</font> $11}) 20. Bxb6 cxb6 21. Nd5 g5 {?!} (21...  Rad8 22. Nxb6 {<font color=red>+0.40|d20</font> $14}) 22. Bd7 Re6 {  ?!} (22... Red8 23. Bxc6 {<font color=red>+1.30|d24</font> $16})  23. Bxe6 Bxe6 24. Nxf6 Qxf6 25. Rxc6 bxc6 26. Qa1 a5 27. Qxe5 Qxe5 28. Nxe5  axb4 29. axb4 c5 30. bxc5 bxc5 31. gxf4 gxf4 32. Kg2 Ra3 33. Kf3 c4 34. Kxf4  cxd3 35. Rd1 Ra2 36. Nxd3 Bc4 37. f3 Rxh2 38. Ne5 Ba2 39. Rd7 Rh6 40. Nf7+ {?!}  (40. Kg5 Re6 41. Nf7+ Kg8 42. Nh6+ Kf8 43. Rxh7 Bb3 44. Ra7 Bc4 45. Nf5 Bd3 46.  Kf4 Bc4 47. e5 Bd5 {<font color=red>+2.58|d21</font> $18}) 40...  Bxf7 41. Rxf7 Kg8 42. Rf5 Rh1 43. e5 h5 {?!} (43... Ra1 44. Rg5+ Kf7 45. Kf5  Ra6 46. Rg2 Rb6 47. f4 h6 48. Rc2 Rb7 49. Rc6 h5 50. Rh6 Kg7 51. Rxh5 {<  font color=red>+2.74|d30</font> $18}) 44. Rg5+ Kf8 45. Kf5 h4 46. Rh5  Kg7 47. f4 h3 48. Ke6 Kg6 49. Rg5+ Kh6 50. Kf5 Rh2 51. Rg8 Rh1 52. e6 h2 53.  Rg2 {1-0 Z0} () 1-0

It is good to see that all players are in a fighting mood in this event 🙂

Tal Memorial 2012 – day one

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