Tal Memorial 2012

The two earlier leaders, Alexander Morozevich and Vladimir Kramnik, were defeated in the 7th round of the Tal Memorial by the tail-enders Evgeny Tomashevsky and Luke McShane, respectively.

Such development complicates the things with only two rounds remaining as now five players are equal first with 4 points each.

Alexander Morozevich took up the King’s Indian defence seeking a sharp game against the last-placed Evgeny Tomashevsky. But the press conference later revealed that Tomashevsky was ready to take up the solid line.

Evgeny Tomashevsky

White maintained the tension and tiny advantage. In the time trouble black refused the repetition of the moves and immediately erred. White saw through the cheap trick, went back to win a pawn and took the game into the winning rook ending.

Radjabov with second victory in Tal Memorial

Teimour Radjabov emerged the sole leader of the 2012 Tal Memorial with 2/2 after beating Luke McShane with black pieces. The Englishman used the interesting move 5.b3 in the Rossolimo Sicilian, following in the footsteps of the World Champion Anand from the recent WCC match.