Moscow has concluded the "Memorial of Tal" chess competition.
Azerbaijani grand chess master Shakhriyar Mamedyarov lost in the ninth
round to a player from Israel, Boris Gelfand. Armenian player Levon
Aronyan and Russian player Sergey Karyakin have caught up with
Mamedyarov. Each has 5.5 points and took places from 1-3.
The leaders' board is as follows: Mamedyarov, Aronyan, Karyakin -- 5.5
points, Grishuk, Nakamura, Van Hao -- 5, Kramnik -- 4.5, Gelfand -- 3.5,
Shirov -- 3, Elyanov -- 2.5.
Mamedyarov took the 7th place on the online rating of the chess portal
chess.liverating.org, slightly improving his rating and going ahead of
Sergey Karyakin, Vasily Ivanchuk, Hikaru Nakamura and others. At the
same time Azerbaijani grand chess master Teymur Radzhabov is in 11th
position, Vugar Gashimov is 15th. The leader of the qualification is
Mangus Carlson, who is ahead of Vishvanatan Anand and Levon Aronyan.
Ramin Naziyev, Baku. Exclusively for Vestnik Kavkaza.
