2008 Tal Memorial Round 2 : Kamsky beat Shirov:

Site of the tournament, the luxurious GUM Mall

Gata Kamsky provide the lone victory in Round two of the 2008 Tal Memorial in the Exhibition Hall of GUM mall, located directly on the Red Square in Moscow Russia. A questionable pawn sacrifice by Shirov 32.Qc2? proved to be costly for the Spaniard as he fell to his second straight loss of the tournament. Kamsky however, came back strong with the win as he lost his first match to Ivanchuck in the previous round. All the other matches were drawn.

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Kramnik, V (2788) - Leko, P (2741) [E15]
Tal Memorial 2008, Moscow (Round 2), 19.08.2008

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.Qc2 Bb7 6.Bg2 c5 7.d5 exd5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.0–0 Be7 10.Rd1 Qc8 11.a3 Nf6 12.Nc3 d5 13.Bg5 Nbd7 14.e4 d4 15.e5 Nxe5 16.Nxe5 Bxg2 17.Qa4+ Nd7 18.Bxe7 Kxe7 19.Re1 Nxe5 20.Rxe5+ Kf8 21.Kxg2 dxc3 22.bxc3 g6 23.Rae1 Kg7 24.Re7 Qf5 25.Qc4 Rhd8 26.R1e5 Qf6 27.R5e6 Qf5 28.Re5 Qf6 ½–½


Gelfand, B (2720) - Ivanchuk, V (2781) [A30]
Tal Memorial 2008, Moscow (Round 2), 19.08.2008

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.g3 b6 4.Bg2 Bb7 5.0–0 e6 6.Nc3 Be7 7.Re1 d5 8.cxd5 Nxd5 9.Nxd5 Qxd5 10.d4 cxd4 11.Qxd4 Qxd4 12.Nxd4 Bxg2 13.Kxg2 Na6 14.Be3 Bf6 15.Rac1 0–0 16.Rc4 Bxd4 17.Bxd4 Rfd8 18.Be3 b5 19.Rc3 Nb4 20.Bc5 Nd5 21.Rc2 h6 22.Rec1 f5 23.f3 a6 24.e4 fxe4 25.fxe4 Nf6 26.Be7 Rd7 27.Bxf6 gxf6 28.Kh3 Kf7 29.Kg4 Kg6 30.Rc6 e5 31.Rf1 Rf8 32.Rf5 Rd2 33.Rxa6 Rxh2 34.Rxe5 h5+ 35.Kf4 Rf2+ 36.Ke3 ½–½


Alekseev, Evgeny (2708) - Ponomariov, R (2718) [D38]
Tal Memorial 2008, Moscow (Round 2), 19.08.2008

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.Qc2 0–0 8.a3 Bxc3+ 9.Qxc3 c6 10.Nd2 Qe8 11.e3 Ne4 12.Nxe4 dxe4 13.Bf4 Qe6 14.Be2 Nb6 15.Bg3 Qg6 16.Qc5 Bg4 17.Bxg4 Qxg4 18.Qe7 Nd7 19.Qb4 Nb6 20.Qe7 Nd7 ½–½


Mamedyarov, S (2742) - Morozevich, A (2788) [D85]
Tal Memorial 2008, Moscow (Round 2), 19.08.2008

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bb5+ c6 8.Ba4 0–0 9.Ne2 e5 10.0–0 Re8 11.Qc2 Nd7 12.Bb3 b6 13.f4 exd4 14.f5 gxf5 15.cxd4 Nc5 16.e5 Nxb3 17.axb3 c5 18.Bb2 cxd4 19.Nxd4 Rxe5 20.Nc6 Rc5 21.Qxc5 bxc5 22.Nxd8 Bxb2 23.Rae1 Bd7 24.Nb7 Bd4+ 25.Kh1 Rb8 26.Nd6 Rxb3 27.Re7 Be6 28.Rxa7 c4 29.Ra4 Rc3 30.Nb5 Rd3 31.Nxd4 Rxd4 ½–½

Tal Memorial Round 2 Standings

				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1	Ivanchuk,V	2781	+131	*					½		1			1.5/2	1.50
2	Morozevich,A	2788	+127		*		½					1		1.5/2	1.00
3	Kramnik,V	2788	+143			*		½					1	1.5/2	0.50
4	Mamedyarov,S	2742	+22		½		*	½						1.0/2	1.25
5	Leko,P	2741	+24			½	½	*						1.0/2	1.25
6	Gelfand,B	2720	+29	½					*	½				1.0/2	1.25
7	Ponomariov,R	2718	-4						½	*		½		1.0/2	0.75
8	Kamsky,G	2723	+38	0							*		1	1.0/2	0.00
9	Alekseev,Evgeny	2708	-145		0					½		*		0.5/2
10	Shirov,A	2741	-785			0					0		*	0.0/2