Vladimir Kramnik, Russland (2785) - Evgeny Alekseev, Russland (2716) [A60]
Tal Memorial 2007 Moskva, Russland (6), 16.11.2007

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 b5 6.e4 Nxe4 7.Qe2 Qe7 8.Bg2 Nd6 9.Be3 b4 10.Bxc5 Qxe2+ 11.Nxe2 Na6 12.Bxd6 Bxd6 13.Nd2 Rb8 14.Nc4 Be7 15.d6 Bf6 16.Nf4 Nc5 17.0-0 Ba6 18.Nd5 0-0 19.Nxf6+ gxf6 20.Bd5 Na4 21.Rfc1 Rfe8 22.Ne3 Rb6 23.Rc7 Rxd6 24.Rd1 Kh8 25.Nf5 Rb6 26.Bxf7 Nxb2 27.Rdxd7 Re1+ 28.Kg2 Bf1+ 29.Kf3 Be2+ 30.Kf4 Rb8 31.Bc4 1-0













Boris Gelfand, Israel (2736) - Vassily Ivanchuk, Ukrania (2787) [A84]
Tal Memorial 2007 Moskva, Russland (6), 16.11.2007

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 c6 3.c4 e6 4.e3 f5 5.Be2 Nf6 6.0-0 Bd6 7.Ne5 Nbd7 8.f4 Ne4 9.Nd2 Ndf6 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Bd2 0-0 12.Rc1 Bd7 13.Be1 a5 14.Bd3 Be8 15.Bxe4 dxe4 16.Bc3 Qe7 17.Qd2 b6 18.Qc2 Bxe5 19.dxe5 Bh5 20.Qb3 Ra6 21.Rf2 Rd8 22.Rd2 Rxd2 23.Bxd2 Be2 24.a4 h6 25.c5 b5 26.axb5 Bxb5 27.Bc3 a4 28.Qb4 Kh7 29.Rd1 Bd3 30.Ra1 Bc2 31.Qc4 Ra7 32.Bd4 Bd3 33.Qb4 Bb5 34.b3 axb3 35.Rxa7 Qxa7 36.Qxb3 Qa4 1/2-1/2













Alexei Shirov, Spania (2739) - Magnus Carlsen, (2716) [C83]
Tal Memorial 2007 Moskva, Russland (6), 16.11.2007

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Be7 10.c3 0-0 11.Re1 Nc5 12.Nd4 Nxd4 13.cxd4 Nd3 14.Re3 Nxc1 15.Rxc1 c5 16.dxc5 Rc8 17.Rec3 b4 18.R3c2 Bf5 19.c6 Bxc2 20.Rxc2 Qa5 21.Nf3 Rfd8 22.Nd4 g6 23.e6 Bf6 24.exf7+ Kxf7 25.h4 Qb6 26.Rd2 Rd6 27.Nf5 Rdxc6 28.Bxd5+ Kf8 29.Bxc6 Rxc6 30.Ne3 Bxh4 31.Qf3+ Rf6 32.Qa8+ Kg7 33.Qe4 b3 34.axb3 1-0













Peter Leko, Ungarn (2755) - Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Aserbajdsjan (2752) [B81]
Tal Memorial 2007 Moskva, Russland (6), 16.11.2007

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e6 7.g4 b5 8.g5 Nfd7 9.a3 Bb7 10.Bd3 Nc6 11.Nxc6 Bxc6 12.Qe2 g6 13.Bd4 e5 14.Be3 h6 15.Qd2 Nc5 16.h4 hxg5 17.Bxg5 Be7 18.0-0-0 Ne6 19.Bxe7 Qxe7 20.Be2 Nf4 21.Qxd6 Nxe2+ 22.Nxe2 Bxe4 23.Rhe1 Qxd6 24.Rxd6 Ke7 25.Rb6 Rxh4 26.Ng3 Bg2 27.Rxe5+ Kf8 28.Rf6 Kg7 29.Rd6 Bh3 30.Kd2 Be6 31.Ke3 b4 32.Re4 Rxe4+ 33.Nxe4 bxa3 34.bxa3 Rc8 35.Rxa6 Rxc2 1/2-1/2













Gata Kamsky, USA (2714) - Dmitry Jakovenko, Russland (2710) [C93]
Tal Memorial 2007 Moskva, Russland (6), 16.11.2007

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Re8 10.d4 Bb7 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.a3 h6 13.Ba2 Nb8 14.Qb3 Qd7 15.Qc2 c5 16.d5 c4 17.b3 cxb3 18.Bxb3 Qc7 19.c4 Rc8 20.a4 Nbd7 21.Ba3 Qa5 22.Nf1 bxc4 23.Bxc4 Nb6 24.N1d2 Qxa4 25.Qxa4 Nxa4 26.Reb1 Rc7 27.Bxd6 Bxd6 28.Rxa4 a5 29.Rb6 Bc5 30.Rb5 Bb4 31.Raxb4 axb4 32.d6 Rd7 33.Rxb4 Ra7 34.Rb6 Ne8 35.Bxf7+ Rxf7 36.Nxe5 Nxd6 37.Rxd6 Ra1+ 38.Kh2 Rxf2 39.Kg3 Rf8 40.Rd7 Ra3+ 41.Nef3 Ba8 42.h4 Ra4 43.Nd4 Ra3+ 44.N4f3 Bc6 45.Rd6 Bb5 46.Kf2 Be8 47.Rd5 Rc3 48.Ra5 Bc6 49.Ra7 Rd3 50.Kg3 Rfd8 51.Ra2 Be8 52.Nf1 Bg6 53.Re2 Re8 54.Kf4 Rf8+ 55.Kg3 Rc3 56.Re1 Ra3 57.Kg4 Ra2 58.N1d2 Rd8 59.Re2 Be8 60.Rf2 Bc6 61.Kg3 Rd3 62.Re2 Be8 63.Rf2 Bg6 64.Kg4 Rc2 65.Kg3 Ra3 66.Kf4 Raa2 67.g4 Be8 68.Rh2 Rc7 69.Ne5 Rcc2 70.Nef3 Ra6 71.g5 Bh5 72.Nd4 Rc8 73.gxh6 Rf8+ 74.Kg5 Ra5+ 75.Nf5 g6 76.Rf2 gxf5 77.exf5 Bf7 78.Ne4 Ra2 79.Rf1 Rg2+ 80.Kf4 Bg6 81.Ng3 Bh7 82.h5 Kh8 83.Rf3 Ra2 84.Ke5 Re8+ 85.Kf6 Ra6+ 86.Kg5 Rg8+ 87.Kf4 Rxh6 88.Ne4 Rxh5 89.Nd6 Rf8 90.Ke5 Rh1 0-1













Vassily Ivanchuk, Ukrania (2787) - Peter Leko, Ungarn (2755) [E15]
Tal Memorial 2007 Moskva, Russland (7), 17.11.2007

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Bg2 c6 8.Bc3 d5 9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 0-0 12.0-0 Rc8 13.e4 c5 14.exd5 exd5 15.dxc5 dxc4 16.cxb6 Nxb6 17.Re1 cxb3 18.Qxb3 Nd7 19.Nf3 Bc4 20.Qa4 Be6 21.Bb4 1/2-1/2













Dmitry Jakovenko, Russland (2710) - Vladimir Kramnik, Russland (2785) [C42]
Tal Memorial 2007 Moskva, Russland (7), 17.11.2007

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.d4 d5 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.0-0 Be7 8.c4 Nb4 9.Be2 0-0 10.Nc3 Bf5 11.a3 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Nc6 13.Re1 Re8 14.cxd5 Qxd5 15.Bf4 Rac8 16.Bd3 Qd7 17.Rb1 b6 18.d5 Bxd3 19.Qxd3 Bxa3 20.Ng5 g6 21.Ne4 Be7 22.Rbd1 f5 23.d6 cxd6 24.Qd5+ Kh8 25.Nxd6 Bxd6 26.Bxd6 Rxe1+ 27.Rxe1 Re8 28.Rxe8+ Qxe8 29.h3 h6 30.c4 Kh7 1/2-1/2













Magnus Carlsen, (2716) - Boris Gelfand, Israel (2736) [A20]
Tal Memorial 2007 Moskva, Russland (7), 17.11.2007

1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.0-0 Be7 7.d4 e4 8.Ne5 f5 9.Nxc6 bxc6 10.Nc3 0-0 11.f3 exf3 12.exf3 Bf6 13.Re1 Rb8 14.f4 Rb4 15.Nxd5 cxd5 16.Be3 Rxb2 17.Qa4 a6 18.Rab1 Rxb1 19.Rxb1 Qd6 20.Rc1 Bd7 21.Qa5 Bb5 22.Qxc7 Qxc7 23.Rxc7 Bc4 24.Rc5 Bxa2 25.Bxd5+ Bxd5 26.Rxd5 Ra8 27.Rxf5 a5 28.Rc5 a4 29.Rc2 a3 30.Ra2 Kf7 31.f5 g6 32.fxg6+ hxg6 33.Kg2 Ke6 34.Bc1 Be7 35.h4 Kd5 36.g4 Kc4 37.g5 Kxd4 1/2-1/2













Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Aserbajdsjan (2752) - Gata Kamsky, USA (2714) [D15]
Tal Memorial 2007 Moskva, Russland (7), 17.11.2007

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 a6 5.c5 Bf5 6.Bf4 Nbd7 7.e3 g6 8.h3 Bg7 9.Be2 Be4 10.Nh4 e5 11.Bg3 exd4 12.exd4 0-0 13.f3 Bf5 14.Nxf5 gxf5 15.Qd2 Nh5 16.Bf2 f4 17.0-0-0 Re8 18.Rhe1 Nf8 19.Bd3 Qf6 20.Na4 Ne6 21.Bc2 Ng3 22.Qd3 Qh6 23.Nc3 Re7 24.b4 Rae8 25.a4 a5 26.b5 Qg6 27.Qd2 Qf6 28.Ne2 Nxc5 29.Nxf4 Rxe1 30.Rxe1 Rxe1+ 31.Bxe1 Nf1 32.Nh5 Qe7 33.Qxa5 b6 34.Qa8+ Bf8 35.Bc3 Ne6 36.Qxc6 Qg5+ 37.Kb1 Qxh5 38.a5 Qg5 39.a6 Nd2+ 40.Ka2 Nc4 41.Kb3 0-1













Evgeny Alekseev, Russland (2716) - Alexei Shirov, Spania (2739) [D78]
Tal Memorial 2007 Moskva, Russland (7), 17.11.2007

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Qb3 Bg7 6.Bg2 0-0 7.0-0 Qb6 8.Nc3 Bf5 9.Ne5 e6 10.Bf4 Nbd7 11.Qxb6 axb6 12.f3 Nxe5 13.Bxe5 g5 14.e4 Bg6 15.cxd5 exd5 16.Rad1 Rfd8 17.a3 dxe4 18.fxe4 Ne8 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Rfe1 Nd6 21.Bf1 f6 22.Kf2 b5 23.Bd3 Nf7 24.Bb1 Rd7 25.Ba2 Bh5 26.Be6 Re7 27.g4 Rxe6 28.gxh5 Kh6 29.d5 Re7 30.Ne2 Rxe4 31.dxc6 bxc6 32.Ng3 Rxe1 33.Kxe1 Rd8 34.Rxd8 Nxd8 35.b3 Nb7 36.a4 b4 37.Kd2 Na5 38.Kd3 c5 39.Ne4 Nxb3 40.Nxf6 Na5 41.Kc2 c4 42.Nd5 Nc6 43.Ne3 c3 44.Nd5 Kxh5 45.Nxb4 Nxb4+ 46.Kxc3 Na6 47.Kc4 Kh4 0-1