Tal Memorial 2012

93confirmed

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08 Jun 12 13:37

woodworm

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13 Jun 12 09:26

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Originally posted by 93confirmed
Round 4 just finished. 4 drawn games (Magnus included) and Fabiano pulled a win over Tomashevsky who was tied for first.

But Magnus played a very interesting game, I think he could win:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wu3LRbSSw0w

93confirmed

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13 Jun 12 10:27

Originally posted by woodworm
But Magnus played a very interesting game, I think he could win:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wu3LRbSSw0w

I thought Nakamura might have a win in his endgame (2 pawns to 1) since he didnt offer a draw earlier when the commentarors/analysis saw it but McShane played it perfectly.

Fat Lady

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13 Jun 12 10:38

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(Regarding 3rd round game between Aronian and McShane)

Brave play by Luke McShane considering he was on 0/2 and was Black against the #2 player in the world!

The exchange sac looks completely sound and Black's position is fantastic after 13. ... Bb4+, though Aronian very nearly wriggled out of trouble.

Marinkatomb

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tbc

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16 Jun 12 21:10

What a round today! McShane with another great win against Kramnik. Looking at the pairings for the last two rounds you have to like Carlsens chances, he faces Tomoshevski and McShane but Luke could cause him problems. If memory serves McShane has always given Carlsen difficulties at the London chess classic. 🙂

93confirmed

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18 Jun 12 14:17

Fabiano only needed a draw to hold at least part of 1st place and he lost outright to Aronian who had played pretty badly up until that game. Magnus takes the trophy with a dominant win over McShane and he ended up with 2 wins/7 draws/0 losses overall.

Thabtos

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18 Jun 12 14:41

Originally posted by Marinkatomb
What a round today! McShane with another great win against Kramnik. Looking at the pairings for the last two rounds you have to like Carlsens chances, he faces Tomoshevski and McShane but Luke could cause him problems. If memory serves McShane has always given Carlsen difficulties at the London chess classic. 🙂

Well when you have months and months off to do nothing but prepare for the same 5 players or so because you of your cushy hedge fund savings, I imagine you get a leg up.

🙂

McShane always impresses the hell out of me.