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In Round 6 of Tal Memorial under way in Moscow, Russia, Armenian GM Levon Aronian lost to Israel’s representative Boris Gelfand and now shares 5-6 places with Magnus Carlsen with 3 points each. Kramnik won against Ponomariov and has taken the sole lead with 4,5 points. Anand ranks second with 4 points after he ended in draw with Carlsen. Gelfand and Ivanchuk come next with 3,5 points. Ponomariov has scored 2,5. Leko and Svidler end the list with 2points.

In Round 7 Aronian will play with Kramnik, with the other pairings being as follows: Svidler-Carlsen, Anand-Morozevich, Ivanchuk-Gelfand, Ponomariov-Leko.

Magnus Carlsen (Norway) – Viswanathan Anand (India) 0,5:0,5

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 h6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e3 b5 10. a4 c6 11. Ne5 a6 12. g4 Bb7 13. Bg2 Qe7 14. O-O O-O 15. f4 Nd7 16. Nxc6 Qd6 17. Ne7+ Qxe7 18. Bxb7 Ra7 19. Bg2 Nb6 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa7 Qxa7 22. Qa1 Qe7 23. e4 Ra8 24. Qb2 Ra5 25. e5 Qh4 26. Qe2 Ra3 27. f5 Rxc3 28. fxe6 fxe6 29. Qe4 Qd8 30. Qg6 Qxd4+ 31. Kh1 Re3 32. Qxe6+ Kh7 33. Qf5+ Kh8 34. Qf8+ Kh7 35. Qf5+ Kh8 36. Qf8+ 1/2:1/2.

Vladimir Kramnik (Russia) – Ruslan Ponomariov (Ukraine) 1:0

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 c5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. Rc1 Ne4 10. Qxd5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxc3+ 12. Kd1 O-O 13. Bc4 Nf6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Ke2 b5 16. c6 Ba6 17. Qf5 Qa3 18. Bd3 Rfd8 19. c7 Qxa2+ 20. Nd2 Rxd3 21. Qxd3 b4 22. Kf3 Bb7+ 23. Kg3 h5 24. h3 Qa5 25. f4 Rc8 26. Nc4 Qa6 27. Ne5 Qxd3 28. Nxd3 Bc3 29. Rhd1 a5 30. Nc5 Rxc7 31. Na4 Be4 32. Rd6 Kh7 33. Ra6 h4+ 34. Kh2 Rd7 35. Nc5 Re7 36. Rxa5 Bd2 37. Rc4 f5 38. Nxe4 fxe4 39. Rh5+ Kg6 40. Rg5+ Kf6 41. Rc6+ Kf7 42. Rf5+ Kg8 43. g4 Re8 44. Re5 Rb8 45. g5 Kh7 46. Re7 Bxe3 47. Rh6+ Kg8 48. Rg6 Bd4 49. Rge6 Kh7 50. f5 Bc5 51. Re8 Rxe8 52. Rxe8 b3 53. Kg2 Be3 54. Rxe4 Bxg5 55. Rb4 g6 56. Rb7+ Kh6 57. fxg6 Kxg6 58. Kf3 Bd2 59. Kg4 Be1 60. Rxb3 Bg3 61. Rf3 Be1 62. Re3 Bf2 63. Re6+ Kf7 64. Kf5 Bg3 65. Re4 Bf2 66. Kg5 Bg3 67. Re2 Kg7 68. Re7+ Kf8 69. Kf6 Bf2 70. Re6 Bg3 71. Kg6 Bh2 72. Re4 Bg3 73. Kf6 Bf2 74. Kg6 Bg3 75. Re2 Bd6 76. Kg5 Bg3 77. Kf6 Bf4 78. Re4 Bd6 79. Rd4 Bc7 80. Kg6 Bg3 81. Re4 1:0.

Boris Gelfand (Israel) – Levon Aronian (Armenia) 1:0

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. O-O h6 15. Nd2 O-O 16. Ne4 Bd4 17. Nd6 Bc6 18. Bh7+ Kxh7 19. Qxd4 f6 20. Bd2 fxe5 21. Qe4+ Kg8 22. Qxe5 Qd7 23. Rac1 Rad8 24. Nc4 Rf5 25. Qg3 Nf6 26.
Bxh6 Ne4 27. Qg4 Nf6 28. Qg6 Qe7 29. Bg5 Be8 30. Bxf6 Qxf6 31. Qxf6 gxf6 32. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 33. Rxd1 Rc5 34. b3 Bb5 35. Ne3 f5 36. f4 Kf7 37. Kf2 a5 38. Rd8 Rc1 39. Rb8 Bd3 40. Rb7+ Kf6 41. Ra7 Rb1 42. g4 fxg4 43. Nxg4+ Kf5 44. Ne5 Ke4 45. Nxd3 Kxd3 46. Rxa5 Ke4 47. Re5+ Kxf4 48. Rxe6 Rh1 49. Kg2 Rc1 50. Re2 Rc3 51. Kf2 Rc1 52. Rd2 Ke4 53. Kg3 Rc8 54. h4 Ke5 55. Re2+ Kf5 56. Rf2+ Kg6 57. Rf4 Rc2 58. Rxb4 Rxa2 59. Rb5 Rd2 60. h5+ Kf6 61. h6 Rd7 62. Rh5 Rh7 63. Kf4 Kg6 64. Rh3 Kf6 65. Ke4 Ke6 66. Kd4 1:0

Peter Leko (Hungary) – Peter Svidler (Russia) 0,5:0,5

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 Bf6 8. Qg3 Nc6 9. N1d2 d5 10. O-O Nge7 11. Re1 Ne5 12. Bf1 O-O 13. c3 N7c6 14. Nd4 Bh4 15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. Qf3 d4 17. e5 dxc3 18. Qxc3 Qd4 19. Qxd4 Nxd4 20. Re4 Nc2 21. Rb1 Be7 22. Nc4 b5 23. Nd6 f5 24. Re2 Nb4 25. Bd2 Nd5 26. Ba5 Bd7 27. Rc2 Bxd6 28. exd6 Rfc8 29. Rbc1 Rxc2 30. Rxc2 Kf7 31. g3 Rc8 32. Rxc8 Bxc8 33. a4 Bd7 34. axb5 axb5 35. Bg2 Ke8 36. f4 Bc6 37. Bc3 g6 38. Kf2 Kd7 39. Bxd5 exd5 40. Ke3 d4+ 41. Kxd4 Kxd6 1/2:1/2.

Alexander Morozevich (Russia) – Vasily Ivanchuk (Ukraine)

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Nge2 e6 8. Ng3 Na6 9. Be2 exd5 10. cxd5 Nc7 11. a4 a6 12. Bg5 Bd7 13. h4 b5 14. h5 h6 15. Be3 b4 16. Nb1 g5 17. Bf2 Nfe8 18. Ra2 f5 19. b3 fxe4 20. Nxe4 Bf5 21. Ng3 Kh8 22. Bc4 Bh7 23. O-O Nf6 24. Re2 Qd7 25. Rfe1 Rae8 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 28. Nd2 Nfxd5 29. Nde4 Qc6 30. Bd3 Nf4 31. Bc2 Nce6 32. Nd2 Nd3 33. Nge4 Nef4 34. g3 Nh3+ 35. Kg2 Nhxf2 36. Nxf2 Nxf2 37. Kxf2 Bg8 38. Qe2 d5 39. Qe7 Bd4+ 40. Kf1 Qe6 41. Qf8 Qh3+ 42. Ke2 Qg2+ 43. Kd1 Qg1+ 44. Ke2 Qf2+ 45. Kd1 Bg7 46. Qd6 a5 47. Qb6 Qg1+ 48. Ke2 Qg2+ 49. Kd1 c4 0:1.